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The Omaha guide., 1941-07-26
MILTON P. WEBSTER, V. P. BROTHERHOOD
OF SLEEPING CAR PORTERS UNION AND
EARL B. ~DICKERSON, CHICAGO ATTY. ARE
NEGRO MEMBERS
NAACP. News Report Says Hillman Stumbling
Block To Faster Assembling of the Committee

Z washington, ID. C--In a ten day
battle behind the scenes here and
in New York, the fight to get two
Negro members named to the com
mlttee which is to function under
the Presidents executive order
banning discrimination in national
defense industries was won july
II.
On that date, word came down
from the powers that be that two
colored men would be named. Up
to that time a committee consist
ing of four whites and one Negro
was seriously considered by high
officials.
The committee is charged with
the duty Of receiving complaints
Of discrimination and to take nee
essary steps to put a stop to dis
elimination against the Negro in
defense factories.
Mr.. Milton P. Webster, v. P. of
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters and Attorney Earl B.
Dickerson, of Chicago, are the Ne
gro members Of the committee.
Other members Of the committee
are Mark F. Etherridge, vice pres
ident and general manager Of the.
Louisville Courier Journal, Philip
Murray, President of CLIO and
William Green, President A. F. of
L., David Sarnoff, President of
Radio Corporation of America.
The committee was created by
executive order Of June Is which
reaffirmed the policy of the gov
eminent against discrimination IN
the hiring of defense workers. 1t
vas the result of a demand of the
Negroes Of the United States, led
by A. Philip Randolph. He and
his associates had threatened to
lead a march of fifty thousand
Negroes 0 n Washington to make
a demand upon the government 70
end discrimination. A conference
followed between the President,
Secretary Of War Stimson and
Secretary Of the Navy Knox and
Randolph and White, with the out
come stated in this story.
With Philip Murray, Milton P.
Webster and Mark Etheridge on
the committee the Negroes will
feel they can expect a square deal
General satisfaction has been
expressed all over the country a.
mong informed colored people re-
speeding the results thus far OBJ
tanned by the Threatened 80
"MARCH ON WASHINGTON.
One OF the stubborn obstacles to
getting a satisfactory committee
together was the a t t i t d e of
Sidney Hillman, co-director Of o.
P. M. in charge Of labor. From
the outset, it has been learned, Mr..
Hillman seemed to want a com
mittee largely of his choosing.
Up to the last minute there was
vigorous objection to and
protest against two men in the la
Dor field whom Mr.. HiIlinan
insisted upon as members Of the
committee. The nominee from the
A. F. Of L. comes from a union
with a VIGOROUSLY unsatisfactory
record on Negro workers. The
nominee from the CIO was almost
wholly unknown, and came from a
small union, and is known in the
labor movement as a "Hillman"
man. His attitude toward Negro
es was said to be satisfactory but
his other handicaps more than
match this o-ood Doint.
The Omaha guide., 1941-07-26
STONE TO LECTURE IN PITTS
BURGH

Pittsburgh, July % (by Warren
Mari for ANP-It was announced
here this week by Mary Cardwell
Dawson, president of the National
Association of Negro Musicians
that Theodore Charles Stone, in
ternationally famous baritone and
lecturer, will lecture at one of the
sessions Of the convention to be
held here Aug. 2429. MI. Stone
will speak on Finnish Culture.
The Omaha guide., 1941-07-26

Mr.. Stone spent some time in
Finland coaching under Finnish
masters and studying the customs
and culture Of the Finnish people.
At the outbreak of the Russo-Fin-
nish hostilities, he was forced to
leave the country.
Stone is very well known in mu-
sicial circles as the possessor of
an unusual voice. 1t has been his
privilege to give command per
formances for the royal houses IF
Norway, Sweden and Finland. He
also has sung for Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt in the White House.
The Omaha guide., 1941-07-26

tee also announced that Governor
Griswold would recognize outstand
ing campaign efforts in Nebraska
towns and counties with citations
signed by the Governor following
the campaign.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18

