davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1942-05-08

AS far as know there is no thought
at present to rush unframed troops into
combat, but every effort is being made
by all branches OF the service to pre-
pare the younger men to meet the
physical hardships Of war.
II. as we have assumed, the war is
to last minimum OF three years, it
will be the boys who are now from Is
to 20 who will be the shock troops of
1914 and 1945. Under the present law.
the minimum age Is 20 which means
that before they really are fit for
active service they will be % years of
age or older. 1t always muct be re-
called that those who are taken from
essential industries are loss to the
country as a whole, tragic as it may be
and great as is the human loss, the
younger men who must be sacrificed do
not so vitality affect the future life of the
country. 1t always must be kept in mind
that this war must be envisaged not by
the sacrifice of the next few years. but by
what is best for the interest of our
national life in the next decade.
Other reasons which make it neces-
sary for extended training of youth
when physically they are in a plastic
state is that they must be taught to
take care of themselves in rain, snow
and sun. At least year should be
necessary for this process and failure
to realize this means that every soldier
is a poor risk for diseases of all kinds,
and when, as, and If they fall victim
to germs, they are far less conditioned
to face the struggle for survival If
those who possess natural and humane
sentiments had seen the boys trying to
ward en the Ills of human frailty in
The Detroit tribune., 1942-07-04
PONTIAC
BY +. +. HARRIS

The Pontiac Womens Civic
league. OF which Mrs. Ruth Nc
Neil is president. awarded a L s.
War Bond for the best-cared- for
lawn, in the contest which closed
June 80. Membership in the or
sanitation is one dollar.
The Progressive Bridge club
met with Mrs. Mary Williams,
June 2a, in Lull street. A deli
cious desert course was served
by the hostess. Prizes were
awarded the following members:
Mrs. Johnnie Rouse. first prize /:
Mrs. Lucille Mailing. second; Miss
Lillian Slater. BOBBY.
Speaking for civilian defense.
Sector !. of which Henry Har-
per is commander. Warren Fow-
ler. chief OF auxiliary police. and
William F. Davis, personnel di-
rector. the sector proved 10 be
cne of the best patrolled areas $
of the city during the "black-out''
June 20. There were only a few
violations.
The Twentieth Century Turf
club played fairy godmother on
Sunday. June IS, ct a stork show
or. he honoree was Mrs. Nellie
Powell. on Crawford street.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Myers will
spend the July Fourth holidays
In Chicago. Miss era Dobson will
vacation during the holidays with
friends in Buffalo, NY.
Mrs. Christine Johnson, OF
Praul street, comnlimented her
sister Miss EVELYN Sullivan OF
Paducah, Ky. with formal par
" on June 27. Guests were: Mrs.
Vivian Scott. Gloria and Aline
Young. Phyllis Foster. Juanita
Fowler, Mary Lee and Gustavia
Baker. Rosaline Payne. Novaline
Gebhs and Clara Anderson. also
Nessrs. Thomas Fowler. William
Young. Wendell and Theodore
Williams, Howard Harper Clar-
ence Brown Buster Hooks. James
Sullivan. Wally Williams and
others.
The Twentieth Century Turf
club played bridge on June %
at the home OF Miss Lucille Cool
ey, on Ester street. First. second
and third prizes were awarded TO
Mrs. Nellie Powell, Miss Sample
and Miss Frances Rayhurn. respcc-
lively. Mrs, Esther White Is pres
ident Of the club.
William Miller. brother OF Mrs.
Mary Black. in Rowland. return
ed 10 his home in Anderson, Ind,
after a pleasant visit
The Mt. Carmel Jubilee singers
will appear at Newman AME
church, Thursday, July %.
Rev. Ford b. Reed. who has
pastored in Pontiac for twenty
five years. and " father of Bap-
tist churches here. will celebrate
his silver anniversary, July 10
10. A great tine Is anticipated.
The Detroit tribune., 1942-07-04
Ecorse News
By MILO GAsTON

