davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25

the ill-fate that had bccloudcd my
star, relative 20 manifold series
of applications l had ventured to
submit 20 your office as from the
current month Of March OF this
year, which perhaps l presume
must have gone in pcrogrial or
likely find themselves in waste
paper basket that I once again
take the risk with due Difference
beg 10 submit this 10 your official
notice and superiority OF lmowl-
edge.
1T is to my utmost surprise
that all these letters were been
treated with everlasting silence
while there had been an influx Of
engagement of clerks in your de-
partment; but to my own singular
sorrow the heavy form Of my
applications received no attention.
Il therefore PROSTATE down
upon my knees humblv soliciting
for your pathetic and timely
assistance 90 arid that gulf that
had long since impeded me from
gaining enterence in your Office
20 earn crumbs OF bread for my
daily sustcnancc.N
AS married man | have been
suffering from pangs Of domestic
worries while imploring You 90
pisy wife and younger brother
who had been elected from school
since three months due 20 pccun-
iary inability 10 continue his
scholastic career"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25

sprout. There was a need for
entertainment. Yet transporta-
ton was still in the horse-and-
buggy stage. All Of which meant
that you stayed at home and in
vited the friends and neighbors
TO come on over. Likewise, it
marked the beginning of feminine
emancipation when women were
beginning TO be regarded as a
little more than just housekeepers
and cooks.
There were no sports for girls
back in those days (they were all
bustie-boundJ, and so the decor
Gus parlor games came into being
Gradually. the girls began 10
compete on even terms with the
men until today everyone knows
what's happened.
But nostalgia and easy-going as
the 1S00's may have been, there's
little chance that therell ever be
a throw-back TO those days. But
nevertheless. II is pleasant TO look
at these old woodcuts, and maybe
even get an inspiration for new
slant on entertainment the next
time the neighbors drop over 20
gather around the old fireplace
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25

and COS that left the dandies
guffawing and the ladies litter
ing with excitement are being
revived - although most OF the
present day home entertainment
falls into the more modern pat
tern of bridge, gin rummy and
ping pong.
The old woodcuts on this page,
made 20 or - years ago, show
the games that were the rage
when grandma was girl. From
the broad rough-and-tumble fun
Of the country cornhuskin' bee to
the more sophisticated society
pleasure of bubble-blowing con-
tests, everyone joined in.
The older folks We're just as
conspicuous as. the young ones at
the gay taffy-pulls. apple parties,
and spelling bees. A participant
had TO be at least old enough to
boast a moustache, however, to
join in the old-fashioned Christ
mas Tree game where all the
participants tried 10 get lit on
apple cider.
There was a good reason for all
the game-piayine of the late
1S00s. Towns were beginning to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25

out faint touch of nostalgia and
a half-hope that the good, old,
easy-going days might stage a
comeback.
But, gone beyond recall as the
handlebar moustache decade may
be, something has happened to
bring about a renaissance of at
least one phase of the good old
days home entertainment.
With gasoline rationing now
cut down TO a gallon and a half
many an American is learning.
much to his surprise, that he's
got friendly neighbors living
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
Where Job-Seekers Write Letters
in Double Talk

A AR. II. " EGGERS. man.
Nh aCer Of a Pan-AfriCan air
W port on the Dark Contin-
ent. recently discovered that,
when a job-secNng native with
an elementary knowledge Of Eng
bsh manages 90 lay his hands on
~. dictionary a weird letter of APP
phcauon sounding like magnif.
cent double talk. may result
Among Mr. Eggers' unusual coll
lection Of such letters are two
which he prizes highly. The first,
signed 1T. Bosere' reads as fol-
lows
"Sirs.
May Cod Almighty bless you
throughout this world. May your
generosity be rewarded. I want
you % find a work which is suit
able for me Either buotbov or
watchnight l want. II there is
no opportunity I want You 20
place noe IN a suitable affairs
May God help you May you not
find a trouble and may not-thc
plough Of public cut YOU on your
foot Amen" ....
The second, written by n Hugh
Jenkins who describes himself as
"a former journalist on the Niger
ian Eastern Mail is much more
involved. Here are some excerpts.
"Sirs.
Craving for an appointment is
my epigram Having been grossly
supplied with amazement as 20
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25

~ EMEMBER way back when
H"Twenty-three skidoo" and
won. you kid" were the
snappy phrases Of the time
when gay young blades jauntily
wore brightly-hued straw hats
cooked over one eye when hour
glass waists. bustles, and rustling
multi-petticoats were the thing
&C.. when sprightly parties were
held in the company parlor"
under twinkling and Pickering
Eas-lit rosewater- lamps?
It's not easy TO think of the
bicycle built for two" era with
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25