Legion were urged not to view,
 The following statement was is- sued today from the New York headquarters of the Legion of Decency;
 Metro-o ooldwyn-Mayer has made changes In the motion picture Two Faced Woman. These changes have involved additions and climb nations,
 The Legion of Decency after re- view of the revised version has deemed tho revislons sufficient to warrant the removal of the picture from the Q or "Condemned" classi- fication to the B classification.
 Metro Goldwyn< Mayer is to with draw the present version and sub- stitute fer all future bookings the revised version,
 The Legion appreciates the co. operation of Metro 0oldwyn- Mayer in bringing about this result.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18

ina to officers nWyer ana Little. From tho moment a driver sees tho need for a quick stop until the mo- ment that he actually puts his foot on the brake pedal. a split second interval elapses. m this interval, known as reaction time, car wtn travpl a given number oe feet. the SlstAnce Increasing with the speed of the car. After the brake is ap- piled, the car will travel Rn addl- tlonal distance before it can he brought Co Q stop.
 Reaction time varies with the inc divldual and ranges from one-follrth second to a second or longer, Stu- dents ct the Police pepartnent'a aDrivers' School" will have an op- portunity to test their own individ- ual reaction time on the Reac- tonaeter,
 The portable testing device Is 2 smaller model of the Standard Aetna Reactometer which has re- oelved wide attention throughout the United states.
 An invitation Is extended Co the public to visit Police eHadQuarters and test their reaetlonary powers on the Portable Reactometer on December i2,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18
POLICE CONDUCT REACTION TESTS
New Instrument Tests Drivers Perception, Ace
 tiOns ; Free Tests

The waterbury Police Depart ments Drivers school win have on exhibition at class to be held to- morrow night iSr the basement of the police station a portable Reac- tometer, an ingenious device for testing 0 drivers reaction time,
 Officers William Dwyer and James Little who conduct the Drivers School" advise that few people real- ize the distance on automobile will travel before 1t Is possible to bring 1t to Q stop. Even fewer persons realize how rapidly this distance lengthens as the speed of the car increases. Yet actually, If you are an average driver, your stopping distance under normal conditions is l32 feet at 10 miles per hour, and 26A feet at 60 miles per hour,
 No one can act instantly, accord-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18

clair, New Jersey; Hiland Porter Of Edgartown, Mass; Louis II. Porter of Stamford Katherine Nick, Miller of New York City and Bertha Com stock of West Hartford, all surviving relatives of David c. Porter; Attor- ney General Francis A. pallotti of Hartford, and the city of Waterbury,
 Plaintiff in the action is the Wa terbury Trust Company, trustee of the fund established for the purpose by Porter The last periodic ac- counting of the fund, covering the period May l, i0a0, to May 2B, iD4l,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18

Itt0V " NE8NNAEHE9NHF
 The motion is scheduled for dee cislon at tomorrows concluding short calendar session Of the cur rent court term, and may bring to an end the long delay caused by the necessity of serving papers up- on parties In the action not readily accessible.
 Defendants In the suit, brought to decide whether the terms of the Por- ter estate, providing for school CT college" for technical training, arc applicable within the contem- porary definition of a trade school, are: Nathan T, Porter of Mont
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18
5 SHOPPING DAYS TILL cHRIsTMAs

The city must provide Q building to house students and faculty, site for which is contained in the Porter will, and must in part defray the cost of It's maintenance.
 Three questions to which the Wa terbury Trust Company seeks Q court ruling are: D Whether 1t shall turn over the fund to repre- sentatlves of the city or state, and, # 50, the exact, terms, manner and conditions under which payments
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18

shows cash on hand amounting to $2D 070.79 and securities and real estate having an original Inventory value Of $l72,00B08.
 The request that the fund be turned over to the city, as provided by the will, was made by Mayor Vincent A. scully, and Is intended to supplement an appropriation of S250 ,000 voted by the last General Assembly, for the purpose Of creat- ing q state trade school here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18
aoow SENSE" MATCHES HORSE

Davis, Cal, CUpl-W. 1T. Alison, University of California agricultural expert, declares California COWS are developing an T. e." that would jus- tify the substitution of the express sion Ycow sense" for morse sense" !" He has found on California dairy farms that cows, which called either by their name or number, step right up to the milker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18

shall be made; 9 whether any heirs or next of kin of Porter have any interest In the fund: and 8 whether to hold the fund, accuInu- late income, and add to the prin- cipai amount until the estate Is large enough to permit accomplish ment of the precise intentions of the testator.
 Porter, who included in his de- scriptlon of Q trade school courses of study in astronomy, and classes for girls, died here Oceober i7, 1905.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18

Living costs in Sweden are soar- ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18
NEW RATING FOR
 PROTESTED FILM
"TwO Faced Woman Scored By Legion of De-
 Cency Given B Class

