davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1943-08-22

accidents is .037 fatal accidents per
1000 flying hours.
In like manner the ratio Of in
dividuals killed per 1000 hours of
flying during the same nine month
period has increased only per cent
over the entire 10 years from 1881
1941, despite the tremendous speed
up in training. That is an out
standing record, reassuring to the
parents and relatives of gallant lads
who will soon be flying our planes
to victory.
There is distinct difference be-
tween reference to airplane acci-
dents and fatal accidents. Taking
the 1930-39 period, comparison of
all kinds of flying with the first nine
months of 1912 shows a decrease of
almost 10 per cent in the rate OF
Army aircraft accidents per 1000
flying hours. During the same 1912
period, there was only one fatal acci-
dent for every 1,750,000 miles flown
and only one fatality for every $780,
900 miles flown.
Speed Breeds Accidents"
In comparing the above figures, it
must be remembered that the num-
Der of fatalities per accident varies
and depends on the type of plane
involved. The crash of single-seat
fighter plane may result in the max
imum death of one perSon-the
pilot. Quite a different story is told
in the crash of 4-engine bomber
from which there may be up to nine
or more fatalities. Or in disaster
to a 20-passenger transport plane.
Military flying is both hazardous
and exacting. Our whole war effort
is under high pressure acceleration.
Our enemy will not hold his fire
until we can leisurely and safely
prepare to return it. Speed breeds
accidents: speed of training, speed
of planning-speed of production.
Americans know only too we'll
from the thousands of yearly auto
mobile accidents what it means to
put red-blooded youth behind the
wheel of so horsepower car rae
ing at 10 or 80 miles on the open
highway. In the air, spirited youths
sit at the controls of hot" fighter
plans or bombers capable of speed
ing more than 400 miles an hour
in the stratosphere. The implica-
tion is one of responsibility but
the aim always is to restrain them
within reason while in training for
their own good.
So careful is the AAF today to
take the heat out of these hot pilots;
so thoroughly are they now super
vised, and such is the responsibility
which these implied irresponsible"
eagerly assume, that fatal accidents
due to pilot error have dropped in
the first six calendar months of 1943
over all of 1912 by:
2 per cent in primary schools.
1888 per cent in basic schools.
Evening star., 1943-08-22

1T per cent in advanced schools.
That impressive record reveals at
a glance the progressive results of
relentless safety campaigns as these
youths pass from one more difficult
period of training through another.
That record assumes greater sig
niflcance when one bears in mind
that flying training is much more
realistic than it was even a year
ago. On the basis of combat expert
cnce our bomber pilots, navigators
and bombardiers, for example, fly
maneuvers in training which were
rnheard of year ago. 1t is essential
for them to do these hair-splitting
maneuvers to save their own lives
in combat.
Air commanders at the front agree
unanimously that the men being
turned out today are better than
they were a year ago. Our flyers
today are not inexperienced" COM
pared with peacetime. They are
better trained and have safer equip
ment. But they are doing the
toughest and most hazardous of all
jobs in the air.
If we wish to shorten the war we
must make the training even
tougher and more hazardous and
more effective. No one realizes this
better than the men themselves.
"A second article tDiH appear
tomorroW)
Evening star., 1943-08-22
Fascinating War Work at
Good Salary for Young
Women College Graduates

AN OLD D-ESTABLISHED OFFICE
equipment organization offers you an
exceptional opportunity for interesting
work, installing business systems in
war plant Offices and Government
bureaus (no selling. You should be
between % and 35, preferably but not
n essarily single. Intelligence,
charm, tact, are essential. You must
be free to work in any of our sales
Offices, coast to coast.
SALARY paid while attending special
instruction class in New York City
also travel expense before and after
Permanent salaried positions with us
assured to those who qualify.
REPLY BY LETTER, telling us about
yourself and how we can reach you for
interview. Send small photo if possible.
Address Box 46I.V, Star
Evening star., 1943-08-22
Rotioninq Works Smoothly

Rationing of petroleum products
is operating efficiently in the Domin-
lean Republic, and essential needs
are being met.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-12
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM r. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

More game and slam contracts
are wrecked because of semi
solid units in each partners hand
than for any other reason. Each
member of the partnership keeps
rebidding his own suit, not re-
alizing that the other half of the
pair has heard the repeated bids
in the same suit and is trying to
signal a misfit.
This situation did not hold
true in today's hand. however.
BY series Of clever bids, North
and South arrived at practical
ly unbeatable slam contract with
only seven of the trump suit
between them. After South's re-
VerSal bid Of two diamonds,
which showed strong hand,
N or h made a jump bid in
spades, showing a fairly solid
spade suit with some outside
strength. South, with only a sim
gleton spade in his hand, rebid
his club suit, and now North
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-12
100000 FORGOTTEN PEOPLE