territory every day?. We think the
radio man at the Ecorse police sta
ton is being instructed wrong by
his superiors, or he has a type Of
bias that should not exist. We
wonder II Chief George A. Moore
knows those kind OF calls are being
sent out OF the police Office which
he heads. am sure he doesn't
The chief is one OF the squarest
shooters with the colored race In
the Down River district. We are
going to see to II that the chief
knows the facts regarding condi-
tions which now exist on the west
side OF the tracks.
Attention, Motorists
Motorists, do be careful, for you
know schools are closed now. and
there will be hundreds OF kiddies Of
all sizes playing on the sidewalks
and In the streets.
Last year. there were only three
minor motor accidents sustained by
local children. Let's be careful and
cut that down this year TO zero.
Read this column regularly each
week, for all the dope in Ecorse.
Committee OF Is Banquet
The banquet given recently by
the Committee OF Fifteen was big
success. Every member OF the com
mittee worked hard, except one,
and that member was one OF the
men who helped draw up the pro-
gram. Later. he knocked the BAN
quet and the committee. allegedly
saying that 1t was Just a racket.
Anyway, the affair was a success
and the committee vas able to turn
over to the Building Fund OF First
Baptist church the sum OF $102.17.
The donation was gladly accepted
and Mr.. Armour and his commit
tee we're enthusiastically cheered
by the crowded house which at
tended the services last Sunday TO
see the foundation laid for the new
church. SO you see, Mr.. ?, criticiz-
ing don't stop Gods programs.
Club 400
Sunday night was called barrel
OF fun" night, and II really was that.
The torch singer, Ollie Brown.
along with Arlester Cook. scored
again in their unique combinations.
d. Bronson also rendered several
numbers. much tothe CLUBS enjoy
ment. Be sure and attend the
clubs features this weekend.
Rosa Dalton is chairman OF the en-
tertainment committee.
First Baptist Church
A fine sermon was preached at
First Baptist sunday morning by
Pastor J. d. Davis. His text was
The Detroit tribune., 1942-07-04
No DINA Meet

The Detroit Musicians aesocia-
tion was notified this week by let
ters signed by President Clarence
Hayden Wilson and Executive Sec
retary ]. Wesley Jones, of the
National Association OF Negro
Musicians. that the twenty-second
annual meeting of the organization,
which had been scheduled to con-
vene in Cleveland, August %
through 2s. had been postponed
due 10 the war and the stress
Of the times. A majority of
the officers and board members
agreed to resolution 10 this
effect. They decided that there Is
greater need TO aid national. de-
fense by the buying OF bonds by
the branches, keeping up morale
OF the people in their communities
through music, and giving pro-
grams for the armed forces and
USO ceuters.
The Detroit tribune., 1942-07-04
Conant Cardenites Celebrate llth
Anniversary And Award Scholarships


Among some OF the prominent
school officials present were: Mr..
and Mrs. Charles DAILY. former
principal, Miller school: Mrs. Don
dineau, wife OF the assistant
superintendent OF schools: Sadie
Alley, assistant principal. Per-
shing High school: Emma Granam,
assistant principal. Washington
school; Stella Falvey. assistant
principal, Barstow school: Mar
garet Carruthers, director OF per-
sonnel. Detroit Board OF Educa-
ton; Hazel Smith. Washington
school; Ernest Marshall. voca-
tional director, board Of education,
and James Pennock, principal.
Cleveland school.
Additional items snent Conant
Gardens banquet.
Warren C. Bow. superintendent
public schools. was principal
speaker at the first dinner held by
conant Gardens Political associa-
tion. A representative fromthe
board Of education has attended thu
past ten anniversary celebrations.
No money Is made from the ban
quet and in order 10 meet expenses
funds are drawn from the treasury
OF the organization and after this
has been done there is usually
deficit after all oblsations have
been met.
The Conant Gardens Political as
sociation is making a distinct con-
irlbution 10 cultural and educa-
tional importance and should be
commended for the manner in
which these scholarship Awards
have been managed
Scholarships have been awarded
70 the following Marcus L. Nor
ifon. 1870 Northwestern. attend
ed Wayne university serving with
send ON BN division. As staff SER
eeant Fort Lewis. Wash. and Ken
meth Dungill. 1871 Nothwesiera.
attended Howard university, wash
ingion, DC.
Closing remarks made by W. d.
Morrison. Jr.
The Detroit tribune., 1942-07-04
ANN ARBOR NEWS
Continued from page is)

