davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1943-04-21

i n c n e S, 1l8
p o u n d s, dark
brown eyes, dark
b r o W n air,
missing fro m
621 Pen n S y l.
v a n ia avenue
Sc. since Mon
day.
Juanita Burns,
II, S feet 4
| n c h e S, 1877
pounds, wearing
blue coat, dark
brown and tan
dress, red socks
a n d br % " n
S h o e S, missing
Evening star., 1943-04-21

NOTED to first officer is Lillian L.
Burge. Arlington. now stationed at
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Others are
Caroline S. Essex. Dovey M. john
son. Louise B. Nelson and Mary E.
Pulliam, Richmond, and Martha F.
Rector of Roanoke. First Officer
Evening star., 1943-04-21
Missing Persons

hOSc nUObfCy tWJOf UtuLtOH |
concerning persons reported
missing should communicate
with the Public Relations Squad
Of the Police Department., Na-
ti01dl 1000.
Esther Barrett, IS, S feet 2 inches,
10 pounds, blue eyes, long blond
hair, wearing red coat, f1owered
skirt, white shoes, missing from
Forestville, Md, since yesterday.
Malcolm Welch, IL, 4 feet inches,
IS pounds, blue-gray eyes, sandy
hair, wearing brown knickers, navy
blue sweater. brown oxfords. missing
from 5004 Fifty-first avenue, Ed
monston, Nd, since yesterday.
Doris Adams. 13. feet 3 inches,
110 pounds. blue eyes, chestnut col
ored hair, wearing brown plaid coat.
one-piece pink dress, brown and
white pumps, missing from 1895
Wisconsin avenue. NV. since Sun
day.
Mera Louise Hawkins, 13, feet
Evening star., 1943-04-21
Man, 80, Is Shipwriqht

Eighty-nine- -year-old John Tay-
lar of Hawthorne Leslies. England
claims to be the oldest working
shipwright.
Evening star., 1943-04-21

Beaverdam; Anna B. Ryce, Rich
mond, and Jeanne e. Thompson,
Norfolk.
The only WAAC member who at
Evening star., 1943-04-21

present holds rank higher than
that OF first officer is Director Oveta
Culp Hobby, who wears the eagle
of a colonel.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

reported rich mans became mixed up with gang
of criminals One morning, woman found murdered
in his luxurious apartment
The gang vanished leaving the young man TO take the
rap Evidence pointed TO him the guilty and he
arrested
His desperate father searched the city for anyone who
would help him. But in vain. \.N
Then, Negro servant whispered the of Marie
Lcveaux.
She Older by that time an treated the anxious
father fantastic ritual nonsense prom
ised, for large sum, to set his free.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

they whred in fantastic dance that belonged nowhere
but in the remotest ungles Of the Dark Continent Others
joined in The mighty Negro moving among them
deep laugh echong through the long low hut urging them
to holder efforts dragging screaming GIRLS from their
partners and whirling them high above his head.
They leaped, spun sweating mad with and the
spirit OF Gran zomhi. And in the smo5e-ned
qutocs whined and the fddles scraped and the drums
throhbod until the dancers dropped among the feet OF their
mates staggered into the damp swamp miss outside
In the dawn could be accn dull-cyod figures weaving
through the muck nursing aching heads and moaning Of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

Tomorrow you die" she whispered. Let make you
a good dinner"
He refused modify. But she persisted promising the
delicious gumbo file he had tasted his life
last he agreed and the succulent dish prepared
few hours later Cambre wrhing the floor
OF his cell in appalling agony.
But the Cambre family suffered the blot Of hav-
ing a hanged.
Marie LeveauX still alive the end Of the
century: tiny wrapped in rags who couched in
her small cottage. gray wisps of hair escaping
headcoh At night she would be stealing off through
the svamps the darkness
Many tried TO follow her but they never found the
hoard Of gold pieces she had hidden of cos
metcs They calculated that she had than 100000
dollars concealed in the P6ntchartrain swamps
She died one stormy night and found a will
the slightest trace of her gold Alexander a great
voodoo priest who followed her tried all his magic TO find
the gold but without Thus tho gold gotten by the
fears Of others never appeared to fears.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

advertising and brought many
curious inquirers to the bayou
district for the Marie Leveaux
gris-gris.
And from all those fakes
Marie LeveauX added TO her
store Of jars of gold.
Later, she aided criminals
TO avoid punishment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

not implicated. She
arranged her alibis
far ahead. And
no man dared be-
tray her, or he
would die under
agonizing pois on
or the throttling
fingers of the gi-
gantic priest of
her voodoo cult.
AS she .amassed
m ore and more
money, Marie de-
cided TO CONNER
cialize" her voodoo
orgies.
Reporters and
i'm por tant New
Orleans perso n
ages were invited
to secret" voodoo
m @ etin & S. And
carefully controlled
dances and sacri-
fic c S were ar
ranged to enter
tain the pOp-eyed
watchers.
This was good
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

