Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 April 1947 — Page 36

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I ‘Segregation Plan Defended by VA

By ALVIN E. WHITE

th Sale— 4 off I L Written for Scripps-Howard Newspapers J . ; a ¥ WY ed Nowa - Hl WASHINGTON, April 4 — An- HE BR Unfinished and Ghost of Drawers. { 3 h Constructed From in-Dried Clear White Pine | riouncement ‘of a proposed all-Negro |, S $i \ x

x oe | Veterans’ hospital in’ Mississippi has’ FIR. PLYWOOD

i precipitated a storm of protests to! i i 14 -Inch«4x10 ft.—Other Thicknesses Available

President Truman and the ‘veterans a. : administration. 1) FENCE | Call Us for Your LUMBER o Yard ® Chain Link | & HARDW ARE Requirements

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Spearheading the ' protests, the] National Association for the ‘Advancement of Colored People is sup- | o Field © Poultry : ® Netting Ta ¢ Kiln-Dried Bevel

ported by the National Negro Pub-' lishers association, the National Medical association. and 'the I"a-!

Siding {tional Association of Colored Grad- | Loose Rock uate Nurses, all of which oppose any | 35-0. Bag Lo il additional segregated hospitals. ™ : | Justification for the erection of A E DELIVER |another all-Negro hospital is chimed |

by ‘officials who point to the suc- LITTERED ALLEY—This alley, littered with unemptied ash cessful operation of the present one containers, tin cans and trash, runs from St. Paul st. to Harlan st,

at Tuskegee, Ala. Such a hospital,| hetween English and Spann aves. they say, will give additional ems | mtr eet

ployment to Negro doctors, nurses . “ ; . T ang others. Lead in Hills At Ft. Harrison

Opponents say this is not true of : % the announced policies of the vet-| There is lead in “them thar hills” ities are asking for competitive bids

erans‘administration, either in staff- at Pt. Harrison. on the Jad in hie hills. . ‘ : : ing hospitals or in locations of new|- And the army is going to give officer ev asoiloost. salvage . : SHOES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

{establishments. The veterans ad- some private enterprise the chance

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ministration said all future hos-!to mine it. be recovered by placer-mining. The pitals would be built as close to firm might wash away the dirt in

| For 41 years, including two world {1a 30-feet-high \ established medical centers as possi- | wars, thousands of training soldiers gif; (pu a ie hills or jdig and

'ble to give veterans the best possi- have fired lead bullets into the two

AS NATIONALLY ADVERTISED

3 ble medical treatment and the bene- | TT | ! ary Vv NGS : ~ | post target range abutments. sil i Outwitting the weather . , . outwearing otdina : REAL SA | oe 0 o fit of nearby research. | Maj. Raymond Duncan, post Optimists to Handle =) shoes by miles! With a five-point fitting plan assuring all-important correct fit. J ¥

In Isolated Section {qartermaster, estimates the hill- Scout Ticket Sales @ Sa Ne

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The proposed Negro hospital is i.» ocks must be almost solid lead by,

Ticket sale rth . ' : an jsolated section, far removed Mow and this week military author<jg on 3 lo 16 @ aniual Boy AS j Re, ery Try TAX OXIVND, S50 fiom 2 edida; establishment. | rp TTT 7"|Coliseum wilt be supervised by the ¢ AA z X-ray LOOP. TIE, PLAIN ¥ORD ‘SHOE, leather : : = e ge = J at Mound Bayou, McComb, was considered, but Negro Optimist club. - es aid, rebler Beeled. 5.50 s all-Negro town with a popu- “ . inclai di ROWN STRAP SHOE 1 MOGC : lation of aboat 1000 POPU={leaders said the town was “preju-| J. G. Sinclair, general circus) * Fitted BROWN STRAP SHOE WITH MOCCASIN : dice-ridden” and they bitterly op- chairman, announced today that ' = AOE: rubber hess, leather soln. 4 40) nes 10°8...... Ferran anves .

§ {the army during the war be fol- comprising the Central Indiana Boy | quent "selections. lowed. They point out that white Scout council, will take part in the |

At one time officials said they posed the move “| Dew i 5 ; . | ey L. Sisk, club member; has thought of putting tite hospital at| Recognizing the need for addi-|been named chairman of the ticket | ° : Nashville, Tenn, adjacent to Me- tional hospital accommodations for sales committee. . Rarey Moglenl Bhool, Nae this Negro veterans, Negro leaders ask! More than 10,000 scouts from ‘aS Not’ wholly acceptable, it was that the same principle adopted by Mario i j i DOW NST A | RS STORE EE ay. Speop.anis 1 ws princip p 3 arion and eight adjacent counties,

| Prior to settling on the Mound and Negro soldiers ‘were hospital- circus. Ten events portraying all ; Open Monday Through Saturday from 8:30 to 5:00 Bayou site, another Mississippi town, lized without segregation. | phases of scouting are scheduled. . _ = EE a Be

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