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Page Seven PORTLAND INQUIRER Friday. December 21. 1945 NEGRO COMBAT VETS TO HAVE Veteran Awaits Announce Annual Analyst Tells How to Make Pro Court Meet Democracy More Than a Myth DIFFICULTY IN POST WAR ERA War Medals PH ILA D ELPH IA — (A NP) — S /S g t. W eaverly B. W oodson Jr., w hose w ar exploits w ere so fa m ous th e y w ere recounted on a coast-to-coast rad io broadcast, has re tu rn ed to civilian life w ith out receiving th e m edal for w hich he had been recom m ended. Sgt. Woodson, 23-year-old hero of th e N orm andy inasion, w as discharged from th e arm y a t In- D uring the course of o p era d ian to w n G ap M ilitary R eserva tions in E ngland and on th e con tion, Pa., Nov. 13, and has re tu rn tin en t Negro soldiers w ho w ere ed to his hom e in G erm antow n. m em bers of u n its in the services Sgt. Woodson, form erly a m em of supply organizations w e r e ber of th e m edical detachm ent, able to learn m any new trad es 320th Balloon B attalion, won and develop skills in m echanical fam e on D-Day and th e days th a t and technical fields. T his w as im m ediately follow ed w hen he especially tru e of th e m en in w as w ounded by a shell fragm ent th e m edical corps, engineers, b u t continued to ad m in ister first q u arterm asters a n d ordnance aid to 250 casualties on th e shell units. an d bom b-racked beach. N ot until he collapsed some 24 An engineer could learn su r hours la te r did Sgt. W oodson stop veying, d rafting, pho to -en g rav his w ork long enough to have ing, bricklaying, heavy co n stru c th e shell frag m en t rem oved from tion m achine operation, and a his hip. n u m b er of o th er trades. Q u ar F or his devotion to d u ty on the term asters could learn th e in tri N orm andy beachhead, Sgt. Wood- cate angles of d rivin g and mo son w as recom m ended for the to r m echanics, as w ell as th e p a D istinguished Service m edal, th e per w ork know ledge in doing th ird highest a w ard given by th e th eir breakdow n for supply r a U nited States. The recom m enda tioning. M edical m en c o u l d tio n w as la te r held up by Sgt. keep ab reast of th e advanced W oodson’s bqttalion com m ander, know ledge of th a t profession, and Lt. Col. Leon J . Reed, a w hite of acquire still g reater skill w ith ficer from K entucky, until it w as th e highly scientific equip m en t too late for action to be tak en on w ith w hich the A m erican arm y th e m atter. w as equipped. Sim ilar oppor- nstead of th e high aw ard th a t he deserved Sgt. W oodson w as given th e B rone S tar, a m edal 1 w hich ran k s eig h th in o rd er of im portance of w a r d ep artm en t aw ard s. The citatio n w hich w as given him read: “F or heroic achievem ent in connection w ith m ilita ry operations against an enem y of th e U nited S tates.” To add in su lt to th e inju ry , Sgt. W oodson has n e v er been official ly given th e B ronze Star. H e has received th e w ar d ep a rtm e n t ci tatio n en titlin g him to th e m edal, In r e f e r r i n g t o a d i c t i o n a r y — j u s t la s t week— we w e r e inform ed , b u t th e cerem ony necessary for in a t e r s e a n d a s im p le s t a t e m e n t , t h a t I’a n g o I’a n g o is t h e “ s a m e as th e actu a l aw ard has n ev er been I’a g o P a g o ” . T u r n i n g b ac k w a rd , th en , to P a g o P ag o , we w ere en held. He w as told he w ould get lig h ten ed by r e a d i n g f ro m l e f t to r i g h t : " S a m e as I'a n g o P a n g o . ” This s o r t of t h i n g is known as t h e M e rry -G o -R o u n d . O m a r K h y y a m com th e m edal first in F rance, th en plained o f it e i g h t h u n d red y e a r s a g o : he reco rd ed t h e f a c t t h a t he