AS hod been foreseen members OF the Moeomb
County Boord OF Supervisors Friday rejected Sher-
iH jacob r. Theuts proposal thot he be 9ronted
authority 70 employ six additional deputies TO sote-
guard the lives ond properties OF the lOOO 600 persons
who reside in the unneorpooted areas OF the county
The Boord's move predictobe simply becouse
Of it's record. Down through the years the boord hos
consistently opposed granting anything but the most
rudimentory ossistonce TO the ropidly expanding
South Mocomb
small but highly voeoI, bloc OF Mount Clemens
ond ruroI supervisors. oetns seIfopponted guard
ions Of sectional rights" hos but odded onother in
defensbIe item TO IFS long history OF stubborn opposi-
tion TO the interests OF the county ot-Ioree.
Thot bloc, eolmIy choosing TO ignore the foet thot
every person in Moeomb county is entitled TO eonsd
eroton from oil OF the supervisors, prefers TO stond
upon out dotted program Of individual rights and
community, versus county, interests.
There is, however this much TO be sold for at eost
some of the ruroI supervisors: The haste with which
the motter disposed OF would seem TO indieote
thot they had not been fully informed concerning the
Jeopardy in which they were placing the moorty OF
the residents Of Moeomb county.
II seems about time thot the honorable gentlemen
who moke up the boord Of supervisors toke their eyes
from the ground immediately before their noses ond
in actions concerning life ond property select instead
the brood borders Of the county q whole pot
tern for modern government.
The horse ond buggy doys" are gone forever.
Horse ond Buggy politics should hove foded e'er
this
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-12

Q-How were the Japs jolted
recently at Osaka and Tottori,
Nlpponese cities?
A A severe ear thquake
caused many deaths, much dam
age there.
Q-How many men registered
in the first draft, on Oct Is,
1910?
A-Approximately 100000.
O Who is the patron saint Of
ShoemakerS?
A-St, CriSpin His day is Oct.
25.
. Oft you decided to spend
your day off fetching, how
would you occupy yourself?
A-You would use feather ar
rows.
Q-What is an telegraph?
"A pictorial symbol used in
writing such as that OF the Chi
neSe.
Q-What does the epithet. "a
Jack Ketch" mean?
A-Jack Ketch. an English
public executioner and hsngman
noted for his cruelty. The name
is applied derisively.
Q-What size purchase OF war
bonds will buy a Liberty ship?
A-S2 100000.
When was the continent
first crossed by an automobile,
entirely under its own power?
Ain 1903 The journey took
50 days.
Q-When did the Statue Of
Liberty arrive in New York?
An 1885.
Or what value are record
ingS of the underwater sounds
made Of fish?
A-They are used to train sub
marine crews to distinguish the
sounds from those made by pro
pellers and engines OF enemy
ships,
Q-What is the limit TO the
number Of words that may be
contained in a letter addressed
TO a prisoner in japanese hands?
A-Twenty-fiVe.
Q-What was Thomas Ed
sons first invention?
AA-On June J. 1859, he pat
ented device which permitted
votes 10 be taken and recorded
i'm the House Of Representatives
within a few minutes.
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made the very fine bid Of four
diamonds. North had bid and re-
bid spades and il South had any
support for that suit, he would
show il at his next opportunity.
When South heard about the
fit in diamonds. he made the
BlackWood bid OF four no trump,
asking for aces. North'S response
of five hearts showed two OF the
three missing aces South then
could safely bid six diamonds.
On winning the opening lead
with the heart ace, East return
ed a trump. South cashed one
high club, ruffed club in dun
my, and after drawing truaips.
spread the hand.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-12
BY JAMES THRASHER
NEA Staff Correspondent


