davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08

a population of 1882, $40 persons,
compared with 3,677,700 in Chi
cago.
Nagoya, the third city, has a
population Of 1899 ,729. and the
port cities OF Kobe and Yokohama
have 967234 and 96S.091 persons
respectively.
Japan's economy is singularly
exposed TO reliance on supplies
from other nations. In textiles.
Japan supplies the raw material
only for silks. Cotton, wood pulp
for rayon, and wool must be i'm
nOrtpd
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08
\ JAPAN FIGHT A LONG WARP
CAN JAPAN FIGHT a LONG WARP
Nippon IntIuStry'S Big Strides
I'm Mass Output Make Strong Foe

This IL the second In a series
az special articles by Merryle
Stanley RukeySer noted eco
nonic commentators for Inter
national New Service and The
Detroit Times. analyzinC Japan 5
staying power m the war
against America
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08
WAR OBJECTIVE

Already, Japan's grand, II de-
.spicable, strategy in the Pacific
since December Z bellies the wish
full guess that Japan was tottering,
being a mere aggregation Of PAPER
maChe dwellings.
In appraiSinG Japan'S current
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08
TOXIC RANKS NO. 8.

The most densely populated
island, The main one OF the group,
is Honshu. Toxic, the capital and
economic center. has more popu-
laton - 6.778,SO4 persons - than
any city in the world except New
York and London. The commercial
and industrial city OF Osaka has
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08
DENSE POPULATION

The great density of japanese
population is more considerable
than the figures indicate. for less
than a sixth Of her limited land
area is arabic.
At the time she started to
make war on the United States
the Japanese empire had an area
of 260,704 square miles and a
population OF los. 226,10l. Mean
time, the United States and her
possessions had a land area OF
3.73S,395 square miles and a popu-
lation Of 149,901 rs.
No larger than California.
Japan proper, comprised Of four
islands - Honshu, Shi-
koku, KyuShu and Hokkaido has
an area of 147.701 square miles
and a population of 73,114,3O
persons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08

made aware .of Japan competi-
tive ability
For propaganda purposes for
eiEnerS, nevertheless. had a ten
dency 70 belttle Japanese capacity
and be GrudgngAin conceding that
some progress had been made.
II was common 90 say that the
japanese were competent mita-
tors hut lacked creative ability
But Japanese inventions In chem
iStry and IN other field, hardly
sustain this dlSparaging thesis.
In the early days of World War
II before the fall of the the Low
Countries and before the collapse
OF France I admoniShed against
this tendency 10 underestimate the
strength OF the Axis.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08

position. we must recognize that
war not trade, has been the Nip
poncSe objective for long period
Of years. ~
\ While her enemies were COM
placent Japan drastically held
down the low living standards of
her people and used her accumu-
lated wealth to import vast guam
titles of scrap iron, oil. machine
tools. rubber copper, tin, etc,
which were built into strategic
stockpileS TO keep the nation going
as belligerent for the duration
In order 10 understand Japan,
IL IS necessary 10 add TO the
geographic text books Of the island
empire the supplementary value Of
these kew StOckDileS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08
WISHFUL THINKING

In my book. Financial Security
in a { h an cing World, for ex
ample, l warned
"NiShiul thinking has handi-
capped the outside world I'm
evaluation the dynamics of Nail
Germany. Ever since Adolf
Hitler first took office on Jan.
80, 1888, school Of observers
has consistently concluded that
Germany was on its last legs.
Momentarily, they predicted the
imminent collapse of Germany
because OF its tremendous float
ing debt and It's paucity OF for
eign exchange
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08