in E ngland, th e U nited S ta te s ‘ e v e r m o r e c am e n u t t h e s a m e door w h erein 1 w en t.” I t ’s d i z z y in g and H aw aii, and th e n in th e U nited leads n o w h ere! Yet c e r t a i n so-called d o p e s t e r s em ploy t h a t s a m e silly S tates again. He is out of th e s y s t e m to t h i s d ay . Not so, A u n t Stella. T h is G ifted I.ittle Lady o u t grew t h e m e r r y - g o - r o u n d w ith t e e t h i n g rin g s. F u r t h e r m o r e , sh e has service now and still w aiting for no use for d ead -en d s t r e e t s o r rev o lv in g doors. T o d ay , sh e is acclaim ed th e m edal to be given to him . a s t h e Mode rn M ental M arv el because no t r a p s o r sin k -h o les ex is t in In addition to th e B ronze S tar, t h e beaten p a t h l ead in g to h e r Delphic F o u n t of W isd o m . S h e Sees Sgt. W oodson is en title d to w ear All, K n o w s All a n d Tells All— r e g a r d le s s . I n s t a n t l y , t o boot, an d w i t h o u t d o u b le-talk . W e p r i n t h e r a s t o u n d in g a n s w e r s to q u e s tio n s from th e Good C onduct ribbon, th e WITH THE 761st TANK BAT TALIO N IN EUROPE— (A N P)— R etu rn in g N egro veteran s a r e not going to have an easy tim e re-ad ju stin g them selves to the req u irem en ts of th e postw ar w orld, b u t the N egro cam b at vet is going to have a still h a rd e r tim e th an the ex-service tro o p ers. tu n ities existed in o th e r units. I once visited an aird ro m e in G reat B ritain, w ith a crew rest, locker and dry in g room , and te c h nical and a d m in istratio n sites, w hich w ere b u ilt of brick, by aviation engineers, n o t one of whom had ever laid a brick b e fore in his life, and it w as a superb job w hich w on th e praise of th e chief engineer of th e ETC. But for th e com bat m an from th e ta n k b attalions, th e tan k destroyers, th e field a rtille ry b a t talions, and th e in fa n try , these m en learn ed b u t o n ^ i n g l e thing: how to kill. T hey becam e v a st ly proficient in th e operation of m achines th a t d ealth death, and could dispatch th e enem y w ith th e skill of a praciced physician giving a delicate opration. B ut th e skill of know ing how to kill will certain ly have no place in th e po stw ar peace-tim e plans of th e U. S. I t’s going to be p re tty tough, and th e men from th e service and supply u n its w ill have a de finite ad v an tag e o v er th e N e gro com bat m an. T h a t’ ju st in passing, b u t A m erica w ould be wise to tak e th a t in to considera tion w hen p lanning how to in teg rate th e re tu rn in g v e t into his proper place in th e post-w ar schem e of things. A nd th e Ne gro com bat v e te ra n is definitely conscious of that! t h e hexed a n d h a r r a s s e d as a r e g u l a r f e a t u r e . E d ito r. Dear Aunt Stella: I’ve hooked ¡smells is the hops. Aunt (N atura a young traffic officer for a boy ¡Thing) Stella. friend and he’s just as sweet as * * * Dear Aunt Stella: They say that he can be but awfully bashful. the profession is over-crowdeu What can I do to get things s ta rt but, anyway, I want to get in the ed? Rockin’ In Rhythm. Rockin' In Rhythm. Why not movies. How shall I go about it? wear green lip stick? Aunt (Begin | A Man And His Dreams. A Man And His Dreams: Why The Beguine) Stella. • * * not qualify as a human fly? Thr Dear Aunt Stella: What'll I do last one failed in his screen test Once) Stella. now? The most beautiful dame in Aunt (A nything * * * the whole wide world has give Dear Aunt Stella: My boy-friend me the air! Gone With Th’ Wind. got tight, the other night, and Gone With Th’ Wind: Line up wanted to prowl around ringing with Shakespeare who swore that door bells. W hat’s th at a sign of? "Kindness in women, not their j I’ve Got My Fingers Crossed. beautiful looks, shall win my love!’’ I’ve Got My Fingers Crossed: Aunt (Go Fly A Kite) Stella. Maybe, th at lie’s a Fuller Brush * * * man. Aunt (I’ll Pray For You) Dear Aunt Stella: I don’t think Stella. you’re so darned sm art, but—if * * * you are—who put the trick in in Dear Aunt Stella: I paid cash tricate ? Says Which. for a darling negligee and can’t Says Which: As Lenin rem ark return it even though my husband ed, “One fool can ask more ques doesn’t like it on me. W hat’ll 1 tions in a minute than twelve wise do with it? Fine And Mellow. men can answer in an hour”. But Fine And Mellow: Maybe he'll —if you must know—it was the like it on the maid—why not give same guy who put an impost on it to her? Aunt (Chester’s Choice) pleasure and called it "syntax” . Stella. Aunt (Sweet Mystery of Life) • • * Stella. Dear Aunt Stella: The poor fish • • • hasn’t been married more’n ten Dear Aunt Stella: She’s an ex days and already squawks about pert manicurist but, ever since 1 his wife. W hat can be more fatal married her, has shown no in to a second honeymoon than talk clination to go to work. If you ing behind the Little Woman’s were me, what would you say back? Now It Can Be Told. about th a t? If I Knew Then. Now It Can Be Told: Talking If I Knew Then: I ’d say she’s back. Aunt (Laugh And Call It too lazy to turn a hand. Aunt (On Love) Stella. The Side) Stella. * * * * m * Dear Aunt Stella: I’m crazy Dear Aunt Stella: My boy-friend about him and have asked hin is very devoted but entirely too to m arry me but he says we'll ardent. What can I do to slow have to sta rt from scratch. Do him down? Sunday In The Park. you think I ought to press the is Sunday In The P ark : You can sue or let things rock along as figure that out for yourself when they are? Can’t Afford To Dream. you remember th at a dog is the Can't Afford To fiream : Thai same kind of a nuisance except all depends. Despite success stor whefi distracted by a flea. Aunt ies, the sad tru th is th at most (Turkey In The Straw ) Stella. men who s ta rt from scratch have * * * to keep on scratching for the rest Dear Aunt Stella: My wife hates of their lives. Aunt (Heaven Can beer and always insists upon W ait) Stella. • • • smelling my breath after I get ir. from playing a little pool with Dear Aunt Stella: Should a girl the boys. What can I do when she get upset when a boy kisses her tells me th at I’m beastly drunk? for the first time ? Once In A I ’ll Never Smile Again. While. Once In A While: Not unless it I’ll Never Smile Again: Next time, tell her th a t you’ve been happens in a canoe. A unt (Home eating frogs legs and what she On The Range) Stella. No, Abelard, a lullaby isn’t when a guy wants to get out of telling the tru th and makes up an excuse. CHICAGO — (ANP) — The eighth a n n u al official w orld's chaupionship bask etb all to u rn a m ent w ill again be held in C hi cago a t th e spacious Chicago sta dium on M arch 25, 27, 29, A pril 3, 5, and 6, and it w as announced by H arry H annin, d irecto r of cagedom ’s blue ribbon event. The field, headed by th e pow erfu l F o rt W ayne Z ollners, de fending w o rld’s cham pions, w ill be th e larg est and strongest since th e origin of th e ev en t, H annin predicted. Regional playoffs are p lanned w ith the n atio n 's 16 g reatest professional q u in tets qualify in g for the title tourney in Chicago. Hold School for Women Jurors ST. LOUIS— (A NP)— A school for prosepective w om en ju ro rs w as begun h ere last T h u rsd ay at 8 p. m. and F riday at 2 p. m., in four of th e ju ry divisions of the C ircuit C ourts. Tbe school w as organized by th e L eague of W omen V oters of St. Louis and th e classes are open to all w om en w