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'lis Machine lljun Blazed )ts Message fo The Japs 1 Editorial Jnited latloji, Peoples Day of Consecration to This Great Cause Is Need ed. issues of this terrible war Sfinpd for us" in terms of Ittcoai and slavery. On the one p. the neoples of the world trem Jugainbt the march of the forces those Fascist dictators pi'i enslave mankind. On the side, the reedom lovinjr peo Jaf thc world, under the ban )f Democracy, prepare for fcioody struggle to insure reefs tor ail nations and all peo fhelnited States is on the side fwdom and Democracy.

Joined the I nlted StatM am those Pr pucr and peoples who rec Fze that ireedoni must prevail are to prevail. lis 15 more than a war of na It is a war nf ni nnlM of coiurs. races and culture, whom esDOUse the cause, of Fwro and eaoh of whom sheds for all the" rest. Within L'ni rd States alone, the blood I t.ic world is met. White r1 biack man.

vellow man. red p. blown man. unite within lur fJaaues to fight for the com Cause. All th natinm nf thu found under the Stars stripes.

ir many races and colors of J1 Hsht by our side. tour iiiilliiin vellntv mn In ficht for thflr freedom and iiiji wait th. unH tnat shurf th new rrmiom 'i t. he banner of liberty. millinti thin, for them.

P' neither a white man's i i i man's war, a yellow "Hi. a hrown mans war. f. i man's war. It is a war yun against the threat of is not fully aware of nchln of a No I MOn Mo Partial proof Ihe recent riot, against toiaior, in Caulornia ts proof.

The bloody attack Cnr, in Detroit last pi'Ml upon by Japan ad fCtfi, RWIY 'PASSES OVER to of Army has issued a call to the Selective Service system near! 200,000 white selectees, no colored. l) i in t. 4Um iuilra rrn Ith. wnii report mice Pirn C0! If I. A Dassed ovf" in I M.

sr. i summer drafts ba accommodations gated system "In the present noiicv (jj1; wr.n boys even though Uj) firj wjm x''; Some states have refused to "pass over" the colored selectees. Connecticut is one of these. Selective Service directors in the various sates are expected to face a rrnhi finding communities where they can hurry white boys into the Army without passing over" colored boys. x.

xxx X.T xx vx xx xx XXX XXX iv.JT:: 5. x. "wv 4 xx: xxx xx xxj. xx xxxxx: xx i V'" 'cC I Ix i i i I I 4 "r' I vS v. I 3 I Vic Pictured here is Dorie Miller, Pearl Harbor hero, and the girl he left behind, Mozelle Alexander, of Flint, Texas.

Miller, who hails from Waco, Texas, was the "unnamed hero" in the Pearl Harbor disaster on December 7. Gildersleeve Photos. fill EHDANT TURHED' MSGWJ 4 GUH OCJ JAPAN WASHINGTON. C. Mar.

12 Add the name of Dorie Miller, 22 year old mess attendant in the United States Navy, to the illustrious "honor roll" of Negro fighting heroes, who have inscribed their names in the red ink of 3 raw courage from Bunker Hill JURY PROBES 1. LYNCHING BENTON, Mar. 12 The Scott County grand jury met here Monday and launched an investigation of the lynching of Cleo Wright in Sikes ton. on January zo. juage j.

McDowell instructed the jury to conduct a thorough investigation "It is your duty to find wnetner the law has been violated, if so return an indictment," Judge Mc Dowell instructed. Indienamt and incensed at the outside criticism. Judge McDowell Informed a reporter that there was no necessity to call in the FBI. "It won't get the Negroes any Continued on Paff0 Col. 4) to Metz! Add the name of Dorie.

Miller son of a land anohored family, to those men of years agone, who have walked through the "vainai la" of death as American patriots Crisous Attucks Needham Roberts Henry Johnson Sereeant William H. Carney the six men at Arlington ceme tery who died as heroes in the Mexican uprising at Carrizal! Add the name of Dorie Miller to the glowing achievements of the Ninth Cavalry in the Boxer rie bellion the Rough Riders at Santiago the 92d and the pro visional 93d divisions during World War No. 1. Because it was Dorie Miller third son of a Waco, family who manned the machine gun during the infamous "sneak attack" of the Japanese at Pearl Harbor on the morning of Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, and became the "Unnamed egro Messman No longer is his name unknown.

