davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29

covered. while in "Flexion"
marching this is reduced to 34i2
yards The economy Of work and
therefore saving Of energy in
"Flexion" walking was more than
one-half, with less OF jar at
each step in the upright position,
while, due TO the increased in
clination of the body. each step
had greater propelling power.
Experiments have now con-
firmed the scientific soundness
of the new departure. Two sol
diers, each carrying a metal box
containing a few nails. marched.
one in the upright position, the
other by the new method. and
the lesser rattle of the nails in
the box carried by the latter
demonstrated the saving in jerks
and shocks experienced by the
"Flexion" marcher.
Men trained for three months
in the new system of walking,
carrying rifles. bayonets, a hun
dred rounds of ammunition, and
food for one meal, marched a
distance of 1914 miles, along a
hilly road, in one hour and As
minutes, a performance which
speaks for itself, according 60
British army officers who had
checked past marching records.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29

his attention at all, seem TO him
like characters in a book. He is
acquainted now with Jeeter and
his family Of Tobacco Road" and
with the Joads Of THE Grapes Of
Wrath" Generally he does not
approve of them, and the chances
are that he thinks their adven-
lures are greatly exaggerated by
their creators. To the social
worker in rural America, TO any
one who has seen or been "A part
of the dreary, and very human,
and always dramatic, and often
obscene pageant of the back
country, Jeeter and the Joads are
not characters Of fiction.
They are "old man What's-his-
name" who lives in that shanty
at the foot Of the big hill in Pick
erel Township, or that pitiful So
and-So family, who left the coun-
ty and wandered away-Heaven
knows iwhere!--When they lost
their farm. They forget ELY
Mays name in the book, because
they see her, not as a character
in a novel. but as a poor little
sub-normal Josie or Lulu who
was finally rescued from her de-
PRAYED family last Winter. And
the real people are always more
dramatic and the real stories
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29

more poignant than those in
books.
Terrible thing kidnap-
ing and slavery case down
South" says the tourist, as he
lays his newspaper down on the
hotel table and regards the good
dinner before him with satisfac-
ton. well, of course conditions
are more primitive down there.
Things like that couldn't happen
in our part of the country"
He is wrong. They could and
they do. Certain aspects Of the
Davis story are unique. But there
are tortured children throughout
the length and breadth of the
land, especially in the remote,
lonely shanties Of the rural dis
tricts. Some of the torture is
due 70 deliberate viciousness.
Much of il is due 70 ignorance. A
parent whose childhood was spent
in a home where ignorance and
violence prevailed, will carry on
that tradition. The man who was
beaten by his father when he was
a child will probably beat his son
or ms -tiatghter-aHd- of course
his wife. At least that usually
has been the case in my expert
ence.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29

a little boy caught my eye in our
local paper. The picture showed
him with a sheriff, just entering
a prison cell. The caption over
the picture was-"HE STARTS
LIFE TERM AT r." Under the
picture was the following state
ment:
"a sheriff leads 12-year-old
Robert Messex 10 his cell at the
Waynesboro, Ca, Jail where he
starts the life sentence he re-
ceived for killing his father with
a shotgun at the climax of a
family quarrel. Robert told the
authorities that he'd rather stay
in jail than go back-to his farm
home where he claims he had 20
work so hard he never had time
for studying his books so he could
go TO high school,"
Obviously here was a tortured
child driven to- commit a major
crime. And what a solution for
the problem presented!
But let us turn to Sherlock
Holmes and DR. Watson as they
sit looking out the window of
the train that is carrying them
through "the smiling and beauti-
full countryside"
Look at these lonely houses"
Sherlock is saying, each in it's
own field filled for the most part
with poor, ignorant folk who
know little of the law. Think of
the deeds of heliish- cruelty the
hidden wickedness which may go
on, year in, year out. in such
places and none the wiser"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29
British Soldiers Making a Science
Of MARCHING