ho desire to p re p are for ju ry service, for w hich th ey w ere m ade eligible by a new S tate C onstitution. C ircuit ju d g es w ill conduct th e classes. A fter ex p laining th e responsi bilities of th e juror, th e judges im panel a ju ry am ong th e women, set forth a hypothetical case, is sue in stru ctio ns to th e ju ry and ask for a verdict. m erican T h eatre cam paign rib bon, th e E uropean-A frician-M id- dle E astern cam paign m edal w ith an arro w h ead (for th e invasion) and th re e b a ttle p articipation stars, th e A siatic-P acific cam p aign m edal, th e P u rp le H eart and th e W orld W ar II V ictory m edal w ith a sta r (show ing he w as overseas on V -J day.) Now th a t he is out of th e serv ice, Sgt. W oodson is p lan n in g to go to T m ple U niversity M edical school to continue his education. He has com pleted tw o y ears at Lincoln u n iv ersity p rio r to his e n try in to th e service. Sgt. W oodson's ro th er, Eugene, w as also rec e n tly released from th e arm y. He w as a b om bardier in th e 447th B om bardm ent group. NEW V O R K r-4A N P)—Ig n o r ance m ust be destroyed if dem o cracy is to be m ore th an a m yth. T hat w as the revelation m ade h ere last w eek by Elm o Roper, public opinion analyst, b e f o r e the ann u al m eeting of th e N a tional C onference of C hritsians and Jew s at th e W aldorf-A storia hotel. Racial prejudice a p p ear ed to be noisier, if not more w idespread than six m onths ago, he disclosed. D eclaring th a t every A m eri can should assum e th e responsi bility of com bating recial and religious, prejudice in defense of dem ocracy, R oper believes his w ork is sam pling public opinion has “tu rn ed up a clue as to how we m ight come closer to this goal.” D em ocracy H andicapped Ignorance, he revealed, is the greatest handicap to dem ocracy. He rem ark ed th a t it w as am ong those w ho falsely believe Jew s have a stronghold on U. S. fi nances th a t th ere is m ost o u t spoken hostility to individual Jew s as neighbors, even as it is am ong the deluded w ho “th in k Negro m en a re all eager to m arry w hite w om en,” th a t th ere is strongest unw illingness to “see the N egro a tta in econom ic eq u a l ity .” Ignorance, too, he continued, caused th e uninform ed to suspect C atholics ow e “political and re ligious obseisance to th e pope,” creating th e so-called "C atholic m enace.” W hat To Do In explaining counter m easures to push and advance dem ocracy, R oper said: “All of us w ho are so m inded can fight fo r b e tte r education for m ore people; all of us can fight for m ore and b e tte r new spapers, radios and m agazines; all of us can fig h t against p o v erty an d econom ic inequality. B u t you and I have a special obligation. We can striv e calm ly and w ith obvious fairness to supply m ore inform ation about th e size and n a tu re of all m inorities. W here th ere a re m isconceptions about Catholics, Jew s, N egroes and southern B aptists, w e can offer facts. "A nd the facts are th a t no m in ority is dangerous because of its religion o r race. T he only m in orities w hich are d angerous a re those w hich w ould d ep riv e o th er m inorities of th e ir rig h ts as h u m an beings.” Leroy Haynes Sent to Jail PH IL A D EL PH IA — (A N P) — L eroy H aynes, w ho m et m any of the co u n try ’s leading h ea v y w eight boxers d u rin g his rin g career several y ears ago, w as sentenced to serve five m onths in prison by F ed eral Ju d g e Geo. A. W elsh this w eek on charges of conspiring to steal. Tw o o th e r men received sentences of one year and th ree m onths a t th e sam e tim e. O ne of w hom w as put on probation and his se n tence suspended. 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