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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1942-12-11
PRESIDENTS COMMITTEE ON
FAIR EMPL LOYMENT PRACTICE
FOUND CAPITAL TRANSIT
co. GUILTY OF CHARGES
WASHINGTON. Dec.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Il
After giving careful consid-
eration" to the complaints
submitted against the Capital
Transit Company alleging
that Negroes are refused en-
ployment as bus and street
car operators solely because
Of their race, the Presidents s
Committee on Fair Employ
rnent Practice, War Manpow-
or Commission, yesterday di-
'rected the company to bring
its employment policy into
line with Executive Order
1902, requiring that there
shall be no discrimination
against war workers because
Of their race. creed, color or
national origin.
In the light of all the
facts and in keeping with
it's duty to redress grievances
which it finds to be valid, the
Committee called upon the
Capital Transit Company to
take seven steps to bring it's
employment practice in line
with the national policy as ex-
nressed in Executive Order
1902. The seven directions
ere:
/. Issue formal instructions
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1942-12-11

to all of your personnel
officers and employees to.
recruit, employ, train, or
upgrade prospective work
ers or workers solely on
the basis of the qualifica-
tions Of applicants or
workers without regard to
their race. creed, color,
national origin, or citizen
ship.
Issue formal instructions
to the appropriate officer
of your company to de-
bate from its application
fol. employment form any
reference to race or relig-
ion which may be included
on it.
Give formal notice to any
e m plo Y M e mt agency,
whether public or private,
through which your com
pany recruits workers,
that it will accept needed
workers for any and all
classifications of work
solely on the basis of their
qualifications without re-
gard to their race. creed,
color, national origin or
citizenship.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1942-12-11

ing in the service.
Ever since he was a little
boy, Napoleon wanted to
travel and see distant parts
of the world. He certain
ly has realized that desire.
| pray he won't come to
any HARM
Private Taylor's wife the
former Ethel Oliver, of Ga.
is living in New York: He
has three sisters, Mrs, Cen
evieve Jordan, teacher at
College in Montgomery
State Teachers College IN
Montgomery, Ala. Mrs
Willie B. Strong and Miss
Matte Sue T,s-.n' both q
and Mrs. Y. ..l'''am Tayk i
| Georgia. r., parent Mr.
and Mrs. William Taylor
| died several years ago.
Prior to his enlistment ii
the Army. Taylor was EN-
ployed by a Baltimore meat
!, packing firm and attended
Douglass high school.
Private Taylor won his
distinction in Africa be
cause he was the first mar
i'm line aboard the first Of {
series Of canvas topped
lighters which carried sew
eral detachments Of Negro
troops across the most trea
/, cherons sandbar on thu
, West African coast ane
landed them on the Liberi
ian shore, according to re
ScsnsiaseA o lAGs D
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1942-12-11

On Saturday, November 28,
the companies participated in
their last rcgimental review.
All officers reviewing the
troops were women. including
the assistant regimenLal COM
rnander and the battalion
commander. The ceremonies
took place In the Coliseum in
Les Moincs row used as a drill
area l1.Y the W.AACS quarter
ed in hotels iii the city, u
Auxiliary Mnricl Fawcett
Of Ls.aachburg. Virginia, III
describing the. eagerness OF
the WAACS as they awaited
Their departure, summarized
It this way.
Lets go! Let's 90. cx-
presses our feelings. We have
been diligently working for
many weeks to perfect skills
and teehniques which will
enable ~ to relieve ncn from
non-combat jobs which wo-
men can fill, Each WAAC Isl
bursting with pride that she
sraade the grade. Ii the men
doubt thet we can do the Job
efficiently, they will soon
change their minds!"
The WAACS at Fort Hua-
chuca will function in such
jobs as chauffeurs, typists,
stenographers, switchboard
operators ard postal clerks.
Included will be many women
who have received specialized
training as bakers and cooks.
They will operate the WAAC
messes at Fort Huachua
which will be separate from
those of the soldiers as on all
Army posts at which units OF
the Corps will serve.
Both companies had been
barracked at the hotels Saw
cry and Chamberlain taken
over by the Army several
months ago to provide addi-
tional accommodations for the
rapidly expanding women's
auxiliary to the Army which
has already outgrown even
the greatly increased facilities
Of Fort Dcs Moines.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1942-12-11
DEFENSE PLANTS MUST COMPLY WITH
EXECUTIVE ORDER $500 SAYS P.C.F.E.P.
TOLEDO, OHIO WOMAN IN
COMMAND OF UNIT
AT FORT HUAcHUCA

