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Arizona sun., 1947-12-19
Heavyweight Wins
Novice Championship
At March Field

March Field, Riverside, Calf
Private First Glass Ben Bankhead,
fighting in the novice class, recent
ly won the Los Angeles Examiners
Diamond Belt Championship at Le'
gion Stadium, Hollywood, Califor'
mia. In his first fight, the 215-lb
fighter from East Saint Louis, ILL.,,
won by technical knockout over
Wayne Sherwood, 195-lb. fighter
from the Jim Jeffries' Barn. In his
second bout he won a decision in
the third round against Setlar
Brown of the U. S. Naval Base at
San Diego, Calf. Movie Star, Rob
ert Ryan presented the Diamond
Belt Award to Bankhead.
Bankhead has been a member @
the. Air Forces since 1916, and is
now assigned to the 31st Motor
Transport Squadron at March
Field, the Twelfth Air Force base
of the Tactical Air Command.
Bankhead, who is only twenty
years old, received all of his box
ing experience as member Of the
March Field team.
Arizona sun., 1947-12-19
Army Announces
Policy on Regular
Army Commissions

Washington, D. C.-Recent De-
partment of the Army announce
ments regarding Regular Army
commissions offer many advan-
tages to Negro officers and officer
candidates. At present there are
three principal methods of obtain
ing Regular Army commissions
graduation from the United States
Military Academy at West Point
New York, appointment through
the Regular Army competitive tour
program and appointment through
the ROTC Distinguished Military
Graduate Program, formerly the
ROTC Honor Graduate Program.
Appointments to the U. S. Mill
tary Academy are received through
appointment by member of Con
gress, appointment from the Dis
trict of Columbia, appointment
from the National Guard, appoint
ment from the Regular Army and
appointment from Honor Military
Schools.
At present there are one hundred
and ten Negro officers in the Reg
ular Army of whom seven are grad
yates of the United States Military
Academ, five (chaplains) were ap-
pointed by the President before
World War II and ninety EIGHT re-
ceived their commissions through
the Regular Army Integration Pro
gram.
Arizona sun., 1947-12-19
Negro Troops at
Fort Sill Moved to
Main Post Quarters

Fort Sill, Okla.-Two Negro un-
it's of the Artillery Center will soon
be moving into newer and better
equipped barracks, it was announc-
ed recently by Major General Cliff
Andrus, commanding general. of
the Artillery Center. The buildings
now occupied by the troops were
constructed in 1910, the first of
many temporary buildings on the
post.
On or about January 1, 1948 the
696th Ordnance Ammunition Com
pany~ and the famous 969th Field
Artillery Battalion will move from
their present quarters into the for
mer Replacement Training Center
area on the main post at Fort Sill.
"Im proud of the way both Off
GERS and enlisted men have worked
in that area (the temporary area,)"
said General Andrus, "but they de-
serve a better area and the new
section is one of the best on the
post"
Arizona sun., 1947-12-19
24th Infantry Patrol
Locates Japanese
Ammunition Dump

With the Eighth Army in Cuff,
Japan.-A oath Infantry Regiment
reconnaissance patrol, led by Sec
ond Lieutenant Kingston M. Win
get of Lima, Ohio, recently discov-
cred a japanese ammunition dump
containing three tons of small arms
ammunition.
The ammunition dump was found
in Kowa, a former seaplane base
for the Japanese Navy, located
thirty miles south of the city of
Nagoya. 1t subsequently was blown
up by the 25th Infantry Division
bomb disposal squad.
During the months of August,
September and October, 1947, re-
connaisance patrols of the oath In
fantr were used to locate the bod
les of American servicemen killed
in the Far East during World War
II. These patrols covered more
than 10000 square miles and made
contact with more than 800 cities,
towns and villages.
The oath Infantry Regiment is
now stationed at Kagamigahara
Airfield, Gifu, Japan and is COM
manded by Colonel Michael E. Hal
lOran of Fayetteville, N. G.
Arizona sun., 1947-12-19
Urban League
Announces
JOB Openings

1. There is available an on-the-
job-training opening for young
veteran who can qualify for Pub
lie Law No. 16 subsistence under
the G. I. Bill. A veteran who has a
claim in force for 10 percent or
more disability from World War II
is eligible for Public Law No. 16
subsistence.
The veteran must have some
high school education preferably
graduate) and must be of good
character and steady habits.
This opportunity will afford the
veteran training which will enable
him to become a valuable man to
his employer in a field in which
Negroes seldom get a chance. The
veterans pay and subsistence will
amount to more than $4,000 per
month.
1. A local credit store wishes to
employ a Negro Salesman for door
to- door selling of home furnish
ing merchandise on 20 per cent
commission basis. Is per cent will
be paid on collections. A large and
already established market is avail
able.
Applicant must have qualities of
salesman and own a car.
This appears to be good propo-
sition.
For further information call Mr.
Mcpherson.
Arizona sun., 1947-12-19
Former WAC Capt.
Becomes Statistician
At Fort Warren

Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyom-
ing.-Staff Sergeant Lamar Y. Tur-
pin of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, former
captain in the WAC, is now mem
ber of Squadron "H," 463rd Air
Force Base Unit and the non-com-
missioned officer in charge of the
Audit and Analysis Section of Base
Statistical Control at Fort Warren.
Sergeant Turpin entered the SER
vice in May, 1943 and received her
basic training at Fort Devens, Mas
sachusetts. She attended WAN Of
ficer's Candidate School at Fort
Oglethorpe, Georgia in 1914 and
was commissioned second lieu
tenant. After receiving her com,
mission she was stationed at Fort
Jackson, S. c., and later Fort Ben
ming, Ga. AT Fort Benning she be-
came the commanding officer Of a
WAC detachment and was promot-
ed to Captain in 1916.
Arizona sun., 1947-12-19
Noted Orator Spoke
At Carver High

StreSSing honest work, a sterling
character, and an abiding faith, in
an address centered around char
acter development, DR.. Charles
Satchell Morris, II, Baptist minis
ter and orator of Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia, spoke recently ITO the stu
dents of Carver High School in
special assembly.
The speaker made effective use
of stories and anecdotes to win a
thunderous applause from the aud
ience. His key-words were: "Char-
acter is what you are; reputation
is what people think you are"
DR.. Morris formerly pastored the
Institutional Baptist Church at
Jacksonville, Fla, which is reputed
to be more than 125 years old. He
has been a professor of English at
Virginia State College and Tennes-
see State College, as we'll as dean
of Virginia Seminary and College,
Lynchburg, Va.
Arizona sun., 1947-12-19
Wartime Aviation
Cadets Can Finish
Training Now

Washington, D. c. Wartime
qualified Aviation Cadets whose
hopes for pilots wings were ended
by the 1944-45 curtailment of the
flight training program may be eli
gible to resume their flying instruc-
tions with the United States Air
Force.
The tripling of, the pilot training
program in 1948 from the present
1000 to 5000 cadets year makes
it possible for the Air Force to Of
fer flight instruction to many cad
cts who had qualified but were not
commissioned during the war. Men
in this special category may be re-
instated in Aviation Cadet classes
if the can pass the Air Force ply
sical examination and have these
additional qualifications: American
citizen, between 20 and 26h years
of age, unmarried, and have had at
least two years of college study or
can pass a test measuring the
equivalent. These applicants will
not be required to take the USAF'
qualifying examinations now given
to new candidates for Cadet train
ing.
Cadets will be trained in the use
of recently-perfected .radar and ell
ectronics devices, Ground Controu'
ed Approach landing methods, and
in all types Of aircraft including
the jet-propelled Lockhead P-8O
Shooting Star.
The course is divided into three
phases of training of which the
first two, basic phase one and ba-
sic phase two, last approximately
35 weeks. The third phase, special
ization in fighter aircraft or bomb
ers, lasts approximately II weeks.
Men previously ualified for Avia-
ton Cadet training should write
directly to U. S. Air Force Head
quarters, Washington, D. c., Atten-
ton: Aviation Cadet Section, for
detailed information concerning
reinstatement. Their serial number
and the date and place of original
examinations were given should be
included in letter of inquiry.
Arizona sun., 1947-12-19
Reu. Gray Receives
Notice Land Donation

DR.. Gray of 1909 East Monroe ST.,
sponsor of an Industrial School at
Mobile received word last week of
the donation of 100 acres of land
by citizens there. The donors
were: M. T. Sampson, 20 acres;
Ben Carter, 20 acres; Walter Hart,
20 acres, and Walter Mack 40 acres.
DR.. Gray stated he is very thank
full to these very fine citizens OF
Mobile and says he will put forth
every effort to see they are re-
warded for their kindness.
Arizona sun., 1947-12-19
Red Cross Gives Safety Tips
For Accident-Free Christmas