HICKMAN BkOTHEkS
ANNOUNCE A CHANGE
IN CLOTHING PRICES
Effective Monday, Jan. II
Last September, when there general advance
in clothing prices, we did not raise ours.
We made it plain at the time that it
Rchman policy not to do so until it could no
longer be avoided.
That has been our policy for 62 years. That is
our policy today. That will be our policy always
Since 1889, however, everything that goes into
clothes has steadily gone up. And, if to
maintain our standards of quality and value we
must adjust our prices in accordance with
increased costs.
Beginning Monday, January 18th, therefore,
Richman Brothers Standard Quality Clothes will
be s24s50. Our Super Quality Line will be S29.5O
This is 50 advance . . reasonable adjust
ment, under existing conditions and in line
with our 62-year policy of making fine Clothes
and selling them for the lowest possible prices
Purchases from today to Monday, January u,
limited TO two garments to any individual
THE RICHMAN BROTHERS CO.
Makers of Mems Fine Clothes Since 1879
1905 WOODWARD lo7sl GRAND RIVER
OsLm.n/
- lool2 JOS. CAMPnU
andJO
ES,T a
Listen 10 New, by Jack King Monday Through Friday D.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08
SNOW SUITS
FOR GIRLS
:55.abza
. Snug Upper KHif AHk!eis!
. Upper or Button Fronts!
. Some Hare warm Hoods!

Every girl who likes Winter outdoor
fun should have one or these warm,
sturdy snowsuits. They're smart and
practical e. protect her against cold,
and sniffIes. Upper or button front
jackets, Upper knit anl>let snow pants.
Some with hoods. Embroidery and
fury trims. Plaids and solid colors.
Sizes 4 to 8 and to -.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08

These the jackets to keep you snug and
warm, matter how low the temperature
goes, Grand for skating, skiing, campus wear.
Double breasted button fronts, ripper styles
with hooda Plaid, and solid eoIors. 1870.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19
Second Front in Africa
Points North 10 Italy
Underground Anti-FasCists in Italy Want
Strong Brand of Democracy for Aiding
Allies; Seek U. S. Pledge.
By BAUKHAGE
Ne.os analyst and Commentator.


From a military standpoint
Italy is the weak sister of the
Axis partnership. From the
standpoint of anti-Nazi-Fascist
internal subversive organization
she Is perhaps the strongest ally
for the United Nations. An AZ
rican offensive might logically
end in an invasion of Italy.
The recognition of these anti
Fascist underground organizations
as important elements in the gen.
eral Allied offensive against the
Axis can be taken as a straw show
ing which way the tide of war may
be flowing. And they are being rec
ognized.
One very significant development
was recent statement from Lon
don, which at first blush simply
seemed to dampen any hopes that
the king of Italy might be a force
in bringing about separate peace
with Italy. But this negative sug-
gestion, when taken together with
certain other indications, has quite
another meaning. The London re-
port indicated that the king was no
longer the prisoner of Mussolini''
he had been pictured, but really the
friend of Fascism. This seemingly
gratuitous statement may well have
been offered as piece of firing data
for the diplomatic marksmen indi-
eating that they must change their
sights. And an inkling of just what
must be done in order to obtain the
support of the elements in Italy
which can be of service to the Allied
cause comes from an objective re.
port on the underground in Italy.
This report, originating with anti
Fascist sources in the United States,
clearly analyses who these people
are, what they have already accom-.
plished and what must be done to
get their cooperation. A realistic
program is laid down by inference
which will not be at all palatable
to the conservative or the conven-
tional masters of official intrigue
among the United Nations.
According to this report from anti
Fascist sources the underground in
Italy is now composed largely of
young nen, born and educated in
Fascism, who are working entirely
from within its framework. They
are members of the party because
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19

