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Gl's Await Army's Actionon Italian Paper's InsultBy MAX JOHNSON 1 and non-combat troops I have en-.ccAFR0 » Corr'^'M .1* °,Ut the dJaw- ‘U.S. Troopt in Italy • , jng show and bitter resent*(Copyright. Reproduction in whole or ’ mcnt which threatens to change in p*rt «xpr«»»iy forbidden.) eiltirely their once triendly and:k Alnfiil (tliiliiflAa f Aiinr/I nnnnlf i #. „.....M helpful attitudes toward needy,WITH FIFTH ARMY IN ITALY families in thein immediate vicini- J —(By Cable)—Colored Americani^es. fsoldiers fighting here in Italy,: onc 0f many soldiers who have *among other things, help better formed the habit of sharing their *the lot of the Italian people, wcre,f00(j rations with the Italians in-,1 shocked into a rude awakening | variably lined around GI chowCTTm4*tTnriIln t U mr tL’nrn riHimUH I i:___^ ..I i.i j 1 C-SUTtdiywhfn they were ridiculed I lines at meal times told me: by a front-page cartoon appearing! Insult to Army 11in an n?'\8,P*pcJ’ “That damn cartoon, is a direct *wrculated through liberated areas, insult t0 evcry colorcd 6oldier and cof this peninsula. !every colored American. Army of- JThis offensive cartoon, entitled* ficials in this theatre should take''“Shoes,” showed in the background| iction against those responsible.! Fa group of Italian civilians, men, because it is an insult to part of women and children, either bare- cfoot or wearing battered sandals! (Continued on Page 2, CoL 4) iaThe foreground showed a colored |--American soldier wearing shiny1Classmates AiCombat boots such as are issued to most American combat group | troops.This soldier was represented by J the cartoon as saying: And to think that I, who am not used to them, am forced to wear them.” -Socialist Party Organ The Italian paper featuring this Correspondencecartoon is called Pcttirosso. and HAMPTON. Vq.—Expulsion lastOuster of Va.is a weekly subsidiary of the daily!week of of Miss Alveda Whigham. newspaper, “Avanti. which is,a junior cadet nurse at the Dixie considered an organ of the Italian!Hospital, because of her attitude.Socialist party. ihas so stirred her classmates that-At this writing, just twenty-four1 they have requested transfer to an-: hours since the cartoon appeared, • other hospital to Complete their reactions among colored combat'training.
Newspaper Details
Baltimore Afro American
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Sat, Feb 10, 1945
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
CO, USA 22 Dec 2019
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