Safety in the home and on the
street" should be the Yuletide mot.
to Nof every family in Arizona, Al
Johnson, Accident revent t 10 n
Chairman of the Maricopa County
Red Cross Chapter urged today.
more persons are killed by &C
cidents in December than in any
other month of t h e year," Mr.
Johnson stated. "For this reason
the Red Cross advises every family
to take precautions against poten
tial accidents, which might bring
tragedy instead of joy at Christ
mas"
Here are a few safety tips de-
signed to eliminate some of the
hazards tn a t accompany Christ
mas:
To lessen danger from Christmas
tree fires: Keep the tree standing
in water, since trees grow more in
flammable as they dry out. Do not
place tree near sources of heat
Do not use lighted candles, and
pick flame-proof decorations. Make
certain electric wiring is in good
shape.
When Christmas shopping, OBJ
serve all the traffic rules. Get out
of vehicles on the curb side, and
watch for moving traffic. KeeI
your line Of vision clear Of pack
ages.
In preparing Chri s m a cakes
and candies, put harp kitchen
utensils away Immediately after
using to prevent m all children
from obtaining them. Dispose o1
open cans as soon as they are
opened.
In selecting children's Christina:
gifts, choose toys that are not in
flammable and that do not have
sharp edges or points.
Eliminate the danger of flue anC
roof fires by burning only a few
Christmas gift wrappings and othel
| papers at one time.
Remember that liquor does moi
contribute to safe driving.
Arizona sun., 1947-12-19
Single Registration
IpIan Endorsed By
0rqanized Labor

The plan brought forward by
the League of Women Voters to
adopt the single resitration for
voters and presented to the Phoe-
nix city council Tuesday, is, in
the opinion of members of Or
ganized Labor, one of the best
plans yet developed.
1t will simplify the registering
of voters to an extent that will
get a more complete job done,
and will eliminate the confusion
now prevailing among the peple.
BY all means, let's have sim
gle registration system!
Arizona sun., 1947-12-19
Seasons Greetings

We therefore, welcome Christmas in December.
The worship Of Christ could not have better setting
than amid the domestic festivities social forces and gen.
and helping deeds of Merry Christmastde
In fitting say farewell! to the closing
year, and "all hail to the "Christ is born" We,
selfshness his sadness and despair his peevshness and
refuness his feebleness and decayand put the new
man. which, after Christ is created in true oy large fah
energetic service owy duty devout obedience and death
daring self-sacrifice.
ARIZONA SUN PUBLISHING COMPANY
and Staff Wishes You All
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
and
HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
Arizona sun., 1947-12-19
Rites Are Held For
Willie Williams

Funeral services were held for
Willie Williams, 40, who died at a
local rest home, at East Lake Mort
uary, yesterday.
Mr.. Williams came to Phoenix
from Oklahoma 10 years ago and
made his home at 215 N. 9th St.,
the resident of Mrs. E. J. Norman.
He has been i'll since July.
He is survived by his wife and
one son.
Arizona sun., 1947-12-19
Veterans Must GET
Policies Reinstated
Before End OF Year

Veterans with elapsed National
Service (GD Life Insurance poll
cies who wish to reinstate have
only until the end of this year to
take advantage of a liberal rein
statement plan that generally con-
sists of paying only two monthly
premiums and signing a compara-
tive health statement, William T.
Hardaway, Manager of the Arizona
Regional Office of the Veterans
Administration at Phoenix, said to-
day.
The comparative health state
ment" is simple statement over
the veterans signature to the ef-
feet that his health is as good now
as when he allowed his policy to
lapse.
Arizona sun., 1947-12-19
CAR OUTPUT JUMPS

Automobile output during the
week reached 111,228 units, the
highest in the postwar period and
virtually back at the pre-war level.
Arizona sun., 1947-12-19
PROCLA NJ ALTON
Christmas Seals Month

WHEREAS Arizona
campaign for the control of tuberculosis which, stati
tics show affects people between the fifteen
and fortyfive than any other disease
WHEREAS public education
essential in all states but particularly Arizona
fine climate which is invitation heathseekers
brings to this state sufferers this
disease who seek relief and cure; and
WHEREAS, all activities of the Arizona AntiTuberculoss
sociation supported funds
of Christmas Seals
NOW THEREFORE,, Sidney P Osborn hereby
designate and proclaim the month of December 1947
CHRISTMAS SEALS MONTH
in Arizona and that contribute generously
the purchase and of Christmas Seals the
fine of the Arizona AnTubercuosis Association
not lapse.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have
hereunto my hand and caused
the Great Seal of the State Of
Is L.
Arizona to be affixed this first day
of Our Lord One Thousand Nine
Hundred and foryseven.
SIDNEY P. OSBORN
v N r
ATTEST:
Dan. E. Garvey
Secretary O. State
Arizona sun., 1947-12-19

You will never know what's go
ing on if you don't read the SUN.
Read the People Speaks on page
Five.
Arizona sun., 1947-12-19

