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“I want.. I ” and before Order is Known 12 Weary Negro Seabees Step Forward
AFTER TWO DAYS OF
UNOADING SHIPS UNDER
SHELL FIRE ....
(by Technical Sgt. Donald A. Halt
man Sr., of SI-01 30th Avenue,
gLong Island City, N. Y-, a Marine
Corps Combat Correspondent.)
PELELIU, PALAU ISLANDS,
(Delayed)—Two hundred Negro Sea
bees, grimy and weary from two days
of unloading ships under enemy fire,
were lined up on the beach here
“I want voluneeers for stretcher
bearing on the ridge tonight,” an of
ficer was telling them
And 200 Negro Seabees stepped
out as one.
The incident is typical of the rec
ord chalked up by the Seabee battal
ion, that landed immediately behind
assualt waves of Marines here and
lias been working night and day
since. They unload ships, wrestle
ammunition and heavy supplies to the
beach dumps, carry ammunition to
the front lines, and bring back wound
ed, On occasion they hi^/e filled in
as frontline troops, and for more
than a week they have been going
forward to drag in wounded marin
es.
These Seabees had seen no action
until Peleliu. Then they joined the
assault. They had more than 100
casualties in the first week, many
received during the landing when
Japanese artillery and mortar fire
was ripping the coral reef, o.thers
from mortar fire on the beaches and
among the supply dumps, and still
more from enemy fire at the from.
From the first they worked up to
16 hours a day, unloading supplies
| on the floating docks out at the edge
| of the 600-yard wide coral reef. They
; were under constant mortar and art
illery fire.
On the beach they had to handle
the heavy ammunition and vast stores
of other supplies to the various
dumps. Here they were also endan
gered by mortars, by snipers and on
occasion, by Jap machine gunners
(Continued i page 3)
MISS JANE A. FREEMAN, 22,
First Negro Woman Enters WAVES
Rev. Chandler
To Conduct
Great Revival
REVIVAL-2734 blondo
The First Mission of the God Sent
Light, wishes to announce a joyful
Gospel Feast starting Monday, at 8
p.m., November 20th in the Chapel
of Our Church Home
These Services will be conducted
by The Great Evangelist and Proph
etess, Rev. Alma R- Chandler of
Chicago, 111., and run through ’til
God says stop. Come hear this won
derful woman of God. A Blessing
Jim Crow Hits Famed 92nd
Negro Fighting Division
Urges Immediate Vete
On Remanent F.E.P.C.
is in store for all.
Dinner served Saturday, Nov. 18th
at 6:45 pin. by The Three Loving
Sisters. Public Invited.
REPORTED MISSING IN ACTION
CAPTAIN CHARLES F. GANDY
Daring com
mander of a com
pany of the 92nd
Infantry Division
now fighting with
the Fifth Army in
i
Italy who was re
ported missing in
action by the War
Department o n
November 3. Cap
tain Gandy, the
first officer of the
Negro division to
be promoted in
the field by Lieu
tenant General
Mark W. Clark,
won the admira
tion of his men be
cause he wouldn’t
ask a soldier to do
anything that he
wouldn’t do.” He
made his home in
Washington, D. C.
<U. S. Signal
Corps Photo from
BPR.)
CONGRESSMAN. STATE
LEGISLATORS RETAINED
Chicago, (PPNS) In a sweeping
victory over his opponents, Congress
man William L. Dawson defeated
William E. King. Republican in the
Democratic FDR. landslide here on
Tuesday, November 7. Other win
ners shown in the picture are left to
right: Fred J- Smith, member of the
Illinois eneral Assembly, Alderman
Wm- H. Harvey (congratulating
Dawson), Corneal A- Davis, also of
the Illinois General Assembly. Other
winners in Chicago area were: Char
les T. Jenkins, Charles M. EUcyles,
and Dr. Edward A. Welters, all
members of the Illinois General As
sembly.
| New York—Following the announc
ement that hearings on FEPC are to
be resumed November 16, the NAAC
P has taken the position that facts
on discrimination in war industries
and government are so well establish
ed, further discussion of the Bill for
a permanent FEPC, are unnecessary.
The Association has urged there
fore that the Bill be brought out of
the Committee and voted upon with
out further discussion. Similarly,
every individual is urged to wire his
Congressman urging support of such
•action.
Tyler Butler Charged
with Manslaughter
On Tuesday morning, manslaught
er charges were filed against Tyler
Butler, 27, of 2224 Maple street, in
connection with the fatal stabbing of
Henry E. Mease, Bomber plant work
er, early Sunday morning. Mease
resided at 2122 North 21st street.