the Mills on Edward last Summer,
has returned 10 the city to begin
work on her masters degree.
Mrs. f. ]. Lewis spent the past
weekend in Lansing. visiting rel
atives there. Mrs. Sarah Johnson
has left the city 10 spend the Sum
mer in Wisconsin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Mcdonald en-
tertained Charles Livingston. Of
Panama, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Arnold are
the proud parents OF a baby girl,
born on June 20. Mrs Arnold Is
at her home on North Fourth ave-
nue.. She and baby are reported do
ing quite well.
Miss Marjorie Franklin( gradu-
ate OF the L. OF NJ. school OF nurs-
ing, and now in charge of the
paralytic department OF Tuskegee
Hospital. Ala, was In the city last
Sunday and Monday. She stopped
with the Hueys on North Fifth ave-
nue.. Miss Franklin is the sister
OF Harold Franklin on Catherine
street and is product OF the Ann
Arbor high school. She has re-
turned TO Tuskegee, where she will
resume her duties until she goes
into military service in the near
future.
Mrs. Dunbar Gibson. the former
Mildred Knox. and daughter, lef;
the city Tuesday for Arizona, where
her husband is stationed as fret
lieutenant.
Back home for the Summer-Miss
Melrost White, who is teaching in
Columbia, sc, in the high school
there; Miss Letlie Wickliff, who
teaches in the high school at In
dianapolis. lnl., Miss lone Baker.
also a high school teacher in In
dianapolis: and Miss Primrose Rob-
inson. who is teaching at Western
university, Kansas City. Kans.
Mrs Sarah Francis Crosby is
teaching Summer school at Wiley
in Texas and is not expected in the
city until August.
Richard Jewett has resigned from
the post office and is now at the
L. OF NJ. with the University Micro
film company on First street. spe-
cializing in photostatic copying.
OUR SYMPATHY TO
Mr.. and Mrs. James Custer. who
went to Charlottesville. Ind. TO
bury Mrs. Clusters mother las;
week
Also. 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel But
Ter. who. last week. went 10 New
castle. Ind. to attend the funeral
OF Mrs. Buffers sister.
The Detroit tribune., 1942-07-04
BY +. W. WILLIAMS

The eleventh anniversary OF the
Conant Garden Political associa-
tion was observed Tuesday eye-
ming. June 23. With the annual
banquet and the awarding OF a
scholarship. yearly event and the
giving Of prize 70 the person sell
ing the most tickets 10 the banquet
OF Tuesday evening. The AFFAIR was
held in the gymnasium OF the
Lucy Thurman branch YWCA, and
was attended by 200 diners among
whom were men and women prom
inent in educational. civic. polili-
cal and business circles OF Detroit,
Following the singing OF God
Bless America by James Jones,
the diners sat down 10 the Il
shaped tables 10 be served.
W. D. Morrison. Jr., president OF
the Conant Gardens organization
made the Introductory speech pre-
senting the master OF ceremonies,
y. Berry. During the dinner, mu-
sic was rendered by George r.
Walkeg. violinist and Ruth Penn,
accompanist.
The scholarship was awarded
Miss Ruth Watts, daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. Baxter Watts. 1920 Re-
v-re street, Conant Gardens. The
fortunate young woman. a grad
uate OF Pershing high school. re-
ceiyed $50 in cash, the amount OF
the scholarship. There are no
strings attached TO the award as
in some instances, Miss watts may
attend any school she selects.
The lucky person selling the
most tickets was Miss Esther Low
teacher Barstow school. Mrs. Low
expense 10 and from Chicago. as
guest of Conant Gardens Political
association during the holding OF
the annual convention next August
OF the National Negro Business
league, Will be paid by the asso-
citation as well as the full mem
bership fee in the NNBL.
The principal address was made
by Arthur Dondineau assistant
superintendent Detroit public
schools. The response was dellv-
cred by John r. Williams. Detroit
editor Pittsburgh Courier.
Mr.. Dondneau's subject was
Vocational Opportunities Today
Musical numbers by Ruth Watts.
Vera Kemp and Jurldene Terry:
trio by Atkinson School Mothers
club. vocal solos by Georgia DAVIS
and Mrs. Katie Ruth Lemons and
a quartet OF male voices from Mil
Ter High school. enlivened the en-
iertainment Also adding 10 the
interest and pleasure OF the diners
was a recitation Creation" by
Frederick Dennard. Miller High
school graduate and former pupil
OF Alvin Loving. teacher OF English
and speech. Miller school.
Representatives from Cass. NIL
Ter, Pershing, Northeastern, North
western, Western. Central, North
ern and Girls Vocational school
were among invited guests as we'll
as students from other schools OF
the city. These were presented
10 the hanqueters by supervisors
and school officials OF the various
The Detroit tribune., 1942-07-04