If Sugar
Rationing
Doesn't
Get Too
Tough, We
May Also
Revive the
Supposed
Pleasures
of the
Taffy.Pull.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25

Maybe
Wen Take
a Leaf
From
Grandpa's
Book and
Go I'm for
Old
Fashioned
Spelling
Bees To
AnnuSe
Ourselves.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25

o April %. 1913
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25

Medicinal laxatives helped me only tempo
rarily. My trouble always came back That's be-
cause those laxatives didn't get at its cause.
Then l read that eating KELLoGGs ALL-BRAN
regularly and drinking plenty of water corrects
the cause of constipation due to lack of bulk
Evening star., 1943-10-13

Lovely gowns for Milady,
of Jean Matou quality .
fhe shop of exquisite
lingerie. Right now, when
you need them most,
choose yours lace, ap-
plique and other trim.
Evening star., 1943-03-28
Arabic Group Gives
Red Cross Ambulance
Ministers Of Egypt,
lroq Attend Ceremony

With the Ministers from Egypt
and Iraq present, two ambulances
donated by American citizens of
Arabic descent living in the Wash
ington area were turned over to
the Red Cross last week during cere-
monies at Red Cross headquarters
Presentation of the ambulanceS,
to be used by the Red Gross in
Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties, Md, was made by DR..
Louis Jimal, president of the Syr-
tan-American Club of Washington.
Calling the Red Cross the hope
of the miserable and unfortunate
all over the world" Mahmoud Has
san, Egyptian Minister, said "the
purpose of this meeting has proved
once more that the peoples of ORR
entail descent are just as eager to
help in the humanitarian field as
they have already so willingly con-
tributed to the battlefield"
Ali Jawdat, Iraqian Minister, said
the ambulances represented token
Of good will and appreciation of the
humane work done by the Red
Cross
Also present at the ceremonies
were the Rev. John A. Koury, pastor
of the st. George Syrian Orthodox
Church; John Ray Fletcher, chair
man of the Prince Georges County
Chapter of the Red Cross; Maj. L.
L. Dye, chairman of the Montgom-
cry County Chapter of the Red
Cross; James L. Fieser. vice chair
man at large of the Red Cross, and
Mason Smaha, Arabic poet, who
read an original poem.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1943-05-01
CAN GET SHOES

aides needing shoes obtain them though
they have spent stamp II il there unspent stamps
available from members their families the Office OF q
william Defense announced today.
In response a request by OCD Director James NJ.
lands the Office Price Administration outlined its policy
follows:
The need for special work shoes for Nurses Aides has
recognized and they have been given the privileges
graduate and who special shoes
necessary for performance their jobs To acquire
white shoes Nurses first her Stamp H. If she
has none stamps available from member OF her
family she may apply her local Board for special shoe
stamp Ton OPA Form R-H9}).
The use of her stamp the stamp Of a member of her
family for such white shoes will prevent her from
curing shoes general she has has only
one pair and needs pairs She make further appi
cation her Board for the shoes needed for general
in such case"
Aides members of the United States Citizens
Defense Corps of Civilian Defense who volunteer for hop
tai and trained under the auspices OF the American
Red Cross.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1943-05-01

Just how important Yazoo County Negroes feel the pur
chase of War Bonds shown the fine which they
Uncle Sans second call for War Bonds The Ma
ton asked thirteen billion dollars SOL 10000 OF which
be raised by Yazoo County There thirty thousand Ne
groes Yazoo County and when all purchases counted
they had loaned the Nation $OOOOOOO average OF
$3.50 per person.
In various public places and numerous literature phan
phes we words you lend they give
their lives Considering this quotation, would adj
there absolutely comparison the part play and
part they play. Who is it among that would exchange
the cost: With this thought in mind believe people
recognized the great privilege they have helping win this
war their of by their lives, therefore, they
rallied unselfshlv to the of victory
Dr. L. r. Miller chairman of the Negro group and he
grateful for the loyal which the people responded
to the CALL because all if had made commendaa
showing would have failed the for victory and
also failed to support Chairman's efforts.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1943-05-01
INCREASES BOND HOLDINGS

