r:.M.LiC!:
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Councilman Flays City Policemen
HITS RECORDER’S
COIRT TREAIMEM
OF NEGROES
Recorder Denies Bias
LAWYER YOW CREATES
SENSATION IN COP
BRUTALITY CASE
WILMINGTON. N. C. —
Following City Council referral
of Police Officer G. C. Looney’s
Service Board, Recorder H. Win
field Smith last night expressed
alleged misconduct to the Civil
his amazement at the ciiarge, and
to a remark that the court showed
discriminations.
Looney is alleged to have curs-
t-d a white waitress in a local cafe
and to have assaulted a Negro
Army veteran while under the in
fluence of intoxicants. His case
was heard by the City Council
yesterday.
At the hearing, it was voted to
forward the records of the inves
tigation to Recorder Smith "so
he will be advised of the action
m the case and so might be betU't
able to right any wrongs because
of the testimony of an officer who
made an arrest while under the
influence of whiskey."
Judge Smith, declaring that the
story in yesterday’s Wilmington
News was the first information he
had received on the matter, said'
"I am amazed and shocked to
Itarn that City Police Officer
Looney is alleged to have been
under the influence of liquor at
llie time he arrested one Herbert
Rhederick, colored, on a charge
of disorderly conduct.
"There was no intimation or
suggestion from any witness, in
cluding the defendant or any of
his witnesses, that Officer Loon
ey was under the influence of
liquor on the night in question. I
do not recall Uiat Officer Wilson
(Looney's partner on the beat)
te.itified in the case, but if he did,
I am sure that he said nothing
about Looney drinking or any
other improper conduct on his
part.
•‘Fror' the evidence in the ca.so.
1 tried to treat the defendant fair,
honestly and just, as I do in ali
cases. If 1 think a defendant is
telling the truth. I render my
verdicts accordingly. '
“In tile case involved, if I re- '
call correctly, the defendant, af-
tei being told that he had th>'
light of appeal to Superior court,;
accepted the jadgemenl of the,
court and paid his fine and costs !
immediately. '
I note that the officer involved
will be tried before the Civil Ser- j
vice Commission and I will reopen :
and dismiss the case at once if |
he is found guilty of the charge
as 1 understand it.'’ I
Meeting in special session yes- !
terday, the Council considered the ;
allegations against Looney and
NA VY COMMISSIONS FIRST NEGRO NURSE
^ ^ Nt-W York. N Y.. by Commander lighl niotleslly, but confessed she
llio fii'5.1 of a large number of nicm (j ,,o«. - ^ • . . . ^
bei.s uf my laco lo join ihe Navy ^ A. Gaylord. USN, (retired) , iva.i "proud and excitad."
Nui .->1-Cui'p.-:.'.-(aid .Misi Pliyllis Mae 1 director of iJie office. She is the first She wa.i born in New York and
Daley, R. N. us she was conimis- -Ncgio to become a ineniber of the 1'vas giadiiated from the Lincoln
mn.d an ensign. ..long with four Navy Nurse Corps. Hospital School for Nurses in 1641
other jouiig woini 11. ^ursday mom- A pleasant-faced young woman. After her graduation, she worked at
in^;, Mmch 8, at ilie Office of Naval 'J.') >ears of age, in a black crepe the Lincoln Hospital and Home, and
Oli.cer Procurement. 3,3 Pine Street, i di e.-,s-, Miss Daley bore the lime- at the New York Department of
Health as a public health nurse,
lannediately prior to her induction,
shes was taking a course in public
health nursing at Teachers College.
Columbia University.
The new ensigns will be assigned
to duty within a few days at one of
the naval hospitals in the vicinity
of New York—at St. Albans, Queens,
or the New York Navy Yard, Brook
lyn. They will receive six months'
training in Navy hospital procedure
before assignment elsewhere.
Miss Daley said, in answer to a
question after the commissioning
ceremony, that one did not ask for
a specific assignment in the Navy,
but that she "would not mind" go- to speed up recruiting by re-
ing overseas. [ceiving applications for com-
The Navy Nurse Corps is in urgent missions through the Pine St.
need o( 2,800 additional nurses b,
- _ o _ J Washmgton. Nurses have
June 30, Commander Gaylord an- ■ bc>on a&sured they will be notl-
nounccd. At present there are 9,000 fied of the Navy’s decision ao-
Navy nurses. Arrangements have proximately 30 days after final
oeen made, the commander said, papers have been filed.