Some people have been saying
recently that the eye OF the
Army'S procurement division is
bigger than the Army's stomach,
and that in consequence civilians
are being deprived unnecessar-
lily of certain foodstuffs. Specifi-
cally, they have cited what
seemed 10 them a disproportion-
ate supply Of such things as APP
pie butter, jam, catsup and tur-
keys in the hands OF the mill
tsry.
To get the Army's side of the
story, these accusations were
presented to Col. Louis Webster,
who is in charge of procurement
of nonperishable foods for the
Quartermaster Corps.
NO." he said, at isn't true
that we have so much apple but
ter left over from last year that
we aren't ordering any this year.
But it's almost true, and I'll tell
you why. The pack of apple but
ter in 1912 was set aside 100 per
cent for the Army. How much
we got depended on how much
tin was available to can it.
Well. there was a big apple
crop, and WPB gave the boys a
lot Of tin. They made apple but
ter till hell wouldn't have it
all the regular packers and SUBJ
contractors we had never heard
of. 1t was more than we expect
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-12
0 IN HOLLYWOOD

me and say, There's that dread
f | women. Why doesn't she do
something about her hair But |
liked it. Have you any question
you'd like to ask, Mr.. Johnson?
JOHNSON: Why yes, NJ $ 5
Bank
BANKHEAD: You know. it's
so foggy on the set we can't
even see the visitors. That
good. Id probably see someone
] didn't like and spoil the scene.
Hollywood? It's wonderful But
] don't like the weather. | hate
il. like fog and rain and snow.
The { h m b er of Commerce
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probably won't like me- But
God will like his weather in
New York. | don't like Sundays
in Hollywood, either. You're in
Vited to a lot of swimming pools
and parties. Why, you wear
yourself out. | stay home That's
a hotel room. That's just about
all I've seen of Hollywood this
trip. That hotel room and that
d lifeboat OH-o-o-o-o! Have
! got hangover. I'm weaving.
It's that lfeboat.
JOHNSON: Oh-o-o-o-o! Have
] got a hangover. I'm weaving.
It's that Tallulah Bankhead.
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} FLASHES
OF
LIFE Q
BY The Associated Press
HI VA. SANTA CLAUS!

NEW BRITAIN, Conn - That
rosy glow of a good deed well
done filled Frank Schade'S soul
as he walked down the street
after mailing a Christmas pack
age to Marine Staff Sgt. Edward
Jurczyk, in the South Pacific
for the past two years.
A booming voice from the
other side of the street broke the
spell -- Yep, there was Sgt.
Jurczyk, back home for a while
TO train more jungle-fighters.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-12
BARBERSHOP CAMPAIGN

HARTFORD, Conn.-ConVer-
Sation is likely TO j. even faster
and furiouser in Georges bar
Der shop for the next month.
The proprietor, George Ro-
gov, is Democratic alderman
from the third ward and is run
ming for reelection.
At the other chair presides
Louis Kosoff, who has just been
given the Republican nomina
ton for alderman from the third
ward.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-12
HI BBY ON THE SPOT
pHII AnEI DuTA

7 dILADELPFfIA = 3 I Y
MacAtee SAYS she never was a
back seat driver in an automo-
bile.
But when she became a war
time trolley car operator and
was made conductor on her hus-
bands car
Il never was so nervous in my
life. | found myself watching
what Ray was doing instead of
attending TO my business
never do that when I'm working
with other motormen."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-12
PUT 1T IN BONDS

STRINGTOWN, Okla. - Ban
dts took $1,000 from Mrs. Vir-
gil Chappells purse but tossed
aside roll Of war bonds.
Inside the bonds was $500 in
currency.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-12
QUOTE-UNQUOTE

SPOKANE-Asked by an in
terviewer for brief description
Of Spokane, Novelist Sinclair
Lewis declared gravely:
The women are tall and the
buildings are beautiful"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-12
IT'S A DEAL

KANSAS CITY-Francis Xiii
cores car hit an obstruction in
the road, overturned and was
badly damaged. He and four
passengers were unhurt.
On the spot, the shaken Kill
gore sold the car to the wrecking
company for ten dollars.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-12
STEALS HIS STUFF
PHILADELPHIA -

PHILADELPHIA W a { 2 r
Burns, juggler, told police
someone literally stole the show.
While he lunched. his car was
looted Of:
Six spinning plates. several
Indian clubs, an assortment OF
colored wooden balls, two bat
tered hats and a trumpet he
blows while keeping the rest of
the stuff in the air.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-12
TROUBLE UNRATIONED

SALT LAKE CITY - r. l..
Vetters, a meat market manager,
saw orders pile up hopelessly
after his truck driver failed to
arrive.
Police found the truck, wreck
ed, but the driver was missing.
So was 500, said Vetters. He
thought il couldn't be worse.
Later that night, though, some
one stole his automobile.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-12
PENITENCE

