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FLINT BROWNSVILLE NEWS, FLINT, MICHic

TRAININ

A ~story of Negro children in the rurak south
from the moving picture, ONE TENTH OF A
acre a developed for the American Negro es:

Board and now being shown by theatres, churches

| Exposition by a grant from the enscel Education
and schools. | (ANP)

~Versatile Midget Puts Big Folk

To Shame With Varied Activities

Frankie Dee, Langston Graduate,

NEW VORK-Friitkie Dee, America~s only callege- educated. Ne
~iro midget stips os the scales at 58

pounds, stands~ ~three feet, nine ~inches tall and. is 24 years old, but
he~; been mere places and done
more things than most normal-sized
persons, twice his age.

His brief but colorful life story
includes everything from page-boying in the hotels: managed by the
late Ralph Hitz, to flying an airplane. Frankie, who is now. mascot
Schenley. Distillers corporation
here is taking time off from his jok
thiis spring to altend his sister~s
peradiation, exercises in Omaha-~
he~s putting her and another sister
and brother through school.

Although his Lilliputian dimensions keep him cut of the army
Franki is nevertheless training at
Roosevelt Fieic here to be a pilot
aided by plumped-up. pillows and
clongated controls.

HAS FLOWN 36,000 MILES

Far from a novice at-.flying, he
covered 36,000 miles as a passengel
in commercial planes before deciding he could fill a pilot~s seat in
a national emergency. In fact,
Frankie asserts, ~I have a definite

Is Carving Colorful ~Career

advantage at the joystick of a fighting plane because the 100 pounds
or so difference between myself and
a, regular pilot would allow me to
carry that much larger load. of
ammunition.~:

Frankie has just returned from
Buffalo, N. Y. where he began a
new career as drum major ~for tne
band welcoming visitors to the Club
Managers association convention,
Hote]. and club officials are old
friends of his. because he~s worked
ag page boy in some of the best
hostelries in the country. They included the Adolphus in Dallas, the
Congress in Chicago,.and the New
Yorker and Belmont-Plaza jin New
York. While at the Belmont-Plaza,
he alsc found time to edit the staff
news for employees...

Last summer, while appearing in
the ~Cavalcade of Stars~ which the
Schenley American Legion post presented during the Legion~s national
convention in Boston, Frankie renewed acquaintances with an) old
friend, the famous Bill Rebinson,
who also appeared in the ~Cavalcade~ show. ~They appeared together
in the Broadway production of the

Wider Opportunities

For Negroes Is Urged

~NEW YORK~(SNS)~In a highly searching article, this week, the
New. York Times called for wider
ovportunities for Negroes, 10
hasten progress into industry and
to bring the country nearer
Democracy.. This statement was
eotitained in an editorial which
fellows:

~One American in every ten is
a Negro. The Negro American, like
Americans of other racial strains,
wishes to share the privileges of
democracy and to do his part with
other citizens in defending democracy. The National Urban
Leegue, reporting for 1940, finds
that some progress, but not encough, has been made toward realizing both these aspirations. The
league, which has the backing of
some distinguished southerners,
asks only for the Negro ~an opportunity to share in our national
life in keeping with his training
pnd ability,~ and ~that he has a
chance to train himSelf so _ that
his real capacity may be develop
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NEGRO BARRED

~This ideal obviously hasn~t as
yet been realized. The Negro hasn't
been allowed to contribute to the
defense effort, either in the armed

'. services or in private positions, in

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proportion to his numbers and his

> abilities. There have been, and

are, many obstacles in the form of
ingrained habits, attitudes and

prejudices to keep him out. These
ebstacles will not vanish overnight,

The league can only report that
they have been in small part diminished, and that we are mearer to democracy in this respect
than we weer when the league
Was organized thirty years ago.

~Enlightened Ameriacns,- ~specially in the strategic areas of the
South, can: do much to hasten
progress toward wider opportunities for the colored race~.

TIMES MAKES PROGRESS

Most observers here, feél/ that the
position taken by the New York
Times is a distinct departure from
the run of-the-mill attitude generally expressed by the white
press. |

Its importance, among other
things, is the fact that this great
newspaper is the representative
organ in the country, and for it to
femand a place for the Negro on
the National Defense Program is
going a long way in forming the
popular mind regarding the~ race
ang its place in American life. Al
ady, the Times itself has made
strides in this direction by the
Occasional use of material written

by Negroes.