During the last War Bond Drive, the Aro-Americ;1
Sons and Daughters increased their bond holdings $47 500
30 This organization fight since its beginning
and expects remain until lis there. The Founder
and Custodian t. |. lIulcston and President, DIR. H. +.
Miller have managed the affairs of the organization
cessuu during the past and the membership rely
upon the sound leadership and good Judgment OF these
The organization has always played big part in the
life of people but this continuation of bond purchases
puts its benefits outside of the Afro circle and make it
National asset no. than that because these SH0OOOO
will reach the other allied Naons-they will know
line in their fight for victory and in the allotted time,
they will back poserity who will be proud to be
identified with such an unseliish and lova group
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1943-05-01
LARGEST PURCHASER

When all purchases had been recorded, it revealed
that r iuddleston Founder Custodian of the Afro
American Sons and Daughters the largest Bond pur-
chaser in Yazoo County among negroes his widely known
race leader purchased SoODO of the gold edge security he
not only made this personal purchase but devoted time and
effort toward campalgning going to various sections OF the
County contracting and encouraging others to buy re-
suit many people hold bonds which will help fight the war
and safeguard their He determined that his people
balance on the scales of duty and loyalty to Old Glory
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1943-05-01
ET-ME-NOT FLOWER
SHOP

The name of this flower shop is the hidden secret IN the
bosom of the Flowers lasting memories OF trend
shin and love Long after the beautiful petals and eaN es
have died the fragrance whatever message theN
1ro,oht lives and lives the heart of the receiver.
The Forget-Me-Not Flower Shop is prepared to give
nv tyne Of service desired lovely bouquet to the
most elaborate design Numerous species OF fresh flowers
are always available the personnel OF the shop renders
@ all.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1943-05-01
PRESENTS FASHION SHOW

Mrs Henrene Wilburn presented at the Aro-Amer'can
Auditorium Wednesday night, May H. lo45, fashion show
s chow wa presented the different STYLES of dresses made
in the sewing Yazoo High School No. which marked
An excellent representation of what the students are learning
at the school, These articles exhibit the next DAY
in their sewing The affair was very larger! a''eoee
and those who witnessed it enjoyed the attraction
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1943-05-01
PRESENTS PLAY

Mrs Ann Brooks and Mrs. Penberton teachers OF the
Primary Department must complmented upon the excel
emf work +be did IN training their little for their co-
nencement pay The play staged, Monday evening"
Nav H. at the Afro-Amercan Auditorium The building
was packed to its capacity and all who witnessed the brilliant
and clever acting of the children spoke IN words OF praise Tor
their teachers The play Over The Garden WaiS was
re, in scenery and costumes and each child acted we'll his
her part. .-------
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1943-05-01
GRATEFUL

Mr. Herbert Holmes who Chairman of the %OlOOO
co War Bond Drive Yazoo County expressed to the Editor
fthe Century Voice his gratefunes to the supporters OF the
Drive This quota than SlOODoO
and said to have purchased bonds proportion TO It's
population than any other County III the State
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1943-05-01
DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY

The opportunity is presenting itself aa, zort,-
while boy girl Tor themselves $1,000 a. scholar
ship any school in the United States The plan is t.
many subscriptions possible The time is ripe
get busy The Contest still open and ula send
1or in to the Editor Full details VIII be lai4
Cd to You upon receipt Of your application,
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1943-05-01
AN EXPRESSION FROM THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE WAR
BOND DRIVE

r T. Huddleston, Jr, Editor and Manager
The Century Voice
Yazoo City Mississippi
Dear Tom:
As Chairman of the Second War Loan Drive for 1azoo
County wish to tell coored people that they did great
;h in the purchase of War Bonds. The manner in which
the Drive handled by you colored people was uusua
well done and the number OF people contacted and the num-
her who purchased Bonds most gratifying
The Century gave the drive splendid publicity and
| want to thank YOU for it.
Very truly yours
x-t Herbert Holmes Chairman
..s Victory Fund Committee,
Yazoo County
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-06-24
Union Held Liable
To A State Court
California Judge DEGREES
Garment Workers Must
Defend Suit There

San Francisco-Judge Elmer r.. Rob
insOn of the California Superior Court
ruled that the International Ladies
Garment Workers Union and its Oil
GERS, including David Dubinsky, preSi-
dent, of New York, must stand trial in
a $1,750,OOO libel damage suit brought
eighteen months ago by the Gantner
& Mattern Company of this city, knit
goods manufacturers
The siXty-three- opinion set Il
precedent with its ruling that because
an international labor union has its
general Office in another State it is not
exempt and immune from the juriS-
diction of California courts. The union
had sought to quash the action on the
ground that the union headquarters
We're i'm New York.
Gantner & Mattern charged in filing
its suit in December, 1911, that its
reputation had been damaged through
a series of allegedly libelous circulars
and pamphlets published throughout
the country attacking the company and
its products.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-06-24
WHY STAY ON
FIRST BASE? I
BY RUTH TAYLOR

