U

UBF and SMT

See United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of the Mysterious Ten

Udall, Stewart L.

US Secretary of Interior is NACWC "Citizen-of-the-Year" (photo), 1964/07/31: 2

Uggams, Leslie

"Name That Tune" winner, as well as winning a recording contract (photo), 1958/06/06: 7
starts in Broadway musical, "Hallelujah, Baby," 1966/11/04: 5
weds Ronnie Eckstine, son of Billy Eckstine, 1964/07/24: 6
wins four polls as "Best Female Singer," 1962/11/23: 3

Ukelele Ladies Club

farmers dance at Recreation Center is delightful affair, 1932/05/20: 6
meetings in 1931, 1931/05/29: 8, 1931/09/04: 6, 1931/09/25: 7, 1931/10/02: 6, 1931/10/09: 7, 1931/10/30: 6, 1931/11/06: 7, 1931/11/13: 6
meetings in 1932, 1932/04/15: 5, 1932/05/27: 6
meetings in 1933, 1933/05/26: 6, 1933/12/29: 6
meetings in 1934, 1934/02/09: 5
meetings in 1936, 1936/04/03: 6, 1936/05/01: 6, 1936/07/17: 6
will host shower for Eleanor Lucille Freeman, 1934/03/09: 7

Un-American Committee

See US House of Representatives

Underwood, Sgt. Henry L.

husband of SA woman killed in action in Germany, 1945/06/01: 1

Underwood, O. E.

man who slipped on oil at Eason's Service Station wins $3,000, 1953/04/10: 1

Unemployment

See Employment and Unemployment

Union Baptist Bible Band

entertains pastor and guests, 1934/03/09: 1
news in 1932, 1932/04/22: 8 (filmed in 04/29 issue), 1932/04/29: 8 (filmed in 05/06 issue), 1932/05/06: 8 (filmed in 05/13 issue), 1932/05/13: 8 (filmed in 05/20 issue), 1932/05/20: 8 (filmed in 05/27 issue), 1932/05/27: 5, 1932/06/03: 5, 1932/08/05: 8 (filmed in 08/12 issue), 1932/08/19: 5, 1932/08/26: 7, 1932/10/21: 8 (filmed in 10/28 issue), 1932/11/18: 8 (filmed in 11/25 issue)
news in 1933, 1933/02/17: 6

Union Baptist Church

Alexander, Rev. B. Tyree, to be featured speaker (photo), 1951/07/20: 8 (filmed in 07/27 issue)
anniversaries

30th anniversary celebrated, 1946/11/15: 8
37th anniversary celebrated (photo), 1953/10/16: 8
38th anniversary with Rev. Shelly Edward Steward giving sermon (photo), 1954/11/26: 8 (filmed in 12/03 issue)
41st anniversary observed with Rev. H. Duncan preaching anniversary sermon (photo), 1957/11/22: 4
43rd anniversary observed with Rev. B. F. Langham delivering the sermon (photo), 1959/11/20: 8 (filmed in 11/27 issue)
46th anniversary observed with Rev. L. S. Godley, Kyle, 1962/11/02: 8
47th anniversary and homecoming observed, with Rev. B. Tyree Alexander, guest speaker (photo), 1963/11/22: 8 (filmed in 11/29 issue)
48th anniversary observed with Rev. A. B. Bedford, Cuero, guest speaker, 1964/11/20: 4
49th anniversary and homecoming observed throughout month of November, 1965/11/19: 8
50th anniversary celebrated during month of November, 1966/11/11: 10 (filmed in 11/18 issue), 1966/11/18: 10 (filmed in 11/25 issue), 1966/11/25: 10 (filmed in 12/02 issue)

baby contest, talent parade at Union Baptist, 1951/04/06: 8 (filmed in 04/13 issue)
Baptist Training Union

BTU training clinic draws crowds, 1966/07/15: 8 (filmed in 07/22 issue)
High Attendance Day, Carl Head, guest speaker, 1966/12/02: 10 (filmed in 12/09 issue)
holds BTU training clinic, 1966/07/01: 8 (filmed in 07/08 issue)

benefit tea held Sunday, 1956/05/18: 8 (filmed in 05/25 issue)
choir

See Union Baptist Church, senior choir

Circle No. 2 meets, 1940/11/01: 8 (filmed in 11/08 issue), 1941/10/31: 8 (filmed in 11/07 issue), 1941/11/14: 7
cornerstone laying performed by head of St. Joseph AF and AM Masons and local members, 1960/10/28: 8
debate to be staged, 1932/10/28: 6
District Baptists to meet at Union, 1932/07/22: 8 (filmed in 07/29 issue)
Dorcas Circle sponsors Pew rally with Lottie Blair, guest speaker, 1967/10/06: 8
Easter services, 1933/04/14: 8 (filmed in 04/21 issue), 1933/04/21: 8 (filmed in 04/28 issue)

early morning services set, 1965/04/16: 4
Easter activities announced, 1960/04/15: 8 (filmed in 04/22 issue)
Holland, Rev. W. L., is guest speaker for early Easter service (photo), 1945/03/30: 2
program features David Ellis and Charles Dixon (photo), 1947/04/04: 8 (filmed in 04/11 issue)
services combined with Mt. Gilead Baptist Church and choirs of both churches (photo), 1962/04/20: 4
week of Easter services starts Monday night (photo), 1957/04/12: 8 (filmed in 04/19 issue)
Wilson, Rev. S., Cuero, guest speaker (photo), 1963/04/12: 4

Ever Ready Club entertains, 1933/11/03: 6
Fuller, Mrs. M. A. B., to speak, 1939/11/17: 8 (filmed in 11/24 issue)
Girls Auxiliary No. 2 meets, 1940/02/23: 4
Glee Club/Quartet on 'Glorified Voices' program

See 'Glorified Voices' Radio Program

Graham, Hattie, crowned "queen" of youth organization (Jo's Jottings), 1959/03/06: 6
Graham, Rev. Major P. speaks on Laymen's League of America at close of 10-day meeting, 1942/06/12: 5
Green Leaf tea held for mission and education fund, 1960/09/30: 2
Guadalupe Baptist Association meets here, next week, 1940/07/26: 1
Guild club serves dinner at 'Y,' 1934/02/09: 7
Hendrick, Rev. John R., guest speaker for missionary women's group, 1963/03/22: 4
homecoming

49th anniversary and homecoming observed throughout month of November, 1965/11/19: 8
homecoming program held, with Rev. B. T. Alexander delivering the sermon (photo), 1959/12/18: 8 (filmed in 12/25 issue)

Johnson, Rev. Dr. E. J.

See Johnson, Rev. Dr. E. J. (Union Baptist Church)

Men's Day, Baker, Rev. J. Francis, to speak (photo), 1956/05/25: 8 (filmed in 06/01 issue)
Ministers, Deacons, and Wives Auxiliary, officers installed, 1961/07/28: 4
Mission Education Club Auxiliary celebrates 20th anniversary (photo), 1962/06/01: 4
Missionary Circle meets, 1940/01/12: 8 (filmed in 01/19 issue)
Missionary Society Circle No. 2

meetings in 1941, 1941/10/24: 8 (filmed in 10/31 issue)
will hold silver tea, 1941/02/21: 8 (filmed in 01/03 issue)

mortgage burning

and dedication service held December 15, with Rev. B. Tyree Alexander as guest speaker (photo), 1957/12/13: 8 (filmed in 12/20 issue)
program held (photo), 1944/07/14: 8 (filmed in 07/21 issue)

Mother's Day

"Jubilee" set for May 11, 1958/05/09: 8 (filmed in 05/16 issue)
observance of, 1936/05/15: 8 (filmed in 05/22 issue)

musicales

Benson-Hines Choraliers heard Sunday, 1950/11/03: 8 (filmed in 11/10 issue)
Christmas musical presented by Music Department, 1966/12/16: 10 (filmed in 12/23 issue)
Crown of Glory Singers, Dallas, make first appearance, 1961/10/06: 4
Ellis and Dixon

featured in Easter program (photo), 1947/04/04: 8 (filmed in 04/11 issue)
in special program, church and pastor thank friends, patrons, 1956/02/03: 8 (filmed in 02/10 issue)
performances, 1947/04/25: 6, 1947/07/11: 8 (filmed in 07/18 issue)

Ellison, Mrs. M., in recital (photo), 1950/04/28: 8 (filmed in 05/05 issue)
Evangelistic Gospel Singers to perform, 1954/09/17: 8 (filmed in 09/24 issue)
Glosson, Mrs. V., presented in recital, 1954/08/06: 8 (filmed in 08/13 issue)
"grand musicale and singing bird contest," 1947/07/11: 8 (filmed in 07/18 issue)
Miller, Pearline, in song recital (photo), 1965/12/17: 8
musical program on July 29, 1945/07/27: 8 (filmed in 08/03 issue)
program of songs, old and new, sponsored by choir, 1962/03/02: 4
senior choir

hosts musical, 1955/10/21: 7
presents annual musical, 1960/10/21: 4

Singers Alliance, 1960/03/04: 4, 1960/04/29: 8 (filmed in 05/06 issue), 1960/05/27: 8 (filmed in 06/03 issue), 1960/06/03: 4

day long song service, 1960/04/01: 8 (filmed in 04/08 issue)
presents multiple groups, 1960/03/04: 4, 1960/12/02: 8
union day program, 1960/03/11: 8, 1960/04/08: 8 (filmed in 04/15 issue)

soft light musical program sponsored by youth choir, 1962/12/07: 8 (filmed in 12/07 issue)
spring musical to be presented, 1966/04/08: 8 (filmed in 04/15 issue)
Taylor, Mrs. J. L., presented in recital (photo), 1947/02/28: 8 (filmed in 03/07 issue), 1948/04/02: 8, 1965/05/28: 8 (filmed in 06/04 issue), 1966/05/20: 4, 1967/07/14: 9
Taylor Singers presented in program Oct. 21, 1956/10/19: 8 (filmed in 10/26 issue)
Thanksgiving song festival at Union Baptist, 1945/11/16: 8 (filmed in 11/23 issue)
United Gospel Messengers to appear, 1945/07/06: 8 (filmed in 6/13 issue), 1947/01/24: 8
Unity Sisters to perform Sunday, 1947/10/24: 6
Ushers to present musicale staged by Luther L. Jackson (photo), 1943/07/09: 5
"Who's Who in Gospel Singing" presented by Walter E. Odom, 1961/03/24: 5

new building

entering service held for new building with Rev. B. Tyree Alexander delivering a special sermon (photo), 1959/01/16: 8 (filmed in 01/23 issue)
entering services close with guest speaker, Rev. G. C. Coleman, Friendship Baptist Church (photo), 1959/01/23: 8 (filmed in 01/30 issue)

news in 1932, 1932/05/20: 8 (filmed in 05/27 issue), 1932/05/27: 8 (filmed in 06/03 issue), 1932/11/11: 8 (filmed in 11/18 issue), 1932/11/18: 8 (filmed in 11/25 issue)
news in 1933, 1933/01/13: 8 (filmed in 01/20 issue), 1933/02/03: 8 (filmed in 02/10 issue), 1933/03/10: 8 (filmed in 03/17 issue), 1933/03/17: 8 (filmed in 03/24 issue), 1933/03/31: 8 (filmed in 04/07 issue), 1933/04/07: 8 (filmed in 04/14 issue), 1933/04/28: 8 (filmed in 05/05 issue), 1933/05/05: 8 (filmed in 05/12 issue), 1933/05/12: 8 (filmed in 05/19 issue), 1933/05/12: 8 (filmed in 05/26 issue), 1933/05/26: 8 (filmed in 06/09 issue), 1933/06/09: 8 (filmed in 06/16 issue), 1933/06/16: 8 (filmed in 06/23 issue), 1933/06/23: 8 (filmed in 06/30 issue), 1933/06/30: 8 (filmed in 07/07 issue), 1933/08/18: 8 (filmed in 08/25 issue), 1933/09/01: 8 (filmed in 09/08 issue), 1933/09/15: 8 (filmed in 09/22 issue), 1933/09/22: 8 (filmed in 09/29 issue), 1933/09/29: 8 (filmed in 10/06 issue), 1933/10/27: 8 (filmed in 11/03 issue), 1933/11/10: 8 (filmed in 11/17 issue)
news in 1934, 1934/01/12: 8 (filmed in 01/19 issue), 1934/02/02: 8 (filmed in 02/09 issue), 1934/02/09: 8 (filmed in 02/16 issue), 1934/02/16: 8 (filmed in 02/23 issue), 1934/04/20: 8 (filmed in 04/27 issue), 1934/05/11: 8 (filmed in 05/18 issue), 1934/11/02: 8 (filmed in 11/09 issue), 1934/11/09: 8 (filmed in 11/16 issue), 1934/11/16: 8 (filmed in 1935/04/05 issue)
news in 1935, 1935/05/17: 8 (filmed in 06/07 issue), 1935/07/05: 8 (filmed in 07/12 issue), 1935/08/09: 8 (filmed in 09/13 issue), 1935/09/27: 8 (filmed in 10/18 issue)
news in 1936, 1936/03/06: 8 (filmed in 03/13 issue), 1936/03/13: 8 (filmed in 03/20 issue), 1936/03/20: 7, 1936/03/27: 8 (filmed in 04/03 issue), 1936/04/03: 8 (filmed in 04/10 issue), 1936/04/24: 8 (filmed in 05/01 issue), 1936/05/01: 8 (filmed in 05/08 issue), 1936/07/03: 8 (filmed in 07/10 issue), 1936/07/31: 8 (filmed in 08/07 issue)
news in 1937, 1937/12/03: 8 (filmed in 12/10 issue), 1937/12/24: 8 (filmed in 12/31 issue), 1937/12/31: 8 (filmed in 1938/01/07 issue)
news in 1938, 1937/12/31: 8 (filmed in 1938/01/07 issue), 1938/01/28: 8 (filmed in 04/01 issue), 1938/04/01: 8 (filmed in 04/15 issue), 1938/04/29: 8 (filmed in 05/06 issue), 1938/05/6: 8 (filmed in 05/13 issue), 1938/05/20: 8 (filmed in 05/27 issue), 1938/05/27: 8 (filmed in 06/03 issue), 1938/06/03: 8 (filmed in 06/10 issue), 1938/06/10: 8 (filmed in 06/17 issue), 1938/07/15: 8 (filmed in 07/22 issue), 1938/07/29: 8 (filmed in 09/23 issue), 1938/11/18: 8 (filmed in 11/25 issue)
news in 1939, 1939/03/10: 8 (filmed in 03/24 issue), 1939/04/07: 8 (filmed in 04/14 issue), 1939/04/28: 8 (filmed in 05/05 issue), 1939/05/05: 8 (filmed in 05/12 issue), 1939/05/12: 8 (filmed in 05/19 issue), 1939/05/19: 8 (filmed in 06/02 issue), 1939/06/16: 8 (filmed in 06/23 issue), 1939/08/04: 8 (filmed in 08/18 issue), 1939/08/18: 8 (filmed in 08/25 issue), 1939/09/08: 8 (filmed in 09/15 issue), 1939/11/03: 8 (filmed in 11/10 issue), 1939/11/17: 8 (filmed in 11/24 issue), 1939/12/08: 8 (filmed in 12/15 issue), 1939/12/15: 8 (filmed in 12/29 issue)
news in 1940, 1940/01/05: 8 (filmed in 01/12 issue), 1940/01/12: 8 (filmed in 01/19 issue), 1940/01/26: 8 (filmed in 02/02 issue), 1940/02/02: 8 (filmed in 02/09 issue), 1940/02/16: 8 (filmed in 02/23 issue), 1940/02/23: 8 (filmed in 04/05 issue), 1940/04/05: 8 (filmed in 04/19 issue), 1940/04/19: 8 (filmed in 04/26 issue), 1940/04/26: 8 (filmed in 05/17 issue), 1940/05/17: 8 (filmed in 05/24 issue), 1940/05/24: 8 (filmed in 05/31 issue), 1940/05/31: 8 (filmed in 06/07 issue), 1940/06/28: 8 (filmed in 07/05 issue), 1940/07/05: 8 (filmed in 07/12 issue), 1940/08/23: 8 (filmed in 08/30 issue), 1940/08/30: 8 (filmed in 09/06 issue), 1940/09/20: 8 (filmed in 09/27 issue), 1940/10/04: 8 (filmed in 10/11 issue), 1940/10/11: 8 (filmed in 10/18 issue), 1940/11/01: 8 (filmed in 11/08 issue), 1940/11/15: 8 (filmed in 11/22 issue), 1940/12/13: 8 (filmed in 12/20 issue), 1940/12/20: 8 (filmed in 12/27 issue)
news in 1941, 1941/01/10: 8 (filmed in 01/17 issue), 1941/01/17: 8 (filmed in 01/31 issue), 1941/01/24: 8 (filmed in 02/21 issue), 1941/01/31: 8 (filmed in 02/07 issue), 1941/03/28: 8 (filmed in 04/04 issue), 1941/09/19: 8 (filmed in 09/26 issue), 1941/10/03: 8 (filmed in 10/10 issue), 1941/10/17: 8 (filmed in 11/07 issue), 1941/12/12: 8 (filmed in 12/19 issue)
news in 1942, 1942/02/13: 8 (filmed in 04/10 issue), 1942/07/17: 8 (filmed in 07/24 issue), 1942/07/24: 8 (filmed in 07/31 issue), 1942/07/31: 8 (filmed in 08/07 issue), 1942/08/07: 8 (filmed in 08/14 issue)
news in 1943, 1943/01/08: 8 (filmed in 01/15 issue), 1943/06/25: 8 (filmed in 07/02 issue), 1943/07/16: 4, 1943/07/23: 8 (filmed in 07/30 issue)
news in 1944, 1944/10/13: 8 (filmed in 10/20 issue)
news in 1945, 1945/01/12: 8, 1945/11/16: 8 (filmed in 11/23 issue)
news in 1946, 1946/01/18: 8, 1946/04/19: 8 (filmed in 04/26 issue), 1946/05/31: 8, 1946/06/07: 8 (filmed in 06/14 issue), 1946/06/14: 8, 1946/06/21: 8, 1946/07/12: 8 (filmed in 07/19 issue), 1946/07/19: 8, 1946/07/26: 5, 1946/08/02: 8, 1946/08/09: 8, 1946/10/11: 8, 1946/10/18: 8, 1946/11/08: 2 (Section 2), 1946/11/15: 8, 1946/11/22: 8, 1946/11/29: 8 (filmed in 12/06 issue), 1946/12/06: 8 (filmed in 12/13 issue), 1946/12/20: 8
news in 1947, 1947/01/03: 8 (filmed in 01/10 issue), 1947/01/10: 8, 1947/01/17: 8 (filmed in 01/24 issue), 1947/01/24: 8, 1947/02/07: 8 (filmed in 02/14 issue), 1947/02/14: 8 (filmed in 02/21 issue), 1947/02/21: 8 (filmed in 02/28 issue), 1947/03/07: 8, 1947/03/14: 8 (filmed in 03/21 issue), 1947/03/21: 8 (filmed in 03/28 issue), 1947/07/11: 8 (filmed in 07/18 issue), 1947/10/03: 8 (filmed in 10/10 issue), 1947/10/31: 8 (filmed in 11/07 issue), 1947/12/05: 8 (filmed in 12/12 issue), 1947/12/26: 8 (filmed in 1948/01/02 issue)
news in 1948, 1948/02/27: 8, 1948/03/26: 8, 1948/04/09: 8, 1948/06/04: 8, 1948/07/16: 8, 1948/08/20: 8 (filmed in 08/27 issue), 1948/08/27: 8 (filmed in 09/03 issue), 1948/11/19: 8 (filmed in 11/26 issue)
news in 1949, 1949/01/21: 8, 1949/02/11: 8, 1949/02/18: 8, 1949/02/25: 8, 1949/03/04: 8, 1949/03/11: 8, 1949/03/18: 8, 1949/03/25: 8, 1949/04/15: 4, 1949/04/29: 4, 1949/05/06: 8, 1949/05/13: 8, 1949/05/20: 8, 1949/05/27: 8, 1949/06/17: 8, 1949/06/24: 8, 1949/09/16: 8, 1949/10/07: 8, 1949/11/11 Supp: 1
news in 1950, 1950/04/28: 8 (filmed in 05/05 issue), 1950/06/09: 8 (filmed in 06/16 issue), 1950/07/28: 8 (filmed in 08/04 issue), 1950/10/27: 8 (filmed in 11/03 issue)
news in 1951, 1951/06/08: 8 (filmed in 06/15 issue), 1951/06/15: 8 (filmed in 06/22 issue), 1951/06/29: 8 (filmed in 07/06 issue), 1951/07/06: 8 (filmed in 07/13 issue), 1951/07/13: 8 (filmed in 07/20 issue), 1951/07/20: 8 (filmed in 07/27 issue), 1951/08/10: 8 (filmed in 08/17 issue), 1951/08/17: 8 (filmed in 08/24 issue), 1951/08/24: 8 (filmed in 08/31 issue), 1951/11/16: 8 (filmed in 11/23 issue), 1951/12/21: 8 (filmed in 12/28 issue)
news in 1952, 1952/02/15: 8 (filmed in 02/22 issue), 1952/04/04: 8 (filmed in 04/11 issue)
news in 1953, 1953/02/20: 8 (filmed in 02/27 issue), 1953/03/20: 8 (filmed in 03/27 issue), 1953/10/09: 8, 1953/12/18: 8
news in 1954, 1954/01/29: 8, 1954/05/07: 8 (filmed on 05/14 issue)
news in 1955, 1955/01/07: 8, 1955/04/01: 8
news in 1956, 1956/05/18: 8 (filmed in 05/25 issue), 1956/06/08: 8 (filmed in 06/15 issue), 1956/07/13: 8 (filmed in 07/20 issue)
news in 1958, 1958/02/14: 8 (filmed in 02/21 issue)
Painter (Pointer), Rev. A. H., Bay City

preaches at Sunday night service (photo), 1959/02/13: 8 (filmed in 02/20 issue)
speaker for "Week of Religion" (photo), 1952/04/11: 4

parsonage burglarized, 1932/10/28: 1
Pastor's Aid

meetings in 1942, 1942/08/28: 8 (filmed in 09/04 issue), 1942/10/02: 8 (filmed in 10/09 issue)
meetings in 1943, 1943/06/25: 8 (filmed in 07/02 issue), 1943/07/23: 5
to sponsor organdy wedding, 1942/06/19: 8 (filmed in 06/26 issue)

Progressive Order of Pilgrims annual thanksgiving services held, 1962/05/25: 4
radio broadcasting of evening services to begin Sunday, Dec. 31, 1950/12/29: 8 (filmed in 1951/01/05 issue)
religious plays, pageants, and movies

"Heaven Bound" pageant presented, 1953/05/01: 6, 1955/03/04: 8, 1956/03/09: 8 (filmed in 03/16 issue), 1957/03/01: 8 (filmed in 03/08 issue), 1958/03/07: 8 (filmed in 03/14 issue), 1963/03/15: 4, 1964/03/13: 8 (filmed in 03/20 issue)
religious film (picture) to be shown, 1947/02/07: 4

revivals

annual revival meetings (photo), 1933/01/06: 8 (filmed in 01/13 issue), 1943/01/01: 8 (filmed in 01/08 issue), 1953/01/02: 8 (filmed in 01/09 issue), 1954/12/31: 8 (filmed in 1955/01/07 issue), 1957/12/27: 8 (filmed in 1958/01/03 issue), 1962/01/05: 8
big revival meeting held, 1931/11/20: 5, 1939/09/22: 8 (filmed in 09/29 issue), 1940/07/12: 8 (filmed in 07/26 issue)
Branch, Dr. E. H., conducts revival (photo), 1942/09/25: 8 (filmed in 10/02 issue), 1942/10/02: 8 (filmed in 10/09 issue)
Brent, Rev. W. S.

closes revival Sunday, Oct. 29, 1950/10/27: 8 (filmed in 11/03 issue)
leads revival, 1948/10/15: 8 (filmed in 10/22 issue), 1948/10/22: 8 (filmed in 10/29 issue)

with Rev. J. L. Taylor (photo), 1950/10/20: 8 (filmed in 10/27 issue), 1951/03/16: 8 (filmed in 03/23 issue)

city-wide revival to be held, 1938/11/04: 8 (filmed in 11/11 issue)
Cunningham, Rev. L. C., guest speaker (photo), 1954/12/31: 8 (filmed in 1955/01/07 issue)
Davis, Rev. O. B., Oklahoma, guest minister (photo), 1966/12/02: 10 (filmed in 12/09 issue)
Duncan, Rev. L. R., 9-year-old boy preacher to give sermons (photo), 1954/09/17: 8 (filmed in 09/24 issue)
Evans, Dr. W. M., begins revival December 31 (photo), 1956/12/28: 8 (filmed in 1957/01/04 issue)
Green, Rev. I. C., Houston, guest speaker (photo), 1959/03/20: 4
Johnson, Rev. E. J.

guest preacher for spring revival (photo), 1958/04/04: 8 (filmed in 04/11 issue)
revivalist, with guest soloists, 1967/03/17: 9

joint revival of Progressive Baptist Church and Union Baptist Church held, with Rev. W. G. Gillespie, revivalist, 1960/08/05: 8
Leonard, Rev. E. L., in charge of evangelistic services, 1965/01/08: 7
old-fashion revival to be held, with Dr. G. W. Edwards of Gonzales, evangelist, 1966/02/18: 6
Phillips, Rev. L. P., Houston, serves as revivalist (photo), 1954/01/01: 8
Price, Rev. M. L.

guest preacher (photo), 1961/02/10: 4
visiting revival conductor honored with dinner party (photo), 1951/01/26: 4

revival closes, 1953/04/03: 4
revival meeting is spiritual feast, 1933/03/03: 8 (filmed in 03/10 issue)
revival starts Nov. 25, 1941/11/21: 8 (filmed in 11/28 issue)
Smith, Rev. Clarence B. T., to be guest speaker at fall revival (photo), 1952/10/17: 8 (filmed in 10/24 issue)
women ministers in revival (photo), 1949/04/22: 4

senior choir

anniversaries

42nd anniversary observed with annual musical Oct. 23, 1962/10/19: 8
Bailey, Rev. V. M., to preach sermon (photo), 1954/10/15: 8 (filmed in 10/22 issue)
celebrated with big musical program, 1963/10/25: 4
Wilkinson, Rev. Dr. P. S., New Light Baptist, speaker (photo), 1956/10/12: 4

presents annual musical, 1955/10/21: 7, 1960/10/21: 4

silver tea, 1953/12/04: 4, 1955/02/11: 8, 1955/04/01: 8
special services held, 1937/12/03: 8 (filmed in 12/10 issue)

with Antioch Baptist Church of Luling (photo), 1962/04/27: 4

Taylor, Mrs. J. L.

See Taylor, Mrs. J. L.

Taylor, Rev. J. L

See Taylor, Rev. J. L. (Union Baptist Church)

Thanksgiving Day services set, 1965/11/19: 8
Usher Board

4th anniversary celebrated, 1934/03/23: 6
26th anniversary celebrated, 1964/09/25: 8 (filmed in 10/02 issue)
Alexander, Rev. B. Tyree, Greater Corinth Baptist, speaker for annual anniversary celebration (photo), 1954/08/20: 6
Bedford, Rev. S. H., delivers anniversary sermon (photo), 1963/09/20: 2
Gillespie, Rev. W. G., delivers 21st anniversary sermon (photo), 1934/03/23: 6

Vacation Bible school to be held daily, 1952/05/30: 8 (filmed in 06/06 issue)
Watkins, Elder Charles, pastor of Lincoln Park Church of Christ to be guest speake (photo), 1955/07/15: 4
Whitlow, Lillian, directress of Mt. Zion Association to speak, 1961/10/06: 4
'wild game' dinner sponsored by Brotherhood, 1967/02/03: 10 (filmed in 02/10 issue)
Williams, Mrs. Katherine, and others, host banquet for Dr. J. A. Sharp, 1936/04/24: 7
womanless wedding held, 1953/02/20: 4
Women's Day

Curry, Mrs. G. F. C., and Mrs. C. Henderson, guest speakers (photo), 1963/06/28: 4
Ellison, Bertha, guest speaker, 1967/06/23: 10
Hicks, Jessie Mae, guest speaker (photo), 1954/05/28: 2, 1964/06/26: 8 (filmed in 07/03 issue)
Johnson, Rev. E. J., and Mrs. E. J. Johnson, guest speakers, 1965/06/25: 8 (filmed in 07/02 issue)
observance of, 1952/07/04: 8 (filmed in 07/11 issue), 1953/05/29: 4, 1962/05/11: 8

photo, 1949/05/20: 4

Walker, Viola Smith, guest speaker (photo), 1955/05/27: 8, 1960/05/06: 8 (filmed in 05/13 issue)
Wilkinson, Mrs. P. S., speaker (photo), 1956/05/25: 8 (filmed in 06/01 issue)
Williams, Mrs. H., guest speaker, 1961/05/12: 8

Woods, Rev. Prenza L. S. and Rev. V. M. Bailey, guest speakers (photos), 1951/07/06: 8 (filmed in 07/13 issue)
worship hours announced, 1967/02/03: 10 (filmed in 02/10 issue)
Youth Choir Hour held with spiritual music, 1962/09/28: 4
Youth Day

Hall, Rev. John A., is speaker (photo), 1956/02/17: 4
musical program held, and Rev. B. B. Stewart, is guest speaker, (photo), 1963/05/24: 8
set for Sunday, 1964/05/22: 4
special music by the Youth Choir presented, 1958/01/24: 8 (filmed in 01/31 issue)

Union Glee Club

See 'Glorified Voices' Radio Program

Union Junior College District

See San Antonio Union Junior College District

Union Party

Third Party [comment on formation of Union Party] (editorial), 1936/07/17: 4

Unions

See Labor Unions
See Religious Unions

Unitarian Universalist Association

Unitarians fail to outlaw discrimination, 1963/06/07: 2

United Automobile and Agriculture Workers Union

first Negro president, Hilliard Ellis, heads Chicago local, 1946/04/26: 1

United Automobile Workers (UAW)

attack on union bias poses a split between NAACP and Walter Reuther, UAW president, 1962/10/26: 1
Memphis, TN, UAW local reinstalls Jim Crow restroom signs, 1960/05/13: 2
signs anti-bias agreement with Urban League, 1957/07/19: 1

United Beauty School Owners and Teachers Association

10th national convention

Bethune, Dr. Mary McLeod, and Marjorie Stewart Joyner here for convention (photo), 1955/04/15 Supp: 1
delegates pour into San Antonio for beauty meet, 1955/04/15: 1
Jones, Maggie, is chairman for host organization for convention (photo), 1955/04/15 Supp: 3
members return from post-convention activities in Mexico City (Jo's Jottings), 1955/05/06 Supp: 4
tenth national convention in San Antonio adjourns (photo), 1955/04/22: 1
to be held in San Antonio (Jo's Jottings), 1955/04/08 Supp: 1

21st convention set for July in Chicago, 1966/07/15: 4

more than 1000 attend convention, 1966/08/05: 6

householders asked to be home to receive delegates, 1955/04/15: 6
Joyner, Marjorie Stewart

See Joyner, Marjorie Stewart

regional conference, 8th annual regional meeting held in San Antonio, 1966/10/21: 4, 1966/10/21: 9, 1966/11/11: 9
three distinguished women in education and youth work honored (photo), 1955/04/29 Supp: 2

United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of the Mysterious Ten

Big Shots at UBF (The Echo by V.C.B.), 1932/07/29: 1
Davis, Grand Master W. L.

A Distinguished Fraternalist [Grand Master;s leadership worthy of emulation] (editorial), 1932/07/15: 4
expresses deep gratitude, 1932/08/05: 1
second annual address, 1932/07/29: 7
to preside over session (photo), 1932/07/22: 11

Houston meeting delayed, 1933/07/14: 1
hundreds gather for 4-day meet; Davis re-elected, 1932/07/29: 1
McGruder, C. H.

elected grand secretary (photo), 1932/08/12: 1
grand secretary of UBF and SM of Texas visits city (photo), 1931/09/04: 1
to be speaker at Victoria High commencement, 1933/04/21: 3

Nabrit, J. M., Jr., is attorney for order (photo), 1932/07/29: 1
A Straightforward Program (editorial), 1932/07/29: 4
to hold Grand Lodge session at 2nd Baptist Church, 1932/07/15: 1
UBF band plays for SA Register, 1932/07/29: 3

United Cerebral Palsy Association

Bunche, Dr. Ralph Johnson, leads 1954 United Cerebral Palsy campaign, 1954/04/23: 1
more volunteers needed for Golden Deed patrol, 1957/05/03: 1
victims of cerebral palsy receive therapy treatments in Bexar County, 1957/04/26: 1
Volunteer for Golden Deed Crusade (editorial), 1957/04/26: 4
volunteers needed for cerebral palsy fund drive, 1957/04/26: 1

United Church of Christ

elects Negro moderator, Dr. Hollis F. Price, 1965/07/09: 1

United Church Women of Texas

29th assembly held at Travis Park Methodist Church (Jo's Jottings), 1963/03/01 Supp: 4
May Fellowship meeting sponsored at Laurel Heights Methodist Church (Jo's Jottings), 1963/05/10 Supp: 1
Van Hoose, Mrs. M. H., elected vice president of Texas assembly (Jo's Jottings), 1967/02/24: 9

United College Fund

See United Negro College Fund

United Community Club No. 1

Jones, Idella

founder of United Community Club No. 1 honored (photo), 1966/10/07: 10 (filmed in 10/14 issue)
testimonial tea held in honor of founder, 1966/09/23: 4

meetings in 1941, 1941/11/28: 5, 1941/12/05: 6
meetings in 1948, 1948/11/26: 6
meetings in 1951, 1951/07/27: 7, 1951/08/24: 6
meetings in 1952, 1952/03/28: 3
meetings in 1953, 1953/07/24 Supp: 2, 1953/09/25 Supp: 3
meetings in 1954, 1954/11/26: 7
meetings in 1957, 1957/05/24: 6, 1957/09/27: 8 (filmed in 10/04 issue), 1957/10/25: 6, 1957/11/29: 6
meetings in 1958, 1958/02/28: 6, 1958/07/25: 6, 1958/08/29: 6, 1959/01/09: 6
meetings in 1959, 1959/01/30: 6, 1959/02/27: 8 (filmed in 03/06 issue)
meetings in 1966, 1966/09/23: 4, 1966/11/25: 8
meetings in 1967, 1967/05/12: 4, 1967/05/26: 8

United Community Sunshine Club

meetings in 1952, 1952/02/29: 6

United Evangelist Christian Women

Evangelist Women preachers with worship with Missionary Society at King Solomon Baptist Church, 1955/10/14: 6
meetings in 1955, 1955/08/19: 8
organizational meeting, 1955/07/29: 8
Texas women evangelists headquarters set up in San Antonio, 1954/10/08: 8 (filmed in 10/15 issue)

United Evangelist Sisters

meetings in 1956, 1956/06/01: 8 (filmed in 06/08 issue), 1956/06/22: 8 (filmed in 06/29 issue)

United Federal Workers of America

Jim Crow charge against capitol USES sustained, 1946/04/12: 5
UFW union to make loans to FEPC employees, 1945/07/13: 5
union blocks wholesale firing of Race by War Production Board (WPB), 1942/12/25: 1

United Fund

Davis, S. J., appointed "major" for Metropolitan Division E in 1956 fund drive (photo), 1956/10/05: 3
Division E over top in United Fund drive, 1956/11/09: 6
drive for 1956 closes Tuesday, Oct. 30, 1956/10/19: 1
drive for $1,575,957 gets under way, 1957/10/04: 3
Mills, Beulah, top campaigner in annual drive, 1963/03/08 Supp: 1
needs $1,506,519 for local agencies, 1956/09/14: 3
Pickett, Mrs. F. B., heads District 10 of United Fund campaign, 1962/09/28: 1
Smith, D. M., employee of Southern Pacific, visited Holmgreen Shelter of Children's Service Bureau (photo), 1956/09/21: 1
Whittier, Dr. C. A., awarded Distinguished Service key for reporting 100% of his quota, 1955/12/02: 1
workers given "victory dinner," 1956/11/02: 6
workers need $500 to reach goal, 1956/10/26: 1

United Golf Association

Anderson, Howard, president, and top brass pictured (photo), 1961/05/12: 5
annual convention

Memphis, Tennessee (photo), 1962/07/06: 5
UGA discusses golf at annual session in Washington, DC (photo), 1959/04/03: 5
Washington, DC (photo), 1963/05/10: 2

annual tournament

1963 winners and honorees (photo), 1964/01/10: 5
Chicago, new champs of annual tournament (photo), 1960/09/09: 5
Dallas

1953 winners repeat at Dallas, 1954/09/10: 5
Coca-Cola Company contributes major trophies for annual tournament (photo), 1954/08/13: 4
local golfers vie in national meet in Dallas, 1954/08/27: 5

Detroit, 39th tournament held (photo), 1965/09/17: 7
Philadelphia, annual tourney set for, 1958/06/06: 5
planning for

executive committee holds planning session in Washington, DC (photo), 1959/04/03: 2
leaders meet to discuss future plans for sponsoring and promoting annual tournaments (photo), 1958/08/15: 2

Seagram Vanguard trophy to be presented to winner of national open championship (photo), 1953/08/28: 5
Sifford, Charlie, again wins UGA tournament, 1955/09/09: 5
top winners of 85th annual national tournament (photo), 1961/09/08: 3
UGA golfers, both amateur and professional compete in 31st annual tournament in Washington, DC (photo), 1957/09/13: 5
Wheeler, Howard, Philidelphia, cops 32nd annual UGA meet, 1958/09/12: 5
youth golf

Chicago youth winners (photo), 1960/09/16: 2
happy youth golf winners (photo), 1959/10/23: 2

President Eisenhower honored (photo), 1959/08/14: 2
nation's top golfers play in Detroit (photo), 1955/11/04: 5
summer meets set, 1949/06/03: 3
UGA under fire to strip Thelma Cowan of crown, 1956/09/07: 5

United Lutheran Church

moves toward desegregation, 1956/12/28: 7

United Most Worshipful Ancient Free and Accepted Masons

See Masons

United Nations

7th anniversary of UN Charter to be observed, 1952/10/17: 1
adopts "World Bill of Rights" as charges hurled, 1948/12/17: 1
African nations, 13 seated; UN now has 96 members, 1960/09/30: 3
Bunche, Dr. Ralph

See Bunche, Dr. Ralph Johnson

Byrnes, James F.

See Byrnes, James F.

Dean, Dr. William H., chief of UN African Affairs Committee, commits suicide, 1952/01/18: 1
eight American Negroes listed in UN "Who's Who," 1951/07/13: 6
Fagin, Patricia E., ex-teacher is tour supervisor of UN guided tours, 1963/04/19: 1
first Dixie-wide interracial UN workshop held, 1954/09/03: 8 (filmed in 09/10 issue)
George, Mrs. Zelma Watson, out as delegate to UN Assembly, 1961/01/27: 6
Goldberg, Arthur J.