The Carolinian
VOLl'MK XXV, SO. 11 KALKIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1946
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Shown above is St. Mark’s P.
E. Church, Wilmington. Mem
bers of this church have launch
ed a drive for $5,000.00 to build
a parish house. Allen E. Jack- | if the members reach their goal
son, communicant of the church, j o f$5,000. Father Lemuel C.
has promised to donate $10,000 ' Dade is director.
MA A r'D A -L- AT P
No Segregation i -
At M. Anderson
Texas Concert
By CELIA KKAIT
(New Souinern Featuresj
AUi^i'lN, Tex. -—Songs, as well
4is wu'apnei, blast out new pains
lor democracy in World War il.
xt4ere ts no jim ciow on Tarawa
and Uie Knine, and there wiU be
no Jim crow m Austin when Mar
ian /iiiuersoa smgs nere as guesl
afiisi 01 ine au-wiute Austin
oyinpaoiiy urchcslra next Mon
day, iviaicn ivtn.
voiured cuizens of the Texas
.apiioi were congratulating tneni-
icives on a Clear cut victory zoi
avmociacy alter they haa won tnc
igni to sii in non-segregaled seau
111 tne mam lioor oi tne Umver-
suy oi 'lexas Uregory Gymnasium
msiead oi m jun crow seals in uie
oaicony.
Meanwhile a group of leading
rtitstm wnite citizens announceu
vTiCU' mienuon oi situng with the
N4gro group at the concert, whicn
isfiari ill me annum must aeries
simOKJired hy bamuel H asiun Col-
Mgr. 'htua group laciuded Mrs
Southern white aing-
er woo recently appeared aa guest
soioiat With tne Austin Sympnony
Urcoestra, and Harold Pniece, au
thor ol tne widely published Liv
ing South column.
Actmg president T. S. Painter
FLORIDA DAILY
BACKS ANTI
PEONAGE FIGHT
MIAMI WLD)— The Miami
Daily News editorially went to
bat for the rights of Negro work
ers who have been victims of mass
arrests and fined without triads,
at the hands of Sheriff Waller
Clark at nearby Fort Lauderdale. I
Chiding a federal grand jury
which recently failed to indict.
I anyone for the mass arrests which '
the Workers Defense Luiague ex- '
posed, the white daily suggested
that a new grand jury hear the
‘Tt is too had that the federal !
grand jury was unable or onwlU-
ing to administer a permanent:
check to the application of the -
opposite policy in Fort Lauder- |
' lie. The cases should not be al- J
iCoDtinued on page seven) {
Mrs. Margaret Buldcn, Home
Econumics instructur at the Agri
cultural and Technical college,
lirccnsboro, Kriduy, received the
Bnstyii-Myers (New York) Com
pany’s fiist prize, of a $50 00 war
bund, in u iiatiun-widc contest,
seeking ‘A practical leaching
technique in the field of personal
care." The data furnished by Mrs.
Bolden will be used in a teachers' i
folder to be released by the manu
facturing chemists next fall. A
full page advertisement anm-unc- I
ing Mrs. Bolden's award and
ulher winners in the contest is
appearing in the March edition of
several nationally circulated maga
zines. Judges, of the contest, were
composed of members of the per
sonnel of several home ccom^c,
housekeeping, textile and parents'
magazines.
Entrants in the contest came
from Alabama, California, Geor
gia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Mis
souri. New Hampshire, New York,
Oklahoma, and Utah.
XT
ne IS lomtu guiiiy ui uc
as 1 understand it"
Meeting in special session yes
terday, the Council considered the
allegations against Looney and
questioned the action of several
police officer and the Recorder’s
?ourt.
Councilman Edgar Yow, whose
motion to recommend permanent
suspension for the policeman nev
er reached a vole, summed up the
accusations by saying he
c,. C.1IU1CU, vv iJjiiiii^ion. ivitrin”
hers cf this church have launch
ed a drive for $5,000.00 to build
son, communlcaTT^TTh^church,
has promised to donate $10,000
u 111,1)1)1). I'alher Lolnull U.
Dade is director.