WNU Service, l34S H Street, NV,
Washington, d. G.
According to number Of people
in Washington, of whom your cor
respondent is one, the MOST star
tlingly important event of the war
may be taking place and nobody,
including the enemy, will admit it.
A second front has been opened,
the first carefully planned and
meticulously timed offensive against
the Axis since the war started has
begun in Africa. There are diplo-
matte developments as well as mill
tary which, some believe, indicate
that the path to victory will lead
through Rome.
OF course, you couldn't get even a
Whit of official confirmation for
such a presumptuous assumption
from anyone higher than a first SER
geant. Nevertheless. there seems to
be quite bit of circumstantial evil
dence to support the observation
of such a development At the
same time certain happenings in the
diplomatic field add their touch of
verisimilitude to what the military
might say was a bald and unwar-
ranted, if not unconvincing state
ment.
Such military information as
might offer, which has not been a
part of official statements, would not
be wise to print. But it is permits
sible to recall that the Germans
claim that the British have a million
men under General Alexander's
command in Africa. The official
accounts of the number of American
flown planes in almost continuous
activity over huge area indicate
that the American air force in
Egypt is not inconsiderable, even
In these days of giant armies and
armadas.
Apprehension in Tu7isia
There are diplomatic reports of
apprehension on the part of the
populace Of Tunisia, vital strip of
territory lying along the coast of the
narrow waters that separate it from
Sicily, the Axis stepping stone from
Italy to Africa, which hint that
activities may extend even further
west than Libya.
These are some of the outward
signs which are there for all to see
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19
Aussies Expert In Jungle Fighting

The word comes from New Guinea that the sue
of the Allied advance is to be found in small bod
les of troops, which like termites gnawed necessarily
at the foundations of Japanese defensive positions
1t is limited that the Australians and such of
their allies may have participated in the advance,
have played the Japanese jungle game to perfection
and added many improvements of their own"
There is reason to be surprised at the ability
of the soldiers of the United Nations to meet their
enemies in any kind of fighting Early Jap successes
were due to overwhelming superiority rather than
superior fighting ability.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19
Senator Norris

We have long admired the public career of Senator
George Norris of Nebraska, and regret that in the
evening of life he should go down to defeat
Political experts, however, say it largely his
own fault. He repeatedly announced his retirement
and at almost the last hour, decided to offer again for
reelection.
The 81-year-old veteran seemed to take his defeat
to heart saying he could not understand it and that the
voters of his State had repudated all that he stood for
in his long and courageous public career.
This is mistaken view. The policies of the Ne
braskan have, in large degree become the accepted
policies of the United States He has lived to the
fruton of many of his political dreams
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19

dodgers with their own trinkets
and pictures might occupy it, she
would always see it the old way.
1t was the old way that she saw it
now. A pair of hard-worn gray
pants lay on the floor where they
had been dropped. Three base
ball bats were stacked with fish
ing rod in the corner. A battered
red cap with a letter on it lay on
the bed. And through the bed, as
though it were transparent, Mar
garet saw another bed, smaller,
and with high Slated sides.
She put the vacuum cleaner
away and went down to her desk
in the sitting-room. She took the
fifteen dollars rent that the new
lodger had paid that morning in
advance for the room, and added
to it, from her purse, three dol
lars and seventy-five cents more.
Then she drew out sheet of pa
per and began to write on it,
slowly, gravely.
"To buy,a bond to help train a
young man to replace Don, Jr.-
killed on June 9th in the Battle
of Midway"
Letter from an actual communication
in the files of the Treasury DEPARTMENT.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19
Frances Honor

Marshal Petain replying to the message of Pres
ident Roosevelt relating to the occupation of North
Africa, declams that France and her honor are at
stake"
The Marshal has his tense wrong France and her
honor were at stake, than two years ago and
neither France nor her honor gained renown.
Il have always declared" says the Marshal, 1--WE
would defend our empire if it attacked" Appar-
emily the Marshal thinks of the empire than he
does of France proper He hasn't done much to defend
the homeland"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19
Who Has Headquarters?

Every once in while we note dispatch from Seen
eral MacArthur's Headquarters in Australia" in the
news of the global war;
This strikes us as strange We see no news COM
ing from admiral Nimitz's Headquarters" None
arrives from Marshal Timoshenkos Headquarters"
Headquarters"
What's the matter? Is General Macarthur the
only officer with "headquarters?"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19

Mo1g01et

Margaret turned off the hum
ming vacuum cleaner, and
Strengthened the slipcovers of the
armchair and the daybed that she
had pushed up to go over the rug.
Then she stood quite still in the
doorway and looked at the small
bedroom with its southern expos
ure. 1t was as neat and imperson-
al as a pin. It might never have
been lived in. The door stood
open on the clean, bare closet.
There was not pennant, not a
team picture, not even so much
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19
B r | E F S by Baukhage

