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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Plays Vital Part

In no other war, said Murray
has labor been called upon 10 pla.
a more vital part.
Labor has filed the ranks
of our army and navy, the ma
rines and the air corps, yes" he
added, but labor. I'm this war,
has been asked TO assume an
ever greater responsibility in
framing policies, political and In
dustrial.
From labOr's unselfish sac
rifices in this war, il must come
TO pass that labor shall have n
major voice in the shaping of
the peace"
Green said free labor would in
evitably triumph over slave laboI
of the Axis.
NO one needs TO crack the
whip over American labor" he
continued.
"Onr workers and trade union
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Sonervell Shots
X. +. KELLER

IIERE of the verbal cannonades delivered by
Lieut. Gen. Brehon Somervell, the responsible
for getting Derois goods the fighting fronts in tour
of plants Saturday
Liberty is expensive luxury. 1t must be paid
for again and again. endiessy, in blood and toll and
devotion.
Americans ready to pay the prce-Hitler
doesn't believe that The Japs don't believe IT, They think
soft They think we're lazy. They think we're
utterly selfish. They think they divide u.s. whip
subdue
"They have for big business little business
the union shop the closed shop. They destroy
organized labor wherever they go. They hate this slow
moving institution call Democracy.
"n place of Democracy they would set up Efficient
ptless tools of slave labor and both the AFL and the
CLIO would become memories.
Fellow Americans, all belong to the
union Is the union of the United States America
1.-THE dues high-self sacrifice and long hard
toll"
I'VE win this To do ii we must work
together worked before"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
; More Ships
Sunk; 81 Die

Disclosure that submarines have
sunk three more Yessels-one while
she was docked-raised the total
of United Nations merchant ships
that Axis submarines and mines
have sent 10 the bottom in the
western Atlantic since mid-Janu-
airy to at least $50 today. A total
Of "a lives were lost.
The San Pablo, 3,305-ton
freighter managed by the United
Fruit Company, was sunk in the
Costa Rican port of Puerto Limon,
by submarine which fired two
torpedoes into her. Twenty per-
sons were injured.
The other SinkingS included a
British vessel in the Caribbean on
June IA.
Thirty-three men persisted in two
flaming lifeboats when the British
vessel was sunk. Twenty-one lives
were lost in the sinking of the
Latvian ship.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05

Three Comic Pages every day
I'm Daily Detroit Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Rights of Labor

Somervell pointed out tn
neither the Germans nor japanese
care about the rights of labor
"They have no use for big
business or little business, for
the union or the closed shop" he
continued.
"They destroy organized labor
wherever they go. They hate
this slow-mOving institution that
we so proudly call democracy.
In its place they would set. up
efficient, -pitiless slave labor and
both the ALL and the CIO would
become mere memories II we al
low the Axis To succeed.
I'VE hear this called ma
chine war. wonder, workers
Of America, whether that has
done us harm?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Gen. Somervell Tells
Unions to End Tiffs
CONTINUED from Page one)

into "a tank and was taken on a
ride over the rugged proving
ground John Bash of Local "a
CIO-UAW stepped forward with
X r. Keller, corporation presi-
dtu' 20 greet the military party,
Kept to Schedule
a. r. Bart president. and
George Barnes of Local ,154
escorted him through the Hudson
Naval Arsenal. President George
r. Christopher and Curt Murdoch
Of Local 1870 did honors at the
Parkard aircraft plant.
Occasionally, the trim, gray
haired officer paused to question
employees on machinery or their
Jobs, but largely the tour had all
the earmarks of a "blitz."
Somevell was keeping a sched-
ule that would have awed a far
Younger man and events moved
with military precision.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05

with Governor Van Wagner. They
were fianked by Murray and
Green.
General Somervell minced nc
words in his talk before industrial
leaders in Lansing Friday night
We've taken a terrific shell
lacking all around the globe"
Re said. $50 far we've lost
nearly everything by our sense
of smugness. Smugness never
won a war. Neither did wish
full thinking.
Eve can't win war with
b0astfuI headlines or with sIO-
gans or alibis or threats OF
promises. We can't win to-
days battles with tomorrow's
weapons.
"My only interest, I assure
you, Is in production. Manage
ment and labor must be headed
in the same direction. The prob
lem must be solved"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05

OF his visit that OF imprcSSinG
workers with their grave re-
SponSibilitieS IN the war az every
factory labor representatives
shared the duties of host with
company officials.
Al The ChrySler arsenal where
the "picture-book general climbed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Shows Confidence

