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PHOTOCOPIED October 2, 2002: NASM PRESERVATION COPY

N.Y. Barbers Must Pay $100 for Refusing Haircut
The operators of a Mineola, L. I. barbershop--two brothers--who cut the hair of light-skinned Ernest G. Chadwick but refused to cut the hair of his dark-skinned, six-year-old son, were ordered to pay $100 damages to Chadwick in Mineola District Court. Earlier, a jury acquitted brothers Salvatore and Rocco Greco of criminal violation of the state civil rights law in refusing to cut the boy's hair. Chadwick said the barbers complained the boy's hair was "too thick" and they didn't have the "proper equipment."

Col. Davis Becomes 1st Negro Air Force General
Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., 41-year-old son of retired Brig. General B. O. Davis, the first Negro Army general, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general by President Eisenhower and became the first Negro ever to hold that rank in the Air Force. Now serving in Japan as director of operations and training of the Far East Air Forces, Davis, a West Point graduate and native of Washington, flew 60 combat missions as commander of the 332nd Fighter Group in Italy during World War II. He also commanded the 99th Pursuit Squadron, first all-Negro flying group to see combat duty.
[[image-Gen. Davis, Gen. Partridge]]
General Earl E. Partridge pins star on General B. O. Davis Jr. 

^[[Nov 11, 1954 Tokyo SEIJO]]