However, the more alert indi-|

viduals fee that the Times should
not only give lip-service to demorc
_Yacy but with its great. influence.

lead the way by angered Negroes on its editorial staff

~Mighty Mite~

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Meet Frankie. Dee, oeyeamold
colored. midget. who, has more. a~complishments than he..can count
on, his fingers..A friend of: the
famous Bill~ Robinson, trankie is }
an aviator, dancer, college graduate, mascot for Schenley Distillers
corporation, editor, ex-page boy
and amateur sportsman. Right
now he~s planning to buy a chicken
farm where some day he can settle down and ~forget; it all.~

~Hot Mikado.~
GRADUATE OF LANGSTON

Frankie has Many: other accomoplishments. In hig 24 years he has
earned a bachelor of arts degree
from Langston college in Oklahoma
traveled with the orchestra of Phil
Harris and Jug Wilson, written a
weekly column for southwestern
newspapers, and helped support his
family. Stili not contented, he is
currently studying merchandising at
New York university night school.

Aside from his Many duties for
Schenley, Frankie finds time to box,
ride horseback, read. Sinclair Lewis~
latest novels and plan the chicken |
farm where some, day he hopes. io |
~forget it all.~

As Bill Robinsen so aptly remarked, ~Master Frank sure gets
around!~

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. ~ (ANP)
~Thirty-six jitterbugs, starting, at
the very ripe age of 13, were
rounded up by boy police last Satday night from over a juke box~
dance hall on Woodstock street.

re MISERIES"?

~commanding officers. These

Be Feed~
At Tuskegee

| WASHINGTON, D. G~(S N S)
~The War Department announced
today more details of its plan ior
the formation of the 99th Pursuit
Squadron. 2

Creation of this squadron, the
first Negro tactical unit in the Air
Corps, requires the training and
commissioning of 33 flying cadets
to be pilot officers, and transfer or
commissioning of 6 to 14 non-flying
Officers, _ and the enlisting and
training of 176 soldiers for duty, as
mechanics and other ~technical
specialists,

Training of. pilots will be started
about October 1, at Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama. Applications for flying cadet appointments will be received by Corps
Area Commanders. Standards for
appointment will-be the same as for
white applicants, who must be unmarried, and must have passed
their 20th hut not their 27th. birthday. They must have completed at
least two. years. of college work or
pass qa written examination which
demohstrates the equivalent education.

RECEIVE S25 MONTHLY

Flying cadets are paid $75.00 a
month- ana receive $1 a da/ ration allowance. The Tuskegee
course of training will require 30
weeks. Upon successful completion
of the course, a fyling cadet is elgible. for appointment. as Second
Lieutenant in the Air Corps Resefve, and is subject to call to active
duty.
At. least fou of the non-flying
officers for the squadron will come

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arms. of ~the. service,. All Army: and Corps Area commanders have

been notified that four Negro officers, lieutenants.-or captains, are
to ke detailed to the Air Corps for
one year of non-flying duty. Any
Negro officers desiring this detail
may make application to their
ofTicers will be need about Septem
~ber 1, 1941.

Two more prospective Negro. non
flying officers will enrolJ as stu
dents April 7 at New York University in engineering courses. utilized by the Air Corps in training
many of its engineering. officers.
Upon completion of their work
there, these two students will go
to Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois,
to complete their training.

| start ENLISTMENT

Enlisting of. the 276~ Soldiers for
duty as mechanics and -other
technical specialists will be started immediately, They will be recruited in varicus sections of the
country and will be sent to Chanute
Field for training, starting April
1. Upon completion of training at
Chanute Field the men will. be
transferred to Tuskegee. to. serve. as
maintenance crews for the._ pilot
training school,. Each Negro canGidate for enlistment must be a
high school graduate and miust Pass
aptitude tests to.. determine ~ his
suitability. for attendance at an
Air Corps. technical school,

A nucleus of 14 eplisted | men
| from existing colored units has
been ordered to Chanute Field to
prepare for the reception of the
recruits for processing, issuance of
uniforms,innoculations, and basic

be furnished from* Scott Field,
Belleville, Wlinois, and, Lowry Field,
Denver, Colorado,

for. three yeara at. stations with
the following quotas:
Mitchell Field New York
Bolling Field, D. C.-......
Maxwell Field, Ala.......
Patterson Field, Ohio....
Chanute Feild, Hlizo~s...
San Angelo-: Texas-..')..--
_March Field, Calif.

students and time ~ required for
training are as follows: ~
No. of _ Period

Course Studets. in, Wks.
Air mechanics.... 151 22
Insruments...... 4 &

rachute riggers S..4 8

elders.........0 3 7@

etype maintenance 4 8,., ATM Seae pre, | R
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rks (technical) 122 16
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.~(8NS) wa

Hundreds of youths enrolled at Fairfield Interurban Heights School are receiving benefits of a ~oordinated: vocational education program reputed to:
These views: show
students in their occupational classes.

One of the~most popular classes is sewing where
girls learn to be seamstresses, thereby enabling them
to obtain jobs as well as make their own clothes,

Another vital class, especially since the beginning
of the national defense program, is that in carpentry
where youths are taught the building trade.

