Negro Ship Builders Win World Record Pay The Fourth Notice Demands Final Pledge Payment
The Wheat ley-Provident Hospital Building Fund urges subscribers to pay the final pledge by June 1st, with delinquency after June 16th incurring six percent interest. The drive highlights Negro shipworkers at Newport News yards and praises their impact on war production, noting leadership by Foreman Charles Knight and Dr. William J. Thompkins. Funds fund hospital construction at 1826 Forest Ave and 1803 East 18th St with furnishing by local clubs and a strong community effort.
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East 18Th St
Forest Ave
Ladies Auxiliary No. 1
Kansas City
Knight
Newport News
Washington Times
South
Charles Knight
Foreman Knight
Record Riveters at Sparrows Point Break World Riveting Mark
A gang of riveters at Sparrows Point working for Bethlehem Steel Corp set a new world record by driving 4 875 rivets in nine hours. Charles Knight led the effort with 4 875 three quarter inch rivets, surpassing the prior 4 442 mark from a Scottish shipyard. Knight, a Baltimore resident born in Virginia, symbolizes patriotic effort at home while Black soldiers fight abroad. Telegrams of the record were sent to Chas Schwab and Fleet Corp officials.
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Charles Knight
France
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Baltimore
Virginia
Chas
M. Schwab
The
Fleet Corporation
Gallant Negro soldiers fight German raiders on front
Pershing reports first action by Black troops on the American front. Two Negro sentries, Private Henry Johnson and Private Robert, aided by a bolo knife after rifle jams, engaged a twenty-man raiding party in a hand to hand fight before daylight May 15. Three Americans wounded. two by grenades. all recovering.
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Liszt Address Baritone Solo Recital Listing
Edward Boatner and Lulu G Warlick present baritone solo numbers including Three Questions and Land of Blue Water with Mrs Kimma Payne as Superintendent of Nurses Motley listed among participants in this recital program.
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Land of Blue Water
Edward Boatner
Lulu G. Warlick
Kimma Payne
W. FP. Motley
Conviction for Theater Manager Highlighted by Gen Ballou
General Ballou and the 92d Division pursued prosecution of a Wareham Theater manager for discrimination to deter color bias. The Manhattan Kas case resulted in a $10 fine and costs after appeals. A published letter to Emmett J. Scott defends Bulletin No 35 and ties race tensions to wartime division discipline and public order.
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Ballou
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Kas
Officers’ Training School
Des Moines
Emmett J. Scott
Secretary of War
The
Crisis
New York
Mr. Scott
92D Division
United States
92D
Foret Des Moines
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