NAA CP Asks Navy Probe
Into Seahee Findings
PORT HUENEME. Cclifornia —
guilty of cursii^ a while woman Through investigation by the N. A.
in a cafe and beating the Negro .. .
while in a policeman's uniform. ; recent two-clay hun-
The waitress referred to was tier strike, of l.ooo Negro Seaboe
Ethel McArthur, employee of members of the S-lth Construction
Adams Pit Barbecue stand, 525 Battalion who piutestcd discrimina-
iContinued on back page)
-V-
“AGT TO PASS
PERMANENT
FEPG"iNNG
DETROIT, Midi.—The
Quinn Bill es_t^blishing
lion in the awarding of Naval pro
motions, reveals a story of violent
; racial aiitipathi.se, thwarted ambi-
' lions and broken promises.
According to the report made by
Norman O. Houston of the Los An-
, geks NAACP, who interviewed 27
members from the personnel ol the
3-ith and 80th Construction Battal-
IH-rsonnel and a still greater gap
uxisl.s betweecri Negro and white
peicsoniicll; and a &lill greater gap
between the Negro personnel and
Ives- ihe officers. In describing the series
_ New i.f discriirinatLiy situations which
York State FEPC was Hailed this led to the strike. Mr. Houston sub
week by the National Negro Con- mas the following lestanony as rep-
gress as one of the most progres- resontatives of unanimous sentiment
sive laws ever enacted in the of ull but one of the members in-
hiitory of New York." Dorothy K teiviewed m the 34th Battalion:
Funn. NNC Labor Secretary, in a had mm of jb.lity and lead-
letter to Congress Councils and tnship m tlu- Negro personnel of
ufhliated organizations urged the unit While overseas, Negro
them to ’’follow New York's lead pi-isotinel made pusLiblc the ad
and concentrate in their local vanccinem of inau.v white fust class
areas on introduction and passage p^tiy officers to chief petty offi-
of state fair employment legis- ^ers. most of whom were transfer-
lation." red out of the unit upon icturn to
In addition. Miss Funn pointed,,,,e united Slates,
to the need for "immediate action -Men stated that while they were
nationally to get the bill for a Pff’ ' overseas the>' were promised that
manent FEPC out of the Rule.®
N.\At'P CONGRATULATES
UtWtV. REPRESENTATIVES.
1 oȣ FEPC EFFORTS
NEW YORK — Under the
signature ul Acting Secretary
Ko> Wilkins me NAACP sent
eoiigralulutory letters to Gov
ernor ’lliomas E. Uewey. Ives
and Oulnn, co-auUiors of the
anti-discrlminatioii blU and to
.Negro legislators William T.
Andrews, Hulan Jack and Wil-
Uam Prince.
In congratulating Gov. Dewey
for his efforts to secure passage
ol the legislation, the NAVUP
said, "When your signature Is
attached to tbU biU and it be
comes a law, New York will be
the first SUte in the Union to
recognize the obligation of the
commonwealth to see that all of
its citizens have as fair a chance
as possible to secure employ
ment without special and unfair
restrtctlon.s as (o color, race,
religion, or national origin,"
Allen E. Jackson, member of
St. Mark’s P. E. Church, of
Wilmington, who has promised
to donate $10,000 to his church
for a parish house, providing
the members raise $5,000. Mr.
Jackson is a well known frat-
ttrnal and church leader of
the city of Wilmington.
Negro Unit Retrieves Tanks
From Under Jerry’s Nose
UrcAestra, and Harold Preece, au-
lAur ol the widely published Liv
ing South column.
acting president T. S. Painter
ui me Oniveraiiy ol Texas reiuct-
auUy gave Negroes silting space
un the mam uoor of the gym
nasium alter colored leaders, ih-
ciuoing Dr. Karl Downs, president
ot bamuel Huston, had gaid mat
Uiey would boycott any jim crow
concert m Austin. Dr. Downs in-
iormed Dr. Painter that Autin's
i'ltgro citizens would instead or
ganize an automobile caravan anf^
go to hear Miss Anderson in San
/uitonio where she is scheduled to
sing luilowing her appearance in
Austin.
Ml'S. Faulk, -wife of a former
itosenwald Fellow, aaid to New
aouin Featmes, ' '
iCooUnued on page seven) | full page advertisement announc-
Oklahoma, and Utah.
