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FLINT BROWNSVILLE NEWS, FLINT, MICHIGAN

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1941

In this photo made at the Army Reception Center, Fort Benning. Ga., selectees are shown taking
the, intelligence test as part of theic ~processing~
from selectee to soldier. The results of these tests
are recerded on each man~s qualification card. This
~record makes it possible for the Army to place se
lectees in work for which they zre best equipped
by education.and experience, The picture shows
Staff Sgt. Angelo Fortico of Atlantic City, N. J., and
his assistant, Pvt. Leross Rooker of Miami, a Morris Brown graduate, supervising the tests.

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Force Ferry Command.

The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored~ People is
in possession of photostatic copies:
of the list of requirements for
American flyers to ferry planes to
Britain and a letter from J. D.
Mugford, a captain in the RAF
Ferry Command, Washington, -D.
C. to Charles M. Ashe, 274 Division avenue, Washington,. which
are admissions that the British Aix

| Commission. turned, down his appli
cation for service with the RAF
as a ferry pilot, BECAUSE HE IS
A NEGRO. -

Ashe~s letter to the NAACP gives
the facts. ~i

~Since the Royal Air Force has
been requesting American pilots
for service ii. Montreal (Canada)
I have been applying and have not
been able to get anything in black

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Legionnaires

Dissatisfied

With ~42 Site
Negro Members
Protest Choice Of

~New Orleans

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (ANP)~ The

designation of New Orleans as the |

site of its 1942 convention has
caused. much Gissatisfaction among
the manks of Negro legionnaires
who attended the American Legion
convention held here last week,
~Letters. of strong protests are to

be sent to the newly elected na- |
tional commander, Lynn U. Stam- |

buagh, of Margo, N. D., demanding
that the Louisaina committee of arrangement assure Negro delegates
-they will receive every courtesy

Negro veterans threaten to seve"
relationships with the legion sbecause they fear the ploicy of southern, posts of discriminating: against
them, Louisiana has no Negro legion posts and.the state commander has repeatedly refused to grant
charters for their formation.

Hence legionnaires have no organization to act ~as host and assure them:of the usual round of enentertainment they are~ accustomed
to. If, howéver,. the national commander refuses to support them,
rumors have it. that the Negro legion will hold a grand reunion in
Atlantic City, N. J., opening on the
same day of the New Orleans _convention.

~Conspicious in the perade Tues
my in which 50,000 or more persons
ed.from~nine o'clock in the

- gfertiitg until. late that night,
_ Were, Negro legionriaires. Nearly

~northern state was revresentcf together with a few southern. Special honors. went to the
George~ L: Giles Post No. 87, of
fhicago; the Charles Young Post of
etroit; wna fie
Huirdpe ePost, ~washington.

James Roscoe

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who last week passed

' Passed Md. Bar |

JOHN: B. DUNCAN, of the Terrell Law Schocl~s class of

1939,
the Mary
land bar and is cxpected to begin
practicing in Baltimore this
He is a native of Sailsbury, N.C.

fall.

CHICAGO~ (ANP)

gion, and its auxiliary,

headquarters here.

HOLD JOINT INSTALLATION

~The Geo.

L. Giles Post No. 87, American Le
the George

L. Giles Unit No. 87, held a joint
installation of officers for the year
1941-21, Friday evening at

post

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Numerous reports have
here regarding
Rivegside, California, a

soldiers in USO..

JIM CROW AT CAMP HAAN
ANGELES~(A N P}~

been made

discriminating
against Negro bceys at Haan Camp,

nd no pro
visions have been made for Negro

js Charies Wood, the

' among ten persons who

HOLDS SINGULAR POSITION

down one of the more responsible
NEW YORK--(A N P)~Helding
positions in the lotal draft setup
only Negro.
~comprise~

| the inspecticn division of the selective service administration.

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Salary

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn~(SNS)

~Last Saturd&y, September: 20, in:
Unites

States, Eastern District of Tennesthe: filed by
Clarence B. Robinson, represent
the ~District Court of the

heard on

see, argument was
4: case

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NEW STYLE BOOK FREE

more is local
teachers; Thurgood
special counsel for
Association for the

sent the complainants.

on the ~ Jeffersonville,
_ school case.

ry Case Up
Chattanooga

ing himself and the Chattanooga
Teachers~ Association, against
school board of this city.