WASIIINGTON-The War
Department has announced
the arrival from Fort sDes
Moincs, Iowa, of two Wome11's
Army Auxiliary Corps Post
Headquarters Companies at
Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
Third Officer Frances G.,
Alexander Of Toledo, Ohio, is
a command of one company.
Other officers Of this unit are
Third Officers Violet w. As
kins and Irn1a j. Cayton, both
Of Chicago, illinois.
The second company is nnr
Ter the command Of Third
Officer Natalie f. Donaldson
of New York City. Third
Officers. Vera Harrison of Will
berforce, Ohio, and Mary
Lewis of Philadelphia, Penn
svlvania, are the other officers
of this company.
Officers Cayton and Harri-
SON preceded the troops to
Fort Huachuca to direct final
preparations before arrival of
lie sVssACS. ''* &
Accompary ying the compall-
les were two Army officers,
1st. Lieutenant Harry a.
Crowley, train commando,
and CAPTAIN N. Cohen, SURG
con. Both officers returned to
Tort Des Moincs after COM
pletion Of the movement.
All meals served en- route
were prepared by WAAC
bakers and cooks in a kitchen
car Of the troop train using
field mess kits for serving the
food. Third Officer Ccrric M
Shcrard of Atlanta, Georgia,
was ..cting mess officer for
both companies.
The WAACS followed the
routine Of their usual military
day as closely as possible. Bed
check was made and lights ex-
tinguished at the scheduled
hour. WAAC guards and SEN
tries were responsible for pol
icing the train. The women
detrained periodically for ply
sical exercise.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1942-12-11
CAPITAL TRANSIT COMPANY
MUST COMPLY WITH
EXECUTIVE ORDER 1902

car operators be employed
without discrimination based
on race, creed, color, or ma
tional origin, in keeping with
Executive Order 1902.
Refusal to grant the re-
quest Of the local transporta-
tnfion comrany was voted by
I Continued on Page Two)
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1942-12-11

Boston, Miss Walker was the
recipient of much attention.
She was one of the guests of
honor at the second of the
to42-43 series of Book and
Author Luncheons sponsored
oys the American Booksellers
Association and the New York
Herald Tribune held at Hotel
Astor. She read the title poem
of her book, receiving the ap-
plause of the 1,2OO guests and
the personal congratulations
Continued on Page Two)
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1942-12-11
WEST VIRGINIA STATE
COLLEGE POET RETURNS

WEST VIRGINIA STATE
COLLEG G Il INSTITUTE,
WEST VA.-Dec. 3, 1912. The
faculty and students of West
Virginia State College are
proud to welcome the return.
10 the campus, Of Miss Mar
garet Walker, of the Depart
ment Of English, who has
been IN the East in the inter
est Of her Yale prize winning
book Of poems For My Peo-
PIE.
While IN. New York and
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1942-12-11
Cleveland Region

WAof1INGIIUN, DEC. o.
The Presidents Committee on
Fair Employment Practice
has refused to grant to the
Capital Transit Company post.
ponenaent in carrying into
effect the directions of the
committee that bus and street
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1942-12-11
THE NEGRO
PRESS OF
TODAY
<vr ~ Auxr
WIDENING HORIZON