Further Gains In Navy
Urban League Head Told
Department under Secretary James
Forrestall intends to pursue vigor
ous steps toward tne integration of
Negroes in all branches of the
Navy Service. This assurance was
the result ot a conference held in
Washington recently between Les
ter B. Granger, Executive Secre
tary of the National Urban League,
i don’t want my i and Secretary Forrestal on the sta-
iiome town to get the same kind 1 tus of Negroes in the naval forces,
ot reputation mat the Daughters t and attitudes of the Negro public
oiiunued on page seven) regarding recent racial incidents
NEW YORK CI’IY — The Navy ^ umi have occu»ro«J. Ol the same stu
dent geiieiatioii ul Darimuulh Col
lege, Uie two men had nut pieviuos-
ly met, but recent correspondence
hud led up to today's cooversatiuii.
Alter leaving the Secretary's ul-
lice, Mr. Granger declared that Mi'.
Forrestal had shown un encourag
ingly fresh attitude toward the
Whole question of racial inequali
ty and discrimination m the Arm
ed Forces. The two men will
again in the near future lu discuss
(Continued on hack page)
Democracy Begins At Home Says First
Lady Iii Raleigh, North Carolina Address
SEABEES FOUGHT
SIDE BY SIDE
WITH MARINES
AT PELELIU
as soon as lh(y were qualified as to
RALEIGH — An address in the
Municipal Auditorium here on Mon
day night by Mrs. Eleanor Roose-1
volt climaxea me close ol the f&45
Institute of Religion of the United
Church, held in Raleigh. The seat
ing capacity of the building was tax
ed beyond overflowing, with many
standing and many more being turn
ed away.
The First Lady, speaking in her
usual convincing tone, told her aud-
"that democracy begins in the home,
as the birthplace of true democracy.
"We know today," she, declared.
I "tht democracy begins in the home.
Committee of the House of R^pre- tfibnicul skill und tirre in service foimerly a postal clerk in the dav- Italian partisans t influence of what each one ol
sentatives. ” Unless the Rule.« appro- time and a pre-medical student some knowledge of the Ian- uf learns in the home is like a peb-
Committee reports the bill at pionuiion- I.uur the prom-'at Northwestern Universilv at has kept many of our men » Pond. therings of
once, a discliarge petition to force , changed until wht^n they night, estimate# the cost of the getting lost in the moun-:‘t'at influence spread and spread
ii.i back to the StaUs. Now thW 2.000 tanks towed in by his men front," (ynd spread, to fade away into the
th.‘v have Ijern b:.ck in the States at $70,000,000. In addition to re- company’s record for mileage of the world."
cince last October and expect an tiieving disabled tanks the men covered by its. 18 crows in a single Democracy, the speaker contlnu-
.’ni lv leturn to for. iiin service, no carry brand new tanks as replace- day 'vas 1,836 miles. In 37 daysi”. cannot become a reality until
..pprcciable change has been made ments for the wrecked ones Anzio, the company salvaged | ®very person cares and is willing
on the part of the commanding of- "We told them that the Germ-® weight of about' work for it. according to his own
ficor to give the advance ratings. ans had just counterattacked and tons.
"Instead of providing training overrun the area where we had “
H urses and encouraging the uprat- been working,” Private Scott
ng of Negro personnel to first class said, ‘They turned around as fast;
men and chief pettv officers, .a as they could and we got out of i
rior.o'be Se'rrdTn-supJirr-oYthe r'toof S)"”' ‘‘’Apoiher time the prime mover:
with whioh a three-man crew was
moving a new tank to the front
was hit and caught fire. The crew
rolled the new tank off the truck
and the crew — Sergeant Paul
Payne, of Franklin. Kentucky; i
Corporal Ezre Belt, 2225 East 46th i
Street, Cleveland, Ohio; and Pri
vate Frank Abney, of Saluda, N. ‘
The question was raised by four ^ PATHPr U’akts b/vm
the Supreme Court ot Appe.le of Howard University co-eda, .AngeU and stated S's^d Coi^^fl Beft' B.«'K HOME
RALEIGH — Anyone know-
it to the floor will be introduced,!