ATTEST:
Dan. e. Garvey
Secretary of State
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24

Survivors of the group which built
the Madeira Mamore Railroad in
the interior of Brazil at the begin
ming of the century will hold their
annual reunion banquet in the Hotel
McAlpin, in New York City, on
September S.
seven men from the Washington
area belong to the Madeira Mamore
Society, whose 200 members are
scattered all over the world. They
are John Ruff, Of Vienna, Va;
Robert P. Waters, Arlington: Will
liam McDermott, Chevy Chase, Md
Allan Pitcher and Mark E. Smith
of Washington; Malcolm Mathieson,
Remington Villa, Va, and John H.
Armitage, Alexandria.
These men are among the known
survivors of possibly the most diff
cult railroad construction venture
ever undertaken in the Western
Hemisphere.
The laying of the 200 miles Of
rack which runs from Porto Velho in
the state of Amazonas to Guajara-
Mirim in the adjoining state Of
Matte Crosse cost the lives Of 1000
OF the 10000 who worked on the
project. The railroad was started
In 1907 and took 7 years to complete.
Typical of the young men just
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24
Leiserson Criticizes
Witness Who Attacks
Rail Unions Pay Plea
BY the Asseeiated Press

CHICAGO, Aug. "a witness
protesting the demand by II non
operating brotherhoods for d 20
cent hourly wage increase from the
Nations railroads was criticized TO-
day by the head of the arbitration
panel.
DR.. William M. Leiserson, chair
man of the six-man board charged
with resolving the wage dispute be-
tween the railroad sand the brother
hoods. took issue with John S.
Burchmore, Evanston, Ill. general
counsel for the National Industrial
Traffic League.
Mr.. Burchmore stated that higher
paw for the 100000 incorporating
employees carried the threat OF high
freight rates and a resultant turning
by shippers to alternative forms Of
transportation.
1T seems to me-" DR.. Leiserson
said to Mr.. Burchmore, that when
the steel companies, whom you rep
resent, and the coal companies,
whom you represent, and the other
people who give supplies to the rail-
roads announced We are going to
raise prices to the railroads. that
YOU would do a great deal better by
putting the pressure OF your organi-
zation on those people not to raise
their prices and not to be proud
Of their profits"
Earlier in the hearing, another
arbitration board member, George
M. Harrison, had observed: 1T is a
National scandal, the present profit
rate"
Mr.. Burchmore told the board he
believed that II a wage increase were
granted the incorporating employees
and translated into operating ex-
perlses, 1t cannot be passed on to
the shippers. and an effort to pass
it on would be disastrous"
Mr.. Burchmore said an lin
creased" general level of transporta-
ton charges would not increase the
revenues "of the railroads, but would
bring about a threat to the contin-
ued prosperity and ability of the
railroads to perform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24
Builders of Jungle Railroad
To Hold Reunion in New York

out of school who succumbed to the
lure of adventure to work on the
line is Mr.. Armitage, one Of the
founders OF the Madeira Mamore
Association. Today a career man
in Government service. he Joined
the construction crew In 1910 at the
age of Is.
His contract ran for six months,
which was the limit the construc-
ton company felt 1t could ask of its
workers. Mr.. Armitage stayed In
the jungle nearly four years. Weigh
ing almost 200 pounds in 1910, he
lost some 10 pounds in the course
of the ordeal.
In the civilized comfort of the
New York Hotel, "reminiscences of
those hard years In the green hell'
of the Amazon jungle will sound
strange indeed, The tales will be
about primitive Indian headhunters,
vampire bats, ants, monkeys, snakes
and lizards.
May Recall Murderous Fish.
Members OF the group may recall
the murderous piranha fish of the
Madeira and Mamore Rivers which
could cut unwary swimmers to rib
bons in a few seconds, or the bird
catching spiders over foot in cir
conference that made life a night
mare Above all thew will renoen,- =
Der the mosquitoes that carried
the malaria and yellow fever which
claimed the lives Of SO many OF
their comrades.
To the men who built 1t, the
Madeira -Mamore Railway will al
ways be unique among the railroads
of the world. The IA locomotives,
10 passenger coaches and 1914 freight
cars in service OIL the small line
were largely assembled by them, as
were the great steel bridges span
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24

ming the feeder rivers of the Ma
deifa.s
The chef Of the Hotel McAlpin
may raise an eyebrow when the as
ISOLATION presents him the proposed
menu for its banquet. The members
plan to serve papagayo, tamandua,
macao, piranha and other dishes
which were their daily fare in the
South American jungle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24
u. S. Colonel Accused
OF AssuuItinq Count