WIDENING HORIZON
The advance of the Negro
press has been made in often
crelllllous aping Of the white
dallies. In structure they are
startingly similar to the white
papers, duplicating their good
and bad features alike. This
cultural aping Of the domi-
nant race, Of course, is quite
natural. The Negro papers
do not show any evidence OF
distinctive personality Of their
own other than their almost
one hundred per cent racial
emphasis. The Negro editors
have been SO preoccuried with
bringing their papers abreast
those al the viii cs that thes
have been mnablc ta introduce
new patterns into The pusines
OF collecting and editing news
How well they arc beginning
to perfcrm their task is indi
Gated by these indiccs o.
som, hat increasing Inatnr
ity; the organization of press
and syndicate services, the
printing OF national and local
editions; an emergent use of
color presses by the more opu-
lent Weeklies; the appearance
Of strong newspaper chains,
the growing patronage Of
white business enterprises evi-
denced by a larger number of
ads from this source, the
creation Of extensive promo
tional activities among both
their colored carriers and the
Negro public; and the increas-
ing space that is allotted to
foreign news that affects the
fate of all the colored peoples
of the world. This last inter
national aspect of the problem
Of the "colored' races, first
introduced by DR.. w. r. B. Du
Bois thru The Crisis magazine
as early as the First World
War, is now being grasped by
the better class Weeklies. "The
editor's horizon, 4 observes
Professor DetWeiler. us at
least as wide as that Of 4
small-town white editor and
often wider. Negro writer's
ire interested in South Africa,
where there is a hugh race
problem; in Brazil, where the
color line is indistinct; III Sow
let Russia, whittier Robson
has gone to have his children
educated; in the Virgin
Islands, Haiti. Santo Domin-
go. Liberia. From Spain, to-
ward the end Of 1887, Langs-
ton Hughes was writing arti-
cles for the Afro-American,
which sent a man to Russia
to interview Stain, to Berlin
to see the Olympics, and to
Geneva to witness the apcpar-
ance of Halle Selassie before
the League Of Nations.
Credit for a large portion
of the remaining articles is
Idue to Professor John Syria.
maxi Of Yale University who
kindly granted the writer per
mission to reWrite his findings
and to use freely end exten
sively all statistical dats
gathered in his own study 81
the Negro Press in 1898.
While Professor Syriamaki':
study is four years old. stats
fical data are brought to date
| Al further study Of the paDer.
Included in the original study
was also made in the summer
Iof 1912, and considerable i'm
provement was found in LII
policies Of some Of the paper
during these four years. Th'
Chicago Bee, for example, i
now printed in three sections
an eight-page section on tn
regular newspaper size, an
1.-TWO Society and Feature
!, and Sports and Genera
/ News sixteen-page section
.lcsntinusd on Pass Al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-10
JACK EMPSEY HERE TOMORROW
Ex- Champion Now Punch ing Out Defense Bonds
 fOr Uncle Sam

Jack Dempsey, the colorful ex- heavyweight champion, will urge Naterburians Co buy defense bonds in a talk to Dc delivered in Hx- change Place tomorrow afternoon at 6 o'clock. Speaking at the Carrie Welton fountain, Dempsey will Do introduced by Mayor Vincent A. Scilly. Tf
 The former champion, now ala officer in the New York State Guard, is now touring the country in behalf of increased sales o9 de- fense bonds and stamps.
 He will be met ct the city line by an escort of motor patrolmen, and greeted by. Q reception commit tee whose members will include Chairman J. Francis Smith of the local defense bond committee; Charles J, Allen, publicity director: William Jones, director of the can- paign in retail stores: Wendell '. Gross, campaign director in indus~ try; and pr. Thomas ]. Condon, ds- rector Of the sales campaign in the schools.
 Tn Dempsey's party will be Philip Hewes, deputy savings bond admin lstratcr for Connecticut; State Ath- letic Commissioners Frank Coskey, and Edward Ingle of the U, 8. Treasury Department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-10

OSO Medical balding Druggists association Martha lsO P m. Crosby high schoo Florence Tunbun iSo p m. Leavenwcrh high school; Mary E Casey. d$0 P m Post Business college; Don Post 200 D. m. Anderson school; Mrs. Betty Afeldt. zoo m St. Margaes parish hal Willow 2oO m Audet ha o State street. sewing; Donovan
 Council of Catholic Women for chaplains Aid associa-
 ton Mrs. Mary John White instructors 700 D. m. Buckingham hail. Charles Williams and staf 7Oo p m. scoyin Mfg. O.: Waiter J Racicot stair. zoo m Aude hal s State street, surgical bandages; Mrs 700 Diocesan street, nutrition class;
 Margaret Carroll 73o m. All fire houses: school for auxiliary hremen. 730 m. Medical building; Arthur Blewttt, Jr. 730 m. Eks hal mobile unit, Nelson Cser and staff. 730 Bristol Co.,. Gus Metz and staff (nnal meeting). 7SO m K of hal 57 North Main street. Chase O.
 Cyril Hilman and staR. 730 D. Prospect; first aid class, Leonard Brauneis. sO woodbuy Community center Earl Howard nnal meetng WEDNESDAY March Ii
 TOdays school depOts paper street. St. Thomas Drggs Kngsbuy Sprague MaEsaets paro- CaL Citizens may deposit ct nearest school goo Christ chapel nutrition class Mrs John staneow 93O Engine O. East Main street; school auxiliary 1e m Police headquarters first aid course for auxiliary police 200 D. m Medical building; Mrs Howard Hart 200 Diocesan bureau 6 Church street. hospital bandages
 Waterbury Council of Catholic Women. 500 Waterbury Girls club; Mrs Martha Holcomb zoo m Police headqares first aid class for auxiliary policemen TOO Diocesan bureau 66 Church street. hospital bandages TOO Diocesan bureau 5e Church street. class in nutrition
 Waterbury Council of Catholic Women; Miss Ann 7SO K. of F han North street. group Mary 7:3O D. m. Post Junior college; Don Post, instructor 7O Eks ha air raid group Mo- Frank Hennessey Thoma 7:so D. m Duggan school; Sector B-24 7SO Russell school; Sectors C6 CT CS C9 C-l0 C C-l2; m Third Congregational Church 800 D. southbury State Trade school Russell Warner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-10
TIRES, TUBES ARE
 RATIONED OUT
Several Local Residents Secure Both; Out-Of-
 Town Tires Given

