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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-22
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 81 -
Just about the happiest military
recruits in the world, prob
ably, are some of the lads who
have been assigned to the pho
tographic branch of the Army
Signal Corps. They are taking
their basic technical training in
the movie studios. For them,
screen queens and cuties will
pose even more readily than for
studio or press photographers.
Wandering around the lots
shooting film players in action
and sometimes in voluptuous
repose might sound like a
fairly frivolous way of prepar-
ing for grimmer and more vital
tasks in warfare. But the SOL
diers need lot of practise to
familiarize themselves with CAM
eras, light conditions, film
speeds, filters and all that, so
they might as we'll work with
glamor while it's available.
The still picture departments
of all the studios are expertly
stated and lavishly equipped, SO
they make excellent schools for
the fundamental instruction Of
small groups of soldiers from
the Signal Corps. After six weeks
they 60 to Army schools and
learn how to apply their basic
skills to advanced military pho
Biography.
GOOD HUNTING
Army trainees at Universal
have had good camera hunting
lately on the outdoor sets for
arabian Nights" - harem gals
plus lots of fighting and fast
riding. With mixture of pink
ish foundry sand and the yellow
local variety, a desert has been
built on the back lot. In this is
the colorful camp of Kamar al
Shaman, the phony caliph who
has captured Haroun- al Raschid
and the beauteous Scheherazade
The harem court and the fancy
tents which border it are
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-22
High|ights from
the Latest Books

First choice among the week 8
releases is a simple but exciting
tale of three men on a raft. II
is the true story of that trio OF
Navy flyers, forced down on the
Pacific, who sailed a thousand
miles in "a days without food.
water, instruments or means OF
controlling their tiny rubber
ship. Captain Bligh, of the
Bounty mutiny, outsailed them
in distance, but they far sur
passed the Englishman in cour-
age, determination, and re-
sourcefulness.
You have already read the
newspaper accounts of Petty Of
ficer Harold Dixon, Navy pilot
of Oklahoma, Tony Pastula, me-
chanic, from Ohio, and Gene
Aldrich, radioman, from Miss
ouri, Robert Trumbull now
brings you the complete story,
as told by Dixon, in "The Raft
(Holt: $2.5O). You can read 1t
in an evening, but you'll re-
member this sage of American
heroism a lifetime. These are the
men who fight Americas bat
ties.
VANISHING LADY
Don't start William Irish's
"Phantom Lady" (LippincOtt:
So unless you have time to
finish 1t in one sitting. You
cant put it down. Combine
the suspense of a man sent
enced to die for murder he
did not commit and the search
for a mystery woman who can
provide his only abb, with a
well-plotted crime and you
have phantom Lady," first
rate mystery story.
FALL OF FRANCE
Hitler's Fifth Column did its
best work in France, preparing
that nation for its ultimate
downfall. Henry Torres reveals
in detail the Vaccinations of
this efficient organization in
Campaign of Treachery" tDodd
Meas: So. America will do we'll
to study the technique Ger
many employed in France and
to be prepared to meet it here.
STAGE STORY
Covering the period from
1885 through 1888, the 18th vol
ume of the monumental project,
ANNALS of the New York
Stage" by George c. Odell aid
ed by Brander Matthews, pro-
fessor emeritus of dramatic lit
erature in residence at Column
bia University, has been pub
lished by Columbia University
Press: (S8.75)
Presented in scholarly FASH
ion, each volume of this gigan-
tic work is replete with data of
lasting value. The present vol
ume is of special interest, for
il deals with period when
musical and dramatic talent
we're so prodigal that it has been
aptly termed THE Golden Age"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-22

