1944-12-08

• Pap& U. S. Soldiers Overseas Urge 1 N.C.C.P.T. BACKS V. D. CAMPAIGN . "Back to School" The nation-wide campaign I against venereal disease has the A Gis thoughts turn to learning, full cooperation of the National as well as fighting, when he is 1 Congress of Col~red Parents anrl Teachers, according to Mrs. Anna overseas. . More than half of the enroll- M. P. Strong, of ~ananna,_ A~k., ments with the United States Ann- who repre~e~ts this o;gamz~tion ed Forces Institute a correspond- on the National Women s AdVIsory ce school sponsor;d by the Army Committee on Social Protection. :d Navy, are from service men "Meet Your Enemy-Venereal and women overseas. In addition to the quarter of a million men and women enrolled for self-taught courses with the Institute, 500,000 stud~ts are studying in off duty classes, ob– taining books provided by the USAF!. Disease," is a new booklet prepar- ed by the Social Protection Divi· sion, Office of Community War Service,. Federal Security Agency, at the request of and in consulta– tion with the National Women's Advisory Committee on Social Pro– tection. Mrs. Strong is also a mem– ber of the Executive Committee of the N. W. A. C. and played an im· portant part in drafting its reso– lution which declared ~hat members Most Gls are "cracking their books" in the hope that their di– plomas will help them to better jobs when they come back to civili– an life, and they urge boys and of this women's committee support, girls at home to follow their ex- ed the social protection program and would wo~k together to achieve:– amples. In fact, a number of overseas its objectives whic~ are to prevent soldiers have recently written back and repress prostitution and s.exual strongly endorsing the current promiscuity. drive of the U. S. Office. of Educa- Mass blood testing for syphilis is tion and the Children's Bureau to one of the important steps in a encourage school-age children to venereal disease control program, return to high school this fall. according to "Meet Your Enemy- T-5 J:tmes Richmond of King- Venereal Disease." Public health ston, Pa., for example, says: "I departments are prepared to off"r quit after 3% years of high school their services which include diag– and went to work, and boy, am I nosis and treatment of persons with sorry now! Youngsters should stay venereal infections, irrespective of in high school and finish up a job race, legal residence, or ability to -the way men overseas are finish- pay for such services. ing theirs. You would~'t want a Millions of Americans of all ages doctor to give you nine-tenths of a and levels of economic life have prescription and walk away, would syphilis and gonorrhea, the two you?" most common venereal diseases, Pfc. Clayton Emkey of Balti- says "Meet Your Enemy." How– more adds: "I have two younger ever, these diseases can be cu:r;ecl sisters who are working now, and One difficulty lies in locating in– I am telling them to go back to fected individuals, 'Placing them un– school this fall and finish. I never der t~eatment and keeping them finished school and I know how under treatment until they are cur– much it held me back." ed or no longer able to infect oth- Finally, Cpl. Kermit Greason of ers. "Meet Your Enemy" goes fur– Atwood, Kan., haS this warning for ther to assert that finding and the thousands of young boys and treating infected persons is not girls who may be wondering enough. Better understandinig o~ whether to leave jobs for school the problem, mobilization of re– this fall: "Any boy who's in high sources, and a concerted attempt to school now had better finish right bring about safe, healthful and so– away. Because. if he doesn't finish dally desirable living conditions before he's drafted, or before he are needed as basic protection takes a full-time job, chances are 1 a'gainst venereal disease. he never will. That goes for girls, "Meet Your Enemy-Venereal too." Disease," deals specifically with Xmas Gifts Chat at Library Dec. 7th Christmas gifts and decorations will be subject of the craft chat to be given by Frances Werschkul at Central library Thursday' morning, Dec. 7, at 10:30 o'clock, and of the radio broadcast she will make over KBPS at 12:15 p.m. the same day. Mrs. Werschkul heads up the arts and crafts clases, sponsored by the recreational division of the park bureau. DAHLIA TEMPLE No. 204 I. B. P. 0. E. W. presents a GRAND CARNIVAL AND DINNER FRIDAY- SATURDAY December 15th and 16th at ELKS HALL 2504 N. Williams Ave. (Near Russell St.) On Exhibition: A "DOLL HOUSE" the main source of venera! diseases and ways of combatting