The Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 30, 1944 Page: 1 of 8
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St. Monica Dedicates
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Vet Orphans
Entitled To
Pension Now
Navy Grads Told
What It Takes
To Succeed
Tulsan To Public
Relations Office
MID-NIGHT CHRISTMAS MASS
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Shipyard Workers
Work Without Pay
Christmas Day
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Acting Corporal Isaac <3. Moran,
son of Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Moran.
313 North Elgin street Tulsa, is '
now public relations non-com in
the 1st Regiment Public Relations
Office. Moran was inducted at
Cgmp Chafee, Arkansas. October 13, ,
1944. and was ordered to Devens
October 20th.
Cpl. Moran was Political Science ’
Major at Howard University (Wnsh- •
If you conduct yourselves in th-
future as you have conducted your-
selves while you were in school. It
will not take you very long before
being recognizd by your supriors”.
Of the graduates, twenty-on'’
finished the Aviation Metalsmith
School and six completed the Ra-
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While fliakiiig a lour of state. eleeyinosynnry institutions last Tuesday, Governor R.
S. (Bob) Kgrr (center), and his party were caught by the cameraman on the steps of
the Girltj’Training School at Taft, where.the slate head anti legislators held conference
club.
The new health center will oc-
cupy a 150 by 150-foot plot of
ground about 50 feet west of Green-
wood avenue on Oklahoma street. It
is diagonally across from the Negro
public library.
Contract for construction is held
bv th eDewitt Construction C.o, of
Tulsa, and work will be "moved
ahead as rapidly as possible,” said
Talbot.
The Tulsa theater owner em-
phasized. however, that present
plans for the ground-breaking call
lor only a very simply ceremony.
“There will be representatives
from the Variety Club of Okla-
homa." he said, "frpm the Tulsa
County Public Health Association,
from the Negro community as a
wholle, and from the Negro section
of the Public Health Association,
and the medical profession.
“Rut we do not plan any elab-
crate ceremonlea .and the ground-
breaking will be little more thana
prayer, dedeation and the turn-
ing of a few ahovela of earth”.
The gift of the handsome Colo-
nial type health center for the cltv
was nnne triced lost spring at a din-
ner given by the Variety Club here.
It previously had donated a similar
project to Oklahoma City and the
clubs over thp country are engaged
in similar charitable work.
incton. D. C.) land had some Re-
serve Officer's Training there. Writ-
ing essays as a hobby he won an
essav contest on “What the Negro
Youth Expects from the War”. Ac-
tive in councils and elubs he Is a
member of Alpha Phi Alpha frater-
1 r.ity and in addition worked as a
mall clerk in Washington, D. C.
ung of Ada. to write th mass, Sis-
ter Mary Elaine »yccee< ?d in unit- ■
ing the fragmepi) q|_tl ernes from
Negro spiritual* Jntot, a new melody
In sonati-form. '
i In the moving “Kyrie" song In
Which sinners pray "Have Mercy
cn Me, Oh Lord and forgive me
all of my sins", we find the wopds
set to the music of "Nobody Konws
the Troubles I've Seen." The apos-
tles' creed called In Latin the ''Cre-
do" Is accompanied by “Blow Your
Trumpet Gabriel," "StaondlQg In
the Need of Prayer." "Sometintes I
Feel Like a Motherless Child." "Go
Down Moses", "Steal Away" ra
Deep River".
The “Gloria" of the mass which
is "Glory be to God on high and
peace to men of good will" and "Oh
Lord God Lamb of God, Son of the
Father who takest away the sins of
the world have mercy on us," echoes
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erag eof 84.4, and William Alston.
Baltimore. Md.. who finished the
Aviation Metalsmith course with an
average of 89.3. Both men were ad- in pired the officers and
vanced in rate from Seaman. Second s. Army Photo from BPR.)
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In a house filled Io capacity with the isles and vestibule*
overflowing with both while and black, the solemn high
muss of Christmas (or the Lord’s Last Supper) was witness-
ed by more than three thousand people at St. Monifca Catho-
lie Church.
Not a sound but the music and
the words of the priest broke the
stillness while the mass was being
sung as thpse attending refrained
from custompry kneeling and stand-
ing at the yurious parts Of the ser-
vices, in ortter to facilitate the
broadcast ing. of the new mass. Even
the quaint ahd colorful procession
peculiar to St. Monica's was not
held.' Little white robed and wing-
ed angels that had solemnly mapch.
ed to the Christ Child's crib bearing
gifts on other Christmases were not
present.