loan fund which holds mort
gage on his house.
But he's a patriotic citizen, so
he looks into til S shipyard
work. If he takes a job there,
he has to shift from an A. F. of
l.. to a c. l. o. union. He loses
his seniority. He has no assur-
ance he will get his old job
back after the war. He will lose
his insurance and pension bene-
fits, and it will take him an
hour a day longer to get to and
from his new job.
The job of an area manpow-
er commission office is to rec
oncile all those conflicts and
get the men transferred into the
more essential industries. In
Baltimore, it was found that
there were some 325 of these
non-essential industries, employ
ing up to 100 men apiece.
One of the committees first
acts was to ask all of these nom
essential industries to 60 over
their personnel records and see
how many skilled and semi
skilled workers they had who
could be transferred to war
production. In some cases, where
plants faced an eventual shut
down for lack of raw materials,
they were willing to see their
employees placed in good jobs
for the duration. Where employ
ers resist this appeal, boarding
their skilled labor, arrangements
must be made to ask if u. S..
Employment Service job ana
lysts can come into the plant,
go over its operations and help
the employer work out methods
of upgrading his employees, put
ting unskilled workers on semi
skilled jobs, hiring new unskill-
ed labor, and releasing the skill
ed workers for the war indus
tries.
UNIONS CONCERNED
The next job is to sell the
employees on making the shift.
Arrangements must be made
with the employer to freez
seniority rights and insure re-
turn to peacetime employment
when the emergency is over.
Je a Gus of their membership
rolls, the unions have to be sold
on the idea Of allowing their
members to work in other shops
or other trades, being represent
ed in the shop by the union
having the bargaining rights, but
not sacrificing membership in
their original union SO long as
they pay their dues.
But now suppose that the en-
ploye is willing to transfer,
though his old employer is un-
willing to release him. An at
tempt will be made to set up a
review board in the y. S. EN-
ployment Service which shall
have the authority to approve
transfers which cannot be agreed
upon voluntarily by all parties
concerned.
If the employer is willing to
release and the employe is not
willing to transfer, the only re-
course the committee has is to
give the mans name to his draft
board with recommendation that
he should no longer be given de-
ferred status, inasmuch as he is
unwilling to work in essential
war production.
Now it may be that all these
obstacles are insurmountable. A
great deal of fixing is obviously
required. But if it can't be fixed
by voluntary agreements be-
tween employers and employees
and unions and government
agents, at least it will have been
proved that the system won't
work and that a compulsory
work law, a labor draft law, is
necessary.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-22
. MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge Of cor
rect social usage by answering
the following questions. then
checking against the authori-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-22
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

guarded by brown slaves and
black panthers, but they don't
bother photographers.
This enclosure contains the
only fur-lined bathtub ever seen
in movies, and larger than any
ever dreamed up by Cecil De-
Mile.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-22
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
BY the Associated Press
ONE OVERSIGHT

SHERMAN OAKS, Calf. -
Then there's the Lawrence Fur
Mss family
Furniss, SO, is an army draft
engineer. His wife, AZ, has vol
unteered for the Waves, Navy
auxiliary. Their daughter, Mrs.
Carl Goodell, Is, is WAAC and
her husbands in the navy. John
Furniss, 10, saw action at Pearl
Harbor and David, Is, is an
auxiliary police messenger.
Micky, the family's police dog,
is registered for army service.
Zombie, the family cat, hasn't
done anything.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-22
THEY ALL BELONGED

COTTON, WASH. = Mr. ana
Mrs. John Kripes decided to
have no one but members of the
family at their 55th wedding an
niversary party.
There was such crowd,
though, that the 77-year-old host
counted noses.
The total: IA children, 50
grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-22
NO RESCUERS, So

NEWPORT, Ore. - Victor
Stone and his wife were at sea
10 days in a trolling boat while
coast guardsmen searched for
them in vain.
Stone was fisherman, so they
had food. Ice intended for pack
ing the catch provided water.
And they finally made port
under their own power by using
cooking fuel in their engine.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-22

Of course there won't be any
auto shows this year. In some
cities pedestrians won't have
show either.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-05-09
Sacred Concert
Will Climax
Music Week
Young Artist
Taking DINA
Additions

Climaxing the Music Week pro-
gram by the DINA will be the sac
red concert Sunday afternoon May
10 at $3.50 o'clock at st. Paul AME
Zion church, Beaubien and Kirby
streets. The entertainment will be
under the immediate direction OF
Alberta Harris. ST. Paurs director
OF choir and its organist and Tai
madge Turner. chairman program
committee. DINA. Miss Mary Doc
tor will be the chairman OF concert
entertainment.
The second concert given by the
Detroit Musicians association dur
ing the observance OF its May Fes-
tival Week. was presented Sunday
afternoon at Second Baptist church,
AL Monroe avenue.
The succeeding calendar events
in DMA's program Of activities are
additions OF entrants in voice and
piano, the successful participants
10 be presented as guests OF DINA a,
the National convention in Cleve.
land next August; Junior branch
program and twentieth anniversary
OF musical organizations forma-
ton.
Young persons Interested in au.
dltions should contact Mrs. Jerens
Gurley Macklin. $40 Hague street
telephone Trinity 2-406S.
Junior branch activities are un.
der direction Of Mrs Mile Hyn.
son. sis Hendrie street. Trinity
2-2399.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-05-09
Widow Gets Second
SugarRationingCard