Dr. King invited to discuss Viet Nam with Goldberg, 1965/09/03: 1
Supreme Court Justice named as new US ambassador to the UN, 1965/07/23: 6

human rights

See Human Rights

Johnson, President Lyndon B., tells UN he will follow JFK's program, 1963/12/27: 1
learned 'black cabinet,' alert delegates at UN General Assembly, 1953/01/02: 1
lynchers might be tried under UN genocide pact, 1950/02/03: 1
Race leaders cynical but broad view shows United Nations meeting is no failure, 1945/06/08: 2
Rowan, Carl T., quickly confirmed by Senate as UN delegate, 1962/09/21: 1
Sampson, Edith S.

is goodwill delegate to Austria, 1951/08/03: 1
makes first UN Assembly speech asking continuance of social welfare advisory work, especially for rehabilitation of Korea, 1950/10/06: 3
named to US National Commission for UNESCO (photo), 1952/06/06: 1
of Washington, DC, named alternate UN delegate, 1950/09/01: 1

Taylor, Bishop Prince of Methodist Church speaks at United Nations anniversary celebration, 1965/07/30: 3
Texan, Marshall E. Williams, loaned to UN to organized personnel setup, 1946/05/31: 1
UN Rioting Not Representative of US Negroes (editorial), 1961/02/24: 4
UNESCO "Race Equality" book ordered banned by United States, 1952/06/20: 6
US bares soul on race problems before UN, 1963/11/29: 8 (filmed in 12/06 issue)
Washington is objected to as "world capital," 1945/08/10: 1
We Do a Good Job of Helping the Plotters [African and Asian delegates recipient of hate letter] (editorial), 1960/12/02: 4

United Negro and Allied Veterans of America

new national interracial body set by World War II vets, 1946/04/12 Sect. 2: 1
San Antonio interracial chapter established, 1946/04/26: 4
UNAVA protests Atty. Gen. Clark's "Red" labeling, 1947/12/12: 1
veterans group hears report on national meeting, 1946/05/03: 1

United Negro College Fund

announces April broadcasts of college choirs aided by the fund, 1952/04/18: 4
annual convention

31 prexies attend annual convention; Patterson stays as President of United group, 1953/10/16: 1
33 Negro college prexies converge on Minneapolis for the United Negro College convocation, 1958/04/11: 2

annual report dinner, vice chairman James S. Avery is principal speaker (photo), 1966/09/30: 1
Bell, Georgia Ann, Sam Huston co-ed, wins UNCF award, 1949/05/27: 1
Board meeting set for Jan. 10-12 in San Francisco, 1953/01/09: 1
Bryant, James William, named executive vice president of UNCF (photo), 1965/09/03: 2
Cousins, Robert L., honored for his support (photo), 1965/04/30: 7
decides to drop race tag from its title to become United College Fund, 1954/06/25: 2
Eisenhower, President Dwight David

delegation invites Ike to address luncheon (photo), 1953/05/15: 7
Ike addresses luncheon, 1953/05/29: 7

fund drives

1966 campaign nets $4,016,495 for fund, 1967/03/03: 7
annual campaign opens, 1945/04/27: 1, 1956/04/13: 3
broadcasts May 22; in fifth annual campaign, 1948/05/21: 7
celebrities participate in fund drive (photo), 1953/08/07: 2
drive for $3,000,000 gets under way, 1964/04/10: 3
executives discuss campaign plans (photo), 1966/01/14: 2
Fort Worth welcomes UNCF (photo), 1961/04/21: 1
local chairmen named for annual drive, 1966/09/02: 3
McAllister, W. W., mayor of San Antonio, proclaims Dec. 12-19 "UNCF Week," 1965/12/10: 1
raises record $1,336,310 in '52, with largest amount in nine-year history of Fund, 1953/01/16: 1
San Antonio

art auction to benefit United Negro College Fund (Jo's Jottings), 1966/02/18 Supp: 4
lagging far behind in United College Fund drive, 1945/06/29: 1

Seagram and Sons, Inc. opens 1957 fund drive with a contribution (photo), 1957/08/16: 1
two cities pass fund quotas, 1949/07/15: 4
UNCF passes goal in 1964 for first time, 1965/03/19: 1

gifts

$50,000 gift [received from Max C. Fleischmann Foundation], 1966/09/23: 1
Cassius Clay gives $10,000; says he will aid fund as long as he is champion, 1967/02/03: 1
Esso Education Foundation of Humble Oil and Refining Company

gives $50,000 gift (photo), 1963/01/04: 8 (filmed in 01/11 issue)
UNCF gets $150,000 gift (photo), 1964/02/07: 2, 1964/12/25: 5, 1967/01/20: 1

Max C. Fleischmann Foundation, Nevada, contributes $50,000 to UNCF, 1967/08/11: 1
Rockefeller, J. D., Jr., gives fund $5,000,000, 1951/03/16: 3

"Miss National UNCF"

Brown, Sandra Jean

crowned "Miss National UNCF" at awards dinner and ceremonies (photo), 1963/03/01: 2
Huston-Tillotson coed, selected "Miss National UNCF," 1963/02/22: 1

Cole, Joanne, Wiley coed, named "Miss National UNCF for 1960," 1960/03/11: 1
Miles, Elsie, Bishop College student

coed chosen UNCF queen (photo), 1964/02/21: 1
"Miss National UNCF," receives diamond watch (photo), 1964/05/15: 2

Richardson, Faye LaNell, Huston-Tillotson College, crowned (photo), 1965/02/26: 6
Taylor, Barbara, Wiley College, selected as "Miss UNCF" for 1962 (photo), 1962/06/22: 2

Miss Tan America Pageant proceeds to benefit UNCF, 1965/04/09: 3
Rockefeller, J. D., Jr.

gives fund $5,000,000, 1951/03/16: 3
to head National Council, 1949/02/04: 8, 1951/01/19: 3

staff and board members

Beatty, W. Barton, named Campaign Director, 1958/08/15: 3
Carroll, Edward M., Bishop College faculty member, accepts United Negro College Fund position, 1957/02/22: 8 (filmed in 03/01 issue)
Heningburg, Gustav, appointed field representative (photo), 1957/12/27: 1
Mays, Dr. Benjamin E., new UNCF prexy (photo), 1958/10/10: 1
Odom, Dr. Connie R. Y., Austin, heads College Fund alumni, 1952/03/14: 1
Roberts, Stanley, appointed director of public relations (photo), 1945/03/16: 1
Taylor, Hobart, Houston, and Hobart C. Jackson, Philadelphia, appointed to UNCF board (photos), 1956/12/28: 3
Wynn, Rev. Master J., president of Grambling College elected new president, 1960/03/11: 1

Tennessee college choirs to be on air for UNCF, 1967/02/03: 6
Trabue, Dr. M. R., University of Kentucky, and James W. Bryant, Texas College, serve as consultants (photo), 1956/12/28: 2
Tuskegee choir in DAR Hall, but college fund scorns J. Crow 'compromise' cash, 1945/04/27: 1946/06/07: 1
UNCF's 33 member colleges get $3,500,000, 1966/07/29: 2
uneducated leaders hold back Dixie Negro says fund member, 1949/02/04: 2
Wagner, Robert F., mayor of New York receives plaque for his support (photo), 1965/05/28: 2
Wright, Dr. Stephen J., Fisk University president named head of United Negro College Fund, 1966/05/20: 7

United Negroes of America

annual food show to begin Oct. 5th, 1931/09/25: 1
food show ready for opening, 1931/10/02: 8 (filmed in 10/09 issue)
H&H Coffee Co. has booth at food show, 1931/10/02: 8 (filmed in 10/09 issue)
Stowers to have display at food show, 1931/10/02: 8 (filmed in 10/09 issue)

United Packinghouse Workers

Armour and Company to hire Negro 'white collar' workers, 1955/03/18: 1
move on to oust Dixie unionist who reneges on integration policy, 1953/08/14: 1
Negro, Ralph J. Helstein, is elected vice president, 1948/07/09: 5
scholarship awarded to Charlayne Hunter, 1961/11/03: 3
terrorists shoot five at Florida union meeting, 1955/10/28: 1
union financial secretary, $43,000, reported missing, 1947/07/18: 1
union offers $1,000 scholarship for outstanding civil rights contribution, 1966/01/21: 6

United Paper Workers of America

retirement pay contract from Continental Paper Company makes history (photo), 1947/10/24: 1

United Political Organization of Texas

disagrees with Gov. Connally on rights bill, but his stand most significant made by any Texas governor, 1963/08/09: 1
non-partisan Texas poll tax drive launched by UPO, 1962/11/23: 1
state convention

members of San Antonio contingent in attendance (photo), 1963/07/19: 1
state session of UPO hears Gov. Connally, 1963/07/12: 1

United Prayer Bands

See Prayer Bands

United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

Blake, Dr. Eugene Carson, attempted Dixie smear of church head rebuffed, 1964/06/12: 3
Epps, Rev. St. Paul L., Angeleno named to executive staff, 1964/01/24: 3
Hawkins, Rev. Edler G.

first Negro moderator visits San Antonio (photo), 1965/01/22: 1
Negro pastor, New York, elected moderator, 1964/05/29: 3

United Public Workers of America

asks public hearing on US job Jim Crow as bias runs wild, 1947/10/03: 4
union sues for arrests following J. Crow protests, 1946/05/10: 4

United Service Organizations (USO)

See USO
See USO units in San Antonio, YWCA-USO

United Small Business Association (USBA)

warns against going into business now, 1947/07/18: 6

United States

See also US entries
Scuttling Our Ship of State [racial prejudice in US threatens its destruction] (Between the Lines, commentary by Dean Gordon B. Hancock), 1961/06/23: 4

United States National Student Association (US-NSA)

youth march for integrated schools endorsed by association, 1959/03/20: 1

United Transport Service Employees of America

Frazier, Eugene, elected new Red Cap Union prexy, 1957/03/01: 3
Red Caps call for nation-wide strike vote, 1941/08/15: 4
'Red Caps' no longer, take more "dignified" name'; United Transport Service Employees of America is new tag, 1940/01/26: 5
refuses offer to merge with United Transport Workers Union of America, 1954/05/14: 1
Townsend, Willard S. (president)

See Townsend, Willard S.

United Twelve Club

meetings in 1949, 1949/04/01: 4

Unity Baptist Church

Easter sunrise services to be held, 1962/04/20: 8
news in 1943, 1943/02/05: 8 (filmed in 02/26 issue)
news in 1949, 1949/06/17: 8
Women's Day observed, 1965/08/13: 4

Unity Industrial Life Insurance Co.

See Insurance Companies

Universal Life Insurance Co.

See Insurance Companies

Universal Life Insurance Company

See Insurance Companies

Universities

See Colleges and Universities
See names of inidividual universities

University Interscholastic League (UIL)

See also Prairie View Interscholastic League (PVIL)
football

All-District 15-AAA football teams named, 1966/12/09: 5

Hardeman, Mae Bertha, vocalist takes first place in regional UIL competition at Trinity University (photo), 1962/05/04 Supp: 2
track and field

Brackenridge High School, SA, ties national record for 440-yard relay (photo), 1958/05/09: 5
Phillis Wheatley High School

Lions cop region track title with 92 points, qualifies in six events for state, 1967/04/28: 5
Lions eye state championship and become first former Negro school to participate in annual UIL meet, 1967/05/05: 5
Lions win district track crown, 1967/04/14: 5

University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Autherine Lucy admission case

admission ruling upheld by Supreme Court, 1956/05/25: 1
Alabama asks Supreme Court to rehear Lucy case, 1956/05/04: 5
Alabama U. has last word; expels Autherine, 1956/03/09: 1
Alabama U. told to admit Negroes by US District judge, 1955/10/21: 4
Alabamans sue Miss Lucy, NAACP for $4,000,000, 1956/03/09: 1
Autherine's case back in court, 1956/03/16: 1
'Bama U. trustees cited in contempt in Lucy case, 1956/11/23: 1
co-ed's suit to reenter U of A set for Feb. 29, 1956/02/17: 1
Lucy mobster (one of white men who filed suit against her) arrested for theft from farmer, 1956/03/30: 6
Miss Lucy to continue AU fight--reveals romance, scores Reds, 1956/04/27: 1
riots related to

co-ed won't bow to 'Bama mob rule, 1956/02/10: 1
flood of protests follows riot, 1956/02/17: 1
governor blames NAACP for riots, 1956/02/24: 1
President Eisenhower deplores riots at Alabama Univ., 1956/02/24: 4

seeks readmittance to University of Alabama, 1956/08/24: 1
students for admitting Lucy; officials await legal action, 1956/02/24: 1

Evans, Pfc. Phillip J., Lackland airman, sent to U. Alabama for 12-week training course, only to disappear after a day, 1951/06/29: 1
Myers, Polly Ann

Alabama U. told to admit Negroes by US District judge, 1955/10/21: 4
Hudson, Edward, denies "guinea pig" allegation about his wife, Polly Ann, in her attempt to gain admission, 1956/04/06: 2

segregation/integration

Alabama U. ponders what next? to keep out Negroes, 1955/10/21: 4
'Bama U. may make only token fight on integration, 1962/12/07: 1
'Bama U. students convinced Negroes will be enrolled, 1963/06/21: 4
A Fool on a Fool's Errand [University willing to obey law to accept integration, Governor Wallace is not] (editorial), 1963/06/07: 4
Hey, Governor Wallace, look what's happening!, 1966/04/01: 4
Hood, James, first male Negro enrolled puts foot in mouth, 1963/07/12: 1
Klan flips when race discussed at U. of Alabama, 1957/03/29: 1
Negroes enter the University, 1963/06/14: 1
three adjusting to campus life, as two men, coed start class work under amicable conditions, 1963/06/21: 1
university gets delay on ruling to admit Negroes, 1955/09/16: 1

'super' university plotted to keep 'Bama Jim Crow, 1949/04/29: 5

University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)

Hunt, Silas, first Negro student, intent on law studies, 1948/03/12: 1
life goes on as first Negro enters Ark. Univ., 1948/02/13: 1
railing around Negro student removed; policy unchanged, 1948/10/15: 1
six awarded MA degrees by Arkansas U., 1952/07/04: 4

University of Arkansas School of Law (Fayetteville, AR)

Shropshire, Jack Lamond, first Negro graduate of the law school, tells of campus stay, 1951/07/13: 1

University of Arkansas School of Medicine (Little Rock, AR)

governor angry at admission of Negro girl, 1948/09/03: 4
no segregation for girl student, Edith Mae Irby, 1948/09/03: 1
second Negro enters medical school, 1949/07/29: 5

University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Curtiss, Dr. Merrell H., makes fine record in ophthalmology at Univ. of Chicago, 1934/02/23: 1
Kimpton, Dr. Lawrence A., chancellor, denounces Jim Crow at Kappa conclave, 1954/01/01: 1
Ming, W. Robert, named to faculty, 1946/12/20: 1 (Section 2)
nine receive high graduate degrees, 1931/09/18: 3

University of Colorado

college head said to be softening integration stand, 1956/03/02: 1
Mothershed, Marhy Elizabeth, Negro girl chosen "Miss Homecoming," 1962/11/09: 1
prexy's vote kills proposal to end Greek letter bias, 1954/11/12: 1

University of Delaware (Newark, DE)

court opens Delaware U. to Negroes, 1950/08/18: 1
ten students sue for admittance, 1950/06/23: 1

University of Denver (Denver, CO)

three San Antonians graduate, 1953/09/04: 1

University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)

accepts its first Negro student, George Starke, Jr., 1958/09/26: 1
first Negro undergraduates enter Florida U., 1962/09/14: 1
Negroes to attend Florida schools under 'conditions,' 1950/08/11: 1

University of Florida College of Law (Gainesville, FL)

Hawkins, Virgil

Constitution be damned, says Florida court in denying right for Negro to attend law school, 1957/05/10: 2
Florida court fouls integration in law school; denies admission to Virgil Hawkins, 1955/10/28: 1
Florida officials map plans to defy Supreme Court ruling on admission of Virgil D. Hawkins, 1956/03/23: 1
Negro loses again in 8-year fight to enter Florida U., 1957/10/25: 1

University of Georgia (Athens, GA)

accepts three more Negroes for Fall semester, 1962/06/08: 1
campus newspaper editors resign over anti-segregation censorship, 1953/12/11: 1
campus newspaper ordered to stop attacking Jim Crow, 1953/11/27: 3
Georgia U loses board's support because of purge, 1941/08/01: 4
Hunter, Charlayne A., and Hamilton E. Holmes

chaplain stresses Golden Rule in dealing with Negro students, 1961/01/27: 1
daughter of SA chaplain, Maj. C. S. H. Hunter, Jr., ends 175 years of segregation at University of Georgia, 1961/01/13: 1
Georgia May Rejoin the Union After All [judge opens all facilities to Negro students] (editorial), 1961/03/17: 4
Georgia U. could use Earl Holmes' gridiron talent, 1961/01/27: 5
Mademoiselle magazine names Charlayne Hunter a "Woman of the Year," 1963/01/04: 1
Negro girl ruled eligible, 1960/12/16: 1
Negro students end 175 years of segregation, 1961/01/13: 1
no incidents as Negroes return to school; handling of last week's outbreak draws criticism, 1961/01/20: 1
Russwarm Awards presented to history-making students (photo), 1961/03/31: 1
San Antonio groups send messages of encouragement, 1961/02/03: 1
two Negroes left to themselves; youth, coed depend on each other for companionship, 1961/02/24: 3
United Packinghouse Workers of America award scholarship to Hunter, 1961/11/03: 3
US district court rules that admissions records must be made available to two Negro students, 1961/01/27: 3

Negro voted into Phi Beta Kappa, 1963/05/17: 5
no appeal planned in race bias case, 1960/10/07: 1
race hating Georgia governor fires liberal dean, Walter D. Cocking, 1941/07/25: 1
riot, 3 more Kluxers, 2 students indicted, 1961/02/03: 1
third Negro enters Georgia U. unnoticed, 1961/06/23: 1

University of Georgia School of Law (Athens, GA)

Army greetings stall Georgia U. Law School suit, 1953/10/02: 1
defies threat of suit, won't admit Negro to law school, 1951/06/22: 1
US judge tells Georgia U. to answer Negro applicant, 1952/12/26: 1
wins "moral victory' in case of Horace Ward seeking entry as a student, 1957/02/01: 3

University of Houston (Houston, TX)

football team (Cougars)

slates 20 toughies for the coming season, 1967/05/19: 6

McVea, Warren

first annual Lincoln Park graduation banquet honors McVea, 1964/03/20: 5
McVea goes again; SA Chamber of Commerce sponsor U. of H. spring training game for fans of McVea, 1965/04/02: 5
San Antonian signs letter of intent to play for football team (photo), 1964/07/17: 5

segregated seating at track meet

boycott of Houston meet 100% complete; no Negro stars compete; no Negro fans attend Jim Crow meet, 1961/06/16: 5
Ferris, Dan, honorary secretary of AAU, quick to yap about University of Houston in contrast to South Africa case, 1961/06/16: 3
Hicks, Roy, among those boycotting University of Houston segregated track meet, 1961/06/16: 5
scribe says Jess Owens living too far in past [regarding his syndicated story about the event], 1961/07/28: 3

University of Illinois (Champaign, IL)

Abbott Foundation buys building for girls, 1946/07/26: 2
Negro coed reigns as "Miss Homecoming" at U. of Illinois, 1951/11/16: 1
students join colored in Jim Crow fight, 1938/04/15: 2
to produce Negro plays, 1933/05/19: 1

University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)

"Big Six" continues color bar [for athletes], 1943/03/12: 4
cross burned near Kansas U. fraternity house, 1953/11/06: 1

University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)

See also University of Louisville (Louisville, KY)
Eubanks, Charles Lamont, student's law suit to enter Kentucky U finally dropped, 1945/01/19: 5
Johnson, Lyman T., twice-barred applicant sues to declare race-segregation policy unconstitutional, 1948/07/02: 1
Kentucky Senate amends Day Law to permit Negroes in white institutes of higher learning, 1950/03/17: 1
NAACP wins suit to ban Jim Crow at U. of Kentucky, 1949/04/08: 1
twelve Negroes register for summer session, 1949/07/01: 1

University of Kentucky College of Law (Lexington, KY)

Hatch, John W., lone law student loses seven profs, gets four lawyers, 1948/11/26: 1

University of Louisville (Louisville, KY)

See also Louisville, KY, colleges
See also University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
all Louisville colleges accept Negro students, 1950/08/04: 1
gets its first Negro medical student, 1951/03/16: 3
Louisville U. bars Negroes, Kentucky U. opens doors, 1949/05/27: 1
nearly 300 Negro students enrolled at Louisville U., 1951/12/07: 1

University of Louisville School of Medicine (Louisville, KY)

gets its first Negro coed, 1953/10/02: 6
names two Negroes to faculty of medical school, 1953/12/25: 1

University of Maryland (College Park, MD)

accepts Negro graduate student of sociology, 1950/09/08: 7
admits Negroes to all branches; Negro teachers doing undergrad work for first time, 1954/07/02: 1
decides to use tan athletes for first time, 1962/02/16: 7
finally admits Negro to main campus, 1951/02/09: 3
graduation picketed to protest "unequal and discriminatory" education system, 1965/06/18: 5
Hill, Darryl, first Negro awarded athletic scholarship at the University and in the Atlantic Coast Conference, 1962/08/24: 5
Maryland uses "regional plan" to bar nursing aspirant, 1949/10/21: 5
must admit Negro student to main college campus by city court order, 1950/10/13: 1
must admit Negroes, its prexy says, 1948/11/26: 1
opens varsity athletic teams to Negroes, 1954/07/09: 5

University of Maryland School of Law (Baltimore, MD)

admits third Race law student, 1939/09/29: 5
Alpha Phi Alpha pays Maryland U. fees for Gaines [admitted to law school after court ruling], 1936/02/28: 2
law student admitted to Maryland University Law School, 1936/01/31: 2
Maryland's highest court rules state law school must admit Race student; NAACP victory; state must provide equal educational facilities, 1936/01/24: 1
A Significant Victory [University of Maryland ordered to admit Negro to law school] (editorial), 1936/01/24: 4

University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

bars Negro cage star, 1934/01/12: 3
Thomas, Lucia, SA girl, Xavier's leading student, enters Mich. U., will study law, 1936/09/18: 1

University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)

Negro gets high administrative job, 1961/08/04: 3
refuses to rehire Negro professor, "no reconsideration" policy supported by Regents, 1952/01/25: 1

University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)

cross burns when Mississippi U. editor favors admitting Negroes, 1950/11/10: 1
Donald, Cleveland, Jr., door opens for third Negro to enter Ole Miss, 1964/06/19: 1
four students expelled as a result of demonstrations against James Meredith, 1962/11/09: 1
Gulhard, Paul, newsman slain during campus rioting; French ask that Ole Miss scholarship honoring him be open to all, 1962/10/26: 1
McDowell, Cleve

judge, prosecutor in McDowell case related; judge asked to recuse himself, 1963/10/18: 1
McDowell to appeal traffic conviction, 1963/10/11: 1
Ole Miss told to admit another Negro to law school summer session, 1963/06/07: 1

Meredith, James H.

See Meredith, James H.

Murphy, Harry S., had good time attending Ole Miss in 1945-1946 as a Navy V-12 student and passing for white, says former classmate, 1962/10/05: 1
Murphy, William P., law professor, harassed for his support of desegregation, takes University of Missouri job, 1962/08/31: 4
Ole Miss is lily-white again one year after integration, 1963/11/29: 7
Ole Miss students want to hear integration pastor, Rev. Alvin Kershaw, 1955/11/25: 1
said to be ripe for integration, 1961/02/24: 1
three others ready to take Meredith's place at Ole Miss if he quits due to harassment, 1963/01/18: 1
US won't pay for riot damages to Ole Miss during enrollment of James Meredith, 1964/06/05: 1

University of Missouri (Columbia, MO)

board of curators open Missouri to Negro students, 1950/07/21: 4
Brooks, George, first Negro appointed to administrative post at the University, 1965/08/06: 3
ends all segregation at all branches, 1954/07/23: 1
enrolls its first Negro woman, 1950/09/22: 3
must admit Negroes, state court rules, 1950/07/07: 1
nine Negroes studying on U. of Missouri campus, 1950/10/06: 3
students vote to admit Negroes, 1949/02/25: 1

University of Missouri School of Law (Columbia, MO)

color bar upheld by judge [denying Lloyd L. Gaines admission to Law School], 1936/07/31: 1
Gaines, Lloyd, missing for 10 months; famed suit [to enter University of Missouri Law School] dismissed, 1940/01/12: 1
Gaines case before Missouri Supreme Court again, 1939/06/02: 5
law school case goes to Supreme Court, 1938/06/10: 7
Must Admit Lloyd Gaines to Law School (Tid Bits from the Week's News), 1938/12/16: 4
petition for reconsideration denied, 1939/01/06: 1
school of law to be opened at Lincoln University as result of Gaines case, 1939/07/07: 7
university to petition for reconsideration of recent decision, 1939/01/06: 1

University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE)

hires full-time Negro staff member, 1948/09/24: 1

University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC)

Dansby, David, is first Negro graduate, 1961/06/16: 1
first Negro woman enters N. Carolina U. 'conditionally,' 1951/07/27: 1
integrates quietly, without incident, 1956/02/17: 1
must admit Negroes, three-judge federal court has ruled, 1955/09/23: 1
Negro undergraduates barred, 1955/06/03: 1
Negroes seek admission to North Carolina Univ., 1939/01/20: 5
no flood of undergrads following court ruling, 1956/03/16: 1
Order of the Golden Fleece, highest honorary frat accepts first Negro, 1962/04/27: 1
three 'first' Negroes drop out of school, 1959/06/05: 1
trustees vote to admit Negroes, 1951/04/13: 3

University of North Carolina Medical School (Chapel Hill, NC)

admits Negro to Medical School, 1951/05/04: 1

University of North Carolina School of Law (Chapel Hill, NC)

admits 3 Negroes to law school, 1951/06/15: 1
federal court denies Negroes admission to North Carolina law school, 1950/10/20: 1
judge gets case of Negroes seeking to enter N. Carolina Law School, 1950/09/08: 1
law student denies racialism at N. Carolina U., 1952/04/18: 1
Negro elected editor of Carolina Law Review, 1961/05/12: 1
Negro graduates from law school, another to get degree in summer, and three fail to make grade, 1952/06/13: 1
Negro students may force abandonment of annual traditional law school dance, 1952/01/25: 1
ordered to admit Negroes, 1951/04/06: 1
two graduates pass state bar examinations, 1952/09/19: 3
two Negroes sue to enter law school, 1949/11/11: 5

University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

Gautt, Prentice, Negro soph makes Oklahoma varsity football team, 1957/09/13: 5
McLaurin, Prof. G. W.

admit Negro or stop grad work, attorney general issues ultimatum, 1948/10/15: 1
court rules OU segregated classes okeh, 1948/12/03: 1
first Negro student starts work, 1948/10/22: 1
"separate but equal" myth ruled out by Supreme Court, 1950/06/09: 1
Sweatt, McLaurin cases filed in Supreme Court, 1950/02/24: 1
wife, Peninah S. McLaurin, first to buck Dixie college race barrier, dies, 1966/09/09: 1

Negro student to live on campus of OU, 1949/09/23: 1
no more Jim Crow at Oklahoma U., 1950/09/29: 1
Nursing School admits Negroes, 1950/12/22: 6
Oklahoma House lets down bars at state colleges, 1949/05/13: 1
Oklahoma legislators warned "inaction" on education means end of Jim Crow, 1949/04/22: 1
rail to separate Negro students at Oklahoma University, 1949/07/01: 4
Wilson, Mrs. Mauderie Hancock

another Negro has applied for enrollment, 1948/10/22: 1
OU refuses to admit second Negro, 1948/10/29: 5

University of Oklahoma College of Law (Norman, OK)

Sipuel, Ada Lois

court orders that OU admit Negro or nobody, 1948/01/30: 1
'Gaines case' looms as state university bars girl, 1946/01/25: 1
law school case heads for Oklahoma Supreme Court, 1948/08/13: 1
Missouri bias also hit by court in OU case, says St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1948/01/23: 1
NAACP to continue fight in case, 1948/02/27: 1
Okies think US Court decision can be dodged, 1948/01/23: 1
Oklahoma court rules against girl seeking admission, 1946/07/19: 1
Oklahoma Supreme Court upholds university ban, 1947/05/09: 1
Oklahoma University turned her away (photo), 1946/02/01: 1
Supreme Court orders Oklahoma to provide law school training for Negroes, 1948/01/16: 1

US court rules OU Negro ban unconstitutional, 1948/10/08: 1

University of Oklahoma Medical School (Oklahoma City, OK)

accepts first Negro woman, Forsita Jones, 1953/06/12: 1
Negro named to pediatrics faculty, 1956/11/30: 7

University of Oregon (Portland, OR)

Oregon coed in sorority spat, to wed Negro beau, 1951/07/13: 1
soror from Gamma Phi Beta ousted from chapter house for dating Negro, 1951/06/01: 1

University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

Munger, George, coach resigns when athletic director, Francis Murray, "dismissed," 1953/06/05: 2
new $4,000,000 hall named for Negro alumna, Dr. Virginia Alexander, 1961/01/27: 6

University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)

equal educational facilities basis of SC law suit instead of civil rights, 1947/06/20: 1
integrated again after 86 years, 1963/09/20: 1
ordered to admit Negro coed; court also orders state to admit Negroes to parks, 1947/06/20: 11963/07/19: 1

University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Brown, Willie, football and baseball star, awarded Trojan's Diamond Medal, 1964/05/22: 5
first Negro gets Doctor of Theology degree from USC, 1952/07/04: 1
Garrett [Mike Garrett] Stars in Win (The Sports Parade), 1965/11/12: 5
Oklahoman, Adam Herbert, is first Negro elected student president, 1964/07/17: 3
USC has first Negro grid player in 20 odd years, 1952/05/23: 5

University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)

admits Negroes as latest Southern school to have Negro students, 1952/01/18: 1
has first Negro summer students, 1952/07/11: 1
students give opinions on Negroes attending University, 1951/06/15: 1
Tennessee to use State constitution in 'Crow' defense denying four Negroes admission to U. Tennessee, 1951/02/09: 3
trustees deny admittance to five Negroes, 1950/12/15: 1
two Negroes admitted to undergraduate school, 1959/10/23: 1
university bars student group interracial discussion, 1948/03/19: 4

University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

admissions test to be held in SA May 12, 1956/04/27: 1
All Race Bars Down at Texas University (editorial), 1964/05/22: 4
Allen, George, dropped from University of Texas after enrollment accepted, 1938/10/28: 1
athletic programs

athletics integrated at Texas University, 1963/11/22: 5
first Negro gridder plays in TU stadium, 1954/10/08: 5
football team (Longhorns), 'no aftermath' seen from Syracuse-Texas flare-up at Cotton Bowl, 1960/01/08: 5
Long Overdue [integration of varsity athletics] (editorial), 1963/11/22: 4
tan thinlies integrate U. of Texas athletics, 1963/12/13: 5
varsity sports integration okayed by TU Regents, 1963/11/15: 5
Wade, Reginald W., 240 pound guard from La Marque, wins scholarship, picks U.T. Austin (photo), 6, 1967/10/06: 3

band has Negro musician, 1964/02/14: 1
Givens, Dr. Everett H., seeks, denied admission to Texas University, 1947/12/12: 1, 5
Holland, Leon LaForest, SA youth first Negro to get ROTC commission, 1961/02/03: 1
Kirk, W. Astor

off-campus TU class rejected by Austinite, 1950/02/10: 1
Tillotson professor denied admission, 1947/12/12: 1

loses Peace Corps project because of J. Crow, 1962/07/13: 1
NAACP chapter organized, 1947/04/04: 1
Perry, Ervin Sewell, first Negro faculty member said to be "brilliant," 1964/05/22: 1
program offered to draw Negroes, Latins, 1966/09/16: 1
Regents ponder erection of university to beat court action, 1946/07/05: 1
Student Assembly

asks for integration of athletics, 1961/05/19: 5
students make integration stand known by electing Houston Negro coed to student assembly, 1961/11/03: 1

Texas Relays, Southern U. thinlies run amuck at Texas Relays, 1966/04/08: 5
Texas U. hears racism blasted by Negro speaker, Melvin B. Tolson, 1946/11/15: 1
Thompson, Oscar Leonard, ex-San Antonian, first Negro to graduate

death of (photo), 1962/07/20: 1
graduates with MA in zoology (photo), 1952/02/08: 1

Wilson, Ray Floyd, becomes first Negro granted doctorate at Univ. of Texas, 1953/06/12: 1

University of Texas at Austin School of Law (Austin, TX)

attorney general rules on Negroes in Texas U., 1946/03/22: 1
Heman Marion Sweatt lawsuit

appeal filed in effort to gain admission, 1947/02/14: 1
appeals court rules against Heman Sweatt, 1948/03/05: 1
court rules Texas must admit Negro applicant, 1946/06/21: 1
enrolls in Texas University School of Law, 1950/09/22: 1
files appeal in TU Law School case, 1947/10/10: 1
loses last state court appeal, 1948/11/05: 1
Negro's application to enter is refused; opinion by attorney general asked, 1946/03/01: 1
says Texas State University for Negroes not equal to Texas U., won't enroll, 1947/09/26: 1
"separate but equal" myth ruled out by Supreme Court, 1950/06/09: 1
suit filed to admit Negro to Texas U., 1946/05/17: 1
Supreme Court petitioned for hearing, 1949/04/01: 1
Supreme Court to hear Sweatt case in January, 1949/11/18: 1
Sweatt, McLaurin cases filed in Supreme Court, 1950/02/24: 1
Sweatt case legal battle renews in Austin court, 1947/05/16: 1
Sweatt case to go to trial court, 1947/03/28: 1
Sweatt denied admission; case heads to US Supreme Court, 1947/05/23: 1
Sweatt thrills SA on eve of entering Texas U., 1950/09/15: 1
Sweatt to go to northern law school if suit is lost, 1950/04/14: 4
Texas attorney general criticizes Federal Council of Churches of Christ for interference, 1950/01/13: 1
Texas Council of Negro Organizations files brief in Sweatt case, 1950/03/17: 1
Texas postal employees give $3,000 toward Sweatt's education, 1950/08/04: 6
Texas U. tells Sweatt to register Sept. 18, 1950/08/11: 1
to be principal speaker at Postal Alliance observance, Sept. 10, 1950/09/01: 5
to speak at "Church Day" observance of National Postal Alliance (photo), 1950/09/08: 1
US Supreme Court to hear Sweatt case week of Jan. 30, 1950/01/06: 1

Let the "Equal" Facilities Be Equal (editorial), 1946/03/22: 4
Texas Conference of NAACP Branches committee confers with UT officials seeking educational equality (photo), 1946/03/08: 1

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (Galveston, TX)

Barnett, Herman Albert, III

now regular student in TU Med. school, 1950/11/03: 1
SA high school graduate to be first Negro enrolled (photo), 1949/08/26: 1

four San Antonians to be awarded medical degrees, 1956/06/01: 1
second Negro, James Pendleton of Houston, enters Texas U. Medical School, 1950/10/06: 1

University of Texas System

color bar down at Texas Western College, El Paso, and all other branches, 1955/07/15: 1

University of The South (Sewanee, TN)

divinity faculty quits as Negro students are barred, 1952/11/14: 1
music festival canceled in protest of University of South Negro ban, 1952/06/27: 1

University of Tulsa (Tulsa, OK)

Hairston, Anita

Alpha Iota Zeta chapter of Zeta Phi Beta honors woman who made Tulsa U. history, 1953/03/06: 1
first Negro graduate of Tulsa Univ. is woman, 1952/06/13: 1

University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

another Negro student enters U. of Virginia, 1950/10/06: 1
football team gets first Negro grid candidate, 1961/03/10: 5
suit filed to break Jim Crow at U. of Virginia to break University's defiance of Supreme Court rulings, 1950/08/18: 1

University of Virginia Medical School (Richmond, VA)

See Medical College of Virginia (Richmond, VA)

University of Virginia School of Law (Charlottesville, VA)

attorney barred by Virginia Law School to sue, 1950/08/18: 5
ordered to admit Negro, Gregory Swanson, to Law School, 1950/09/15: 1
Virginia U. refuses to admit law school applicant, 1950/07/21: 4

University of Virginia School of Medicine (Charlottesville, VA)

Negroes accepted for first time, 1953/03/13: 6

University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI)

cancels LSU football game because of racism in pro-segregation bill in Louisiana, 1956/07/27: 5
No Discriminatory Gifts [that carry restrictions based on race, color or creed] (editorial), 1962/02/02: 4

Upton, Ima M.

funeral rites held, 1952/02/08: 6

Upton, Nettie

notice of death, 1965/07/09: 8 (filmed in 07/16 issue)

Upton, Rosa

dies suddenly and dining room she presided over 20 years, closes permanently, 1944/11/03: 1

Urban Elite Garden Club

first meeting held, 1960/09/16 Supp: 3
meetings in 1961, 1961/01/20 Supp: 1, 1961/11/03 Supp: 2

Jo's Jottings, 1961/04/28 Supp: 4

meetings in 1962, 1962/02/16 Supp: 2, 1962/03/23 Supp: 3
studies plants, planting, and flower arrangement (Jo's Jottings), 1962/05/25 Supp: 1

Urban League, National

See National Urban League

Urban League of Chicago

executive, Sidney Williams, and staff, fired in reorganization, 1955/07/22: 1
reasons for shakeup revealed after month's silence, 1955/08/12: 4
sponsors statewide conference on Negro problems, 1934/10/19: 4

Urban League of New Orleans

citizens councils cause fund ban on NO Urban League, 1956/06/22: 1

Urban League of New York

See also National Urban League
NY chief justice accepts leadership of committee to help Negroes in labor unions, 1934/03/16: 1
Urban League refuses to use Negroes to break strike, 1934/11/16: 7

Urban League of St. Louis

asks union exclusion halt on public works projects, 1934/02/23: 1
Urban League Secretary called to national office to organize labor union program, 1934/03/30: 1

Urban League of Texas

Ft. Worth may get first Texas Urban League branch, 1944/04/21: 5

Urban Renewal

NAACP wins suit cracking urban renewal bigotry, 1963/08/09: 1
Nashville, TN, appeals court upholds urban renewal bias ban; motel built on land cleared with federal funds must accept Negroes, 1964/10/02: 1

US Air Force

See also US Army Air Corps
advisory mission to serve in Haiti, 1949/01/21: 5
Aerial Firepower Demonstration Gives Assurance Air Force Works Day and Night, by U. J. Andrews, 1956/10/19: 4
Civil Air Patrol, Texas Wing, Lt. Victoria Rodriguez and Lt. Barbara Kline, attend state-wide communications conference (photo), 1958/03/07: 7
fraud charges against chaplain dropped, 1953/05/22: 1
Frost, AM Alvin, Jr, called as first witness in trial of A2C William Roberts, Jr. for violence against basic trainees (photo), 1957/06/07: 1
Guam rape-murder case

clemency sought for two doomed Air Force men, sentenced to death for rape in Guam, 1953/10/23: 1
Ike [President Eisenhower] refuses to save Airmen from execution, servicemen lose last hope, 1953/12/25: 1
two GIs hanged, but innocence claimed to end, 1954/02/05: 1

officers

Alberson, Julius Dalton

commissioned as second lieutenant (photo), 1964/01/17: 1
enters jet pilot training (photo), 1964/02/07: 7

Alexander, Warren D.

See Alexander, Warren D.

Brown, Anthony K., commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant (photo), 1963/11/22: 4
Brown, Lt. Robert E., promoted to rank of 1st Lieutenant, serving in Korea (photo), 1963/03/15: 6
Bundara, Capt. Wejay S., Jr.

enters Squadron Officer School, 1966/05/20: 4
graduates from Air University Squadron Officer School, 1966/08/19: 7

Carter, Lt. William G., first Negro officer assigned to Lackland AFB (photo), 1949/09/16: 1
Dawson, Willis R., Louisiana, MFSS instructor, gets promotion to first lieutenant, 1951/12/07: 6
Duncan, Dr. Walter J., Houston, completes orientations course, assigned to dental staff at McChord AFB, 1965/10/08: 7
five Negroes get commission at Lackland AFB, 1949/01/14: 1
Hannon, Capt. Herbert L., and wife, former Gloria White, en route to new assignment in Tokyo (Jo's Jottings), 1961/06/16 Supp: 2
Hardin, Warren G.

assigned to Lackland, 1948/07/23: 7
commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant at Lackland Air Force Base, 1948/07/02: 7

Hilliard, Cpt. Robert L. M., commands new reserve unit at Kelly AFB, 1963/03/01: 1
James, Major Daniel, Jr. ("Chappie"), only Negro combat leader's unit gets new rocketry training, 1955/02/18: 3
McDonald, Lt. Calvin, gets gold bars at Lackland (photo), 1949/01/14: 1
McFatridge, Lt. Col. James M., former San Antonian assigned to Ohio Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson AFB, 1957/11/22: 3
McGill, Benjamin, commissioned as second lieutenant (photo), 1953/05/29: 6
Perry, Lt. Joseph, North Carolina, completes Officer Training School at Lackland AFB (photo), 1965/09/10: 3
Platte, Lt. Claude R., first Negro in new pilot training program at Randolph (photo), 1948/10/01: 1
Rodgers, Capt. Marion A., expected to return from overseas duty (photo), 1952/02/22: 6
Smith, Capt. James G., Jr., receives licensure as mechanical engineer in Texas (photo), 1967/03/17: 1
Smith, Chaplain T. R., promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel stationed at Lackland (Jo's Jottings), 1962/04/06 Supp: 1
Tuskegee graduates nominated for commissions (photo), 1949/06/03: 3
Whitson, Charles V., Jr., Corpus Christi, commissioned as second lieutenant (photo), 1964/12/04: 2
Williams, Robert J.

Air Force couple head for assignment in California, 1963/12/27: 7
gets gold bar (commissioned as second lieutenant) (photo), 1963/10/25: 7

Ramsey, John L.

San Antonio airman arrives in Okinawa for duty, 1966/12/09: 7

recruitment program made for January high school graduates, 1957/02/15: 7
Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC)

Green, Rufus, Jr., Corpus U. Texas student completes 6 week training course (photo), 1965/09/17: 2
Smith, Bernard C., III, Southwest Texas State College student, completes one phase of instruction in flying and support of operations (photo), 1965/07/23: 1
Wilson, Bennie J., III, former San Antonian receives gold medal at Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps presidential review (photo), 1963/08/09: 6

Robins AFB, Germany, faces critical personnel need for administrative, professional, and technical personnel, 1962/05/18: 1
segregation/integration

See also US Armed Forces, segregation/integration
Air Force integration policy working well, 1950/04/07: 1
Air Force opens own integrated school in South Carolina, 1963/10/04: 8 (filmed in 10/11 issue)
Air Force probes racial clash at New Mexico radar station, 1960/04/22: 2
Air Force says editors didn't see what they saw in Europe, 1948/06/04: 1
airmen protest racial bias in Newfoundland, 1958/08/22: 1
airmen score victory over bias in N. Dakota, white bartender who charged $5 for Coke, fined $100 and 30 days, 1961/12/15: 3
governor of Michigan to probe racial bar against airmen in Sault Sainte Marie, 1953/09/11: 1
inactivation of Lockbourne in keeping with non-segregation policy, 1949/05/20: 1
integration becoming fact in Air Forces, 1953/08/21: 1
J. Crow banned at Turner Air Force Base in Albany, Georgia, 1953/02/06: 1
Jim Crow Air Force banned, 1949/05/13: 1
Jim Crow Air Force favored by Rickenbacker, 1943/03/26: 1
Jim Crow being ended in Air Force, group told, 1949/04/01: 1
Jim Crow said strangling air group overseas, 1944/12/22: 1
Jim Crowed, houseless airman given transfer from Missouri to Ohio, 1964/11/13: 3
Lackland assignments made without regard to race, 1949/06/10: 1
Lackland testing unit returns from Lockbourne AFB, 1949/05/27: 1
Navy, Air Force integration complete; Army 95 per cent, 1953/10/23: 1
Negro airmen at Alabama field press for rights, 1949/07/08: 4
protection promised Negro Airmen traveling interstate, 1954/02/05: 1
Washington, DC civilians and military men protest SA transfer to Randolph AFB, fearful of discrimination; Gonzalez seeks to allay bias fears, 1962/10/19: 1

service personnel

See also Korean War, service personnel
See also US Air Force, officers
See also Viet Nam War, service personnel
Abram, Warwick, III, promoted to airman second class, 1963/11/08: 7
Adams, William K.

husband of SA girl promoted to Tech Sergeant, 1965/12/17: 7
receives Commendation Medal at Hickam AFB, Hawaii (photo), 1967/09/22: 5

Aikens, Lewis A.

promoted to Technical Sergeant, 1965/06/18: 7
Wheatley grad gets ATC master instructor rating, 1964/11/13: 7

Alexander, Jesse, III, promoted to Airman First Class on Okinawa, 1967/06/09: 6
Allen, MSgt. Henry J., graduates from dental laboratory course, 1964/06/19: 7
Allen, SSgt. Morris T.

assigned to Hopedale Air Station, Labrador for air defense command unit duty, 1962/10/19: 7
selected "outstanding non-commissioned officer" of the month at Hopedale Air Station, 1963/04/19: 7

Allen, William, Jr., remains in San Antonio for training as an administrative assistant (photo), 1963/04/19: 7
Ards, MSgt. Cleon, honored as Soldier of the Month (photo), 1953/05/15: 6
Austin, Claude Ray, discharged from service (photo), 1952/09/26: 7
Ball, J. C., Seguin airman completes basic training, assigned to Perrin AFB for training as transportation specialist (photo), 1965/10/01: 2
Baltimore, Charles, promoted to Master Sergeant (photo), 1964/01/03: 7
Banks, Howard C., picked for training as air policeman, 1966/05/20: 4
Barefield, SSgt. Willie E., Victorian returns from Japan for tour of duty in Arizona, 1964/07/24: 2
Barker, AMN Charles D., selected for technical training at Chanute AFB, Illinois (photo), 1967/04/21: 2
Barnes, Pfc. Leroy, stationed in New Mexico (photo), 1952/02/22: 7
Barnett, A1C Willie, selected as "Airman of the Month" at Andrews AFB (photo), 1963/03/08: 7
Barr, Johnnie

SA airman on duty in SE Asia, 1966/12/16: 7
San Antonian is promoted to sergeant, 1964/06/19: 7

Bell, SSgt. Wilbert L., is outstanding non-com officer, 1963/08/30: 7
Benford, Andrew, Kerrville, selected for service as air policeman at Lackland AFB (photo), 1964/01/03: 7
Betts A3C Lawrence W., reassigned for training as a carpenter at Carswell AFB (photo), 1962/11/09: 5
Biggs, Capt. Levi, Jr., ex-Lacklander to study at Wyoming U., 1961/01/06: 6
Blackman, SSgt. Ernest

assigned as official test proctor in St. Louis, 1962/03/30: 7
assigned to make public service radio announcements serving the St. Louis area, 1962/04/06 Supp: 1

Bolden, Airman Emile S., Corpus Christi man gets technical training, 1965/05/07: 2
Bonner, Jerry L.