NAVY CONFIRMS COURIER SCOOP Following weeks and months of intensive effort, in which every possible rumor was run down. The Pittsburgh Courier this week takes pride in announcing to America IContlnuta on Pagm CoL t) NAACP PLANS OFFICE IN NATION'S CAPITAL NEW YORK. Mar. 12 Plana for an office of the NAACP to be set up in Washington, D. C.

were sub mitted to tne Associations noara of directors. Monday, March 9th, by a committee headed ty William H. Hastie. The Washington office will be for the purpose of lobbying and dealing directly wun government agencies for the pro tecuon or tne ngnu os negroes. Add the name of Dorie Miller, Texas born and Texas raised, to the "nhantom brieade" or ngnung black men, whose deeds have be come immortalized tne recora book of American history: JOINS LONG I LIST OF HEROES Effort hjf mm VOL.

XXXm No. 11 fo) ACTS TJHEM JAPS USE RIOT FOR WAR TALK WASHINGTON, Mar. 12 Authoritative sources herein formed The Courier Saturday that President Roosevelt has thrown the weight of his office into the balance to settle the De troit Sojourner Truth Housing project controversy which resulted in a bloody riot in which Negro war workers were beaten by a white mob and white policemen Sunday. March Attempts had been made in en ruary to get the President to in tervene, but he refrained from personally taking any action. JAPS CAPITALIZE ON RACE RIOT The present action of the Presi dent, which has resultedin strong steps taken by John B.

Blandford, National Housing Administra tor, and Attorney General rancis Biddle. is said to have been spur red by short wave broadcasts irom Tokio and Berlin. Tokio broadcast that thousands of Dolice had been called out to quell the racial riots in Detroit. Tokio also held up the outbreak as a sample of United States treat ment of minorities. Blandford.

after conferring with different delegations during the wk, made the following. ment, understood to nave naa me (Continued on Page 4, Col. 8) VV Ted Berry Joins OFF Cincinnati Attorney Working to Cement Race Unity. WASHINGTON, Mar. 12 Fresh from his activities as chairman of the Allied Coun cils for Participation of Ne rrn in National Defense.

Theo dore M. Berry, progressive Cincinnati attorney, arrived in this city last week to go to work in the Office of Facts and Figures as liai son officer for group morale. The director or tne umce oi Facti and Figures is Achibald MacLeish. head of the Library of Congress. The Office of Facts and Figures, among its other duties which are concerned with getting complete and accurate information to the American people on the conduct and progress of the war, has the special highly important function of cementing the American people of all classes and groups for the war effort.

TO cJSE EVERY PUBLIC OUTLET For the first time, conscious recognition is" being taken of the existence of diverse minority groups in the population and it is proposed that the Office of Facts and Figures should actively work to remove differences and promote The Office of Facts and Figures functions through all agencies and departments of the federal government and through the radio, the motion pictures and the press. It is gong to be the duty of Mr. Berry as liaison officer for group morale to employ the facilities of the office to create a united front of all minority groups in the Unit ed States in support of the war program. imm 93 when the writer, attending a press conference in the offices of Secre tary of War Henry I Stlmaon, posed the question. According to Mr.

Stlmson. this will be the first of two major army units to be composed of Negro tr. os. WILL HAVE RACE LINE OFFICERS General Hall is white, but Stim mn said that it was planned to give the Division number of Ne U2U I rAMCRICAS tttir 9 it 1 1 1 1 1 Ulllllm i I PITTSBURGH, IHARCH 14, 1W2 fin JVllSl Produces Name Off Pearl Harbor Herd I'I'i I III I I I Uve Features, Latest New Leader In Advertising, Circulation and News Clean and Progressive i PRICE TEN CENTS JilT TO MEET THE ENEMY FIRST TO GET U.S. ARMY "WINGS" 'i ST I i 4 Vt Lx 5io it i It I 1 Li Shown in the picture are Col.