SomerNell said he did not doubt
that the nation would win its war
but TO do IT we must work 10.
gcthcr as we never worked be.
fore
lie continued.
Every one of III must make
lone decision for himself. Am
I ready 10 discipline myself and
give the best for the common
good?
Am | ready To share small,
very small part of the misery
every American soldier knows on
every battle front?
Am l "A free thinking man or
Hitler stoOge?
"In that choice lies our hope
for the strength that will defeat
our enemies"
Both Green and Murray spoke
AT The conclusion of |SomeNell's
address
Murray took a sly poke at tho
rival labor chief by citing tha'
virtually an of the $4,000 war in
dustfy workers IN This area are
members OF the Go.
Transportation at the Weap-
ons of warfare which pour from
these factories II in the hands
0f members of the American
Federation of Labor and the
railroad brotherhoods," he said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05

IL needs TO win the war; he
said.
This Is no football game.
It's a grim and brutal war"
Asked about the most serious
manufacturing bottleneck, Somer-
we'll said:
"It's steel. But this country
has whole cellarful of bottle
necks.
There Is entirely too much
optimism on the part of indus
try and the public alike. 1
can't emphasize too strongly
how serious this struggle is. It's
appalling what we still have
TO do"
Realizes Responsibility
The general said he did moi
visit the war plants in England
on his recent visit there because
l knew l couldn't influence then
production in any way"
81 did come away with the
feeling, however, that they real
lie their full responsibilities
over there far more than we
do" he added.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05

Between the AL, the broth
erhood and CIO workers there
IL, and will continue to be, the
utmost cooperation In our COM
mon effort"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Soldiers Dying

I've can't tie the hands OF
our fighting men by fussing over
anything that will slow down
for one minute the production
necessary for our common vic
tory.
"Have we become so wrapped
up I'm our desire not to be
cheated out of pennies that we
can't see the crumbled ruins of
houses that once sheltered free
men of Europe:
"Can we forget that soldiers
at $50 month are dying every
day 10 protect us: Have we
forgotten that there IL no safety
zone so far away II cant be
touched?
There Is no way out except
by our building with all the
strength We have"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Trouble Keeping Pace

Accompanying the general or
ms inspection. and az times having
trouble keeping pace, were Gov
Murray ID. Van Wagner. Donald
:. Kennedy, state highway direc-
tor: Capt. II. X. Hastings, his aide;
Mai. George Moran Maj. Gen
George b. Grunert and Maj. Gen
Clifford r. Powell.
The party landed at City Air
port from Lansing at S:45 a. m.
Somervell pulled no punches IN
his speech TO labor.
while Germany and Japan
race against time 10 down us,
can We afford TO squabble among
ourselves" he demanded.
Are we 10 stop or slow down
the wheels of production that
could save American lives, to
bicker over petty differences
HAS II come TO matter so
much in this land of ours who
pays for 90 minutes of lost labor
that we can sacrifice our sons
In the line of battle while we
argue about IL:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Circle of Steel

Machines don't suffer; ma
chimes don't bleed: machines
don't die. Your sons, your
brothers, your pals do that. Yes,
and i'm this war your wives and
children.
Take pride in every machine
YOU build. and remember. you're
building "A circle OF steel that
protects all we hold dear.
you stand on the battle line
every time you pick up your
tools"
The Axis purpose. said Genera
Somcrvel, had been TO divide ant
conquer. They have succeeded il
war thus far. because they hav,
been able TO make millions o
future victims believe II was no
their war. he said.
Let us not fall into the same
trap" the officer cautioned. Let
us remember they have one pur-
pose only, TO make III slaves"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Not Satisfied

/ Earlier, after a tour of the Olds
mobile gun plant. General Somer
veil expressed himself as diSsatis
fled with armament production.
I'm not going to be satisfied
until every division i'm the army
has every bit of equipment that
The echo., 1942-10-16