Corpus airman serving in Viet Nam, fighting against Communist aggression, 1965/09/24: 2

photo, 1966/04/29: 2

Corpus Christi airman awarded commendation medal at Nha Trang Airport, Viet Nam, 1966/02/18: 2
reassigned for administrative specialist training at Amarillo AFB (photo), 1962/11/02: 7

Bonnett, TSgt. Frank W., Jr., with Air Force in Japan, 1951/12/28: 7
Boone, Lenox, Jr.

decorated with US Air Force Commendation Medal at Randolph AFB (photo), 1967/05/05: 2
Seguin airman promoted to airman first class, 1963/11/08: 2

Bosen, A1C Colbert R. P., awarded Outstanding Unit Award (photo), 1964/12/25: 5
Bracken, Vernon, Lackland airman, working part-time in funeral home, hospitalized for accidental shooting, 1964/12/25: 1
Bradford, A3C Jesse L., assigned to AFB in Libya, 1962/11/23: 7
Bradley, A1C Charles M., begins annual duty as an air police reservist (photo), 1962/08/17: 5
Brock, A1C Royal E., Jr.

assigned to Chanute AFB for training in rescue and survival equipment (photo), 1962/01/05: 7
now stationed in Viet Nam with Air Force, 1964/11/06: 7

Brown, A1C Carl E., with AF logistics section, Philipines, 1963/08/30: 7
Brown, SSgt. Charles A., graduates from NCO leadership school (photo), 1966/02/25: 7
Brown, Howard H., selected for training at Amarillo AFB (photo), 1967/02/03: 5
Brown, John A., gets assignment in California, 1963/07/26: 7
Brown, Johnny Moss

air corps enlistee stationed at Lackland (photo), 1948/08/27: 7
promoted to permanent rank of master sergeant in Germany (photo), 1962/06/29 Supp: 2
Technical Sergeant joined by family in Germany (photo), 1955/09/09 Supp: 3

Brown, SSgt. Lindsey, Jr.

husband of SA girl on duty with PACAF, 1964/11/06: 7
war hero's wife finds burned cross in yard, airman decorated for gallantry in Viet Nam the next day (photo), 1965/10/22: 1

Browning, James E., Waelder, helps outfit at Tinker AFB win outstanding unit award, 1967/09/15: 7
Brue, MSgt. Wilson B., retires, 1964/10/23: 7
Burnett, Sims J., San Antonio airman is honor graduate of class at Chanute AFB, 1964/03/27: 7
Burton, SSgt. Areleous M., in Southeast Asia, re-enlists (photo), 1967/03/24: 6
Bussey, Airman William B., Corpus Christi, completes basic training (photo), 1965/05/14: 2
Bynum, MSgt. James L., receives AF Commendation medal (photo), 1966/07/22: 7
Cain, James C., leaves for England (photo), 1955/08/05: 7
Caldwell, Carey, airman selected for radar operator training (photo), 1966/09/30: 2
Calvin, A2C Lee, III, his squadron, 420th Fighter Bomber, named squadron of the month (photo), 1956/11/16: 7
Campbell, SSgt. Calvin K., hero of Alaska crash credited with saving lives of three other survivors, 1957/11/22: 1
Campbell, Kinnon E., assigned for training as aircraft maintenance specialist at Sheppard AFB, 1967/09/08: 7
Carpenter, Orvis G.

Alamo City airman in award-winning unit, 1966/12/09: 6

Carruthers, A2C Riley W.

reassigned to Keesler AFB for radio and radar maintenance specialist training (photo), 1962/11/09: 7
San Antonian completes technical course at Keesler, 1963/08/16: 7

Carter, Robert L., enlists in Air Force (photo), 1948/07/30: 4
Cawthorn, Michael K., selected for technical training at Chanute AFB (photo), 1967/04/07: 7
Chandler, Albert P., selected for training as medical services specialist at Gunter AFB (photo), 1965/08/20: 7
Chandler, AB Eric G., reassigned to Amarillo AFB for training as base fuel supply specialist (photo), 1962/10/19: 2
Chapman, Morris E., Corpus Christi airman assigned to Cannon AFB, New Mexico (photo), 1966/07/08: 7
Childress, Lee R.

assigned to training course for air passenger specialist at Sheppard AFB (photo), 1962/02/09: 6
deployed on combat-read alert duty in Cuban crisis, 1962/11/30: 7

Clack, A2C Clyde F., arrives in England for "Short Spurt" tour, 1963/05/10: 7
Claire, Johnston A.

completes rigorous Air Force course, 1966/06/03: 7
husband of San Antonio woman promoted to technical sergeant at Tan Son Nhut AFB, Viet Nam, 1967/06/02: 7

Clark, Airman Eugene O., San Antonio, in AF honor guard at inauguration of President Johnson, 1965/01/22: 7
Clark, Jimmy F., promoted to Airman 1st Class, 1967/03/10: 5
Clarke, A3C Donnie E., assigned to Barksdale AFB for training as map and chart specialist (photo), 1961/12/29: 7
Clarke, Vernon B., assigned to Keesler AFB for technical training (photo), 1963/07/26: 7
Conway, Herbert A., completes basic training, assigned to Orlando AFB, Florida for training as photographic specialist (photo), 1965/08/13: 7
Conway, A3C Thomas E., Jr., completes jet aircraft course, reassigned to Castle AFB, 1963/01/25: 7
Covington, Rev. Harrison, and family relocate to Japan where he is stationed (Jo's Jottings), 1962/05/18 Supp: 1
Crawford, A1C Joseph V., assigned to Alaskan post, 1961/03/03: 7
Crockett, James E., selected for training as air policeman at Lackland AFB (photo), 1967/07/14: 6
Culberson, TSgt. Raymond C.

gets medal for BOQ management, 1961/02/17: 1
signs up for his third stint, 1958/11/07: 7

Cunningham, Amos C.

airman on duty in New Hampshire, 1967/03/24: 6

Cunningham, A1C Amos C., named "Airman of the Month" at Nellis AFB, 1962/06/08: 7
Curl, Sgt. Alfred S., San Antonian, widely known sports official, top umpire in Morocco, 1959/11/27: 5
Daniels, Quincey

one of top amateur boxers now stationed at Lackland AFB, weds Ruth Ann Taylor (photo), 1961/10/13: 5
Ruth Ann Taylor and Sgt. Quincey Daniels joined in matrimony (photo), 1961/10/13 Supp: 4

Davis, Dennis R.

assigned to Itazuke Air Base in Japan, 1964/03/20: 7
completes basic training (photo), 1963/09/27: 3

Davis, Earl L., now at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, 1954/03/26: 7
Davis, Marvin E., Airman reassigned to Ent AFB, Colorado for training as supply specialist (photo), 1963/06/07: 7
Davis, Marvin L., San Antonio airman assigned to Bergstrom AFB, 1966/07/22: 7
Davis, Tony B., selected for training as food service specialist at Fort Lee, Virginia (photo), 1965/07/30: 2
Deckard, Stanford, Jr., selected for technical training at Keesler AFB (photo), 1967/03/24: 6
Deese, Robert E.

graduates from Air Force technical school at Amarillo AFB, 1967/09/29: 6
selected for aircraft maintenance specialist training at Air Training Command, 1967/06/16: 10

Denby, Fred L., airman assigned to Mather AFB after completing basic training (photo), 1966/11/18: 1
Dilworth, James N., graduates from non-com officers school, 1963/11/29: 7
Dixon, A1C Carl J., now in Greenland (photo), 1965/03/12: 7
Donald, SSgt. Richard, Jr.

husband of San Antonian gets Viet Nam duty, 1965/02/12: 7
Randolph AFB sergeant awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism over Viet Nam (photo), 1966/06/24: 1

DosReis, Le Roy, promoted to technical sergeant at Westover AFB (photo), 1967/06/09: 9
Douglas, Frederick J., Wheatley grad gets NATO assignment, 1963/10/25: 7
Douglas, TSgt. Joseph E., gets new assignment, 1964/07/10: 7
Duffey, Larry B., local airman receives first duty assignment, 1967/04/14: 4
Easter, Tyrone B., completes basic training (photo), 1963/08/09: 5
Edmondson, James A., airman returns from temporary assignment (photo), 1967/04/07: 6
Elias, Johnny S., Corpus Christi airman completes basic training (photo), 1966/06/10: 7
Elliott, Lonnie B., Jr.

graduates from radio equipment repair technical course, assigned to Clark AFB, Philippines, 1965/10/08: 7
Victorian completes Air Force basic training (photo), 1964/12/18: 2

Ellison, John, gets another stripe, promoted to Corporal (photo), 1951/03/30: 7
Engleton, John C., assigned to March AFB for training as supply specialist with SAC (photo), 1965/10/01: 7
Evans, Pfc. Phillip J., Lackland airman sent to U. Alabama for 12-week training course, only to disappear after a day, 1951/06/29: 1
Fakes, A3C Jimmie I., Jr., graduates with honor from Medical Service technical training course (photo), 1964/08/28: 7
Fanner, A2C Nobe S.

arrives for tour of duty in England, 1964/10/09: 7
assigned for training as supply specialist at Amarillo AFB, 1962/06/08: 7

Ferguson, Londie J., Weimar airman gets promotion to airman second class, 1967/02/24: 2
Fielder, Andrew V., husband of Texan promoted to Staff Sergeant, 1965/06/25: 2
Fields, A1C Milton J., Jr.

completes technical training course, 1963/09/06: 7
graduates from non-com school, 1965/03/26: 7

Figures, A2C Tommy Lee, knife victim who was expected to die, now "walking around" after doctors stitch heart, 1963/06/28: 1
Fisher, A1C Charles A., arrives in Azores for MATS duty, 1964/09/11: 7
Flowers, Milton E., selected for technical training (photo), 1967/01/13: 2
Ford, Pfc. Andrew, serving on Guam, 1948/10/22: 7
Foster, A1C Leonard A., Jr., awarded USAF Outstanding Unit award at Maxwell AFB, AL, 1967/05/05: 6
Frasier, James H., husband of SA woman, promoted to Airman First Class, 1963/02/22: 7
Frazier, Airman Shirley M., completes basic training (photo), 1965/01/15: 2
Freelon, A1C Morris G., graduates from non-com prep school, 1965/02/19: 7
Freeman, Albert, Corpus Christi, completes basic training, assigned to Holloman AFB for training as supply specialist (photo), 1965/08/20: 2
Gable, George, en route to Korea, 1954/05/14: 3
Galloway, TSgt. James O., receives commendation medal, 1963/08/30: 6
Gant, Chief MSgt. Elvin, SA man graduates from noncom academy, 1963/07/12: 7
Gardner, Pfc. Ernest C.

home on furlough (photo), 1952/02/08: 7
wins tennis award in Japan (photo), 1952/08/22: 5

Gaskin, Airman Bernard W., completes basic training (photo), 1965/02/12: 7
Gaskin, Miller L., honorably discharged (photo), 1951/02/02: 6
Gay, Airman Ernest L.

attends technical training course (photo), 1965/03/12: 6
completes computer repair course, 1966/01/21: 7

Gayle, Jimmy L., completes first phase of basic training (photo), 1964/07/10: 6
Glascoe, James H., Jr.

arrives for duty with Air Defense Command in Colorado, 1967/06/30: 7
San Antonian promoted to Airman Second Class, 1965/06/18: 7

Gonzales, Airman Robert C., completes basic training (photo), 1965/07/02: 7
Gordley, SSgt. Louis C.

arrives for duty in Philippines, 1964/02/28: 7
Sweet Home, en route to Philippines, 1954/02/26: 2

Grambling, George D., body to be shipped to Pennsylvania after death at Lackland, 1954/09/17: 1
Green, Airman Geraldine, assigned to Otis AFB, Massachusetts (photo), 1965/05/07: 6
Green, A1C Wilbert A., Corpus Christi, returns from duty tour in Turkey, 1962/11/30: 2
Green, MSgt. Wilbur E., assigned to Lackland AFB after 15 month duty in Turkey (Jo's Jottings), 1962/10/12 Supp: 1
Green, MSgt. William T.

assigned to air base in Germany, 1952/03/28: 2
retires (photo), 1964/01/24: 1

Greene, AB Lee D., assigned to Amarillo AFB for air policeman training (photo), 1962/12/07: 7
Greene, Pfc. Wilson, ex-Lion grid ace at new Air Force station, 1950/02/24: 7
Greenwood, Lawrence

graduates from jet engine course, 1962/10/12: 7
wins Air Force Unit Award at Forbes AFB, 1967/10/06: 7
wins promotion to Airman 2nd Class, 1963/06/21: 7

Gunn, James N., AF sarge, husband of San Antonian, is Instructor of Month, 1966/03/04: 7
Hannah, Preston E., Corpus airman selected for special training, 1966/12/30: 7
Hardaman, SSgt Frank M., SA, awarded US Air Force Commendation Medal for meritorious service (photo), 1963/04/26: 7
Hardeman, Carl

Corpus Christi, complete basic training (photo), 1964/08/07: 2
Corpus Christi twins, Carl and Charles, re-united in Viet Nam (photo), 1967/02/24: 2

Hardeman, Matthew, Jr.

decorated with USAF Commendation Medal in Germany, 1967/06/30: 7
home on leave (photo), 1952/08/08: 6

Hardeman, A3C Willie R., assigned for air policeman training at Andrews AFB (photo), 1962/06/08: 7
Harden, Marshall, promoted to rank of Tech Sergeant, 1963/01/04: 7
Harris, SSgt. Isaiah, given assignment in Alaska, 1963/12/27: 7
Harris, Leonard, promoted to master sergeant, 1965/06/25: 7
Harris, A2C Loyd, Jr.

with 6987th Support Squadron in Japan, 1964/12/25: 7
gets special technical training as communications operations specialist at Kessler AFB, 1963/04/12: 7

Hastings, A1C Morris L., San Antonian arrives in Hawaii for tour of duty, 1964/01/17: 7
Haywood, William C., promoted to Technical Sergeant (photo), 1949/01/07: 6
Henderson, Ernest E. F.

See Henderson, A3C Ernest E. F.

Henderson, George W., leaves Morocco for home on July 5, 1956/06/29: 7
Henry, A3C Jesse R., Jr., completes basic training, assigned to Elgin AFB, Florida as information specialist (photo), 1967/05/12: 6
Hice, Airman Willie

promoted to airman second class, 1965/11/05: 7
SA, completes first phase of basic training, 1964/05/08: 7

Hicks, SSgt. David S., Jr., assigned to duty in Philippines, 1964/04/03: 7
Hicks, Airman Elbert E., Jr.

See Hicks, Airman Elbert E., Jr.

Hill, SSgt. Charles W., SA airman gets decoration from UN Commission, 1955/04/29: 1
Hill, James, completes basic training, assigned to Fort Harrison for training as postal specialist (photo), 1967/09/01: 9
Hill, John H.

Victoria airman now on duty in Thailand, 1966/06/17: 2
Victorian completes Air Force basic training (photo), 1964/12/18: 2

Hill, A3C Pleasanton, Jr., helps unit gain top USAF recognition, 1964/05/08: 7
Hodge, Aaron J., completes basic training at Lackland AFB, 1965/08/06: 7
Hodge, Amos H., airman assigned to Malmstrom AFB, Montana, after completing basic training (photo), 1966/05/27: 7
Hodge, A3C Quincy D., reassigned for roads and grounds specialist training at McCoy AFB (photo), 1962/12/28: 2
Holmes, SSgt. Alfred, awarded AF commendation medal at Randolph AFB (photo), 1962/08/24: 1
Hopkins, A3C Freddie L., assigned to Richards-Gebaur AFB for air policeman training (photo), 1962/10/26: 7
Horner, A1C Clarence A., San Antonio girl's husband back from Korea, 1963/12/27: 7
Hornsby, TSgt. Frank E., Jr., San Antonio, assigned to Tennessee State Cadet Unit (photo), 1958/10/17: 1
Horton, SSgt. W. A., completes AF recruiter course at Lackland AFB (photo), 1966/12/09: 2
Hubert, MSgt. Warren D., Texan attends Air University, 1967/04/14: 6
Hudspeth, A3C Louis A., assigned to Minot AFB, North Dakota (photo), 1961/12/22: 7
Hughes, Harold

on furlough from overseas base in French Morocco (photo), 1958/05/23: 6
recent enlistee in Air Force to be sent to North Africa (photo), 1956/10/05: 6

Humphress, AB Charles J., completes basic training, assigned to attend training for heating specialists at Chanute AFB, 1962/12/28: 7
Hunt, A1C F. L., assigned to Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, after 10 month duty in Greenland, 1967/05/05: 8
Hunt, Frederick L., airman arrives in Greenland (photo), 1966/06/24: 6
Hunter, Airman Lloyd, Jr., in England (photo), 1953/09/04: 7
Hurdle, MSgt Chester A., retires from service after 21 years, 1967/08/25: 7
Hutchinson, Airman Richard V., assigned to Strategic Air Command (photo), 1964/12/25: 7
Hutson, Floyd W., San Marcos, named outstanding Air Policeman, 1951/02/09: 7
Isom, Johnnie, Jr. named "Airman of Month" at Kelly AFB, 1964/07/10: 7
Jackson, Andrew, Jr., Corpus Christi airman selected as supply specialist trainee (photo), 1966/04/29: 2
Jackson, Andrew James, Air Force enlistee is in band at Lackland (photo), 1948/08/13: 7
Jackson, Charles W., Airman of the Month (photo), 1959/06/12: 6
Jackson, Donald L., ex-St. Philip's student, arrives in England for assignment with USAF unit, 1963/06/21: 7
Jackson, SSgt. Elroy

Jackson, SSgt. Elroy

James, AB Albert L., Corpus Christi, assigned to training course for air traffic controllers at Kessler AFB (photo), 1962/02/09: 71962/02/09: 7
James, Alfred S.

attends technical training course (photo), 1965/03/12: 6
promoted to Airman 1st Class (photo), 1967/06/02: 6
SA airman completes computer repair training, 1966/01/14: 7

James, Edgar, III, completes basic training (photo), 1963/09/27: 3
James, Elliott

husband of San Antonian now in Viet Nam, 1967/01/20: 6
promoted to Staff Sergeant, serving in Viet Nam (photo), 1967/03/31: 9

James, SSgt. John W., graduates from non-commissioned officer academy (photo), 1963/08/30: 7
James, Samuel E., selected for training as aircraft maintenance specialist (photo), 1967/06/30: 6
Jefferson, Henry, Jr., Texas airman arrives in Japan for tour of duty, 1966/04/15: 7
Jefferson, James F., Warrant Officer now on duty at Scott AFB, 1967/09/22: 6
Jefferson, Wilbert, Jr., completes basic training, assigned for duty and training as communications specialist at Cannon AFB, New Mexico (photo), 1967/05/19: 6
Johnson, Austin, Jr., Victoria airman completes basic training (photo), 1964/12/04: 2
Johnson, A2C Curtis E., elected "Support Airman of the Month" at Laughlin AFB (photo), 1962/02/16: 7
Johnson, David, Jr., completes basic training, assigned to Turner AFB, Georgia for training as photographic specialist (photo), 1965/08/13: 7
Johnson, TSgt. Eddie, Jr.

Arkansas, promoted to technical sergeant (photo), 1964/07/10: 2
husband of Victoria girl arrives in Italy, 1965/01/01: 2

Johnson, A1C Ezekiel, Jr., completes management course, 1965/07/02: 7
Johnson, Joseph, Victoria, selected for training as an aircraft maintenance specialist, Amarillo AFB (photo), 1967/06/30: 2
Johnson, Melvin E., Corpus airman selected for training at Keesler AFB (photo), 1966/08/05: 2
Johnson, Ronald C., SA airman selected for technical training at Chanute AFB (photo), 1967/02/10: 2
Johnson, Roosevelt, Jr., Corpus Christi airman selected for training at Chanute AFB (photo), 1966/09/30: 2
Johnson, AB Thomas A., III, assigned to technical training course for supply specialists at Amarillo AFB (photo), 1962/02/02: 6
Joiner, Eric, Jr., selected for technical training at Lowry AFB (photo), 1966/09/23: 11
Jones, George, Jr., reassigned to Amarillo AFB for training as an aircraft pneudraulic repairman (photo), 1963/04/19: 7
Jones, Harry J., airman assigned to Vandenberg AFB in California (photo), 1965/11/12: 7
Jones, AB James W., assigned for training as aircraft maintenance specialist at Chanute AFB (photo), 1962/03/30: 2
Jones, Airman Joe E., Corpus Christi, completes phase one of basic training (photo), 1964/10/09: 2
Jones, Melvin

reassigned to Amarillo AFB for fuel supply specialist training (photo), 1962/10/19: 5
reassigned to duty at Hamilton AFB for training as fuel supply specialist, 1963/01/18: 7

Jones, Nathaniel, selected for training as air policeman at Lackland AFB (photo), 1965/07/30: 2
Jones, Phillip R., Corpus Christi airman selected for technical training at Chanute AFB (photo), 1967/03/10: 2
Jordan, William C., Corpus Christian made Air Force sergeant, 1966/02/25: 2
July, John E. R., Jr., named "Outstanding Airman of the Month" at Forbes AFB, Kansas (photo), 1963/05/03: 6
Kay, A1C Robert N., Victoria airman graduates from non-com school, 1964/10/09: 7
Kendrick, George W., Jr., assigned to Seymour Johnson AFB after completing basic training (photo), 1966/11/11: 6
Kirven, Malcolm, assigned to Lackland AFB after completing basic training (photo), 1965/11/12: 5
Kyle, John David

airman extensively entertained prior to leaving for overseas, 1960/01/01: 6
and family, back from tour of duty in Turkey, 1962/07/13: 6

Lampkin, AB J. D., reassigned to technical training course for aircraft maintenance at Sheppard AFB (photo), 1962/08/03: 2
Lane, SSgt. Oscar L., Kingsville airman now fighting in Viet Nam, 1966/05/13: 7
Laniear, A1C Disman P., wins judo tournament in Seguin (photo), 1962/11/30: 5
Lapsley, TSgt. Edward B., now on duty at remote arctic radar site (photo), 1964/07/31: 7
Lee, Airman Frank, Jr., completes basic training (photo), 1965/05/07: 7
Lee, James E., Jr.

awarded for sustained superior service, 1966/12/30: 5
receives award at Kelly AFB, 1967/02/24: 2

Lewis, Airman Donald L.

reassigned for technical training as chaplain specialist, 1964/02/28: 7
SA airman graduates from AF Chaplain Assistants course, 1964/05/08: 7

Lincoln, Airman Jimmie, Jr., assigned to European unit, 1965/05/07: 7
Lockett, Emmett, III

airman wins promotion to Airman 2nd class, 1967/02/10: 7
local airman to train as munitions specialist, 1966/05/13: 7

Loving, SSgt. Joseph N., on tour of duty in Spain, 1966/12/09: 9
Lusk, Ronand E., Corpus Christi, selected for technical training (photo), 1967/03/24: 6
Lyons, Raymond, promoted to Tech Sergeant, 1966/12/16: 7
Mackey, Donald R.

assigned to Blytheville AFB, Arkansas, for training as an air policeman (photo), 1963/04/19: 7
promoted to airman, 2nd class, 1964/11/27: 7

Madison, Otis F.

Airman 3rd Class completes administrative specialist course, 1966/02/25: 7
selected for training as an administrative specialist at Amarillo AFB (photo), 1965/09/24: 7

Marshall, A3C Cleophus N., reassigned for roads and grounds specialist training at Schilling AFB (photo), 1963/01/04: 7
Marshall, Sgt. Cornelius C., home from Okinawa (photo), 1951/08/10: 2
Martin, MSgt. Leroy

local airman promoted to "super" grade (photo), 1959/12/18: 1
retires, receives Commendation Medal for Meritorius Service (photo), 1963/12/20: 1

Martin, Percy, Jr., Victorian's husband in Viet Nam, 1966/12/30: 7
Mason, Joley G., Jr., promoted to airman second class, 1963/11/22: 7
Mason, Michael, Corpus Christi, completes basic training, selected for training as air policeman at Biggs AFB (photo), 1965/08/20: 7
McCarthy, Theldon E., Corpus Christi, awarded Commendation medal at Seymour Johnson AFB, 1967/06/30: 7
McClinton, SSgt. J. T., Seguin airman returns to US from Korea, 1964/08/28: 2
McDaniel, TSgt. Carroll E., husband of SA girl arrives in Germany for AF tour, 1965/04/09: 7
McFarland, Larry, airman selected for training at Amarillo AFB as chaplain assistant (photo), 1966/03/11: 2
McGarity, Clifton, completes basic training at Lackland AFB (photo), 1965/07/23: 7
McKinney, Lawrence H.

See McKinney, Lawrence H.
San Antonio airman vies in AF cage tourney, 1961/03/03: 5

McKinney, Ollie D., Jr.

assigned to Amarillo AFB for technical training (photo), 1964/08/07: 6
completes training course for jet aircraft mechanics, 1964/11/13: 7

McNeal, MSgt. Eugene B., receives Commendation Medal (photo), 1963/07/12: 7
McNeal, SSgt. Millard, Jr., completes medical service technician course, 1962/12/28: 7
Mears, Bazzell A., Jr., SA wife's husband on duty in Thailand, 1967/09/22: 6
Mellieon, Leo P., promoted to Staff Sergeant at Eielson AFB, 1967/06/02: 7
Menefee, Jesse C., Jr., graduates from Non-commissioned Officer Leadership School at Shepard AFB, 1965/08/20: 7
Merriweather, Airman Leo D., selected for technical training at Lackland AFB as an air policeman (photo), 1966/08/26: 7
Meyers, MSgt. Elmo W., husband of San Antonian promoted to master sergeant, 1965/01/01: 7
Miller, A. J., promoted to staff sergeant at Lackland AFB, 1967/08/04: 7
Miller, A1C A. J., arrives at Sembach AFB in Germany, 1963/04/12: 7
Miller, Airman Clemon, Jr., to train as air policeman at March AFB, California (photo), 1966/08/12: 7
Miller, SSgt Clifford J., Jr.

ex-Lion gridder graduates from AF training course, 1964/12/04: 5
former Phillis Wheatley footballer promoted to staff sergeant (photo), 1963/06/28: 5

Miller, J. C., selected for training at Lackland AFB as air policeman (photo), 1966/04/01: 7
Mitchell, Airman Lloyd D., completes basic training (photo), 1964/12/18: 7
Mitchell, Airman Madison, Jr., reassigned to Keesler AFB for technical training (photo), 1964/01/10: 7
Moore, A3C James T., San Antonio, reassigned to South Carolina for technical training, 1964/01/31: 7
Moore, A3C Robert, San Antonio airman in Alabama to get assignment at Kelly AFB, 1963/12/27: 7
Moore, Samuel E., Jr., selected for aircraft maintenance training at Amarillo AFB, 1966/05/13: 7
Morgan, Dan, graduates from Pacific Air Force Non-Commissioned Officers School in Japan, 1963/04/19: 7
Morris, A1C Roosevelt, is "Airman of Month," 1964/08/07: 7
Morris, Walter C., Gonzales, returns from duty in Viet Nam, 1965/09/24: 2
Morrison, A1C James A.

assigned to security service duty after Korea tour, 1962/03/23: 7
receives USAF Commendation medal, 1964/10/02: 7

Murphy, AB Elwood M., Jr., completes basic training, assigned to attend training for air passenger specialist at McGuire AFB, 1962/12/28: 7
Myles, Eckford L.

reassigned for supply specialist training at Amarillo AFB (photo), 1963/02/08: 7
San Antonian arrives in Japan, 1965/02/12: 7

Nash, SSgt. Alfonzo P., Corpus airman graduates from technical course, 1965/05/21: 2
Neal, SSgt Malcolm, former AAA great, assigned to French Morocco, 1957/03/01: 5
Nelams, John S., SA woman's airman mate promoted to staff sergeant, 1967/02/24: 6
Nicholson, Chief MSgt. Timothy

SA airman, in France, named noncom of year, 1963/07/12: 7
San Antonian lunches with President Kennedy in Germany (photo), 1963/08/09: 1

Nious, A2C John M., awarded Air Force Commendation medal for meritorious service (photo), 1967/04/21: 1
Oglesby, A1C Willie B., returns from tour of duty in Japan, 1963/12/27: 7
Oliver, John T., Corpus Christi, arrives for duty in Germany, 1963/04/26: 7
Owens, AB James, reassigned to Spokane International Airport for training and duty as a cook (photo), 1963/01/18: 2
Palmer, Elmer, husband of Seguin woman, promoted to Airman Second Class at Ellsworth AFB, 1963/02/22: 2
Parson, Thomas H., Victorian airman completes technical course, reassigned, 1964/04/03: 7
Paschal, A1C Vernon G., completes technical instructors course at Sheppard AFB, 1962/12/28: 7
Peachy, MSgt. Leo, on tour of duty at Lackland AFB (photo), 1957/02/01: 6
Peacock, Airman Elbert W., awarded certificate of recognition for service in San Antonio (photo), 1965/04/16: 7
Pearson, SSgt. Willis, decorated with US Air Force Commendation Medal (photo), 1967/02/17: 3
Perkins, AB Maurice F., assigned to McConnell AFB for training as a cook (photo), 1962/12/07: 7
Perry, Almond F., Jr.

Cleveland, is "Outstanding Airman of the Quarter" (photo), 1964/06/12: 7
receives Bronze Star medal for service in Southeast Asia (photo), 1966/12/09: 1

Phillips, AB Howard L., assigned to Chanute AFB for training course in aircraft accessory systems (photo), 1962/08/03: 7
Pierce, Airman Robert A., SA, completes first phase of basic training (photo), 1964/05/08: 7
Pinchback, Eddie W.

assigned to Carswell AFB, Texas (photo), 1966/07/08: 7
promoted to Airman Second Class (photo), 1967/06/23: 6

Pitts, A1C Marion, Jr., named "Air Policeman of Year" (photo), 1965/04/23: 7
Porter, Joseph W., arrives in England for tour of duty, 1963/06/07: 7
Powell, Joe, Jr., SA girl's husband promoted to master sergeant, 1965/12/31: 7
Price, Sgt. Charles R., husband of June E. Price, serves with AF in Bavaria, 1951/12/28: 7
Pullam, Airman Joe C., Corpus Christi, completes technical training (photo), 1961/11/10: 7
Quinton, L. D., ex-Lion speedster selected for technical training at Sheppard AFB, 1966/05/20: 5
Randle, Melvin L., selected for technical training at Chanute AFB (photo), 1967/03/31: 7
Randolph, TSgt. Willie, retires after 20 years' service, 1964/05/15: 6
Ratliff, MSgt. Willie L., decorated with USAF Commendation Medal (photo), 1967/02/17: 7
Ray, A3C Charles E., assigned to Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls (photo), 1962/03/16: 7
Ray, A3C William H., San Antonian graduates from technical course, 1965/06/04: 7
Reden, Marvin H., volunteers for service in Air Force (photo), 1948/08/06: 7
Reese, James, serving at Phan Rang AFB, Viet Nam (photo), 1966/09/23: 11
Remming, SSgt. Walter H, recalled to active duty (photo), 1951/04/20: 7
Rhodes, AB Donald R., reassigned for communications center specialist training at Sheppard AFB (photo), 1962/10/26: 7
Richard, Sgt. Lloyd D. ("Boober"), body of GI killed in air crash returned to SA (photo), 1951/03/16: 1
Richardson, A3C Richard A.

assigned to Amarillo AFB for technical training (photo), 1964/08/07: 6
graduates from technical training course, 1964/10/23: 7

Riggins, A1C Carlston R., reassigned to Randolph AFB following graduation from jet engine technicians course, 1962/09/21: 7
Roach, Richard H., completes basic training at Lackland AFB (photo), 1965/08/13: 2
Roberts, A3C Willie E., assigned to AFB in Libya, 1962/11/23: 7
Robinson, Robbie L., assigned to Sioux City, IA, after completing basic training (photo), 1966/12/16: 2
Robinson SSgt. George L., Corpus Christi, reports for duty in Turkey, 1962/08/03: 7
Rogers, Airman Barbara J., Boston, MA, stationed at Brooke AFB,is a four-time blood donor (photo), 1952/08/22: 1
Rogers, John A., airman selected for technical training at Keesler AFB (photo), 1966/09/23: 9
Rogers, John A., Wheatley graduate awarded Air Force decoration for helping his unit win Outstanding Unit award, 1967/09/15: 6
Rogers, SSgt. Otis J., named "PRIDE Man" at Castle AFB, California, 1967/05/19: 7
Ross, A3C Robert L., reassigned to Walker AFB for fire protection specialist training (photo), 1963/01/25: 7
Roy, A3C Marvin L., reassigned for warehouse specialist training at Mather AFB (photo), 1962/11/23: 7
Rucker, Airman John W., Victorian completes basic at Lackland AFB, 1961/10/13: 7
Ruffin, Airman Hurbert G., selected for training at Sheppard AFB (photo), 1966/01/21: 7
Runnels, SSgt. Marion I., San Antonio airman complete instructors course, 1964/04/03: 7
Russell, A2C Raymond, Jr., commended for team effort (photo), 1957/12/27: 6
Sanders, Airman Leroy, Jr.

receives promotion to airman second class, 1966/03/11: 7
San Antonian assigned to Tactical Air Command (photo), 1964/12/04: 7

Sawyer, Sgt. John J., husband of San Antonian wins Commendation Medal, 1966/05/13: 7
Schuler, TSgt. Clemmie, arrives for duty in Greenland (photo), 1965/03/12: 2
Scott, Arnold H., Jr., Corpus Christi airman selected for technical training (photo), 1967/04/07: 2
Shaver, Gamage E., SA airman is selected for special training, 1967/01/06: 7
Shaw, TSgt. Allen E., his 31st Fighter Interceptor Squadron wins coveted Hughes Achievement Award, 1958/10/03: 7
Shelton, Leroy, selected for technical training as Air Policeman at Lackland AFB (photo), 1967/05/05: 6
Shelton, Airman Lonnie C., promoted in October (photo), 1952/12/05: 7
Sheppard, Tony R., completes basic training, assigned to Bolling AFB for training as air policeman (photo), 1965/08/13: 7
Shuler, AB Allen J., selected for training as air policeman at Lackland AFB, 1963/05/10: 7
Smith, Barzell, Jr., completes basic training, assigned to Suffolk County AFB for training as air policeman (photo), 1965/08/27: 2
Smith, James W., selected for aircraft maintenance specialist training at Chanute AFB, 1967/06/23: 5
Smith, AB Wilbert J., Jr., reassigned to permanent base as warehousing specialist at Amarillo AFB, 1963/02/15: 7
Solomon, Ronald A., selected for technical training at Sheppard AFB (photo), 1967/04/07: 7
Speed, Pfc. George W., stationed in Okinawa (photo), 1949/03/25: 6
Stanfield, Franklin R., SA airman reassigned to Amarillo AFB for technical training, 1964/03/27: 7
Stephenson, Airman Henry L., Victoria, completes first phase of basic training (photo), 1964/05/08: 7
Stevens, Alfred L., Jr., assigned for training as supply specialist at Lowry AFB, 1967/09/08: 6
Stevens, Herbert L., SA airman selected for training as aircraft maintenance specialist (photo), 1966/04/29: 5
Steward, Charles D., SA girl's husband gets promotion to staff sergeant, 1965/06/25: 7
Stewart, A2C Algie, serviceman pulls suicide-bent woman from San Antonio River, 1966/01/21: 1
Stewart, Margie, recreational director for USAF, leaves for Guam for tour of duty (photo), 1954/05/21 Supp: 2
Storey, Herman E., assigned for training as administrative specialist with the Air Defense Command (photo), 1965/10/01: 7
Strait, Eddie L., Victorian to train at Lackland AFB as air policeman, 1967/04/14: 6
Strickland, Harry A., receives 10-year service pin, 1965/01/29: 1
Sullivan, Richard D., Laughlin AFB's "Man of the Month," 1961/02/10: 7
Summers, SSgt. Robert L., reassigned to Brooks AFB following graduation from medical service technicians training course, 1963/01/18: 7
Tasby, Airman Melvin G., assigned to Pope AFB, North Carolina, after completing basic training (photo), 1966/08/19: 7
Tate, SSgt. Raymond E., Waco airman arrives for duty in England, 1965/06/18: 7
Taylor, A3C Frederick G., transferred to Altus AFB and assigned to 11th Bomber Wing (photo), 1962/04/06: 7
Taylor, James L., Jr., completes basic training, selected for technical training at Amarillo AFB (photo), 1967/05/26: 6
Taylor, MSgt. Nehemiah, Jr., Air Force recruiter honored for 20 years of service, 1958/02/07: 7
Taylor, A3C Robert T., musician has "methods" job at Lackland, 1955/11/25: 7
Terrell, A3C Fred R.

graduates from technical training course, 1964/10/09: 2
Victoria, complete basic training (photo), 1964/07/10: 2

Terrell, Sgt. Lafayette, feted before leaving for 12-month assignment to Greenland (Jo's Jottings), 1963/02/01 Supp: 4
Terry, SSgt. Carl C., decorated with Commendation Medal, 1966/10/21: 9
Thomas, Airman Moses, Jr.

assigned to Lowry AFB for training (photo), 1966/01/21: 7
graduates from munitions specialist training course, 1966/04/29: 7

Thomas, A3C Sammy L., assigned to England AFB, Louisiana, for air policeman training (photo), 1961/11/24: 7
Thompson, Carlos E.

airman reassigned to unit in Turkey, 1963/07/26: 7
promoted to airman second class (photo), 1965/03/05: 7

Thompson, SSgt. Charles W., gets master instructor rating at Lackland AFB, 1967/02/17: 1
Thompson, Houston, III, jet aircraft mechanic course completed by SA airman, 1966/03/25: 7
Thompson, A2C John H.

with desert strike forces in Southwest US, 1964/05/29: 7
SA airman, based in California, wins promotion, 1964/03/13: 7

Thompson, TSgt. Nathan L., selected "Non-Commissioned Officer of the Month" at Williams AFB (photo), 1962/02/02: 7
Thompson, TSgt. Pearl, Jr., retires after 22 years, 1965/06/18: 7
Tippen, SSgt. L. J., now serves in Japan (photo), 1952/04/04: 4
Toler, SSgt. Carliss, husband of San Antonian on duty in Viet Nam, 1965/01/29: 7
Turner, TSgt. Robert L.

See Turner, TSgt. Robert L.

Usher, AB Otto C., reassigned for technical training as an air policeman at Lackland AFB (photo), 1963/02/01: 7
Ussery, Marvin M.

See Ussery, Marvin M.

Vargas, A3C Roger, completes technical course at Amarillo, 1964/05/08: 7
Waiters, Rufus Lee, from cap and gown to Air Force khaki (photo), 1948/08/20: 6
Walker, Calvin L., Corpus Christi airman selected for training at Keesler AFB (photo), 1966/03/25: 7
Walker, Roy, graduates from Defense Information School as broadcast specialist (photo), 1967/07/28: 2
Wallace, Clarence E., gets technical training (photo), 1963/07/26: 7
Wallace, Robert H., San Antonian named "Airman of Month" on Okinawa, 1954/12/03: 7
Walton, SSgt. Weldon D., SA airman arrives in England, 1967/03/31: 9
Warfield, A3C Marion L., Waelder, reassigned to George AFB for administrative specialist training (photo), 1962/11/30: 2
Warner, A1C John H., Jim Crowed, houseless airman given transfer from Missouri to Ohio, 1964/11/13: 3
Warren, A2C Milven D., Jr., San Antonio airman assigned to worldwide news center, 1964/07/17: 7
Washington, SSgt. Henry E., Corpus Christian finishes non-com prep school, 1964/12/04: 2
Washington, SSgt. Horace R., arrives overseas for tour of duty in Germany, 1964/01/31: 7
Washington, 1st Sgt. James P., completes personnel management course at Kelly, 1948/03/19: 7
Washington, A1C Otis D., SA airman finishes non-com prep school, 1964/02/28: 7
Watson, Clarence, SA airman assigned to MaGuire AFB, New Jersey (photo), 1966/06/24: 7
Watson, Wilson, San Antonio airman gets California assignment, 1963/11/08: 7
Wauls, Robert A., Jr.

set for tour of duty in Spain, 1967/07/28: 7
to get technical training at Sheppard AFB, 1967/04/07: 6

Webb, Lewis, and family, return from Japan (photo), 1955/04/08 Supp: 1
West, Charles M., Corpus Christi, assigned to Little Rock AFB for training as administrative specialist with the Strategic Air Command (photo), 1965/10/22: 2
White, Carl V., Jr., completes basic training, assigned to Chanute AFB for training (photo), 1967/09/01: 9
White, SSgt. James W., husband of San Antonian serving in Pacific, 1965/01/01: 7
White, SSgt. Thomas St. Clair, Brooks airman wins class honors at NCO academy, 1964/01/03: 1
Whittaker, Delmar, CC youth enlists in US Air Force at Ft. Sam Houston, 1948/01/16: 4
Wilkinson, SSgt. Earnest, retires from Air Force after 20 years of service, 1963/02/15: 7
Williams, Douglas, Jr., AF cage star to work for Pearl, play for St. Mary's (photo), 1965/06/18: 5
Williams, Harold A., Jr., Corpus Christi, assigned for air police training at Brooks AFB (photo), 1967/06/30: 7
Williams, TSgt. Harold C., receives Bronze Star for service in Viet Nam, 1966/12/02: 1
Williams, Airman James L.

graduates from administrative specialist course, 1966/03/25: 7
selected for training at Amarillo AFB (photo), 1966/01/28: 7

Williams, A3C Johnny G., reassigned for technical training as a cook at Ft. Lee, Virginia (photo), 1963/02/01: 7
Williams, A3C L. C., reassigned for training as vehicle operator at MacDill AFB, Florida (photo), 1963/05/10: 7
Williams, MSgt. Lee Roy, and family return from duty in France, 1955/04/08 Supp: 2
Williams, Airman Lester L., assigned to Minot AFB for training (photo), 1966/01/21: 7
Williams, Robert L., selected for technical training at Sheppard AFB (photo), 1966/11/25: 6
Williams, Rufus L., airman selected for training at Chanute AFB (photo), 1966/03/25: 7
Williams, Silas, Jr., San Antonian's brother in annual tactical weapons meet in France, 1965/07/23: 7
Williams, Airman Willie L., SA airman picked for specialist training at Sheppard AFB, 1966/03/25: 7
Willis, SSgt. LaVonne, San Antonio airman arrives in England, 1966/01/14: 7
Wilson, Bennie J., former master sergeant becomes warrant officer (photo), 1955/06/24: 1
Wilson, Booker T. J., San Antonio airman arrives in England, 1964/07/10: 7
Wilson, Cpl. Everett T., completes airplane engine mechanics course at Kelly Field, 1947/08/22: 7
Wilson, Ilas

promoted to Staff Sergeant at Vandenberg AFB (photo), 1967/05/26: 6
San Antonian named unit's outstanding airman, 1966/10/28: 6

Wilson, Lowell R., Jr., is fuel specialist trainee (photo), 1965/11/26: 7
Wilson, A3C Manuel, Jr.