KANSAS CITY-The Sabbath
Day theft OF s. w. Porters auto
mobile may yet trouble the
thiefs conscience.
Porter is Bible salesman,
and the rear seat OF the car con-
tanned B b les and religious
tracts.
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. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

ed ana more IMAM we needed,
but we had to take il all.
But that was a break for the
taxpayer, because there won't be
as much tin or as many apples
this year, and apple butter will
cost more"
Next came the report that the
Army had bought enough to-
mato catSup to give every SOL
der seven bottles year.
CATSUP LOVERS
Sure" said Colonel Webster,
I'VE use a lot Of catSup. Most of
il isn't used the way you use it
on your table, but in cooking
for beans, meat sauces and lot
of other things. The soldiers like
il, and it's good food. You know,
you can plan a correct diet for
a soldier, you can lead him into
a mess hall, but you just can't do
anything with taste. Soldiers in
general simply like some foods
better than they do others. They
happen 10 like catsup."
Then there was the charge
that the Army had bought half
again as much jam for its SOL
diers as would remain for the
approximately l24 100000 civil
ians.
Yes, and we just bought So
600 pounds more" the Colonel
replied with grin. II wonder
what they re going 10 say about
that"
About those turkeys. You may
recall that the Army, OPA and
the War Food Administration let
it be known that there would be
no turkey for civilians until the
Army had bought up enough to
provide white meat and drum
sticks for holiday dinners for
overseas men,
One Washington columnist got
excited when he discovered that
one pound of undressed turkey
TO a man averaged out TO a very
generous helping, and that here
was the Army wanting 10000.
900 pounds of turkey to feed
100000 men in the overseas
forces on Thanksgiving and
Christmas.
HOLIDAY GOBBLERS
Well, that was all right. except
that the Army earmarked 10,
not y, million pounds of COB
blers, and the term holiday din
ners" included New Years as
vel as Thanksgiving and
Christmas. That leaves 1000, 900
pounds still unsccounted for.
And they're needed, the Colonel
said, as safeguards against spoil
age and any emergency de-
mands. He didn't specify wheth-
or second helpings came under
the heading of emergencies.
Colonel w e b ster explained
that Army dietitisns have the
first-and presumably the last
ward in the military food pro-
gram. They prepare a series OF
master menus, and when these
announcements on what and
how much a soldier is 10 eat are
multiplied by the number OF
men, you have the Army supply
program This is presented TO
Congress and, once approved,
becomes the ceiling for food re
quirements. The program is then
broken down into quarters. and
the War Food Administration
makes ALLEGATIONS for each pc
Rod. Only then are procurement
directives issued TO Army buy
ers.
Colonel w bster produced
tables 10 show that, although
the Army has incresse d
from As to TT million men IN
the past year, the increase in
1943 purchases OF perish
sbles is of much smaller proper
ton on almost every item. This
is because of the follower from
last years bumper crops.
I1k.. t.,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-12
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON

Dt EhOhIINE JOhN DOlN
Your Hollywood correspond
ent interviews Tallulah Bank
head
JOHNSON: How do you do,
Miss Bankhead. Welcome back
to Holly
BANKHEAD: Oh-o-o-o-o-o-ol
Have | got a hangover. Not IL
quor, mind you. Haven't had
drink since Dunkirk. SWore off
the stuff till we win this war
But am ! weaving Sitting in
boat all day. You know, for Al
fred Hitchcock s picture, Life
boat What a sweet guy he is
But the boat rocks all the time.
And I'm weaving even when |
get home al night, People look
at me, lift their eyebrows and
say. An. all - there's Tallulah
again But there 60 again,
talking too much. Have been
talking too much2
JOHNSON: Why no, Nj 5 5
Bankhead. But | would like 10
ask ia
BANkHEAD: The studio gave
me a little reception when ! ar
rived in Hollywood FIRST time in
II years, YOU know Made lot
of pictures for Paramount But
! didn't like them Terrible roles.
Anyway, the studio gave me a
little reception and some catty
dame says 10 my secretary,
Hasn't Talluiah changed? She ;
so charming | ask you. What
else can | be but charming?
What should | do, tear up the
Joint? Women Bah. | don't trust
them. Cats I'm always charm
ing Never temperamental. Only
with my work. That's right |
scream at a director or an au-
thor because he's wrong and I'm
right. | know Tallulah better
than they do.
JOHNSON: OF course, Miss
Bankhead. but
BANKHEAD: Oh-o-o-o-o-o-o!
Have | got a hangover. Not IL
quor, mind YOU OH, !
told you about that, didn't |?
Or did I? Well anyway, I'm
happy about returning to the
screen. 1t was a challenge TO me
10 appear in good picture.
Play a good role. OF course, TO
be Sordid, they're paying me
lot Of money. That's nice But |
do think it's a good time Ia be
seen on the screen with our boys
fighting thousands OF miles away
from home. II helps a stage ac-
treSs To be seen by lot of peo-
pie Oh, and it's so much easier
than working on the stage,
where you even have to put on
your own makeup. In Holly
wood they do everything for
you. Working IN picture is SO
much easier than the stage, es-
pecially when you are on the
road Why, | made 81 one
night stands with The Little
Foxes. Terrible II isn't just
going through the play every
night, but the Star-and | hate
the word star - has TO give in
terviews, talk over the radio,
meet the mayor Of every town
and but there | 90. Talking
too much Have | been talking
too muCh2
JOHNSON: Whv no, Miss
Bank
BANKHEAD: ~Ah. England.
That's where I'll be happy TO
have them see me on the screen
again. Lived there for eight
years. you know. Have lots and
lots of friends there Wonderful
people But you know. / never
could figure out their pounds
and siX-pence. But I guess It
wasn't so bad. Id always say,
Charge il TO daddy How do
you like my hair up It's getting
me down. I'm not used TO ii.
Why. ! had my hair falling over
one eye before Veronica Lake
was born People would look at
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HONEY

