Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-02-16 | Page 5 | Court Martial Sentences 5

Court Martial Sentences 5 PHOENIX Ariz Feb 16 UP Five sentences were handed down dawn Tuesday morning by the general martial court trying 27 Negro Negra soldiers sol sol- soldiers diers here on charges growing out of a Thanksgiving day riot which led to three deaths and injuries to 11 others ethers Four soldiers were given 50 years each at hard labor and a a. a fifth was given giyen 40 years Immediately after the sentences were announced the court headed by Brigadier General Forrest L. L Williford started the trial of other cases Names of the men sentenced and the place of their confinement willbe will willbe willbe be reve revealed led if the judge advocate generals general's department of the western western western west west- ern defense command approves the sentences