Frederick V. H. Kimble, commanding officer of the Air Corps Advance Flying school, pinning "wings" on the breast of Captain Benjamin O. Davis son of Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis of the U.S.

Army, among the group of the first members of the race to be awarded the insignia of the U.S. Army Air Corps, while Major Noel F. Parrish, extreme left, holds the "wings" Reading from left to right in addition to Captain Davis are: mo line officers. The 93d is to be activated in May at Fort Huacbu ca Arizona. General Hall was born in Sar dis.

on December 12. 1S86 and graduated from the United States Military Academy on June 13, ,1911, when he was commission ed as a second lieutenant. So far his attitude towards Ne gro aspirations for larger partici pation in the armed forces of the United States, is unknown. 1 1 TO COMMAND 93RD DIVISION! 1 0 vAxxVJX ty "'V I BRIG. GEN KirRLSS P.

HALL "He's new Cornrnanier cf the C3id Divlclcn," of War told a Courier reporter at his press last week. Lt. Lemuel Rodney Curtis, Hartford, Conn. Lt. Charles DeBow, Indianapolis, Lt.

George Spencer Roberts, Fairmont, W. and Lt. Mac Ross, Dayton, Ohio. The graduating exercises were held at the Post theatre and were attended by military personnel of the army, officers of Tuskegee institute and the. Veterans' Administration, and relatives and friends of the members of the graduating class.

P. H. Polk, Tuskegee Institute Photo. Other Pictures, Pages 5 and 10. i Another Courier 'Dream' Comes True Five Youths Commissioned As U.

S. Army Pilots TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Mar. 12 "In past wars, American Negro soldiers have done their full duty with combat units of the ground forces. In this war, the American Negro is destined to take his place in defense of his country by performing combat duties in the air," said Majo General George E. Stratemeyer, commanding Southeast Air Corns Training center, addressing the first graduating class of Negro army pilots in the Post Theatre of the Air Coma Advance Flying school at Tuskegee, Alabama.

Saturday. 1 ftI I Ml Thus amid the historic setting of the Tuskegee campus was brought to a crowning achieve ment the first phase of a program launched three years ago by The Pittsburgh Courier for full integration of Negroes into every branch of service in tne u. Army, ai that time The Courier asked for the establishment of Air Corps units to train colored pilots. DAVIS AMONG AIR GRADUATES Col. Frederick V.

H. Kimble, commanding officer of the Air Corps Advance Flying school, pinned the coveted wings on the breasts of the graduates, among whom were: Captain Benjamin O. Davis. Tuskegee Instiute; Lem uel Rodnev Curtis. Hartford, uonn Charles Henry De Bow, Indiana (Continued on Page 4, Col.

MJ IPPIAH T.0 By E. V. BAKER (Courier Correspondent) WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar. 12 Mississippi born Brigadier General Charles P. Hall has been assigned to command the second Negro division in the history of the United States Army the 93rd Infantry division This was made known last weeK," WU ILIUM COMMANDS 366th INF.

FORT EVENS, Mass Mar. 12 Col. West A. Ham ilton has been appointeQ commanding officer of the 366th infantry regiment 'to succeed Col. Edmund R.

Andrews, white, who has been transferred to other duties. The announcement was issued last Wednesday Col. Hamilton, who will be 58 years old In September, was born! in Washington. He served In the, District of Columbia National Guard from 1905 until 1919. He was on duty the federal service on the Mexican border from June.

iio until 1916. During the World War. he served in France as Captain of Comnsnv C. 372nd Infantry regiment, brigaded wun me crencn Army. "Freedom's People" to Feature Artists WASHINGTON.

D. Mar. 12 Negro talent in the creative arts will be depicted in the seventh broadcast in the "Freedom. People" series scheduled on the NBC (Red) network from 12:30 to 1 p. m.

EWT. Sundav. March 15th. The series is sponsored by a na tional aovisory committee of white and Negro educators with which the U. S.

Office of Education cooperates. This broadcast, next to last in the "Freedom's People" series, will portray in dramatic highlights tha lives and. work of outstanding Negro writer? artists, and.