Mrday a coroner's jury found that
Mease had deid from stab wounds in
the abdomen “inflicted by Tyler But
ler” and recommended that Tyler
Butler be held, for district court.”
His preliminary hearing was Tues
day morning.
Butler told police he met Mease in
the American Wiener shop at 2509
North 24th street and he claimed
Mease was drunk.
Mease followed him outside, grab
bed his hat, Butler said- When he
wouldn’t return it, Butler grabbed
Mease’s hat. There was a fight,
witnessed by several persons, and
Butler said he drew a pocket knife
stabbed Mease in the abdomen.
The man died an hour later at an
hospital- Butler, who said he didn't
know Mease's injuries were serious,
was arrested Sunday morning at the
home of a friend,
officiating
Funeral services for Mease were
held Thursday afternoon front Zion
Baptist church. Rev. F. C. Williams,
officiating, Thomas Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements
Mr. Mease is survived by his wife,
Barbara: three sons, Edward, John
and Ralph; father. Edward M-: mo
ther, Mrs. Aine Goings, Chicago, 111;
sisters, Mrs. Frances Foxall, Mrs.
Aiberta Riley and Miss Elaine, all of
Omaha: and Miss Jacqueline, Des
Moines, Iowa, one half sister, and
one half brother, Sandra Goings and
ilbert Goings of Chicago, 111
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John Carter Gets 10 Yrs. i
John Carter, who until last Mon-1
day, had steadfastly denied the shoot
ing to death of Mrs- Wesley last
June, pleaded guilty and threw him
self upon the mercy of the court,
thereby eliminating the task of select
ing a jury to try him on first degree
murder charge
judge Henry Beal, taking cogniz
ance of his army service and his pre
vious good record, sentenced him to
10 years in prison.
Carter, discharged from the army
because of tuberculosis, gets a month
ly pension of $115
If he serves his full sentence and
lets his army disability pension p'le
up, when he is a free man. he will
have $13,800
somewhere in Italy, (rrNs; —
The long arm Dixie jim crowism has
reached out from its citadel of pre
judice in the South and palmed the
92nd Division r nbat team, which
has played a heroic part in driving
the Nazi “Supermen” from this
front. The division, composed of
all Negro troops and commanded by
colored and white officers has here
tofore enjoyed the privileges of a
democratic rule- However, with the
transferring of Major Gen. Edward
Almond, division commander from
Fort Huachuca to head of the divis
ion a new: policy of racial discrimin
ation looms on the horizon.
en. Almond has expressed his in
tent quite clearly of subjugating Ne
gro officers for the sake of white
officers, who according to his actions
must have no peer in the Negro
ranks. It aws further revealed that
in the future replacements for offic
ers' positions will be filled by white.
At this early date the transferring of
six colored Lieutenants to be replac
ed by white officers has been report
ed
it has been feared by some that
these new unfavorable conditions
would result in a drop in the morale
and efficiency of the crack division.
However the remaining colored offic
ers and men seem determined, in
spite of the racial change, to main
tain the splendid record they have
established by their valorous showing
upon contact with the enemy.
Chesterfield’s Attempt
To Bar Negro Musicians
Boomerangs.
by Floyd Snelson
Special—New York (PPNS) The
Chesterfeld programs which have be
come famous by their presentation of
top flight bands three times a week
over station CBS, were the object
last week of a concentrated attack
by musician’s Locali 802 and Chest
erfield smokers who rose up in vig
orous protest against MCA's decision
to discontinue the use of Negro bands
and musicians, who have played a
large part in popularizing these pro
grams. Such celebrited stars as Ted
dy Wilson, Louis Armstrong, Count
Basie, Roy Eldridge and many oth
ers have appeared no these shows for
the same reason as stated by Chest
erfield's motto—"They Satisfy.”
White musicians, who have enjoy
ed pleasant relations with their col
ored contemporaries and rate them
by their mertis and not by the asi
nine practice of differentiating be
cause of color, were equally indign
ant over MCA's attmept to adopt
jim crow policies. Jimmy Middleton
popular white musician, promptly
quit the show upon learning of the
intended disctjin^nationi Local 802
immediately dispatched a message to
Paul Baron, band leader on the show
stating that the union would stand no
discrimination of musicians because
of political opinion, color, creed or
religion.