This is a preliminary hearing to
determine if the court has jurisdic:
tion over this case. W. Henry Elattorney for the
Marshall.
the Nationa)
Advancement
of Colored People will also repre
On his way back to the New
York office, Mr. Marshall will stop
in Washington, D. C., for meetings
with: members of the national legal

committee of the NAACP and with
Attorney Prentice ~Thomas on the
suit filed against the University of
Kentucky by Gharles Eubanks and

| ~ene, two, three, four;

the: 99th F lying Cadets At Tuskegee Are
Rapidly Getting In Shape ForAction

Captain B. O. Davis, Jr...
Hailed for 3-Point Landing

-TUSKEGEE

That does not mean that daily
routine: is not according to strict
ermy regulations. The sharp, brisk
one,
three, four~ is heard morning, noon,
and ~evening as the khaki uniformed cadets drill to and from the din~ing hall. a

Marion Carter. from Chicago, is
cadet captain Carter was one of
those to arrive for the 99th~s inaugural ceremony on July 19. ~This
first group, by the way, are officially designated as Class 42A.
The second group that reported
August 23 @re Class 42B. But back
to Cadet Captain Carter~he attended YMCA College. He was
transferred from an army camp in
North Carolina to join the flying
99th at Tuskegee.

Cadet Lieutenant for the 99th is
Thecdore Brown from New York.
Before reporting to Uncle Sam,
Brown received the B.S. degree,
M. S. degree, and A. B. degree in
theology from Northwestern Uni
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INSTITUTE~(SNS)~Pending the competion of the barracks and mess hall at the 99th Pursuit
Squadron Base, the flying cadets are housed on the campus
of Tuskegee Institute and served their meals in the main
dining room of the Institute Cafeteria.

versity.

Captain Benj. O. Davis, Jr., West
Point graduate on duty with the
9sth, has the distinction of being
the first. Negro, ~wearing Uncle
Sam's uniform. to-pilot 2 U. 8S.
army plane: Captain Davis soloed
September 2, 1941; His performance
in the air, taxing and three point
landing were loudly applauded by
the enthusiastic group of cadets, officials, and visitors at the field.

Although few of the cadets had
had any flying experience before
joining the 99th, several have s0 -loed since flight training begar
August 2

The flying field where the cadets
are receiving ~flight training at. this
stage of the game (Chas. Anderson, chief flight instructor, Chas.
Foxx and. Melton Crenshaw, instructors, Capt. Noel Parrish, checr
pilot) is about 21-2 miles from the
campus. af

No, the cadets do NOT drill back
| ana forth to the airfield. They are

Negroes Barred ~
| By British~ Air
Group In U.S.A.

Ferry Pilots for Bombers To
Be Flown Across Must All Be
White, RAF Commander Asserts
NEW YORK~ (SNS) ~*All applicants must be of the

white race.~ states the last poift in the list of nine mmimum
requirements for pilots and co-piiots issued by the Royal Air

and white showing the reason for
the refusa] of my application until
I received the enclosed copy from
the RAF.
PILOTS WERE SOUGHT

~In June, an article appeared in
American newspapers asking pilots
with as little as 400 hours of ex
perience on any type of airplane |

to contact officials. of the TWA
airlines, (I have about 2400 hours
and am a commercial pilot and instructor) if they would be _interested in receiving additional training~ which would prepare them for
the position in questidn.~

Ashe states that TWA was contracted by the RAF to give three
weeks intensive training to applicants at no cost to the applicant.
He applied, and received a favorable answer from the training center, located at Albuquerque, Mexico,. which referred him to Montreal. = ~

Forwarding his application to the
Canadian city, he went personally
to the British Air Ministry in
Washington. Officials there gave
him another application form and
suggested that he state he was colored, although he says no space was
provided for designating race, creed
or color.

GIVEN CONFIRMATION

~After several weeks,~ Ashe
writes, ~I.again telephoned Captain J. D. Mugford who immediately remembered my case and
stated that Montreal had expected

j him to notify me that I could not

be accepted.~

On September 13. Ashe wrote
Mueford asking him to confirm his
statement that the pilot. was not
ad~ritted because of his race.

Two. days. later he received a
~note from Mugford in: which was
inclosed the. list: of ~qualifications

}containing the discriminatory state
ment, <9.

The Association is formulating a
protest. to be sent to. the British
government, which ~ will be. released very soon. It will. contain
statements of fact in the Ashe case
and several others which have
come to the attention of the
NAACP. *

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LARGE ENROLLMENT AT
WEST VIRGINIA

INSTITUTE, W. Va.~Since the
opening of the 1941-42 school year
on September 15th, 80% students
have been enroiled in the West
Virginia State College.

furnished transportation in a shining new station wagon with the

green legend U. S: Army Corps Detachment Tuskegee Institute.

Dark Laughter..... %Y OL HARRINGTON

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The Class Of '45 Arrives~On The: Scene

HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va. ~ Above are a 74th year. Hustling steamer trunks to their dormihandful of the record breaking freshman class of. tories under the hot Virginia sun was too much for
over 400 enrollment at Hampton Institute for its many of the frosh. ee.