~ note, her eyes rolled back IN her head and she
Fpsed before the dartng head of Gran Zombi.
The drums ceased and only the Of tho drunken
|vorshipers filled the overheated air
The big Negro dragged the girl behind the altar and
The dance commenced again.
Then tall oval-faced muatto in white trousers and
Ehirt pranced among them like the white cock Of the
|acrcc He posed to tptoc Tapping his arms in their
Dose sleeves srahing his wiry neck he Crowed like
booster He danced about the floor shufed he neared
the women
Then moved out to him and laughing Historically
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

the things that they had seen.
Once such a party was
raided by the police and the
next day several suicides were
reported in the newspapers.
But Marie Leveaux was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

Then, with the peppers sui In place under her tongue
she hurried the Cabldo where the trial be held
She staked through the courtroom to the judges seat
She removed the peppers from her mouth and hid then
Under the chair of Justice.
When the trial commenced, the father wrung his hands
with fear looked though the boy would surely
hang for the sordid crime
The Jury retired, returned
mot guilty, they said.
II is not known how many of that jury in the
Voodoo Queens power But Marie received mighty
and also cottage stood st. Anne Street unit
1903 when IL torn down.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

WHEN Cambre returned be met anoth,
w lamplghter. Mistakng him for his fir
assaiant he drew a pistol and shot the innt
cent man through the heart. He was arreste
and sentenced TO hang.
He came from a good family. and hangin
would be a terrible disgrace to them. Mar
friends begged him for his family's sake
take poison. But he refused.
In those days it was usual 10 allow prison
ers about TO be executed 10 erect an altar.
was also usual TO put woman in charge of 1
And the woman chosen for Cambres altar wa
Marie LeveauX.
No one knows why that sinister vito
woman was chosen.
An old jailer Of the Parish told the stor
that on the eve Of the execution he heard h,
talking TO Cambre:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

murdered a. man right under the gallows.
Antoine Cambre was one of the managers
of the Louisiana Ballroom, a notorious den
of iniquity. 1t pandered to gamblers. loose
women, and drunkards
One night, retiring drunk from the Ball.
room, Cambre stumbled against the ladder, of
a lamplghter There was an exchange Of Ian
guage and Cambre raced off into the darkness
in seare" ''-s2pon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05
and stamping the drums Somehow they formed line
and circcd the snake bowling TO the impressive Marie sit
ting her throne blood triclng down her chin Rum
sprnked the snake and its bite stng him. for he
hrashcd and wrhed kissing he dashed himself against
the wire of his ornate cage
Gran zombi." screamed Marie and the worshpers
erked and wrhed they showed in sweating ring about
the coling reptile
Louder doomed the Drums and the screech of fddles
atz, Th6 gouvCts ~ s,,~s NM, and
stamping feet filled the hut with Choking dust
Then gin sprang out Of the stamping circle, head
strained back eyes starting and mouth open IN sdndless
scream. She began to dance clappng hands to the drum
beats, stamping bare feet.
yelling watcher poured.rum her head she passed.
and the spirit ran down her sweating features She painted
heavily she stamped closer 10 the slowly writing
Irepe Then she began 90 whirl her dress lifting above
emon-coorcd knees OFF her head dress
Waved it wildly she spun. The worshpers shout
ing eyes gtterng in the torches. Gran zombie too
Reared its fat head against the wire its tongue darng
towards her
The girl lay before it,, flat her back her knees
raised hands outstetched fingers tapping in the
body moved in terrible torture she wrhed tho
dirt floor like a snake itself


face dulled as though she were drunk One
hand plucked at tho neck Of her dress
Jcrllily she rolled from side 20 side The
hand ripped the dress from her shoulders
and she lay half naked still writing before
the slowly moving serpent.
Then, at a piercing scream from the fid-
dies she ripped her dress from her arched
body and posed for second, rigid as a bent
bow Then she screamed once, a high,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-17
0 IN HOLLYWOOD