"All Congressmen must then be
urged to sign the petition." Miss i
Funn said,
"In the Senate, hearings are
scheduled to begin this week on
S.lOl. the Chavez Bill for a per
manent FEPC. Groups and indiv- .
iduals should write to Chairman
Chavez, head of the sub-commit-
tec- of the Senate Committee on
Education and Labor, for permis-
bill."
Va„ To Test Constitution
ality Of Jim Crow Law
BOSTON NAACP ACTS
FOR STATE FEPC
BOSTON, Mass. — Follow
ing the example of National Of
fice activity in behalf of the
passage of the Ives-Qatnn bill
establL-Jilng a New York State
FEPC. a delegation from the
Boston Branch NAACP appear
ed March 7th before the legtsla-
lare to urge enactment of lanl-
lar legislation for Masaachneetta.
Julian Steele, president of the
Branch headed the group.
RICHMOND. Va — On March 5.
Virginia granted writs of certiorari Jones. Marion Hu^ravc. Ruth P’ow-
in five identical cases which chal- eU and Erma McLemorei. all of lu,. u 'S’ ^
» lenge the constitutionality of the whom were arrested in Fairfax f ^ w'
"Jim Crow ” laws of the State re- County. Virginia, last May 14 for as sSf anT /nur^^co^ld
quinng the segregation of passen- rt-fusing to remove themselves to u ingjja -u® could
gers on vehicles operating in the the -car of a bus tmvcUng from w > ,, .
state carrying passengers who are Virginia to Washington, D, C. and Haly ^have fourS that TeamfnS
traveling in interstate commerce. Irene Morgan, who was arrested in Thei?
The validity of the statutes is chal- last July 16 in Middlesex County, joj, LieuSiani Couch who leam-
lenged upon the basis that they Virginia .for the same reason while ‘
constitute a burden upon and inter- enroute from Virginia to Baltimore, -through sh^r necessity and
ference with interstate commerce in Maryland. In each case the defend- withmit looking into » ”
K tct 1. Sec. 8, U. S. Con- ants were convicted before the trial gays it hSps a cr^ in locSuna
I (Continued on back page) a tank: “The men ask direeUo-ii
ing the whereabouts of Robert
Chavia, 15-year old boy of 728
Fast Dasie Street, is asked to
rnrrespor>d with the Raleigh
police.
The boy's father, Otha Chavis,
said that his son ran away frun
their home on February 8. He
does not want the boy "em
ployed, housed or fed" by any
one, but wants him back heme.
Robert Is fh’e-feet, fivc-iaehae
tall and of light complesioiL
interpretation of what it means.
jThe leaders in Washington must be
I guided by the will of the people at
jhome, and without this will, noth
^ing happens.
Mrs. Roosevelt pointed out the
I very salient, and frequently over-
I looked, point of our acceptance of
I certain privileges without sharing
’ the responsibilities which are part
and parcel of such freedom. She
1 referred to our attitude twenty-five
: years ago when we fell asleep and
‘drifted down the easy road, only to
I wake up too late regrets. It is
her hope thta we shall profit by
jour mistakes and become, in prac-
I tice, the world leaders other nations
'believe us to be. We must show
, other communities the way by first
I exhibiting our willingness to give
lour own people the best possible
I life.
ANSWERS TO QUESIIONB
I When asked, "What do you think
the Negro wilt get out of this war?"
I Mrs. Roosevelt said that she thought
I the Negro would get a feeling of
I satisfaction from the knowledge
{that he has participated as far as
I be was allowed. "Everywhere I ^ve
seen functioning Negro
(Continued on back
with full attendance Monday morn
ing, it wa sannounced by Dr. F. D.
Btuford, president of the college. He
said that the differences existing
among the students at the institu
tion which resulted in partial at
tendance of about 200 students ol
the 900 students at the Institution
for one day had been settled. The
complaining students contended for
the immediate dismissal of the dean
of women, Miss Vivian Bell, based
on her dictatorial attitude and her
unfair position in student matters;
unsanitary conditions in the dormi
tories; insufficient instructional
equipment and the insolent attitude
of workers in the college dining
On the morning of September
15—D day—the 17th Special U.
S. Naval Construction Battalion,
landed at Peleliu to aerve as am
munition carriers and litter bear
ers, but before nightfall its men
were engaged in a fierce struggle
of the Pacific campaign, fighting
side by side with the veterans of
the First Marine Division.