from Dan. 1:s, subject. Take the
Stand" Music was rendered by
the choir.
Following the service. the choir
and members went to Hamtramck,
where they took part in a program.
Mildred Reddick is church repor-
ter.
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
The Rev. ]. ]. Ford preached a
stirring discourse at MI. Zion
Sunday, theme, "A Conquering
King" Fine music was rendered
by the Senior choir. Mrs. +. Camp
bell sang a lovely sool. Visitors
included W. Everette, the Rev. Mr..
Crump, Charlie Worthy, John Me-
Crary. William Smith and William
ANXIOUS.
Members 0 fthe church journeyed
to Toledo at 1880 pm. Sunday,
where they had an enjoyable time.
Dinner was served and the group
went TO one OF the parks. Johnnie
Mae Taylor Is. church reporter.
The Rev. George A. Stevenson, pas
tor.
The Detroit tribune., 1942-07-04
Comments

III. great struggle In which
N .'rsn ' democracy is engaged. II
Ane's, -, seem reasonable that the
dCes 'Os !, men should still be prcl-
nlnuss nis a against one another. We
seSs 1a,,'1 three colored police Officers
nav r.orse. m They are good men
p ,s,,end TO their duties, with
Suo VI, rsssrd ear TO race or creed, whea
y. ou' ,,mo comes for them TO act.
u,, Ins fro, rom what the writer has
..S pu' on several occasions. these
ns,,o.men asa,s m are seemingly not al
pO..' recognized by their superior
ss,, 's;csrs On three different occa-
On,. ,.s. Inc writer has heard calls
slO.' .. heir scout car radios. senc-
os' .sout cars from the other side
-. !, ,hs track over in the colored
=. vV..,,olmen's territory. to do police
r.,k. and on each occasion, thcy
ssrs ss sent TO white peoples resi-
s,rces wonder why our colored
swIrsrs are not given those calls,
s.nscially when they are In the
The Detroit tribune., 1942-07-04

the Mills on Edward last Summer,
has returned 10 the city to begin
work on her masters degree.
Mrs. f. j. Lewis spent the past
The Detroit tribune., 1942-07-04

Miss Gloria Moore, OF Fort
Wayne. Ind. Is in the city visiting
her grandfather, Ernest Moore and
her uncle OF Mckay avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-12

Richmond, Va, are the municipalities which will now have to worry about the new order. But one wonders if perhaps MT. Eastman may not feel impelled before the winter is over to extend the area of operations. Tn short he may order more trolleys and fewer busses in other Ameri- can communities.
 What, for example, would happen if such an order were to be directed New Englandward, Certainly here in Connecti- cut it would be something like an incen- diary bomb dropped from Nazl or a Japanese plane. We haven't any trolley cars to speak of in Connecticut and in a few more months we won't have any rails over which they once ran. The idea behind the curtailment may be all right in the cases of the six cities mentioned above, but it won't work everywhere.
 Right now everyone is possessed that Waterbury get rid of the trolley rails that remain imbedded in the streets, But even that is something that can't be done over- night or without taking some steps to in sure that the streets, thus rudely treated, will be repaved in satisfactory manner. Incidentally were we to have any in terference with the bus schedules main- tained throughout our Connecticut cities today, it would constitute serious incon- venience for the war effort. And that just can't happen in Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-12

Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia may have gone beyond his depth the other day when he stopped 10-cent raffle being conducted by Parent-Teacher Assoc iation at public school In Kew Gardens, Queens. The raffle was being conducted to raise funds with which to buy movie projector, the prize being a war bond. But the mayor put halt to all sales and pre- sumably there will have to be refund of the money already collected on tickets It is unofficially reported that the mayor learned about the raffle through an anon- ymous source which inquired why he tolerated this form of gambling In the public schools. Right now the mayor IS engaged in campaign to clean up all forms of gambling and he immediately took steps to stop the raffle. He has done many such things as this, such as urging children to report to him If their parents gambled and If so where. The end Of the mayors campaign Is good one, but some of the means he adopts to get this end aren't.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-12
Halfway Measures