Will be a human interest story of
the American scene during the
10 most cruciaI years Of ITS hls-
story. a rich, human cavaicade
Of America"
Working with Dr.. Ray Stan
nard Baker, who went to Paris
with Wilson, and talking to men
like Barney Baruch, Vance Nc
Cormlck and JoSephuS Daniels,
Scenarist Trottl has uncovered,
he SAYS, many warm human
facts about Wilson. Many of
them, like his fondneSS for my Sc
tory stories his interest i'm foot
ball, the thGaler, charadcs his
love of telling Negro and Scotch
stories i'm dialect and the almost
Worship-Ike devotion of his as
Sociatcs viii be I'M the picture.
In addition. Dr. Baker has
placed at Trottis disposal his
unpublished day by day diary
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-17
BLOCK PRICE CONTROL

New Orleans hos worked out on interesting ex.
pertinent IN enforcement Of price ceilings Under CIV
iion defense ouspces, block organizations ore Conn
poienng for pledges from househoIders to abide by
oil rooning ond price control regulations and to re-
port ony violations they may discover.
The public 9eneroIy IS overse TO shopping ond
many Housewives consider il unwise 10 offend mer-
chants BY oskne too. nnony, questions But WITH ev-
erybody cooperating for potrotic as well os selfish
purposes, much might be accomplished
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-17
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

lantic Charter contained. That
being the case, II may not be
amiss by way of birthday cele-
bration to take il point by point
and see how closely it comes to
stating the principles for which
you or your men and boys are
fighting:
First: Their countries seek
no ACKNOWLEDGMENT, territorial
or other" Well, maybe that
holds good for the United
States, but Great Britain has
lost Burma, Borneo and other
Pacific possessions, and is she
going to give up Lydia, Eritreat
and other African gains?
Second: They desire to see
no territorial changes that do
not accord with the freely ex-
pressed wishes of the people
concerned g
The Japs have repeatedly
played smart game IN Burma
and the Netherlands East Indies,
in gaining the cooperation of
nuative leaders. Are those lead
ers going to want to renew ties
with the old countries?
The remaining five points are
somewhat long, so they can be
summarized.
Third: They respect the rights
of all peoples to choose their
own form Of government. etc.
What happens if the Italians
and the French decide they want
to go Communist, or if Russia
imposes its National Committee
of Free Germany" before Brit
ish and U. S troops get TO Ber-
lin?
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Air Service. For eight years he
was a legislator for the state of
Pennsylvania, and then served
in Congress for eight years. Be-
fore the war. his hobby was at
tending bridge tournaments. An
enjoyable session with a friend
was more 10 his liking than the
determination to win. He likes
to bid, and on the hand shown
today you could hardly blame
West for doubling him.
When Captain Go der
trumped the opening lead and
then took the diamond finesse,
West began 90 feel himself slip.
You can see now that all West
could possibly make was his
three trump tricks. so the con-
tract was made with an over
trick
If North had taken the
double out with four clubs, Col
der would have bid five. which
can be made without a club
opening.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-17
BY PETER EDISON


II is just two years. almost TO
the day, since President Roose-
welt and Prime Minister Chur-
Chill, meeting on a battleship,
announced the Atlantic Charter.
The current Roosevelt Chur-
chill conference is, therefore, in
the nature of an anniversary ses-
sion, and it would be interesting
TO know how the leaders of the
two great nglish-speaking ma
tions would appraise their han
diwork today.
The Atlantic Charter today is
still pretty much of an orphan
some might even say an out
law child 1t has never been
adopted, legally and officially.
by Congress or Parliament. II
may have been adopted by
resolution in the conventions of
various societies of do-gooders,
but 1t is neither part nor parcel
of the declared foreign policy of
any government. Though now
two years old, which is old
enough TO be toddling around,
making cute remarks and influ-
encing the neighbors as a prom
islng child, the sad fact is that
the Atlantic Charter has been so
neglected or abandoned that il
remains exactly what it was on
the day it was written-a decla-
ration by two individuals on the
common principles on
which they base their hopes for
a better world "
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-17
NO SOLUTION YET