STATEMENT OF THE OWNER
SHIP, MANAGEMENT, CTRCULA-
TION, ETC, REQUIRED BY THE
ACTS OF CONGRESS OF AUG. "a
1912, AND MARCH 3, 1888
Of The Weekly E CHI o, published
Weekly at Meridian, Mississippi
tccober I, 1912.
State of Mississippi
County of Lauderdale
ss. - s''-r p'l%
Before me, a Notary Public in and
for the State and county aforesaid
personally appeared Roy Ia gsung
who, having been duly sworn aseord-
ing to law, deposes and says taat he
is the Editor, Pub, Bus. Mgr. & Ow-
ner of the Weekly Echo and that the
following is, to the best of his knowl-
edge and belief, a true statement OF
the ownership, management, etc, OF
the aforesaid publication for the date
shown in the above caption, required
bv the Act of August "a, 1872, as
amended by the Act of March 3, 1883
embodied in section 537, Postal Laws
and Regulations, to wit:
1. That the names and addresses
If the publisher, editor, managing ed
tor, and business manager are:
Publisher, Roy L. Young, Box l043,
Meridian, Mississippi.
Editor, Roy L. Young, Box 1O43'
Meridian, Mississippi.
Managing Editor, Roy L. Young
Box 1O43, Meridi2a. Mississippi
Business Manager, Roy L. Young
| Box 1O43, Meridian, Mississippi.
2. That the owner is; Roy L. Young
Box 1913, Meridian, Mississippi.
8. That he known bondholders,
mortgages, and other security hold
ers owning or holding 1 per cent or
m ra Of total amount Of bonds, mort
-z... or other securities are: None
Roy L. Young, Owner
Sworn to and subscribed before mc
this tHe 9th day of Oct, 1912.
T. j. Young, Notary Public
my commission expires 1945)
The echo., 1942-10-16

Now that our country is engeged In
the greatest war that we have ever
known, there is large number. of our
people employed in Defense Factories
throughout the country. In most cases
they are required to have a certified
birth certificate or proof of birth be-
fore their application is accepted for
employment.
We are in position to take this worry
off your hands and fix things up so
that you can get that Defense job or
whatnot, that you would like to have;
in order that our factories will not be
held ND in turning out airplanes, tanks
m9chine guns, etc
am better situated to serve you
than ever before, having our office IN
The H. B. A Building.
For any kind of Notary work, see
us and we will serve you with smile.
The echo., 1942-10-16
Continued from Page u
HOLD MASS MEETING

in to Uncle Sam for the manufacture
of ammunitions, planes, tanks and
other fighting equpment. Colored
citizens Of this city have never failed
in a crisis of this sort ind they will
rot fail now"
Rev E. A. Mays was elected chair
man of churches for this special drive.
A committee, appointed from repre-
sentatives of the city's ri o u
churches, will have its initial meet
ing Thursday, at 600 p. M, in Young's
Beauty Salon. Pastors of every col
ored church in Meridian are urged to
be present at this meeting, when def
mite plans for the salvage campaign
will be made.
The echo., 1942-10-16
PUBLICATION NOTICE

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
No. 722
A7991
Leonard Clark
versus
Mary Clark
The echo., 1942-10-16

az. arl reverend Young and after
II il tiits1 IC can DE exchanged fdk
You purchase the bond Tor $lS.75
and IN cen years 1t will bring you
$1,000. Il for any reason you are
forced to discontinue your savings be-
cause Of having no job, ETC., the fun
amount tiat you have paid in viii /
refuaded to you plus interest.
Reverend Young is appealing 70
Church members and to the members
II the Holbrook benevolent Associa-
ton (H. b. Az ond other interested
persons TO communicate with him Inn
nediatsly.
ne now has the authority to make
addresses and talks in churches an
various communities explaining 70 !
people how they may proceed 70 pur'
Aase United States Savings Stamps
81 Bou5a
The echo., 1942-10-16

How far apart were they?
Boa. L1, DIS way" explained tae
Negro, cla7ping his hands with an
interval Of about second between
them.
"Where were you when the first
shot was fired ?"
"Shnin' german shoe in de base
ment of de hotel"
"Where were you when the second
shot was fired ?"
"Ah was a-passin' de Big Fo' de-
pot"
The echo., 1942-10-16
United States Savings Bond.

Reverend R. L. Young, pastor of
Newell Chapel c. M. E. Church, Cen
sral Secretary of the Holbrook Bene-
Association and editor of The client
Weekly Echo says
Now is the &C., to come to the de-
tense of our country Do not wait,
80 not delay. any persons interested
helping defend our country can do
80 10 many ways Persons who de-
Ie 10 buy Government vlug 8
Stamps are asAed 10 ca.l Reverend
omq al ais office telephone aa1 ar
his residence. g. Oh Rn tl at
5ox Io43, Merdian.
reverend Young is In position 20
rniah Government Stamps from Zoe
lp. Get q Governments Defense Ale
The echo., 1942-10-16
HITTING 1T UP

A guest in a Cincinnati hotel was
shot and killed. The Negro porter,
who heard the shooting, was a wit
ness at the trial.
GLOW many shots did you hear?"
asked the lawyer.
"Two shots, sab" he replied.
The echo., 1942-10-16
M 81 4: y \ Sol II b. mi
Isl :; Y :: 4: 3 i. Z