But the angels were present as
treble voices among the 46 singers
who dramatized the great mass as
only the colored folk can.
The new mass Is the culmina-
tion of a year's work by Sister Mary
Elaine of the Divine Providence re-
ligious order of Our Lady o{ the
Lake convent, San Antonio, Texas.
Asked by Father Bradley and a
church benefactor, Charles Brelt-
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Released bv O. S. War Department.
bureau of Public Relation*
HEROIC CHAPLAIN—Chaplain
(Captain) Thomas A. Jenkins of
Charlotte, N. C., recipient of the
Silver Star for gallantry in action
with the Fifth Army in Italy, is in
the United States on leave. As-
signed to a Quartermaster truck
group in Italy, Chaplain Jenkins’
citation states that “In an area lit
by brilliant flares, under heavy
-..v. ______ _______ enemy fire and bombing, (he) ad-
dianman School. For being select- ministered to the dying, assisted
ed Honor Men special certificates of jn the evacuation of the wounded
recognition were awarded to Ger- points of safety and helped in
aid Smith,^Chicago, Ill., who finish- ;he iden(ification of the dead.
rhroughout the enemy bombing
and strafing, his cool courage and
disregard for his own safety . . .
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Roosevelt for wag workers to stick ■
to their jobs and keep the munitions
flowing, more than 500 shipyard '
workers of the J. H. Jones oCyst ruc-
tion .Company volunteered td work
without pay at the Brunswick (Ga.)
shipyard on Christmas Day to speed
the construction of the first Liber-
ty ship named for a Negro and built
in that establishment.
The ship is the SS WILLIAM
COX, and it was named for a Ne-
| gro fireman who lost his life when
the SS DAVID A. ATWATER was
shelled and sunk April 2, 1842. Cox.
a native of Cairo, Ga., was born
March 29, 1898. He Is survived by
his widow Mrs. Arlee Cox, of 559
Indiana Street, Savannah, Ga.
The volunteer drive for Christ-
mas work on the ship “without pay
as a gift to the boys overseas," be-
gan wiwth 80 shipfitters in the yard
and rapidly spread to more than
500 Negro and white workers, Emil
J. Krapt, general manager of the
yard, revealed. The completion of
the ship will mark up seven Lib-
erty ships in December for the yard.
In his plan to war workers Fri-
day. December 22, President Roose-
velt said:
“We can best help the Christ-
mas season of our fighting men.
if we carry cn our respective
tasks, doing those things which
will contribute to winning the
war at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
"Therefore, I urge each of us
to resolve to keep c\ the job and
maintain the steady output of suo-
i plies needed by our men on the
fighing fronts”.
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Dependents of veterans of the
last war entitled to widows' and or-
phans' pensions under the act pass-
ed by Congress on December 14,
1944 should neither come nor write
to Washington in filing their claims,
the Veterans Administration cau-
tioned today.
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines. Ad-
ministrator of Veterans' Affairs has
sent instructions to all field of-
ficers of the Administration that
these cases are being decentralized
and applications for pensions should
be filed in the field office nearst
th home of the applclant.
This act exends pension privileges
to the wddows and children of all
veterans who served as much as 90
days In the last war and were dis.
charged under conditions other than
dishonorable. Prior to its passage
the widows and children of all vet-
erans who suffered service-connect-
ed disabilities were entiled to pen-
sions whether death resulted from
the disability or some other cause.
Dependents of veterans who
suffered no disabilities are now in-
cluded in the list of pensionables.
It is estimated at the Veterans
Administration that this new act
will add the dependents of 81.500
veterans to the pension rolls dur-
ing the first year of its operation
and! that the cost during this year i
will be $37,500,000. Eventually the |
dependents of about 162,000 veterans i
are epected t obecome eligible for
pensions .
To be entitled to a pension, a wi-
dow must have been married to
1he veteran prior to the passage of
the act. If married after the date
she must have lived with him con-
tinuausly for ten years prior to his
death, and they must have lived
together from marriage until the
death of the veeran.
The act provides for payment
denendents as follows:
Widow $35 a month
Widow and one child. $45
Each addition child. $5 per mo.