KEARNS FIELD, Utah - A
group Of newly-srrived fliers,
inspecting their quarters, found
ironing boards, wash basins, dry
ing racks and curtained showers.
A WAC contingent had just
evacuated.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-12
UNION DUES FROM SOLDIERS

Leon Schocter, business n0ono9er Of the Meat
ond Connery Workers Union scents "snoeor ogonst
union labor" when the president OF the New jersey
IouQhed 70 work in conneres in on emergency we're
required TO poy union dues
We think Mr. Schocter IS unduly sensitive Mr.
VOORHEES, did soy, when he described the incident
thot he wos Shocked beyond words q" He is not the
only one who feels thot woy about such situotion
Mr. Schocter, on behalf of the union does not
deny thot the soldiers who went into the connery be-
couse oonpower wos 50 short that huge quantities OF
tomatoes we're reody to SPOIL required to poy
union dues in order to help sove vitol food
On the controry he gives detoiIs. The conneres
we're operating under O closed shop agreement, he
soys, ond therefore nobody could work in them with
out poyjno union dues The soldiers didn't have TO
work there They could have gone on soldering OF
Fort Dix ond let the tomatoes rot.
Whot happened there hos happened in OF eost
severol instances elsewhere Emergencies have oris-
en- in which TOO scorce foodsuffs would hove spoiled
for lack Of help 10 honest ond hondle and process
them The Army hos gwen furlOughs to those who
volunteered 10 help The men continued to receive
their Army poy, ond we're permitted 10 receive olso
the wooes for the work they did
Under Army regulations soldiers in uniform ore
not permitted to compete with cvon Iobor In time
OF wor soldiers con not Toxic off their uniforms TECH
nicolly Though octuolIy in dirty work they may do
50 occasionally 9nofftctoily4
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o Questions and Answers

Q--What is the Fulbright res
olution, recently passed by the
House of Representatives by a
360-to-29 vote?
A-The measure favors t h e
participation OF the United
States in an international effort
toward a lasting peace.
Q-Who will manage the
American and National League
overseas baseball teams which
will entertain our soldiers in the
Pacific area after the World Sc
ries?
Aloe Cronin, of the Boston
Red Sox. and frankie Frisch, Of
the Pittsburgh Pirates, respec-
tiVely.
Q-What was the estimated
property loss caused by the ia
nous Chicago fire?
AT least 100000 600.
Men OF what branch OF the
armed services captured 'ohh
Brown al harper Ferry
A A company OF marines
under tne command % Ooi' NO
pert r. Lee
Q-Whlch STATE is known Is
Inc Empire oldte
N-NeW '"'N
Q-What important con'Iilou
list?
A-Coal'
Q-What IS me "elsht oI '"e
A-The tank-kllllng 70 c X I
weighs but 2 POUNDS
feminine garment oloo'leIS
get thelr name
A-bloomers were hdiieu o.
ter their orleina tor' MIS- Anle'I'
Boomer q FEMINIST W,iu i''''o
Turkish garment III tue edi y
sos
Q-How much S''Ver was ldN
en- from the fabulous Oo'"S'ocN
Lode?