The registering of Detroit sugar this week was
the first of the Government to regulate commodities and
perence for Mrs. Grace f. Grmsted 1887 E. Vernon high
MaN
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-05-09

take keener interest in the Parent
Teacher meetings and acquaint
themselves more fully with modern
trend OF education and community
development"
Professor Mcfarland. Instructor
OF social science a. Wayne uni,el-
sliy. introduced Mr.. Cody % the
audience Father Malcolm G Dade,
pastor Of ST. Cypriane church ex-
pressed appreciation OF the address
delivered by Mr. Cody and stated
that Mr.. Cody once attended a
meeting OF the southern education
leaders ard challenged their stand
on no, giving Negro children broad
or educational opportunities and
also urged the equalization Of sal
aries for teachers OF both races in
the South
Others participating az the meet
ing sunday included Alvin Loving
loca teacher ard Miss Dorothy
Scott mistress OF ceremonies and
a teacher in the lnkster school
system
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-05-09

1t was almost q years ago that
Mrs. Grimsted applied for sugar
rationing card. This was during
the first world war. The card was
issued Sept. is, 1918 by the Wayne
County Food administration, Da-
vid +. Heineman administrator.
The rationing OF 1918 in Detroit
was not as rigid as today as each
person was given two pounds a
week. However, there were cer-
tain sections of the country, espe-
cially in the South, where II was
almost impossible TO get sugar.
On the card appears Mrs. Grim
sted's name. address and number
of pounds she obtained-four.
While the card was mot guar
anteo OF delivery OF sugar but indi-
Gates your allowance It also
pointed out the severe penalty that
would he melted out TO chiselers.
This warning is on the card: ANY
person having two or more cards
will he subject to severe penalty"
Mrs. Grimsied. widow for the
past 20 years. is living in the same
house. only the number In those
days was 365 Dix. which has since
been changed TO Vernon highway.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-05-09
COMMITTEE
PLANS FOR
uSO CENTER

reo committee held a meet
luz u.sdneeday. April 20 at the
lns thurman Branch YWCA. Dis
Lucy centered around possible
tus' ,,nr. for the uCO center which
loSs', ~ staffed by Mrs. Jessie Car
wa. ~ director. and Mrs. Norvelle
I nl.,,y secretary. Sites considered
pes.'' Iohn r. al Adelaide streets
We a vernon highway and ST. An
tore. .,,,,,,,ae ~ the
,.eo q as follows. John c. Dancy,
~ s.jrmsn Miss Mary o'Neil. USO:
a., Me- yelma Isley, uS0: Miss Ma
s Wv, r clark, travellers Aid socle-
=. Mrs Ardenah stephens. YWCA
sv..rd Moses X. Fritz. Booker T.
ws..hineton association: Claude H.
rnoner yMCA: Jessie Moses. Gleiss
.,,,sr Ramon $. Scruggs. Michi-
~ nell Telephone: Mrs. Norvelle
beatty rsO: Manwella Williams
:, peter cla,er church: Charles
. psrrv. sacred Heart church; Mrs.
rsssie Darlington director. USO:
rrneet T. Marshall. Vocational
TraIning program for War Work
,rs and. George ". Premier. USO-
WHOA.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-05-09
Shifman's Streamline
Store To Open Friday
In A New Location

Proprietor Shifman. OF the Shift
man Streamline Department store
announces that the establishment
Is moving into its new location at
1888 Hastings. corner Division
street. The store has formerly
operated for number Of years
at 1903 Hastings.
The formal opening OF the new
streamline Shifman Department
store al Hastings and Division will
be held Friday, May s. The store
carries complete line OF clothing
and shoes for the entire family al
reasonable prices. Souvenirs will be
given to all customers who visit the
new store. Courteous treatment
will he accorded to all. The patron
age Of the public Is solicited.
Watch the Tribune for further
announcement of bargains at Shit.
mans Streamline Department store.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-05-09
Educators Desire
For Southern
Justice Told
Urge Parents To
Be Active In
School Life