- NE of the latest develop
ments in the art OF war
~ fare in England is the in
PRODUCTION OF a scientific style
Of marching.
This new method is described
as inclining the body forward, in
the position assumed by savases.
hunters, and laboring men. the
knees being more or less bent, so
that the sole of the foot will fall
flat upon the ground.
While the new style of march
ing is called an innovation it is
really a revision of the "FleXion"
method introduced by Or. Felix
Regnault a few years ago. BY
chromo-photography. the inclina-
ton Of the body is shown neces-
sary TO best minimize fatigue.
IThe leg taking the ground is bent
nore at the thigh, while that
leaving the ground is inclined at
a greater angle. II follows from
this that the jar to the body by
the leg taking the ground will be
less, as it is transmitted by bent
lever, while the greater inclina-
ton of the other leg is more ia
vorable to propulsion.
II is calculated that the total
vertical swing of the body is
about rs yards for each kilometer
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29
WIDOWS INCREDIBLE CAPTIVITY ON DEsoLATE ISLAND

moved from her terrible home.
She was given excellent medical
care i'm Detroit and she recov-
cred her health. Later she was
adopted by a kind, wholesome and
prosperous family. Her future
prospects are bright. This was
one Of our successes, but we had
our failures too. Sometimes, no
matter how valiant and persist
ent an effort was made, IL was
impossible TO get action from le-
gal authorities.
THE only answer to the problem
is enlightenment of the so
called enlightened public When
the great mass of our more privi-
legged and more intelligent citi-
zens come to realize the menace
Of the large population-percent-
age of back country Americans
who have been going back to the
jungle for generations because of
poverty and neglect, every effort
towards bringing social improve
ment into these remote regions
will be fostered. But if our tour
list friend forgets all about the
Davis s5ttei=ysi by the tiHae he gets
10 his ice-cream, little progress
has been made in his case.
Last night the pinched face of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29

Was Mrs. Davis 10 blame2
Since the rescue from Cow Island
she no doubt has been much dis
cussed by the gossips in the lit
tie villages where the wanderers
paused long enough to be noticed.
1t is easy to imagine a bit of
their conversation.
THE idee of her a-lettin' them
po'r young'uns be living like
that" exclaims an indignant ma
tron.
IT'S turrible," agrees a kind
old lady, but mebbe she couldn't
help it. Mebbe the po'r thing
didn't know how to do no better"
am inclined TO agree with the
old lady. ! believe that Mrs. Da-
Wis is just another pathetic back
country woman who never had
chance. Her age is given as 33,
and Adolph is now sixteen. Thus
she was a mother at seventeen.
She has evidently never known
any other way of living than that
of poverty, with all IT'S accom-
panying handicaps and evils.
How could she be expected
handle the emergency which
faced her without wise guidance?
Where was this guidance when
it was so urgently needed? The
public officials of this Delta com
munity are now handling the case
with good judgment, but II Is a
little late. The children are now
the wards Of the court and un-
doubtedly they will be properly
protected from now on. But IT
must have been obvious from the
start that Mrs. Davis was not
capable of meeting her problems
unaided. Had the court assumed
the responsibility directly after
the death of Randolph Davis, this
affair would not have happened.
The township provided temper
airy financial aid for Mrs. Davis
and the children while decision
about the compensation was
pending. When the claim for
compensation was refused. imme-
date steps should have been
taken TO secure permanent aid
from some other source presum-
ably Aid TO Dependent Children.
But the whole situation was over
looked. perhaps through ignor-
ance, perhaps through indiffer-
ence. Many tragic things are al
ways happening in the back coun-
try so many that people seem TO
become accustomed 10 them, and
the little, sudden flurries of
shocked excitement over them
saIhSide all too soon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29
The different" flavor of
Miracle Whip has made it
Americas fuvorite
salad dressing!

naise. It's marvelously smooth
.. thanks to a remarkable
patented heater exclusive with
Kraft. And you can know that
Miracle Whip is fresh. Most
food dealers get new supplies
every few days.
Some hot night soon, plan
your supper around big bowl
of potato salad with Miracle
Whip. Your family will love it!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29

. Right from the very begin
ming Miracle Whip" clicked as
no other salad dressing ever
had before. Full of lively zest
and come on, it has a flavor
Americans love. :. a flavor you
get in no other salad dressing.
Today Miracle Whip actu-
ally outsells the next tUenty
leading brands combined!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29

Really fine salad oil, vinegar,
eggs, and other top-quality
ingredients help explain this
huge popularity. But there is
more to it than that.
Miracle Whip is a different
kind of dressing-a unique
combination OF cid fashioned
boiled dressing and fine mayor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29

