HAS OUTSMARTED
SMARTEST EXPERTS
UNIVERSALLY ACCLAIMED AFTER
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RECORD OF 20 TITLE VICTORIES =========================~
y ----s -- ------ TWENTY MON HLV
JOE LOUIS
World's h 3\'yweighl champlOn who knocked out Buddy
Sacr In blitzkrieg fashion on Fnday, In a benefit bout for the
I\a\'y, and nlliled in the Army on Salurd~', He IS pictured
ab \'e immediately after sigl1lng up as a private, RITES HELD AND FiElD NAMED
By X. Mabie WrighJ I unds, at Madison
CHECKu STOPPED
APPROPRIATION cur 50 PER CENT;
NOTHING rOR NEW ENTRANTS the AmeriCanpUbIiCareaCCI:lim' j qUaI'\' Garden, New York, last ___ _
ing J Louis as the greatest <"day night, in two minutes Forl Knox, Ky., Jan. IS - 'l ing their lives. In death there "N.Y.A. appropriation is out l Central.
boxing heavyweight champion and fifty·six ~('Conds of the fir~t ln answer to charges of racial is no gradc or rank. And in ~O per ccoL "Here's a chance for some
m w<: rld history, as a result Ofj""und. But, It took Joe LoUIS discrimination I""eled against this the greatest this matter "After January 10, 1942, there M~1ieldians to help some fiI-his
murderous atlack and eom- thr...: years and he had to the United States Army, Arm- as follows: WfTe no N.Y.A. jobs available teen or twenty worthy, deserv-piNe
annihilation of Buddy (Continued on page 4) ored Force officials today made "For the preservation of for twenty studenls who were I ing boys and girls of high
It knO\vn that the main parade American democracy the world , I working and receiving N.Y.A. school age to complete their MAMMOTH HOLDS ~=:; ~r~: ~~~ ~y':n= ~e~~'~\~:'iu:'::thcrer ~i~ho:S r:~~ I:~ ~~nOea:bS ~~~~y ~~ ~!o~~~=.sS:~O:e '::., a;:
ory of a colored -soldier. draws a line of fth students entering 'from tJl"e outweighs the cost.
Upon hearing from Wash- in this hour of nationai crisis." , i Jl,nior High Schools," is an- "It lakes a brave heart to
I ington, D. C., that Pvt. Robert The ceremonies were among , nounced by Central High begin with, to trudge to school ANNUAL MEETING ~i()t!:::;:~ inkill;! P~~~P~: ~eF:::tK!::.ressive ever h~ld ~~:I, ::u=e·
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I Dec. B, was the Armored Force's Gen. Devers' letter of coo- thf' "Mayfield Messenger" in re- elothed and ovU'-mdulged
first casualty of the war, Ma- dolc~ce to the parenls of thiS I I gard to students m that etty cavort about the classrooms
---- , lor General Jacob L. Devers, soldier was d ebvered after It I ItTL"es a - vI'r<' iittu>g deserip- and campus WIthout a care III
The annual meetine ot the ' Slreet, by W. C. Buford and chief of Armond Force, c.rder- had been learned that theY I (j do I
stN:kbolders of the Mammoth I S. W. Whitley, respectively. I ed that the field be named in I were colored. They were in- I on at (Continued On page 8)
Life Ins. Co. was held in the Th"",,' repmpany de- I, d of this fact, he said that no was as follows' INEGRO SELECTIVE REGI~TRANTS FEW ()Ver thp proeress of the com-I eland a dIVIdend of 30 cents I delall of the arrangements "My Dear Mr. and Mrs. Brooks: .J
pany through the facts and on the share H. E Hall J Rice would be changed, and in his "It is with the deepest regret I BUT DISTINCTIONS ARE WON I T
fijNr£s presented The reportl Porte.r and H. L. Street were I speech of dedIcation, touched that I have learned of the death ,
of the president. H. E. Hall, was unarumously redected tn the I upon the soldi('rs and Sailors of your son. Robert, who gave ____ I Com
read by J. E. Hankins, aud:i- . ~:;: of du-ectors far tbree1guarding Our outposts are glv- J (Continued on page 8) i Washington, D. C, Jan. 15- youth. ~e
tor; of secretary-treasurer, H. L. . i Despite the fact that out of a Then came the first volun- u
SAYS OFFICIALS O-F ARMORED LAUNCHES DRIVE TO ABOLISH l~~ r~~ls:~~~n s:r~~~IB=; =rd,:n;~:~~~ls :u:: w:: ::~
FORCE PROUD OF RACE SOLDIERS SEGREGATION DISCRIMINATION ; ~I~ ~~ ~~;~'ttN'iSY~~~ ~~reth,!,a~r~y:,,:., Ol!":~ ~~r
, that rcIatively small group that t1at age group were deferred. d
- - - Th,· National Welfare Pro- I constitution to the extent that a preponderance of unusual c~ :'es. he too, was a Negro. uat
By M .... J . Dn;' one of the main hjghlighls·1 moter, through ils president, V . Negroes, too, will reel that incidences developed. The first kno~ casualty me
Officials of the Armored P,,'L William "Bill" Henry, L. Brcnls announces that iii democracy is again worth ' The lowest Order Number among the men. inducted mto
Force Replacement Training from New Jers£y, a semi-pro l ,s launchl~ a national drive fii!hting to d r nd." The of- was held by a N gro reg:strant, th Army by thlS Lot-al ~d cr of .wry of a Pullma porter who R
munlties. America; they are expected to the Negro nee who had the I InV nted a d vice to put de- I
An all out effort is being I remain loyal and to do their New York . -- I , J an. I~ (C)-Rev. distinction of being the only railed cars back on railroad T Adam Clayton Powell was . M C ed ' . . I put forth by officers her lO aid I N Y k J IS _ In ad- bit to de nd democracy more . . lad In onroe ounty, ser\' I tracks will be told In "The Ne-in
ntcrtaining and making the d ' . ew '::" an. hit now than e\·er. They have been s"orn m Monday, January 5, as by this Local Board, regL