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PARACHUTE WINGS are pinned on the first Negro paratroopers to graduate from the Parachute
School, Fort Benning, Georgia, by Captain William V. Johnson. These airborne troops, first in the
United States Army, are members of the 555th Parachute Infantry Company. Sergeant Roger S.
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ILL.,—Officers and representatives of the Negro
Newspaper Publishers Association were the three
dav guests of Great Lakes Naval Training Station
and Commander D. W. Armstrong, son of the found
er of Hampton Institute, here on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, March 2 through March 4.
The trip here was a feature of
National Negro Newspaper Week
which started Sunday. Feb. 27,
with a broadcast which included
several former Negro war corres
pondents in New York and a short
wave boadcast by men now serv
ing tbeir papers in the European
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While highly educational and fruit
ful, the visit here climaxed the
week of activity and ended with
conference sessions of the publish
ers.
30-MINUTE BROADCAST
The three-day activities got un
der “full sail” at 5:00 (3 o’clock to
you' landlubbers) on Thursday when
a round-table discussion between
four of the publishers and COunm-'
ander Armstrong was broadcast
for 30 minutes from the Ross aud
itorium over the Blue Network.
Joining Commander Armstrong in
the discussion were Frank L. Stan
ley, Louisville Ky., Defender; J. E.
Mitchell. St. Louis Argus; Roscoe
Dunjee, Oklahoma Black Dispatch
and Miss Olive Diggs, Chicago Bee.
Also featured on the broadcast
were Rear Admiral Louis E. Den
field, assistant chief of Naval Per
sonnel from Washington, D. C.,
and Capt- Robert R. M. Emmett,
Commanding officer. On the pro
gram were the Negro regiments’
jand. Len Bowden, directing, and,
;he octette, under the direction of
Musician Wayman Hathcock of
Chicago. Announcer was Charles
\nderson. Los Angeles stage and
■adio actor, who is now seaman
iirst close.
Friday, the publishers were
guests at the regimental review at
L400 o’clock (2 o’clock civilian time
in building 1400 which is the drill
hall and recreaton ouildjng. F*i
lay afternoon an open discussion
took placp with Commander Arm
strong. Lieut. Commander White,
public relations officer; Lieut Com
mander Van Ess, Lieut. Command
er Allpn Washington, D.C., and
sveral other officers from the Oi eat
Lakes station answering questions
of the publishers.
On Friday night was “Happy
Hour,” At no time was there any
special effort made to entertain
the publishers. Wh'-lg they were
guests of the Navy. ;t was specif
ically urderstood that what th<
guests were being gr/ei waa a ’look
in’ on the regular activities of flic
camp, it recreation, work .induct
ion, graduation and food. No pro
gram, other than the broadcast,
had been previously arranged.
The band,chorus, glee club and
octette all took part in the “Happy
Hour” program. Also entertaining
were men with special talents from
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the various companies.
MUSICIAN SMITH HONORED
Highlight of this program was
the presentation to Willie Smith,
saxaphonist. clarinetist and soloist
in the band, of a trophy and a $100
war bond by Esqure’s jazz expert,
Paul Miller of New York City, for
being one of the oustanding jazz
artists in the country. Smith for
merly played with several leading
orchestras.
Saturday, a tour of the service
school, the induction center, hos
pital and barracks occupied the
morning. In the afternoon, the
Great Lakes Negro Varsity basket
ball team .sparked by the 1943 To
ledo university star, Charley Har
mon. who made 12 field goals and
two free throws, defeated the Chief
Petty Officers quintet with Forrest
Anderson, former Stanford univer
sity of California great in the line
up, 64 to 48. Anderson is coach of
the Negro team and is asssted by
Ozzie Simmons, former grid star at
the University of Iowa, and 'Windy
Wallace’, former Michigan State
eager. Wallace was one of the of
ficials of the game. The Negro
team has a record of 20 victories
and three defeats this season.
EAT REGULAR ‘CHOW’
The visitors were dined in the
chief petty officers’ mess hall. Trie
food, well cooked, was the same
as served all the sailors. There is
a special effort made to see that
all meals are well balanced.
The publishers were brought here
in a Navy bus and returned to Chi
cago the same way.
