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Investigation of conditions atthe Lovell Army General Hospital following the conviction and sentencing of four colored WACS after an alleged sitdown strike was demanded Wednesday by Congressmen Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and Vito Mar-cantonio.FORT DEVENS, Mass. — Four Wacs. convicted on March 20 by n court-martial board of disobeying a superior officer./ were scn-----V1PVT. ALICE D. YOUNGtenccd to one year at hard labor and ordered dishonorably discharged from the service.They were: Pvts. Alice Young, 23. of Washington; Johnnie Murphy, 23. Rankin, Pa.; Mary E. Green, 21, Conroe. Texas; and Anna C. Morrison, 20, Richmond. Ky., who collapsed when sentence was pronounced.The decision, ordered by the board composed of two colored captains, two white Wacs and five other officers, is subject to review by Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles of(Continued on Page z, tot. 3)Ex-Soldier Found Guilty in SlayingLuther Rousey, • ex-soldier, of 2214 Hunter Street, was found guilty of manslaughter in Criminal Court, Wednesday, in the I killing of Joseph Carter, same ad-' dross, February 9.Rousey, who will be sentenced, Tuesday, admitted he fired three bullet* at Carter, two of which lodged in his head and chest, after i Carter cursed him and threatened j to kill him with a butcher knife. I Central District police said Rousey walked into the station im- mediately after the shooting, an-i nouneed he had killed a man and told them where the body could, be found.Witnesses Corroborate Claim Mrs. Rosie Parramore. landlady! at the Hunter Street address, told j the jury that she was sitting in, the basement talking to Rousey as he cooked some bacon when Carter came in and began cursing him.Rousey, taking the story from there, said he told Carter to cut j lit out.” then went upstairs to get: his gun, returned and fired one shot into the ceiling to scare Car-, ter. When thit didn’t work, he said, he fired the other three shots.Convicted of manslaughter in 1940, Rousey served two years in prison. He was honorably discharged from the Army two months ago.Fowler with ParatroopersFORT BENN1NG, Ga.~Major James D. Fowler who saw service overseas with the 92nd Division. is now stationed here undergoing paratroop training.
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Baltimore Afro American
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Sat, Mar 24, 1945
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