On the other hand, a woman who
Doesn't make a conscious effort to
10 pleasant and attractive to both
.aves is making a serious mistake.
an Of us know diamonds in the
.ugh,N who dress up only on spe-
,;1l occasions, who pass their days
ping for emergencies In which to
~a-e their quality. And since
ar~encies rarely present them
Dives. it is this unattractive every
e.terior to which best friends
exposed. More misguided crea-
never livedl
yourself'' Is a warning we
a all sides, and no one has
a to question this advice.
a@ccted is supposed to damn
nifty as something quite
the pale. Personally, we
why an affectation that is
raetive than a girls natural
all to the goodl In time,
her friends are lucky, the
ov become second nature,
II it doesn't, they are just
elead in the matter of
man relationship.
7oI thing that the point
the dominant male at
Is not the point of view
OF his pals. Because all
we hear expressions Of
I'll ior the WAACS and the
and for the heroines who
~ over mems war produc-
1858. And judging from the
.l,a r among them who are
"lirs..' we'd say the poor little
working girl was doing quite well
FL hardboiled world, without her
e!l lyle, smelling-salts type OF
leli Unity.
Wbat are yosu beauty psobttcsai!
Write: Marie Downing, LasSeSfe
Beauty Bureau, 1909 LindeN
Blvd, ST. Louis, Mo-, and she will
be glad to ansWer them. Be
sure to enclose d self-addressed,
stamped envelope.
The echo., 1942-10-16

The other evening at party, a
dominant male was heard to say
that girls in rough working clothes
and rougher war jobs, Were loa .n.
their womanly charms and fehA't-
nifty. The attitude was oDyiola 3
hangover from a previous
ton, But it served to foc07
tion on the change that t =
wrought ia popular thin
Not being OF the feminist
ourselves, we nevertheless a.
not the vanishing female, 81
fact that those strictly fc-
tributes aren't vanit h
enough. II Is now con
tinctly uncomplimentafT
woman to say that so ana r1
female" 1t has come to
exaggerated vanity, ruth
attaining an end, and lot o. "
sentimentality serving as
screen for the realities.
The fact is that woma'
have developed a code amo1
yelves, comparing in hi
ness with the rules o.
sportsmen. Just as men
to say that "Jack is q
or a regular fellow VI
look for the same high a,'
behavior among the girls s..
they work. Luckily, we "
are on to one another, ar
dened with the false iIlus
serve as a mans near-siGh
Reetsaa ef spaaksEEgs
IN hmpcEtAze Esssss1
would be smart to take info eo"
GRAFTON a woman's rating with we
ing companions of her own soN, @
cause q woman who is unpopu3
with other women is very litc.E IL
! be lacking In some important fun
I damentals of character. The Won
an who says she is disliked by thu
girls at the shop, usually infers tina
they are jealous of her create
charm or sex-appeal. This is pos
abby true, but don't count on ii
Look carefully into the facts befor,
ventwring a friendship with suel
a e0e,
The echo., 1942-10-16

To Mary Clark Address Unknown
You are commanded to appear be-
fore the Chancery Court of the Coun-
ty of Lauderdale, in said State, on the
End Monday of November, A. D. 1912,
to defend the suit in said court of
Leonard Clark, wherein you are de-
fendant
This the 9Th day Of October, A. D,
1912.
Howard Cameron Clerk (SeaD
James A. Burns
Solicitor for Complainant.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05

Dickson sent the quarter hack.
II wasn't enough 10 pay for the
al But the city has heart;
IL always has a heart. Never
forget that
Dickson brought the SCTawled
note 10 me. and were printing
II here. hoping that Bob'S daddy,
whatever he did, wherever he is.
may see il and remember that a
kid doesn't care what his dad is.
or what ne has done. He Just
wants him 10 come home. Or 10
write.
II YOU see this. daddy OF Bob,
YOU Will won't you?
BETTY BLUE SHOES
STORY Who is Betty Blue
Shoes What's the difference!
You see her in some OF the more
SumptuouS night spots Of De-
troit. and Betty Blue Shoes" is
just a nickname because one
night she was wearing bright
blue shoes.
Generally she is escorted by
two men. Not one, but two.
One is about her age she must
be in her middle twenties. a
gorgeous. blazing girl with poiSe
and an air of belonging wher-
ever she Is.
The other man is older Still
well turned out and brisk. but
older. And who are these two
escorts? One is the others
father, but they both like to
squire Betty Blue-Shoes.
Why? Who asked why?
Didn't l tell you il was no use ?
This is just another Half-Told
Tale!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05

