Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-20
0verd||s Spot
A Miss Victory
In Every Factory
Typical American Girl
in War Work viii Be
Chosen From One of Them
(Other Story and Pictures, Page 81
By r. JEROME PETIT
Contest Editor

Contest Editor
Every war plant in Michigan has
a MISS VICTORY!
Every war plant has a girl who
Is outstanding in her work.
She is a girl who symbolizes all
that women are doing on the home
front today TO help win the war.
She is the Typical American Girl
War Worker.
She is efficient and enthusiastic
about her job because she knows
that every American must help if
we are 10 defeat the AXIS and the
Rising Sun.
In her spare time she takes part
in outside patriotic activities. She
has made personal sacrifices by
entering a war plant so that a
man would be freed for the fight
ing front.
That is the girl or woman all
America is searching for.
SOUGHT IN CONTEST
Twelve Hearst newspapers. in
Guiding The Detroit Times. are
conducting the contest TO find
MISS VICTORY.
There is nothing difficult about
the contest nor will il slow up war
production. In fact, il will speed
production because its very pur-
pose is 10 dramatic the part
women are playing and give just
recognition 10 them.
Each plant is permitted 10 have
one entrant in the Michigan finals
for every 100 girls employed.
MISS VICTORY of MICHIGAN
win be presented a $1,000 war
bond by The Detroit Times and
all her expenses will be paid 10
Chicago 10 compete in the national
finals.
As additional Michigan plants
continued enter the contest
here. more public officials and war
plant heads offered their endorse
ment of the contest.
PRAISED BY GOVERNOR
Gov. Murray d. Van Wagner
praised the Hearst newspapers for
making possible the national pro-
gram and termed the title MISS
VICTORY" a happy choice. In a
formal statement, he said:
selecting n Miss Victory from
among women workers in Michi-
gan il a great idea. salute the
Hearst newspapers for making
possible this national recognition
of the women who have an
Swered the call to the colors at
home I'm such numbers and with
such splendid spirit.
':Too often, We are apt TO heap
honors upon our men - forget
our women. 1t isn't because we
little appreciate their services
it's just because we have all
come To expect so much and we
accept courage. self-sacrifice and
devotion 10 duty as commonplace
among them.
NO EASY TASK
ut l. no easy thing for a
woman to disrupt her home and
master new and difficult skills.
But our women haven't hesitated
they have picked up the tools
our men dropped in taking up
their rifles. They are carry
ing on.
THE title Miss Victory was a
happy choice. II Is an obvious
fact that victory depends upon
these recruits To our machines
and our production lines. 1t Is
fitting that we. should select a
Miss Victory to honor and that
I'm hOnoring her we pay appreci-
alive tribute 10 all those thou
sands OF whom she will stand as
a symbol.
ITO every woman who offers
her labor and her strength tn
the end that this world may
again be made safe for their
homes and their children, ex-
tend the grateful thanks Of our
state. To The Detroit Times and
cooperating Hearst newspapers.
l extend congratulations for
thus giving recognition to those
whose services we too often ac-
cept 80 thoughtlessly."