Fourth; They VIII endeaVor
to further the enjoyment
by all states to the trade
and raw materials of the world.
Fifth: They desire for all,
improved labor standards, eco
nomic advancement and social
security.
These were the two keyStones
of the new world order which.
while admittedly ideally nice.
still remain as stumbling blocks
because no one has yet come
forward to show how they are TO
be achieved.
Sixth: They hope to see
peace which Will afford all ma
tons the means Of dwelling in
safety within their own boun-
diaries TO assure all men
freedom from fear and want.
Again, a noble ideal which
today seems even more difficult
OF attainment than 1t did two
years ago.
Seventh Enable all men TO
traverse the high seas and
oceans without hindrance.
That must be broadened 10 in
clude something about the air.
for there is already fear that the
next world war may be fought
over international air rights.
Eighth: They believe that all
nations must come 20 the
abandonment Of the use OF force
disarmament llghten-
ing the crushing burden Of arm
amentS.
This at a time when 1t seems
inevitable that the world must
be policed by the United Nations
for some years TO keep order.
What the Atlantic Charter
would seem 10 need IS broaden
ing. revision, bringing up to
date. And it can mean nothing
until il is made national policy
by Russia, China and other Unit.
ed Nations.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-17
Book Reviews

The very title of Manual oil
Foreign Dialects (ZIff-DayIs:
So, by Lewis Herman and Mar
gueritc Shalctl Herman VIII lead
YOU TO believe that it IS tcxl-
book. and dullish reading II is
a textbook, and a valuable one.
but as to where reading'purposcs
are concerned this hofty 400
page volume is anything but
dull Actors. actorS-iu-the max
ing, yUtrtICrz and sailors. dICC-
tors and dramatic coaches would
value this book So should writ
crs who pick a foreign setting
for a short story or novel aad
may not bc too sure and who is
of Greek, British. Chinese.
Japanese Irish. Czech Aus,ral-
ian-to mention a few of the
80 dialects thoroughly gone inc
10.
But even If YOU aren't i'm the
acting or writing fields. this
manual is entertaining and ln-
formative - particularly II YOU
can read music That may sound
a little odd But mastery of for
ciCn dialects depends not only
ON the usage Of phouctics and
pronunciation but on the proper
cadcuccr Simple sentences such
as Is that All Bergen in the
Irish dialect is not only ilius,rat-
e. p n on @ tically as Uhz
THAR AHJf bUHrg no" but
is accompanied by a five note
(plus a grace note 20 care of
Hibcrniap trilD musical score "
Don't let the phonctics fright
en- YOU a simple kcy explains
them, and "noosepEHipuh isn't
half as formidable as il looks
It's Polish dialect for news
paper BoouAguh'" and SAIL
loon - also Polish may at first
glance read as though the type
setter had had a bad night in
close association with both
Some of the most fascinating
GloSSaricS Of slang and foreign
expressions are those Of Britain.
Australia and pidcin English.
Il bought shoes and suspcndcrs
and mailed them is properly
translated into the British vcrn-
aCular as follows. ~ purchased
boots and braces and posted
them
I'm Australian slang the auth
orS inform us that "bowscr" is
the counterpart of gasoline
pump. mo fear that of you
bet and GOOD on that of %.
X One Of The first water gems
of Australian pidgip is tho word
for thirst. him belly allatime
burn.
From the Chinese pidgin.
here's this one Iiab got flower
heart makee hove pidgiu YOU
missy ' Translation. Have YOU
a faint heart for making love 10
your girl friend"
German. Polish. Russian.
Scottish. Swedish. Yiddish. Ha-
waiian - there arc chapter, on
all of them and more. complete
even 10 the extent Of diagrams
showing the proper position Of
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-17
TRAILING ALONG

The OPA the WPB ond the PAW have decided
now thot in New York City every building owner ex-
cept those Of prVote homes will be required TO burn
cool next winter rother than OIL But 50 for os con be
determined no similar ruling hos been mode as to
New England or other northeastern -oreos
The decsion 50 for ds II goes, seems wise, Unless
something Of the sort is done berwner lies ahead
for eosterners the cold-winter oreo But why only
New York City, And will conversion equipment ond
nnonpower be made ovoiIobIe2 And why wos the de-
cision delayed 50 Ion9' Conodo adopted simor
rule year ogo.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-17
. BARBS

Our main interest in the pen
nant races is, will peanuts last
until the season is over?
An Army jeep was used 70
rush an cXpectant mothsr 10 a
hospital IN Hamilton, Bermuda.
Greetings TO the jeeper creeper.
Even with everybody work
ing. there's far more said than
done when all is said and done.
The gas shortage has cut the
number Of couples driving 10
Canada TO eat, drink and be
married
Every grocer now has a hobby
he doesn't particularly enjoy
stamp collecting
Chicago bandits have robbed
the same tobacco store three
times this year About time
they re beng smoked out.
II YOU don't have time TO
play golf you can get into just
As many holes IN sociable fam
lily game Of bridge
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-17
EXTRA SPECIAL DELIVERY