Under pressure MCA reported that
they issued the order upon the bid
ding of higher ups, who directed
such action. Evidently officials ot
the radio show soon realized that stu.
pidity of such a move, for the order
was hastily retracted and colored
stars have been welcomed back with
opened arms.
©worn m 8 am. Monday
Three Negro women, including two
officer candidates and one enlisted
recruit, were sworn into the Women’s
Reserve in Boston and New York
City, Monday morning, November IS
under a Navy Department plan, ap
proved by the President, for the ac
ceptance of Negro women into the
WAVES.
The first Negro woman in the 1st
Naval District to complete her appli
cation and be be sworn into the Wo
men's Reserve was Miss Jane A. Free
-man, 2 2, of 164 Walnut Avenue,
Roxbury, Mass. She was sworn in
to the service as an enlisted WAVE
at 8 a- m. Monday" by Capt. L. D.
Causey, USN retired, Director of the
Office of Naval Officer Procure
ment at Boston.
Two hours later, in New York city,
two other Negro women were sworn
into the service as apprentice seamen
and officer candidates by Lt. Rosa
mond D. Selle at 33 Pine street
They were Miss Harriet Ida Pickens 1
35, of 260 West 139th Street, and :
Miss Frances Eliza Wills, 28, of 315 i
West 113th Street;'both of New York
City.
Miss Pickens and Miss Wills were
scheduled to report to Smith Collegt
for training on November 15. Upon
successful completion of training,
Miss Pickens will be commissioned
Lieutenant (JG) and Miss Wills will
be commissioned an ensign. Miss
Freeman, the first Negro enlisted
WAVE in the New Engand area
will be one of the first group of Ne
gro recruits to enter “boot” training
at Hunter College, New York City,
about January 1, 1945
Miss Pickens graduated .from the
Smith College ir. 1930 with an A. B.
degree cum aude and did graduate
work at Coumbia University from
1930 to 1933—no degree- From Sept
ember 1931 to June 1932, she was an
instructor at the Bennett College for
Women in Greensboro, North Caro
lina. From 1934 to 1939, she was a
project supervisor under the recreat
ional program for WPA in New
York City. From June 1939 to the
present, she was executive secretary
of the Harlem Tuberculosis and
Health Commtitee in New York city.
Miss Pickens was born in Talladega,
Alabama, on March 17, 1909.
Miss Wills graduated trom Hunter
College in 1938 with a BA- degree.
She received a MS. from the Univer
sity of Pittsburgh, in 1943- This de
gree was in biology, social adminis
tration, speech and dramatics. From
1936 to 1940, she worked in the em
ployment department of the YWCA,
on West 137th street, New York city
From February 1940 to September
1941, she was a secretary in the New
York Protestant Episcopal Mission
Society- Since November 15 last
year, she has been a case worker for j
the State Charities Aid Association
in New York City- This work is
primarily devoted to investigation of
families in connection with child a
doption. Miss Wills was born in
Philadelphia, Pa-, on October 8, 1916
Miss Freeman is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs- Thomas T. Freeman
of Roxbury, Mass. She attended
Roxbury Memorial High School,
graduating in 1940- While in school
she was drill leader, on the ring com
mittee, and on the senior council.
She has been employed as an inspect
or by the Dewey and Almy Chemical
Company. Navy life will not be en
tirely new to Miss Freeman- She
slates that in the Civil War her
grandfather, Abraham Fenno, was in
the Navy.
SA VS HE'S XO KLU KLUXER
Los Angeles, Calif., (C) Hal Styl
es, Democratic candidate in Califor
nia's 15th district in the last election,
has filed a $1,000,000 libel suit a
gainst the Los Angeles Examiner for
maliciously calling him a member of
the Ku Klux Klan.
TMARIAS ANDERSON TO
SUPPORT BOND DRIVE
New York (C) Marian Anderson,
and other stars will support the 6th
War Loan Drive beginning on Nov.
Sings At Trocadero
MARVA LOUIS, opening at Holly
wood's famed Trocadero night club,
November 16th, for a singing engage
meat, selects u'ilh care her winter
chapeaux in-between shows at IVash
ington’s Club Bali. \Catvin News
Service PholoQ■
—.
Marva Looks to Hollywood...
Detroit, (PPNS) Following close
ly in the still fresh tracks left by
Lena Horne on the road to stardom,
Marva Louis, whose entry into the |
theatrical world has caused a sensa
tion is scheduled to invade the bright
lights of Hollywood at an early date
It is expected that her first appear
ance will be at the famous Trocadero.
from hich many stars have catapult
ed to the heights of their career.
