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September 21. 1945 PORTLAND INQUIRER Pag« 3 French Colonials Laded for Help in French Liberation NEW YORK, N. Y. — M any F rench forces helped in her lib eration. The w ork of her colonies in A frica w ill never be forgotten and the feats of her new A rm y raised in N orth A frica, b attle tested in Italy and cam paigned through the southern provinces of France, w ill stand on th e ir reco rd alongside of the m ost glorious pages of French history. This laudatory report was m ade this w eek by the A m erican Relief for France, a m em ber of th e N ational W ar Fund. D uring the past five years, F rance had m any striking proofs of the loyalty of her colonies. It is w ell know n that th e French Colonies w ere among the first to join F ree France. H ow ever, th e p a rt played by the A fricans, W est Indians, the M adagascan (Mal- gaches) and th e Indo-Chinese, in the F rench Resistance, is not w idely know n. The risks tak en by the colored people w ere m uch greater, due to th e ir easy rec ognition and th e Nazi feeling to w ard colored people. T here are recorded m any s trik ing exam ples of heroism , stren g th and perseverance displayed by them , of w hich a few are given. The nam es are w ithheld by th e censors. A young girl from W est A frica m et a group of N egro m en in M arseille, w ho like herself had n ev er accepted defeat nor th e countless tem ptations of collabo ratio n offered them . A fter a p e riod of tireless activities on th e ir p art, she w as arrested, p u t in prison, then in various concentra tion camps, and finally th ro w n in th e Nazi prison in M arseille. She spent 11 m onths u n d er conditions th a t defy description, defying h er captors and refusing to reveal th e nam es of h er group although to r tu red daily. Finally, she escaped, m anaged to get to Paris, and again served her cause until the CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST Cor. 99th and S. E. Ash Sts. W eek Services—T uesday and F rid ay 8 P. M. SUNDAY SERVICES Sunday School 9:45 A. M. Serm on 11:30 A. M. ‘ Y.P.W.W. 7:00 P. M. Evening Service 8:00 P. M. ELD. T. W. RUSSAW, P astor CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 338 N. W. 5th Ave. Sunday School 10:30 A. M. Serm on 12 Noon Y.P.W.W. 6:30 P. M. Evening Service 8 P. M. Other Meetings Tue., Fri. Evenings 8 P. M. Bible Band Wed. Eve. 8 P. M. REV. J. C. LEWIS, P astor PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CARLLE R. VICKERS. DDS. 1471 N. E. W illiam s C ourt P ortland, Oregon V Erm ont 4208 P o rtla n d ’s O nly Negro D entist WYATT W. WILLIAMS Attorney-at-Law 523-4 Lum berm ens Bldg. 320 S. W. 5th Ave.—AT. 6871.. Home Phone: SUnset 6260 — Portland's Only Negro Lawyer • ________ BEAUTY SUPPLIES /) CARNE6IE, F»-, WOMA k ] MAS 06EN EMflCOATHD FROM HOME 58 HM E6- DUE TO FLOODS. J’lö FUTURE LIES ||4 » coKiveyoR b e l t I INDUSTRY VUiERE ' MANUFACTURERS EhMSIOJ M0VIN6 SIDEWALKS AMP BELT-LINES TO CONVEY MATERIAL OVER MOUNTAINS The Church of God in Christ Jerry Turner, delegate to the CIO Portland Council from the Portland local of the United Transport Service Employes of America, gets a Red Feather, em blem of the 1946 Porlland-Mull- nomah County United War Chest campaign, from John McKenna, chairman of CIO participation in the United War Chest. Interested on-looker is Marjorie Patton, War Chest commercial division sec retary. with a feather of her own. very day of liberation. A doctor from M adagascar, a r rested by the Nazi in 1940, n ev er stopped preaching “resistan ce” to his fellow Negro cell-m ates and m anaged to get a very large fol low ing . H e and others m ade th eir escape an d re tu rn e d to M arseille, w here he becam e the leader of one \jf th e fam