The U. s. Civil Service commits
sion is looking for dietitians to fill
jobs at $1,000 a year.
When soldiers don't write to their
girls, the girls write to camp host
esses.
One company is hoping to ease the
transportation situation by building
a 117-passenger bus.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19

San Francisco motorists can now
park their cars in a four-fioor I'm.
dergrohnd steel and parking area
beneath the park.
Farmers received higher prices in
mid-September than a month earlier
for grains, cotton, tobacco. fruits.
dairy and poultry products, reports
the U. S. bureau of agricultural eco.
nomics.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19

they have known no other party and
no other government through their
mature years. They are members
Of the armed forces because they
are loyal to Italy.
According to the report which
mention, made by supposedly
authentic and authorized repre-
sentaiives of the anti-Fascists,
the underground movement in
Italy is powerful and effective;
it has accomplished a weaken
icg of civilian and military mo-
rale; publishes a large and eff
fcient anti-Fascist press; has
organized political meetings
and combat groups in nearly
every Italian town; has brought
about unity for the first time in
Italian history between the
working class and the intel
lectuals. 1t has caused general
inefficiency in the army, caused
sabotage in the campaigns of
Greece, Albania and Libya and
effectively sabOtaged war indus
tries.
The members Of these groups, the
young men who grew up under
Fascism, are not revolving to bring
about status quo ante-they are
revolving against the status quo for
definite aims. They want a new
democratic order.
Italian Anti-Fascist Demands
The members of the Italian UNI
foreground are thoroughly deter
mined to overthrow Fascism wher-
ever it exists. But they demand a
concrete, complete, sincere state
ment of the program of the anti
Fascist forces before they will join
them, since they risk everything
in revolt and think they might SIM
ply gain new chains for old if they
faced a typical political peace.
They want, specifically, clear
cut statement of the peace aims of
the United Nations. They want
these aims stated without equivoca-
ton or couched in the fine generali-
ties of the Atlantic Charter. And
they want to be sure that they have
the guarantee of the United States
as the administrator of those terms
with freedom to build the kind of
an Italy they want.
There is something of a parallel
between these Italian demands and
the revelations, or what the con-
sentative diplomats would call the
indiscretions, of Wendell Willkie
when he called for assurances of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19

as an old Arith-
metic book left
to show whose
room it h a d
once been.
M a r G a r e t
st ed at the
walls, the furni-
ture, anddeeply,
slowly, she real
ize d tn a t n o
m after VIII at
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19
Modern Ideas

News that American troops, flown in by plane
are threatening the Japanese Buna-Gona base in New
Guinea ought to persuade armchair warriors that the
United States knows something about modern warfare
The soldiers made the flight in October according
to news only now available The campaign in New
Guinea may be comparatively limited in scope but
American commanders have modern ideas
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19
Our "Rest Run War;

Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy, is but speak
ing the solemn truth when he tells the American peo
pie that this is their "best war;"
Not everything can be shouted from the housetops
but enough known to make every patriot thrill with
pride at the accomplishments of this democracy going
into the greatest of all its wars
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19
Lesson for November 22

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts SCI
lected and copyrighted by International
Council Of Religious Education; used by
permission.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19
MOTIVES THAT STRENGTHEN
FAMILY LIFE

LESSON TEXT Exodus 2:1-4; JOSH
24:14, is: Ephesians 5:28-31; Ella
GOLDEN TEXT-Love never faileth.-
l Corinthians 1853.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19

Advertising is what a newspaper has to sell and it
is rarely given away by any newspaper in which it is
any good.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19
ImPv0ved II SUNDAY
Uniform c~,Tr@ 3 ~.
\ LESSON n