them. It is concerned primarily with social protection, which is defined as "the prevention and ;repression of pros– titution and sexual promiscuity as a means of controlling venereal dis- ease." The National Women's Adv;isory Committee on Social Protection was formed in June 1943, when a group of representatives from the leading women's organizations in the country met with Charles P. Taft, then Director of the Office of Community War Services, Fed– eral Security Agency, to discuss this country's venereal disease problems and the steps that were being taken to meet them. The committee was appointed by Mr. Taft, and has since acted in an ad– visory capacity to the director of the social protection division. Big Attendance At Rec. Centers Reports turned in to Miss Doro– thea Lensch, director of the recrea– tional division, Bureau of Parks, show that 9,821 persons, children aml adults, used the indoor play centers in November, while the rec– reational equipment was used by over 235,700 persons, and there were over 22,000 spectators at vari- Dancing ous events-tournaments, games, Refreshments boxing, smokers, dances, etr.. spon– sored by the park bureau. r PORTLAND INQUIRER Liberty Ship to Be Named For Colored Seaman Daughter Elks To Hold Election ·In January on Tuesday evening, January 2nd, at 8 o'clock. When baking bread, why not bake banana nut-bread. Now there is a real treat to put in the family The names of several Negro mer- That Dahlia Temple No. 202, I. I lunch boxes. We should be seeing chant seamen who lost their lives B. P. 0. E. W. will hold election a few more bananas on the markets as a result of direct enemy action of officers at its first regular meet- soon, too, for the remo-.a.l of cer– are included in the latest list of ing of the new year, was announced tain shipping restrictions is expect– names assigned for the last 100 this week by the Daughter Ruler, ed to increase civilian supplies. Liberty ships under the present' M~s. Letha Peck. All members of However, bananas will be coming construction program, the United this temple are requested to be into the country via New Orleans States Maritime Commission an- present and members of other tern- as west coast ports become more nounced this week. pies who are visitors here or liv- and more clogged with military Names of the .100 heroes selected ing here are invited to be present. personnel, so prices here may be from 722 known dead on the of- The meeting will be held at the higher to reflect. cross-country ficial casualty list to the American Elks Hall, 2504 N. Williams Ave. shipping costs. Merchant Marine represent men of all grades and nearly every State and Territory. Selection of these names was made not only to -honor this group of men, but also the more than 5,000 merchant seamen listed as missing or prisoners of war, commission officials said. The first group of 22 names as– signed to hulls on the ways in five southern shipyards included the name of James Kyron Walker, who was second cook on the SS Gulfar– merica, torpedoed on Apr. 10, 1942. Walker was born in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, January 25, 1910, and enlisted in the Merchant Ma– rine services from Baltimore, Md. Recorcl!,l of the Maritime Commis- 1 sion do not list his family. Insteacl 1 1 of next in kin, Walker listed a friend, Mrs. Fanny Morse, of 2554 McCulloch Street, Baltimore, as the · person to be notified in case of emergency. Assignment of names for the re– maining 78 Liberty ships will be announced at an early elate. The SS. James Kyron Walker will bring to fifteen the total of Liberty ships named for Negro Americans. Lewis and Clark College Student Broadcasts On Sunday, December 3, Richard Moffatt, the only colored student. on the campus of Lewis and Clark I College, sang the solo part of the Negro spiritual "Poor Little Jesus" 1 on the Council Choir hour. Richard I is a Freshman student from Mis– sissippi, now residing with his par– ents and a sister, who attends high school, in Vanport. He is a voice student of Mrs. Maud Bohlman of the faculty of ~wis and Clark Col– lege. The depth of feeling with which the selection was rendered was commented upon by many of the radio audience. Richard may go a long way up the road to fame and fortune if he continues making such rapid progress as he has made while on the campus. He wil appear again on the College music pro- · grams so you will want to watch the Christmas concert notices in your daily papers. Richard is quite versatile since he is also an accomplished pianist. 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