See Wilson, A3C Manuel, Jr.

Wilson, SSgt. Owen, Seguin, on duty in Philippines, 1964/06/12: 7
Wilson, SSgt Reese, arrives in Germany for tour of duty, 1963/05/17: 7
Woods, Leonard, Airman selected for air policeman technical training at Lackland AFB (photo), 1965/07/23: 7
Wright, A1C Arthur P.

See Wright, A1C Arthur P., 1966/07/01: 7

Wright, Clarence R., completes basic training at Lackland AFB (photo), 1965/07/23: 7
Wright, A2C Roscoe L., Jr., SA airman graduates from training course for electrician supervisor, 1961/10/20: 7
Wright, Airman Theron, assigned to Patrick AFB, Florida, after completing basic training (photo), 1966/08/12: 7
Young, Frank, selected for tedhnical training at Sheppard AFB (photo), 1965/11/12: 7
Young, Washington, San Antonian promoted to airman first class in Japan, 1963/04/12: 7
Zeumalt, Sgt. Belvin L., veteran gourmet stylist get food service post in Thailand, 1966/08/26: 6

USAF in Europe names Negro as unit commander, 1948/05/14: 1
WAFs

See Lackland Air Force Base, WAFs

US Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs, CO)

first Negro cadets enter academy, 1959/11/13: 1
students urged to apply for Air Force Academy opening in 1955, 1954/07/02: 1
Tennessee's first Negro named to academy, 1954/09/17: 8 (filmed in 09/24 issue)

US Air Force Reserve

Merrill, A1C Walton B., on reserve duty, 1961/03/31: 7

US Armed Forces

See also specific service branch, i.e., US Marine Corps
Bronze Star

Brown, Sgt. Eluster, 1945/10/26: 4
Bruce 1st Lt. Thomas Edward, 1945/07/06: 1
Davis, 2nd Lt. William C., Jr., killed in Viet Nam, awarded posthumously to his parents, 1966/03/25: 1
Hockley, Sgt. Isaiah, 1951/08/10: 1
Howell, Capt. Ernest R., ROTC instructor at Prairie View A&M College, 1963/11/01: 1
Johnson, Sgt. Harry, Jr., Texan receives Bronze Star (photo), 1953/08/07: 1
Jones, Pvt. Jimmie, 1945/06/01: 1
Linton, Maj. Walter L., 1951/08/10: 1
McGee, 1st Lt. James E., Jr., 1945/10/19: 1
Nash, 1Sgt. Nathaniel, San Antonio GI gets cluster to Bronze Star medal, 1953/01/30: 1
Perkins, Andrew D., awarded Bronze Star, promoted to Major, 1965/04/09: 1
Perry, SSgt. Almond F., Jr., receives Bronze Star medal for service in Southeast Asia (photo), 1966/12/09: 1
Phillips, Dr. Burton E., SA, serving in Medical Corps in Japan, awarded Bronze Star (photo), 1954/02/26: 3
Price, Sgt. Elvin, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and other awards received posthumously for SA GI by his parents (photo), 1967/02/24: 1
Pulliam, TSgt. Charles A. (photo), 1945/03/23: 1
Smith, 1st Sgt. Clarence B. T. (photo), 1945/03/23: 5
Stain, Pvt Stanley, 1945/07/06: 1
Thomas, TSgt. Dessallines Charles, 1946/01/18: 1
Walker, Cpl. Lester, 1945/06/01: 1
Ward, Sgt. Thomas W., SA Marine receives Bronze Star for service in Viet Nam, 1967/01/27: 1
Williams, Cpl. David, Seguin non-com gets Bronze Star in Korea, 1951/04/27: 1
Williams, TSgt. Harold C., receives Bronze Star for service in Viet Nam, 1966/12/02: 1
Williams, 1Lt. Winston A., decorated with Bronze Star for service in Korea (photo), 1952/04/04: 1

Brooks Field Doings (column), 1943/01/01: 7
captured German officer praises bravery, fiery determination and ingenuity of Negro tank crew, 1944/12/15: 1
chaplain shortage reasons revealed, 1945/06/01: 2
chaplains

See individual military branches
See Military Chaplains Association

college correspondence courses

Alabama U. mail course is not for Negro GIs, 1944/11/03: 4

colored American heroes (On the Other Hand, column by Jasper T. Duncan), 1943/07/23: 4
compulsory training, Negro opinion against peace-time training, 1946/04/12 Sect. 2: 4
Congressional Medal of Honor

Charlton, Sgt. Cornelius H., New York, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor, 1952/02/22: 1
Joel, Lawrence

awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for service in Viet Nam (photo), 1966/11/25: 1
medical corpsman presented Medal of Honor for service in Viet Nam by President Johnson (photo), 1967/03/17: 1

Olive, Pvt. Milton L., III

memorial scholarship to honor Olive, 1966/05/06: 1
President Johnson lauds Negro GI, awards Medal of Honor to parents, 1966/04/29: 1
We'll Remember! (editorial cartoon), 1966/05/20: 4

Thompson, Pfc. William, New York, first Negro to receive the medal since Spanish-American War, 1951/06/22: 1

decorations and honors

See Korean War, decorations and honors
See World War II, decorations and honors

Distinguished Service Cross

Davis, Gen. Benjamin O. (photo), 1945/02/16: 1
Johnson, Cpl. Charles L., posthumously honored with Distinguished Service Cross (photo), 1954/10/22: 1
Kollock, Pfc. Lorenzo, DSC posthumously awarded to South Carolinian, 1952/07/04: 1
Thomas, Capt. Charles L. (photo), 1945/03/23: 1

Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight David

praises Negro GIs in address to writers, 1945/06/22: 1
praises troops in North Africa, 1943/01/01: 1

equal rights

Bradley, Gen. Omar, defiance points up weakness of Tuman's order, 1948/08/06: 1
doings of Committee on Equality of Treatment in Army is dark secret, 1949/05/06: 1
President Truman orders armed forces equality, 1948/07/30: 1

GI's apply for gov't jobs in Southern France, 1945/11/02: 1
job equality, upgrading pushed by Defense Dept., 1963/06/28: 1
Legion of Merit, first winner, Jerry F. Davis, in Army hospital, 1946/01/04: 6
many Negro GI's to go to Pacific despite peace, 1945/08/24: 1
military academies, only "handful" of Negro youths interested in cadet appointments, 1956/03/09: 3
Navy, Army tests for college training to be given here, 1943/03/19: 1
Negro GI's prefer foreign duty because of mistreatment in US, 1952/01/04: 1
Negro soldiers serve on all fronts (photos), 1944/12/08 Second Section: 4
Negro's status in new war, secret report being studied by President Truman, entire cabinet, 1947/11/14: 1
number of Negroes in service

Negro Texans number 81,242 in uniform from 1940 to 1946, 1947/03/21: 1
Negroes well represented in service, 1967/04/14: 1
Race troops scattered throughout world, number to be increased, says Secretary Stimson, 1942/06/26: 1
Texas second in number of men in armed services, 1947/03/28: 1

nurses

See US Army Nurse Corps

Our Men and Women in Uniform (1944), 1944/09/29: 7, 1944/10/13: 6, 1944/10/20: 6, 1944/10/27: 6, 1944/11/03: 6, 1944/11/10: 6, 1944/11/17: 7, 1944/12/08: 6, 1944/12/15: 6, 1944/12/22: 6, 1944/12/29: 6, 1949/09/16: 4
Our Men and Women in Uniform (1945), 1945/01/05: 7, 1945/01/12: 6, 1945/01/19: 7, 1945/01/26: 7, 1945/02/09: 7, 1945/02/16: 7, 1945/03/02: 7, 1945/03/09: 7, 1945/03/16: 7, 1945/03/23: 7, 1945/03/30: 7, 1945/04/13: 7, 1945/04/27: 7, 1945/05/11: 7, 1945/05/18: 7, 1945/06/01: 7, 1945/06/15: 7, 1945/06/29: 7, 1945/07/13: 7, 1945/07/20: 7, 1945/07/27: 7, 1945/08/03: 7, 1945/08/10: 7, 1945/08/17: 7, 1945/08/31: 7, 1945/09/07: 7, 1945/09/14: 7, 1945/09/21: 7, 1945/10/05: 7, 1945/10/19: 7, 1945/11/02: 7, 1945/11/09: 7, 1945/11/16: 7, 1945/12/28: 7
Our Men and Women in Uniform (1946), 1946/01/04: 7, 1946/01/11: 7, 1946/01/18: 7, 1946/01/25: 7, 1946/02/01: 7, 1946/02/08: 7, 1946/02/22: 4, 1946/03/08: 7, 1946/03/29: 4
Our Men and Women in Uniform (1949), 1949/03/25: 7, 1949/04/01: 7, 1949/04/08: 7, 1949/04/22: 5, 1949/04/29: 7, 1949/05/20: 4, 1949/05/27: 7, 1949/06/03: 6, 1949/06/10: 7, 1949/06/24: 7, 1949/07/01: 7, 1949/07/29: 7, 1949/08/05: 7, 1949/08/19: 6, 1949/09/02: 7, 1949/09/30: 7, 1949/10/14: 7, 1949/10/28: 7, 1949/12/02: 7, 1949/12/09: 7, 1949/12/30: 7
Our Men and Women in Uniform (1950), 1950/01/13: 6, 1950/01/27: 7, 1950/02/03: 7, 1950/02/10: 7, 1950/02/24: 7, 1950/04/14: 7, 1950/04/21: 7, 1950/05/05: 7, 1950/05/12: 7, 1950/05/26: 4, 1950/06/09: 7, 1950/06/16: 7, 1950/06/30: 7, 1950/07/07: 7, 1950/07/21: 7, 1950/07/28: 7, 1950/08/11: 7, 1950/08/18: 7, 1950/08/25: 7, 1950/09/29: 7, 1950/10/06: 7, 1950/11/17: 7, 1950/12/15: 4, 1950/12/22: 7
Our Men and Women in Uniform (1951), 1951/01/19: 7, 1951/02/02: 7, 1951/02/09: 7, 1951/02/23: 7, 1951/03/09: 7, 1951/03/16: 7, 1951/04/06: 7, 1951/04/20: 7, 1951/04/27: 7, 1951/05/04: 4, 1951/05/18: 7, 1951/06/08: 7, 1951/06/29: 6, 1951/07/06: 7, 1951/08/03: 7, 1951/08/17: 7, 1951/09/07: 7, 1951/09/14: 7, 1951/09/28: 7, 1951/10/05: 7, 1951/10/12: 7, 1951/10/19: 4, 1951/11/30: 7
Our Men and Women in Uniform (1952), 1952/01/18: 7, 1952/02/08: 3, 1952/02/22: 6, 1952/03/28: 7, 1952/04/04: 6, 1952/04/18: 7, 1952/05/02: 7, 1952/05/16: 7, 1952/06/06: 7, 1952/06/13: 7, 1952/07/18: 7, 1952/08/01: 7, 1952/08/08: 7, 1952/08/15: 7, 1952/09/12: 7, 1952/09/19: 7, 1952/10/10: 7, 1952/10/17: 7, 1952/10/24: 7, 1952/10/31: 4, 1952/11/28: 7, 1952/12/05: 7, 1952/12/19: 7, 1953/01/02: 6
Our Men and Women in Uniform (1953), 1953/01/16: 7, 1953/02/13: 7, 1953/03/27: 7, 1953/04/03: 7, 1953/04/24: 7, 1953/05/01: 3, 1953/05/29: 7, 1953/06/12: 7, 1953/10/30: 6, 1953/11/06: 7, 1953/11/13: 7, 1953/11/20: 4, 1953/11/27: 7, 1953/12/18: 7
Our Men and Women in Uniform (1954), 1954/02/26: 7
Our Men and Women in Uniform (1955), 1955/11/04: 6
Our Men and Women in Uniform (1956), 1956/02/03: 7, 1956/03/09: 7, 1956/03/23: 7, 1956/12/14: 7
Our Men in Service (1948), 1948/12/31: 7
Our Men in Service (1949), 1949/01/14: 7, 1949/02/04: 7, 1949/02/11: 7, 1949/02/18: 7, 1949/02/25: 7, 1949/03/18: 2
Our Men in Service (1953), 1953/07/03: 7, 1953/07/10: 7, 1953/09/04: 7
Our Men in Service (1954), 1954/04/09: 7, 1954/04/16: 7, 1954/04/23: 4, 1954/06/04: 7, 1954/07/16: 7, 1954/07/30: 7, 1954/08/13: 7, 1954/08/20: 7, 1954/08/27: 7, 1954/09/03: 7, 1954/09/17: 7, 1954/09/24: 7, 1954/10/01: 7, 1954/11/12: 3, 1954/11/19: 7, 1954/12/10: 7, 1954/12/24: 3, 1954/12/31: 7
Our Men in Service (1955), 1955/01/21: 7, 1955/01/28: 7, 1955/02/11: 7, 1955/02/25: 7, 1955/04/15: 7, 1955/04/22: 7, 1955/09/09: 7
Our Men in Service (1956), 1955/11/25: 7, 1955/12/02: 7, 1955/12/09: 7, 1956/01/13: 7, 1956/02/17: 4, 1956/02/24: 7, 1956/03/02: 7, 1956/07/27: 7
Our Men in Service (1957), 1957/10/18: 7
Our Men in Service (1958), 1958/02/07: 7, 1958/06/06: 7
Over 1,000 medics, nurses hope for early discharges, 1945/09/28: 1
point system, to aid discharge of service troops, sought, 1945/06/08: 1
protection against assault and violence, legislation passes House after 13 years, 1956/01/27: 1
Purple Heart Award

awarded to 188 Negro soldiers of 855th Engineer Aviation Battallion, 1944/12/22: 1
Baggett, SSgt. Perry D., wounded in Viet Nam, gets Purple Heart here, 1963/09/27: 1
Black, SSgt. Sammy H., Texan receives Purple Heart, 1944/05/12: 1
Bruce 1st Lt. Thomas Edward, awarded Purple Heart and Bronze Star, 1945/07/06: 1
Cubit, Pfc. Olin D., awarded Purple Heart in Italy (photo), 1945/05/04: 1
Davis, 2nd Lt. William C., Jr., killed in Viet Nam, awarded posthumously to his parents, 1966/03/25: 1
Friday, Sgt. Elliott Marcellus, first SA World War II soldier is awarded Purple Heart, 1944/10/27: 1
Halbert, Cpl. John E., San Augustine, Texas, receives Purple Heart (photo), 1953/08/28: 1
Jones, Mrs. Robert W., accepts Purple Heart medal for her husband (photo), 1945/03/02: 1
Lewis, Eugene, WWI vet awarded Purple Heart, 1938/01/28: 1
Malone, 1st Lt. Thomas N., first of 99th to get Purple Heart (photo), 1944/03/10: 1
Nious, 1st Sgt. George, receives Purple Heart (photo), 1945/03/16: 1
Price, Sgt. Elvin, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and other awards received posthumously for SA GI by his parents (photo), 1967/02/24: 1
Richie, MSgt. Preston E., ex-POW presented with Purple Heart (photo), 1954/02/26: 1
Texan receives Purple Heart (photo), 1953/08/28: 1

Race soldiers overseas given no chance for action, lack interest in war, scribe says, 1944/03/31: 1
SA soldiers overseas say local girls forget promises, as news of marriages reach Australia, 1943/04/23: 5
San Antonians in Service (column), 1943/07/02: 3, 1943/07/09: 3, 1943/07/16: 7, 1943/07/23: 7, 1943/07/30: 7, 1943/08/13: 4, 1943/09/17: 7, 1944/01/07: 7, 1944/01/14: 7, 1944/01/28: 7, 1944/02/25: 7, 1944/03/24: 4, 1944/04/07: 7, 1944/04/14: 7, 1944/04/21: 7, 1944/05/05: 7, 1944/05/26: 6, 1944/06/09: 5, 1944/06/23: 7, 1944/06/30: 4, 1944/07/07: 7, 1944/07/14: 7, 1944/07/21: 7, 1944/08/04: 6, 1944/08/11: 7, 1944/09/01: 7, 1944/09/08: 7
scores of GIs, 'home for holidays' marooned in ships in LA harbor, 1945/12/28: 1
segregation/integration

See also specific service branch, i.e., US Army
allied troops use US weapons Stimson claims Race soldiers cannot master, 1944/03/10: 1
Appeal Is Made to the President [to end discrimination] (editorial), 1939/09/22: 4
armed forces spread race hate in Hawaii, 1949/02/18: 5
Army Jim Crow causes former captain to give up citizenship, 1948/09/10: 1
Army reports 90 per cent of Negro troops integrated, 1953/09/11: 1
Bell, William H., coach, asks FDR [President Roosevelt] to ban Jim Crow in Armed Forces, 1940/07/05: 2
charge of draft Jim Crow due to ignorance, officials say, 1941/01/17: 1
Davis, Morris C., Jr., Mississippi, refuses military induction until local draft boards are desegregated, 1967/06/30: 1
Eastland, Senator James

Army daily scores Eastland for insult to Negro soldiers, 1945/08/03: 1
How Long? How Long? [to end lies of Senator James Eastland] (editorial), 1945/07/13: 4
War Dep't, top generals prove Sen. Eastland liar, 1945/07/13: 1

England

Gen. Davis to get details of trouble in England, 1942/10/16: 1
How about Fighting the "Official" Enemy (editorial), 1942/10/16: 4
soldiers abused in England?, 1942/10/09: 8 (filmed in 10/16 issue)
soldiers in England tell Mrs. FDR [Roosevelt] they are "ironing out" difficulties, 1942/11/13: 1

FDR [President Roosevelt] asked to remove military Jim Crow before new war for "Democracy," 1939/09/22: 1
Ft. Benning Jim Crow vicious, increasing, as Gillem report ignored, 1947/06/06: 5
Hawaiian Island installations try to meet no-Jim Crow order, 1949/05/06: 4
Howard student keeps pact, tries suicide over Army Jim Crow, 1944/04/21: 1
Ike's [President Eisenhower] chief aide revealed as foe of discrimination, 1944/09/29: 5
integration in armed forces ahead of schedule, 1955/04/29: 2
Jim Crow creeping back into armed forces, solon charges, 1955/10/21: 4
Korean War ends: brings democracy to GIs, 1953/07/31: 1
large scale bias still exists in armed services, 1965/01/15: 1
Mississippi-born Army camp commander tells mixed trainees race hate not to be tolerated, 1944/01/21: 1
mixed training helps soldiers to forget bias, 1944/01/14: 5
NAACP activities

asks country to demand congressional hearing on bills to lessen Jim Crow in Army, Navy, 1938/04/29: 8 (filmed in 05/06 issue)
brutal MPs in North Carolina to cause outbreaks, NAACP warns, 1941/08/15: 1
defense of Korean GIs

argues appeals of court martial convictions of GIs in Korea, 1950/12/22: 1
chief legal counsel, Thurgood Marshall, to see MacArthur, 1951/01/05: 1
defense of GIs in Korea is No. 1 task of NAACP, 1950/12/08: 4
four GIs, convicted in Korea courts-martial, exonerated, 1951/02/16: 1
Jim Crow blamed for court-martial injustice, 1951/03/09: 1
MacArthur won't allow NAACP attorney in Japan to defend courts-martialed soldiers, 1950/12/29: 1
NAACP attorney to fly to Tokyo to defend GIs, after constant stream of appeals for assistance, 1950/12/08: 1
ready to defend GIs court-martialed in Korea, 1950/11/17: 1
reduced sentences won for 21 GIs convicted in Korea, 1951/02/23: 1
Thurgood Marshall in Japan to defend courts-martialed soldiers, 1951/01/19: 1
unjust treatment of GIs in Korea verified, 1951/03/02: 1

NAACP's Wilkins again asks Army to stop Jim Crow in Japan, 1950/08/18: 1
no Negroes being trained in Army Air Corps says NAACP, 1940/11/01: 1
offers to fight Army, Navy discrimination with court action against War, Navy secretaries, 1940/10/04: 1
probes death penalty to five in Australia, 1944/04/07: 1
protests as all newsreel companies cut out scenes of Race troops abroad with President Roosevelt, 1944/01/14: 5
protests bring Army 'race tag' ban, 1957/03/01: 1
protests War Dept. plan to segregate Army draftees, 1941/01/03: 1
pushes drive on Jim Crow in defense, 1941/01/17: 1
reveals brutality to 10 soldiers in Mississippi, 1944/04/28: 1
President Roosevelt didn't mean to infer Army Jim Crow [War Department policy] okayed, 1940/11/08: 1
says Army probe into killing of Negro soldiers in North Carolina is insufficient, 1941/08/29: 1
separate Negro Army division opposed, 1938/06/03: 1
takes up draftee's case after Chicago Board denies Jim Crow appeal, 1941/01/17: 1
War Dep't. policy anent Race in defense program announced; Ass'n told Race reserve officers will be called, 1940/10/11: 1

national pattern not Jim Crow, NY Times military expert told, 1948/08/27: 1
Navy, Air Force integration complete; Army 95 per cent, 1953/10/23: 1
Negro soldiers confined to zones in Melbourne, 1942/10/16: 1
no agreement with newsreels that omit Race soldiers, says War Dept., 1944/02/04: 1
no all-Negro units now exist in military service, 1954/11/12: 1
off-base housing bias crushes Negro servicemen, rights study reports, 1963/11/01: 1
photo exhibit attests to armed forces integration, 1950/05/05: 1
"prejudice not tolerated here," at Pennsylvania camp, 1944/04/07: 1
Progress Is Made: New Policy for Race to Enter All Branches of Service (editorial), 1942/04/10: 4
protests mount at smear of Negro GIs, Jewish refugees by race-baiting Senate investigator, 1946/12/13: 1
Randolph calls for 10,000 to march in protest of defense Jim Crow, 1941/01/24: 4
report says Jim Crow in US armed forces rapidly decreasing, 1952/10/31: 1
RR heads deny soldiers forced to go without food, 1942/07/31: 8 (filmed in 08/07 issue)
Secretary Knox announces Race may enter all branches of service, 1942/04/10: 1
South mistreats Northern draftees of both races, 1941/06/20: 1
Stimson, Henry L., Secretary of War

more fire on Stimson's head with revelation 184th had highest IQ, 1944/03/17: 1
Stimson admits foreign colored troops using weapons he says US Negroes too dumb to handle, 1944/03/24: 1
Stimson now denies 'low educational standards' stop Negro combat units, 1944/03/10: 1
Stimson says lack of education reason for breaking up combat units, 1944/03/03: 1

troop segregation in Tampa hotels halted; Jim Crow practices bring vigorous NAACP protests, 1962/11/09: 3
US Armed Forces given 10 days to report compliance to non-Jim Crow order, 1949/04/22: 1
V-J Day again focuses spotlight on unfair GI discharge system, 1945/08/24: 1
War Dep't limits Negro officers to First Lieutenants, 1943/02/26: 1
What Is to Be Done About It? [racial discrimination against Negro soldiers in South] (editorial), 1942/08/21: 4
White, Walter

finds less Race hate in battle areas, 1944/05/12: 5
makes 14 recommendations to War Dept. after 20,000-mile foreign tour, 1944/05/26: 1

"White Australia" policy not directed at American Negro soldiers, Aussies declare, 1944/02/04: 1
white GI's protest Jim Crow treatment of Negro soldiers, 1945/09/21: 7
white soldiers spreading hate in Philippines, 1945/10/12: 5
writer wonders what provisions being made for Negro draftees (by A.E. White), 1940/09/20: 4

Silver Star

Bolden, MSgt. Andrew J., holder of Purple Heart and Bronze Star, may receive Silver Star, 1951/02/02: 1
Crecy, Sgt. Warren G. Harding, Corpus Christi GI is awarded the Silver Star (photo), 1945/01/05: 1
Davis, Sgt. Taylor, Jr., holder of Purple Heart and Bronze Star, may receive Silver Star, 1951/02/02: 1
Foreman, Pfc. Robert L. S., killed serviceman's mother accepts award, 1945/06/22: 1
Jackson, Willie James, Navy cook gets Silver Star for deeds at Salerno, 1945/03/16: 1
Jones, James, heroic Texas chaplain, Anzio hero, gets Silver Star, 1944/06/30: 1
Marsh, Pvt. Woodall I., decorated after removing 12 wounded paratroopers after officers said it was impossible, 1944/01/14: 1
Rivers, SSgt. Reuben, awarded Silver Star posthumously (photo), 1945/06/15: 1
Singletary, Sgt. Fc Thomas A., is second SA Negro awarded Silver Star in Korea, 1951/07/06: 1
Stanley, Pvt. Courtney L., hero called from Korean front to get Silver Star medal, 1953/03/27: 1
Williams, MSgt. Curtis D., holder of Purple Heart and Bronze Star, may receive Silver Star, 1951/02/02: 1

soldiers can lessen emergency furlough delay, 1943/09/17: 5
survey shows 871,010 Negroes in armed forces at end of October, 1944/12/15: 1
use of mixed troops in Pacific up to MacArthur declares Secy. Patterson, 1945/06/01: 1
War Dept. denies boat transporting Race troops sunk, 1942/09/04: 1
War Dept. says Race in all arms, services, 1942/12/18: 1

US Army

See also Army National Guard
See also Korean War
See also US Armed Forces
See also US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs)
See also World War I
See also World War II
16 SA reservists become first Negroes in local unit, 312th Logistical Command (photo), 1953/12/18: 1
Army adopts policy on post-war use of Negro manpower, 1946/05/10: 1
Army denies troops at Central High under "do nothing" orders, 1958/04/04: 3
Army rejects more than half of Southerners, 1952/06/27: 1
Army silent on white officer's attack attempt, 1945/08/31: 1
Army teaches GIs how to spot fascists in US, 1945/05/04: 2
"Army Week" to show Negro's part in national defense, 1947/04/04: 5
awards and honors

See World War II, decorations and honors
Bronze Star

See US Armed Forces

Purple Heart

See US Armed Forces

Silver Star Award

See US Armed Forces

boy soldier, 14, may remain in Army if general gives consent, 1944/04/07: 1
Cameron High School's entire graduating class joins Army (photo), 1946/07/05: 4
chaplains

chaplains are taking their places among decorated heroes (photo), 1944/06/30: 1
Fraternal Council of Negro Churches says at least 200 chaplains needed for Army at once, 1943/07/16: 1
full-strength Army to need 45 Negro chaplains, 1941/02/21: 1
heroic Texas chaplain, James L. Jones, Anzio hero, gets Silver Star, 1944/06/30: 1

Chicago wife is first GI dependent to arrive overseas, 1946/06/21: 5
Communist Red Cross accepts GIs who turn backs on US, 1954/02/05: 1
Davis, General Benjamin O.

See Davis, Gen. Benjamin O.

deadline to re-enlist, retain rank, is Jan. 31, 1945/12/28: 1
decorations and honors

See US Armed Forces

dentists

Horne, 1Lt. Clarence, in Army Dental Corps (photo), 1952/08/15: 7
qualified, and not over 38, eligible for dental corps, 1942/06/12: 6

dependency allotments being stopped in Mississippi, 1944/08/04: 1
deserter, Sgt. John Benjamin Witt, bias caused him to desert to Reds, says wife, 1961/03/10: 6
discharge system, V-J Day again focuses spotlight on unfair system, 1945/08/24: 1
doctors

Army agrees to use one Negro doctor in each 13, 1941/01/31: 1
Army to call 100 doctors, nurses in next 60 days, 1941/02/07: 1
Capt. Clotilde D. Bowen, woman doctor attends course at BAMC, 1955/11/11: 1
over 300 Race doctors volunteer for Army service, 1941/05/30: 6

draft

See Military Draft/Enlistment
See US Selective Service

eight soldiers killed in crash west of Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., 1941/08/15: 1
Exit Tenth Cavalry [transferring members to various Army posts] (editorial), 1931/08/28: 4
fairness in post-war Army, says Stimson, 1944/12/08: 4
famed US Army chorus in SA concert, 1966/02/04: 7
fifteen [Negro] soldiers, two [white] officers are killed in blast, 1943/07/23: 1
Finance Office seeks SA couple, 1947/06/27: 7
first Negro field artillery brigade being formed, 1941/03/07: 1
first Negro paratroopers graduate (photo), 1944/04/14: 1
first to get commissions in armored force (photo), 1942/06/05: 1
five Race soldiers among Camp Normoyle motor graduates, 1941/01/31: 1
Fort Bragg's new CO interviewed by private: general asks suggestions from soldier-report for improvements, 1941/11/28: 1
Fort Knox parade ground named for Negro solider, war's first casualty of armored force, 1942/01/23: 1
Galveston group handles mail for 90th Infantry Division, 1961/06/16: 3
GI dad wins fight to bring baby son to US, 1946/06/21: 5
Gilbert, Lt. Leon A., Jr.

President Truman saves life of Army officer Gilbert, Pennsylvania, from death sentence; penalty reduced to 20 years hard labor, 1950/12/01: 1
wife to seek reduction of officer's sentence, 1950/12/08: 1

GI's "beef" to Gen. Eisenhower about food gets quick action, 1946/07/05: 1
Hawaiian mutiny soldiers get long terms, 1945/02/09: 1
infantry battalion in first retreat ceremony on Guadalcanal (photo), 1943/07/02: 1
life not bad for Negro soldiers in Guinea jungle, 1942/08/14: 4
Matson, Ollie, pro football player has no special privileges investigation reveals, 1954/04/30: 4
Meador report on venereal disease is blasted by prominent medic, 1947/01/17: 2
mothers of soldiers

champion mother, Mrs. Olivia Jones, has nine sons in Army (photo), 1944/02/18: 1
Harris, Mr. and Mrs. N. P., have five sons overseas (photo), 1945/01/19: 1
James, Mrs. Willie, San Antonio mother has five sons in armed services (photo), 1944/06/23: 1
Pollard, Mrs. Bernice E., another "five-star" mother (photo), 1944/12/08: 1

NAACP membership not denied to Army personnel, 1964/11/20: 1
National Guard

See Army National Guard

Navy, Army tests for college training to be given here, 1943/03/19: 1
Negro barrage balloons, only one of kind in France, 1944/09/08: 1
Negro GIs will be kept overseas by Army's point system for demobilization, 1944/12/15: 1
"Negro in Army" report reveals present status, 1949/05/13: 1
Negro in Army to be featured on air, Tuesday, 1941/08/08: 4
Negro POW's stood up under brainwashing, 1956/06/29: 1
Negro regiment battling Japanese: unit thought to be 24th infantry, 1942/01/02: 1
Negro soldiers also hear better than whites, 1941/08/15: 4
Negro soldiers win admiration of Britishers, 1942/08/28: 1
Negroes are put in command by Col. B. O. Davis, 1945/07/13: 5
Negroes' better night sight may affect Army role, 1941/06/06: 4
new Negro combat team formed under Gillem report terms, 1946/03/29: 1
nine Race units to march in San Antonio Armistice parade, 1941/11/07: 1
99th Coast Artillery called home, outfit changed into "engineers," 1944/05/12: 1
Ninth Cavalry Negro regiment celebrates 76th anniversary, 1942/08/07: 5
northern Negro soldiers' IQ tops Southern whites, 1944/09/08: 3
number '13' stays with SA soldier's outfit, says William Marcus Adams, 1945/07/27: 1
number of Negroes in Army

58,437 Negroes in US Army on November 1, 1947, 1948/01/02: 3
187,383 Negroes reported still in Army as of May 1, 1946/06/21: 1
695,264 Negroes, including 7,768 officers in Army on VJ Day, 1945/11/09: 1
Negro troops to form 10.4 percent of US ETO Army of occupation in Germany, 1945/06/29: 1
Negroes in Army increase, but War Dept. has "liquidated"infantry division, 1944/05/19: 1
Negroes serving in 12 branches of US Army, 1941/08/01: 1

nurses

See also US Army Nurse Corps
Army now has 440 race nurses; US Navy has 4, 1945/07/27: 5
Army nurse finds war fails to dent Jim Crow, 1945/08/10: 2
Army to call 100 doctors, nurses in next 60 days, 1941/02/07: 1
56 nurses assigned to Fort Bragg, 1941/03/21: 4

officers

2 Prairie View cadets get commissions in regular Army, 1948/05/07: 1
2 SA youths become officers this week, 1942/10/02: 1
374 Negroes now training for US Army commissions, 1942/05/08: 8 (filmed in 05/22 issue)
769 in officer training schools, Stimson says, 1942/07/17: 5
all Race unit CO in New Guinea is made captain, 1943/06/25: 5
Billups, Maj. Rudolph Raymond, promoted to Lt. Col. in Dental Corps Reserves (Jo's Jottings), 1953/11/27 Supp: 1
Black, Vernon R., Sr., promoted to rank of lieutenant colonel at Fort Sam Houston (photo), 1967/07/14: 1
Bond, Lt. Thomas M., Jr., gets gold bars (photo), 1946/11/15: 4
Burley, Roy Willis

See Burley, Roy Willis

Collins, Col. Van E., formerly of Fort Sam Houston, 1st Negro dentist in the Army to receive full colonel insignia (photo), 1967/07/21: 1
Cook, Charles W.

first lieutenant returns from Europe to Fort Dix station, 1952/06/06: 7
promoted to rank of major, stationed in Wurzburg, Germany (Jo's Jottings), 1962/07/06 Supp: 4

Craft, Maj. Jimmie L., promoted to Major at BAMC (photo), 1967/09/08: 1
Davis, Brig. Gen. B. O., congratulates first Negro officers finishing training at Fort Belvoir (photo), 1942/09/25: 1
Dean, Lt. Aaron, returns to duty after short visit with parents (photo), 1966/12/16: 7
Drisdale, Alcestee M., PV Army nurse promoted to major, 1963/07/26: 1
Drummer, 2Lt Elsworth, SA Army officer leads search for lost SC child, 1951/07/27: 3
ex-Army officers may enlist as master sergeants, 1945/12/21: 1
Freeman, Elrie Arthur, San Antonian gets degree, commission as 2nd Lt., 1967/03/10: 5
Grant, Richard Tanner, commissioned as Second Lieutenant in US Army at Prairie View A&M College (photo), 1967/03/24: 1
Hannah, Lt. Goldie M.

gets administrative assignment in France, 1961/09/29 Supp: 2
promoted to executive officer of Company "C" of Harboard Barracks in Orleans, France (Jo's Jottings), 1962/05/11 Supp: 1
Zeta sorors fete Lt. Hannah with bon voyage party, 1961/07/07 Supp: 3

photo, 1961/07/07 Supp: 2

Harris, 1st Lt. William Robert, leaves for Sixth Medical Depot, in Korea (photo), 1966/01/14: 6
Hollis, Wardell, wins commission as second lieutenant in regular Army, 1966/08/19: 5
Hudson, Major Haskel, at medical field service school at Brooke Army Medical Center (photo), 1948/07/23: 1
James, 2Lt. Henry L., in top third of service school course, 1962/10/12: 3
James, Jesse A., Jr.

See James, 2nd Lt. Jesse A., Jr.

Jim Crow bars Race GIs from overseas OCS, 1945/04/06: 1
Kemp, 1st Lt. and Mrs. Chester L., first Negro American national born to occupation family in Japan, 1947/03/28: 1
Kennedy, Capt. Marvin J., receives Army Commendation medal at Fort Sam Houston, 1964/08/21: 1
Linton, Maj. Walter L.

See Linton, Maj. Walter L.

McCoy, Maj. Isaiah A., Jr.

See McCoy, Maj. Isaiah A., Jr.

McGee, Maj. James E., Jr.

See McGee, James E., Jr.

Negro Army officer serves with whites at Fort Sill, 1941/08/08: 4
new system for picking officers initiated, 1946/12/20: 3 (Section 2)
nobody sad over Gen. Somervell's resignation [as chief of Army service forces], 1945/09/28: 8 (filmed in 10/05 issue)
officer training schools are open [and will include colored students], 1941/07/11: 8 (filmed in 07/18 issue)
Oliver, Capt. James D., assigned to Fort Hamilton, NY, 1964/01/24: 7
only 7 Lockburne officers named to regular Army, 1946/07/12: 4
Osborne, Capt. Julius F.

See Osborne, Capt. Julius F.

Patrick, Gladwin, promoted to Army Lieutenant Colonel, 1966/05/27: 4
Perkins, Andrew D., awarded Bronze Star, promoted to Major, 1965/04/09: 1
policy announced on commissions in regular Army, 1948/01/02: 2
regular Army promotions for lieutenant colonel, 1948/07/02: 2
Roberts, Lt. Alvin ("Fox"), commissioned at Camp Polk, LA (photo), 1954/02/12: 6
Robinson, Lt. Gen. James H., ranking Negro officer named to general staff, 1949/01/28: 2
Seegar, 1Lt. [illegible], honored by Republic of Korea Sea Scouts, 1954/09/17: 3
Stephens, Lt. Travis J. L.

home on leave, 1948/06/11: 2
Victoria man promoted to rank of Lieutenant Colonel, 1964/05/15: 2

Stewart, 1st Lt. Richard W., Jr., San Antonio, is CO of first medical depot to be set up in Belgium, 1945/04/13: 1
Stiles, 1Lt. Roger C., on duty in Japan, promoted to First Lieutenant, 1952/11/28: 1
they get commissions at Ordnance Training Center (photo), 1942/07/17: 4
Thomas, 1Lt Garner, returns from tour of duty in Germany, 1954/07/02: 6
Thompson, 1Lt. Bennie M., Army nurse promoted in rank (Jo's Jottings), 1962/09/21 Supp: 1
Thompson, Lonnie E., awarded gold bars as second lieutenant, 1954/12/10: 4
veteran captains discharged; green officers sent to battle, 1945/06/22: 1
Walker, Elvoid, Jr.

SA captain heads medical supply office of division in Germany, 1965/12/31: 7
San Antonian commissioned as lieutenant in US Army Reserve (photo), 1960/09/09: 3

Walker, Capt. William, leads first platoon of engineers into Berlin hot spot, 1961/11/24: 1
Whitman, H. Frank, San Antonio officer promoted to first lieutenant, 1953/05/01: 3
Wilkins, 1st Lt. Larry A., on leave in Corpus Christi (photo), 1945/01/12: 1
Williams, Lt. Charles J., on leave before reporting for active duty (photo), 1952/06/27: 7
Williams, Capt. E. H., San Antonio, named instructor in Prairie View University military science department (photo), 1959/06/19: 6
Williams, Maj. Edward W., currently serving with US forces in Germany (photo), 1962/06/29: 6
Williams, Lt. Winston A.

decorated with Bronze Star for service in Korea (photo), 1952/04/04: 1
war hero, SA girl's husband, returns to duty (photo), 1952/02/22: 1

Wimberley, Joseph G. second lieutenant returns home after 41 months in Pacific, twice wounded (photo), 1945/06/29: 1

Okinawa Negro gunners got last Jap planes shot down, 1945/11/23: 1
120 SA men join Army, depart for Oklahoma today, 1940/08/16: 1
Paschall, MSgt. William "Tiny," entertains troops with humor directed at his weight (photo), 1961/10/20: 3
Phoenix all-Negro riot results in 12 hurt, two killed, 1942/12/04: 1
Race division will be formed, Army announces, 1942/01/30: 1
Race leaders offer varied view on Negro divisions in case of war, 1939/09/22: 5
Race troops in Ireland win natives' favor, 1942/08/07: 8 (filmed in 08/14 issue)
Race troops nine per cent of European invasion forces, 1944/07/28: 1
racial discrimination/prejudice

See also US Army, segregation/integration
American race friction abroad is hurting war effort, reports White, 1944/05/05: 1
Army, selective service pass buck on service Jim Crow, 1948/05/21: 1
Army acts promptly to quash racism in French service club, 1953/07/24: 1
Army admits Negro scores must be higher than whites, 1946/11/08: 1
Army blasts prejudice as fight against Jim Crow UMT grows, 1948/01/30: 1
Army can duck draft Jim Crow clause, says Gen.; "no man may come into the Army who is not acceptable to Army," 1940/11/29: 1
Army "Crow" unchanged, Negro leaders approve Randolph stand, 1948/05/07: 1
Army determined to find way to bar radio expert, 1942/01/16: 8 (filmed in 01/30 issue)
Army not doing enough to end discrimination says defense secretary, 1949/06/10: 1
Army nurse finds war fails to dent Jim Crow, 1945/08/10: 2
Army to abandon Jim Crow policy in redistribution, 1944/10/06: 1
Army to use race booklets [explaining racial differences] banned by USO, 1944/02/11: 1
Army tries to teach Germans "Democracy," Jim Crow style, 1948/05/14: 1
'Army's' attitude conditioned by necessity' says Lt. Col. Marcus H. Ray, 1948/01/09: 1
Army's progress in race relations since 1940 told by Truman Gibson, 1946/10/25: 4
But We Are Fighting [Nazi prisoners demand Jim Crow mess hall] (editorial), 1945/02/16: 4
draft board admits Army's "deep-seated prejudice" against Race, 1941/01/17: 1
FDR [President Roosevelt] Army policy bitterly flayed; Race leaders indignantly deny that they gave assent to Jim Crow, 1940/10/18: 1
FDR [President Roosevelt] regrets that Army policy was "misinterpreted," 1940/11/08: 1
five prominent men to stop paying taxes for J. Crow Army, 1948/04/23: 1
fliers' morale lifted as Col. Benjamin O. Davis made 477th's CO, Col. Selway ousted (photo), 1945/06/29: 1
foreign officers at Fort Benning get lesson in US race hate, 1947/05/02: 1
Fort Devens hate CO is forced out of Army, 1945/05/18: 1
general wants Jim Crow--stops El Paso Negro-promoted dances, 1949/12/30: 2
girl, civilian employee of air Army depot, confesses 'Negro raped me' story is untrue, 1944/02/18: 1
GI's in Philippines charge Nazi-like treatment, 1945/10/26: 1
Horace, Rev. J. L., makes personal investigation of conditions (photo), 1944/02/18: 1
integration in bloody Korea, but same old Jim Crow at Fort Dix, 1950/09/15: 1
Jeffers, Lt. Lance, assaulted by white GIs in London row, 1945/02/02: 1
Jim Crow burial order revoked, 1947/04/25: 1
man who sued Army for Jim Crow is convicted of draft dodging, 1950/06/30: 1
Maybe War Dept. Didn't Mean It [planning of separate redistribution facilities for returning Negro soldiers] (editorial), 1944/09/29: 4
NAACP asks country to demand congressional hearing on bills to lessen Jim Crow in Army, Navy, 1938/04/29: 8 (filmed in 05/06 issue)
NAACP asks for probe of Army bias in Japan, 1950/08/04: 1
NAACP offers to fight Army, Navy discrimination with court action against War, Navy secretaries, 1940/10/04: 1
NAACP opposes separate Army division, 1938/06/03: 1
NAACP proposes volunteer division of US Army open to men of any race, creed, or color, 1942/01/16: 1
NAACP protests bring Army 'race tag' ban, 1957/03/01: 1
NAACP's Wilkins again asks Army to stop Jim Crow in Japan, 1950/08/18: 1
nationwide pressure brought against Jim-Crow Army tactics, 1931/11/06: 5
Navy, Coast Guard okey no-Jim-Crow bill; Army opposes, 1947/05/02: 1
Nazi prisoners fare better than Negro soldiers, 1944/02/18: 1
need for manpower gone, Army lapses into same old racist rut, 1946/07/26: 1
Negro and white soldiers live and work together in fight for victory (photo), 1944/08/11: 6
Negro soldiers in Europe ruled by Army Jim Crow, 1947/10/31: 1
Negroes being left out of Army, Navy sports program, 1942/07/24: 3
new US Army order is blast at Jim Crow (no racial separation allowed), 1942/11/13: 4
nine soldiers denied food because of color, 1942/05/22: 4
92nd Division's "poor showing" in Italy blamed on bias in training, 1949/04/08: 1
"The Policy Will Be Unchanged" [that no Negro officers will be in regular Army units] (editorial), 1940/10/18: 4
probe sought in brutal beating of Camp Kilmer GI, 1947/04/04: 1
publishers score Army bias in Europe, in report of tour, 1948/06/04: 1
Race still ignored in further Army increase plans, 1939/10/27: 5
Race troops have no difficulties in Australia, 1942/04/10: 1
racial clashes between GI's in Italy are denied; no evidence to verify newspaper accounts, says 92d officer, 1945/10/19: 1
Randolph, A. Philip, calls for strike against Jim Crow Army, 1948/04/09: 1
relief promised battle veterans after protest of Army double cross, 1945/09/14: 2
President Roosevelt didn't mean to infer Army Jim Crow [War Department policy] okayed, 1940/11/08: 1
Royall, Gen. Kenneth C.