THE OLD MAN AND HIS
NEW WAGON Several weeks
ago. This column had sentence
about a rag-picker who carried
his treasures in a child'S express
wagon. And one day he appeared
with a second wagon hitched on
behind. like a trailer.
Next day came an anonymous
letter:
There IL n story" said the
letter .ta the wagon WAS
purchased by q girl named Miss
Francis Prick (nicknamed Goo
gie). who works for DIR. G. T.
Smith and DIR. G. +. Wilks.
"Her idea was To have him
use the new wagon because the
other was about TO fall apart.
But that just shows. you can't
run other peoples business"
There wasn't any trouble
finding Google. She was busy
grinding lenses in a shop in the
Michigan Theater Building, and
she admitted giving the wagon.
And added. honestly, that the
rest OF the people working there
had Clipped in.
Eve just saw the old man
hauling his wagon up and down
Bagley street" she said, land
decided to give him a new one,
hut we wanted IL to be a secret.
so we got Fred. down In the
parking lot. to give IL to him.
We looked out the window while
he gave II to the old man"
Afterward, they watched for
him. But did he use the new
wagon and throw the old one
away? Oh, no. He used the
new one as a trailer
We wonder. all of us, what
he thought about the new
wagon, and whether he makes
more money now-more than
the 30 or 40 cents that he might
have been making before.
We wonder. but we've never
asked the old man. Because,
oddly, in the last two or three
weeks he has disappeared from
his old route. The ashcans back
Of the restaurants, the trash
piles in the alley keep their
treasures untouched.
He's just disappeared, and it
leaves the story Of the wagon,
given anonym ously in the
shadow Of the Michigan Theater,
as another Half-Told-Tale.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Half old 7 des: OF Bob,
Betty BIue-Shoes and
An Old Man S Wagon
Inside Detroit:
ByJACk PICKERING
Tabs

HALF TOLD TAILS:
IL The heart of a vast city
beats unSteadilN II hca :
SOFTLY or hammers hru,ally i
whispers stories az endless
hearibreak. and II beats with
the persistent throh Of a drum.
1t pumps through the cityS
veins a bloodStream Of human
lives. You must take 10 as u ~.
Never ask why Never ask
where these lives begin nor
where they VIII end OR ask If
you wish but you rarely get an
answer
The life of tho city comes in
half-told tales like these, with
out beginning or end.
BOB'S STORY This week W.
r. Dickson got a letter Well II
not a letter, az least IL was a
scrap Of paper with a quarter
clipped 10 II. Written IN pencil
was this
.Det. Times: Please put this
In Personal Column Of Times:
Daddy. please come home or
write 10 III. Bob. "
There's somebody's story, A
half-told tale Of the city. for we
don't know how il started or
how il viii end. All we know
about Bon Is that he lives in
Marine City
Who is his daddy? We don't
know. All We know Is that a
youngster clipped a quarter onto
a piece of paper because that
was the only way he could think
of 10 find his daddy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05

Lu1or's winning pair for beauty
regular 81 value ! Color-true face
powder in six glorious fade-proof
shades, and Luxor Hand Cream,
the only hand cream that contains
carbamide, the healing agent used
by surgeons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08
Reading S Son
In A|imony Case

Richard w Reading Jr.. son OF
the former mayor, today was
ordered by Judge Arthur Webster
to show cause before hun tomor-
row why he should not be cited for
contempt of court for failure 10
pay $1,000 in aIimony to his first
wife Helen A. Reading 81, of 1865
Sylvan avenue.
Mrs. Reading. in a report to the
friend Of the court, declared he
had not paid her any money for
the support of their two children
since September 1889, and if she
does not receive any help will
have to 60 on welfare, She OPP
crates beauty salon.
In a report to the friend Of the
court last November. Reading said
he was working at the Old Corner
Bar. but only three days a week
and earning only S21
He said his first wife was living
IN a house Of his fathers. 10 whom
he had TO pay So a month rent
The couple married Jan rs. 1923.
separated in January 1925. and
we're divorced July 10 1888 Read
ing was ordered 70 pay SO a week
towards the support of his chill
Hrnr
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08
4 R-b-belOW
But Weather Man Says
I'M Be Warmer

W-w-W-ell the w-w-weather
m-man said t-'oday that the
,herm-m-mometer will crawl up
p-pa,, tho Zero mark today and
tonichts c-c-coldeSt Temperature
VIII he ; degrees abb oye zero.
Today w-w-will be flair TO
p-p-partIy cloudy
.T-t-todays coolest was 1 de
grees b-b-below zero az 9 a. m.
b-b-b-breaking the p-previous
record for th-th-this date OF !
b-below zero in 1881
The c-c-cold has b-b-brough a
w-waye of fires Y-y-yeSterday
firemen answered 80 c-calls on
the d-dayligh' watch compared
with the usual 30 10 40
CANTOR, M-m-more heatD