A CALLOUS attitude towards
~ human suffering, immortality,
dishonesty, and other manifesto
tions Of wrong conditions, so cas-
lily observed in impoverished rural
districts, is, unfortunately. only
one phase Of a general indiffer-
ence, so widespread that II seems
TO me a dangerous symptom IN
our social order. Too many Of us
are too busy 10 try TO understand
the human problems Of our time.
Too many resent having any dis
turbing information intrudc upon
our cherished conviction that all
is well. We cannot overcome the
grave menace Of wrong social
conditions by putting on binders
as we hasten past them.
THE tourist. glimpsing a sag
] ging cabin on distant hill
side as he flashes past II, vaguely
conscious of an earth-cOloTcd hti-
man being trudEing along the
shoulder Of the road. or cursing
inwardly, perhaps not inwardly.
at dirty, ragged family in the
foriofn old wreck Of a car which
forces him TO slow down as he
passes IL. is usually unaware of
this dreary pageant of the wilder
ness. He is close to the life OF
the back country, yet separated
from IL by a ohasm of mental
apathy towards its significance.
Its inhabitants, If they come to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09
Diversion Of Materials to Curtail
Tacoma Manufacturers Operations

local manufacturing firms will be
so affected. with unemployment of
some 500 workmen resulting.
The disclosure was made We'd
nesday by the industrial confer
ence board. which has completed
preliminary figures locally in a
nationwide survey under auspices
of the National Manufacturers as
sociation.
In Tacoma. manufacturers of
building materials are hardest hit.
the survey showed. with 81 per
cent OF this group reporting pres
ent or prospective eurtsilments.
The metal trades group comes
next with ~ per cent faced with
reduced production. while miseel-
laneous manufacturers report ~
per cent ~ their number likewise
affected and the wood products
group showing ~ per cent Of the
plants with similar prospect.
Many other local manufacturing
firms Indicated they would probs-
bly, be similarly affected later.
when so-day inventories are used
aud uncertain deliveries are ex-
peeted TO hamper production.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09
New Tax on Pianos
Limited, SAYS Clinton

Many Taeomans do not under
stand the provisions Of the fed
eral tax levied on pianos Oct. l,
according to NJ. Il. Clinton of the
Clinton Music House. Said Clin-
ton:
The new tax amounts tos10 per
cent on the wholesale price on
pianos. However. il does not apply
TO pianos received before Oct. !
If paid for in full by the retail
dealer. As far AS the tax is con-
cerned, the price of these pianos
should remain the same.
THE tax does not have TO be
collected in cash Mt the time of
the sale. but can be financed by
the dealer, and it need not be billed
the purchaser as Il separate item
but is included in the retail price.
There Is no tax on used pianos
owned by the dealer"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09
Soldiers Injured
As Car Hits Truck

Two soldiers were treated in Fl.
Lewis hospital Wednesday for in
luries received in an automobile
accident on the Tacoms-Olympia
highway slightly more than mile
west of Dupont at 2:40 n. m.
They We're Robert Mass rs. Of
Co. Is. lioth Medical corps. driver
VI one Of the cars involved. and
William :. Buchanan. 20. of the
same outfit. Mass sustained faclsl
cuts and bruises and Buchanan
facial cuts. and bruises ON his
right knee.
Their car crashed into the rear
OF truck anu trailer. which was
being driven east by h. J. Van
Every. "a. OF i7ll Bellevue ave
Seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09

You would expect to pay
much more for these new
floral pattern Grapes. Spun
rayon and cotton materials.
Full size. Special price.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09
Artillery Regiment
Gets Bagpiipe Band

FORT DIN, y. J.--if odd sounds,
resembling the fury Of the winds,
are heard coming from the 44th
Division parade grounds. don't be
alarmed. It's just the new army
band.
Col. Lansing McVicksr. com
handing officer Of the 156th Field
Artillery. has ordered the organ
izstion Of a bagpipe band.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09

Look at the saving you'll
make on these dresses. Every
one correctly styled. They
have been received direct
from the fashion centers of
New York. The very best Of
workmanship. The finest of
materials and the snappiest
of styles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09
Rumor Turkey. Nazis
To SIGN New Trade P aci

ANkAkA-helisble reports here
said that Germany and Turkey
will sign a new trade agreement
Wednesday providing for exchange
of $4,000. 600 Turkish pounds
(about $50. 600. 0Ool worth OF goods.
The Turks, IL was said, will
agree TO send Germany large
quantities Of dried fruits and cop
per in exchange for machinery
from the Reich.
One clause. il was reported. will
allow Germany to obtain Turkish
chrome after expiration OF the
present agreement under which
Turkey is selling her entire chrome
output Ia Britain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09
81. Paul Evangelist
Al Central Bapiist

