Farmer, Archie Arrington, Brig. Gen.

Biography: 

(1892–1963), commanding officer, Philadelphia Signal Depot (1941–42); commanding gen., Signal Corps Eastern Signal Service (1942–46); operated Western Electric’s Point Breeze plant for War Department after government took it over for three months following strike by white workers demanding resegregation; conferred with Mitchell in Baltimore (1944). Born in N.C.

Birth: 
1892 April 2
Death: 
1963 May 5
Gender: 
Male