The Legion of Denecy announced today that the moving picture, TWO Faced Woman, hes been removed from the condemned list as Q result of changes which have been made, The picture had been attacked by Catholic leaders and members of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18

The problem of substitution for scarce materials Is being studied by many governmental and nongovern- mental agencies, the Department of Commerce says,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18
Court Ruling Expected
 In Porter Will Case
Motion Filed to Terminate Three.MOnth Statutory
 Continuance; Fate of Trade School Involved

court ruling the anticipated erection of state trade school in this city according to the provisions of the will of the late David c. Porter, became more than probability today with the revelation that Superior Court Judge John A. Cornell will act upon motion to terminate
 threemonth statutory continuance granted in the case
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06
CERARDL, NTVER SEEK $3,lOO JOB
Mayor to Name Successor to Tax Commissioner
 Frederick PalOfnba

With Tax Commissioner Frederick ". Palofnba slated t0' become city prosecutor July 1, city hail specula- ton today centered or the appoint. flient Of c successor by Mayor Vifl- cent Az Gcuily. Leading catididateG mentioned up to now are Alderman William V, 6eFafdi and Ccfntilis- sioner Tenton Niver Of the board Of public works.
 The 93,1O0-a-year post must 60 to c RepubIicail, and c wide open scramble for the job has beer started. The appoiiltee viii serve until March 1, 194G, completing the five-year term which MF, Paj0mba began March 1,
 Among the C. o. ?, candidates who wifi be considered are Addison Ashborn afld Charles Schmidt, both former members Of the board Of aldermen.
 Another possibility is ex-Mayor Patrick Perrieii0, though t is doubt fui # nc would accept jn view Of his intention Of seeking the Repub. iicaii nomination for mayor this fail.
 Former Mayer PcfrfeIIo may out iifse his political plans at 2 meet ing of the Young Mems Italian Re- publican club tonight ct 116 Bank street. The Hoffman Speciality O., where he has served as afi assistant to the pOductioa manager, has atl- ncunced plans to leave Waterbury and open . plant ct Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. PeFrieilo has been invited to % west with the company but has not yet announced any decision.
 Both oerardi ard Niyer, the ieads ing candidates for the tax ccs5niiS- sicner, gre reported to have strong backing for the appointment.
 Mr. PalOmba was first appointed to the board by ex.Maycr Prank Hayes, and was named for another five-year term by Mayor Gculiy this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06
26O Combat Vehicles Made Every 24 Hours
Chrysler Plant Rushing Army Jobs II Writers Max. ing Tour of Defense Industries, Pleased With Results
By DAN ROGERS


 Detroit, Mich., June 24-tUP)- Every 24 hours 260 combat and transport vehicles roll of the Chrys- Ter assembly lines for the United States Army.
 Chrysler corporation already has delivered more than 10000 of Q 63,- eO0-vehicle order placed by the Army-but that isn't even half the story.
 A party of Ii newspaper corre- Spondents touring defense industries under the auspices of the National Association of Manufacturers learned today that Chrysler also Is making: Rolling fortresseS," the Army's new 2s-ton tank; field kitchens, re. frigerators, section of fuselages for Martin bombers, aluminium forgings for bombers, 40.mm. anti-aircraft guns, bomb fuses, shells, airplane landing gear, cartridge fuses. and bearings
 After inspecting Chrysler's Army truck factory and It's medium tank arsenal today, the correspondents will visit the General Motors ma. chine gun plant at Flint and the Ford enterprises in the Detroit area on Saturday.
 The tour thus far has taken the correspondents through the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft engine plant at Hartford, Conn.,, where they were assured Great Britain and the United States would be producing double the number of airplane en- zines Germany Is making; the American Gar & Foundry company's light tank factory ct Berwick, Pa, and the Allison division Of General Motors at Indianapolis yesterday. The tour ends June l4.
 At Indianapolis the correspondents were told that the Army Air Corps had approved c new and IS per cent more powreful model of the famous liauid cooled Allison motor,
 Originally rated at l,00o horse. power, the engine has been stepped up to 1928 horsepower with no n"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06
Bismarck's Battering Worse Than Films Showing End of Graf Spec, Claims Onlooker