RICHMOND, Va.~(ANP) ~Officials of the National Negro Insurance association, Asa T. Spaulding,
president, and C. L. Townes, general secretary, announced this week
that the observation of the 5th AnnUal Insurance Collection month
would take place from September
29 to Oct. 27.

This means a special grinding up of

lions on the part of an army of insurance agents scattered throughout
the country, the representative and
combatants of one of the most important business endeavors among
Negroes.

A. P. Bentley of the Fireside Mutual, Columbus, Ohio, is the director of this year~s observance. He
will be assisted by five zone direc
TUSKEGEE~(ANP)~Visitors- to
the George Washington Carver museum- within the next. few weeks
will: have the:long anticipated: priv
color paintings done by America~s
versatile scientist.

The museum has been remodelled
to allow wall space for the needle
art prices also. Fed of these exquisite pieces have ever been seen by
any except a few close friends. The
pieces run the gamut of thread
lace from simple hair pin lace to
intricate designs - of Irish crochet

Free Suspect In
Assault Case

BETHLEHEM, N. H.~(SNS)
Successfully _ for the accused,
charges of rape against Ted Pitman, hotel worker in a White
Mountains hotel near here were
dismissed when the Grand Jury
found ~no bill~ in his case last
week. Pitman was accused of attacking a young white girl August
8, on the basis of her identification.

The facts, brought out by Mack
M. Mussman, Pitman~s attorney,
showed that the girl was uncertain
about the dentity of her assailant,
stating only that he ~was colored,
She at first thought that five dif
-ferent men who were brought be
fore her were guilty, but on proof
that they were not at the scene,
changed her mind.

The crime received considerable
~public attention in this community, but through the efforts of the
Boston: branch of the NAACP and
Mr. Mussman, the innocence of
Ted Pitman was established.

1 ASKS FREE EDUCATION

FOR NIGERIANS

_ENUGU, Nigeria, West Coast Africa~(ANP)~Speaking pefore
African club here, C. D. Oiueama,
LL.D., made a plea for the free
education of Nigerian citizens.
Averring that large portions of African population ere still ignorant
and superstitious, he stated that
the government should take immediate steps toward overcoming

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ilege of. seeking the oil and water:

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Carver Paintings And
Needlework On Display ~

and Teneriffe.
The paintings are confined to na
ture subjects for the~ most part~ |

landscapes ~done ~in ~delicate ~Cur
tis brown~ pigments. developed by 8

Dr. Carver~s assistant,. Austin
Curtis, from (Indiana,- ~~ coffee
grounds, magnolia, and a -variety of

other. seeds and peels. There are

fruits and flowers in clay paint
without the use of a brush. The
artist has manipulated the delicate
shades and curves with his magic
thumb. ~

One of the paintings, ~Peaches,~
was years ago pledged to the: Luxemburg gallery in Europe. ~The
Yucas,~ the largest of the paintings, was unveiled two summers
ago. Dr. Carver had been working
on it for 10 years.

October Looms As Annual
Debit Collection Month

Goal ~Is Set
At $1,700,000 >
For Drive Period ~~

tors covering the 28 states and 40
companies which comprise the national association. These zone directors include B. M. Roddy, Supreme Life, Chicago, Zone 1; New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D. ~.; N. H. Martin, Tampa,
Fla., Central Life, Zone 2. Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida;~ A. V:. Wil
liams, Louisiana Life, New Orleans,
Zone 3; Alabama, Mississippi, Lou
~Domestic Life, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois,
Qhio.;

This year~s program calls for the

collection of $1,700,000. Speciat recognition is to be given the companies and individual agents who
make the most outstanding insurance collection during~ the month.

Announcement was also made
that the 1941 mid-year conference
of agency officers of the NNIA will

be held in Cincinnati in November.

EDITOR RETRACTS CHARGE
MEMPHIS~(A N P)~At the
instigation of Police Commissicner
Joe Boyle, Fliehue Stanbeck, editur
of the Industrial Labor, weekly
paper, retractea a story carried in
the Leader, August 30, which was
captoined ~Bold Policeman Rapes
22-Yez-Ole Girl Monday Night.~~.
of Commissioner Boyle~s statement
This correction came on the heels

that the men mentioned in the
story was not a city policeman,
but a special officer connected

with the army depot oroject.

HELPS CONVICT WHITE MAN

COLUMBIA, S. C.~Credit
the conviction of George Surrat,
white, accused of vaping a 14-year
old Cojiored. girl here, goes. to the
loca] branch of the National As~sociation forthe Advancement. of.
Colored People and the ministers
of the city, who in one day raiseg
$375 to employ a lawyer to handle
the ease for the girl..

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