Rev. Martin Erickson. 81. Paul
PASTOR. teacher and evangelist. will
open = series Of meetings At Cen
tral Baptist church Wednesday.
Oct. :. speaking each night except
Mondays and Saturdays at 7.45
through Oct. 70.
Rev. Bror Lundgren. pastor. an
nounces there will % special uiu-
SIC The church Is located at So.
12th and J cts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09
Washington Beekeepers
To Expand Production

OLYMPIA - Washington bee
keepers are going 10 expand their
production and market under q
single label the 1880. 900 pounds
of honey they produce. r. Il.
White, supervisor Of agriculture.
reported here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09

Sateen covered. Stitched to
keep the soft. new wool from
shifting. Full bed size. Ex-
cellent range Of colors.
Priced low.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09

Tacoma manufacturing firms,
seriously affected by diversion OF
materials into defense production,
within 80 days will be forced To
curtail operations and decrease
payrolls.
II is estimated one-fourth OF the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09
ST. Joseph S Hospital Has
Developed Along With City
Institution Makes Progress Since
Founding by Sisters OF ST. Froncis
BY CLIFFORD THRAsHER

Open house viii be observed at ST. Josephs hospital
Thursday Friday and Saturday from until p m. IN COM
Of its 5Oth anniversary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09
Ground Broken In 1913

Ground for the present building
was broken ON July 4. 1913, and
the corner stone laid on April 1s,
1914. Eighteen months and four
days were required for its construc-
ton. Rt. Rev. Edward J. O'Dea,
bishop of Seattle. formally dedi-
Gated it on Aug. -, 1918. A wing
increasing the facilities Of the hos
pital ny 100 beds was added IN 1927.
Upon completion Of the new build
ing. the former hospital was given
over 10 a nurses home, its present
capacity.
The management Of the hospital.
aware that its success is dependent
upon the personnel Of the staff,
issued the following statement:
st. JoSeph's hospital staff is
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Stock Averages
Bv VICTOR EUBANK,
Press F.napclal Writer

ASSOGldleQ EItSo T -4Ad 4fNadi ''At-NAs
NEW YORK, July "A little bet
ter brand OF war news, plus a slight
touch OF inf1ationary temperature.
today helped give the stock market
its best forward push in about a
month.
The list displayed rising incllna-
tlOns at the start in much faster
dealings than witnessed since the
early part Of June. At the top Of
the move. which came after mid
day gains ranged from l to or so
points. Closing prices were at or
near the peaks in most cases.
Transfers were around 100000 shares,
From the tenor of foreign &c
spatches Wall Street drew some
bullIsh inspiration on the idea the
Reds may nave stopped the Nau
invasion sweep. An argument for
purchases of securities also va
seen in a brisk rally of cotton.
cottOnseed oil and wheat future.
AS one comentator put it: the
business swing now Is so pro-
IOuIlCHU lIldL, even Will TIC HUG
forthcoming tax bill, it Is likely
something will be left over Tor
shareholders. Also persons with
large amounts of idle cash may al
rive az the conclusion that part Of
this should be put into equities that
Will bring in sufficient returns TO
relieve mounting tax pressure
Steels were among the first climb
ers. apparently responding to re-
pound in this weeks mill operations
from the holiday letdoWn,
Pepsi-Cola again was one of the
IlyeLeSt III the share list. jumping
to another new high. Others prom
lnent on the runup included United
| States Steel Bethlehem, Crucible
Steel. Youngstown Sheet, Eastman
Kodak, j. I. Case. international
Harvester, Santa Fe, Southern Rail
way, Chrysler. General Motors,
Douglas Aircraft. L. S Gypsum,
Standard Oil IN. j.. Du Pont.
Montgomery Ward and Johns-Man-
vile.
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Navy Asks S585,00O,OOO
For New Ships and Yards

BY the Associated Press.
The Navy asked Congress TO-DAY 10
appropriate an additional s585,ooo,-
900 to augment its shipbuilding pro-
gram.
James v. Forrestal, Acting Secre-
tary, said in letter that most OF
the s5OO,OOO,OOO previously author
ICED for shipbuilding facilities has
been obligated.
The $685., ,OOO,O 900, he said, would
allow the allotment of $3OO,OOO,o ,ooO
for additional shipbuilding facilities
at naval and private establishments,
and S16O,OO0, 900 for repair facllltles'
I'm the past" he said, "the addi-
tional facilities authorized in con-
nection with the building program
had been confined to the construc-
ton or equipping of vessels or por-
tions thereof.
Because of the great increase IN
new construction, however, the Navy
Department has found 1t Impossible
to effect aA repairs, alterations and
Evening star., 1941-07-07
What Stocks Did
Chicago Grain
Bv The Associated Press.