Hon. Frank Cory. superintendent
OF the Detroit public school system
addressed large number OF prom
inent westslde citizens Sunday May
3 at pm. at ST, Cyprians chu ch.
corner Of Twenty-eighth and Mil
ford. The program was sponsored
by the Juvenile Protective assocla-
ton OF Michigan. Inc.
/. his address Mr.. Cody dealt
with the theme. THE Function OF
Education In the Present-Day Cri-
sis During the highlights OF his
address the speaker said In part:
President Lincoln once said that
the nation cannot remain hall
slave and half free. go still FUR.
Their in stating that America today
cannot remain half cultured and
half illiterate. The spreading Of
light and the elimination OF hate
mark the present-day trend in edu.
cation. II Is most essential in win.
ming the present war and winnine
the peace after the war. We. in the
Detroit school system. are building
your boys and girls into men anc
women to better serve the needs o.
their country, under the theory Of
equality OF opportunity for educa
tional development
Continuing. tho speaker said.
Il insist that the teachers in III,
local school system take an activ,
part In the civic. social and relig
ious activities OF the community. So
as 10 aid in consolidating the com
munity and developing foundation
for greater appreciation OF educa
ton. understanding and the motiva
tion OF light Parents should urg,
their children TO take greater in
terest in the extra-curricula actiy
tiles OF the school such as publ,
speaking. debating, bands. athletic,
and so forth. Parents should ais,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-05-09
STUDENTS AND GRADUATES OF
LEWIS BUSINESS COLLEGE GET
WASHINGTON APPOINTMENTS

Since the beginning OF the year.
the students OF the Lewis Business
college have been giving volunteer
service in s'enography 70 many
units under the defense program
The question has been asked by
many. What consideration is be-
ing given from the standpoint OF
clerical appointments under tho De-
fense program" The Lewis Bust
ness college, located al $3.50 John
X. at Ferry. reports tina, many stu
dents ans graduates Of that school
have received appointments Dur
ing the past week. five persons of
the college have received appoint
mn,s in Washington. as a result OF
having successfully passed CIVIL
Service EXAMINATIONS
Miss Ruth Walton received an
appointment In Washington. and
left the Motor City ast Wednesday
to take up her duuse in the capital.
Also Mrs Margaret Miller Sula
IA4' 10 Er'tllf ~ a. iNtA slFN4f aAL VI
lie Hightower All ~ the these
young ladies' arc products % the
Lewis Business college
Violet r lewis president Of he
Lewis Business COLLEGE announces
the opening Of special Defense
class in sienography Persons
taking advantage of this course will
he prepared 70 take Civil Cervioe
examinations within twelve weeks.
Any amhiiou- pereon Who wish
e. 10 quality for better position.
or Civil Service may enroll There
arc no examinations nc delays.
Man! persons have already regis
tered
Information about TIA course.
classes ccef of tui'ion etc. can he
secured without Obligation. by CALI
ing in person a. tho school Office.
$3.50 John r 3 Ferry 90 telephone
Trinity 1918
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-05-09
Couple Held Pending
Robbery Investigation

Robert and Martha Stuart we're
held for investigation OF robbery
armed by police Saturday. The two
were arrested at Receiving hospital
where Mrs. Stuart was treated for
superficial wounds.
They were held following the
robbing Of Stanley Dybowski. s.,
1927 +. Forest. earlier in the eve
ming.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-05-09
Announcing

The opening OF Simmons and
Bibb'e law office in Inkster, Mich,
Monday May II, on Harrison ave-
nue.. The Office Is there 10 serve
the needs OF ten thousand citizens
in that community.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-05-09
Want Law