Birmingham "mediator" opposed army integration, 1963/10/04: 1
Secretary of the Army rebukes Army officers for Jim Crow, 1948/07/02: 1
with Secretary Royall out, end of Army bias thought nearer, 1949/05/27: 2
Their Mission [Royall's role was not to advise president] (editorial), 1963/10/04: 5

sergeant "busted" for protesting bias, 1942/12/04: 1
shooting of soldier in El Paso "hushed up" for 3 weeks, 1942/08/28: 1
soldier who protested bias free after year, 1944/02/04: 1
soldiers, Houston cops narrowly miss clashing, 1941/08/29: 1
soldiers go free after killing, insulting Race, 1941/08/29: 1
soldiers kept at Van Dorn not to be disarmed [in clash with white citizens], 1943/07/09: 4
veteran says it's hell to soldier in the South, 1941/10/24: 1
War Dep't. policy anent Race in defense program announced; NAACP told Race reserve officers will be called, 1940/10/11: 1
War Dept. warns COs against Jim Crowing Race soldiers, 1944/09/01: 5
war secretary Negro aide says Army trend is toward equality, 1948/10/01: 2
white daily, Philadelphia Record, condemns War Dept. action on Negro soldiers, 1931/09/25: 5
why no Negro Army grid teams?, 1942/09/25: 3

racial discrimination/prejudice (Alabama)

Alabama governor told Army's no Jim Crow edict stands, 1944/09/15: 1
Army denies Louis, Ray, jailed in Alabama for protesting camp Jim Crow, 1944/04/07: 3

racial discrimination/prejudice (Arkansas)

Assistant Att'y General claims MPs asked Arkansas state troopers to act against Negro soldiers, 1941/10/10: 1
War Department washes hands of Ark. incident, 1941/12/05: 4
What Happened at Tuskegee? (editorial), 1942/04/17: 4

racial discrimination/prejudice (Georgia)

Army is probing slaying of soldier by Georgia cops, 1945/11/16: 1
CO of Fort Benning, Ga., faces action if non-Jim Crow order ignored, 1944/10/13: 1
vicious Jim Crow rule revealed at Georgia camp, 1944/02/25: 1

racial discrimination/prejudice (Louisiana)

FDR [President Roosevelt] asked to investigate riot in Louisiana, 1942/01/30: 4
four whites face trial for brutal attack on soldier, 1941/10/03: 1
La. riot dramatizes injustices to Negroes says ANP investigator, 1942/01/23: 1
shooting at PX--armed mob threatens US officers, men on bivouac, 1944/08/18: 1
thirty hurt as MPs, soldiers battle in Louisiana town, 1942/01/16: 1
two soldiers slain last fall near riot city, 1942/01/30: 1
War Dep't makes first report on riot in Alexandria, LA: says civilian cops, one MP fired wantonly, 1942/01/30: 1

racial discrimination/prejudice (New Jersey)

Fort Dix probe clothed in secrecy, 1942/04/17: 1
Gen. B.O. Davis heads probe of New Jersey riot, 1942/04/10: 1

racial discrimination/prejudice (North Carolina)

brutal MPs to cause outbreaks, NAACP warns, 1941/08/15: 1
ex-Fort Bragg commander given minor post following "night of terror," seeks retirement, 1941/11/07: 1
General Davis files 600-page report on NC incident, 1941/09/26: 1
NAACP says Army probe into killing of Negro soldiers is insufficient, 1941/08/29: 1
race trouble flares between soldiers, MP, in North Carolina, 1941/08/15: 1
War Dep't. hasn't yet learned who did NC killing, 1941/11/21: 1

racial discrimination/prejudice (Southern US)

Gen. Donovan opposes Alabaman's proposal to keep Negro troops out of the South, 1942/08/14: 1
Bankhead's Proposal, That Negro Soldiers Not Be Stationed in South, Draws Texas Comment (editorial), 1942/08/14: 4
Bankhold told Negro troops will be kept in South, 1942/08/21: 1
Dixie CO defies US Army's ban on discrimination, 1944/09/08: 1
Dixie cops keep crowd moving as MPs beat soldier, 1941/09/12: 1
Dixie vents hate on soldiers; lieutenant, wife beaten by cops in Georgia, 1943/05/21: 1
Landis, Carol, film star, voices indignation at treatment of Race soldiers in southern Army camps, 1942/08/07: 1
mob threatens white officer for blocking Jim Crow in Mississippi restaurant, 1945/11/16: 1
NAACP reveals brutality to 10 soldiers in Mississippi, 1944/04/28: 1
Race MPs not allowed to quell cop-soldier clash, 1941/09/19: 1
soldier clashes blamed on Army Jim Crow policy, 1941/09/05: 1
St. Louis daily paper questions safety of Race soldiers in South, 1941/08/29: 1
Texas colonel, Harvey F. Dwyer, gets out of sick bed to fight Jim Crow, 1945/02/09: 1
Time for Action (editorial), 1941/09/05: 4
War Dep't. tells CMEs "leaders" approved sending draftees south, 1941/12/19: 1
What Is to Be Done About It? [racial discrimination against Negro soldiers in South] (editorial), 1942/08/21: 4

ranks of 25th Infantry opens for enlistments [of colored youths] Jan. 1, 1935/12/06: 1
reactivation of Negro cavalry division at Texas fort; famed 9th, 10th Cavalry Regiments in unit at Fort Clark, 1943/02/26: 1
recruitment

"fabulous" bonus offered to re-enlistees, 1954/08/27: 7
local recruiting office says Army career offers many opportunities, 1954/07/30: 7
special training offered to high school graduates, 1954/07/23: 7

SA boys in Australia send message to friends, 1942/11/13: 1
SA draftees handle rifles well in Arizona, 1941/03/07: 7
SA draftees in Missouri camp, 1941/07/18: 5
SA soldier keeps promise made in air raid; gives $5-bill to first Race girl he sees in Australia, 1944/04/14: 1
San Antonio boys safe in Australia, 1942/05/22: 1
Secretary of War says Army to train Negro soldiers as bombardiers and navigators, 1943/07/23: 1
segregation/integration

See also US Armed Forces, segregation/integration
Army abolishes racial quotas for enlistments, 1950/04/07: 1
Army explains stand on Negro soldiers with white wives, 1957/11/29: 1
Army given until July 15 to report progress on abolishing Jim Crow, 1949/07/01: 1
Army has new integration plan, 1950/01/13: 1
Army integration in Europe called farce [commentary by Claude A. Barnett], 1952/02/22: 1
Army integration still has long way to go, 1952/11/07: 1
Army "still working" toward integration, 1952/03/21: 1
Army's stymying of integration continues, 1949/08/26: 1
Clark, Gen. Mark

anti-integration speech bitterly denounced, 1956/05/11: 1
McAuliffe, Gen. Anthony C. disagrees with Gen. Mark Clark on integration, 1956/05/18: 1

complete integration now in seven Army camps, reports Congressman Jacob Javits, 1951/05/25: 1
Defense Secretary asked to withdraw approval, 1949/10/07: 5
dinner for defense secretary, Louis Johnson, facing pickets, called off, 1949/12/23: 1
President Eisenhower dodges Jim Crow question (commentary by Claude A. Barnett), 1952/03/07: 1
federal judge refuses to dismiss suit against Army bias, 1949/03/04: 1
First Army, in New York, said to be integrating Race without fanfare, 1948/10/08: 1
Handy, Gen. Thomas T., European commander, admits Army J. Crow (commentary by Claude A. Barnett), 1952/02/29: 1
J. Crow abolished, but tag stays on forms, 1954/12/03: 1
Jim Crow Army in Europe is United States' worst enemy, 1952/03/28: 1
Jim Crow remains in US Army's new approved "equality" policy, 1949/10/07: 1
NAACP protests War Dept. plan to segregate Army draftees, 1941/01/03: 1
responsibility for Jim Crow Far East Command troops on MacArthur, 1951/06/08: 1
segregation still rampant in Army camps, investigator finds, 1946/01/11: 1
specialists "may be" assigned to white units, 1949/10/07: 5
Straight from the Capital (column), by Chuck Moore, 1950/01/20: 4
survey shows Army integration great success, 1956/10/12: 1
President Truman asked to reject "new" Army plan, 1949/10/14: 1

service personnel

See also Korean War, service personnel
See also US Army, officers
See also Viet Nam War, service personnel
See also World War II, service personnel
Abbott, Harvey C., promoted to sergeant first class, 1966/01/21: 7
Adams, Pvt. R. J., Seguin GI graduates from Army school in Germany, 1955/07/08: 2
Allen, William, Sr., San Antonio man, in Atomic Support Agency, promoted to sergeant 1st class, 1966/04/15: 1
Allen, Sgt. William, sends himself far, far away to Far East (photo), 1952/12/26: 1
Amy, Pvt. Vegene, completes Army basic training (photo), 1966/03/18: 7
Anderson, Alva Cornelius, at Dodd Field in Medical Corps (photo), 1956/06/22: 4
Armstead, Britton, Jr.

See Armstead, Britton, Jr.

Bacon, Pvt. James M., Jr. awarded National Defense Service ribbon in Panama Canal Zone, 1955/07/08: 7
Barnes, Pfc. H. C., released from active military duty, 1948/05/21: 7
Barnes, Cpl. Tunice, home on furlough (photo), 1951/09/14: 6
Bean, Cpl. Willie H., Jr.

gets combat badge (photo), 1951/09/28: 6
reassigned from Korea to Japan (photo), 1952/02/08: 8 (filmed in 02/15 issue)

Belton, Winstel R., "negotiated settlement" given to fasting soldier who refused to eat to avoid service in Viet Nam, 1965/10/08: 1
Belvin, Howard L., Colorado City, awarded Army Commendation Medal for service efforts in Viet Nam, 1967/05/05: 6
Bios, Cpl. Reginald, sends greetings from Hawaii (photo), 1947/12/26: 6
Blackwell, Sgt. Robert C., gold bars ahead for reserve officer, 1949/06/17: 7
Blanks, Sgt. 1st Class Floyd, San Antonio GI aids in disaster-stricken Holland, 1953/02/27: 1
Brady, Sgt. Alfred, receives honorable discharge, 1946/01/25: 7
Brady, Sgt. Francis, receives honorable discharge, 1946/01/25: 7
Brock, TSgt. Fred ("Chuchy"), late Technical Sergeant honored by having Legion post named after him (photo), 1946/01/04: 1
Brooks, Sgt. Thomas B., retired by Army after 23 years service, 1943/03/19: 6
Brown, Donald, sergeant, departing from Ft. Sam Houston, given Medal of Commendation
Brown, TSgt. Esever I., Jr., returns from Japan to be separated (photo), 1947/04/11: 6
Brown, Pvt. Harold, Jr., completes GI course in Maryland, 1946/09/27: 7
Bullock, MSgt. Earl J., receives honorable discharge, 1946/02/01: 7
Burford, Sgt. James, San Antonian is "Soldier of Week" at German station, 1948/05/28: 7
Burton, SSgt Roosevelt, entertained by parents before leaving for overseas (photo), 1953/06/12: 6
Cabness, SP5 Robert L., receives outstanding service medal, 1964/01/10: 7
Carter, Charles D., SA youth, at Fort Sill, made sergeant, 1941/05/04 Supp: 3 (Note: May 4 printed in error instead of May 2)
Ceasar, MSgt Julius, Jr., gets lieutenant's bars at Morgan State College, 1949/02/25: 1
Chandler, TSgt. Robert C., San Antonio GI first volunteer for new program, 1948/05/28: 1
Clack, Sgt. George C., promoted to rank of Sergeant (photo), 1951/10/12: 7
Clark, Pfc. Lawrence, receives honorable discharge (photo), 1945/08/24: 7
Coby, Pfc. James E., of Marshall, graduates from non-commissioned officers academy (photo), 1953/05/29: 7
Cook, Cpl. Edgar M., Jr., receives honorable discharge (photo), 1945/12/14: 6
Crawford, Hannibal S., Jr., departs for duty in Viet Nam (photo), 1967/04/07: 6
Davis, Cpl. Alton E., graduates from Fourth Medical Battallion Academy (photo), 1955/03/25: 5
Deary, SFC Nelson C., played key role in Korean crash drama (photo), 1964/03/13: 1
Dilworth, Cpl. Herbert W., receives honorable discharge, 1946/01/25: 7
Dixon, Pvt. Lacy, Jr., undergoes basic training (photo), 1955/03/11: 7
Dominique, Pfc. Kenneth, now stationed in Wisconsin in Army (photo), 1951/03/23: 6
Dotson, Pvt. Samuel C., in service in Kentucky (photo), 1951/06/22: 5
Douglas, MSgt. Joe A., on atomic maneuvers at Fort Bragg, N. C. (photo), 1954/04/23: 3
Edwards, Cpl. Noal P., sent to far east (photo), 1953/05/15: 7
Evans, Warrant Officer Cornelius J., visits wife, family after returning from France, 1955/06/10: 4
Ewing, Pvt. Joe A., serving in Japan, 1948/12/03: 7
Fields, Sgt David, first Negro assigned to recruitment in this district (photo), 1954/08/06: 1
Flowers, Romie, receives honorable discharge, 1946/02/08: 7
Flowers, William B., awaits discharge after 38 months overseas (photo), 1945/09/28: 4
Franklin, Pvt. George Alfred, Seguin soldier's leave ends (photo), 1963/10/11: 2
Franklin, Sgt. Robert, sarge, with 30 years' service, joins up again, 1966/03/11: 7
Galloway, Pvt. Marvin, Jr., serving in Japan, 1947/08/29: 7
Gardner, Pfc. Ernest C., home on furlough (photo), 1952/02/08: 7
Gettis, Sgt. Durley, GI is honor student at Camp Hood, 1947/09/05: 7
Giles, Sgt. Haywood J., on duty in Germany (photo), 1951/10/19: 6
Goodwin, Garland, soldier robbed on eve of departure for Germany, 1964/10/16: 1
Green, Edward L., SA World War II vet, appointed warrant officer, 1952/03/28: 2
Green, Ronald R., completes tour of duty in Okinawa, 1967/07/21: 6
Greene, Pfc. R. C., San Antonio GI rests at Japanese resort, 1947/08/01: 7
Griffin, SSgt. Edward, San Antonio GI awarded for program completion in Japan, 1948/06/18: 7
Griffin, Pfc. Gerald, SA athlete still starring in Army (photo), 1955/08/05: 5
Hammond, Winfred, serving in Japan, 1948/12/10: 7
Harris, Curry, receives honorable discharge, 1946/02/08: 7
Harris, SSgt. Curtis K., Giddings, patient at Brooke Army Hospital, awarded Silver Star for service in Viet Nam (photo), 1967/05/26: 1
Harrison, Pvt. Vernon, en route from Japan, 1948/11/26: 7
Hartfield, Joe

Army sarge retires after 25 years of duty, 1967/07/14: 6
SA GI completes airborne course at Fort Benning, 1948/04/16: 2

Hathaway, Pvt. G. L., dies in California hospital (photo), 1948/05/28: 1
Haygood, SPC 4th class Lander, BAMC soldier awarded for valor, 1964/11/13: 1
Hemphill, William B., discharged from armed forces (photo), 1945/07/06: 7
Hervey, Sgt. Thomas, Jr., one-time 4-F reenlists after first stint ends, 1949/05/27: 7
Hill, Sgt. James A., Jr.

idea gets BAMC letter of appreciation, 1955/01/21: 1
retiring Army veteran to make home in San Antonio, 1964/10/23: 3

Hill, Monroe, receives honorable discharge, 1946/01/18: 7
Hodge, Willie A., Jr.

ex-Lion, gets Army grid award, 1951/12/28: 5
ex-Lion of Wheatley in last game at Fort Benning, 1951/11/30: 5

Horton, Sgt. Travis V.

retires after 20 years of service (photo), 1962/02/16: 6
returns from service in Hanau, Germany (photo), 1955/03/18: 7

Howard, Pvt. Oscar, Seguin soldier is "Trainee of Day" at Fort Knox, 1948/07/23: 5
Hubert, Master Specialist Johnnie, retires after 20 years in service, 1960/02/19: 1
Hynson, Pvt. Eddie J., serves in Germany (photo), 1953/05/08: 7
Jackson, Sgt. Andrew N., Fourth US Army Advanced Marksmanship detachment, wins .22-caliber slow-fire match at Lackland AFB (photo), 1966/04/15: 1
Jackson, Bobbie D., assigned to Fourth Army as a clerk, 1965/07/23: 7
Jackson, Pfc. David E., completes airborne course, 1948/08/06: 7
Jackson, MSgt. Frank G., honor graduate of Seventh Army's Non-Commissioned Officers Academy (photo), 1953/07/31: 7
Jackson, SSgt. Langston

returns from third tour of duty (photo), 1951/10/05: 7
SA GI qualifies in military occupational specialties, 1948/08/06: 7

James, Cpl. Eugene, receives honorable discharge, 1945/12/14: 7
James, Pvt. Jack E., completes basic training (photo), 1958/05/16: 6
Johnson, SSgt. Floyd Raymond, discharged after 3 years overseas (photo), 1945/07/27: 4
Johnson, 1MSgt. Walter, retires from Army after 30 years' service (photo), 1944/05/05: 5
Jones, Sgt. Ben H., home on furlough (photo), 1951/10/12: 6
Jones, Humphrey Bernard

promoted to Warrant Officer, junior grade, 1952/02/29: 6
San Antonian goes to Far East Command, 1952/03/28: 6

Katz, Pvt. Michael, Fort Sam GI lauded for aid to crash victims, 1964/08/21: 1
Kelley, 1st Sgt. Saint M., retires after 30 years' active military duty (photo), 1945/05/11: 2
Kelly, Cpl. Sam H., wounded San Antonian in California appeals to blood donors, 1952/01/11: 7
Kuykendall, Oliver A., transferred to Germany, where he will continue medic training (photo), 1963/08/16: 7
Kyle, Cpl. William S.

San Antonio GI now at New York Station, 1948/07/16: 2
spends furlough here (photo), 1946/09/27: 6

Lacy, Pvt. James Henry, celebrates birthday in Japan (photo), 1949/05/13: 6
Lamkin, CWO Ulysses, Luling man pilots helicopter in Germany, 1959/10/02: 3
Lane, James, returns home after discharge from service at Fort Riley, Kansas (Our Men in Service), 1958/01/24: 7
Lara, Pvt. Terrell G., receives honor graduate diploma on completion of Quartermaster School (photo), 1966/07/15: 1
Lawson, Sgt. James H., returns from France; assigned to Fort Belvoir, Virginia (Jo's Jottings), 1966/09/16: 6
Lee, Sgt. Robert T., receives discharge from Army (photo), 1947/05/23: 7
Lennear, Lou A., non-saluter convicted, given dishonorable discharge (photo), 1959/06/05: 1
Lewis, Joe B., receives honorable discharge, 1946/01/18: 7
Littlejohn, Cpl. Fred, home on furlough (photo), 1951/08/31: 7
Loudd, Sgt. Nathan W., two GIs graduate from Kelly course, 1948/01/30: 7
Louis, Joe

See Louis, Joe, Army service

Lunt, MSgt. McKinley, first San Antonio Negro attached to recruiting service (photo), 1946/03/01: 1
Lyons, Carl, Jr.

grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Bonner enlists in Army from Los Angeles (photo), 1964/04/17: 6

Lyons, Earl, Jr.

correction: name incorrectly spelled as Carl, 1964/04/24: 6

Mahome, 1st Sgt. Isaiah, retirement of (photo), 1945/04/13: 2, 1945/04/13: 6
Mansfield, Sgt. Parker, in atomic maneuvers (photo), 1953/04/17: 3
many San Antonians serving in Japan, 1948/12/03: 7
Mathis, Fred Lee, Jr.

See Mathis, Fred Lee, Jr.

May, Pvt. Geanette D., San Angelo, completes basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama (photo), 1965/09/10: 2
McCarthy, SSgt. E. James, San Antonio GI returns with trophies, 1953/09/18: 7
McClure, Sgt. C. L., returns from tour of duty in Germany, 1964/09/25: 2
McGarity, Turner Norris, assigned to Germany after completing Army basic training (photo), 1966/06/10: 6
McGee, Sgt. Henry, on furlough before going to officer candidate school (photo), 1946/08/16: 7
McKay, SSgt. Benjamin B., won't be home for Christmas (photo), 1951/12/21: 6
Meador, Cpl. Nathaniel E., army family visits SA prior to overseas duty, 1961/07/07 Supp: 4
Milam, Henderson, gets Army discharge soon, 1957/10/04: 7
Miller, TSgt. Eugene, in San Antonio on emergency leave, 1952/05/16: 4
Minor, Sgt. 1st Class Clinton T., retires after 21 years (photo), 1964/07/17: 1
Mitchell, Cpl. Frank, honorably discharged, 1945/11/23: 7
Mize, MSgt. Matthew, Fort Sam non-com is in Army 29 years (photo), 1943/07/09: 4
Montgomery, MSgt. Leon, entertained by parents before leaving for Korean assignment (Jo's Jottings), 1961/08/18: 6
Mooreman, Edward L., San Antonio GI selected member of Camp Stoneman Honor Guard, 1953/06/26: 7
New, Pvt Thomas J. (Blair)

See New, Thomas J. (Blair)

Nickerson, Pvt. Willie L., Texas GI in Germany (photo), 1953/09/18: 3
Noble, SSgt. Nathan S., furlough ends; returns to post (photo), 1954/09/24: 7
Odoms, Pvt. John, San Marcos soldier dies in air crash, 1966/04/29: 1
Oldham, Sgt. Vernell, wins November Plaque of the Month in Pusan, Korea (photo), 1957/01/11: 7
Olive, Pvt. Milton L., III

memorial scholarship to honor Olive, 1966/05/06: 1
President Johnson lauds Negro GI, awards Medal of Honor to parents, 1966/04/29: 1
We'll Remember! (editorial cartoon), 1966/05/20: 4

Osborne, Georgene, enlists in Army for two years, talks over future with vet H. Mills (photo), 1951/11/16: 1
Osborne, Sgt. Julius F., San Antonian works in missile firing exercises, 1960/06/03: 7
Patterson, Pfc. T. C., GI, killed accidentally in Okinawa, buried at Luling, 1949/05/27: 1
Plummer, Pfc. Horace, Jr., in Hawaii (photo), 1949/12/23: 6
Pollard, Cpl. Lee Roy, returns from Pacific Islands (Comings, Goings and Doings), 1948/12/03: 2
Price, MSgt Andrews, named Week's Personality in England, 1951/05/04: 7
Price, Sgt. Elvin

Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and other awards received posthumously for SA GI by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Price (photo), 1967/02/24: 1
San Antonio serviceman killed in Viet Nam, 1966/07/15: 1

Price, Cpl. James L., on Okinawa (photo), 1949/12/16: 6
Revado, Pfc. Charles J., in Japan (photo), 1949/08/12: 6
Rhodes, Robert L., Jr., stationed at Fort Bliss (photo), 1953/12/18: 6
Richards, Pvt. Robert, on maneuvers in Japan (photo), 1949/01/14: 7
Ricks, Technician 5th grade Silas L., GI is embassador of democracy in Germany (photo), 1948/06/11: 1
Riley, Charles L., receives honorable discharge (photo), 1945/11/30: 7
Robinson, Augustus P., Army bandsman, returns to duty after visiting family in SA, 1952/11/21: 6
Robinson, Pvt. Louis, now at Fort Sam Houston awaiting discharge (photo), 1945/09/14: 7
Rogers, MSgt. Elworth, retires, 1953/04/17: 1
Rogers, MSgt Marion, two GIs graduate from Kelly course, 1948/01/30: 7
Roumo, Albion A., promoted from specialist seventh class to first Sgt., re-enlists for six years, 1964/06/12: 7
Russell, Pfc. John B., Jr., home on furlough (photo), 1951/10/05: 7
Severe, Cpl. James, Corpus Christian stationed in Japan, 1948/07/16: 7
Sims, Pvt. James O., SA GI enlistee dies at hospital in Mississippi, 1946/12/13: 1
Smith, Birdie Jo, Seguin girl joins Army (photo), 1959/06/19: 1
Smith, Pfc. Floyd, Sr., chosen "best soldier" of the month in his battery in Alaska (photo), 1954/07/16: 7
Smith, MSgt Sherman W.

See Smith, Sherman W.

Smitha, Delma H.

See Smitha, MSgt. Delma H.

Sorrell, Pvt. Jacob Louis, home on leave (photo), 1952/09/19: 6
Spruells, SSgt. Elzie, returns to Army (photo), 1949/04/01: 6
Staples, Sgt. Jack, assigned to Pacific area duty (photo), 1953/04/10: 6
Stevens, 1Sgt. Charles A., receives Army Commendation ribbon with Medal for superior work at Fort Bragg (photo), 1958/06/13: 1
Stewart, SP2 Edward J.

BAMC soldier has had colorful service career, beginning in 1916 with the campaign against Pancho Villa, 1957/05/31: 3
still around after 42 years of military service (photo), 1958/11/21: 1

Stewart, 1st Sgt. John W., in food service supervisor' course at Ft. Sam Houston, 1948/01/30: 7
Stiles, Roger C., Jr., graduates from Army Logistics Management course phase, Fort Lee, Virginia, 1967/08/04: 7
Stovall, TSgt. Varick A., graduates from Brooks clerical school, 1948/03/26: 7
Tabor, John D., receives honorable discharge, 1946/01/04: 7
Tatum, Morris T., discharged from Army, 1945/12/07: 7
Taylor, SSgt. James D., receives Army Commendation Ribbon (photo), 1946/08/02: 7
Thomas, Allie H., leaves for assignment in Germany (photo), 1967/01/13: 2
Turner, Spec. 4 Zaida S., Georgia, assigned to Fort Sam Houston as library cataloger (photo), 1967/05/12: 9
Wallace, Pvt. Thomas E., selected "Soldier of Month" in his company (photo), 1949/06/17: 7
Warner, Joseph B.

awarded Occupation Medal in Japan, 1948/10/08: 7
San Antonio GI is fire fighter in Japan, 1947/07/25: 7

Warren, Pvt. Emmitt Lee, Jr., in basic training (photo), 1953/08/21: 6
Webb, Pfc. Cleother Charles, selected "Soldier of the Day" (photo), 1960/04/01: 6
White, Cpl. Louis Edward, discharged from service after final tour in Germany (photo), 1954/01/22: 7
Wilder, Pvt. Virgil, gets stripe in Japan, 1948/04/16: 2
Williams, Technician 4th grade Albert, stationed at Fort Sam Houston, 1948/03/26: 6
Williams, Pvt. Clarence, guest of his parents (photo), 1948/12/03: 7
Williams, Cpl. John B., receives honorable discharge, 1945/12/14: 7
Williams, Sgt. Otho, receives honorable discharge (photo), 1945/11/16: 5
Williams, CWO Phillip, reassigned to post at depot in Kaiserslautern, Germany, 1963/05/31: 7
Willis, Pvt. Raymond, reinstatement won for dishonorably discharged GI, 1959/07/24: 1
Wilson, Arthur, Jr., inductee honored by New Hope Baptist Church, Seguin (photo), 1960/04/22: 2
Wilson, Pvt. Thomas, two San Antonio GIs leave Philippines for US and separation, 1947/01/03: 7
Wilson, Willie N., two San Antonio GIs leave Philippines for US and separation, 1947/01/03: 7
Wright, Cpl. Abraham, returning home after duty in Japan (photo), 1954/03/05: 6
Young, Pvt. Joseph Lee, undergoing basic training at Fort Bliss (photo), 1954/02/12: 4
Zacharie, Pvt. Peter L., continues basic training at Ft. Sill, 1964/08/14: 6
Ziegler, Sgt. James D.

See Ziegler, Sgt. James D.

six Race units now at Fort Bragg, 1941/05/30: 4
and so, they're in the Army now!; 120 young Negro men sworn into the Army and departed for Fort Sill, 1940/08/23: 1
soldier gives gallon of blood to bank since September, 1944/04/14: 1
soldiers strike in Mississippi after disorders [in Jackson], 1943/07/23: 4
special Army committee now pondering new "Negro Policy," 1945/10/26: 1
story of 1943 sinking of troop ship, USS McCalls, is told, 1945/09/07: 1
teachers needed for US overseas schools, 1963/03/01: 3
temporary re-enlistment grades end Jan. 31, 1946/01/04: 7
tentative placing of Negroes in Army announced, 1941/01/17: 4
three Negroes capture 40 "supermen" in France, 1944/09/08: 1
three San Antonio men arrive at Fort Wood for training, 1942/09/11: 5
three shot as soldiers, civilians battle in Arkansas, 1941/10/10: 1
three soldiers accidentally asphyxiated in Amsterdam hotel, 1956/03/02: 4
time for retaining ratings extended for enlistees, 1946/02/01: 5
troops arrive at Fort Huachuca from overseas, 1945/10/12: 4
two soldiers die in outbreaks at Fort Dix, NJ, 1942/12/11: 1
War Department steadily trimming down Negro units, 1931/09/04: 3
women play vital role in US Army, 1954/08/20: 6
Woodring says Negro Army units to be increased, 1939/09/29: 1
Woods, Lamas, convicted of involuntary manslaughter, gets three years, 1947/08/15: 1
work started on quarters for Race Army division at Fort Huachuca, 1941/12/19: 1

US Army Air Corps

See also San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center
See also Tuskegee Army Air Squadron
10 San Antonio boys with air unit in Philippines, 1945/02/02: 1
12 Nazi planes downed by 99th Airmen over Italy, 1944/02/04: 1
75 airplane mechanics report for class work, 1941/04/18: 4
air authority speaks at Muny Auditorium Saturday, 1942/07/24: 5
air group is transferred from Dixie to Indiana, 1944/09/08: 5
all men, 18-26, eligible for air cadet training, 1944/04/14: 1
ANP finds morale shot among 99th Pursuit Squadron flyers sent to South Carolina, 1944/08/04: 4
applications for Air Corp entitled to draft deferment, 1941/04/04: 1
Army squeezing Negroes out of US Air Forces, says scribe, 1947/02/07: 1
Columbus, OH, daily newspaper objects to all Negro air group, 1946/02/08: 1
A Day to Be Remembered [first Negro fatality in history of the Corps] (editorial), 1943/05/21: 4
Distinguished Flying Cross

pilots receive (photo), 1944/10/13: 5
12 veteran pilots awarded Flying Cross, 1945/05/18: 1

first Negro navigation cadets to be graduated at Hondo (photo), 1944/02/25: 1
Fletcher, 1st Lt. Henri Frank

See Fletcher, 1st Lt. Henri Frank

four SA men stationed at new Oklahoma air depot, 1942/12/25: 7
McCreary, Lt. Walter Lee

See McCreary, Walter Lee

Negro Air Corps Pursuit Squadron to enlist 276, 1941/03/28: 1
Negro airmen in first battle with German flyers, 1943/07/02: 1
Negro Pilots [training facilities need to be made available] (editorial), 1940/11/15: 4
Negro youths may fly; applications being accepted, 1941/04/11: 1
new aviation unit has many SA enlistees, 1942/11/20: 4
new wings for the Army Air Corps (photo), 1942/12/25: 6
newspaperman believes 99th Fighter Squadron's 17 victories to be record, 1944/03/03: 1
officers

Roberts, Maj. George Spencer, 99th commander, hopes to fly after war ends, 1944/06/16: 1
Sidat-Singh, Wilmoth W.

Lt. Sidat-Singh buried in Arlington National Cemetery, 1943/07/09: 3
of Tuskegee Army Air Squadron, crashes, body recovered from Lake Huron, 1943/07/02: 1

racial discrimination

Army bias behind fliers' transfer from Selfridge Field (Detroit), 1944/07/14: 1
Army drops bar against Negro flying cadets, 1941/03/21: 1
bomber group is moved as 101 officers are released from confinement, 1945/05/04: 3
colored citizen's application turned down, 1931/09/25: 1
father of white air crash victim lashes government for letting Negroes fly, 1944/12/29: 1
flyers that US spurns may enter Canadian force, 1941/01/17: 4
Georgia-born general of 1st Army Air Force blamed for Jim Crow, 1945/06/01: 1
Hastie, Judge William, tells why he quit war post; rank anti-Negro policy is principal reason, 1943/02/05: 1
Negro corps given setback as prejudice wins, 1939/06/30: 1
no Negroes being trained says NAACP, 1940/11/01: 1
sixty air officers defy Jim Crow, arrested, 1945/04/13: 1

Sam Huston seniors enlist, 1941/05/16: 5
service personnel

See also World War II, service personnel
James, 1st Lt. Voris S., dies instantly in crackup near Schertz, Texas (photo), 1946/12/13: 1
Johnson, Pvt. Stafford T., Jr., gets first stripe, 1946/08/23: 7
Tanner, Emmett J., receives honorable discharge, 1946/01/18: 7
Watson, Pfc. Maurice, completes machinist course, 1946/12/27: 8
Weddington, Pvt. Verzonia, receives honorable discharge, 1945/11/30: 7
Wilborn, Vernon L., receives honorable discharge, 1945/12/14: 7
Williams, Pfc. T. V., receives honorable discharge, 1946/01/25: 7

Texas towns protest establishment of Negro aviation squadrons, 1942/07/17: 1
Walterboro AAF officers removed after ANP expose, 1944/09/15: 1
War Dept. says Race airmen to be fighting soon, 1942/12/25: 4
young San Antonians show little interest in opportunity for air combat training, 1944/06/23: 1

US Army Nurse Corps

See also Nurses and Nursing, military nurses
820 vacancies in nurse corps, 1948/07/02: 7
Alabama cops assault, rob US Army nurse, 1942/09/25: 1
first regular Army nurse, Nancy C. Leftenant, gets commission, 1948/02/20: 1
James, Mary V., held for impersonating an officer in Army Nurse Corp, 1951/10/19: 2
nurses attend Brooke school at Ft. Sam Houston (photo), 1949/02/04 Supp: 4
Petty, Capt. Mary L., first colored woman to receive captain's commission (photo), 1944/07/07: 6
Raney, Lt. Dena, first Negro woman to attain rank of 1st Lieutenant (photo), 1942/10/09: 1

US Army Reserve

deadline set for Army ROTC scholarships, 1966/10/07: 2
eight San Antonio reserves end two weeks active duty, 1955/08/12: 7
Florida solon ired at lieutenant who resists bias, 1959/08/28: 1
merger of reserve units with National Guard 'harmful' to Negro Dixie ROTC graduates, 1965/01/15: 1
SA reservists end active duty at Fort Benning, 1959/08/21: 3
Walker, Elvoid, Jr., San Antonian commissioned as lieutenant in US Army Reserve (photo), 1960/09/09: 3

US Atomic Energy Commission

announces non-discrimination hiring policy, 1952/04/04: 3

US Bureau of Engraving and Printing

CIO to organize US Engraving Bureau workers, 1950/05/26: 1
Congress digs ground from under vets employed in engraving bureau, 1950/05/12: 1
discrimination rife in Bureau of Engraving despite Executive Order, 1948/12/31: 1
job bias probed, 1961/07/14: 1
New Employment Policy at Bureau of Engraving (editorial), 1961/07/28: 4

US Cadet Nurse Corps

nurse recruiting drive sponsored by Schenley Products, 1944/07/28: 7
three major companies urge recruiting of Negro nurses, 1944/08/11: 4
West, Amy E., cadet nurse, returns to Louisiana, 1945/09/21 Supp: 2

US Census

appeal made for San Antonio census takers, 1960/03/11: 1
Booker, Cameron A., Katharine Beverly, and J.W. Hemmings are three Negroes among SA army of census takers; total of 186, selected from 1200, busy counting noses (photos), 1940/04/05: 1
census report shows vast need of educational action, 1934/01/19: 1
citizens told to beware of phony census takers, 1950/03/31: 1
Cooperate with the Census Enumerators (editorial), 1940/04/05: 4
indicates school facilities being increased, 1940/02/23: 4
SA had Negro census takers 40 years ago, 1950/04/21: 1
SA has score of Negro census takers, 1950/04/14: 1

US Census Bureau

178 Negroes in DC office of Census Bureau, 1940/02/23: 4
Census Bureau official reveals status of Negro population, 1940/11/22: 4
director denies any Jim Crow, 1941/02/07: 1
Jim Crow said to be rampant in bureau, 1941/01/31: 1

US Civil Defense Administration

See Caldwell, Millard F., Jr. (director of US Civil Defense Administration)

US Civil Service Commission

advocates of amendment point out advantages, 1950/12/15: 4
bans fund raising by biased groups, 1965/01/08: 5
Fair Employment Board

board draws fire from NAACP, CIO, 1948/10/22: 1
two Negroes named to board, 1948/10/15: 1

George, Clayborne, appointed commissioner, 1934/01/12: 1
Green, Wendell E., Chicago attorney, sworn in as commissioner (photo), 1935/11/15: 2

US Coast Guard

cadet exams set for February, 1962/09/14: 1
ex-servicemen sought for Coast Guard Reserve, 1964/08/28: 1
Harris, William, Jr., serves aboard Coast Guard cutter Spencer, 1965/07/30: 7
Hubbard, James M., San Antonian serving at California base, 1964/08/07: 7
Lee, Gary B., serves aboard high endurance Coast Guard cutter Bering Strait in western Pacific, 1967/07/28: 7
mess attendant hero in sinking of troop ship, 1944/02/25: 1
Navy, Coast Guard okey no-Jim-Crow bill; Army opposes, 1947/05/02: 1
Officer Candidate School

applicants sought, 1962/12/07: 1, 1963/04/19: 1
some vacancies remain, 1964/08/28: 3

recruiting office opens in SA, 1955/03/18: 3
San Antonio company sought for Coast Guard, 1955/09/30: 6
Walker, Anthony W., completes basic training, 1965/10/08: 7
women's reserve (SPARS), to follow Navy's lead in allowing Negro women, 1944/10/27: 1

US Coast Guard Academy

annual competition for entrance exams set, 1967/07/28: 6
cadet applicants sought for 1966, 1965/11/26: 1
Negro named to faculty, 1961/09/08: 1
no bars at academy, superintendent declares, 1961/02/10: 1
offers scholarships to four Negroes, 1962/05/11: 1
Smith, Merle, Jr.

elected class vice-president, 1962/12/07: 1
first Negro graduate of Coast Guard Academy, 1966/06/24: 1
Washington, Army officer's son to enter academy, 1962/06/08: 1

US Commerce Department

Hill, Haynes, Davis say they don't want Commerce job, 1933/10/13: 1
Jones, Eugene Kinckle

appointed advisor, 1933/09/22: 1
appointment strikes snag, 1933/10/06: 1
Jones wins Dept. of Commerce position, 1933/10/27: 1
secures "white collar" workers under CWA program, 1934/01/05: 1

The Race in the Middle--Holding the Bag [in fight over appointee] (editorial), 1933/10/06: 4
scored for lack of interest in small businesses, 1949/05/13: 4
Secretary Roper's Advisory Committee [Negro Advisory Committee weighted with northern members] (editorial), 1933/09/22: 4

US Commission on Civil Rights

American Indians denied rights, are victims of discrimination, 1962/01/26: 2
bias charge denied by staff director, Gordon M. Tiffany, 1960/03/25: 1
bias revealed in every section of country in report released by Commission on Civil Rights, 1960/04/22: 1
charge of commission is to probe voting, education, and housing, 1958/06/20: 1
civil rights body kept alive by Congress as Dixiecrats outmaneuvered, 1959/09/25: 1
denying funds to Mississippi Negroes hailed, but White House is silent, 1963/04/26: 1
Dingell, Rep. John, solon's charge that Rights Commission is failure, denied, 1959/10/02: 1
Eisenhower, President Dwight David

bill giving life to rights body signed by Ike, 1959/10/09: 3
Ike blamed for denial of funds to rights body, 1958/02/21: 1
president raps 'Bama for defying Rights Commission, 1958/12/19: 1

Ferguson, Clarence Clyde, Jr., sets possible precedent in being named chief legal officer of a federal agency, 1962/07/06: 2
Florida sit-in demonstrations, rights body to probe violence at, 1960/09/30: 6
The Greater Tragedy [efforts of Civil Rights Commission have little effect as southerners are running Congress] (Between the Lines, commentary by Gordon B. Hancock), 1958/02/21: 4
has done nothing yet, 1958/05/23: 8 (filmed in 05/30 issue)
hears about racial and religious bias in New York, 1959/02/13: 1
housing bias, commission asks President Kennedy for executive order to end bias in US-aided housing, 1961/10/13: 1
Kennedy, President John F., seen in squeeze in fund-withholding proposal for the Commission, 1963/05/03: 1
meetings

immediately after members take oath of office, 1958/01/10: 1
on January 3, 1958/01/03: 3

members

5 new officials named to commission, 1960/04/08: 8 (filmed in 04/15 issue)
Battle, Gov. John S.

