Brown-Hodges Recital and Rev Walker Revival Here
The Ebenezer Church hosts the Brown Hodges recital while Rev Dr C T Walker conducts a ten day revival at 12th and Michigan. Walker, famed orator and War Department speaker, praises Kansas City progress and Negro wartime contributions as crowds attend morning and evening services and an afternoon address on the Negro in the war. Admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John PD. Rockefeller
Wiliam Howard Taft
Atguete
C. T. Walker
Kansas City
St. Stephens Baptist Church
Hurse
Spurgeon
12Th Street
Michigan Avenue
Walker
Color Bearer Holds Flag Under Fire in France
Report from St. Louis Argus recalls color sergeant of a regiment under attack by enemy planes on a shell-marked road in France. Soldiers dropped, lay flat, while one color bearer refused to touch the ground, flag raised high as unit moved on.
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France
St. Louis Argus
Colored Soldier Uses Down Home Tactics in France
An Alabama colored soldier in an American unit with French troops used a fox as a ruse to trap German messenger dogs. He obtained leave, hunted a fox, crossed No Man's Land at night, dragged the fox back to the American trenches, and the next day six German messenger dogs appeared in the American lines.
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No Man's Land
Charles W Anderson Made Honorary Colonel by 397th Regiment
New York June 12 Charles W Anderson Supervising Agent of the State Department of Food for Markets and former New York district Internal Revenue Collector has been named an honorary colonel of the 26th United States infantry This marks the first such honor here following European practice and acknowledges his work in organizing colored regiments and broad government service to support wartime efforts
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New York
Charles W Anderson
State Department of Food For Markets
Internal Revenue
26Th
United States Infantry
Anderson
Colored People urged to buy Thrift Stamps for war effort
A wartime appeal urges Kansas City Black residents to purchase Thrift Stamps in large and small quantities as part of a national drive. It emphasizes loyalty, duty, and active support for America’s war program, noting past Liberty Loans and Red Cross efforts and urging continued participation to aid soldiers at home and abroad.
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America
France
Kansas City
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
Kansas City Journal
The
Star
Comfort Committee Aids Martyr Hero's Mother
Washington June 18 The National Colored Soldiers Comfort Committee dispatched a check to Mrs Pearl Henderson of Dayton D widowed mother of Sergeant Josep Henderson of the 272d Regiment the first Colored soldier to die in action in France to cover rent furniture installments and insurance immediate needs.
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Washington
Pearl Henderson
Dayton
Josep Henderson
272D
France
National Colored Soldiers Comfort Committee
Albany Negro sentry cited for bravery by Pershing
Henry Johnson of Albany is named among the army casualties as severely wounded while two Negro sentries are praised by General Pershing in his May 10 communique for bravery and devotion. The report lists him among those wounded in action.
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Albany, M. Y
Henry Johnson
Albany
Pershing
Soldier Acquitted of Charge at Camp Dodge Trial
Private Willan Head, among four soldiers tried by a general court martial at Camp Dodge, Iowa, June 21, was acquitted of criminal assault on a year old white girl and restored to active duty.
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Camp Dodge
Willan Head
Doctor and Mrs Brooking Head West for Ten Day Tour
Dr and Mrs M G Brookings will depart around July 10 for a ten day western tour Dr Brookings notes that Dre Kane and Hedgepath will care for his patients in his absence Miss Fannie Waite of Joplin Missouri en route to California spends Sunday visiting Miss Mary E White in the city
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M. G. Brooking
Brookins
Dre, Kane
Hedgepath
Fannie Waite
Joplin
California
City
Mary E. White
Mrs Beckham Honored for Church Work and Nursing
Mrs T. E. Beckham, vice president of the Woman's National Baptist Convention for Missouri, is praised for assisting her husband in church work and noted as one of the best registered nurses in the country.
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J. B. Beckham
National Baptist Convention
Second Baptist Church
Independence
Beckham
T. E. Beckham
Woman's National Baptist Convention
Missouri
Wheatley-Provident Hospital Campaign Plea to Pledgers
Miss G. 8B. Owens urges nonresponders to pay pledges for Wheatley-Provident Hospital building fund. Construction nears completion but funds lag. July 1 added interest on unpaid pledges. Recent donations include 100 from Dr William J. Thompkins, 50 from Dr McQueen Carrion, 25 from Prof. and Mrs. R. T. Coles, with several smaller gifts listed.
