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...basic criticism of the Army is that while some concessions have been made to the Negro, he is continually being treated as a second-class citizen. A revision of the War Department policy of segregation as a solution to racial problems; methods of educating the Army to the racial issues; redress of the prejudiced actions of military and civilian police towards colored soldiers; and better attitudes from white soldiers are the changes present dislocated traditions can bring; changes that are stepping stones to a more democratic future for the Negro. Although he still remains skeptical about the protestations of Americans...
...overseas works like this: the Basic News desk in the newsroom receives the huge flow pouring in from all news and radio services and Federal bureaus, processes it for distribution, sends it on an intermit teletype circuit to all language desks, to NBC and CBS short-wave departments. This file of stories becomes the basic news...
This upsurge of the market had little to do with corporate earnings: during the week the National City Bank reported that earnings of 710 manufacturing companies were down 13.4% in 1942 from 1941. Nor was better war news the basic reason. The market apparently reflected something else-a dangerous something: the rise represented the bets of many investors that the general price level is still on its way up-that inflation is gaining ground...
After her six weeks of training she never felt she had earned anything as much as her Second Lieutenant's bars, she continued. The WAACs undergo the same basic training as the male members of the Army with the exception of the Manual of Arms...
...officer or civilian can write for Yank. Its staff consists exclusively of Army enlisted men plus two sailors and a marine sergeant. Every one has endured the tortures of basic training and most of them take their turn at an overseas front covering troop life and action for Yank...