Negro training quarters here in
clude Camp Robert Smalls. Camp
Moffett and Camp Lawrence, Com
mander Armstrong is assistant re
cruit training officer and in charge
of Negro recruit training. Comm
, William H. R. Turek, is the recruit
training officer. Capt. J. S. Free
man is executive officer. The
commandant of the Ninth Naval
District is Rear Admiral Arthur S.
Carpenter with headquarters at the|
station.
Lieut. Stein, graduate of North
eastern university in Massachusetts)
spent the entire three days and
two nights as chief guide and in
formant.
Comfortable quarters were fur
nished the men Friday night in
barracks building 1811, Women
guests were taken to homes of
friends in Waukegan. 111.
Members of the Publishers' As
sociation who made the pilgrimage
here were: Thomas and P. B. Young
Jr.. Norfolk Journal and Guide
Miss Lucile Bluford, Kansas City
Call; Eustace Gay, Philadelphia
Tribune; Roscoe Dunjee of Okla
homa Black Dispatch; J. E. Mitch
ell, W. E. Mitchell, J. E. Cook and
Bige Wyatt, St. Louis Argus; Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Newman, Minneap
olis Tribune; A. Clayton Powell,
People’s Voice, New York City;
Miss Olive Diggs and Mrs. Marion
Baxter, Chicago Bee; William Wal
ker and Augustus B. Parker. Cleve
land Call-Post; Bishop A. J. Ham
lett, Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kas.
C. W. Cubia, Houston Informer;
Howard H. Murphy and William
Gibson, Afro-American newspapers.
Baltimore; C. C. Galloway, Omaha
Guide; Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Sweets,.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Stafford and J.
Arthur Turner, St. Louis Americ
an; John H. Sengestacke, Charleal
P. Browning, Clarence A. Taylor,
Chicago Defender, Frank L. Stan
ley, Louisville Defender and Wil
liam G. Nuiin, Pttsburgh Courier.
A. PHILIP RANDOLPH WINS
AWARD FOR SERVICE TO
LABOR’S RIGHTS
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held by millions of Americans. For
example, although Mr. Randolph,
is in the American Federation of
Labor, many CIO officials as well
as AFL leaders are on the Comm
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REVEAL HOW NAVIGATORS
BALKED GEN. COUZZENS
JIM CROW POLICY
Washington, March 8 (ANP) The
story of how the first Negro navig
ator cadets coped with a jim-crcw
policy instituted by an army air
force ranking officer during the
course of a field trip is going the
rounds here and is winning admit*
ation for the class and those which
have followed. The men are now
statibned at Selfridge Field, Mich,
where they comprise the I47th
Bombardment group.
Late last fall the war'djepartnu‘i^'>
authorized and activated a group
for training preliminary to the e^
tablishment of a Negro bombing
outfit- The first class was sent to
Mather field where, according to
the best knowledge, they were per
mitted to mingle and eat with their
white Cosnraeds all with the ap
proval of the white commanding
offcer of the post.
During the training period Maj .
Gen. Couzzens of the army air
force inspector-general’s staff vis
ited the base and observed the dem
ocratic practice- He immediately
ordered that the Negro fliers be
segregated from the white fliers.
So the story goes, the command
ing officer called the boys together
and broke the news.
The leader of the group, repres
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ther they were being “ordered” to
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j PROMOTED TO COLONEI.
COLONEL M. O. BOUSFIELD
Ft. Huachuea, Arizona,—A greater percentage of
our boys who are stationed at this post are rejoicing
over the recent promotion of Lt. Col. M. O. Bousfield
to full Colonelsliip, as wasannouneed by the War
Department early this week Col. Bousfield was a
former member of the Chicago ’n Board of Education
and Medical Director of the Supreme Liberty Life
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ther than submit to this practice
they would eat elsewhere- Furth
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led to sleep in tents pitched in the
middle of a dust road they would
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whltlp girl attendants themselves
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after they were required to ripoit
for duty, that they would gladly
sc that they got warm meals before
going' to class.
On Christinas day the girls a
greod among themselves to seo
that the Negro cadets got a real
meal even though the exchange
was officially, closed. Again tne
leader of the group spoke up aid
is reported to have said: "We're
apreclatjve more than you know,
hut if we have got to g'o without
eating, Christmas day is as go~d
a time as any to do it.”
The fourth class of navigator
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olicy is still the same, but not V«t
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