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Image of four Negro WAACs socializing accompanies article. Caption reads: The Negro Community center Sunday held a tea for 40 Negro members of the women's army auxiliary corps who are stationed at Fort Des Moines. Getting acquainted are (left to right) Mrs. Verda Spangler, 1172 Fourteenth st., a member of the center's, committee: Mrs. Jessie Ward of New York N. Y.; Mrs. Marjorie Mason, WAAC hostess, and Miss Verneal Austin of New York, N. Y. E-mail inquiries for the State Historical Society of Iowa should be directed to history.research@iowa.gov or library.st@uiowa.ed Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 3228C @ 600 ppi. Master image: 10,593,930 bytes, 5412 x 3549. Register Des Moines, Iowa >',- I Negro WAACs Entertained at Tea The Negro Community center Sunday held a tea for 40 Negro members of the women* army aux-.hary corps who are stationed at Fort Des Moines. Getting acquainted are (left to right) Mrs Verda Spang.eru„ Fourteenth st, a member of the center', committee: Mrs. Jessie Ward of New York N. Y.; Mrs. Marjorie Mason, WAAC hostess, and Miss Verneal A jHOSTESSFOR NEGRO WAACS Mrs. Marjorie Mason, 27, Negro, 'ormerly junior hostess at Fort ieonard Wood, Mo., has arrived ,t Fort Des Moines to be temporary hostess for Negro members |f the womens army auxiliary [orps. Mrs. Mason is in charge of the Jeg^q service club at the army Jost and will arrange social activ-| ilies for members of the WAAC. I She had been at Fort Leonard]-! yyood since last October. He hfcme is...
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