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Wheatles-Provident Hospital
William J. Thompkins
Old City Hospital
McQueen Carrion
Kansas City
R. T. Coles
OFFICERS TRAINING SCHOOL MOVES TO CAMP PIKE ARK
War Department orders transfer of the entire Officers' Training School of the 2d Division from Camp Dodge to Camp Pike Little Rock Ark in June. New York attendees include Harold E Simmelkjaer Stanley Miles Errol Horne Lar Pugsley William Pogue James W Brown James Hinton Timothy Pleasant. Simmelkjaer noted for Harlem civic involvement. A grand rally was held at Metropolitan Baptist Church Argentina Kana with a collection of $71.15.
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Camp Dodge
War Department
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Ark
New York
Harold E. Simmelkjaer
Stanley Miles
Errol Horne
Lar Pugsley
William Pogue
James W. Brown
James Hinton
Timothy Pleasant
Harlem
Simmelkjaar
Uncle Sam
Jack Johnson Denied Army Entry Amid Racial Restrictions
Washington report says Jack Johnson, famed Colored American boxer then in Madrid, offered to enlist in the U S Army. Congressman LaGuardia relayed the offer to the Adjutant General, who reportedly rejects it due to racial bias. The piece notes possible covert enlistment and a return if war eligibility changed.
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Washington
Jack Johnson
Madrid
United States Army
H. la Guar ‘Iia
New York
Jobson
Johnson
America
la Guardian
Adjutant General
Jack
France
Johnson and Roberts
United States
New York News
Patriotic Celebration for Negro Community at Swope Park
The Negro community prepares for a July 4 International Celebration at Swope Park with over 100000 expected. The Seventh Regiment National Guards Boy Scouts and allied groups will participate. Mrs A E Jenkins chairs the Negro booth with Dr William J Thompkins leading general arrangements. Nelson C Crews will speak for the Negro people and the Roland Hayes Choral Society will sing. Judge John T Atwood to give the main address at 4 pm with all nations under their flags and no discrimination among Americans. Twenty thousand Negroes expected to attend.
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Swope Park
Seventh Regiment
National Guards
Boy Scouts
Federated Clubs
Kansas City
Missouri
A. E. Jenkins
Federation
C. Bunch
C. H. Calloway
W. J. Thompkins
William J. Thompkins
City Hospital For
Colored People
Nelson C. Crews
Washington
Council of Defense
Roland Hayes Choral Society
GOO Voices
N. Clark Smith
United States
John T. Atwood
Community Chorus Notice for July 1 Rehearsal at Lincoln High
Former choir members who joined in December at Convention Hall with Mr Rowland W Haynes will meet at Lincoln High School Assembly Room Wednesday evening July 1 at 8 pm for final rehearsal. Bring copies of Listen to the Lambs and Steal Away to Jesus and join with the orchestra. One hundred thousand people of all races are expected to hear us. Musical Director N Clark Smith.
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Convention Hall
Rowland W. Haynes
Lincoln High School
Jesus
Clark Smith
Colored Man Jim Boyd Raises Turkeys for Red Cross in Texas
Palestine Texas report highlights Jim Boyd a leading local turkey grower whose prize birds were auctioned for the Red Cross in Frankston and Poyner then to Athens and Palestine. Proceeds totaled over 1000 dollars before the draws continue, with a noted dig at Nick Childa and The Sun office.
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Palestine
Texas
Jim Boyd
Boyd
Red Cross
Frankston
Poyner
Athens
Turkey
Detroit
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Rockefeller
Augusta
12Th and
Michigan Streets
Chicago
Kelly Miller
Roosevelt
Carnegie Hall
New England Baptist Convention
Asbury Park
New Jersey
Grant
Lee
Gordon
Columbia
Chicago Tribune
Turcos
Congos
St. Stephens
R. B. Porter
397Th Regiment
Harles W. Anderson
New York Military Organization
Comfort Committee
Hero
Wheatley-Provident Hospital
Owens
William J. Thompking
Dr McQueen Carrion
J. W. Smith
Derr & Malson
J. H. Bennett
Callie Diggs
Snee €& Anderson
Eudie Royle
Pearl Brown
George Walker
James A. Smith
Pauline B. Crawford
Officers’ School
Camp Pike, Ark
Metropolitan Baptist Church
Argentine
Kana
Spain
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Knights of Pythias
A. W. Lloyd
Pythian Club
Mississippi River
Llyd
Ing Bast
Community Chorus
Nick Childa
Pisindealer
Sun
San
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