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FLINT BROWNSVILLE NEWS, FLINT, ~MICHIGAN |: SATURD AY. JULY 5, 194t

$254,000

Units Are Built |

At $885,000 Cost

Was HINGTON, D. C.~(SNS)~The allotment of $254,
000 by the Mora~e Branch to equip 27 service clubs for colored troops at army camps through the nation was an
nounced Monday by the War Department.
~ Construction of these service clubs at the cost of more
than $885,000, already has been authorized and is being
rushed by the Quartermaster Corps. Three types of buildings are included in the he program. j
Construction of ~these _ service
clubs at the cost of more than
$885,000, already has been authorized and is being rushed~ by the
Quartermaster Corps. Three types
of buildings are included in the
program.
Large service chibs, designed for
units of 5,000 or more men, will
be equipped with a 5,000-valume

library,
hall, cafeteria and an office for the

In His AOth Year

senior and two junior hostesses
Cost of equipment for each is
$16,500

1,500 VOLUME LIBRARY
Medium-sized clubs, for units of |
3.000 to 5,000 men, will have similat.
facilities, but only a 1,500-volume
ubrery and a -senior and junio1
1cstess. Cost of equipment for
ach is $16,500.
Smail clubs, for
3,000 men, will have a 500-volume
library, one junior hostess and 4
kitchen for short orders. Cost of
oquipment. for each is $5,000.

A list of authorized service ciubs

foliows:: FimnST CORPS AREA
Fort Devens, Massachusetts
JAMES H. LEWIS eae
Se. | SECOND.CORPS AREA
ef Jacksonville Floriaa, presi ea Keer (ae muy } )
dent of the Afro-American Ite Fort Dix, New ia = agers
Insurance Company, which cele- Fort Ontario, New York (Sma
ioe 8 AR Aatoees;. | THIRD CORPS AREA
brates its 40th aniiiversary this d, M
year. Founded by A. L. Lewis, now Aberdeen Proving Groun vase, a8

land (Small)
Fort. Belvoir, Virginia (Large)
Fort Eustis, Virginia (Small)
Camp Lee, Virginia (Medium)
FOURTH CORPS AREA

beard, three. genfamily occupy.im
chatrman of the
erations of the
Leonard being di
president~s sii

ree tor of investment. Mr. Lewis Fort, Benning, Georgia (Medium)
contends that ~the future of the | Cqanip Blanding, Fla. (Large)
Negie depends upon his ability to | Fort Brage. N. C. (Large)
improve lis economic condition,~ | Camp Claiborne, Louisiana (Meae neraaaty | dium)
| Camp Croft, South Carolina
Asserts | (Small):
| Camp Davi North Carolina
| (Large):; Camp Jackson, South Carolina
Bob White Case. <=
| Camp Livingston, Louisian:
| (Large)
Camp Shelby Mississippi (Small)
Camp Wheeler, Georgia (Small)

| SIXTH CORPS AREA
Fort Custer, Michigan (Medium:
Savanna Ordance Depot, Iilinoi.
(Small)
SEVENTH CORPS AREA
Fort Riley, Kansas (Medium)

|
Affidavits Are |
Obtained From |: | Fort F. E. Warren, Wyoming
5. Ad | (Small)

Man s~ Widow | | Fort Leonard +: Wood, Missouri
% | (Large)

| EIGHTH CORPS AREA

HOUSTON, ~Texas~(S N S)--

~ Jlotted To Equip Tnenty-néuen Service lesb

a reading room, a social,

units of 500 to.)

As Dermis Cura Beauty College Graduation Was Held

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Vhis, the largest the history of the Dermis Cura Beau
tv College, Atlanta, Georgia, received diplomas following impressive
cxercises recently at Aller Temple AME church, the Rev. W. R.

epresented in the class memberhsip are more than

class ir:

Wiikes, pastor. K
Officers and members of the
faculty are seated at front in cet-ter are 1 to r Mrs. Jo Evelyn
ihurman, instructor; Mr. William Driskell, business manager; Mrs.
Mabel Dyviskell. president and founder;
er adonte | are i:ow being enrolled for the new term.

ten states and two foreign countries,

sustructor..

