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The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-06
THREE FREEMAN FIELD
OFFICERS FACE TRIAL
By Ernest E.. Johnson

liz I'LL W 1Ay Liz OI11SOA0 - WIN 1l0o
been held under arrest in the Free
man field incident of last April were
scheduled to go on trial before a
court-martial at Goldman
Field, KY, according to an an
nouncement of the War Department
made here.
The officers involved in the orig
inal mass arrest which later saw the
others released are End Its. Roger
G. Terry, Marsden A. Thompson,
both of Los Angeles, and Shirley R.
Clinton of Camden, N. j.
Col. Benjamin o. Davis Jr., who
now commands the group, is one of
the 10 officers detailed by Maj. Gen.
Frank O'Driscoll Hunter, command
ing general of the first air force, to
hear the charges and to reach ver-
dict.
The charges which were pre-
ferred by Col. Robert R. Selway Jr.,
deposed commanding officer of the
477th Composite group, arose over
the use of certain officers club fa-
cilities. All three officers are
charged with violating the 64th ar
ticle of war by refusing to obey the
order of a superior officer not to
enter the white" officers club and
mess and by pushing aside the Of
ficer.
In addition, Its. Clinton and
Thompson are charged with violat-
ing the 68th article of war by refus-
ing to obey when they were ordered
into arrest at the time of this oc-
currence. A common trial was or
dered for those two officers on both
charges.
A spokesman for the war depart
ment pointed out that whereas the
courtmartial is obligated to hear all
that may be offered in the case,
they may consider only the plain
fact of the charges without regard
to extenuating circumstances. Fol
lowing the decision of the court
martial, however, if it is adverse, it
may go to higher authority within
the department for purposes of re-
view.
First 1t. William Robert Ming,
JAG, of Chicago, former assistant
attorney general for the state of
Illinois, will be the law member of
the court. He is a graduate of the
University of Chicago Law school
and a member of the Order of Crof,
national honorary legal society. 1t.
Ming was designated base legal Of
ficer for Goldman field on June %.
Other officers of the court are
Capts. George L. Knox, James T.
Wiley, John HI. Duron, Charles R.
Stanton, William T. Yates, Elmore
M. Kennedy, Fitzroy Newsum and
First Lieutenant James Y. Carter
CONTINUED on Page n
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Address
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-01

stiffest resistance and bore the
brunt of the Manilaward battle.
This battle developed in the Stra-
tegic Bamban-Magalang area. The
Japanese were making the most of
the terrain when they took stand
in this area dominating Highway 3
to Manila.
In the mban-Magalang sector,
the wide Central Luzon plain Is
split by towering Mt. Arayat. To
the east of this natural obstacle lies
another barrier, the Canda ba
Swamps. To the west of this pas
sage, barely more than 10 miles
wide at the throat, stands the Cabu-
silan Mountains of the formidable
zambales range, ideal for stubborn
defensive stand.
1t was this vital approach to
Manila which the 10th captured and
secured in Is days after launching
its lightning attack from Lingayen
Jan. 9.
During this time, the division
dashed from Lingayen to Fort Stot-
senburg, distance of about rs air
line miles. 1t continued on further
with advance elements to San Fer
nando, Qua Qua and Dinalupinan,
a distance of % miles to make a
junctre with the XII Corps, thus
serving Bataan peninsula from the
mainland.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-01
Former Minesweepers Fight
Heavy Sea in Weather Patrol
Sieloff. Bowman on Board Vessels :
Scouting Northwest Atlantic
,ack from 10 months of weather.

Back from 10 months of weather
patrol in the Northwestern Atlantic,
scouting the weather for Europe's
battlefronts and the transatlantic
air lanes, three of the Nays tough
little 180-foot minesweepers are now
busy having the ravages Of hard
work in heavy seas erased at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard.
The ships are USS PERIL, PENE-
TRATE and PALISADE, built as
minesweepers, but for the past 10
months provided with special wealth
er observation gear and with U. s.
Coast Guard weather experts on
board to perform this special duty.
The spotlight Of publicity Is rare
ly focused on these sturdy little
ships. Their work is proSaic COM
pared with slashing at Jap carrier
forces in the Pacific. Nevertheless,
their unremitting vigilance is as
necessary to the fighting of the war
as infantry and tank attacks, the
taking of beachheads, and the bomb
ing and strafing of the enemy from
the air. For weather forecasts play
tremendously important role in
every air, sea and land action.
The three ships have peen based
at North Atlantic Naval Base. It
was their task to patrol the waters
around Newfoundland and those ad-
jacent to Labrador and Greenland
where the weather makes up" for
Europe's battlefields.
Periodically they were required to
inform Washington concerning the
weather. Periods at sea averaged
30 days-weeks in which water ran
low and all hands were limited to
one bath a week and during which
winds and high seas howled out Of
the Arctic with such force that the
little ships could barely maintain
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-01
FOrtieth Division Bears
Brunt of Battle for Manila
Advance to Cut Off Bataan Peninsula
From Mainland in Lightning Move
WITH THE 4OTH INFANTRY