BY the Associated Press
Adds ABABA, Ethiopia, Aug.
23.-United States Army Colonel
John Robinson was accused in high
court today of assault and battery
on Count Carl Gustaf Won Rosen,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24

head Of the imperial Ethiopian air
force.
The Count, In the hospital a. the
result Of a fist fight, was unable
to appear and Colonial Robinson
was released In $1,000 bail by British
Judge Leonard Mullin.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-12-01
DruStveni kOledar
DECEMBRA

5. decembra, petek.-Veterans
Blaskovic Post 5275-Ples v
avditoriju SIND.
6. decembra, sobota. - Croa-
tian Pioneers Stew. 663 CFU
- Pies v avditoriju SIND.
Z. decembra, nedelja. - Hrv.
Narodno Vijece-Koncert v
avditoriju SIND.
7. decembra, nedelja. - Kon-
cert pev. zbora Slovan v SLOW.
drust. domu ma Recher Ave.
oh $3.50 pop.
Z. decembra, nedelja - Pies
drustva Zdruzeni bratje st.
rs SNPJ v Slovenskem delav-
skem domu ma Waterloo Rd.
IL. decembra, petek. - Rich
man Memorial Post No. 661
Pies v avditoriju SIND.
IL. decembra, sobOta. - Com
rades No. 566 SNPJ-Ples v
avditoriju SIND.
IA. decembra, nedelja.-Young
Clevelanders Club - Pies v
avditoriju SIND.
IA. decembra, nedelja - Pie S
Kluba SLOW. zena v Sloven-
skem delavskem domu ma
Waterloo Rd.
10. decembra, petek.-Veterans
Club-Ples v avditoriju SIND.
20. decembra, sobota - Spar
tans No. SIG SNPJ-Ples v
avditoriju SIND.
21. decembra, nedelja - PIE S
zenskega odseka v Sloven-
skem delavskem domu ma
Waterloo Rd.
rs. decembra, cetrtek - Pie S
Soc. kluba st. 40 JSZ v Slo-
venskem delavskem domu ma
Waterloo Rd.
p. decembra, sobota. - Dru-
Stvo Sv. Cirila in Metoda st.
18 SDZ--Ples v avditoriju
SIND.
%. decembra, nedelja - Pie S
Podr. Stew. Al SzZ v Sloven-
skem delavskem domu ma
Waterloo Rd.
81. decembra, sreda - Silve-
strova zabava zbora "Jadran"
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-12-01
SLOVENKE -AMERIKE

Koliko novih clanic ste ze pri-
dobile vasefnu krozku? Sc je
cas-! Kampanja Sc zakljuci 2
Novim letom. '-s
Potrosimo, mani "a luksus -
vee "a dobre, koristne stvari in
ideje. - Luksus IL gubi svoj
blesk, dobra stvar, dobra ideja
pa je trajne vrednosti, XII nosi
lepe obresti.
Vessel dogodek! v soboto Is.
novembra Sc je porocil Frank,
L. Wolf, sin dobro poznane
Wolfove druzine il 147O3 Syl-
via Ave., z Marie Person, hcer-
ko Amelije Person. zeninova
matt, Frances je agilna clanica
krozka st. 1 Progresivnih Slo-
venk ter je bila vecletna tajni-
ca istega. Nase iskrene cestit-
ke!
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-12-01

v Slovenskem delavskem do
rlfu ma Waterloo Rd. - -
81. decembra, sreda. - Silyes-
trov vecer Kluba drustev
SID v Drustvenem domu ma
Recher Ave.
81. decembra, sreda. - Silve-
strov vecer Slov. mar. donna
in Kluba drustev SND-Ples
v obeh dvoranah SIND.
JANARJA 1948
8. januarja, sobota. - Drustvo
Napredne Slovenke st. 137-
Pies v avditoriju SIND.
9. januarja, petek. - Veterans
Club st. Piles v avditoriju
SIND.
10. januarja, sebota. - Glas-
bena Matica-Ples v avdito-
rlJu SIND.
IL januarja, nedelja. - Pie S
drustva ''Vipavski raj" sttev.
312 SNPJ v Slov. del. domu
ma Waterloo Rd.
IL januarja, nedelja. - Pies
in igra dramskega drustva
"Nasa zvezda" v SLOW. dru-
stvenem dobu ma Recher Ave.
16. januarja, petek-Comrades
st. 566 SNPJ-Ples v avdito-
riju SIND.
II. januarja, sobota. - Gla S
clevelandskih delavcev S.D.Z.
Pies v avditoriju SIND.
]8. januarja, nedelja. - Ame-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-12-01

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