Fo ormer Da yton Lawyer Is
Killed By Stray Bullet

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The Bob White case is not closed. | Camp Bowie, Texas. (Small) DAYTON,- Ohio~(A N_ P)~ | a neighbor, Clarence Burgan, ~had
This; ~| Fort Huachuca, Arizona (Large) | ty eter pi, ~y | fired at's ~owler al d 3s

] announcement was made by | ~Fort Sill. Oklahoma. (Small omas Norris, 65, an attorney ired at a prowler aroun 3 am
the lega) staff of the NAACP be- | Camp Wolters vexan (Sehail) nere for many years, was founc | thjit morning and one of the bulfore delegates from 36 states at | NINTH CORPS AREA shot to death in his room earls jietS- is believed to have ~ struck
the 32nd annual conference of the | Fort Lewis, Washington (Small) | Wednesday morning. Police ~ said | Norris,
NAACP which met here June 24) Hostesses for these service clubs | ~Me bullet was fired diagonal.) e Several years ago, Norris was
to 28. /are appointed by the Corps Area | ~10m across the stveet and throus!. | debarred and until] recently had

An affidavit was obtained from. Commanders in whose jurisdiction | ~he window of his room. | been employed by the WPA on a
Mts. Bob White, widow of the | the respective facilities are ~ Police investigation revealed pant | ~ iviecmneiounas ~
man who was shot in the ~ court- A Cee; eee ee aR. x

room at Conroe, Texas, June 10, |
and additional affidavits are being,
taken from other eye witnesses is

the murder.

Dark Laughter.

BY OL HARRINGTON >

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Mrs. White testified that at

the time her husband was shot
there was no police officer in the
courtroom. After the selection of

courtroom al] morning left one by
one.

She declared that the court was
~adjourned until one o'clock and
that the only person sitting near
Bob: White was his lawyer when.
~Cochran got up and fired the shot
that killeqd White. ~..Mrs. White said: ~The judge
did not make,any comment. one
He did not say
anything. He did not even get up.~

NAACP attorneys are investigating all angles of the case with the
intention of reopening prosecution
of W. S. Cochran who killed
White.

Cab Shatters
Sherman Record

CHICAGO, Ill. (S N S)~Th:
orchestra world was bugging last
~week with the report from this i
city that Cab Calloway, the King
of Hi De Ho, playing his initial
hetel engagement in the world
famcus Panther Room of _ the
Sherman Hotel, shattered the at~ttendance mark in his seccnd of
the four week engagement.

- ~While some skeptic, expresse:!
doubt as to the ultimate succes:
~of the Sherman date, thé mark
~rung up by Cab erased any suck
misgivines. Callowav opened on
Decoraticn Day in the midst of

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the typiesl mid- Western heat
wave. The natural expectation
bw s for business to be off. The

dining
jroom and sdjoining bar jammedc
sto capacity, At 11 p. m. the ropes
were put up and scores of peo
Gotnem Features ~ G- Zia 41

ple waited patiently in the lchby
for several hours before being

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tite = baie

~But Baby, I had to buy him a drape like |
that. After all he~s my son too an~ when he |

falls out with me he~s got ty fail out |

(Photo by Kelty?

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and Miss Mary E. Hunter, |

In Atlanta, Georgia

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ale.
(SNS~The presence. on Tuskegee si.campts, Monday, of -Hilliard Robinson, architect, Washington, D. C., marked the begin
| ning of the ~development of the
| third program of aeronautic ac| tivity at Tuskegee Institute. Mr.
| Robinson was recently named the
| urchitect fer the airdrome for
| the 99th Pursuit Squadron which
| will be. located about 4 1-2 -miles
| from the campus of Tuskegee
| institute.

|

The basic and advanced phase,
| cf military flying will be taught
at the 99th Pursuit Squadro.
Training. School at Tuskegee,

architect; MeKissack and McKisack, Nashville. are the contracters,

The ground will be broken for

| this new development within ~

| few. weeks.

This airdrome fcr the

| 99th Pursuit Squadron will be a

| complete thie

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| Alabama. Hilliard Robinson is the
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training base, As fast as cadets
training at thi:
they will be sent out into

base,

| active service, The personnel] for
| the 99th Pursuit Squadron. will
| consist of enlisted men, ground

| Gecrgia

instructors, communication officers, mechanies, civilians and cadets in traiming.:

The training of the ground
crew for the 99th Pursuit Squadron has already been indicated.
Sixty students from Alabama ant
left several weeks ag)

for Chanute Field, Rantoul, Iili
Air Drome P

ain Momentum

aifcrate |

> training

lans

nois, for training in -
maintenance, and several have
gene since for training. in thy
communication service, =

Flight surgeon Captain Mae.
rice Johnson hag been at Tus.
kegee for several months pursu:
ing study and training for duties of flight surgeon. After. examination, he will be given further experience to, equip him for
his duties as flight surgeon for
the 99th Pursuit Squadron.

Capt.. Benjamin~ O. Davis, Jr.,
who in the Spring wag transferred frém assignment and duty as
Prefessor of Military Science
and Tactics at Tuskegee I[nstitutute to Fort Riley, Kansas, hag
recently been transfered from Ft.
Riley~ to Tuskegee where he:
now undergoing training as
flying cadet. It is thought that
Captain. Davis will become squadron commander.