WITH THE 10TH INFANTRY
DIVISION ON LUZON - Forces of
XIV Army Corps entered Manila
triumphantly after Major General
Rapp Brush's 10th Infantry Division
secured the right flank of Central
Luzon, the gateway to the Philip
pine capital.
The right flank Of the XIV Corps
was secure and the vital routes
down the central valley were be-
yond the reach of Japanese through
the divisions hammering. The di-
visions infantry artillery team had
silenced Japanese long toms which
could blast the highway to Manila
and impede the liberation drive.
The Japanese still had powerful
artillery pieces, but the 10th Di-
visions pounding had driven them
back into the mountains beyond
even nuisance firing range. And
those Japanese who did not with
draw, but stayed in their mountain
caves and concrete pillboxes, were
eliminated.
Besides clearing the strategic
gateway to Manila. the division
swept clean the hills dominating
Clark Field.
Since the Japanese selected to
fight In the hills instead of the open
terrain In Central Luzon. it was
the XIV Corps right flank, carried
by the 10th Division, that met the
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-01

- Support the Work Pile Plan -
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-01
Veteran of Four InvasiOns
Returns to United States
Coast Guard LIST Landed on Kiska.
Tarawa. Kwajalein and LeYte

A WEST COAST PORT (SPE-
CIAL) - Veteran of four dramatic
invaSions = Kiska, Tarawa, Kwaja-
lein and finally Leyte - Coast
Guardsman Franciszak Mioduszew-
ski of 1888 Mckinley Avenue, Wyan-
dotte, Mich, has returned to the
United States from 20 months sea
service.
The seaman first class covered
more than 10000 miles of Pacific
Ocean In his invasion itinerary
aboard Coast Guard-manned LIST.
Kiska? When we landed the Japs
had flown the coop but the climate
up there is much too cold for me, "
MioduSzewski said.
Tarawa? Bloody The Japs were
wiped out. except for a few prison.
ers, but they took a terrific toll of
Marines. They constructed a ~
foot water barricade that made it
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-01

Roadway at full speed and ice
Sheathed decks, rigging and guns.
Then there were always times
when an odd job would send one or
more Of them off to escort a con-
voy; transport a group OF Seabees
from one base to another; verify re-
ports of a submarine in the area.
Once it appeared that remote US.
Coast Guard base on the wild Lab
rador coast was threatened with
missing out on the Nays traditional
Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner.
USS PENETRATE showed up in
the nick of time with the turkeys
and fixings. Another time, PENE-
TRATE, which saw somewhat more
extra-curricular duty than her two
sisters, was detailed to pull strand
ed Navy flying boat off the rocks
on the Newfoundland coast.
Like many of the naval vessels,
USS PERIL acquired mascot dur
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-01

tough to land our barges. Wen
never forget the stencil made by
hundreds of Jap bodies in one Of
their giant pill-boxes. They wouldn't
surrender so they had to be literally
burned out by ame-throwers."
Kwajalein? I'VE had a little trou-
bic from Jap airmen but otherwise
the invaSions went smoothly"
Leyte? "A real thrill wading
ashore in the Philippines. To us
this was definite proof that we had
the Japs Keeling. Most Jap airmen
gave the LISTS a wide berth. We
think they learned that the fire
power of a fleet of LISTS is tremen-
dous. Our own LIST didn't shoot
down any Japs but several other
Coast Guard LISTS accounted for
three and four Jap planes apiece
at Leyte."
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-01