One orphan, $18 a month.
Two orphans, $27
Three orphans, $36 a month
with $4 for each additional orphan.
The maximum payment permlt-
GREAT LAKES 111., Dec. 20—
Twenty-seven graduates of Camp
Robert Smalls Service Schools here
at the U. S. Naval Training Center,
in the graduation ceremonies De-
cember 18th, heard Lt. F. S. Orr.
Liaison Officer, cite examples of
what It takes to succed when men
are sent on various assignments.
“It is believed that you men
have mastered the techniques of
your trads and skill to advance no
matter where you are sent." he re-
marked and continued, “You should
bear in mind at all times that It
takes men with talent, skill, and
reliability to win he confidence of
their commanding officers. We ex-
pect you mn to succeed' when you
leave Great Laks; it is one of your
responsibilities".
The graduates were cautioned
against failure, and not to be dis-
i mayed if advancement came slow-
' ly. "The fact that you have finish-
I ed your respective Service Schools
' shows that you can hurdle obstacles.
ted io any one family is $74 a mo.
No pension may be paid to a |
childless widow or a child who has
an annual Income of $1,000 or more. -
or to a widow with child who has |
an annual income of $2,500. How-
ever, a pension may be paid to a
child if the widow has an income of
$2500 or more, and the child
wihtout income.
Relrand by U. 3. War Department, Bureau af Public Relntlcua
L1NQUIST—Sousou, Voloff, Foulah and Milinki are five ofi tM
African languages spoken by Private Ernest Koda Robert, i» addition
to Spanish, French, English, German and Italian. Now stationed
at Scott Field, Illinois, parent radio school of the Army Air Force! ,
Training Command, Private Robert was born in French West Africa,
tho son of a native chief. Curiosity about the strange places ha
saw on maps led him to join the French Merchant Marine, during
which time he visited all the story-book places he read about. He
entered the U. S. Army in 1943. (Army Air Forces Photo from BPR.) -|
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the NAACP that Washington is be- ties for a crime he did not commit.
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Mistreatment
ARMY WIVES
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1 ing held now in the Long Island
the affidavits and the opinion of I city jail pending arrival of authori-
FORT BENNING. Ga. — Mo”e
than a hundred wives of Negro sol-
diers at Frt Benning have enrolled
in Ft. Benning’s Orientation Course
for Army wives and denendents of
military personnel of their rights
and privileges in wartime.
The course of instruction, being
conducted at several open-forum
meetings, is designed to cover the
manv legal and technical aspects
which confront the soldier’s fam-
ily while he is at home and when
he is sent overseas.
14 ACQUITTED;
28 GUILTY
NEW YORK — The NAACP i
will fight extradition of Geo. Wash-
ington to Aiken S. C., on a charge
of burglary last September 23. Af- I
fidavita proving the whereabouts of I
Washington on the alleged date of
the crime and reouest for permis-
sion to be heard in the case have
been forwarded to Gov. Dewey’s
counsel. Charles D. Breitel.
Acording t oMrs. Almeta Wash,
ington. wife of the accused, and
Mrs. Julia Primus, signers of the
affidavits, the couple visited in Ai-
ken from August 14 m September
17, at which latter date they drove
to New York arriving September
21. In addition, the NAACP is
prepared to prove through direct
1 testimony from witnesses, including
L the employer of the accused to
I whom he reported for work Sm>
1 tember 22, that it was impossible
| for Washington to have committed
I a crime 1.000 miles distant.
J. The district attorney of Queen
F county has also been notified about
Extradition To
Carolina
Army court-martial board made
no mention of Sgt. Arthur Hurks.
Cpl. Luther Larkin nnd Pvt .Wil-
liam G. Jones, who were charged
with murder in connection with ‘he
death of an Italian soldier The
Italian’s body was found h.-n^ng
from a tree. The other soldiers
were charged with rioting.
Colored soldiers, as well as white
troops, had expressed' resentment
over the fact that the Italians (pris-
oners of war) were enioving bet-
ter working conditions at Fort Law-
’ ton.