CHICAGO, July 7-Buving il
spired by sharp price cams in tio
soybeans. cotton, cottonseed oil. lard
and hog markets lifted wheat quota
tions more than cents a bushC.
! today.
Strength Of securities and Russian
claims about hating the German
advance and heavy NaZi Casualtie-
were additional bullisi factors in
the wheat pit. Some buying was al
trlbuted to milling and baking tradc
activity.
Soybeans rose more than S cert5
due largely TO reports of Govern
ment purchases for export.
Despite late profit-taking sales.
wheat closed 1872 cents higher
than Saturday; July, s1O4a.: Sep
lember. Sl06l4 Is; corn. l2-5s up;
July. 7354; September. 1913: oats,
3s-l2 higher.
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Asset Gain Reported
By Brown Brothers
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, July THE state
ment of condition of Brown Bros.
Hartman & Co., private bankers, as
of June 30, 1941, shows an increase
in total assets to $3.50, ,537 3O4 from
$148053, ,927 on March 81, 1941, and
$l35 953,978 on June 80, 1910.
Deposits also increased, totaling
$127 ,O82,581. compared With s124.-
388, ,489 on March 81, and S112,416,-
ITO on June 80, last year.
Capital and surplus of ,325,121.
compared with s13,305.052 three
months ago and s13,244,955 year
ago.
Evening star., 1941-07-07

conversions in Government yards
and q very considerable portion of
this work has heretofore been placed
in private yards.
This added load, augmented by
constantly increasing repair work
on commercial vessels, both United
States and foreign, is now beyond
their capacity, and it is estimated
that $3.50 100000 will be required to
remedy the situation"
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Sales of Mems Goods
Far Above 1910
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Commerce Department esti-
mates that May sales of chain mems
wear stores we're seasonally below
April but As per cent over the similar
month last year.
Although inventories rose per
cent during the month, they were
3 per cent under a year ago.
Chain shoe store sales in May are
reported by the Commerce Depart
ment at 2 per cent under April but
"a per cert higher than in May, 1910.
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Winnipeg Prices.
------- .40Ss .4Ols .40ss 40

Baltimore Quotations
BALTIMORE. July lP,.-Wheat, No 2,
red, winter, garlicky; spot domestic, 106;,
July. 106.
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Caroline Industry

North Cardinals biggest industry
is cigarette manufacture, with an
annual output valued in excess of
$50 million dollars, Census Bureau
statistics show. Textile products
run close second, with an aggre-
gate value of 525 million dollars.
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Lehman Corp. Reports
Hioh Asset Value

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 6.-Lehman
Corp. today reported net asset value
of S57,634.793 as of June 80, or
s2s.77 per common share. This COM
pared to S570o3,382, or s27.46, on
June 30, 1910.
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Monument to GeneruIissimo

President Camacho recently un-
veiled at Chilpancingo, Mexico, a
monument to Gen. Jose Maria
Morelos y Pavon. generalissimo of
MeAco's war of independence.
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Baltimore Stocks

Special Dispatch to The Star.
Evening star., 1941-07-07


recelVerShlp
Bankruptcy Act or securities assumed by such companies
dividends the foregolnR table
the last quarterly semannua
included
dividends K Ex rights Also extras Cash
Payable o
paid declared
Evening star., 1941-07-07

Chicago Cash Market.
Cash wheat. No . req 06ia: No 8.
n6; No, 3 red tough. 1.O3l2 No l hard
! .oh ?; No > hard tough. O3i2. No .
hard. smutty, 103I2, No. hard, O4
No 3 hard ,veeyily, 1Q4; No 2 yellow.
hard ! % 2-94; No. > yellow, hard, tough
l.05iz: No. 3 mixed tough, l03.
Corn. No. ] yellow. 74l4-75: No. ., "a
-; No 3; 13S4- A.. No 4, 73i4 4-74: No 5.
s7i4; sample grade 81
Oats. No. l mixed. 36a4; No l white
3Si4. No. ! red, special heavy. 3S34 80: :
No ] RED special. 3s94; No. ., 3si..
Barley mailing. 55-63, nominal, feed
and screenings. 45-5l, nominal
- Soybesns, No. yellow, 1.5O-I SOFA;
No. 3, I.+Siz