Johnson, Dr. George M., only Negro member lauds southerner' work, 1959/11/20: 1
Virginia ex-governor quits civil rights body, 1959/10/23: 1

Griswold, Irwin N., law school dean named to rights body, 1961/05/12: 3
Johnson, George M.

See Johnson, George M.

McClarrin, W. Otto, joins staff, 1959/04/24: 1
no contest as Senate confirms Rights commission, 1958/04/04: 7
Reed, Stanley

chairman sees "plenty trouble" for body, 1957/11/29: 6
resignation of Civil Rights body's chairman stuns DC, 1957/12/13: 1

Robinson, Spottswood, III, law school dean named to rights body, 1961/05/12: 3
Tiffany, Gordon MacLean

confirmed by Senate as head of civil rights body, 1958/05/30: 2
DC politicos approve him as civil rights appointee, 1958/02/28: 1
denies that civil rights body is biased, 1960/03/25: 1
Eastland's commission delays confirmation of director, 1958/05/09: 3

White, Wilson

civil rights chief still not confirmed, with time short, 1958/08/15: 3
confirmation of rights chief put off indefinitely, 1958/07/11: 1
finally wins approval of Senate Judiciary Committee as chief, 1958/08/15: 3
says he's a "moderator, not a crusader," 1958/09/12: 3

Wilkins, J. Ernest

named to commission to conduct study of civil rights, 1957/11/15: 3
one of six members of the commission (photo), 1958/10/31: 2

Young, Thomas W., leaves rights commission as consultant, 1959/03/20: 1

more about Civil Rights Commission, 1958/09/26: 4
more federal examiners urged for registration of Negro voters, 1965/12/31: 2
national standard asked for public assistance cash: US Civil Rights Commission underlines Aid to Children, 1967/01/13: 1
northern union bias hit by rights official, 1966/03/11: 1
police brutality

Civil Rights Commission and Police Brutality (editorial), 1961/12/01: 4
scores police brutality, 1961/11/24: 1

report on voting, education, housing, given to White House, Congress, 1959/09/18: 1
rights body is independent agency, 1958/10/10: 4
rights body paints gloomy picture; reports little progress toward race equality, 1963/10/18: 1
Rights Committee Meets [Texas State Advisory Committee holds second series of public sessions in Beaumont] (editorial), 1965/12/10: 4
school integration

commission stays out of Little Rock school dispute, 1958/03/07: 1
legal actions in school integration and voting during 1958 features of first annual year-end report given to Attorney General William P. Rogers, 1959/01/16: 1
rights body finally decides to probe school situation, 1958/11/21: 1
school hearing by commission to be attended by 13 states, 1959/02/20: 3
stays out of Little Rock school dispute, 1958/03/07: 1

Senate extends life of commission, 1961/09/08: 1
Senate "rights" subcommittee warned of loopholes and traps, 1959/04/03: 1
Somebody Must Be Kidding [Gov. Allen Shivers might be considered for position on new civil rights commission] (editorial), 1957/11/01: 4
Supreme Court weighs authority of civil rights body, 1960/01/29: 1
Texas State Advisory Committee to discuss job training programs at Houston meeting, 1967/03/31: 1
voting rights

Alabama

'Bama vote denial pinpointed by Civil Rights Commission, 1959/08/07: 1
may see 'Bama voters list under restriction, 1959/01/16: 1
won't stay at Jim Crow hotel while investigating complaints of voting rights violations, 1958/12/26: 2

legal actions in school integration and voting during 1958 features of first annual year-end report given to Attorney General William P. Rogers, 1959/01/16: 1
Louisiana

delays vote denial probe in Louisiana, 1959/04/24: 1
vote denial bared, 1960/10/07: 1

rights body gets report on vote denial in Dixie, 1958/05/09: 1
rights body reports on vote denials, remedies, 1961/09/15: 1
rights body wants poll tax, literacy test banned, 1965/05/28: 1

What is Rights Commission now doing? [after hearing about violations in various parts of the county], 1958/09/19: 4
Williams, Dr. Claude R., Marshall, appointed to Texas State Advisory Committee to the Commission, 1967/04/28: 6

US Congress

See also Dixiecrats
See also US House of Representatives
See also US Senate
20 million Negroes under-, misrepresented in Congress, 1964/02/21: 1
81st Congress

capital scribe thinks 81st Congress didn't do bad job, 1949/11/04: 1
South to hold same old power Congress, 1948/12/24: 1

82nd Congress has little hope for civil rights with southerners and conservative Democrats in control, 1951/01/12: 1
83rd Congress scores zero on civil rights legislation, 1954/08/20: 3
84th Congress, bitterness apparent as Congress opens new session, 1956/01/13: 4
85th Congress "productive," but did little for public's good, 1958/10/03: 1
Capitol Page School

Chicago lad finishes Page Boy School with honors, 1961/06/23: 2
has first Negro graduates, 1957/06/21: 1
US Congress differs on "mixing," but run integrated Capitol Page School, 1956/11/23: 3
youth from Virginia quits congressional page school because of Negro student, 1959/04/17: 7

Code of Ethics, Congress urged to adopt for all members, 1967/03/10: 1
Congress and the Courts [on the Senate filibuster compromise bill] (Between the Lines, commentary by Dean Gordon B. Hancock), 1959/01/30: 4
Congress Begins Work on Soldier's Bonus, Permanent Neutrality Policy, Relations with Supreme Court (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1936/01/10: 4
Congress expected to wage war on US Supreme Court with southerners filling important positions, 1956/10/12: 2
Congress passes Hoover's furlough plan for federal employees, 1932/06/17: 1
Congress passes rat control bill to be administered by HEW, 1967/09/29: 1
"Congress to aid big business;" entirely ignores social legislation, 1947/08/22: 2
first Negro pages serve in Senate, House, 1965/04/23: 1
History Was Made [Congress reins in spending] (editorial), 1939/08/18: 4
increase seen in number of Negro congressmen, 1967/06/02: 2
Johnson, James A., Chicago boy seeking page job again foiled, 1960/01/15: 1
Kluxer says "surprising number of congressmen are KKK members"--and don't we know it!, 1948/06/04: 1
new civil rights education bills introduced in Congress, 1958/02/21: 1
An Opportunity for Congress [to rein in taxes] (editorial), 1939/09/08: 4
urged to withhold school aid from defiant states, 1958/02/07: 1
US supervision sought in congressional elections, 1959/09/04: 3

US Constitution

Birthday of the Constitution (editorial), 1937/09/17: 4
Council of State Governments moving to scuttle Constitution by adding 3 amendments that could affect rights of Negro citizens, 1963/05/24: 2
Rights Imply Responsibilities (Commentary by Ruth Taylor), 1945/07/27: 4

US Corps of Engineers

quick promotions for construction men in Engineers, 1942/05/29: 7

US Customs Court

first Negro appointee

See Mollison, Irvin C.

US Department of Agriculture

See also Agriculture/Farming, extension service
Brackens, Brown L., Jr., San Antonio man appointed to Soil Conservation Service post, 1952/01/11: 1
Butler, Troy K., first Negro office manager trainee (photo), 1966/03/11: 1
Diggs, George A., chauffeur for Secretary of Agriculture, receives superior service award (photo), 1964/07/03: 2
Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Council meets at preliminary organization meeting (photo), 1963/01/18: 6
Extension Service is big challenge to JFK desegregation policy, 1961/04/14: 2
field agent, T. M. Campbell, calls for more colored demonstration agents, 1934/06/08: 1
Freeman, Secretary Orville L., addresses 35th national 4-H Club conference (photo), 1965/05/21: 1
Freeman, Dr. Theodore R., Jr., appointed as assistant agricultural attaches to Pakistan (photo), 1967/07/14: 1
Johnson, Lyndon B., vice president attends USDA executive review conference on equal employment opportunity (photo), 1963/06/07: 2
Mitchell, John W., promoted to agricultural national extension leader (photo), 1953/09/11: 1
Negro engineers help expand National Forest road system in Washington and Oregon, 1963/04/19: 1
Perry, Dr. Ezell W., Oklahoman named to special PMA regional post, 1948/05/14: 1
personnel assistants (photo), 1963/12/13: 3
Phillips, Victor B., promoted to new post as civil rights compliance coordinator, 1965/10/15: 7

photo, 1965/12/17: 1

Potts, Dean Lawrence A., Tuskegee Institute, named as special consultant to Secretary of Agriculture, Orville L. Freeman (photo), 1961/10/06: 1
Republicans bow to Dixie on Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) anti-bias clause, 1953/09/11: 1
Rochon, Larry, Negro named accountant in Temple Office, 1964/11/06: 1
Royal, Dr. Gladys W., Texas woman gets important research post, 1965/10/29: 1

photo, 1965/10/29: 3

Seabron, William M., appointed assistant to secretary of agriculture (photo), 1965/02/19: 3
studies loans to Race farmers (photo), 1941/10/10: 2
survey reports high level of its Negro employees increased from 15 to 46, 1962/03/16: 2
Taylor, Dr. Henry L., appointed director of schools, education, and training staff (photo), 1966/01/14: 1
Texans receive Superior Service Awards, 1965/06/04: 1
USDA seeks to curb annual farm-to-farm migration (photo), 1942/01/16: 7
Washington, Lawrence J., leaves for Nigeria (photo), 1964/07/17: 7
Weir, Raymond J., promoted to chief of Administrative Services Division (photo), 1941/12/05: 1
Williams, Dr. C. A., appointed assistant to administrator of the extension service (photo), 1965/09/03: 1
Williams, Dr. Howard C., appointed to National Agricultural Advisory Commission (photo), 1964/05/22: 1

US Department of Commerce

Hodges, Luther, Secretary of Commerce

cracks down on violators of President Kennedy's executive order, 1961/04/14: 1
violence hurting Dixie in pocketbook, says Hodges, 1961/06/09: 1

provides franchise service for minority groups, 1965/01/15: 3
Rucker, Clifford E., Minneapolis man appointed adviser by Commerce Secretary Hodges, 1961/11/03: 1

US Department of Defense

bans J. Crow off-base housing lists, 1963/04/05: 1
reaffirms non-bias employment policy, 1956/01/13: 1
two Army sergeants accused of conspiring to deliver national defense information to Russian officials, 1967/09/01: 1

US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

bias eyed in science education proposal to help finance scholarships, 1958/01/24: 1
Carter, Lisle C., Negro appointed as assistant secretary by President Johnson, 1966/01/28: 1
HEW said letting Dixie hospitals flaunt Title VI, 1965/08/27: 1
HEW sincerity in enforcing Civil Rights Act questioned, 1965/12/31: 1
Holden, Anna, discharged HEW employee sues to regain job; researcher ousted because of civil rights activities, 1966/01/28: 1
hospital bias

doctors blast HEW officials over hospital bias; Dixie hospitals remain in direct violation of 1964 rights act, 1966/08/05: 1
Dr. Roy C. Bell Tells HEW (editorial), 1966/08/05: 4

organizes desegregation service for school boards seeking aid, 1962/10/19: 3
Weaver, Robert C., HEW cabinet post appears likely with Republicans pledging support, 1962/03/02: 1

US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

adds significant features to summer employment program for youth, 1967/06/09: 1
Banks, James G., Washington, DC, appointed head of Community Development, a division of HUD, 1967/06/02: 1
Buggs, John Allen, appointed deputy director of Model Cities, 1967/03/10: 1
Day, Daniel E., appointed to press services staff of division of public affairs, 1966/12/16: 1
new HUD test program aids home seekers with free counseling service, 1967/08/18: 4
Perry, Yvonne Scruggs, Philadelphia, appointed federal liaison officer in the Model Cities program, 1967/08/25: 10

US Department of Interior

colored Assistant Solicitor appointed, 1933/11/24: 1
concerned over leaks on lowering Negro wages, 1933/12/29: 1
urges Negroes to protest "hurtful" operations, 1934/07/06: 1
Weaver, new appointee, is center of controversy, 1933/11/17: 1

US Department of Justice

admittedly cautious about bias cases, Justice Dept. does nothing, 1958/07/25: 1
files suits to desegregate federally-aided public schools near military installations in 3 Deep South states, 1963/02/01: 1
joins fight for Hoxie, Ark., school integration, files brief to halt racists in issues having "nation-wide impact," 1956/08/31: 1
lack of authority to probe bombings in the South restated, 1958/06/20: 3
Mississippi Freedom Rides, US seeks injunction to free riders, halt arrests, 1961/10/20: 1
opens vote fight in Mississippi, 1961/07/14: 1
refuses to act in bombings of Negro and Jewish institutions, despite urging of solons, 1958/05/16: 1
Smith, John Lee, appointment as US Attorney in Texas opposed by NAACP, 1953/03/27: 1
to review Bunche loyalty hearing; ex-Reds who testified against Bunche may be investigated, 1954/07/16: 1

US Department of Labor

23 per cent of Labor Dept. staff, Negroes, 1967/01/20: 1
Battle, Mark, named administrator of Bureau of Work programs, 1967/08/11: 2
boycotts conference of state employment directors in Atlanta because of hotel segregation, 1961/10/06: 1
Church, Roberta, Chicago woman given high position in Labor Dept., 1953/07/24: 1
contracts with Epilepsy Foundation to assist persons with medically-controlled epilepsy, 1967/07/07: 7
Diggs, Charles C., Jr., solon continues attack on federal programs in 'Sippi with Labor Dept. perpetuating Jim Crow and bias, 1963/05/10: 1
Dukes, Walter, former basketball star named Labor Department attorney, 1966/10/07: 1
Goldberg, Arthur J., Secretary

names three Negro regional advisors to Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, 1962/07/06: 1
raps bias in all levels of society, 1961/05/12: 1

Holbert, Kenneth F., named to foreign service oral exam post, 1963/03/29: 1
honor awards given to three Negro employees, 1967/03/17: 1
Howard, Jack, named deputy administrator of Manpower administration, 1967/08/11: 2
Jones, James E., Jr., appointed to director of Office of Labor-Management Policy Development (photo), 1966/06/10: 1
Labor Department employees make pay grade gains, 1966/09/23: 10
Mitchell, James, P., Secretary, says US prejudice has wasted manpower, 1958/02/07: 1
NAACP's drive to end color bar in apprenticeship training programs is exposed; Labor directs no further action taken to secure compliance, 1967/10/06: 1
Negro workers in Labor Dept. increase in number, grade, 1966/06/03: 1
Oxley, Lt. Lawrence A., appointed as commissioner (photo), 1934/03/09: 1
reminds farm employees that teens under 16 can work only outside school hours, 1967/09/15: 6
southern in USES offices present J. Crow problem, 1961/04/14: 1
Terry, Amy R., named to top labor training post, 1967/02/10: 6
Weaver, George L. P., assistant secretary of labor, helped save American taxpayers about $500,000,000 by breaking international tin cartel (photo), 1962/08/10: 1
Wilkins, J. Ernest, Assistant Secretary

See Wilkins, J. Ernest

Wirtz, W. Willard

labor secretary gets the story on Neighborhood Youth Corps from four enrollees (photo), 1966/07/08: 2
Secretary of Labor orders a non-bias certificate required for bidding on US contracts, 1967/05/26: 1

Women's Bureau gets Negro, Mrs. Laura Kirkland, 1947/11/07: 1

US Department of State

American athletes on goodwill tour in Africa win countless friends for US, 1956/06/29: 5
apologizes to Jamaican Embassy for Jim Crow restaurant refusal to serve a member of the Embassy, 1963/05/03: 1
Bolen, David B.

named aide to assistant secretary of state for African affairs, 1963/01/25: 3
transition from Olympic sprinter to foreign service an easy one, 1966/03/11: 5

Bunche, Dr. Ralph Johnson

DC Jim Crow is real reason Bunche turned down State Department proposal, 1949/06/10: 5
declines State Department post, 1949/06/03: 1

DeFossett, William K., Negro named to security post, 1963/10/25: 1
Denver newsman, George L. Brown, Jr., gets State Department post, 1963/10/25: 3
Lang, Archibald Samuel, is ranking US Negro diplomat in Ghana, 1959/03/27: 1
Lend-Lease pact signed by US, Liberia, 1943/06/18: 5
Negroes sought for diplomatic career service, 1962/04/06: 1
nurses wanted for foreign service, 1967/07/07: 6
Robinson, Elbert C., Washington, DC, name as labor attaché to The Hague, 1967/07/07: 3
Rusk, Dean (Secretary of State)

daughter, Margaret Elizabeth, marries Negro lieutenant, Gibson Smith, 1967/09/29: 1

Scruggs, Ramon S., sworn in as public member of foreign service inspection corps (photo), 1966/10/14: 1
seeks college graduates for foreign jobs in public service, 1967/08/18: 10
seeks personnel for work in Washington, DC and the Foreign Service, 1967/07/21: 1
skills bank created in equal job program, 1966/04/15: 1
Skinner, Elliot P., ambassadorial post tops state appointments, 1966/09/23: 1
those qualified may have foreign service careers, 1965/09/24: 5
vets sought for diplomatic courier posts, 1967/09/22: 1
Watson, Barbara M., lawyer picked by LBJ for State Department post, 1966/07/08: 1
Watson, Barbara M., New York City, named acting administrator of Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, 1967/05/05: 1
William Worthy passport case

See Worthy, William, Jr.

US Department of the Treasury

Rice, Dr. Emmett J., former Cornell professor gets treasury post, 1964/07/03: 1
three new appointees named, 1961/04/21: 1
Wallace, Robert A., gets new post, 1963/10/04: 1
Westerfield, Dr. Samuel, ex-dean gets key post in Treasury Department, 1961/04/14: 1, 1961/11/10: 1

US Employment Service

Chicago man appointed adviser, 1933/08/25: 5
jobless denied compensation to force low pay acceptance, 1945/10/05: 1

US Employment Service for Puerto Rico

Rucker, Alvin M., appointed acting director (photo), 1944/07/14: 5

US Engraving Bureau

See US Bureau of Engraving and Printing

US Federal Communication Commission (FCC)

Black Legion man, Drew Pearson, OKed by Senate for FCC position, 1947/07/25: 4
FCC gets complaint on TV's lack of Negro athletes in commercials, 1967/09/01: 5

US Federal Trade Commission

agency's Jim Crow employment policy ruled out, 1946/12/27: 2

US Government

See also US Congress
the Black Cabinet in the New Deal, 1934/04/06: 4
Do You Want Government Economy? (editorial), 1939/09/15: 4
eleven indicted at US Vet. facility at Tuskegee; Walter Burke among those held, 1936/07/17: 5
local ministers, business men protest against Hoover budget plan, 1932/04/22: 1
some Negroes in office ("Interesting Information"), 1932/09/16: 4
thousands of Race will be affected by federal merger, 1939/05/05: 6
Will There Be Economy? [in President Roosevelt's new budget] (editorial), 1940/01/19: 4

US Government Printing Office

ends Jim Crow in cafeteria, 1949/09/23: 4
Jones, Samuel B.

former Register employee now US Government pressman, 1949/08/26: 6
gets post at US Government Print shop (photo), 1937/07/23: 1

US printers take job fight to president, 1949/07/29: 1

US House of Representatives

See also names of individual representatives
Alford, Dale, Arkansas racist, provisionally seated by House pending fraud investigation, 1959/01/16: 3
Bolling Best Bet for Majority Leader in House [following death of Sam Rayburn of Texas] (editorial), 1961/12/29: 4
civil rights bills received week of July 9; legislation goes to floor despite maneuverings of southerners, 1956/07/06: 1
civil rights debate opened in House by 290 to 117 vote, 1957/06/14: 1
Committee on Un-American Activities

Arens, Richard

director denies he's anti-Negro, not working for racist trying to prove Negro inferior, 1960/06/17: 3
staff director of committee, exposed as Negro-baiter, 1960/04/01: 1

Ben Davis, New York, gets the better of Rankin in Dies Committee tiff, 1945/10/05: 1
Broadway fights so-called Un-American Committee (photo), 1947/11/21: 2
Civil Rights Congress (CRC) fights to abolish Thomas-Rankin un-American committee, 1947/08/15: 4
committee eyes Bill Patterson's right to travel, 1959/05/01: 1
committee winks as G. K. Smith speaks at Washington monument, 1947/08/15: 1
Congress asked by civil-rights activists to stop HUAC's plan to probe ghetto outbreaks, 1967/01/13: 1
contempt of Congress looms as Robeson blasts probers, 1956/06/22: 1
ex-Air Force officer, Louis Wheaton, accused of treason in House inquiry, 1956/06/01: 1
film hearing reveals Negro stand of Un-American Committee, 1947/11/07: 1
Jackie Robinson gets House committee straight, 1949/07/29: 3
KKK reels under glare of notoriety from probe, 1965/11/19: 1
Mundt Subversive Activities bill fought by leaders; so-called "Un-American" Activities Committee abolishment urged, 1948/05/14: 1
new member, F. E. Hebert of Louisiana, is Negro hater, 1947/12/26: 1
New York group seeks death of Thomas-Rankin Committee (photo), 1947/10/31: 1
Rankin Committee attack on Dr. Edward U. Condon, springs from racism, 1948/03/19: 1
Rankin Committee smears NAACP with Red charge, 1947/10/17: 1
Rankinites continue witch hunt--brand Civil Rights Congress, 1947/09/12: 1
refuses to hear Paul Robeson's side of story, 1949/07/29: 1
report targets lawyers being subverted to Communism, 1959/02/20: 1
sociologist's proud review of Negro loyalty makes impression, 1949/07/29: 1
Supreme Court to test legality of Rankin Committee, 1947/07/11: 2
That "Un-American" Committee Again (editorial), 1960/05/20: 4
Thurgood Marshall joins battle to rid US of Thomas committee, 1947/12/19: 1
"Un-American Committee" is as serious threat to Negro as KKK, 1947/05/09: 1
"Un-American Committee smears organizations and publications, 1951/06/29: 1
Un-American group makes joke of phrase, "this is free country," 1947/07/04: 1
Un-Americans want probe of rights movement, 1966/06/10: 1
vote denial used to show Rankin Committee illegal, 1948/01/23: 1
Watson, Goldie E., ex-teacher's contempt of Congress conviction upset, 1960/07/01: 1
WW II skipper, Hugh Mulsac, calls UnAmerican group UnAmerican, 1960/07/01: 4

Dawson, William L. (D-IL), speech inspires House to vote down Jim Crow draft measure in proposed universal military training bill, 1951/04/20: 1
Diggs, Charles C., Detroiter becomes third Negro now in Congress, 1954/11/12: 1
Hawkins, Augustus F.

California elects its first Negro congressman (photo), 1962/11/30: 1
Californian becomes 5th Negro in Congress, 1962/11/16: 1

House Judiciary Subcommittee gets facts on Dixie civil rights violations, 1957/02/22: 1
House Looking for Revenue for Government Debt (Tid Bits from the Week's News), 1932/04/01: 4
House Rules Committee southerners pull slick trick to delay action on civil rights legislation, 1956/06/29: 1
Johnson, James A., Jr.

Chicago lad, 14, doesn't get House page job through a mixup when white boy gets job, 1959/02/06: 1
O'Hara, Rep. Barratt, to ask Congress to create page job of disappointed Chicago Youth, 1959/02/06: 1

King, Fred Calvin, Florida youth gets House page appointment, 1966/01/21: 1
Nix, Robert N. C., fourth Negro congressman in House take oath of office, 1958/06/13: 1
Rayburn, Samuel T., long-time Speaker of the House of Representatives dies; no civil rights advocate, but he did soften, 1961/11/24: 1
use of mail for sending hate literature probed by House, 1954/04/23: 1

US Housing and Home Finance Agency

bitter housing foe confirmed as Housing and Home Finance Agency head, 1953/04/03: 6
Horne, Dr. Frank

Frank Horne, Mrs. Horrow fired from posts, 1955/08/05: 1
may get new housing position, 1955/08/19: 4
offered another post after his dismissal from previous job, 1955/08/19: 1
will not accept substitute job offer, 1955/08/26: 1

Morrow, Corienne Robinson, and Frank Horne, fired from posts, 1955/08/05: 1

US Housing Authority

Smith, A. Maceo, appointed racial relations adviser (photo), 1939/11/17: 5
three USHA racial relations advisers named, 1941/07/25: 1

US Information Agency

Carter, Dr. William Thomas, named deputy assistant director, 1966/12/23: 1
Reinhart, John, named far east deputy assistant director, 1966/07/29: 3
Rowan, Carl T. (Journalist)

Rowan quits as USIA chief, 1965/07/16: 1
swift OK as USIA chief rebukes critics, 1964/03/20: 2
sworn in as USIA chief, 1964/03/06: 1

Woods, Howard B., St. Louis editor named by President Johnson to USIA post, 1965/04/02: 3

US Internal Revenue Service

Gray, Elliot H., Negro appointed IRS assistant district director, 1966/03/11: 1

US Library of Congress

Hunton, Margaret Reynolds, gets Library of Congress post (photo), 1940/11/29: 7
two women get posts in Library of Congress; Race professionals given appointments for first time in history, 1940/11/29: 1

US Marine Corps

Brewer, Herbert L., first San Antonio Race man to join Marines (photo), 1942/07/17: 1
lack of replacements nullifies point system for Negro marines, 1945/12/14: 1
Negro Marines prepare for action at Camp LeJeune in North Carolina (photos), 1943/05/21: 3
officers

Brewer, Herbert L.

See Brewer, Herbert L.

for first time, three Negroes being trained as officers, 1945/04/27: 1
Jackson, Charles H., former enlisted recruiting station member in San Antonio commissioned as second lieutenant (photo), 1966/10/07: 1

"quota" prevents Pacific Coast enlistments, 1942/08/07: 8 (filmed in 08/14 issue)
racial discrimination

See also US Armed Forces, segregation/integration
evidence of bias given to group probing Jim Crow, 1949/01/14: 1
Marines ask aid against Carolina town's bias, 1963/08/02: 1

reunion of Camp Lejeune Marines set for Philadelphia, 1965/07/30: 5
service personnel

See also US Marine Corps, officers
Ball, John M.

See Ball, Lance Corporal John M.

Beltran, Thomas C., Marine completes refresher course, 1966/06/03: 7
Buckhalter, Pfc. George T., serving as cook with Light Helicopter Transport Group 16 in Japan (photo), 1957/08/23: 1
Butler, Cpl. Darnell B., Jr., SA Marine decorated by Vietnamese, 1966/10/14: 9
Byrd, Pvt. Henry E., completes recruit training, 1962/11/23: 7
Caviness, Donald L.

receives combat training at Camp Pendleton, 1967/09/22: 7
recruit training ends, followed by individual combat training, 1967/10/06: 9

Clack, Charles L.

completes combat training at Camp Pendleton (photo), 1963/09/27: 3
completes recruit training (photo), 1963/08/16: 7

Clark, Joseph W., Jr.

promoted to rank of corporal, 1963/06/21: 7
serves with 7th Communication Battalion at Camp Pendleton, 1963/01/25: 7

Combs, Pvt. Lowell T., SA Marine graduates from recruit training, 1966/02/11: 7
Daniels, Robert J., Alamo City Marine Private First Class completes combat training, 1966/07/15: 7
Day, Pvt. Floyd, completes recruit training, 1967/04/21: 6
Deckard, Sgt. Theodore

Alamo City Marine serving in Okinawa, 1965/12/10: 7
San Antonio Marine participates in major fleet training operation, 1965/03/12: 7

Duncan, Pvt. Louis Ray

completes combat training (photo), 1962/12/07: 7
completes recruit training, 1962/11/23: 7
wins commendation for outstanding performance at typist course, 1963/10/04: 7

Edwards, Pvt. Edward, completes boot camp (photo), 1964/12/18: 7
Eli, Cpl. Arthur N., ex-Wheatleyite awarded Good Conduct Medal, 1963/07/19: 5
Fields, Pfc. Walter, Jr., Texas Marine wins shot put in Korea, 1954/09/24: 5
Fisher, Pvt. C. A., completes basic training, 1967/08/25: 6
Gammage, Michael W., completes Marine recruit training in San Diego, 1967/06/09: 6
Glenn, Robert E., stationed in Okinawa, 1967/09/15: 9

photo, 1967/09/22: 9

Gordon, Cpl. Martin, signs up again (photo), 1955/02/11: 7
Grant, Pvt. Kenneth W., completes individual combat training (photo), 1963/11/29: 7
Gray, Pfc. Silvester, home for holidays after basic training (photo), 1953/12/25: 6
Harris, Pvt. Rass, Jr., serving with Marine Helicopter Transport Group 16 in Japan (photo), 1957/02/01: 7
Harrison, Connie R., undergoes basic training in San Diego, 1967/06/09: 7
Hartfield, Pvt. Roosevelt, completes Marine combat training (photo), 1962/11/30: 6
Hemphill, PVT Charles H., completes combat training (photo), 1964/01/03: 7
Hemphill, PVT George L., completes combat training (photo), 1963/12/27: 7
Henry, Pvt. James C., now training with Marine Reserves, 1953/05/29: 7
Hoyle, Leon B.

combat training completed, 1967/03/24: 6
completes recruit training (photo), 1967/02/10: 7

Jackson, James N., completes Marine recruit training in San Diego, 1967/06/09: 6
Jackson, Pvt. Weldon, serves with security division in Japan (photo), 1957/03/01: 7
Johnson, Sylvester, Jr., promoted to Lance Corporal, 1967/05/05: 6
Johnson, Pvt. Sylvester, Jr., on leave after completing basic training (photo), 1966/08/19: 7
Jones, Pfc. Donell S., in Korea (photo), 1954/11/26: 7
Kelley, Pvt. Willie A., Jr., completes combat training with 2nd Infantry Training regiment at Camp Pendleton (photo), 1962/12/28: 7
King, Malcolm Russell, receives honorable discharge, 1946/01/11: 7
Kyle, Pvt. Roosevelt, San Antonio Marine graduates from recruit training, 1963/09/27: 7
Luckett, CPL Earl

Luckett, CPL Earl

McNary, Olester L., completes recruit training in San Diego (photo), 1967/09/08: 6
Middleton, Pvt. Dewey Everett, SA Marine, dies in blast at Camp Pendleton during night maneuvers, 1957/04/12: 1
Mitchell, Edgar Allen, Marine private completes individual combat training (photo), 1966/07/01: 7
Moore, Clifford E.

completes individual combat training (photo), 1967/01/13: 2
graduates from recruit training (photo), 1966/12/16: 6

Muse, Pvt. Clarence E.

See Muse, Pvt. Clarence E.

Nance, Theodore

See Nance, Theodore

Nauls, Charles E., joins the Marines, 1954/03/12: 7
Oliver, Pfc. George W., wounded in action, in Pacific hospital (photo), 1945/05/25: 1
Owens, Leroy

Marine completes individual combat training in Viet Nam, 1967/07/14: 7
SA Marine ends individual combat training, 1966/07/29: 7

Paige, LCpl Chester M.

participates in "Operation Falcon," 1963/08/23: 6
serves with 7th Fleet's special landing force in Western Pacific, 1963/05/10: 7

Palmer, Charles E., gains rank of sergeant, 1955/06/17: 3
Palmore, Pfc. Victor M.

feted in Seguin while on leave (photo), 1958/05/16: 2
lauded for achievements during basic training, 1956/11/16: 7

Paxton, Cpl. Charles C., serves in Okinawa for 13-month tour of duty, 1963/02/22: 7
Perkins, Pvt. Booker T. Washington, enlists in Marine Corps reserve (photo), 1964/01/17: 7
Pierce, Pfc. George A., Houston, checks classmate for radiation (photo), 1955/11/25: 3
Propps, Pvt. Kenneth E., completes combat training (photo), 1963/12/27: 7
Ramsey, Pvt. Richard A.

See Ramsey, Pvt. Richard A.

Robinson, PFC James A.

completes individual combat training (photo), 1964/02/28: 7
San Antonian completes basic training, 1964/01/10: 7

Samuel, Corp. Howard E., in amphibious training exercises, "alligator hide" at Camp Pendleton, 1967/05/12: 7
Sheffield, PFC Haywood N.

in three-phase firing exercise, 1963/11/22: 7
promoted to lance corporal, 1964/02/07: 7

Simmons, James A., completes basic training (photo), 1966/11/18: 8
Simmons, Petty Officer William A., serving in the Pacific (photo), 1945/07/13: 8 (filmed in 07/20 issue)
Spruiell, LCPL Nelson J.

San Antonio Marine in US-Spanish training operation, 1964/01/10: 7
serving with Sixth Fleet Amphibious Force in Mediterranean, 1963/11/08: 7, 1963/12/13: 7

Spruill, Elzy L.

completes Marine combat training (photo), 1964/05/08: 7
San Antonio, completes Marine recruit training (photo), 1964/03/20: 7

Stephens, McArthur

completes Marine recruit training (photo), 1964/05/08: 7
San Antonio, completes Marine recruit training (photo), 1964/03/20: 7

Stephens, Nathaniel H, Jr., killed in action in Viet Nam (photo), 1967/05/26: 1
Stewart, Lawrence H.

deployed for training in the Caribbean, 1967/09/01: 7
promoted to corporal, 1967/02/17: 7

Taylor, Edward L., Giddings, promoted to corporal while serving at Twenty Nine Palms, California (photo), 1958/10/31: 7
Taylor, Wesley H., completes recruit training (photo), 1953/06/05: 6
Wallace, Loman L., completes Marine recruit training in San Diego, 1967/06/09: 6
Wallace, Roy L., SA Marine graduates from recruit training, 1966/06/10: 7
Ward, Thomas W.

See Ward, Sgt. Thomas W.

Watts, Pvt. Marvin R., completes combat training (photo), 1964/01/10: 5
Webb, Eddie L.

SA Marine arrives in Viet Nam, 1966/09/09: 7
San Antonio Marine now in Viet Nam, 1966/09/02: 7

Wesley, Thomas B.

receives award of Dress Blues uniform during graduation (photo), 1966/10/21: 1
son of Rev. and Mrs. Sherman C. Byrd, graduates from Marine recruit training (photo), 1966/09/23: 11

Williams, Pvt. Elroy

reports for duty in Georgia, 1965/06/25: 7
SA marine completes 4 weeks of individual combat training, 1964/10/23: 7

Williams, 1Pvt. Louis H., SA athlete on maneuvers in Puerto Rico (photo), 1953/10/23: 5
Woods, Pvt. D. A., completes training, assigned to Camp Lejeune, NC (photo), 1956/11/30: 6

Texas Marine Reserves train on West Coast, 1953/07/24: 3
Toys for Tots

drive set for Dec. 1, 1956/11/23: 6
drive set for Saturday, 1955/12/02: 6

US Maritime Service

service is asking Negroes out of ship jobs, 1941/01/10: 5

US Merchant Marine Cadet Corps

first Negro to graduate is assigned to ship, 1944/07/21: 1

US Merchant Marines

America's first Negro skipper, Capt. Hugh Mulzac, under treatment, 1947/11/28: 1
career opportunities are available at the academy, 1967/09/08: 6
Mulzac, Capt. Hugh, charges Negro officers being shelved, 1948/05/07: 1
war-time ship officers now job-bias victims, charges Capt. Hugh N. Mulzac, 1949/07/15: 5

US Military Academy (West Point, NY)

Blunt, Roger R., graduates and receives commission in Engineer Corps of the Army (photo), 1956/06/08: 1
Brown, Reginald J., graduates (photo), 1961/06/02: 1
Brunner, Ronald S., California, graduates from West Point (photo), 1958/06/06: 1
Davenport, Clarence W., gets appointment, 1939/07/07: 2
Davis, Ernest J., Jr., nephew of San Antonian, named to West Point, 1942/07/31: 1
Dorsey, Ira, St. Louis, MO, graduates (photo), 1960/06/17: 7
eight additional Negroes at West Point, Annapolis, 1954/10/01: 1
four Negro cadets graduate from West Point (photo), 1963/06/14: 1
Fowler, James D., Mitchell appointee is June graduate, 1941/06/13: 1
Francis, Henry Minton, named as candidate, 1941/02/21: 1
Hall, Truvillus, II, NYC helps place enrollee in West Point, 1967/03/31: 10 (filmed in 04/07 issue)
Kelly, Wilbourne A., III, graduates as second lieutenant (photo), 1959/06/05: 3
Kirkpatrick, Felix J., dismissed Negro West Pointer seeks to be reappointed, 1936/01/10: 5
Miller, Warren F., Jr., scheduled to graduate (photo), 1964/05/29: 1
Negro graduates for 1955 (photo), 1955/07/29: 3
Olive, Lewis Cortez, Jr.

is first Negro athlete, 1953/06/12: 6
makes history when honored with Commendation medal for heroism, 1952/02/15: 1

Quinn, Kenneth L., graduates (photo), 1961/06/02: 1
Ramsay, David L., scheduled to graduate (photo), 1964/05/29: 1
Thomas, Charles Y., receives appointment (photo), 1933/08/04: 1
two West Point grads ordered to Fort Riley, Kansas, 1949/07/01: 4
West Point accused of race bias, 1967/09/08: 6

US Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD)

Annapolis refuses to regard race Navy enlistees as sailors, 1941/09/19: 1
Brown, Wesley A., New York, sixth Negro in 100 years enters United States Naval Academy, 1945/08/24: 1
denies Jim Crow policy toward athletes, 1941/04/18:3
eight additional Negroes at West Point, Annapolis, 1954/10/01: 1
graduates

2 Negroes among graduating midshipmen class of 1962, 1962/06/29: 1
first Negro graduates from Annapolis today (photo), 1949/06/03: 1
first Negro seems certain to graduate in June, 1948/09/24: 1
four Negroes graduate, 1959/06/12: 1
third Negro graduates from Annapolis, 1955/05/20: 1

Harvard Negro varsity athlete

Harvard blasts Naval Academy for barring Negro varsity athlete, 1941/04/18: 3
Navy denies Harvard Jim Crow charge, 1941/04/18: 3
NJ congressman blasts Annapolis for Jim Crow, 1941/05/02: 1
Something Stinks in the Navy (editorial), 1941/04/18: 4

LBJ [President Lyndon B. Johnson] wants to know why so few Negro naval cadets, 1965/08/20: 1
Massie, Dr. Samuel P., becomes first Negro professor, 1966/02/11: 1
Negro accepted at US Naval Academy, 1936/06/19: 4
Thomas, Ben, first tan cager stars in win over Gettysburg, 1962/12/28: 5

US Naval Reserves

twenty-two Negroes to be given commissions in USNR, 1944/02/25: 1

US Navy

anti-submarine vessels to get mixed crews, 1944/02/25: 1
awards and honors

gobs, who blazed away until Jap suicide plane hit gun, awarded, 1945/08/10: 1
messmen show heroism on seven seas, 1944/05/19: 1
Navy awards organizer of Bob Hope Platoon, 1st Sgt. Leo McDowell, 1966/08/05: 1
Negro lookout on US sub awarded Navy, Marine Corps medal for dooming Jap ships, 1943/06/25: 4
Why No Award for French? [Charles Jackson French's heroism] (editorial), 1943/03/12: 4

band to play here Sunday, May 11, 1951/05/11: 6
chaplains, Negro Navy chaplain named, 1944/07/07: 1
Construction Unit

interviews of applicants in Houston, 1942/07/24: 7
Navy calls for tradesmen in Houston area, 1942/10/16: 1

Corpus Christi, TX

Branch, James H., former San Antonian commended at Corpus Naval Air Station (photo), 1945/02/09: 1
Brown, (Seaman 2d Cl.), Joseph, Jr., deserter, nabbed in Corpus movie theatre, 1945/02/02: 1
Brown, W. K., with history-making patrolmen (photo), 1942/10/09: 1
Corpus Christi gets first Race naval policemen, 1942/10/02: 1
discrimination at naval base protested, 1946/03/08: 1
Finley, Messman, F., in jail again for row with Corpus cops, 1942/05/01: 1
gob draws gun on shore patrolman in Corpus row, 1944/01/21: 1
Naval Station commander thanks policeman who dispersed sailors, 1942/10/09: 1
Navy man fatally knifes another in fight over girl, 1944/03/17: 1
sailor critically slashes SP chief, cuts two others, 1945/06/22: 1
saves Navy patrolmen from angry gobs, 1942/10/02: 5
Shore Patrol Unit (photo), 1945/03/09: 1
two Navy men killed in Corpus seaplane crash, 1944/05/19: 1
worker killed in accident, 1944/02/25: 1

enlistment

boys, 17, again being accepted as Navy enlistees, 1943/04/09: 5
desire for action draws Texans into US Navy, 1942/08/14: 7
enlistment of Race recruits starts June 1, 1942/05/29: 1
first Negro Navy recruit sworn in under new ruling, 1942/06/05: 1, 1942/06/26: 1
Galveston youth, Doreston L. Carmen, is first to arrive for naval training at Great Lakes Station, 1942/06/19: 1
Navy gets 105 recruits from Houston in one week, 1942/07/31: 1
Navy seeks recruits in San Antonio, 1951/03/09: 4
Navy wants colored enlistments; San Antonio station now open, 1935/12/06: 7
one Santone, two Seguin youths enlist in Navy, 1938/05/06: 5
three San Antonians start training, 1944/03/10: 7
two more SA boys join Uncle Sam's sea force, 1938/05/20: 7

explosion of ammunition ships, Port Chicago

explosion of two ammunition ships kills 203 Negro sailors, 1944/07/21: 1
five awarded Navy and Marine Corps medal, 1944/11/10: 1
[Negroes die] In The Service of Their Country (editorial), 1944/07/21: 4
Port Chicago "mutiny" men restored to duty, 1946/01/11: 1
Rep. Rankin, Mississippi, blocks settlement of Port Chicago claims, 1944/09/08: 5
ten Texans among Port Chicago blast dead, 1944/07/28: 1

first Negro physical instructors trained, 1944/01/14: 5
first Negro WAVE, Edna Earle Young, sworn into regular Navy, 1948/07/16 Supp: 3
five Negro Navy correspondents give news of the Pacific (photo), 1945/09/14: 1
Forrestal, Secretary, James V., outlines liberal program for Negro, 1945/02/16: 1
Granger, Lester B., appointed adviser to Navy Department (photo), 1953/09/25: 1
Great Lakes Navy trainees maintain excellent record, 1942/07/31: 8 (filmed in 08/07 issue)
Guam riot

45 Negro sailors convicted in Guam rioting, but all whites escape punishment, 1945/07/20: 1
Navy holds up Guam riot story for six months, 1945/07/27: 1

Harmon, Leonard Roy, ship named after

See Harmon, Leonard Roy

Joe Louis Benefit

eulogy of Joe in Congressional Record, 1942/01/23: 3
Jim Crow Navy to get thousands of dollars from champ Joe Louis for Navy relief, 1941/11/21: 3
a Negro's dollars are all right for the Navy (photo), 1941/11/21: 4

Miller, Dorie (Pearl Harbor hero)

See Miller, Dorie

Navy, Army tests for college training to be given here, 1943/03/19: 1
Navy says it has no policy on foreign marriages, 1946/01/25 Supp: 2
Navy secretary names advisory group on Negro recruitment, training, and assignment problems, 1945/05/18: 1
Navy seeking skilled workmen, 1943/05/21: 4
Negro gobs now serving throughout Pacific Theatre in all Navy assignments, 1945/07/20: 1
Negro goes to work as designer in Navy Department, 1941/10/24: 1
Nimitz reiterates Negroes too brilliant for Navy service, 1941/08/01: 5
no mess rating for men passing classification test, 1946/03/01: 1
officers

another Negro commissioned by US Navy, 1944/09/01: 1
Armstrong, D. W., ex-Navy officer dies in New York, 1947/08/01: 7
Brown, Ens. Jesse Leroy, Mississippi, first Negro Naval flier, posthumously awarded Distinguished Service Cross and Air Medal, 1951/10/12: 3
Combs, Ensign David L.