BY HAROLD L. LUNDQuIsT, D. D.
OF The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.l
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19

lie non-impe. .d..stic designs of the
United Nations.
Willkie, as is his wont, used a
blunderbus instead of a scalpel to
obtain his end, but he did clear up
the atmosphere on the subject Of
what Russia and China thought
about the need of extending the
scope of the Atlantic Charter. The
realistic Jan SHUTS, prime minister
of South Africa, echoed this senti-
ment few days after Wilkes re-
port to the nation. Others are re-
peating the demand for full state
ment of peace aims.
Strong Brand of Democracy
Another point upon which some Of
our allies, and particularly our DO
tential allies in Italy, want recog-
nized by us and emphasized is the
belief, many times stated but very
seldom elaborated, namely, that we
don't expect to go back to things
as they were.
They expect democracy, but
they make it plain they expect
it to be economic as well as
political, and they want a brand
that may prove stronger medi-
cine than everyone might care
to take. The groups in Italy,
like those in other countries,
have forged their political
PHILOSOPHERS in the fire of perse-
cution.
The revolt against the physical
brutalities of totalitarianism is likely
to carry them far in the opposite
direction. They demand an ideal of
democracy hard to attain.
1t becomes, therefore, a vital task
of the American statesman, in as
Stunning the necessary leadership of
the United Nations as their supreme
physical effort approaches, to for
mulate postwar world peace
ideal. If, as seems possible, the
second front will touch Italy, home
of Fascism, before it reaches the
Nazi borders, the attitude of Italy's
anti-Fascists must be clearly under.
stood and taken into account.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19
Army Trained And Equipped

The strength of the U. S. Army has passed 45OO,-
900 and than 100000 soldiers have been safely
transported overseas.
This achievement dwarfs any similar accomplish
ment in the first World War but it is
aging when consider that the arms, equipment and
supplies Of the present American army are, for the
most part, the products of our industries.
In the earlier World War much of the arms and
materie used by American troops provided by the
British and French In this war, not only train
ing vast Army but also providing it with the
tools of war; Reports from various backgrounds ndi
cate that the tools unexceed by those of any other
army.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-24
Ribald Jokes
Fund for Bombers

They offer rewards to each other
for the hottest rumors OF reinforce
'ments en- route.
They start a collection among
themselves to buy fleet OF new
bombers from America and guar
antee their shipment across the
Pacific.
Discordantly, but certainly not
disconsolately, they sing rough
hewn ditties sprinkled with un-
printable words.
There was jubilation on March s
when Macarthur told his men OF
reports that General Homma had
committed hara-kiri--". mott
waited by the fact that his numeri-
cally superior forces had been
unable TO destroy the American
and Philippine defenders OF
Bataan and Corregidor."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-24
Sutherland, Marshall
Win High Honors

Macarthur, though beset by
enemy actionrdid- Ret-let
Washington's birthday 60 without
ceremony.
On that day, with proper
swank, he presented the Distin-
guished Service Star Of the Phil
ippines. highest military decora-
ton of the commonwealth, 10
Mai. Gen. Richard X. Sutherland
his chief of staff. and Brig. Gen.
Richard J. Marshall, deputy chief
OF staff, who had served faithfully
under him in the formation Of the
aggressive little Philippine army
and who now fought at his side.
The success of that tiny but
terrible force. Macarthur said at
the ceremony. has earned for
the Philippine commonwealth the
priceless right 10 be recognized on
its own merit as an equal In the
brotherhood OF arms by the ma
tons of the world"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-24
Macarthur Bids
Reluctant Adieu

Reluctantly. Macarthur finally
took his leave of Bataan on the
night of March Is.
Nearly month had passed be-
tween the time he received his
orders and the time the speedboat
took off.
II had been a month of under
dog triumphs which thrilled the
United Nations and placed new
faith in the straight, tight-lipped
leader of Bataan.
He must have left piece of his
heart there.
Yet there must have been a
sense of relief in him, too.
For beside him on that danger
Gus flight were his steadfast wife
and his 4-year-old boy.
These two had lived since shortly
after Christmas on Corregidor and
had weathered the almost per-
petual bombing of their citadel.