The fifth district rationlng board issued certificatesk for the purchase of newtires and tubes during the week ending last Saturday to the following:
 E. H. Davis, ei Oakland avenue state defense council, two tires and two tubes.
 Mattatuck Lumber Company, $40 watertown avenue, lumber dealer two tires and two tubes.
 B. steinfield, 6 Short street, gar. bage removal, three retreads.
 H. weyand Company, Inc. Brown stree, manufacturers, two tires anc two tubes.
 Quality Paint store, 26o South Main street, plumbing and heat ing, two tires.
 General oil Corp. S26 Bank street fuel dealer, one tire.
 M. A. Rebyca, 1Si6 Thomastor avenuefl, distributor, two tires.
 R. Dinatali an Sons, Midland road, building contractors, four tires
 pr. R. A. Bonner, Sl West Mair street, physician, one tire and on' tube.
 V. virOchis, RED 3. farming, fOul tires.
 John rOrio, 72i North Main street store proprietor, two stires and twS tubes.
 pr. F. LewiclSi, s2s North Mari street, physician, two tires.
 Others in nearby towns who vert also granted certificates by the fiftt district rationing board include:
 Town of Watertown, for highway maintenance, one tube.
 Town of Plymouth, for municipa use, two tires.
 Town of Watertown, for highway maintenance, three retreats.
 Eagle Lock Company, TerryUne manufacturers of defense pro duets, two tires and two tubes.
 N. w. Booth, Echa Lake Road Watertown, farmer, two tires anc one tube. F. Matula, Southbury, farmer, on' tire and one tube.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-10
1nnTnnM MrN1 -1rAM1 nng
 lNDU DISPL LAf GIVEN TO U s. \.
Sears, ROebuck Donates Use for Duration of
 War

one half the display window space of the local headquarters of the Sears Roebuck Company has been given over to the national defense program for the duration of the war, Thomas V. Stanford, manager, said today.
 The first of a series of patiotic posters has been installed in one ps the storeS two huge display win- dows. The poster depicts the might of the United States in a fight for righteousness and freedom, and 1t has been the subject of a great deal of favorable comment since its re- cent installation.
 '"rhis window is dedicated to the preservation of the freedom for which our fathers fought" Is the statement inscribed on a red, white and blue banner in the display wir- dow. ,.,.,ss
 The local program is e part of the national program of Sears Roehuck and stores throughout the country have devoted their display windows for similar purposes. According to MT. Stanford the posters will be changed every 10 days and the plan has been worked out so that the window settings will be appropriate to current events.
 Every display will be in the in- terest of national unity in the War effort and a full cooperation on the part of the public with the various service organizations which are functioning for the benefit of the men under arms,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-10
'DR. HETZE ON
 ADVISORY GROUP
Will Aid in Evacuation
 of Children in Event
 City Is Bombed

Appointment of pr. Joseph I. fEetzel as Waterbury advisor on the evacuation of children in case of bombing has been announced by the State Medical Defense Council,
 Methods used by the British in evacuating children from heavily. bombed cities have been studied. Children will all be given identifis cation tags, and arrangements will be made to have them escorted to preafragned centers, from where they will be taken Go places of safe- ty in the country.
 Arrangements win be made to secure places in the country where children can be harbored in the event of any series of heavy bomb ings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-10
AMERICAN BRASS
 DRIVERS IGNORED
Get Safe Driving Awards From Insurance
 Company

At a meeting yesterday of the truck drivers of the American Brass Go. awards of certificates for records of safe driving of from one to three years were presented by R. r. Moves, Safety Engineer of the American Mutual Liability Ins. Go.
 Drivers receiving the awards for 8 years were Homer D. Bronson, Jr., Ruel Dunn. ibero Calabrese, An. thony Gasparri, Salvatore Cianelli, Joseph Govanelli, Charles Goodall, Thomas Leonard, Royal J. Martin, Joseph Malaspina, Alter Mistura, Francesca Nardola, Bonis Stanis and Angelo Trayie;
 one year of safe driving-Walter Q. Anderson, Joseph M. Ash, Alpine Cyr, August Farina, and Edward T. McNaInara.
 A sound fiim--''Defensive Driv- ing" was shown at meeting. o. ?. Rowland, Construction En- gineer of the American Brass Co, in remarks said: Tn recognizing the excellent safety work of the twenty men who have been honored 1t should be noted that each of these men has driven more than 10000 miles per year, subject to the abnor- nal exposure of heavy traffic and all types of roads. Considering these conditions, they deserve our heartiest thanks and congratulations for their driving skill and care on the high- way. Thus, more than one-half million miles of driving without an accident Is the achievement of these men,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-10