ing the cruise-a female dog Of un-
certain antecedentS. Five pups were
born, somewhat prematurely as the
result Of their mothers falling down
a Scuttle. The mother, called Lib
erty, and the pups, known as the
Five Freedoms, now are distributed
among the several ships, none of
the pups having known any other
home than a ship at sea.
Senior officer of the group Of
three Is 1t. Comdr. Donald w. Phil
lips, USNR, of q Beach Rd., Glou-
cester, Mass, Commanding Officer
of USSS PERIL, while the USS
PENETRATE and PALISADE are
commanded by 1t. M. S. Lazaron,
Jr., USNR, and 1t. Arthur T. Row,
Jr., of 20 Ware ST., Cambridge,
Mass, respectively.
The ravages of the North Atlantic,
brought on by pounding into heavy
seas, are beginning to disappear un-
der the willing hands of the Phila-
delphia Navy Yard workers.
Among the men from the 9th
Naval District on board are: USS
Peril, AM 272, Robert Edward Sic
loft, GM3c, 546 Orchard street, and
USS Penetrate, AM 271, Nelson j.
Bowman, S 1c, 174O Sixth street.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-01
Postwar Use Of
Walkie- Talkie by
Physicians is Predicted

Widespread post war use OF
"walkie-talkie" portable communi-
cations devices will create many new
jobs for Navy Radar- trained tech
nicianS.
This was pointed out today by
Lieut. Comdr. Byron E. Flechtner
Officer in Charge of Navy recruit
ing and induction for this area. He
urged men interested in preparing
for future after the war while
they serve their country now to
investigate opportunities offered by
the Navy in Radar.
Commander Flechtner cited a re-
cent report by the Federal Com
munications Commission which ex-
pressed the view that possible post
war uses of "walkie-talEe" COM
mmications equipment "are as
broad as the imagination of the
public and the ingenuity of the
equipment manufacturers"
The FEC reported that "walkie-
talkieS," now used by the armed
forces, can later be employed for
physicians calling services to reach
doctors when they are not available
by telephone; by business organiza-
tons to communicate between Of
fices and delivery vehicles, and on
farms to reach men In the fields.
Because of the training given
them. Navy Radar technicians will
be able to install and maintain this
type OF equipment, Commander
Flechtner said.
Men, II to so years old. can quail
ify for Radar training by passing the
Eddy Test, given at all Navy Re-
cruiting Stations. Those in the 49,
to-38 age bracket can take the test
after passing their pre-induction
physical examination. The test
covers mathematics, algebra, phys
les. electricity, radio and shop prac-
tice.
The test is given daily except Sun
day at Navy Recruiting Stations in
Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Jack
son, Kalamazoo, Lansing and Sagi-
nav
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-01
Runner With Infantry Gets Medal

WITH THE 102nd INFANTRY
DIVISION IN GERMANY - Pfc.
Theodore G. Sexton, 12481 Jackson,
Route 1, Wyandotte. has been awar-
ded the Bronze Star for heroic
achievement in Germany.
A member of the 407th Infantry
regiment, he acted as a runner per-
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-01
Rehabilitates Wounded
in English Hospital

THE 186th GENERAL HOSPITAL.
ENGLAND - Wounded during the
attack on Cherbourg, Private First
Glass William F. Ennis, %, of 1920
Chestnut St, Wyandotte, is now q
member of the rehabilitation section
at this United States Army hospital
in England.
Hit by shrapnel from a German
88mm. shell in June, 1914, Pvt. Ennis
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-01

forming duty under heavy artillery
fire after the majority Of commune
cation lines were cut by enemy ac-
ton. Although his life was endan-
gered countless times, he never fall
tered, making his way with all
possible speed and seeking cover
only when enemy fire pinned him
down.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-01

was transferred into this unit after
his recovery.
Although I'm not going back to
actual combat" said Pvt. Ennis, "the
job I'm doing here In helping to
rehabilitate wounded soldiers who
are going back to the front Is to
me an interesting and vital part
of the war"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-01
Burke Returns to States

Private Doyle Burke has been re-
turned to the United States from
active duty with the Army overseas.
Suffering from trench foot, Pvt.
Burke arrived at a Virginia port
Saturday, according to a phone call
received from him then by his
mother, Mrs. George Burke, I'll
Davis. He explained that he would
be moved soon to a hospital near
his home.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-01
New Address

The new address of Charles Aulel
Is:
Private Charles Auler i6164378
37O4 AAF Base Unit
So. K, Keesler Field,
Mississippi.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-03
Local Soldiers Arrive
Home from Overseas
Five Days Apart