ous “C om bat”re- sistance groups. A n A frican student, also an active m em ber of th e “C om bat”, was d istrib u tin g his gro u p ’s new s paper. H is b ro th er arrested in 1941, his fa th e r killed d u rin g the F irst W orld W ar, he had read “M ein K am p f”, w hich w as all he needed to join th e resistance m ovem ent. In the “M aquis”, he joined a p arach u te group and la te r th e Special Com m ando group. In th is group he engaged in a w arfare of guerilla activities and sabotage, ending w ith fig h t ing th e Nazi h ead q u arters a t Lio- ran, and th e giant electrical plants of R ouillac and Poyere. T. L. Smith Gets Dep't of Justice Civil Rights Job I l l .is:: MEDLEY HOTEL S 2272 N. Interstate Ave. GRANNY LIKES SWIMMING TOO St. G eorge, U tah—E ighteen g randm others w ere enrolled in the an n u al Red Cross Swim School here, and—m uch to the surprise of th e ir offspring—not only p articip ated actively bu t form ed an aquatic club of th eir ow n th a t m eets w eekly for a sw im or dip. Portland's Leading ill II« Colored Hotel M Urdock 9533 *»- |lllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllij|jjilll||||||||||||||||||||||||||l^ EAT WITH US You are a lw a y s w elcom e— ! The I KEYSTONE I "we LUNCH never close" ASHFORDS The Oregon home is big business. It represents a big investment, consumes enormous supplies of food, clothing, merchandise and every imaginable kind of service. Nowhere else in the world has home life reached a higher degree of desirability than in Oregon. Perhaps that is why 55% of Oregon homes are owned by the people who live in them. (On the farms it is 85%). Of course, Oregon homes are well electrified. PGE’s low-cost electricity is a big aid and incentive in home betterment. Short Orders our sp ecialty and Barber Supplies JACOB MILLER 515 S. W. Third Ave. W ASHINGTON — A t t o r n e y G eneral Tom C. C lark announced today the appointm ent of T u rn er . Sm ith to head the Civil R ights U nit of the D ep artm en t’s C rim inal Division. Mr. Sm ith succeeds V ictor W. R otnem who has re signed to e n te r th e p rivate p rac tice of law in W ashington. Born on A ugust 27, 1906, in A l bany, G eorgia, Mr. Sm ith received an A. B. in law from M ercer U niversity in 1928 and practiced law in A lbany u n til he joined the Civil R ights U nit of the D ep art m ent of Ju stice on Septem ber 1, 1943. Mr. Sm ith w as a m em ber of the G eorgia leg islatu re during the 1942-43 term and acted as state Working with All Nations census director in 1940. A case S unday school, 9:45 a. m. w hich occupied m uch of Mr. R egular Services, 11 a. m. S m ith ’s tim e w ith the Civil Rights YPW W Services, 5 p. m. unit was the H arlan County, Ky., E vangelist Services, 7:30 p. m. election frau d s investigation P ra y e r M eeting every F rid ay w hich resulted th is y e ar in th e n ig h t at 309 N. E. H ancock St. conviction of 71 persons. W eek-day Services every T ues He w as active in th e indictm ent day and T hursday, 7:30 p. m. and conviction of A lb ert Sidney E lder C. L. SIMMS, P astor. Johnson, A rkansas p lan tatio n ow ner, on peonage charges. J o h n son received a heavy fine and a prison sentence. He prosecuted election frauds in Tennessee and in v o lu n tary serv itu d e cases in F lorida and M ississippi. Mr. Sm ith lives w ith his wife and child at 908 Glaizewood Ct., Takom a P ark, M aryland. Mr. Rotnem , 45, a g rad u ate of the U niversity of M innesota and H arv ard L aw school, joined the Civil R ights U nit in Ju ly , 1940, and succeeded its first chief, H en ry A. Schw einhaut, w hen th e latt- te r w as appointed associate ju s t ice of the U. S. D istrict C ourt for the D istrict of Colum bia in 1941. 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