CHARLOTTE, N. c. - That
postal service Uncle Sam is run
ming between the u. S.. and
North Africa is clicking right
we'll these days.
Exhibit A: the key TO room
$50 in a lical hotel.
Dropped into North African
field post office on August 8. 1t
was delivered to the hotel a
week later. A tag accompany
ing it bore the names of seven
u, S soldiers, none Of whom
had ever been in Charlotte, who
said they had found the key
somewhere IN North Africa.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-17
HOUSING SHORTAGE

CHANDLER, Colo. This
once busy coal camp-the rich
vein mined outs losing its
eitizenry. which .Should leave
lot of dwellings for ghosts 10
haunt.
But the ghosts will have 10
rustic other abode-the build
ings are being salvsged for 9TH
er locations.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-17
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM T.. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

One of the most popular of the
Bridge League executives IS
its vice president, Capt. Benja-
min. M. Colder, now attached to
selective service. In the last war
he was an ensign in the Naval
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-17

Wnile he and Wilson were in
Paris during the peace negotia-
t.On-.
IT'S \ FACT
Factual and mi-documen-
tary IN its approach, Wilson"
viii use almost a full rect Of old
ncWSrccl film and viii depict As
real characters.
The casting problem says
Zauurk, us fantastic. Id like to
ha%e GOOD but comparatively
uusgaAn actors playing the
great political figures of the
day.
AT this writing, only two
Characters have been cast-Sir
Ccdrc HardWicke as Wilson's
enemy Senator Lodge. and
Thomas Mitchell as Joseph p.
TmultF ms secretary and con-
l.dau1 Alfred Lunt has been
mentioned as a posi- Die Wilson.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-17
TURVY-TOPSY

SAN FRANCISCO 49, Police
Inspector George Page stopped
pedestrian and asked him why
he was walking backward.
Because | like to read the
expression on the faces of the
people who are following me-"
replied an obviously sober man.
The officer shook his head
and walked off. so did the man
backwards.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-17
WAR or THE AIR

Air Power and Total War"
Coward McCaun 50 so is a
natural for all arm chair gener-
ais and hammock high COM
mandors who take the contro-
Ncrsy over air power seriously.
Seriously enough, that is, to
carefully read and analysis by
an author we'll qualified to ana
I'VE the theories of Seversky,
Zili Douhct and Billy Mitchell.
Cy Caldwell is we'll known to all
aviation fans as an authoritative
writer on the subject.
In effect Mr. Caldwell's book
is chronicle Of military air
craft a history of battles won
and lost, the testing of theories
IN actual combat and digest Of
opinions on air power, his own
included.
The author goes extensively
into the writings OF Gen. Giulio
Bouhct. the Italian general who
died in 1890 and left behind him
ideas. Nahign have had a power
fu influence on the war in the
skies. lie advocated mass
bombing, destruction of targets
as wave after wave of planes
swept over a designated area and
banked ON the resultant collapse
OF morale as the consequent
death of civilians occurred. The
gentle general also favored the
use of gas bombs. Caldwell
points ont that, while Douhet's
idea of using long range heavy
bombers has borne bitter and
effective fruit his -and-to-
tai theories have yet to be prov
en thoroughly sound. And Dou-
hct never rcckoned on the hero
lie resistance of the people Of
London.
Tho Battle Of Bataan, the air
battles of The South Pacific. the
struggle on the Russian front
and the limitations of air power
are all carefully gone into.
Foreworded by Capt. Eddie Ric-
kcnbacker. the book is food for
thought and material for hot ar
gumcnts,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-17
QUIET HONEYMOON

SALT LAKE GITY-Mrs. Eli
zabCth Van MeurS, who was
sentenced last week TO 80 days
for intoXication. told the Judge
she was to be married Monday.
She WaS-and the sentencing
Judge officiated.
Then she returned to spend
% more days in jail.
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FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
TIGHT FIT

by the Associated Press
NEW YORk-Enter the loot
suit. -
David Hauser, arrested %
times as pickpocket, so de-
scribed his custome when he
pleaded guilty 10 a petty lar
ceny charge.
1t had wide wasted trousers,
with snug cuffs that prevented
stolen articles from slipping
out. Hauser was accused of at
tempting TO steal furs from a
wholesale shop by hiding them
in his trousers.