Navy Reserve Ensign training at Corpus Christi NAS, 1966/10/21: 9
undergoing flight training, 1966/01/21: 7

first Negro dental officer reports for duty, 1944/11/10: 1
first Negro doctor is in San Diego (photo), 1950/03/24: 1
first Negro lieutenant commander named, 1946/05/24: 4
first Negro naval aviator, Jesse Leroy Brown, commissioned (photo), 1949/04/29: 1
first two Negroes attend Naval War College, a training center for senior officers, 1963/04/05: 1
Gravely Samuel Lee, Jr.

ensign is first Negro officer on US warship speeds toward Japan, 1945/08/03: 1
LCdr takes command of major US warship, Falgout, 1962/02/09: 1

Navy does not intend to use Race officers; thus won't train them, 1942/07/17: 1
Navy gets first Negro medical officer, 1944/07/21: 1
Navy gets its first Negro lieutenant, 1944/05/19: 1
Navy now training 34 Negroes to be officers, 1945/05/18: 5
Negro personnel with ratings, commissions, to stay, 1945/11/16: 1
nurse is sworn in to regular corps, 1948/01/30: 1
pamphlet is guide for white officers on command of Negro personnel, 1945/06/01: 7
Parham, Thomas D., Jr., chaplain is highest Negro officer--captain, 1966/04/08: 1
ranking Negro officer, Dennis D. Nelson, II, wins promotion, 1953/08/07: 1
two Negroes given Navy commissions at Harvard exercise, 1944/09/29: 1
Williams, Ens. Joseph B., first Negro Seebee officer (photo), 1945/11/02: 5

Race machinists go to work in DC Navy yards, 1941/02/14: 4
recruiting not affected by cutback in overall strength of armed forces, 1957/10/25: 7
ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps)

college training exams on Dec. 3, 1949/10/07: 5
date set for annual NROTC exams, 1957/09/20: 3
deficiencies of Dixie education revealed by naval ROTC exams, 1949/06/03: 1

Ryder, Noah F., wins national Navy music contest, 1945/12/07: 7
San Antonio casualties of World War II listed by Navy (photo), 1946/06/07: 1
segregation/integration

See also US Armed Forces, segregation/integration
ACLU charges Navy still guilty of discrimination, 1955/10/28: 4
Among Those Who Died (editorial), 1941/11/14: 4
case of Jim Crowed Corpus Christi guard (Homer C. Wooten) being probed, 1942/07/24: 5
Charlie Barnett defies Navy Jim Crow of musician, 1945/08/03: 2
commandant says Navy ordered Nazi-like race tags, 1941/10/31: 4
Corpus man, appointed guard at Naval Air Station, rejected because of color, 1942/06/12: 1
defense secretary approves Navy plan to eliminate racial inequalities, 1949/06/10: 1
denies banning Negro blood donors, 1942/01/23: 1
edges Army in non-segregation policy toward Negroes, 1948/02/13: 1
five-point war on bias pockets in Navy urged, 1955/07/29: 4
Granger, Lester, dissatisfied with race policy, resigns Navy post as special consultant (photo), 1954/07/30: 1
just an old Navy custom: Negroes not allowed to fly, 1941/11/21: 1
kicked messman rips sailor who demands bus seat, 1942/04/10: 1
magazine article by sea vet tells of Navy bias, 1947/09/19: 2
NAACP asks country to demand congressional hearing on bills to lessen Jim Crow in Army, Navy, 1938/04/29: 8 (filmed in 05/06 issue)
NAACP offers to fight Army, Navy discrimination with court action against War, Navy secretaries, 1940/10/04: 1
Navy, Air Force integration complete; Army 95 per cent, 1953/10/23: 1
Navy, Coast Guard okey no-Jim-Crow bill; Army opposes, 1947/05/02: 1
Navy abandons Jim Crow training; Negro, white recruits to be trained together, put in same companies, 1945/07/06: 1
Navy bars Negroes because they would have to be made petty officers, 1941/01/31: 1
Navy conditions for Negroes better, can still be improved, 1957/12/06: 1
Navy Department reaffirms anti-Negro policy, 1941/04/04: 1
Navy does not intend to use Race officers; thus won't train them, 1942/07/17: 1
Navy edges Army in non-segregation policy toward Negroes, 1948/02/13: 1
Navy insists on Nazi-like tags for Race workers, 1941/11/07: 1
Navy non-discrimination policy reported successful, 1945/10/19: 1
Navy officials "explain" South African incident, 1955/01/28: 1
Navy orders end of all J. Crow at all shore stations, 1953/08/28: 1
Navy secretary gets protest on enlistees' arrest [for writing letter of complaint relative to treatment of Negroes in the Navy], 1940/11/22: 5
Navy sincere in integration of race, Urban League head says, 1945/07/20: 2
Navy will take more Negroes--as servants!, 1939/09/22: 6
Navy's racial policy in Pacific sub-standard, observer reports, 1945/11/09: 1
Negro personnel barred from service picnic held in Maryland, 1957/08/09: 6
Negroes being left out of Army, Navy sports program, 1942/07/24: 3
new policy toward Negroes draws both praise, criticism, 1942/04/17: 1
no Race sailors in Washington Navy Day Parade, 1944/11/10: 1
Not Everything Is Discouraging [as Navy abandons Jim Crow training system] (editorial), 1945/08/03: 4
officers refuse to bring Negro GIs home on flat top, 1945/12/14: 1
Powell, Congressman Adam Clayton, bias charge denied by Dept. of Defense, 1955/02/25: 1
seamen to protest Race hate regardless of cost, 1945/01/19: 1
Silly Isn't It (editorial) [on Navy's failure to utilize intelligent Negro youths], 1941/11/07: 4
starts drive to integrate Stewards' branch of service, 1953/10/09: 1
200 Navy volunteers turned down by recruiting station, 1942/04/17: 1

service personnel

See also US Navy, officers
See also World War II, service personnel
Adamson, Charles L., Kerrville, complete 'boot' training in San Diego (photo), 1963/11/01: 2
Aycock, Charles J., helps to land Marines in simulated wartime amphibious training exercise, 1967/05/19: 7
Bell, Charles A., serving on minesweeper (photo), 1955/02/04: 7
Brown, Franklin Delano, probe sought in bayou death of SA Navyman; body found in auto submerged in Buffalo Bayou in Houston (photo), 1957/12/06: 1
Brown, James Eugene, returns to duty aboard the USS Los Angeles after 3 weeks of leave (Comings, Goings and Doings), 1957/09/06: 6
Brown, Ens. Jesse L., Mississippi, first Negro Navy flyer killed in action, 1950/12/15: 1
Caesar, Albert N., Hallettsville, on leave before going to Pearl Harbor (photo), 1960/10/21: 6
Cantu, Floyd, SA Navy man reports to fleet training center, 1964/10/02: 7
Cantu, Reynaldo M., serving with Seventh Fleet in South China Sea, 1967/04/07: 6
Cantu, Ruben, completes recruit training, 1963/02/08: 7
Carroll, R. C., Corpus Christian retires from Navy (photo), 1955/10/28: 3
Carson, Clarence L., San Antonio seaman aboard carrier off North Viet Nam, 1967/01/06: 3
Chapman, Elliot N., SA man participates in Exercise Gray Ghost, 1966/05/13: 7
Clark, Douglass Frederick, passes Navy tests with highest honors (Alamo City Briefs), 1935/12/13:
Clay, Marvin, Jr.

San Antonio seaman on goodwill visit to Thailand, 1966/02/25: 7
undergoing Naval basic training in San Diego, 1965/08/27: 7

Converse, John D., SA man serving in Mediterranean, 1966/07/08: 7
Crockett, Gordon Odell, in the Navy now (photo), 1937/12/17: 5
Davis, Grover, assigned to Alameda Naval Air Station, 1962/11/23: 7
Elliott, Jack, completes aviation mechanical school in Memphis, 1963/04/12: 7
Ellis, Herpel, Jr.

battle-tried veteran returns to San Antonio (photo), 1944/01/28: 1
honorably discharged after nearly three years of service (photo), 1944/01/28: 1

Ellison, William, serving in Australia as the new US Naval Communication Station, 1967/09/29: 6
Foster, James Bertrand, two SA vets of many sea fights are discharged, 1945/09/28: 5
Fuller, SA William M., SA seaman reports for duty at Memphis Technical Training Center, 1964/02/28: 7
Gaines, Earl Alfred, called for Navy enlistment, 1938/07/08: 7
Graddick, Richard A.

journalist to assist with press staff for USS Saratoga (photo), 1956/04/27: 1
submarine force journalist gets new assignment, 1959/10/23: 1

Griffin, SFC Ed, SA Navy man, Korea frostbite victim, in hospital, 1951/01/19: 7
Guilmenot, Joseph L., completes basic training in San Diego, 1967/09/08: 6
Guilmenot, Max Avery, and Tanner, Jesse Donald, two SA boys seek to join Navy, 1937/12/03: 1
Hardeman, Edgar L.

due for promotion, 1965/05/28: 7
San Antonio man in Thailand assault exercise, 1965/03/26: 7

Hartfield, Herbert ("Buba"), makes highest grade ever on Navy enlistment exam (photo), 1941/10/31: 1
Hemphill, James E., San Antonian in operation off California coast, 1964/10/23: 7
Hockley, Isaiah, SA boy, who joined Navy at 13, discharged, 1944/04/07: 1
Hodges, Terrence A.

ex-Wheatleyite is member of Naval aircraft carrier's softball team, 1963/03/22: 5
visits Istanbul, Turkey, while serving on USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1963/01/04: 7

Jackson, Lee Melvin, assigned to duty in Japan (photo), 1954/05/14: 7
Jackson, Lonnie David, submarine messman is decorated, promoted, 1935/12/13:1942/06/19: 1
Jackson, Richard C., promoted to radarman third class (photo), 1959/07/10: 6
James, Willie A., SA man on destroyer returning from Bahamian cruise, 1966/04/08: 7
Joel, Lawrence

awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for service in Viet Nam (photo), 1966/11/25: 1
medical corpsman presented Medal of Honor for service in Viet Nam by President Johnson (photo), 1967/03/17: 1

Johnson, Andrew C.

See Johnson, Andrew C.

Johnson, Ernest J., gets discharge from Navy (photo), 1945/10/26: 4
Johnson, Percy E., Jr., honorably discharged, 1945/11/23: 7
Jones, Earnest, serves on Naval guided missile destroyer with the Sixth Fleet, 1965/09/17: 7
Jones, Frank E., San Antonio man serving in Antarctic, 1965/12/10: 7
Jones, Petty Officer Warren, receives honorable discharge, 1945/11/30: 7
Kyle, Melvin W., Jr., completes basic training (photo), 1945/12/21: 1
Kyles, Costella, recently reported to Naval Air Station in Corpus (photo), 1956/06/22: 7
Lee, Carl B., SA man completes basic hospital corps school, 1966/04/15: 7
Liggins, Napoleon, decides to make Navy his career (photo), 1952/11/21: 7
Lott, Petty OfficerLeroy, receives honorable discharge (photo), 1945/11/16: 7
Lott, Lorenzo D.

San Antonian completes basic training, 1963/08/30: 6
serving at Guam Naval Air Station, 1965/03/12: 7

Luckey, Leon V., Navy dischargee returns from overseas (photo), 1945/11/09: 7
Mackey, Hollis, on Antarctic mission aboard an ice breaker, USS Staten Island (photo), 1957/01/25: 3
Mapp, Winston Cleveland

SA boys, home on furlough, say Navy life great, 1937/12/10: 1
three San Antonio youths, enlist in United States Navy, 1937/09/10: 5

McCaney, Norman R., hospital corpsman gets commendation (photo), 1955/09/30: 1
McCloud, Cornelius, Ball High School graduate leaves for new assignment (photo), 1959/10/02: 2
McMillian, Lloyd, SA seaman gets good-will visit, rest in Philippines, 1966/06/24: 7
McNary, James E., San Antonian completes basic training, 1963/09/27: 7
Miles, Kenneth J.

electrician's mate, fireman, serving with Seventh Fleet in far east, 1964/06/12: 7
ex-Lion athlete, completes Navy recruit training, 1962/11/23: 5

Miller, Ellison Eugene

and brother, Manuel G., prepare meal aboard destroyer USS Leonard F. Mason (photo), 1953/11/13: 1
and brother Guy Miller, Jr., lauded by commanding officer of ship where they are stationed (photo), 1952/04/25: 1

Miller, Elroyd Clifton, enlists in Navy, 1957/03/08: 7
Miller, Guy, Jr. and brother, Ellison Eugene, lauded by commanding officer of ship where they are stationed (photo), 1952/04/25: 1
Neely, Edward T., submariner is processed for discharge (photo), 1945/11/30: 1
Negro personnel with ratings, commissions, to stay, 1945/11/16: 1
Nious, George, one Santone, two Seguin youths enlist in Navy, 1938/05/06: 5
Pennington, Roscoe Cleveland, Negro nuclear sub expert, goes down with Thresher in peacetime Naval disaster, 1963/04/19: 1
Perry, Joseph Henry, home on furlough from Navy, 1936/08/07: 7
Peters, Clarence J., completes recruit training, 1962/08/31: 7
Petitt, Alfred Neal, receives honorable discharge from Seabees (Comings, Goings and Doings), 1946/07/26 Supp: 4
Pettus, Richard E., San Antonian retires from Navy after 20 years, 1960/10/14: 1
Phillips, Charles E., SA seaman trained in anti-submarine warfare, 1966/06/24: 7
Pollard, Dallas L., reports at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station (photo), 1957/07/26: 7
Purnall, Willie J., SA man serving at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1964/05/15: 7
Rector, Seaman Roger L.

returns from South Viet Nam operations, 1965/05/14: 7
San Antonian completes basic training, 1963/08/30: 6

Rivers, Frank, returns from Bering Sea cruise, 1964/08/28: 7
Robinson, Willie L., seaman on attack carrier, USS Oriskany, 1963/07/19: 7
Rogers, Terry E.

former Register employee, serves in Caribbean joint amphibious training exercise, 1967/05/05: 6
serving on anti-sub destroyer, 1966/05/13: 7

Ross, Seaman Louis N., San Antonian with anti-sub group off Vietnamese coast, 1966/01/21: 7
Ruffin, Samuel E.

Navy man serving at NAS, Alameda, CA, 1966/03/04: 7
promoted to commissaryman, second class, 1952/11/07: 7

SA boys, home on furlough, say Navy life great, 1937/12/10: 1
sailor in Guam wants letters, books, papers, 1953/07/24: 6
Shepherd, Melvin, promoted to airman (photo), 1957/02/08: 7
Slaughter, SA James L., reports to Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi (photo), 1956/06/29: 7
Smith, Alvin B., Jr., serves on USS Bon Homme Richard in South China Sea, 1965/10/01: 7
Smith, Harold B., Jr., undergoing recruit Naval training in San Diego, 1965/08/27: 7
Smith, James, Jr.

SA boy, home on furlough, say Navy life great, 1937/12/10: 1
three San Antonio youths enlist in United States Navy, 1937/09/10: 5

Tanner, Jesse Donald, and Max Avery Guilmenot, two SA boys seek to join Navy, 1937/12/03: 1
Taylor, Nehemiah, Jr., two SA vets of many sea fights are discharged, 1945/09/28: 5
Thompson, Ernest L., SA man serving aboard radar picket destroyer, 1963/12/13: 7
Thompson, SA Robert E.

See Thompson, SA Robert E.

Thompson, Winston E., San Antonian is member of helicopter anti-sub unit in Western Pacific, 1965/03/19: 7
Turbin, Orvis E., completes Navy recruit training, 1963/01/25: 7
Tyler, MM3 Meredith

See Tyler, MM3 Meredith

Walker, James D., SA seaman serving on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, 1966/12/30: 6
Walker, SA Robert L., serving aboard USS Walker, listed in astronaut Wally Schirra's recovery task force, 1962/11/02: 7
Wallace, Loman L., Jr.

seaman apprentice in Arctic operations, 1963/08/23: 6
serving aboard icebreaker in Alaska, 1963/09/06: 7

Walton, Roy P., reports for duty at Pensacola Naval Air Station, 1966/05/13: 7
Ward, Commissaryman 2C Wallace W., San Antonian re-enlists for six more years, 1965/05/14: 7
Ward, Willie L.

See Ward, Willie L.

Washington, Alexander Wardell

SA boys, home on furlough, say Navy life great, 1937/12/10: 1
three San Antonio youths, enlist in United States Navy, 1937/09/10: 5

Weaver, Henry, seaman held in high sea murder of captain, 1964/06/05: 1
Whipple, Seaman Charles H., aboard destroyer, USS Braine, 1963/08/30: 6
White, Lowell

San Antonio man serving aboard aircraft carrier Midway, 1964/01/17: 7, 1964/06/12: 7
San Antonio Navy man on aircraft carrier visits Japan, 1964/05/08: 7

White, Willie M.

Navy man qualifies as frogman, 1966/10/14: 6
undergoing recruit training, 1964/09/11: 7

Whitehead, Charles R., graduates from Field Medical Service School at Camp Pendleton, 1963/02/22: 7
Williams, Howard G., in service in the Pacific (photo), 1952/09/26: 7
Williams, Leonard E., serves aboard attack aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea, 1962/07/27: 7
Williams, Sam D.

home on 30-day furlough (Our Men in Service), 1958/01/17: 7
now based in Japan (photo), 1957/07/12: 5

ships

See Ships

two SA men at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1941/06/06: 5
"USS Franklin" attack, one Texan killed, one wounded in epic Jap battle, 1945/06/15: 1

US Navy WAVES Auxiliary

first Negro WAVE, Edna Earle Young, sworn into regular Navy, 1948/07/16 Supp: 3
first Negro WAVES sworn in at Boston, New York, 1944/11/17: 1
Navy drops bar against Negro women, 1944/10/27: 1
Navy has first Negro WAVE supply officer, 1953/04/24: 1
Navy renews its appeal for Negro women in WAVEs, 1945/08/10: 7
Negro ban 'explained' by Capt. McAfee: says Navy unwilling to "undertake experiment within experiment," 1944/06/02: 1
no Jim Crow at Bronx training school for WAVES (photo), 1945/01/12 Supp: 4
no Negro Navy officers, so no officers for 'Waves,' 1942/08/14: 5
Pickens, Lt. Harriet L., trains WAVE recruits (photo), 1945/05/04: 4
WAVES accept Race as cutback gets under way, 1944/11/17: 1

US Office of Defense Transportation

ODT turns down Negro baseball's plea for buses [to transport teams during baseball season], 1943/04/09: 3

US Office of Economic Opportunity

two groups seek other aid as OEO drags feet, 1966/04/15: 2

US Office of Education

Texas woman, Kathryn Bloom, heads Cultural Affairs Branch, 1963/12/13: 1

US Office of Price Administration

Camp Founders Girls help "Save OPA" effort (photo), 1946/05/10: 1
Neal, Ernest E., named to OPA Regional Office at Dallas, 1944/05/26: 5
'Save OPA' drive under way in San Antonio, 1946/05/03: 1
We Learn the Hard Way [post-war prices go up] (editorial), 1946/07/12: 4

US Office of Price Stabilization

McKinney, William F., Gainesville, appointed to regional office, 1951/08/03: 1

US Office of Production Management

answers NAACP's 'untrue picture' charge, 1941/08/15: 1
buck passed by OPM Committee in first case: gov't does discriminating, so case sidetracked, 1941/08/15: 1
job Jim Crow committee gets first case, 1941/08/08: 1
NAACP charges OPM employment picture not true, 1941/08/08: 1
"urges" contractors to use Race labor, 1941/04/18: 1
Weaver, Dr. Robert, heads new OPM Negro Division, 1941/04/25: 1
wins Race skilled jobs in Illinois plants, 1941/05/16: 1

US Office of War Information (OWI)

blames shipyard heads for Mobile riots; firm's officials hoped to discredit FEPC, Executive order, 1943/06/25: 1
Negro loses voice with folding of OWI, Sept. 15, 1945/09/14: 4

US Patent Office

four Negroes serve as US patent examiners, 1947/09/26: 4
Wallace, Henry A., finds jobs for 50 [Negroes] in Patent Office, 1945/11/09: 5

US Postal Service

See also National Alliance of Postal Employees (NAPE)
10,000 students to be hired for summer program, 1966/03/11: 3
B. T. Washington stamps to be issued, 1939/07/28: 1
Braxton, Charles R., named to high postal position, 1964/08/14: 1
Collins, Archie

See Collins, Archie

Daniels, Dr. Oscar L., Negro is named medical officer of Frisco post office, 1963/07/12: 1
Davis, Cornell, first Negro in 42 years named Post Office guard, 1963/06/21: 1
Diggs, Charles C., Jr.

Michigan congressman, attacks post office job bias in Mississippi, 1963/05/03: 1
solon protests closing of Magazine, AL post office after last white family moves, 1958/02/07: 1

exams for rural mail carriers to be held, 1953/03/13: 2
Foley, Scott D.

See Foley, Scott D.

Georgia, Atlanta

Evans, Gilbert W., named chief of Atlanta Post Office registry division, 1963/04/12: 1
postmaster stripped of promotional authority because of his policies of discrimination against Negro employees, 1962/11/23: 1

Illinois, Chicago

high post office position goes to Negro, 1963/07/19: 6
McGee, Henry W.

Chicago's first Negro postmaster has support of rank and file, 1966/09/23: 10

Johnson, Vice-President Lyndon B., lauds post office for equal work compliance, 1962/12/21: 1
Kentucky, Louisville gets Negro postal superintendent, 1963/08/16: 1
Lee, Ronald B., chief planner for Postal Service revolution, to meet President Johnson's mandate for best service (photo), 1967/08/18: 1
Lewis, Dr. Elsie M., appointed to Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee (photo), 1967/03/31: 1
loyalty program

militant California postal worker fired on 'loyalty' charge, 1948/05/21: 1
NAPE launches fight against 'loyalty program,' 1949/09/02: 1
two more fired in Philly P.O. for "disloyalty," 1949/07/15: 5
two Philly PO men cleared by Loyalty Board, 1949/12/30: 5
two postal men win fight against "loyalty" firing, 1950/05/19: 1
veteran reinstated on job as Loyalty Board backs up, 1950/06/09: 2

Miller, Elizabeth J., named to high postal position, 1964/08/14: 1
Missouri, Negro heads Kansas City's fourth largest postal substation, 1963/08/16: 1
Mudrow Paint and Body Company wins contract to paint US mail trucks, 1960/08/05: 1
O'Brien, Lawrence F., Postmaster General, presents commemorative stamp album to Samuel Edward Peal, ambassador of Liberia (photo), 1967/09/29: 1
one-fifth -- 112,000 -- of country's postal employees said to be Negroes, 1956/06/08: 3
post office to charge for postal savings within month, 1953/09/25: 1
postal men must take furlough, 1933/06/23: 1
postal zone number speeds mail delivery, 1957/06/28: 3
racial discrimination

bias in post office closing being probed with protests postponing shutdown in now all-Negro community in Magazine, Alabama, 1958/02/28: 1
department cuts off air mail delivery by airline that discriminated against colored newsman, 1933/10/06: 1
Diggs, Charles C., Michigan congressman, attacks post office job bias in Mississippi, 1963/05/03: 1
"gross discrimination" charged for not providing equal employment opportunity, 1967/06/09: 1
Memphis first as Senate group probes PO bias, 1948/02/06: 1
New Orleans postmaster's denial of job bias sets off new blast, 1949/02/04: 1
postal official denies speech 'Uncle Tom' type, 1947/01/24: 1
striving to make equality a reality, 1966/01/07: 3

Shaw, Leslie N., assumes charge of Los Angeles Post Office system, 3rd largest in the world (photo), 1963/04/12: 1
Strachan, John R., Negro named to high Post Office position, 1963/05/31: 1
Texan is assistant superintendent in Detroit post office, 1948/10/08: 1
Texas

Dallas

Post Office Promotions Rescinded, 1963/11/01: 4
Rep. Joe Pool Says Dallas Promotions Fair [3 Negroes promoted over white employees] (editorial), 1963/06/21: 4
three Negroes elevated to supervisory positions over whites, permitted by Postmaster General J. Edward Day, 1963/07/19: 1

San Antonio

Bomar, Thomas B., Negro post office official visits San Antonio, 1947/04/11: 1
clerk-carrier vacancies in SA Post Office, 1951/11/16: 3
Collins, L. V., Christine Roberts, Mary Moseby, and Lillie B. Lewis, celebrate 24 years of continuous employment (Jo's Jottings), 1961/10/20 Supp: 4
Kirven, Lazar R., Sr., is first SA Post Office clerk in thirty years, 1951/09/14: 1
Leonard's Pharmacy secures first Race postal sub-station, 1935/07/05: 1
mail truck driver, Lionel Pierce, robbed of $6,000 (photo), 1963/08/09: 1
San Antonians urged to take PO clerk exams, 1951/06/29: 1

Thanks for a [fair] Postmaster (editorial), 1939/01/20: 4
up go postal rates; it'll cost more to write beginning August 1, 1958/08/01: 1
urges college-educated employees to seek better federal jobs, 1963/08/09: 1
Washington, DC

Charlton, Terry, Texan, mail distribution expert, given DC post, 1965/06/11: 1
postal workers to lose jobs due to "marriage clause," 1933/09/29: 1

Wilson, Leon, employee nabbed in mail theft case, 1960/11/04: 1
Your Postman Asks Your Help [to get permanent salary increase] (editorial), 1944/11/17: 4
Yule mail period set for Armed Forces overseas, 1957/10/11: 7

US Public Health Service

Carter, Dolores, named to top-flight dietetic position (photo), 1956/03/16: 1
Eason, John C., Jr., now serves as chief of program development branch (photo), 1952/03/07: 1
Mills, Maj. Mary, nurse officer to leave for duty to the Middle East (photo), 1952/02/01: 6

US Selective Service

See also Military Draft/Enlistment
Alabama draft board, ired by Negro's deferment, fired because won't call inductees, 1957/07/05: 1
collegians not only group being deferred, 1951/04/27: 1
Connally raves and rants against anti-discrimination amendment to conscription bill, but it passes, 1940/09/06: 1
with conscription bill passed, the percentage of Negroes to be in first draft is said problem being pondered, 1940/09/06: 1
Draft Board admits Army's "deep-seated prejudice" against Race, 1941/01/17: 1
has troubles over 'is he is, or is he ain't a Negro,' 1945/08/10: 1
Hilliard, R. W., Prairie View personnel director appointed advisor to Selective Service (photo), 1941/09/19: 1
Johnson, Maj. C. C., appointed executive assistant to draft director, 1940/11/01: 1
Race members assist in draft board offices, 1942/06/12: 1
seek safeguard against compulsory enlistment bias in defense program, 1940/08/16: 4
six SA men named to draft advisory board, 1941/09/26: 1
Uncle Sam's Selective Service Questions and Answers (Column), 1940/10/11: 1, 1940/10/18: 4

US Senate

See also names of individual senators
approves DC home rule measure, 1965/08/13: 3
beauty shop operator may be forced to resign for refusing service to Negro secretary of Senator Philip A. Hart, 1959/08/21: 1
cloture and filibuster rules

attack on filibuster fought off again, 1961/01/20: 1
cloture rule bill drawn by Senate committee, 1949/02/18: 1
committee debate on limiting debate ends, debate unlimited, 1949/02/11: 1
compromise seems likely in filibuster rules fight, 1949/02/04: 1
double cross charted in Senate rules vote on limiting debate, crushing prospects on civil rights legislation in this session, 1963/02/08: 1
GOP's join Dixiecrats to keep filibuster, 1957/01/11: 1
Johnson, Lyndon B., has change of heart on filibuster issue, will co-sponsor change in Senate rules, 1957/01/18: 1
Lyndon B. Johnson's cloture resolution called fraud and a "vote against civil rights" by Roy Wilkins, 1959/01/16: 1
Platform Pledges Repudiated Already? (editorial), 1961/01/20: 4
six bishops lead anti-filibuster group to Capitol to petition for a change in Senate Rule 22, 1959/01/16: 1
Wilkins, Roy (NAACP Officer), calls for Senate to act to end Senate Rule 22 for majority vote to end a filibuster, 1956/12/14: 2

Committee on Internal Security

Keating, Kenneth B. (R-NY) and James E. Jackson, secretary of Communist Party, USA, involved in hot verbal exchange over racial issue, 1959/05/29: 1

Crimes Investigating Committee (Kefauver)

Chicago policy kings also shrewd, alert business men, 1951/06/29: 1
New Jersey woman named counsel to committee, 1955/07/01: 2
Weber, Louis, who lied in crime probe, starts 5 year sentence, 1952/08/01: 1

Georgia senator, Walter George, retires after reading Southern Manifesto against school integration, 1956/05/25: 1
group subcommittee told Negroes tire of "studies," want action on civil rights, 1954/02/05: 1
Hennings Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights

Dixie leaders tell Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights about Jim Crow, including ballot and rights denial, 1957/03/08: 1
ends hearings on civil rights, 1957/03/15: 1
McClellan, John L. (D-Ark), backs down on charges against NAACP witnesses, 1957/04/19: 1
Senate committee to cut off civil rights hearings March 5, 1957/03/01: 1

Judiciary committee nails trial by jury rider on Rights bill, 1957/06/14: 1
Negro's patience running out in face of "continuous violence" Wilkins warns Senate Judiciary Committee, 1957/03/01: 1
Senate hits new low in insulting Negroes, Jews, 1944/06/30: 1

US Supreme Court

Alabama

anti-NAACP cases

asked to review 'Bama court ban of NAACP, 1959/03/13: 1
Little Rock anti-NAACP convictions before high court, 1959/11/27: 1
NAACP contempt fine set by Alabama court set aside, allowing for test on its merits, 1959/07/10: 8 (filmed in 07/17 issue)
reviews NAACP 'Bama case to decide if state can demand membership roll of organization, 1957/06/07: 1
Supreme Court asked to review Alabama's barring of NAACP, saying 'Bama ruling strangles democratic processes and right to petition, 1957/03/29: 1

Lucy, Miss Autherine, admission ruling (University of Alabama) upheld by high court, 1956/05/25: 1
rape cases

Alabama rape case results in split decision, 1949/02/18: 1
rape conviction of 19-year-old Alabama boy set aside, 1954/12/17: 1

rules on 'Bama's segregation of Negro voters, 1959/11/27: 1
Woodall, Robert, fugitive sent back to Alabama; court rules that state has privilege to send prisoner to state of crime without federal court interference, 1952/11/28: 1

Arkansas

See also US Supreme Court, school integration, Arkansas
court to review Arkansas teachers law, 1960/02/05: 1
death sentence of Arkansas Negro convicted of killing white employer set aside, 1958/05/30: 1
refuses to hear case of rapist, Herman Maxwell, Arkansas, 1952/05/02: 1
reviews Dixie death penalty of Frank Andrew Payne, Arkansas, on alleged first-degree murder charge, 1957/04/19: 1
upholds NAACP membership roster secrecy, 1960/03/04: 1

bus transportation

asked to review Florida bus seating case, 1958/04/04: 8 (filmed in 04/11 issue)
court refuses to halt Freedom Rider trials, 1961/12/29: 1
did court mean bus Jim Crow should end?, 1956/05/04: 3
high court kills intrastate bus Jim Crow, 1956/04/27: 1
new Virginia bus case headed for Supreme Court, 1946/10/18: 2
orders ruling by lower court in Tennessee's segregation law on buses and streetcars, 1958/12/26: 1
Shuttlesworth, Rev. Fred L.

and Rev. J. S. Phifer, court upholds conviction of ministers for role in Birmingham, Alabama city bus protests, 1962/01/19: 1
Supreme Court asked to review case, 1964/08/28: 1

Supreme Court gets South Carolina intra-state travel case, 1956/03/09: 1
Supreme Court outlaws Jim Crow law in interstate bus travel, 1946/06/07: 1
Why Not Face It? [Texas attorney general and Supreme Court Decision] (editorial), 1956/04/27: 4

civil rights

at least four cases on high court docket, 1955/10/14: 1
constitutionality of Civil Rights Act of 1957 one of first in fall session, 1959/07/10: 1
double-prosecution ruling significant in civil rights cases, 1959/04/10: 1
new edict for Dixie: must respect Negroes in court, 1964/04/10: 1
refuses to re-hear civil rights foes in two cases, 1953/10/23: 1
sidewalk-blocking appeal case of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth to be considered, 1965/09/03: 1
Southern Conference Educational Fund, Inc. given go-ahead nod in $250,000 rights suit, 1967/05/26: 1
Supreme Court divided into two blocs on civil liberties, 1959/09/11: 1
Supreme Court Upholds Civil Rights [Act of 1964] Provision (editorial), 1964/12/18: 4
thousands of sit-in defendants freed by Supreme Court ruling, 1964/12/25: 1

college education

See Colleges and Universities, segregation/integration, Supreme Court decisions

Commission on Civil Rights, high court weights authority of, 1960/01/29: 1
Congress expected to wage war on US Supreme Court with southerners filling important positions, 1956/10/12: 2
courtesy for Negroes in Dixie courts sought, 1964/02/07: 1
desegregation

Democratic Party may be doomed by Dixie manifesto, 1956/03/16: 1
Florida officials map plans to defy Supreme Court ruling, 1956/03/23: 1
Ike [President Eisenhower] declares South really not defying Supreme Court, 1956/03/30: 1
southern states still ponder ways to defy Supreme Court, 1955/03/04: 1

Effect of Recent Decision (Between the Lines), 1938/12/30: 8 (filmed in 1939/01/06 issue)
Florida

anti-NAACP ruling stayed by Supreme Court, letting NAACP file a petition for hearing, 1959/03/06: 1
court upholds Florida ruling on probe groups forcing testimony, 1959/07/03: 3
Florida peonage law nullified, 1944/04/21: 1
Supreme Court wipes out Jim Crow at a Florida pool and beach, 1957/04/12: 1
Thomas, Jimmy Lee, doomed to electric chair, when court refuses to review case of alleged rape of white woman, 1959/01/02: 8 (filmed in 01/09 issue)
two doomed Floridians saved when Justice Robert H. Jackson lashes biased press, 1951/04/20: 1
upholds Jim Crow golfing in Florida by refusing to review Florida Supreme Court decision, 1952/03/14: 5

Freedom Rides

court refuses to halt Freedom Rider trials, 1961/12/29: 1
rejects rider's habeas corpus bid to win release from Mississippi prison, 1961/08/04: 1

"Groveland Four," high court denies hearing to last of, 1954/02/19: 1
Guam rape-murder case

goes before US Supreme Court, 1953/02/06: 1
Ike [President Eisenhower] refuses to save airmen from execution, servicemen lose last hope, 1953/12/25: 1
to review Guam cases of two GIs doomed to die for rape/murder of white civilian worker in 1948, 1953/01/02: 1

Harmon, John Henry, III, high court rules in favor of GI given "undesirable" discharge for alleged "subversive" activities, 1958/03/14: 1
housing

best social victory in years opens up 500 new homes in Chicago, 1940/11/22: 1
court strikes out housing loyalty oath, 1955/11/25: 2
court upholds home owner's refusal to sell to Negro, threatens 13 states' anti-bias housing laws, 1962/04/13: 1
high court again belts Jim Crow [by banning segregation in public housing projects, public places of recreation and state-supported colleges], 1954/05/28: 1
Honolulu keeps housing bias despite Supreme Court ruling, 1950/02/10: 7
Maryland's 'lily-white' plea turned down by Supreme Court, 1949/05/13: 5
New York housing bias case involving Pelham Hall apartments, heads for US Supreme Court, 1957/07/12: 3
real estate owner can't be sued for selling to Negroes, Supreme Court rules, 1953/07/03: 1
rules against Hutchinson, Kansas's condemning home of Negro property owner, 1956/12/28: 7
Washington, DC covenant block

court rules against restrictive covenants, 1948/05/07: 1
residents in covenant block have varied reactions to Supreme Court decision, 1948/05/28: 2
substitutes sought for restrictive covenants outlawed by Supreme Court, 1948/05/14: 1

Illinois

Beauharnais, Joseph, Negrophobist's white supremacy tactics scored by Supreme Court in Illinois group libel law case, 1952/05/16: 7
doomed youth gets stay for appeal to Supreme Court as Illinois methods scored, 1951/10/19: 1

interracial marriage

court fails to rule on mixed marriages; action has to be started all over again, 1955/11/25: 1
Florida, mixed couple's case taken to Supreme Court by NAACP, 1964/10/23: 1
marriage case review refused, 1956/04/27: 4

jury service, decision on 'deliberate inclusion of Negroes' raises question if Negroes on jury may be unconstitutional, 1964/11/27: 1
justices and staff

Black, Hugo L.

See Black, Hugo L. (US Supreme Court Justice)

Bush, Charles Vernon, first Negro page boy appointed, 1954/07/30: 1
Byrnes, James F., Race shocked by appointment of Byrnes as associate justice by FDR [President Roosevelt], 1941/06/20: 1
Coleman, William T., Philadelphian is first Negro clerk in Supreme Court's history, 1948/05/07: 1
Harlan, John Marshall

appointment approved by Senate committee, 1955/03/18: 1
Ike [President Eisenhower] scores delay in confirming Judge Harlan, 1955/02/11: 1

high school boy gets job as under-library assistant, 1955/11/04: 4
Marshall, Thurgood

See Marshall, Thurgood

Murphy, Frank

President Roosevelt's Fifth Nomination to Court Takes Seat (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1940/02/09: 4
was friend of minorities, 1949/07/29: 5

Parker, John J., bus decision judge denied Supreme Court seat in '26 because of anti-Negro views, 1956/05/04: 1

Kill the Umpire! [Senate Bill 2646 strips Court of some jurisdictions] (editorial), 1958/05/23: 4
Louisiana

Louisiana State University appeals to US Supreme Court in effort to oust student, Alexander P. Tureaud; says equal facilities at Negro schools, 1954/03/26: 1
Supreme Court orders Louisiana State U. to readmit Negro student, 1953/11/27: 1
Washington, Paul, Louisiana man saved from chair just a few hours before execution, 1951/07/13: 1

Louisville, KY

high court rules "shuffling" to music no crime in loitering case, 1960/04/22: 2
two $10 fines for loitering appealed to Supreme Court, 1960/01/22: 1

Lyons, W. L., murder conviction case reaches US Supreme Court, 1944/05/05: 1
marriage, Supreme Court voids anti-intermarriage laws, 1967/06/23: 1
Martinsville Seven

See Martinsville Seven

McGee, Willie

dies in chair for rape, 1951/05/11: 1
has execution stayed temporarily by Justice Black for alleged rape of a white woman (photo), 1951/03/23: 1
May 8 set as new execution date for McGee, 1951/04/20: 1
the McGee story in DC; officials turned deaf ear to citizens who pleaded for his life, 1951/05/18: 1
Mississippi takes life of McGee, but price is high, 1951/05/18: 1
Supreme Court again refuses to save McGee, declines to review the case, 1951/04/06: 1

medics' hospital-bias suit refused by high court, 1959/05/15: 1
Mississippi

Court say's 'Sippi can't deny Negroes the use of public facilities constructed with public funds, 1966/12/23: 3
Meredith, James H., Supreme Court rejects Mississippi appeal in Meredith case, which may be death blow to circumvent efforts, 1963/03/01: 1
refuses to act in Mississippi jury methods, 1953/10/30: 1
reversal of rape conviction sought for William Smith, Jr. by American Civil Liberties Union, 1963/03/22: 1
rules against Perry Howard GOP's in Mississippi, 1954/02/19: 1

Mississippi torture case

case of doomed Mississippians goes to Supreme Court, 1935/05/17: 1
Court sets aside death sentences of Mississippi torture case, 1936/02/21: 1
freedom for Miss. trio saved by US court; three sharecroppers tortured to get "confessions," 1936/10/02: 1

NAACP

anti-NAACP cases

Alabama

asked to review Alabama's banning of NAACP, 1957/03/29: 1, 1959/03/13: 1
denies 'Bama anti-NAACP petition, 1959/10/23: 1
Little Rock anti-NAACP convictions before high court, 1959/11/27: 1
reviews NAACP 'Bama case to decide if state can demand membership roll of organization, 1957/06/07: 1

High Court wants full bench for NAACP cases in Florida and Virginia, 1962/06/08: 6
Little Rock anti-NAACP convictions before Supreme Court, 1959/11/27: 1
Supreme Court kills Virginia anti-NAACP law, 1963/01/25: 1
Supreme Court upholds NAACP roster secrecy, 1960/03/04: 1
That Goes for Texas, Too! [Supreme Court decision will invalidate Texas law] (editorial), 1960/03/04: 4

Legal Defense and Educational Fund brief filed with Supreme Court asking that "neither stops nor frisks" of citizens are constitutional without probable cause, 1967/09/08: 1

North Carolina

four death sentences of North Carolinians convicted of murder or rape upheld, 1953/02/20: 1
four North Carolina death cases before Supreme Court, 1952/05/09: 1

Patterson as War Secretary, Burton on Supreme Court, pleases Negroes, 1945/09/28: 1
railroad cases

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Jim Crow upheld by Supreme Court, 1957/12/27: 1
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks must represent, without bias, all members; Supreme Court rules in case involving Houston local, 1957/11/29: 1
court refuses to halt Freedom Rider trials, 1961/12/29: 1
Missouri-Pacific Railroad wage differential issue evaded by court, 1959/11/20: 1
railroad accommodations must be equal, 1941/05/02: 1
Railroad Labor Act decision improves status of 4,000 RR men, 1944/12/29: 4
rules in favor of Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters preventing discharge for alleged failure to join Brotherhood within 60 days of fixed date, 1958/10/24: 1
won't review Illinois RR Jim Crow case, 1954/10/22: 1

rape cases, court acts in 'death only for Negroes' in rape cases, 1967/02/03: 1
reversals

conviction of Georgia's killer-cops reversed, 1945/05/18: 1
Texas Supreme Court's death verdict against Bob White reversed, 1940/04/05: 4

right-to-work laws, Victory for Freedom [Supreme Court approves right-to-work laws] (editorial), 1964/01/03: 4
Robeson, Paul, goes to Supreme Court to gain passport, 1956/09/14: 1
Roosevelt Administration

Black, Hugo L.

