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NEBRASKA NEARING HALF WAT MARK IN “PURPLE HEART” NURSES PLATOONS Lincoln, Nebraska, especial) Ne braska is nearing the half-way mark in its quota or tour “WAC Purple Heart" platoons for service to war wounded soldiers at Fitz Simons General Hospital, Denver, Colo., it was announced by WAC li aison officers in Governor Dwight Griswold’s office. Organization of the first platoon honoring the One Hundred Thirty fourth Infantry, "Nebraska’s Own" —was completed last week, while additional enlistments since have nearly filled the second platoon of badly needed women for the hospit al units, it was reported. “I am very happy to team that Nebraska women are responding to the call for help for our war wounded in their time of need,” said Governor Dwight Griswold, whose proclamation of a state of emergency launched tne '-day “Purple Heart" campaign in Nebr ^But it must be remembered that many more volunteers are needed before Nbraska goes over the top. Every girl who is able to serve is needed at Fitzsimons, and needed badly,” he said. Liaison officers said that inquir ies for further information about the "Purple Heart” platoons from women to whom the governor rec ently sent a personal letter had been very gratifying. More than 20,000 letters were sent to women in the state, pointing out the need of women to care for the wounded. The women making up the first Nebraska “Purple Heart” Platoon go to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., this week for both basic and technical training—either as medical or sur gical technicians or as medical | clerks. After completion of train ing—about 11 weeks—the Nebraska platoon will be assigned to Fitz simons General hospital. THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS AND ASKS ITS CITIZENS The Government needs and asks its citizens in this 169th week of the war to; (1) Return to sea duty if you are an engineering or deck officer. Our Merchant Marine urgently needs 18,000 licensed men to sail the ships carrying w'ar cargoes to com bat areas. (2) Address all overseas mail clearly, correctly and completely to avoid delays and disappointments. One slight error may easily cause a letter to travel 30,000 extra miles. (3) Make out your income tax re turn now to save time and last minute confusion. Everyone whose income was $500 or more last year ' must file a return by March 15. <4) Buy only what you really need this Easter. Dollars unneces sarily spent contribute to inflation; dollars saved help to finance the war. (5) Help relieve the nursing crisis. All women, young or old, trained or untrained, can partake in one of the eight war nursing programs. Inquire at your local Red Cross. tfl£NDED WHISKEY 86 proof—60% groin neutral spirits. Scbtniey Distillers Corp , N. Y. G. 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SUBSCRIPTION RATE IN OMAHA \ ONE YEAR . $3.00 SIX MONTHS .$1.75 ' THREE MONTHS .$1-25 , ■■ —< SUBSCRIPTION RATE OUT OF TOWN \ ONE YEAR . $3.50 SIX MONTHS .$2-00 ' National Advertising Representatives— I INTERSTATE UNITED NEWSPAPERS, Inc [ 545 Fifth Avenue, New York City, Phone:— MUrray Hill 2-5452, Ray Peck, Manager Write your serviceman CHEERFUL, REASSURING AND FREQUENT LETTERS. HIS MORALE DEPENDS ON YOUR LETTERS. TO SPEED DELIVERY. USE V-MAIL WHEN WRITING OVERSEAS NEWS ITEM FROM YOU TO THE BATTLEFIELD _ WRITE OFTEN-WRITE CHEERFULLY!' THOMAS A. MORGAN. National Chairman of the United Negro Col lege Fund which this spring will conduct a fund-raising appeal for 32 private Negro colleges. SPERRY CORP. PRESIDENT HEADS NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND. Thomas A. Morgan, president of The Sperry Corporation, has accept ed the national chairmanship of the second annual United Negro College Fund campaign which this spring will conduct a country-wide appeal on behalf of thirty-two private Ne gro coleges and universities, it was anounced by Dr. F. D. Patter son, president of the Fund. Dr. Patterson also announced the acceptance of Walter Hoving, na tional chairman of last year’s init-' ial campaign and president of Lord & Taylor, as chairman of the Fvfn’s national executive committee. wintnrop w. Aldrich, chairman of the board of the Chase National Bank, will again serve as national treasurer, and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., will repeat as chairman of the national advisory committee. Mr. Morgan, whose association with Sperry began in 1912 with the Sperry Gyroscope Company, has been president of The Sperry Cor poration since 1933. A member of the Netv York War Manpower Com mittee, he is also chairman of the executive committee or Pan Amer ican Airways, a member of the Ad visory Council of Princeton Univer sity's department of aeronautical engineering and the advisory com mittee of the North Carolina State Engineering School, and a director of the American Arbitration Assoc iation. He is a native of North Carolina. Mr. Morgan pointed out that 71 000 persons last year contributed $901,812.18 to the Fund. The lfttr goal, he added, will be announced at a later date. “The fine response of Americans of all races and creeds to the first United Negro College Fund appeal last year indicates realinterest in a national problem that is of vital concern to whites and Negroes a like,” Mr. Morgan said. “The private Negro colleges, with their rich tradition of training youth for service to the community, w'ill play an important part in the nation's reconversion from a war time to a peacetime economy. By assisting tens of thousands of Ne } gro veterans back to civilian life I and by continuing to prepare young i Negro men and women for the re sponsibilities of citizenship, these institutions will carry on a job for whicn tney are admirably equipped by virtue of long experience and proven ability. "But the war, which has present ed'Negro higher education with its greatest challenge, has also impos ed severe financial difficulties up bn the colleges. It is for this reas on that the thirty-two institutions represented in the United Negro College Fund will come before the American public this Spring to ap peal for funds to help meet their current minimum needs. They seek—and sorely need—the gener ous support of public-spirited in dividuals, business concerns, labor groups, philanthropic foundations, and other organizations." Mr. Morgan announced that the twenty-seven schools which com prised the United Negro College Fund last year have been joined by five additional institutions to bring the total number of participants to thirty-two this year. The new members are: Benedict College, Columbia, South . Carolina; Bishop College, Marshall, Texas; Johnson C. Smith University Charlotte, North Carolina; Paine College, Augusta, Georgia; and Talladega College, Talladega, Ala. Other participating colleges are: Alabama: Tuskegee Institute at Tuskegee Institute. Arkansas: Philander Smith Col lege, Little Rock. Florida: Bethune-Cookman Col lege, Daytona Beach. Georgia: Atlanta University, At lanta University School of Social Work, Clark College, Gammon Theological Seminary, .Morehouse College, Morris Brown College and Spelman College, all of Atlanta. Louisiana: Dillard University, New Orleans. Mississippi: Tougaloo College, Tougaloo. North Carolina: Bennett College, Greensboro, Livingstone College, Salisbury, Shaw University, Ral eigh. Pennsylvania: Lincoln University, Chester County. Tennessee: Fisk University, Nash ville, Knoxville College, Knoxville; Lane Collgee, Jackson: LeMoyne College, Memphis. Texas: Samuel Houston College, Austin, Texas College, Tyler, Till otson College, Austin; Wiley Col lege, Marshall. Virginia: Hampton Institute, Hampton; Virginia Union Univers ity, Richmond. Washington, DC.: Howard Univ ersity. Campaigns will be conducted in fifty -four cities throughout the country, including cities where tie participating colleges are located. Campaign cities will include: Bal timore, Birmingham, Boston, Buf falo, Chcgiao, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, (Ohio), Dallas, Dayton, Detroit, Hartford, Houston, Indi anapolis, Kansas City (Mo.), Los Angeles, Louisville, New Haven, Newark, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Providence, Rochester, San Antonio, Sprinfield, St. Louis, and Wilming ton. 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