by two routes---both tough, but not impossible. Japanese-held areas in southeastern Asia could be reached via Afghanistan or Africa.
 Route No. 1 starts in German held Crimea or Odessa and calls for 6 nonstop flight past neutral Turkey, over oil-rich Iran and into desolate mountain studded Af- ghanistan ct the northwest frontier of India.
 Refueling, the planes would sneak on through Chinese Turkestan, past bleak Tibet and its mythical Shangri La to the China sea, prob. ably landing in French Indo- China. Only planes of unusually long range could make the trips and they would have to fly in sub-strato- sphere, mostly at night, to avoid detection and miss collisions with soaring mountain peaks.
 This northern route was partially pioneered before the war when Ger many controlled airlines over Iran and built up contacts in Central Asia with exiled Indian princes rec lated to the Afghan royal family, fugitive chieftains from Soviet TllrkeStan. With them are German
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-10

New arrivals . Arriving at Camp Polk Lar recent ay for Army training was large contingent or Nauga tuck Valley boys Among them were Stanley Ruszczyk son of Mrs Mary Ruszczyk of Union City; Michael Ca labrO, son of Mr. and Mrs Tony Calabro of Hamilton Avenue; Leonard J. VilleMure, son of MT. and Mrs. HOrmidas viIleNTure of South Main Street; Anthony J. Budzyn, son of Walter Budzyn of Hamilton Avenue; Albert F. VaitekaitiS of Mrs. Anna Vatekaitis Of Bank Street; Vincent F. Biernack son of Mr. and Mrs Felix BiernacL, of ThOmastOn; Angelo M. Durante son of MT. and Mrs DOmenico Durante Of Oakville; Anthony Krivinskas Jr son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Krivinskas of Third Street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-10
JAMES BECNAL
 HEADS NEW UNIT
Electricians Prepared for Any Emergency in City;
 Vernon Abel Presides :,

James Begnal was elected captain of the waterbury Emergency Elec- trical Division, No. 6, at a meeting held by the unit which will be pre- pared to serve the community in the event of disaster. Eugene V. Abel was chosen lieutenant and George H. Carter was named secretary. Club members met at 63 Lydia street.
 Members who attended the meet ing were: Antonio Membriflo, Ro- land Turner, Thomas J. Tracy, Lloyd McPhee, Ralph Dube, Dominic Santarsiero, John Abondelo and Ralph Infanti.
 Vernon Abel presided at the meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-10

officers, trained by General Oscar von Nledemayer, who speak Afghan dialects and share hardShipS of the natives.
 BOTH ROUTES
 PIONEERED EARLY
 The "Eurasian Aviation Corpora tion," which in days of the Hitler Stalin pact operated Q Turkestan- China airline, prospected remote border provinces Of Afghanistan, Both Germans and Japanese had ample opportunity to study, and even organize, an emergency route to the China Sea over country where even native rulers are not in full control.
 Route No. 2, although probably easier, is ne pushover, either.
 This calls for Q flight from France to Africa, across the Sahara to Binder and on below the Equator to Vichy-hold Madagascar, then on over the Indian Ocean to Murma, Malaga, or French Indo-C China.
 Like the northern route, this one would take the planes over enemy territory. The principal hot spot is where the planes have to pass comparatively close to the area patroled by Allied scouting planes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-10

Plans for . establishment ok . biO0d bank and blood plassaA Eer serve, on Q limited scale, have. been approved by directors os she waterbury hospital, according to Dr. Joseph L. xfetxel, chairman oR m special study group. The prO- gram VII Dc the first oR its type fin the city and it is hoped Co eas- large it to . 300 pint reserve ai soon as funds become available.
 The reServe would be invaluable In the event of emergency when local doctors might Do called mon to administer countless blood transfuslons.
 Federal funds arc being sought to enlarge the program and pr. Hetzel revealed last night that tho committee has asked Cong. Joseph E. Talbot Co investigate Che pos- sibilltles of Waterbury's receiving a share of federal funds made available for this type cf home defense.