Pfc. John C. Williamson and
his nephew, Pfc. Theodore Carnett,
arrived in Minneapolis five days
apart from overseas to spend their
furlough visiting their sister and
mother, Mrs. Claudia Garrett, 912
Fifth Ave. No.
Pvt. Williamson came here from
Penistone, England. He has been
overseas for two years and eleven
months.
John was guard of the camp with
the 1912th Ord. Company. He will
leave for San Antonio, Tex, Aug.
27. He was with William L. Scott
and James W. Jones.
Pvt. Carnett has been overseas
one year and has been stationed in
France with the 659th Ord. Am
munition Company. He was an Of
flee worker and checked ammuni-
ton. He says, "after l learned how
to dance like they do, had a good
time" He will go to FIT. Benning,
Ga. He was with Murl Young of
St. Paul, and Donald Allen, Min
neapolis. He has two battle stars
and a campaign ribbon.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-03
Blunche Patterson
ST. Peter Womens
Day Speaker Aug. 5

"Women's Day in Latin America"
will be the topic of Blanche L.
Patterson, Spanish teacher at Sum-
ner High school, st. Louis, when
she appears as principal speaker
at the annual Women's Day ser
vice at st. Peter AME church, Min
neapolis, Sunday, August 5, at
10:45 a. m.
Last year, Miss Patterson was in
a class of 100, chosen to study at
the University of Mexico, in the
first Spanish language institute,
sponsored by the U. S. government.
A native of Minneapolis, Miss Pat
terson is we'll known in the Twin
Cities, especially in fraternal cir
cles. For four years, she was
regional director of the Central
region of the Alpha Kappa Alpha
sorority. She is now a member
of the sorority's speakers bureau
of the Non-Partisan Council of
Public Affairs, for which the soror-
ity maintains offices in Washing
ton, D. C.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-03
New York Soprano
on Concert Tour
Of Cuba, Mexico

NEW YORK - Ellabelle Davis,
soprano, who scored such a success
in her debut appearances at Town
Hall, and as soloist with the New
York Philharmonic, left here re-
Gently to fill her first concert en-
gagement outside the United
States.
Miss Davis gave one concert in
Havana, Cuba, on July 25, and then
took a plane for Mexico City where
she is scheduled to make five ap-
pearances during August, two as
soloist with the Orquesta FiIhar-
monica, and three in solo recital at
the Palace of Fine Arts.
She will return to the United
States early in September for a
cross-country tour.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-03

W. Young, Norfolk Journal and
Guide; c. A. Scott, Atlanta Daily
World; Ralph Matthews, Washing
ton AfrO-American; Roy Garvin,
Afro American. and Cecil Newman,
Minneapolis SpOkesman-St. Paul
Recorder.
IndustrialiSt Speaks
Principal speaker at the dinner
on Friday evening was Samuel J.
NOvick, president of Electronic
Corporation of America. Messages
were sent to the conference by
President Harry Truman and Gov
ernor Thomas E. Dewey. The Ma
tional Urban League and the
NAACP entertained the delegates
on Friday and Saturday nights, re
spectively, with a dinner at the
Hotel McAlpin and a reception at
Downtown Cafe Society.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-03
Rev. B. c. Whitlock
Arrives to Assume
St. Thomus Duties

The Rev. Bernard G. Whitlock
of Kansas City, Mo-, will arrive in
Minneapolis Saturday to assume
his duties as priest-in-charge of St.
Thomas Episcopal church, Lake
Street and Fifth Avenue So.
On Saturday evening in the I'M
dercroft of the church, there will
be an informal get-acquainted
meeting at p. M, and at II a. m.
Sunday morning Rev. Whitlock will
take over the services at St.
Thomas. Holy Communion will be
celebrated.
Monday, Rev. Whitlock will con-
fer with Bishop Stephen D. Keller.
He is among the few now being
considered to take over the perma-
nent duties of priest-in-charge at
the church.
Born in Lynchburg, Va, Rev.
Whitlock is a graduate of Virginia
Seminary, and for the past Is years
has been in charge of historic St.
Augustine's church in Kansas City,
Mo.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-03
Pittsburgh Cruwfords
Play New Orleans
Here Aug. s and 7