The businessmen of our acquaintance are showing a commendable tolerance toward war measures which in many instances threaten to cripple or destroy the enterprises to which they have de- voted their lives. There is ample evidence that American business is prepared to pay the price of winning this war with minimum of whimpering. This applies, however, only to the unavoidable cost of victory. It does not mean that men who have Slaved since youth to acquire little competence, are willing to lose everything merely to save government officials the trouble of planning or the unpleasant ness of acting.
 Small business - and some larger in- duStry - is suffering unnecessarily be- cause Washington insists upon approach ing major war problems like Caspar MilquetoaSt stalking man-eating tiger. If American soldiers fought the JapS as American officialdom attacks domestic diSlocationS, this war would be irrevocably lost already Consider, for example, the typical plaint of a rather small metal-in- dus try executive whose sales go more than 90 per cent to Army and Navy and their suppliers, and the rest to super-priority essential civilian production.
 The prices he pays are frozen; the prices he can charge are frozen; the wages he pays are frozen. He is sitting pretty with an assured source of raw materials, an eager market, a fixed margin of profit, He should be happy. But is he? No -- far from it.
 This mans pay scale is good enough so that union organizers never have been able to sign up his employees. But his scale is helnw that for other industries which want to get his employees. So his help slowly is walking out into other industries. He is forbidden to raise wages, though he is will ing and able to do so to a reaSon- able extent. He can't keep his own work CTS, and he can't attract enough replace mentS in competition with war plants which, when the wage freeze came along, had higher scales.
 The government needs this mans busl- ness But here, as in so many other in- stances, Washington went only half way. 1t froze wages to avert the disaster Of inflation It did not take any simultan- eous step to prevent Workmen from mov- ing out of essential but lower paid indus tries into the higher wage factories. We do not judge the evil from this one mans experience. On the contrary, we use his quandary as a convenient illustration of an evil that any Wide-awake observer can see all about him,
 Two-thirds of our industrial and eco- homie troubles arise today, and have arisen since war production began, from the absence of any overall federal plan- ming, and from the inadequacy of the !. step-by-step, trial-and-error approach. We cannot win total war by halfway measures.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-12
Good Going

When William Jeffers was lifted out of a railroad job and made rubber admin istrator, we weren't too certain about the wisdom of the selection. Now he has started pitching and already he has two strikes against our skepticism
 He pitched the first when he told a hostile Congressional Committee that he was going to perform his difficult task to the best of his conscientious ability, and let politics be hanged, He tossed over the second when he jumped on misleading reports that there would be tires for all by the middle of November.
 Worrying about pressure group politics and ignoring misleading errors were chiefly responsible for the muddle into which rubber drifted B. J.-Before Jeffers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-12

not serve two masters. We are be. ing asked to serve two masters that are as far apart as the poles namely: Communism and Democracy, The principles that Communism stand for are at wide variance with the doctrines of Christianity which Is tho cornerstone and foundation of America, If VIC wish to be really patriotic let us examine carefully every idea presented as Q WAR EFFORT and make sure that 1t l. not Q wolf In sheep's clothing. Le us soc to it that we do not find our selves in the position of the mai who gained the whole world an, suffered the loss of his own soul, Let us ask ourselves "Whither Goe, Thou" so that we may not later oi lament with "roo Late" The Bil of Rights Is the soul of this country, We Intend to fight in order to pre-. serve that soul. We do not intenc to allow anyone to frighten, force or in any way intimidate us. We dc not Intend to gain the whole work and suffer the loss of our American soul, If the fight is on let 1t come Washington, Jefferson and the othe great Americans had to fight to ge our country why shouldn't we con sider It pleasure to fight to keel 1t.
 Just an unadulterated American
 JOHN SMITH.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-12
Current Comment

Which do you choese--the free spirit Of man and c moral idealism shaped on the values and ideals Of our civilization, or the enemy's hor- rid substitute-a foul obseSsien restBcltated from the underworld of the past2
 Prime Minister Jan Shuts Of
 South Africa.
 We will have tires for everybody when we have the tires and not before.
 Rubber Administrator William
 M. JefferS.
 I don't think the United States should stop making raids on Ja. pan. When these boys volunteered. they were volunteering their lives. Mrs. Jessie Farrow, mother Of Lieut.. William c. Farrow, miss ing Tokyo raider.
 People Gin Britain don't laugh much, for they are very tired; but Eity smile easily and with their eyes. Going without has become . way Of life.
 -. A. R. Wylie, author.