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NORTHWESTERN CENTER OPENS VARIED PROCRAM FOR TEAR

Privates Lois Hester and David Hester, sons of Mrs. t'erelia Walton, 2453 Columbia avenue, are serviiif; overseas with the armed forces. Pvt. Lois is stationed in England and has hecn

in senile for two years, while Iknid is stationed in New (iuinea, and hoth have hcon serving two years. Roth attended Attueks where they participated in K.O.T.C.

Pvt. Janies H. Hill, who is -ta- i tinned at Scofts Field. III., returned Friday, after spending Ids furlough with his father. Wm. R. Hill. He was joined here by his wife. : Mrs. Louise Hill an dhaby. Homos , Elliott of Portsmouth. Yu., who returned honi.; Tl ur>day.

Pvt. James E. Johnson, son of Mrs. Lena Johnson. (522 Dongas si., was home on furlough tr< n Indioii town Gap. Pa. He ha been in tin* army nearly three yeais and was graduated from Attueks high echoo!. * * * S/Sgt. I.awreiice S. (Jirpenter. husband of Mrs. Hattie t’arpenter. 712 W. 2"»rh st.. ;md son of Mrs. Katherine Sanders. ITi'L* 1 -- Hmoker Kt.. has just omupleted a fours** in houih handling and vehiele maintenance at the t'omhat Support wing in the Air Serviee (’oiumand's crak frueking organization Sgt. Carpenter was emphiyed as milkman by the Franklin Milk To.

Pvt. Frank James Lewis, son of Mrs. Ethel Lewis-Byrdsaug is now statiuiH'd somcwliere in Frame, after having been ui England approximately one ytar. i| t > u i s h e s Ins many friends a Merry Christinas and Happy New Year.

S/Sgt. \hin I'resttm Gaddie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Lee Caddie. 2947 Indianapolis tve.. has been in the army 22 months, one year of which was spent overseas in India. Mr. and Mrs. Caddie also have a son Pfc. Francis J. Caddie at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey and another son, Sgt. Ernest E. Caddie overseas.

Activities to interest persons ot ! all ages are i lie hi tied in the 194447 program of the North western Center which began last Monday under the direction of Elsie ’lark and Alexander Posey. Tile ’ athletic department which always attracts many, offers such recreational activities as basketi al!. volleyball, boxing, table tennis. shufflehourd. The gymnasium will be open to men wishing to practice basketball on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from seven to nine. tkidmintou will be played Monday and Wednesday evenings on which night women’s control I ( lasses will also lx* held. Special emphasis will he placed ion activities for grade school children after school hours, with games, crafts, and folk-dancing being offered for girls on Monday. Wednesday. and Friday of each week, and for hoys on Tin s lay. Thursday, and Saturday morning. Special events for the month include; dance and jitterbug contest .(for teen-age youths) Friday. Oct. ' t!. K p. m.; Rockette (;il ls Black j Uat Party. Oct. 13. S::so p. m.; Talent Night. Troop ftS, Oct. 2U.‘ H 1). rn.; Melody for Youth. Comi munity Dance (teen-age groups! Oct. 27. S j). tn.; Fall Opening Program. Oct. 29, 4 to 7:2(1 p. m.. and Halloween Party (grade school) C, to S p< in.

of the 836th Air Service Command. Barney Breedlove was the installing officer. New etneers are: Floyd Woods, commander; Beecner Irwin, first vice-commander; Louis Butler, second vice-commander; Kev. Spencer, chaplain.- John Beatty, finance

officer; Robert Johnson, adjutant, and George Peters, sergeant-at-

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The Women’s Auxiliary served luncheon, with Thomas S. Boone and his committee in charge of ar-

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Bishop D. Ward Nk-ltoia, one of the icmling churchmen of the Afi riean Methodist F.pinconal coen-c-tion, and presiding bishop of the Ninth Episcopal District, which embraces the Stale of Alabama, ‘.ho is advocating the election ol Governor Thomas E. Dewey as President, for the best interest of the country.