Two more of Negro basebalps
time-honored major clubs are
scheduled for an appearance here
when the Pittsburgh Crawfords, for
a number of years holder of the
colored worlds championship, and
the New Orleans Crescent stars,
famous southern team, meet in a
night game at Nicollet Park, Min
neapolis, on Monday, August s,
starting at $50 o'clock, and again
the following night at $50 at Lex
ington Park, St. Paul.
To close followers of Negro base
ball, the pairing conjures up mem
cries of epic periods in the history
of sepia diamond activities. Over
a long period, the Crawfords domi-
mated all Negro baseball in a
fashion comparable to the New
York Yankees reign in the white
major leagues. The Crawfords won
one Negro world title after another.
They spawned such greats as
Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson and
other Negro playing immortals. In
fact, the great battery of Paige
and Gibson attained its greatest
heights in the Crawford days.
Owned by Gus Greenlee, who
managed John Henry Lewis to the
worlds electromagnetic boxing
championship, the Crawfords for
two seasons now have given every
indication of recapturing their
former glory. 1t is a crack ball
club and strong in every depart
ment. The team uses Forbes Field
in Pittsburgh as its home grounds
when the Pirates are on tour.
New Orleans history parallels
that of the Crawfords in many
ways. The Crescent Stars are an
old organization and have captured
many honors, besides starting out,
and now possessing, a number of
playing and managerial luminaries.
The southerners are making their
first northern tour in more than a
decade because of their vast pride
in their talented ensemble.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-03
South Petitions
Congress to Keep
FEPC Agency

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - (NNPA)
Following closely on the heels Of the
petition of Georgiaas, white and
colored, urging Congress to enact a
permanent FEPC bill, the Southern
Conference for Human Welfare cir
culated last week to every Repre-
sentative and Senator a petition
containing the names of 1,640
Southern leaders seeking the re-
storation of the appropriation for
the temporary FEPC and for the
establishment of a permanent
FEPC.
The strong text of the petition
declared:
"In the conflict between Fascism
and Democracy, in which over one
million of the finest flower of
American youth are now casualties,
a central issue is the contradiction
between the Nazi doctrine of racism
and the democratic conception of
equality of opportunity to all men
regardless of race, creed or national
origin.
Discrimination has no place in
American life: by its very nature
it is fascistic. Yet such discrimina-
ton exists in our country and mocks
our words before the world. 1t has
handicapped US in making maxi
mum use of our manpower for war
production. 1t has been used effec-
lively in the propaganda of our
enemies. If continued, it will weak
en- our leadership in the council of
Nations: it will lessen the chances
of durable peace.
"Here in the South we have ex-
perienced the unwholesome conse-
quences of discrimination in en-
ployment. Twenty-Five per cent of
our people held at a low wage level
has depressed the income of all and
has stunted the progress of the
region.
"Future prosperity and health of
the South depends upon raising the
living standards of all Southerners
to the national average. If the
average income of the Negro fam
lily in the South were raised to that
of the white Southern family, it
would add a billion and one quarter
dollars to the income of the South.
If the income of the average South
ern family were raised to the ma
tional level, it would add over ten
billion dollars to the national in
come.
"The Fair Employment Practice
Commission established by Execu-
tive Order of President Roosevelt
proposing to eliminate discrimina-
ton in employment is an important
step forward in translating the
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-03
Mrs. Mary C. Collier Dies

Mrs. Mary C. Collier died Satur-
day, July %, at the home of her
niece, Mrs. Clarence H. Roper, 982
Fuller Avenue, with whom she
had lived for the past thirteen
years, since the death of her hus-
band. Mrs. Roper was born in
Noblesville, Indiana, January 7,
1859, and after her marriage to
Charles Collier, January, 1885,
moved to Benton Harbor, Michigan,
where she lived for forty years.
Funeral services were held Tues
day, July 81, at 1920 a. M, at the
Brooks Chapel with the Rev. Floyd
Massey, Jr., officiating. Interment
was in the family lot at Oakland
cemetery.
PERCY HINES POSTAL
ALLIANCE LEADER DEAD
Chicago-Percy R. Hines, leader
in the National Alliance of Postal
Employees and the Tuskegee Gen.
eral Alumni association, died at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Joseph H.
Branham, 3115 South Parkway,
Saturday, July 81, after a long
illness. He had collapsed 10 weeks
ago and had received numerous
blood transfusions.
Funeral services were held at
Olivet Baptist church Thursday,
July &c.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-03
Asian Empires
of the Future
u. Problem

Unless the United States SPEAKS
up firmly now for the right of the
colored peoples of the world to
reach the dignity of independence
as they emerge from the obscurity
of the past" the peace of the future
may well be lost in wars with en-
pires of races that have been kept
under the yoke of white SOW
ereignty," Joseph A. Brandt, direc-
tor of the University of Chicago
Press, told University of Minnesota
summer term graduates last week.
Mr.. Brandt developed the theme
that races we call colored are so
overwhelmingly predominant in
Asia and so much more numerous
in the world as a whole, that fu-