Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
The Daily Bulletin
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
What is this article about?
Maj. Daniel E. Day, chief of the Negro interest section in the War Department's press branch, departs on a 45-day assignment to visit areas with large concentrations of Negro troops in Europe and Italy. He advanced from lieutenant to major as editor of releases on Negro soldiers' activities.
Clipping
OCR Quality
Full Text
EUROPEAN TOUR FOR
WAR DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (ANP).
Maj. Daniel E. Day, chief of the Negro interest section, press branch, in the war department's bureau of public relations, has left for the European and Mediterranean theaters on a 45 day temporary duty assignment.
Maj. Day left the National airport aboard an ATC plane which will take him to Paris from where he will visit areas in Europe and Italy having large concentrations of Negro troops.
One of the first Negro officers assigned to the bureau of public relations, Maj. Day, 31, a resident of Chicago since 1923, came to the bureau as a first lieutenant in August, 1943, and as editor of the war department's weekly releases on the activities of Negro soldiers advanced from that rank to his present grade of major.
In charge of the Negro press section during Maj. Day's absence will be 2nd Lt. George E. Norford.
What sub-type of article is it?
What themes does it cover?
What keywords are associated?
What entities or persons were involved?
Where did it happen?
Story Details
Key Persons
Location
Washington, European And Mediterranean Theaters, Paris, Europe, Italy, Chicago
Event Date
Jan. 24
Story Details
Maj. Daniel E. Day, a 31-year-old Chicago resident and one of the first Negro officers in the War Department's bureau of public relations, leaves on a 45-day assignment to visit Negro troops in Europe and Italy. He advanced to major as editor of releases on Negro soldiers' activities. 2nd Lt. George E. Norford will manage the section in his absence.