RANDOLPH LEADS PICKET LIN AGAINST METROPOLITAN LIFE

iPOSTINSTALLS ; NEW OFFICERS Tillman Harr.ole 7’ost, No. 249. American Legion held au installation of officers last Saturday with high Legion officials as guests. / With the post commander in ' charge at 2422 Northwestern avenue where the meeting was held, the principal speakers were: Ralph Creeg. national judge advocate; J. Walter Evans, and Major Chesney

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rtc. Herman Dratllej was wounded in action sumewhere in Italy and was awarded the Purple Heart. He has been in service one year and six months and is the son of Mrs. Lula lira <1 ley, 2369 Northwestern aiemie anti the husband ol Mrs. \ irginia Bradley. 928 \\. 27th St. He is a natiw of Little Hock, Ark., having come here September 29, 1i\e years atro. Mrs. Bradley «ecehed a letter last week staling his condition is greatly improved.

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I’vf. Charles II. White with the 94th Med. Del., Lug. G. S. Itegt.. was injured July 19 somewhere in Italy nud has been e< nliued to the hospital, from which ‘dace he was recently released and is improving. He is the v on of Mrs. Amie K. Brown, 73.7 \. California street.

) to tlit* rank <>f first iit*ut< lumt. suitiewht re iu the Ale.'tuius with the .’ICrlth Infantry. He is the sou of Katherine Skaggs, ’relit* Haute. <’ungi at uhit imis and hojie you re 1 urn soon. I.t. Skaggs is a lie <-order '•ub^eriber and looks for ward to keeping up with his Indi-

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I’vf. Harmon Ray. 2312 Yandcs st.. son of Mrs. Minnie Bay and brother of Miss Virginia Bay. has been di'cha 1 K , ’ , l from the army. Ib* was stat iont d in Spokane. Washington and served one year.

Ivt. Hazel Delores Moore. 01 S' W. 21Hh st.. has completed train ing in the Army <’lerk school at

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..NEW YORK. Oct. 5. (ANP) — “Metro. Metro. Slop Your Jim j Crow,’* read tin* sivn carried last week by A. Philip Randolph, pres-j ident of tin*. Brotherhood t.f Sleeping Car Porters and director of (lit* March - On - Washington Move- , ment. when he headed a history-i making picket lim*, thrown around tin* headquarters and branch offices of tin* powerful Metropolitan Fife Insurance company, by MOW ' members. The picket line was iu • protest of the company's long | standing policy against employing j Negroes. 1 A 12-man picket line tied up! I traffic from 11 a. m. to 2 p. in., on 1 Monday, the first day of the pick-j jet ing, as they paraded before en-j trances of two Metropolitan branch offices. Other prominent persons besides Randolph in the picket line were Frank R. Crosswaith, ; members cf the New York City f Housing authority; Miss Edith Ransom, organizer of the Interna-i tionnl Ladies’ Garment Workers | Union, and Herbert 1,. Bruce, Dent-i ■ocratie leader of the 12th Assem-j , Idy I list rict. Noon-day crowds blocked side- ! walks and Randolph, at the re- 1 quest of (’apt. Jacob A. I acker, i 123d Ft reef Police station, announced that in the future the, number of pickets will lx* reduced to two. but added that the march will go on daily from noon to 2 p. in. He exhibited a letter from Charles G. Taylor, vice president ttf the Metropolitan Life Insurance j company, in the MOW headquar-j ters that revealed the company | had more Negro policyholders than my other large insurer hut listed less than 200 Negroes on its 40,00.) | national payroll,

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The Metropolitan Insurance company’s hoard of directors has “thoroughly explored its policy of employing Negro agents and had no intention of changing that policy." Taylor is reported to have informed Randolph. The company’s anti-Negro attitude was tin* recent cause of a wave of protest and criticism when it was reported that Negroes will not he permitted to live iu its $6,000,000 Harlem housing project which will accommodate 1,250 families.

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