~Home economics class sefvés a dual: purpose; it
enables.girls to prepare for homemaking as well | as

_ prepare for.a career as cooks or x fossil dieticians.; Ability. to, manage. 2 tailoring business -
drilled 1

cleaning ~
attending the tailoring classes. The most
technique is employed.

Girls are trained thoroughly in the art of cosmetic application as well as beauty culture as 4
preparatery course in beauty shop training.

The course offered in shoe repair work has produced scores of skilled workmen and also provides
a backlog of knowledge for students should they find
themselves lacking jobs in occupations of another
chaice.~Courtesy THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS.

military. training. -Instructors will
The 276 recruits. wil, be. enlisted.

Youths Seeking To Enlist In
Air Corps Will Miss Draft ~

WASHINGTON, DB. C.~(S N ~)~
Negro registrants who have applied
for. enlistment in the new Army
pursuit squadron of the Air Corps
may.be deferred from Selective
Service Training, Brig. Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey, deputy director
of.Selective Service, National Head.
quarters, has announced.

Following the announcement of
the War Department that a Negro
pursuit squadron is being organized,
General. Hershey. pointed out that
-Tegistrants who have applied for
commissions in the Army, Navy. Or
Marine Corps cr for enlistment as
Army flying.cadets or Navy aviation cadets or for Marine

ly deferred from Selective Service

Training pending action by the
military authorities on their appli
cations.
TO USE CAA PILOTS

The War Department has anMachinists........- 2 17
Electricians.....:. 2 4
Weather observers 6 12
Weather forecasters ~3 26

Corps. |
aviation cadets: may be temporari
nounced that pilots will be selected or ~approving enlistment as flying

Letter with His

Income Return

NEW YORK~(S N S)~A letter
in which he:stated that the special -
defense tax. of the. income tax due
March 15 was being paid * utider
protest because of: the ~gross,
shameful - and. -unwar. ~ 1. diser!

Army,. are barred.. fam.the * ~Navy.
except. as. mess attendants; ~tend in
the vast majority of ~industrial
plants engaged in filling défense
contracts, Negroes are. refused an
opportunity to work.~

~Under these circumstances, ~ he
wrote, ~I register my protest
against being taxed to maintain

_ this huge program when my people,

~ denied an opportunity ~ share
in ~~
cadets, required considerable time
because of investigations and examinations by Army, Navy of
Marine Corps authorities, General
Hershey called to attention that
men may be deferred from Selective
Service training if they are in preparation for a service nécessary to
~the national health, safety. - or
interest.~;
Consequently, the Gg suggested that local boards give temporary deferments of not ~ more
than 60 cr 90 days. to men ng
commission or - enlistment

from those) who have completed

the secondary course. offered by the

Civil Aeronautics Authority. The
Negro pilots, it was said, will be
trained at Tuskegee, Alabama, in
connection with Tuskegee Institute.
Thirty-three pilots and twentyseven planes make up the normal
complement of the squadron, which
was begun in February.

In a memorandum to State Selective directors, General Hershey
said:

~A College Accredited by the Southern~ Association of}
Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States

with curricula: designed: to prepare ~students to meet
the vocational and social needs of successful living.

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~It has come to the attention of ~i
National Headquarters that certain
registrants have been inducted who
were candidates for commissions:n
the Army, Navy or Marine Corps,
or for enlistment as Army flying

cadets, Navy Aviation cadets. or Agriculture
{Miarine Corps Aviation cadets. *
Where~ induction has been follow- Commercial
ed by confirmation of commission Dieteties
or enlistment, great confusion and | 5

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many administrative complications |
have resulted.~.
URGE DEFERMENTS

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Courses Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of
Science are offered in the following Schools
and Departments of Instruction: _~~ af

Mechanical Industries

Home Economics
Institutional,
Management |

Physical Education. |'~

Pointing out that procedure for
comeennS men in the Services,

Happy Relief When
Laxative Is Needed

Don't experiment with harsh
Ways -to relieve constipation.
There~s no use when there~s a gentle way: spicy, aromatic BLACKDRAUGHT when taken by the directions.-,

It is a purely vegetable medicine.
Taken as directed at night, it Usu
allows time for sleep; acts:

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~ Diplomas in:

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Complete Courses leading to Certificates and

Commercial Dietetics and Special Trade
Courses for Men and Women

CS ae Beem ae

ing. You should feel fine again.
BLACK. - DRAUGHT~S effective-.
ness ig largely due to its chief
ingredient known as an ~4ntestinal
tonic-laxative~, which helps ~impart
tone to lazy bowel muscles.

Take BLACK - DRAUGHT next |

for Tuskegee graduates.

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~Approved by the Civil Aeronauties Authority to, of}
fer Vocational Flight Training and efficient +
| service that has been ~highly successful in getting jobs:

F.D. rte Pies

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