proof plating and so stepped for ward again to see how the Bismarck was getting along.
 "The action had been going per- haps 20 minutes and some of the Bismarck's secondary armament, certainly two of her great turrets still were firing, perhaps little wildly, for no one on our side showed signs of having been hit
 But there, racing across her uuarterdeck were little human flg- ures. One climbed over the wire guard rails, hung on with one hand and looked back, then jumped into the sea. Others jumped without looking back at all- a little, steady trickle of them.
 About this time the coppery glow of our secondary armament shells striking the armored upper works of the Bismarck became more and more frequent, and one fierce flame shot up from the base of the bridge structure, enveloping the top for a fiickering second. Every man there must have been incinerated.
 Well, we just shot the guns out and left her a smoking, lurching, black ruin. She was like dog that had been run over. Someone had to finish her of, because her colors still were flying from the main mast head. The Dorsetshire closed in and did the job with torpedoes."
 Capt. F. H. c. Daalrymple Ham, ilton, commander of the Rodney. said the Bismarck had taken a bat- tering worse than the pictures showing the end of the scuttled pocket battleship Graf Spec.
 Her top was blown clean away" he said, "and flames were rearing out from several places, her plates flowing red with heat. Great clouds of smoke were billowing from her, rising a hundred feet or so."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06
STARNES PLANS
 BEING OPPOSED
Alabama Rep. FavOrs Cooling Off Period for
 Defense Strikers
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 Washington, June 6-(UP)-Hcuse advocates of legislation to stop Tla- tionai defense strikes sought today to bar workers who have struck for more than 10 days from ever re- ceiving pay out Of Army appScpFia- tions. ~f~ 1'
 Rep. Joe starnesg D.. Ala, said he would offer such an amendment to the e0,e26 b0o. .402 Army appropria- ton bill now before the house. He said 1t would not abrogate work er's right to strike but would pro- vide a cooling of" period of 10 days during which the worker could decide either to return to his job or forever forfeit his right to draw wages from Army funds.
 Administration leaders said they would oppose Starneg amendment. They are drafting changes in the draft property" bill which would limit 1t to a grant of power to ccin- mandeer strike bound defense plants. Also pending is . proposed amendment to the colscription act which would permit the president to take over and operate any defense plant affected by a labor dispute.
 The National Defense Mediation board postponed indefinitely Siegoti- atioue on the United Asitcgncbile workers strike at the North Aiierts can Aviation corporations Ingies wood. Calf. plant, to permit union l.. ...= a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06
COAL SHORTAGE
 WARNING GIVEN
Reserve Supply Advocated in Massachusetts-Gas
 "Rationing" Started

Boston, June 6 -- tU.P.) -- Mass achusetts householders are urged to pile up a reserve coal supply In gar- ages, sheds and even backyards.
 Warning against c threatened coal shortage this winter, the state com- mittee on public safety last night told residents ''if you haven't enough bins, use garages, dig holes in your yards, but put in coal, Get aS much as you can keep 1t as Q res serve against the time when the weather Is coldest."
 It was explained the shortage would be caused by lack of trans portation rather than lack of sup. piles, and the warning was broaden ed to include office buildings, hoteli and industrial companies. Meanwhile, the New England pet. roleum trade publication, "Tht Dealer" disclosed that the Pennsyl- vania oil Company already had be. gun 6 form of gasoline "ration!ng' by notifying customer stations In WuSsuSAAdoGVts tiub VAAy " PSA SSAAt of their normal demands can be filled. The company, the publication said, has told operators that the restriction was due to the recent transfer of 75 of 250 tankers to the government.
 The company was quoted as say- Ing that even more restrictive meas- ures might become necessary dur ing the cold weather, depending on the course of events.
 The New England Councils Rec- reational Development Committee appealed to Petroleum Administra- tor Harold L. fickes for on alterna- tive to "gassless Sundays"
 The committee suggested Q pro- gram Of voluntary cooperation" and shorter hours for retail gasoline stations. "Gasless Sundays" the committee believed, would be little short of ruinous to owners of New England's $500,0o0,oo0 recreational property,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06
BRITISH NAVY SINK
 THREE GERMAN SHIPS