ambition be suppressed at this
timer
"Why does such firms as n. A..
Woodwork, Continental, Packard
and hurry Corps only have EN-.
ployment for a Negro, II he Will
accept a janitorial Job or other
mental work?
II find the above conditions ex.
listing In the several plants men.
toned.
II have taken advantage Of the
Defense Training Classes offered
by the Board of Education, by fin-
ishlng satisfactorily a machine
t0oling course OF 3iS hours, my In.
struct0r recommended me 10 an In.
spection technique course, OF which
| have over 100 hours, along with
these two courses, have about
$50 hours OF aero riyeting, this
course was suggested by one OF the
above companies.
As n high school graduate and
two years Of college training, II Is
rather difficult for a Negro 10 un.
derstand why industry will not al.
low him TO attain his highest Skill.
The L. =. Employment Office has
record Of my attachments hut 10
date l have been sent TO two places,
the Bonn Aluminium Co.. for
Foundry work on Oct. q, 1911 and 10
F0rd's willow Run. April =, 1912.
Am l 10 be handicapped because
I have the ambition and Initiative
10 take courses that will enable me
to help my government In this all
out program
(Signed) II. X.
Defends State
In Governor Van Wagoner's re-
ply, he pointed out that Michigan
had no law against discriminatory
practices in employment for such a
committee TO work with. He stated
however. that he would gladly set
up such committee II minority
groups want II. The Governor fur
Their went on TO state:
Certainly when war employment
Is concerned. the most effective ac-
ton can be taken under Federal
laws which prohibit discrimination
in employment on Federal con-
tracts. This Federal action IS be-
ing taken consistently in Michigan.
I say emphatically that there is no
discrimination in our State Employ
ment Service.2 On the contrary. this
Service has been working vigorous
ly, under Negro officials OF the
Service. 10 trace down every COM
plant OF discrimination and. first
through persuasion. then through
reports 10 the War Production
Board and 10 the Presidents COM
mittee on Fair Employment Prac-
tice. 10 eliminate abuses.
Lack State Law
After all. l cannot force, under
any State law. the hiring OF certain
workers. can only work with
both sides TO try 10 promote demo-
cratic hiring policies and see TO II
that the Federal agencies are doing
their part to enforce the anti-ds-
elimination laws"
The Detroit Tribune realizes that
the present national emergency
calls for unity and the best efforts
OF all people. and every citizen
should be permitted to contribute
his utmost in building up our ma
tons defense.
The problem faced by Negro
workers in their search for ade-
quate employment has passed the
"appeal-for-democracy and unity"
stage. The Detroit Tribune recon-
mends that the only solution Is a
law similar 10 the one Just passed
by the state OF New York. law
with teeth In II, and its strict en-
forcement.
In few days a committee will be
set up to work for the introduction
OF such . bill and every citizen Is
urged 10 write his state senator
and governor urging their coopera-
ton.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-05-09
PIcKENs IN PONTIAC

Plans are being completed by a
group representing social. civic
and fraternal organizations OF the
city 10 present Dean william Pick
ems OF New York City May IL at
8 pm. In the High school sudito-
rum.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-05-09
Youth Must Have Equal Opportunity To Develop Says Cody
C o o d Samaritan
Hospital Will Hold
Open House May 10

Mrs. Bertha Mckenzie. super
iptendent at Good Samaritan
hospital announced this week
that the public is invited to open
house at the hospital on Moth
er's Day. May 10 from 2 to 6
pm. On May IL, National Hos
pital Day Open House will be
held from TO 0 pm.
The Good Samaritan hospital
Is located at 500 +. Palmer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-08
Strikers Ignore
Te|egrdphil Plea
ToResumeWork

Despite an appeal by individual
kilograms TO 200 employees 10 re.
turn 10 work, the Federal Engi.
neering Company. $50 Oakmar
boulevard. war production plant
remained closed today because oil
NAMED closed today because of q
a union jurisdictional dispute.
The wires stated:
"AlI employees are requested
as patriotic American citizens To
report this Monday morning at
1880 a. m.
Delay I'm the completion Of
vital war contracts will leopard
lie the lives of our soldiers and
sailors at the front.
"You owe IL 10 our fighting
forces 20 return 10 work pending
negotiations, which may take
weeks"
TURNED BACK AT GATES
Those who responded to the APP
peal and appeared in working
clothes with dinner buckets were
turned back by committees at the
gates.
Said Dan lie Vine. general
manager OF the company;
We've tried everything-made
every appeal - hut the men
haven't come back. We are at
loss what To do"
No kilograms 10 return TO work
were sent TO aliens employed at
the plant. il was learned. This
was in accord with a statement
issued Saturday by Maj. George
Strong. plant protection head for
the central air corps procurement
arpa
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-08
Vinson SeesGdin
In War on Subs

WASHINGTON, June s uNS).
Congressman Vinson of Georgia,
chairman of the House naval
affairs committee. today expressed
the belief that the navy is making
satisfactory progress in dealing
with the submarine menace in
American waters.
In a statement approved by the
navy department, Vinson said the
enemy is building more submarines
but he cannot build them in the
proportion that we are increasing
our means OF combating them"
The navy's anti-submarine or
ganization, Vinson asserted, has
passed through the period of
growing pains" and is now "func-
tioning efficiently"