Appointment Brings Charges of Being KKK member (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1937/09/17: 4
NAACP urges President Roosevelt to ask Justice Black to resign bench, 1937/09/24: 1

Race shocked by appointment of Byrnes, FDR [President Roosevelt] told, 1941/06/20: 1
Roosevelt Argues for Reforming Supreme Court (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1937/03/12: 4
Roosevelt's Fifth Nomination to Court, Former Gov. Frank Murphy, Takes Seat (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1940/02/09: 4

school integration

See also Colleges and Universities, segregation/integration, Supreme Court decisions
500 schools desegregated one year after ruling, 1955/05/13: 1
Alabama, court ok's pupil placement law in Alabama test, says law similar to Texas and is valid on its face, 1958/11/28: 1
anniversary of school ruling will be widely celebrated, 1958/05/02: 1
The Appeal to Dynamite [court's school integration decision leads to violence inflamed by southern press] (Between the Lines, commentary by Dean Gordon B. Hancock), 1958/05/23: 4
Arkansas

Because One Man Did, One Didn't, There's a "Mess" [Arkansas legislature orders closing of schools] (editorial), 1958/08/29: 4
called to hold special court session for Central High School case, which the Court rejected, 1958/07/04: 3
court: "Integrate now!" Faubus: "Close doors!"; high court unanimous in decision for immediate integration, 1958/09/19: 1
court ruling kayoes Faubus, saying states cannot adopt evasive schemes avoiding integration in schools, 1958/10/03: 1
September 11 set for action on Little Rock; Supreme Court to call one-day special session next Thursday, 1958/09/05: 1
Supreme Court in special session for Little Rock after Arkansas legislature votes to close state's public schools, 1958/08/29: 1
voids Faubus school closing proclamation, 1959/12/25: 1

begins school suit hearings, Oct. 14, 1952/10/10: 1
court to hear school cases Monday, 1953/12/04: 3
DC airways filled with discussion on Supreme Court school rulings, 1954/06/18: 1
declines to fix school desegregation deadline; Jim Crow to be ended as soon "as feasible," 1955/06/03: 1
Dixie's best legal minds working overtime to thwart Supreme Court, 1954/09/24: 4
final action on J. Crow school cases delayed until fall, 1953/06/12: 1
hears Jim Crow school arguments, 1952/12/19: 1
hears school cases Monday, 1953/12/04: 3
hears ways to effect school ruling, 1955/04/01: 1
how to integrate schools is Supreme Court's next question, 1954/05/21: 1
J. Crow schools outlawed; Supreme Court rules segregated schools unconstitutional, 1954/05/21: 1
lawyers for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund argue Jim Crow school fate in Supreme Court (photo), 1953/12/11: 1
Louisiana

hate laws knocked out by US Supreme Court; state measures were designed to block desegregation, 1961/10/20: 1
high court rules Louisiana State University must admit undergrad, 1956/05/18: 1
Negro in Louisiana State U. upheld by Supreme Court, 1951/01/12: 1

Maryland, Harford County, "gradual" plan gets green light from Supreme Court, 1958/06/20: 1
NAACP asks high court to set integration date, 1955/04/22: 1
NAACP briefs in school suits received by court, 1953/11/27: 1
Oklahoma ordered to provide law school training for Negroes, 1948/01/16: 1
postpones Jim Crow school hearings until December, 1952/10/17: 1
Protestant Episcopal Church back Supreme Court ruling, 1954/12/31: 7
question of J. Crow schools now up to Supreme Court, 1952/12/05: 1
refuses to review four school cases, 1959/10/23: 1
refuses to review school cases from southern states, 1956/06/08: 1
school ruling recalls 1896 opinion by Justice John Marshall Harlan, 1954/05/28: 1
second anniversary of school integration ruling observed, 1956/05/25: 1
South Carolina

hearing granted to 187 students convicted of breaking peace during demonstration at state capitol, 1962/06/08: 3
SC NAACP to honor dissenting jurist in school case, 1954/10/22: 1

Supreme Court ok's pupil placement law in Alabama test, says law similar to Texas and is valid on its face, 1958/11/28: 1
teachers

court slams door on teachers fired because of integration, 1959/11/27: 1
ruling upholding teachers 'ousting' no bar to filing other suits, 1959/12/04: 1
Supreme Court asked to review Missouri teacher contract renewal case, 1959/10/09: 1

Tennessee

Kasper, John

Supreme Court again turns down racist's plea, 1959/10/23: 1, 1960/01/29: 2
Supreme Court turns down racist's appeal from contempt of court conviction in opposing school integration, 1957/12/13: 2

Nashville, high court okays grade-a-year integration plan, 1959/12/25: 1

Texas

Episcopalians endorse Supreme Court ruling, 1955/02/11: 4
San Antonio branch of NAACP celebrates 6th anniversary with mass meeting, 1960/05/13: 1
Texas Colored Teachers Association oppose delay, circumvention of Supreme Court edict, 1954/12/03: 1

to rule on segregation cases, three involving school integration, two with organizational discrimination and two involving Negroes directly, 1957/10/18: 1
Virginia pupil placement act killed by court, 1957/10/25: 1
Washington, DC, court refuses to halt integration, 1955/01/21: 1

school prayer

haters of prayer in schools ban by Supreme Court use ruling for more court attacks, 1962/07/06: 1
The Supreme Court and Prayer (Between the Lines, commentary by Dean Gordon B. Hancock), 1962/07/20: 7

Scull, David H., cleared of contempt charges by Virginia committee, purpose of case too vague, 1959/05/15: 1
segregation

attorney general asks end of "separate but equal" myth, 1950/04/14: 1
Beauharnais, Joseph, Negrophobist's white supremacy tactics scored by Supreme Court in Illinois group libel law case, 1952/05/16: 7
blocks segregation in Macon, Georgia park, 1966/01/28: 1
court has less than 12 Jim Crow issues to settle, 1959/10/16: 3
Dixie hospital bigotry banned by Supreme Court, 1964/03/13: 1
Dixie roars defiance at new anti-segregation decision forbidding segregation in public places, 1955/11/18: 1
high court shows disgust and bans Jim Crow segregated seating in courtrooms, 1963/05/10: 1
park, recreation Jim Crow killed by Supreme Court, 1955/11/11: 1
Rulings to Have Far Reaching Effects on Race Relations (editorial), 1954/06/11: 4
"separate but equal" myth ruled out by Supreme Court, 1950/06/09: 1
sit-ins

court rules for Louisiana students demonstrating against lunch counter segregation in Baton Rouge, 1961/12/15: 1
court rules that sitters at sit-ins have been jailed under unconstitutional laws, 1963/05/24: 1
sit-in legal question reaches Supreme Court, 1961/01/13: 1

Supreme Court upholds 'lost' civil rights law [on Washington, DC, restaurant segregation], 1953/06/12: 1
Talmadge, Dixiecrats, KKK head yowl at Supreme Court decisions, 1950/06/23: 2
to get Washington, DC, restaurant Jim Crow case, 1953/02/06: 1
to rule on segregation cases, three involving school integration, two with organizational discrimination and two involving Negroes directly, 1957/10/18: 1
turns down two Jim Crow appeal cases, involving a union bar and rest room case, 1959/03/20: 1

seven death sentences allowed to stand, 1957/10/25: 1
Smith, Howard (D-Va), Negro's "friend" pushes bill to curb Supreme Court by restricting issuing writs of habeas corpus, 1958/03/21: 1
South Carolina

jury selection case refused by Supreme Court, 1947/10/24: 1
SC drops case against man freed by Supreme Court, 1949/09/02: 1
sets aside breach-of-the-peace sentences of 187 South Carolinians, 1963/03/01: 1
South Carolina teachers take NAACP ban to Supreme court, 1957/05/10: 1

The South's New Rebels [against the Supreme Court] (Between the Lines, commentary by Dean Gordon B. Hancock), 1958/12/26: 4
The Supremest Court (Between the Lines, commentary by Dean Gordon B. Hancock), 1957/05/31: 4
Sweatt, Heman Marion

See University of Texas Law School (Austin, TX)

Tennessee, Memphis' banning of Negro films may be affected by Supreme Court ruling, 1954/02/05: 2
Tennessee Valley Authority

Decision on Constitutionality of TVA Suit Delayed (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1936/02/14: 4
Ruling Handed Down, Tennessee Valley Authority Wins (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1936/02/21: 4

Texas

ban of movie "Pinky" by Marshall, Texas ruled against, 1952/06/13: 1
Cassell, Lee, Supreme Court to decide fate of doomed Texan, 1949/11/25: 1
Gordon, Johnnie Elwood, court asked to review Texas sentence, 1955/10/14: 1
"The Grovey Case" [lost appeal to Supreme Court for Negro right to participate in Texas Democratic Convention] (editorial), 1935/04/05: 4
to hear Texas racial appeals, 1931/10/16: 1

University of Missouri Law School

Gaines case before Missouri Supreme Court again, 1939/06/02: 5
law school case goes to Supreme Court, 1938/06/10: 7, 1938/11/18: 1
Must Admit Lloyd Gaines to Law School (Tid Bits from the Week's News), 1938/12/16: 4
petition for reconsideration denied, 1939/01/06: 1
university to petition for reconsideration of recent decision, 1939/01/06: 1

voting and voting rights

Alabama

asked to review 'Bama Vote Denial Act, 1960/04/01: 7
orders gerrymandering trial to proceed, 1961/01/13: 1
orders trial in Tuskegee gerrymandering, 1960/11/25: 1
orders Tuskegee gerrymandering trial to proceed, 1961/01/13: 1
segregation of Negro voters to be ruled on by high court, 1959/11/27: 1
Supreme Court to rule on 'Bama gerrymander, 1960/04/01: 1
Supreme Court to rule on 'Bama's segregation of Negro voters, 1960/04/01: 7
to rule on 'Bama's segregation of Negro voters, 1959/11/27: 1

Arkansas

Arkansas Supreme Court rules against Negroes in Demo primary, 1946/07/12: 1
vote case to be carried to Supreme Court, 1942/08/14: 5

Georgia

decision in Georgia voting case called "reactionary," 1950/04/28: 1
high court again sidesteps ruling on Georgia vote law, 1958/08/01: 3
Supreme Court refuses to consider Georgia vote law, 1950/05/12: 1

"literacy test" for voters before Supeme Court, 1959/06/05: 1
Louisiana asininity amuses Supreme Court, 1960/03/04: 1
Marshall, Thurgood, speaks about Supreme Court primary voting decision (photo), 1944/04/14: 1
NAACP to carry primary case to Supreme Court, 1942/05/22: 1
rules against Jim Crow for poll tax, 1951/06/08: 1
ruling on reapportionment gives new force to Negro vote, 1962/04/06: 1
Texas

"The Grovey Case" [lost appeal to Supreme Court for Negro right to participate in Texas Democratic Convention] (editorial), 1935/04/05: 4
Justice Black and the Texas Primary [his opinion on upholding conviction of four Negroes in Florida and the right to vote in Texas] (editorial), 1940/02/16: 4
Nixon v. Condon

grants appeal in Nixon case, 1931/10/30: 1
political paragraphs: Dr. Nixon goes to US Supreme Court for second time, 1931/10/30: 4
primary case, Nixon vs. Condon, up before Supreme Court, 1931/12/18: 1

Texas asks that Supreme Court primary ruling be set aside, 1944/04/28: 1
Texas Citizen Denied Right to Vote by Supreme Court (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1935/04/05: 4
Texas denied primary vote case rehearing by Supreme Court, 1944/05/12: 1
"white primary" case headed for US Supreme Court, 1941/05/16: 1
"white primary" in Supreme Court for fourth time, 1943/06/18: 1

upholds Negro voters' rights in Democratic primary case, 1932/05/06: 1, 3

Citizens meet at Auditorium for discussion, 1932/05/06: 1
local attorney honor guests in celebration, 1932/05/06: 3
White Men Should Realize What This Action Means (editorial), 1932/05/06: 1

Virginia, poll tax ban in Virginia hailed by NAACP, 1966/04/01: 1
votes, 8-1, that Negroes cannot be denied right to vote [in Democratic primary], 1944/04/07: 1

Wood, Gen. Robert E., retired chairman, Sears, Roebuck and Company, attacks Supreme Court, giving speech on his reactionary views, 1959/03/13: 8 (filmed in 03/20 issue)

US Veterans Administration

See also Veterans
Albright, Joseph F., 'segregationists' said out to 'get' VA special assistant, 1947/12/05: 1
Dibble, Dr. E.H., succeeds Ward at US hospital, 1936/02/07: 7
expands pre-discharge advice service for returning Viet Nam servicemen, 1967/04/21: 3
FHA and VA blasted for violations of building program rights order, 1967/06/02: 1
'flat feet' as racial characteristic banned, 1947/04/25: 1
gives special consideration to vet teachers who take graduate GI Bill courses, 1950/09/01: 2
Graham, Ruth A., appointed as employment policy specialist (photo), 1966/12/09: 1
Green, Lucien A., named area supervisor of Registrar and Medical Administration for the Boston area (photo), 1962/10/19: 1
Holland, George L., VA assistant to speak here Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1952/10/24: 3
insurance

military personnel get $10,000 automatic insurance, 1965/10/15: 3
National Service Life Insurance

info available on reopening, 1964/11/20: 1
re-opens, 1964/11/06: 6

report of big GI insurance dividend is false, 1965/10/15: 4

Loan Guaranty Division set up here by VA, 1946/04/26: 4
pensioners in trouble if income questionnaires not filed by Jan. 31, 1962/01/26: 7
reminds vets many programs end this year, 1947/03/28: 1
sharecroppers ruled ineligible for readjustment allowances, 1945/10/05: 1
Tuskegee given $300,000 for Vets hospital, 1935/09/13: 1
VA acts to stop housing bias in Chicago, 1963/04/05: 1
VA lists suggestions to get better service, 1965/09/17: 1
VA officer commends Hicks Beauty School on training for veterans, 1954/05/28: 6
VA officials accuses Negro groups of being indifferent to veterans, 1946/03/22: 1
warns vets to beware of equity racketeers, 1965/09/03: 8 (filmed in 09/10 issue)
why some vets don't get fast replies; VA gets over a million pieces of "mystery" mail a month, 1953/11/27: 1

US War Department

denies ban on mixed marriages, 1946/04/12: 6
Gibson, Truman K.

Gibson quits War Dep't--Chicagoan named successor, 1945/11/16: 1
is civilian assistant (photo), 1940/12/27: 1

gives status of colored soldiers and will not consider organization of a colored unit, 1940/05/31: 4
Maybe They Didn't Mean It [planning of separate redistribution facilities for returning Negro soldiers] (editorial), 1944/09/29: 4
orders hiring of Race workers, 1941/08/29: 1
Patterson, Robert P. as War Secretary, Burton on Supreme Court, pleases Negroes, 1945/09/28: 1
Taylor, Walter, honored for 42 years of service (photo), 1942/05/22: 1
War Department publication hits Race segregation, 1945/09/28: 1
won't back down on Jim Crow ban, 1944/09/08: 1

US War Manpower Commission

Negro Manpower Service is set up; headed by Weaver, 1942/06/26: 1
places 200,000 workers during January of 1945, 1945/03/30: 7
Weaver, Dr. Robert, discouraged, disillusioned, to follow course set by Judge Hastie and quit US post, 1944/01/07: 1

US War Production Board (WPB)

union blocks wholesale firing of Race by War Production Board (WPB), 1942/12/25: 1

US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs)

See also US Women's Army Corps (WACs)
3 more SA area WAAC's at Des Moines, 1943/04/23: 7
3 more young Santone women join the WAAC's, 1943/02/05: 1
4 SA WAACs start training at Fort Des Moines, 1943/02/26: 7
14 young Texas women leave San Antonio for training at Fort Des Moines (photo), 1943/03/26: 6
applications being accepted in SA for WAAC, 1942/08/28: 1
celebrates 25th anniversary of the bill activating the Corps, later to become Women's Army Corps, 1967/05/12: 9
city and county drive for WAAC's gets under way, 1943/04/09: 1
Drive for WAAC Quota Under Way (editorial), 1943/04/23: 4
opportunities are many, pressing need for WAAC's, 1943/01/01: 4
SA organizations asked to aid in getting WAAC's, 1943/01/15: 1
San Antonio women are in the Army now (photo), 1942/12/04: 1
service personnel

Bright, Geraldine Walker, now a WAAC officer, visits Prairie View (photo), 1942/11/06: 6
Cesar, Minnie B.

joins WAACs (Jo's Jottings), 1942/12/11: 6
Santone WAAC in motor transport specialist school, 1943/02/26:6

Curtis, Margaret A.

is SA's first WAAC officer (photo), 1943/06/18: 1
Santone WAAC graduates as motor specialist, 1942/12/04: 1

Davis, Lydia M., completes WAAC course, 1943/06/18: 6
Hamilton, Winnie Ruth

See Hamilton, Winnie Ruth

Hilburn, Mrs. Margaret Curtis, first colored San Antonian accepted by WAACS (photo), 1942/08/21: 1
Marshall, Gracie, into the Army [WAACs] goes another SA girl, 1943/02/26: 7
Meador, Miss O. L., becomes third Southwest Texas Race woman to join WAACs (photo), 1942/10/02: 1
Parrimore, Mrs. Eula Mae, San Antonio WAAC, starts training at Fort Des Moines, 1943/03/26: 4
Price, Cohuita H., joins WAAC's, 1943/03/12: 6
Stewart, Georgia, joins WAAC's, 1943/03/12: 6

six Central Texas girls join WAAC's, 1943/02/26: 7
solon demands probe of Alabama WAC center Jim Crow, 1955/02/18: 1
urgent call is made for more WAAC recruits, 1942/10/02: 1
WAAC cagers in action at Fort Huachuca, Arizona (photo), 1943/04/23: 3
WAAC officers recruiting in SA (photo), 1942/11/13: 1
WAAC recruiting booth at Cameo [Theatre] (photo), 1943/04/23: 1
WAAC's need 139 from SA area in next 3 months, 1943/01/08: 1
women to start WAAC officer training, 1942/07/17: 1
women trainees seek commissions at Des Moines, 1942/07/31: 6

US Women's Army Corps (WACs)

See also US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs)
Boyce, Hertie, WAC sergeant retires after 20 years of service, 1964/06/12: 1
Brown, Cpl. Dorothy J., serves as WAC medical technician in Japan (photo), 1954/02/05 Supp: 2
charge of Jim Crow at Fort Knox brings integration promise, 1953/06/26: 1
detachment of WACs at Fort Sam Houston studying to handle reassignment center duties, 1944/09/29: 1
ex-WACs to form interracial club, free of bias, 1947/08/08: 4
first Negro WACs overseas stand inspection (photo), 1945/03/30 Section 2: 1
Jefferson, Elizabeth, SA woman, in history-making plane leap, now a WAC sergeant, 1945/06/22: 6
Jim Crow denies WAC's recreation at Atlantic City, 1945/11/02: 6
Leroy, Marguite

"more money in the Army" says reenlisting WAC, 1946/04/26: 1
reenlists in WAC (photo), 1946/04/26: 1

Little, Cpl. Sara Bess, graduates as chaplain's assistant in WACs (photo), 1945/04/27: 1
only one WAC, an officer, remains on duty overseas, 1946/06/21: 1
prison sentence for four WACs voided, 1945/04/06: 1
refusal of menial tasks results in prison sentence for 4 WACS, 1945/03/30 Section 2: 1
WAC Recreation Building formally dedicated Jan. 31, 1945/02/09: 7
WACs study photography at AAF training command school, 1945/01/12: 1
War Dept. rules WACs are not laundry menials, 1944/02/18: 1
Wearye, Tech. 5th Grade Shirley H., wins "prettiest WAC" contest (photo), 1944/12/01 Supp: 4

Usher, Betty

notice of death, 1961/06/23: 8

Usher, Debra Ann

final rites held for infant, one month old, 1959/01/23: 8 (filmed in 01/30 issue)

Usher, Lue Ella

notice of death, 1961/01/13: 8

Usher, AB Otto C.

reassigned for technical training as an air policeman at Lackland AFB (photo), 1963/02/01: 7

Usher, Raymond

run down, critically injured in '36's first serious car accident, 1936/01/17: 1

Ushers

See Churches, usher boards
See City-Wide Junior Ushers Union
See City-Wide Usher Board
See City-Wide Ushers Union
See Eastern District Ushers Board
See individual church usher boards
See Interdenominational City-Wide Ushers Union
See Interdenominational State Ushers Union
See National United Ushers Association of America
See Quartet and Singers Association of San Antonio (Local 62-2), Usher Board
See San Antonio Ushers Union
See Texas Church Ushers

USO

See also USO units in San Antonio
Army to use race booklets [explaining racial differences] banned by USO, 1944/02/11: 1
'bolt from blue' closes all USO clubs Jan. 31, 1950/01/27: 1
Bond, Louise, to serve on operating committee as USO volunteer chairman (photo), 1945/11/02 Supp: 3
Bond, Thomas M. to tour regional USO clubs (photo), 1945/03/02: 1
effort made to continue USO hospital program, 1950/03/10: 6
Gloster, Dr. Hugh, USO executive visits southeastern USOs (photo), 1946/06/14: 2
interracial photos banned as "controversial," 1944/03/31: 1
Johnson, J. W., ex-soldier, serves as USO volunteer (photo), 1945/10/12: 5
Metcalfe, Ralph, named to new USO post, 1943/06/25: 3
San Antonians urged to acquire USO facilities for future use, 1945/08/24: 1
three Negro women cited for distinguished service awards, 1946/10/04: 2

USO, Brownwood

baseball team continues to lead league, 1942/06/05: 3
Brownwood Club one of country's finest (photo), 1942/04/10: 2
doubles quota in fund drive, 1942/06/19: 8 (filmed in 06/26 issue)
gets contribution from Indiana, 1942/05/01: 5
girls service organization (photo), 1942/05/22: 8 (filmed in 05/29 issue)
"Miss USO of Texas" crowned (photo), 1942/06/19: 7
Smith, Emma Clay, of San Antonio, is assistant program director (photo), 1942/05/29: 1
West, Col., is Brownwood USO speaker, 1944/04/21: 5

USO, Centre Street

See USO units in San Antonio

USO, Corpus Christi

Brown, Mrs. Vessie Hill, San Antonio, to direct Corpus Christi YWCA-USO, 1942/11/06: 1
celebrates first anniversary (photo), 1944/09/01: 4
Corpus Christi in drive for club for service men, 1942/10/09: 1
Navy men present gift to officer at USO affair (photo), 1942/12/25: 1
Pruitt, Mrs. T. C., new USO director of Staples Street USO (photo), 1945/03/02: 1
site picked for Corpus Christi's USO building, 1942/12/18: 1

USO, Dallas

Dallas USO under national supervisor, 1943/07/09: 4
groups entertain soldiers at Camp Wolters (photo), 1942/06/26: 8 (filmed in 07/17 issue)

USO, Houston

Harris, Anna Lee, assistant at Houston USO (photo), 1942/07/17: 7

USO, Sycamore Street (San Antonio, TX)

See USO units in San Antonio, Sycamore Street USO

USO Units in San Antonio

Bond, Thomas M.

associate field supervisor, cites gains in race relations in address to USO workers (photo), 1945/10/26: 4
national representative of USO-YMCA visits San Antonio on business (photo), 1947/05/23: 6
to tour regional USO clubs (photo), 1945/03/02: 1

Brooks Field USO, activities in 1942, 1942/07/24: 6
Centre Street USO

news in 1949, 1949/03/11: 7
USO building lease renewed for another year, 1949/02/18: 1

Red Cross USO

activities in 1942, 1942/10/16: 7, 1942/11/13: 4, 1942/12/11: 6, 1942/12/25: 6
Production Unit meeting, 1943/03/12: 5

Sycamore Street USO

See also Service Center (formerly Sycamore Street USO)
additional dormitory facilities urgently needed, 1945/08/10: 1
anniversaries

4th anniversary celebrated with open house, 1945/02/02: 6
5th anniversary

birthday breakfast celebrates fifth anniversary (photo), 1946/02/08 Supp: 3
fifth anniversary of service celebrated; post-war program in SA eyed, 1946/02/01 Supp: 2
Wrenn, Emma Lee, honored for celebration idea (photo), 1946/03/01 Supp: 3

arts and crafts classes given, 1944/06/30: 5
arts and crafts exhibit (photo), 1946/01/11: 8
Bond, Louise (Mrs. Thomas)

honored for USO services, 1946/08/09: 6
to serve on operating committee as USO volunteer chairman (photo), 1945/11/02 Supp: 3

Civilian Girls Corps celebrates first anniversary (photo), 1946/02/01 Supp: 3
craft shop classes meet Monday, Thursday (photo), 1947/02/21: 5
debating team holds debate on June 1 (photo), 1947/06/20: 4
Edwards, Coleen, named "Hostess of Month" (photo), 1949/06/24 Supp: 2
"family night" featured at USO, 1944/08/04: 4
forums conducted each Thursday evening, 1946/03/29 Supp: 2
garden party for service men's wives, 1944/07/14: 6
holiday housing sought for veterans, kin, 1945/12/14: 1
homes sought for informal affairs for convalescent soldiers, 1944/08/04: 4
Hospital Committee

activities, 1946/05/03 Supp: 4

Hospital Committee gives program at PDC, 1946/01/04: 8
housing shortage studied at USO luncheon, 1945/12/21: 7
Junior Hostesses

activities in 1946, 1946/06/21 Supp: 4
bring flowers to shut-in GIs (photo), 1946/06/21 Supp: 2, 1946/06/21 Supp: 3
junior hostess school opens, 1944/06/30: 5

Metcalfe, Ralph, Olympic ace says USO meets needs of Negro service men, 1942/07/17: 3
ministers honored by appreciation luncheon (photo), 1947/11/28 Supp: 2, 1947/11/28 Supp: 4
"Mother of the Year," Mrs. Mollie Montgomery, honored on broadcast (photo), 1946/05/17 Supp: 4
Negro MP Unit to be formally presented tonight, 1945/02/16: 1
Negro Navy men honor wives at USO club, 1944/04/21: 3
new organization, Tob-Smok Club, makes merry (photo), 1944/03/10: 4
news/notes/activities in 1942, 1942/05/22: 7, 1942/07/31: 7, 1942/08/14: 6, 1942/08/28: 6, 1942/09/04: 3, 1942/09/11: 7, 1942/09/25: 6, 1942/10/09: 7, 1942/10/16: 6, 1942/10/23: 6, 1942/11/06: 6, 1942/11/13: 4, 1942/12/04: 4, 1942/12/11: 6, 1942/12/18: 6
news/notes/activities in 1943, 1943/01/15: 7, 1943/02/05: 6, 1943/02/26: 6, 1943/03/12: 8 (filmed in 03/19 issue), 1943/03/19: 6, 1943/03/26: 6, 1943/04/23: 5, 1943/05/21: 6, 1943/06/18: 6, 1943/06/25: 6, 1943/07/09: 6, 1943/07/16: 6, 1943/07/23: 6, 1943/07/30: 6, 1943/09/17: 8 (filmed in 1944/01/07 issue)

1943/07/02: 6

news/notes/activities in 1944, 1944/01/21: 6, 1944/01/28: 6, 1944/02/04: 4, 1944/02/18: 6, 1944/03/03: 7, 1944/03/10: 4, 1944/03/17: 4, 1944/03/24: 5, 1944/03/31: 4, 1944/04/07: 2, 1944/04/14: 6, 1944/05/05: 5, 1944/05/12: 6, 1944/05/19: 6, 1944/05/26: 7, 1944/06/16: 3, 1944/08/11: 5, 1944/08/18: 4, 1944/09/01: 6, 1944/09/08: 6, 1944/09/15: 6, 1944/09/29: 6, 1944/10/06: 7, 1944/10/13: 6, 1944/10/20: 6, 1944/10/27: 6, 1944/11/03: 6, 1944/11/10: 6, 1944/11/17: 7, 1944/11/24: 6, 1944/12/01: 6, 1944/12/08: 6, 1944/12/15: 6, 1944/12/22: 5
news/notes/activities in 1945, 1945/01/05: 7, 1945/01/12: 6, 1945/01/19: 6, 1945/01/26: 7, 1945/02/09: 6, 1945/02/23: 7, 1945/03/09: 6, 1945/03/16: 5, 1945/03/30: 6, 1945/04/20: 5, 1945/05/04: 6, 1945/05/25: 6, 1945/06/08: 6, 1945/06/29: 6, 1945/09/07: 6, 1945/11/02 Supp: 2, 1945/11/30: 6
news/notes/activities in 1946, 1946/01/11: 4, 1946/01/18 Supp: 4, 1946/03/01 Supp: 2, 1946/05/03 Supp: 4, 1946/05/31 Supp: 3, 1946/06/21 Supp: 2, 1946/07/19 Supp: 3, 1946/11/01: 6
news/notes/activities in 1947, 1947/01/10: 7, 1947/02/28: 6, 1947/03/07 Supp: 2, 1947/04/18: 2, 1947/06/06: 7, 1947/06/20: 6, 1947/08/01: 2, 1947/08/22: 7, 1947/09/19: 2, 1947/11/28 Supp: 3, 1947/12/19: 8 (filmed in 12/26 issue)
open house, tea, to honor new officers, 1944/08/04: 6
Operating Committee

Booker, O. C., elected chairman of operating committee, 1946/01/11: 1
Fitzgerald, O. E., heads operating committee (photo), 1947/02/07: 5
officers study recognition certificates (photo), 1946/02/01 Supp: 2

radio broadcasts

Bedney, Pvt. William, sings on KMAC broadcast (photo), 1945/03/23: 1
Breckenridge, Cpl. Paul, former soloist of "Wings" choir, on USO program, 1945/03/23: 5
Calanthians on USO broadcast Saturday, 1945/04/13: 6
Kelly Field on Saturday's broadcast, 1945/04/27: 6
on air next Friday afternoon, 1946/08/23: 6
Randolph, A. Philip, on broadcast Saturday, 1945/03/30: 1
USO Hour airs on KMAC, 1945/03/02: 5

recognition ceremony will be held Sunday, 1946/08/23: 1
regional supervisor, Miss Irene Redman, visits, 1947/06/06: 7
robbed again, 1946/12/27: 3
robbed of $54.85, 1944/10/20: 1
San Antonio USO becomes service center, 1948/01/23: 1
Service Center

See also Service Center (formerly Sycamore Street USO)

Service Men's Wives

activities in 1944, 1944/07/28: 6
reorganizes at USO, 1944/07/21: 6, 1944/08/04: 6

square dance sponsored by Red Cross Recreation Committee, 1942/08/28: 6
staff members

Harris, Mrs. Locille West, resigns post, 1945/03/16: 7
Jackson, Ruth, becomes third professional worker, 1947/06/06: 6
Redd, Oreneda, formerly program director of Sycamore Street USO, is now assistant director of Wichita Falls USO (photo), 1945/11/02: 6
Rogers, Etha Belle, named director for San Antonio USO, 1942/01/09: 1
Stewart, Zer Nona (director)

See Stewart, Zer Nona

Thompson, Vera Estelle (director)

See Thompson, Vera Estelle

Whitlow, Mrs. Zudora, latest staff member, 1946/06/21 Supp: 4

"thanks!" say GIs, for USO and Community Chest (photo), 1946/11/01: 7
USO-Army show

acrobatic dance team to be featured (photo), 1945/06/01: 2
awaits curtain time tonight (photo), 1945/06/15: 2
bond buyers to get free tickets to show, 1945/06/01: 2
cast ready for cues, June 15, 1945/06/08: 7
Gordon, Pvt. Robert C., swing pianist to be in show (photo), 1945/06/08: 5
great cast now rehearsing for USO-Army show this month (photo), 1945/05/04: 2
sailor boys add comic relief (photo), 1945/06/08: 5
show now being planned, 1945/04/13: 7
USO-Army show at Municipal Auditorium, 1945/05/25: 7

volunteers

graduation exercises held for volunteers (photo), 1945/11/23: 6
senior ladies carry flowers, sunshine to GIs, 1946/06/14 Supp: 3
USO thanks volunteers, 1946/08/09 Supp: 2

"White Christmas" theme sponsored for SA, 1945/11/30: 1
Wilcox, Miss Evangeline, program consultant visits USO clubs (photo), 1944/12/01: 5

Travelers' Aid USO

national officers visit San Antonio, 1944/02/25: 6
Neal, Mrs. Audrey Duconge, studies SA's needs (photo), 1946/01/18: 6
Red Cross Canteen unit to assist Travelers' Aid, 1943/06/25: 1
seeks rooms for soldiers' kin, holiday visitors, 1944/11/24: 6
Travelers' Aid Service secures more volunteers, 1943/07/02: 6

USO Council meets, 1944/07/28: 4
USO Victory Club No. One

has dinner tonight, 1943/01/08: 6
holds first annual dinner, 1943/01/08: 6
meetings in 1943, 1943/01/01: 6, 1943/01/15: 6
organization of, 1943/01/01: 6

YWCA-USO

activities in 1942, 1942/02/13: 6, 1942/04/10: 6, 1942/04/17: 6, 1942/04/24: 6, 1942/05/29: 6, 1942/06/05: 6, 1942/06/12: 6, 1942/06/19: 7, 1942/06/26: 3
activities in 1945, 1945/08/24: 6
Brown, Mrs. Vessie Hill, San Antonio, to direct Corpus Christi YWCA-USO, 1942/11/06: 1
Davis, Mayme, regional director, at Corpus Defense Council meeting, 1942/12/18: 6
national staff members visit city (photo), 1946/10/25 Supp: 4
program for weekend announced, 1942/01/16: 5
to give benefit square dance, 1942/08/07: 6
USO News, 1945/08/10: 2, 1945/08/17: 6
volunteers assist at USO Travelers Aid Branch (photo), 1943/03/12: 1
weekend program announced, 1942/01/30: 7

USO-YWCA

See USO Units in San Antonio, YWCA-USO

Ussery, Clyde Charles

rites conducted for Seguin boy victim of heart attack, 1953/02/06: 2

Ussery, Evelyn L.

notice of death, 1960/04/01: 8 (filmed in 04/08 issue)

Ussery, Frank

notice of death, 1963/05/10: 8

Ussery, Helen B., Austin, addresses annual conclave, 1952/05/02: 8 (filmed in 05/09 issue)
Ussery, Rev. Dr. J. N.

final rites held in Austin; Rev. G.F.C. Curry officiates, 1936/08/07: 1

Ussery, Johnnie Mae

See Crime and Criminals

Ussery, Martha

funeral arrangements pending, 1934/06/01: 8 (filmed in 06/08 issue)

Ussery, Marvin M.

promoted to Airman second class at Biggs AFB, 1962/11/23: 2
Seguin, assigned to Biggs AFB, 1961/11/24: 2
Seguin airman in Norway maneuvers, 1966/09/16: 3
Seguin airman in recent blue chip exercise, 1966/11/25: 2

Ussery, Maudester

crowned first Spring Queen of Youth Choir, Greater Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 1961/04/14 Supp: 2

photo, 1961/04/14 Supp: 4

Utah State College (Logan, UT)

Jordan, Rhoda, Hampton drama director, first Negro instructor at Utah college, 1951/06/29: 6

Utopia Club

anniversaries

tenth anniversary celebrated, past presidents honored, 1938/05/06: 6
twentieth anniversary observed (Jo's Jottings), 1949/01/21 Supp: 3

annual art exhibit held (Jo's Jottings), 1934/06/08: 6
annual election held; picnic plans made, 1962/07/06 Supp: 1
annual garden pilgrimage date set, 1941/05/09: 6
annual musical tea given, 1941/01/03: 6
annual picnic, 85 guests entertained, 1960/07/22: 6
art show of members' works climaxes regular meeting, 1963/03/01 Supp: 3
breakfast held at Pecan Valley (Jo's Jottings), 1967/07/28: 8
Christmas meeting, Mrs. B. J. Harris is hostess, 1960/12/23 Supp: 2
conducts first pilgrimage tour of gardens, 1940/05/24: 6
discusses modern woman and her place in today's world at recent meeting, 1963/04/05 Supp: 3
entertains with Open House (Jo's Jottings), 1936/01/10: 6
first fall meeting held, 1932/09/23: 6
flower show to be held at 'YW' May 25, 1941/05/16: 6
garden pilgrimage and flower show is grand success, 1941/06/13: 4
Harris, Miss B. J., hostess for Yule meeting, 1966/12/23: 9
hears two brilliant papers, 1933/04/07: 4
holds first meeting of season, 1933/10/06: 6
Inman, Aletha, hosts monthly meeting, 1966/05/27: 6
installation of officers

hosted by Mrs. Aletha Inman (Jo's Jottings), 1962/09/28 Supp: 4
hosted by Mrs. F. E. Brown (Jo's Jottings), 1961/10/06 Supp: 3
hosted by Mrs. Leola Jones, 1960/09/23 Supp: 2
installed by Miss F. E. Brown, outgoing president, 1966/10/07: 9

invites all to social at St. Philips Jr. College, 1933/02/17: 3
meetings in 1931, 1931/05/29: 8, 1931/09/25: 6, 1931/10/30: 6, 1931/12/04: 6, 1931/12/25: 6
meetings in 1932, 1932/04/22: 6, 1932/12/09: 6, 1932/12/23: 7
meetings in 1933, 1933/01/27: 6, 1933/03/03: 6, 1933/05/05: 6, 1933/06/09: 6
meetings in 1934, 1934/01/12: 6, 1934/02/09: 7, 1934/03/02: 5, 1934/03/23: 6, 1934/06/22: 6
meetings in 1935, 1935/06/07: 6
meetings in 1936, 1936/01/03: 6, 1936/01/31: 6, 1936/02/21: 6, 1936/03/27: 6, 1936/05/01: 6, 1936/06/05: 6
meetings in 1937, 1937/12/03: 6
meetings in 1938, 1938/04/01: 6, 1938/10/14: 4, 1938/10/28: 4, 1938/12/02: 4, 1938/12/30: 6
meetings in 1939, 1939/03/24: 6, 1939/04/14: 6, 1939/05/19: 6, 1939/06/30: 6, 1939/11/03: 7
meetings in 1940, 1940/01/26: 7
meetings in 1941, 1941/01/03: 6, 1941/03/07: 7, 1941/03/14: 6, 1941/04/11: 7, 1941/04/25: 7, 1941/10/03: 6
meetings in 1942, 1942/01/23: 6, 1942/12/04: 6
meetings in 1943, 1943/04/23: 6
meetings in 1944, 1944/01/07: 6, 1944/02/11: 6, 1944/07/07: 6, 1944/09/29: 6, 1944/11/10 Supp: 3, 1944/12/22 Supp: 1
meetings in 1945, 1945/01/12: 7, 1945/02/09: 6
meetings in 1946, 1946/11/01: 6, 1946/12/27 Supp: 4
meetings in 1947, 1947/02/28: 4, 1947/05/02: 6
meetings in 1949, 1949/02/25 Supp: 4
meetings in 1950, 1951/01/05: 6
meetings in 1952, 1952/08/01: 6
meetings in 1955, 1955/01/07: 4, 1955/04/08 Supp: 3
meetings in 1959, 1959/12/04: 6
meetings in 1960, 1960/05/13: 6, 1960/10/28 Supp: 3

(Jo's Jottings), 1960/07/01 Supp: 1, 1960/12/02 Supp: 1

meetings in 1961, 1961/03/31 Supp: 2, 1961/04/21 Supp: 3, 1961/06/23: 6, 1961/11/03 Supp: 4, 1961/12/22 Supp: 3

Jo's Jottings, 1961/03/10 Supp: 4

meetings in 1962, 1962/02/02 Supp: 2, 1962/03/02: 6, 1962/03/30 Supp: 3, 1962/05/11: 6, 1962/06/08: 6, 1962/11/02 Supp: 2, 1962/11/23: 2
meetings in 1963, 1963/05/03 Supp: 1, 1963/05/17 Supp: 2, 1963/12/06: 6
meetings in 1964, 1964/03/20: 6, 1964/12/11: 6
meetings in 1965, 1965/12/03 Supp: 2, 1965/12/24: 6
meetings in 1966, 1966/10/28: 8, 1966/12/02: 9
meetings in 1967, 1967/02/10: 8, 1967/03/31: 8, 1967/04/21: 8, 1967/06/30: 9, 1967/09/29: 7
more than hundred guests at "open house," 1938/01/14: 6
music recital presented, 1933/01/27: 6, 1934/02/23: 6
Negro History discussed, 1961/10/06 Supp: 3
Thanksgiving meeting held, 1933/12/08: 6
Utopians hostesses at art exhibit, garden party, 1939/07/07: 6