London, June 6. - CUP) - British naval forces have sunk three German supply ships and trawler which served as supply vessels to the Battleship Bismarck and other German raiders.
 The sinkings took place after recent operations against the Bis- rnarck," the admiralty said
 After recent operation against the Bismarck our forces encount' cred and sank three enemy supply ships and an armed trawler.
 "These ships were no doubt m. tended to supply the Bismarck and other vessels operating against our tPadeO
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06

of A destroyer and sink her like c stone if she steamed through one of them.
 "Then I watched the Rodney to see if she had been hit, but she sat there like a great slab, blocking the northern horizon. Then suddenly sine belched a full salvo. actu- ally saw these projectiles flying through the air for some seconds after they had left the guns. They were like little diminishing footballs curying toward the sky. Now, l am sure that four or five of them hit.
 "There was only one great splash and a sort of furry of spray which might have been a water line hit. Others bored their way through the Bismarcks Krupp arnlor belt like cheese. Pray God I may never know what they did as they exploded in- side the hull.
 "The Bismarck turned north, steaming at l2 CT IA knots. We kept turning in and out to confuse the enemy range-takers, all the while closing the range rapidly.
 somewhere, about the eighth salyo, there was a fire in the Bis- marck,s forecastle which seemed to enyelop the upper turret and one observer tells me he saw a huge plate torn away from the tail of 1t. She turned away then writhing, 1t seemed, under the merciless hail of high explosive, armor-piercing shells.
 "Then I noticed her two rear tur- rets firing at us. There was sort of shudder somewhere in our stern, but there was no sign of hit.
 "Later, heard the whine of a i5-inch shell-a straddling shot over our forecastle. I wondered if 1t would hit and found myself edging toward the doorway at the back of the bridge, but 1t was only a splash Of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06
France Center of Deepening Crisis With Britain And U. 5.
Deadline Nears For East Indies Acceptance Of Japanese Demands
Final Proposal Called Ulti- niatum; Treaty With
 U. s. Denied
By II. o. THOMPSON limited Press Stan COFrespOndentl

United Press Stan COFrespOndent)
 Tokio, June 6.-(UP)-Cabinet leaders ard the chiefs of the fight ing services met in special confer. ence today as the deadllne neared for Netherlands East Indies accept- ance of sweeping Japanese economic demands.
 A dispatch to the newspaper Yo- yniuri from Batavia reported that the Japanese delegation would leave forthwith unless t received SatiS- factory reply today to its final pro- posais. IE added that the Japanese government might then take up It's demands direct with the Nether- lands government in exile at Lon. don.
 Koh 1Shii, chief government spokesman, said Japan "executed' a final reply today. In response to a question he said:
 "Japanis final proposal can not be described as an ultimatum.'
 TcdayS conference was attended by Prince Fumimaro Konoye, pre- nier: Yosuke Matguoka, foreign minieter; Gen. Hideki Tojo, war minister; Admiral Koshiro Ookawa, navy minister; Lieut.. Gen. Ko Tsu- kada, vice chief of the army general staff, and Admiral OSami Nagano, chief Of the navy general staff.
 It was the second such confer- ence in two days. The regular liai. Son conference between cabinet and military leaders was held yesterday, and after 1t Foreign Minister Matt guoka conferred for an hour with Mai, Gen. AkirA Mute and Rear Admiral Keijip Oka, chiefs Of the military afsairS bureaus Of the army arld navy fSlinigtrieg
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06

London, June 6-(UP)-The great battieship Bismarck. pride of the German navy, crawled along the rolling sea "like a dog that had been run over someone had to finish her off."
 An ofIlcer of the new British bats tIeship King George V who watched the Bismarck go down May 27 some 500 miles west of Brest, gave that description of the scene in a natio1- wide radio broadcast last night.
 "velled in the distant rainfall is thick, squat ghost Of a ship with a very broad beam. coming toward us end en-" he said. There IS a cracking roar to the port--the Rod- ney (a British battleship) has opened fire with her i6-inch guns. An instant later the King George V lets fly with her i4-inchers. The compass bounds of Of its pinnacle, my battle bowler tips over my nose and clatters down the deck and a pile of signal papers shoots up like a fountain and swirls away in the  tearing draught made by the great guns.
 T have my glasses on the Bis marck. She fires all four guns from her two forward turretS and there are four thin, orange flames. The Germans have a reputation for hit- ting with their early Salvoes," the ofiicer said.
 Nov I know what suspended ani- nation means. It seemed to take about two hours for those shots to fan. splashes shoot up opposite, but behind the Rodney's forecaStle. I am sorry to say we all thought, Thank hcavensl She's shooting ct the Rodney
 "The R0dney's first salvo pro- duced white columns of water l20 feet high that would break the back