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.w B lack H istory M onth African-American Women War Heroes Page A6 February 18. 2004 c o œ ra y e continued from Front black politicians and the black press, the Army finally agreed in July of 1944 to admit black nurses "without regard to numbers.” The generally accepted prac tice of only hiring black nurses at 10 percent began to fade away but they still worked in segregated units. In England, the nurses were not allowed to tend to white soldiers. In fact, they were sent to a hospital full of German prisoners of war. Only after they proved them selves highly com- Major Charity Adams inspects her troops o f Army nurses in 1945. petent were they allowed to work at a reh ab ilitatio n cen ter for wounded American soldiers. This was consid ered the first time that black women nurses were allow ed to aid white American soldiers. This “experim ent” was so successful that the armed forces of America began sending black nurses to help out throughout Europe and in the Pacific. By the end of World War II, it was clear that American-American nurses were just as skilled as white nurses. In the wars to follow they would work side- by-side with white nurses on all sides of the battlefield. IF ' ♦ U Mary Elizabeth Bowser leaked Confederate documents to the Union Army during her service as a maid in a Confederate home. ■ m m m m h m h m m i CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH ¡T SniLE DflH FOR HlDS "New Orleans May Have Been Hosting The Ninth Annual Essence Festival During The July 4,h Weekend, but the Place To Be July 3rd was Los Angeles House O f Blues(to see the Raphael Saadiq Show )’. ” — B illboard RAPHAEL SAADIQ All Hits At The House Of Blues $ I 3*^ 2 CD Set EASTSIDE 3I58E. 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Contact us to receive inform ation regarding current jo b openings. Multnomah County www.multcojobs.org Job Hotline 503-988-5035 City of Portland www.ci.portland.or.us/jobs Job Hotline 503-823-4573 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYERS It’s easy to be green photo by M ark W ashington /T hf . P ortland O bserver Crews have turned the Fred Meyer store at North Interstate Avenue and Lombard Street into a construction site to make way for a brand new shopping center. Decades Old Store Demolished for New The waiting is over for those store at North Interstate Av and a brand new center will go following the Fred Meyer deci enue and Lombard Street. up in its place. sion to rebuild a decades-old That store is being tom down “We could not figure out a way to keep the store open and do the project,” said Rob Boley, Fred Meyer vice president of public relations, regarding the 10-month demolition and con struction period when the store will remain closed. 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