I The 777 Negru Seabces n the
— i Battalion were also veterans of
I the Pacific war. At Banika, an
island of the Russell group, they
had unloaded ships, dug ditches,
up buildings, and installed a
water system. After that, they
erved on Emirau in the Bismarck
,.iichipclago building docks, tm-
siuoeni room and the college inn. Dr. Blu-jloading ships and doin;; other
dean's cas« iiackbreaking jobs that inuH be
one at an advanced L....
A.&T. STUDENTS RETURN
TO CLASSES AFTER UNREST
GREENSBORO — The
unrest at A. and T. College was end- ford stated ...... uc«i>a c.
ed with the resumption of classes | would be referred to the Board
Trustees as soon as possible am
tliat immediate attention has beer
directed to other circumstances cit
ed in the students’ petition. Spo;u-
heading the unrest the college
WM the discipline committees' dis
missal of a co-ed for conduct unbe
coming to a lady.
Wilson York, president of the stu
dent council, expressed regret that
the impression had been given that
the council favored a plan permit
ting girls at the college to attend
dances unchaperoned. "Such a plan
ne\’er has been and never will be
the will of the council, or the best
clement of the student body." he
said.
Bennett Completes Plans
For Mrs. Roosevelt
Greenpboro, N. C.—Plans are
all complete to handle a record-
breaking attendance during the
nineteenth annual Home-Making
Institute which opens at ^nnett
College Sunday March 18 and to
welcome the imposing list of
speakers which includes Dr.
Katherine F. Lenroot, 5^. Elean
or Roosevelt, Art Ca^r, Rev. W.
Tycer Nelson, and CoL Campbell
Johnson, it was announced this
week by President David D.
Jones.
The entire program has been
arranged so that problems inci
dent to the return of armed forces
aersonnel can be studied. The
heme will be 'The eVteran Re
turns to His Family."
The theme this year carries on
troops I the tradition of attacking some
problem which is of immediate
concern to the welfare of the fam
ily and home. hTe planning com
mittee of local communit lead
ers and Bennett staff members
arrived at their topic with an
wareness of the immediacy of the
to^c.
Dr. Lenroot, who is director of
the Children’s Burean, speaks
Sunday March 18, at 4 P. M. for
the vesper service which norm
ally opens the institute. Monday
at 10 a. m. a playlet prepared for
the institute by the Bennett Lit
tle Theatre Guild will be present-
At Peleliu. they wer# to make
iidings with the Marmas, to car-
.. ammunition to the ^nt and
bring back the wounded.
The island, only six miles long
by two miles, had been blasted by
o'Ji ships and planes, but when
our assault troops landed on Sep
tember 15 they were met by
strong Japanese resistance. Cas
ualties among the Marines and
the Seabees ran hi^
One of the Negro Seabees,
Charles W. McDonald, Motor Ma
chinist's Mate. Second Class, U8-
NR., 62 'West Glenwood Avenue,
Akron, Ohio, said: "Upon leaving
the ship the men in my group
were each given five rounds of
ammunition. As our lanHing boat
approached the beach, the officer
in charge Lt. Arzie C. Kail, Civil
Engineer Corps, USNR., whose
wife, Eva A. Hall lives at 638 El-
bron Avenue, San Pedro, Cali
fornia, saw the amount of enemy
fire 2md ordered us back to the
ship. We got back to th- ship uid
loaded up with every weapon
available and as much ammuni
tion as we could carry. So when
we hit the beach we were pre
pared.”
Wen they landed the Seabees
fell to their task of getting am
munition to the Marines who had
driven inland about 300 or 400
yards. McDonald, who had 16 men
under him, added: "We got the
first load of ammunition across
to the Fifth Regiment of the First
Marine Division in an amphibious
truck. On the way over, the driv
ed. Monday night the institute er was killed, and one of our men
goes to CTollins Grove Commun- Charles E. Wordlow Seaman’
ity mGuUford County with a spe-[First Class, USNR., whose wife
cial prom-am. . „ , U^ves on Route 2, JeHeraontou
Mrs. Roosevelt speaks Tuesday Kentucky, took over the whi
night at 8 p. m: She will be in- |and got us and the needed oi
(Continued on back page)
1 got us and the needed om-
'munition through.”
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