WASHINGTON. D C — Stories
of “gross mistreatment and dis-
crimination" told by Negro mem-
bers of the 34th Construction Bat-
talion iScabeesi upon their return
from 21 months overseas have caus-
ed the Washington Bureau of the
NAACP to demand of Secretary of
the Navy, Forrestal a complete in-
vestigation of the charges. Leslie
S. Perry administrative assistant of ’
the NAACP bureau here, wrote:
“We are in receipt of complaints
from various men attached to the
34th Construction Battalion who
are now stationed in Port Hueneme,
Calif. Uniformly, these men com-
plain of gross mistreatment and
discrimination on account of their
race. First, they charge that even
while serving abroad they were sub.
SEA1TLE — In the largest Army court martial of this
war, 28 Negro soldiers were found guilty here Sunday night
of rioting against members of an Italian Service unit at Ft.
Lawton, August II, while 13 others were ac(|uitted and
dismissed from the court's jurisdiction.
A total of 14 soldiers were ac-
quitted, the first acquittal being
announced early last week in the
case of Pfc. Milton Bratton. Forty-
two men faced the court-martial.
Following the acquital of Bratton,
the court proceeded to thrash out
evidence that the accused men were
subjected to third degree punish-
ment as a means of wringing sign-
ed confessions from them. The third
degree charge was made by two
of the defendants, T|5 Willie Pro-
vost, Sr., and Pvt Samuel Snow.
Provost accused Sgt. Ralph E
Young, attached to Army intelli-
. gence, of employing third degree
tactics and was corroborated bv
Snow. Snow declared that Young
pulled off his coat and said he
had a good mind to sock me if I
didn't tell the truth”. This testi-
mony was overruled by Lt. Col.
Gerald W O'Connor.
“There has been some testimony
that certain threats were made to
the accused on September 5 that du-
ress wai practiced by certain per-
son and that acts frowned upon bv
the Constitution, civil courts and
military courts as well as a result
of which he was forced to submit
tn questioning”, declared O'Connor.
“The preponderance of the evidence
establishes as a fact, and I do find
that no such duress was used and
no such imnroner or illegal acts
were committed”.
The soldiers were defended by
Mat. Williams T. Beeks. Lieutenant
Colonel Jaworski prosecuted
jected to the moit brazn and hu-
miliating forms of segregation. Not
onlv were they required to wait
until white enlisted men had com-
pleted mess before they were given
food, but evne the drinking water
tanks wer set up on the basis of
color. It is reported that one Ne-
gro seabee was kicked by Lieuten-
ant R. G. Aaaron for drinking from
a tank set aside for white person-
nel.
"Second, it is alleged that Ne-
pro enlisted men wera confined to
In announcing the verd'ets. th» the brig on the least pretxt es-
pecially when they protested the
discriminatory conditions under
which they were required to serve
their <v'i>ntrv.
“Third, that although menv of
them are ill the naval physicians,
because of indifference or racial
prejudice, refuse to furnish them
with proper medical care. On oc-
casion. it is reported, these men
have been turned away bv doctors
with harsh and profane language.
On other occasions, wo understand,
naval physicians have accosted men
in the hospital with "what's wrong
with vou. eight ball?"
“Fourth, these men are unani-
mous in their complaint that Ne-
groes in the battalion are system-
atically denied promotion.
"Most of the discrimination prac
tlced against these men anpears to
reflect the wishes of Battalion Com-
mander. J. P. McBean. We are in-
formed that McBean has stated op-
enly tj»t 'as long as I am Command-
er of this Battalion, there will be
segregation*.
“In the light of these complaints
your office has a solemn obligation
to American people to investgiate
conditions in the 34th Battalion with
a view to drastic corrective action”.
It was revealed that white
troops attacked the Italians the
night before the prisoners were re-
ported assaulted by Negro soldiers.
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HEALTH CENTER
A Weekly Newspaper For
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Volume 21, Number 21
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2nd Army Court-Martial
In Seattle Riot Case
Ground-breaking for the new
$48.(>00 health center for the North
Tulsa area, donated to Tulsa this
spring by the Variety Club of Ok-
lahoma, will be heldat noon, Fri-
day. December 29, it was announced
last week by Ralph Talbot, theater
owner and “Chief Barker" of the
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REWARD FOR SUGGESTION
Commanding General of the Jw
Depot, congratulates Mr. Floun
Street, Louisville, Ky., an emplo'
check for $100, awarded to him
tion that resulted in a speed-up r
mendation, it is estimated, aawl,
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Hughes, Horace S. The Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 30, 1944, newspaper, December 30, 1944; Tulsa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1804170/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.