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Pvt. Will Liner

November 26, 1950

Depicts Private Will Liner who was being trained at the USAF Technical School at Warren Air Force Base

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War Casualty

December 12, 1950

Depicts that a man named Ensign Jesse L. Brown, the first Black man to serve as a naval flier, was killed in the line of duty

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Recruited Ned Carson

December 14, 1950

Depicts a soldier named Ned Carson and notes that he was stationed at Camp Atterbury in Indiana

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Pvt. Frank T. Lane

December 18, 1950

Depicts a Black man named Frank T. Lane who had just completed his Air Forcebasic training and was being moved to a base

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Florence Negro Wins VFW’s ’50 Plymouth

December 25, 1950

Briefly notes that a man named Charles Bankhead was awarded a 1950 Plymouthby the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

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Editorial Grist: We Are Not Outnumbered

October 17, 1957

Notes that others agree with the southern stance on segregation, including Governor of North Dakota Arthur Davis and others who attended a demonstration at Craig Air Base.

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Editorial Grist: A New Chapter Of Shame

August 12, 1948

Describes opposition to President Truman’s proposal to eventually desegregate the armed services.

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