Ground duties in connection
with the maintenance of the airdrome will be performed by enlisted men, but only after they
have received~ special training
for werk at an air field! For
signments to this special type of
fer ground duty, a
sroup of Negro~ enlisted mex
have been sent to Maxwell Field
at Montgomery, Alabama. In every instance the- men who are
being trained for work in connection with the 99th Pursuit
Squadron Airdreme have _ been
sent to the best places available

in this country.

Disciples Meet
In Nashville

5 By E. N. DAVIS

NASHVILLE, Tenn.~(Special)~
A large local committee, headed by
Mrs. Preston Taylor, wife of the
late Elder Preston Taylor, founder
of the Colored Disciples of Christ,
is working hard completing plans
for the Silver Jubilee National
Convention of the Disciples of

| Christ here August 19~25.

The sessions will be held at the
Lea Avenue Christian Church,
founded 25 years ago by Elder Tiy
lor and | present indications point |

to them~ being history making. and
well attended. Advance reports
show that the church, in all departments, has developed phenomenally in the last year and that

| the growth of its official organ, the

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Christian -Plea, edited by Merle

| Eppse, A & I faculty member and

' secretary of the

committee, has

| progressed.

President R. Wesley Watson of

| Kansas City is expected to arrive

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| early to help complete plans for
the meeting and hold informal con' ferences with leaders as a follow
| up of the recent International Convention held in St. Louis in May.

|

According to latest figures, there
-are.47,000 Negro Disciples of Christ
in this country, with 48,019 mem| bers of the denomination (colored)

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in Africa. There are two collegiate
institutions, Jarvis Christian College, Hawkins, Texas and Southern
Christian Institute, Edwards, Miss.,
receiving support from the church.

Search For
Buried Man

Continues

ATLANTA, G.a~~SNS)~

Well-diggers continued their
search Monday for the body of
Lee Strong of DeKalb County, who
was buried alive Friday while digging a well at Scottdale.

The well-diggers who are searching for the body narrowly escaped
death themselves Sunday when another cave-in almost trapped them.

DeKalb Police Chief J. T. Dailey
said a 36-inch pipe has been lowered at the ~spot, but successive
cave-ins caused the pipe to shift
An area~some 20 feet in diamete1
- been roped off because of cave
rn

as- |

Dr. John W. Lawlah,: who assuméd the deanship of Howard
University Medical school July 1. Dr. Lawlah, yputhful, is regarded
~as one of the most effective administrators in héalth education, For
~he pastsfive years he has been medical director of famou, Prowident hospital in Chicago, affiliated as a teaching unit with the
University of Chicago. An expert in the field of X-ray, Dr. Lawlah
holds a specialist~s certfiicate in the field of radiology; is a member
He. cid his undergraduate
work at Morehouse, Wisconsir, University of Chicago; is a graduate of Rush Medical college and has done extensive graduate work
at Chicago U. Active in civic and social as well as professional life
of Chicago, Dr: Lawlah has been the recipient of numerous honors
as he departs for his new post. (ANP Photo)

cf many learned medical organizatons,

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YrWSPAPER SYNDICATE, 210 Auburn Avenue. Adee ae

A. B. C~I am asking for your; nia? I think that he should catry
best advice. My husband and I | me with him and he knows I don~t
don~t get along, He doesn~t work | want ~o go to grandmother's:
much and when he does, he spends; Ans: It isn~t a question of what:
his money for whiskey.- There is aj you want to do..it is not conven-+
man and a girl staying here and. ient for him to ~arry you te Calhe likes me. Will he give her up | ifornia and you must stay
for me? Should I take him? your grandmother, You are young
Ans: There is no wonder that | and have your whole life before

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you and your husband don~t get | you. probably you can make this
along, ax you have your mind on | trip at some later date. This has
someone else and he has his mind | been the dream of your father for
on getting drunk. In your case, I | 2 lifetime so don~t deprive him of
suggest that you get a job and go | going by your being selfish Reto work. Insist that your husband |! member that he has dene without
work. Give him a chance te every since you were born to give
straighten himself out and step; you things that he never had, so
drinking and if be doesn~t, then | encourage him to go and to have a
you can get your freedom. Leave | good time.~ Go to your grandthis either man alone. ~.; mother with the theught that you

O. G~lI am 17 yeais old and tee will have fun, but I don~t
graduated this May. Do you think, think it will be as lenely for yeu
my father is. right in wanting me | as yeu think at this time. In fact,
to stay with my grandmother this{ 1 doubt if you wili want te leave
Summer while he goes te Califor- in the fall. 5