Dixie Lynchers Freed
By All White Jury—
REPORTED TAKES LIFE.. .
Chicago, (PPNS) Pretty Doris
O’Neil, one of the nation’s most beau
tiful and popular dancing beauties is
reported to have taken her life in
Los Angeles, Calif- Sunday last,
where took up residence four months
ago after becoming married to a ser
viceman . The chorine was one of
the origina Regalettes and had ‘front
lined' at New York’s Cotton Club,
the Windy City’s rand Terrace Cafe
and other popular spots. She was
married several years ago to Joe
Peterson and has one son, Joe Jr.
who lived with her at the time of her
death. The cause of the suicide was
not learned at the time of this writ
ing.
Youth Conference
November 1719th
TO STREESS POST-WAR
THEMES .
New York—Recognizing the ail
important part that youth will play
in the post-war world, delegates to
the 6th Annual NAACP Youth Con
ference at Virg.inia-Union university
November 17-19 will consider the
theme “Building for Total Democra
cy.”
Ruby Hurley, Youth Secretary an
nounced this week that delegates have
registered from 17 states scattered
over the country.
Among the prominent speakers
j who will appear are Adam Clayton
Powell, Jr., newly elected Congress
man from New York; F.lla J. Bak
er, Director of NAACP Branches;
Rev. James H. Robinson, Church of
I the Master, New York City; Aziz
I Pabini. All India Students Federal
j ion ; Gloster Current, Executive Sec
retary, Detroit Branch, NAACP;
and Rabbi Edward E. Klein, Free
Synagogue, New York City.
20th. The Beauticians Volunteer
Corps will hold a rally to help sell
$2,000,000 in war bonds for the Mme
C. J. Walker ship.
Ca’I HA-0,800 to Renew Subscription
Liberty, Miss. (PPNS) In typic
al Dixie fashion, Southern justice
thumbed its nose at lady justice this
week when an all-white jury exoner
ated Noble Ryder Dixie lyncher,
who along with five of his ilk brut
ally slayed Isaac Simmons, 65 yea:
old preacher, because he refused to
vacate his 220 acre farm. It is very
likely that the other culprtis will be
released without further hearing.
The action came as no surprise to
those familiar with the distorted
views of southland law authorities.
Burt Jones, attorney for the de
fense based his case entirely on
white supremacy and declared that
no Negro’s ord could be taken a
gainst that of white men. It requir
ed no Clarence Darrow to win the
defendant's case, as the trial simply
amounted to a formality of the state
brought about as the result of an in
vestigation made by the FBI.
The state’s principal witness, El
dridge Simmons, son of the slain
preacher, had fled to Louisiana after
being threatened by other whites and
submitted his testimony only after
being arrested and brought back to
Amite County by federal investigat
ors. Though it constitutes a feder
al crime to flee a state to avoid test
ifying in a case, no action will be
taken against young Simmons lie
cause of the circumstances responsi
ble for his flight.
Buy NAACP Negro Sotdcir Xmas
Seals■
Alma Vesseils
; Miss Alma Vessells is newly
[named assistant to Mrs. Estelle
Massey Riddle, consultant in Ne
kro nursing for the National
Nursing Council for War Service.
iA native of Philadelphia, Miss
[Vessells is a graduate of Harlem
Hospital School of Nursing and
holds a B.S. degree from New
York University School of Educa
tion. She came to the Council
from directorship of the Harlem
Y.W.C.A. School for Practical
Nurses.
REPORTS $60 THEFT
June Andres, 1818 North 25th sr-,
told police Tuesday, that her billfold
containing $60, was stolen while she
was in a 24th and Lake streets tavern
TUSKEGEE MEDICAL
DIRECTOR RETIRES
Tuskegee, Alabama (PPNS) The
faculty and student body of Tuskeg
ee Institute filled the school audit
orium to apy high tribute to retiring
Medical Director, John A. Kenney,
who during his many years of faith
ful service has won many friends and
became a beloved figure to students
I on the campus, who always looked
*o him as the “student's friend.’’
The photographer caught these three
notable characters shortly after Dr.
F. D. Patterson, school Preside!!',
has presented Dr. Kenney with a
scroll lauding his commendable work
at the Institute- Dr. Patterson
stands to the left of Dr. Kenney
while he is flanked on th' r'ght by
Col. EEugene H. Dibble, Manager
Veteran's Administration Faculty.
Tuskegee, Alabama.