eff man stays on first, he never
gets home" One of my baseball fan
friends thus pointed Il story he was
telling me the other day. forget what
the story was-my mind stayed on
that one sentence because it goes
straight to the point of the labor prob
lem as it exists today
Labor cannot play safe. 1t cannot
cling now to the advantages it has
so hardly won or fight for new ones
Organized Labor must be part of the
whole game. 1t must take chance on
its skill to win. If it doesn't, the game
| will be over and Labor will not have
scored.
1T matters not whether Labor is
right in most of the claims it is MAX
ing and is asking for nothing more
than it's just dues. But-nOw is not
the time to play safe. Now is the time
to play as hard as we can-that when
the game is won, Labor will deserve
praise for perfect team work, and can
then claim without fear or favor the
awards of its work.
The leaders of Labor have been say
ing this over and over again. They
have been protesting wild cat strikes,
absenteeism, work stoppages, slow
downs. But of themselves they can do
little. What they need is the backing
of all right minded members of the
labor movement-who have just as
great, if not Il greater stake in this
war than any other group in the
country.
Organized Labor has made sacrifices
in this war--in the lives of its mem
bers, and of the sons and brothers OF
those members, in advantages Sc!
aside, in rights abrogated for the dura
ton, in money invested in War Bonds
a ready response to all appeals fol
aid.
But Organized Labor must not fal
ter now. The game is not over. The
toughest part of the fight is JUS
ahead, when every thing will depen,
on the backing given the boys who are
going out to fight and die for tn,
preservation of our way of life, fOl
the salvation of those freedoms with
out which democracy and unionsn
cannot live.
Now is not the time to stay on first
Now is the time TO take Il chance oi
the future-;lnd to win the game b.
playing us hard and daringly as WI
can!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-06-24
NLRB Action Stopped In
Kaiser ShipYdrd Case

Washington, ID. &. GLNS).-Wilh-
out Il dissenting vote the House We'd
nesday slipped into a Sl,OSG162, ~?
Labor Department Federal Security
Agency appropriation bill an amend
ment which would prevent National
Labor Relations Board from intervell-
ing in Il dispute between the Clo ship
yard workers union and the AfL
Metal Trades Department over an
AFL closed shop contract with West
Coast shipyards of Henry Kaiser.
The action was taken as the House
Topped half million dollars from
NLRB'S salaries budget.
The bill provides for the liquidation
by January /, 1914 of the Nalional
Youth administration. House rules
blocked moves to restore funds for the
agency'S warworller training program
which the committee dalfted Tuesday
I by one-vote margin. ~.
If the Amendment barring NLltl
from the shipyardS dispute should be
come law it would have the effect OF
keeping the AtLkaiser contract il
force despite whatever NLRB might
decide to do in the case, and in th'
face of charge by the CIO union thai
the contract was signed when only ;
few hundred workers were empioyc,
in the yards where thousands who ha'
no chance to consider the agreement
are now employed.
The dispute attracted nationwide
attention and, at one juncture, the Oil
ces of the Truman War lnveStigatin,
Committee in the Senate were sough
In settlement
While the amendment would alfcc
| the degree to which the NIRB nigh
participate in many labor disputes, i
was drafted 10y officials of the AFl
unions for the specific purpose of mal>
ing it impossible for the tlD union
| further to challenge the validity of Tin
Kaiser contract under the Wagnc
Act.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-06-24
MANY LEADERS DEMAND
THAT PRESIDENT ACT

Washington, ID. G. ULNS).-Failurc
To veto the Connally-Smith bill would
"hamper and sline the production of
our munitions of war" 50 ClO rreSi.
dent Philip Murray advised President
Roosevelt and would dclnoraliHc tn,
workers on the production front"
His action, taken in Il letter To tho
President, followed by Il day Il similar
letter from William Green, president
of the American Federation of Labor
advising the Chief Executive that tn,
country'S workers would ''rcbcf
against the anti-Strike measure.
Meanwhile, \. +. Whitney, president
of the brotherhood of Railway Train
men, one Of the Independent railroad
hrnthcrhoodS, tclegraphcd the PreSi
to pillory honest labor" and represent
eel threat to democracy.
President Roosevelt was also urgc(
to veto the Connally Smith Anti-Strik,
Bill by Sal Il. Hoffman, President
CpholStcrcrS' international Union o
North America (AFL), who declared
in his telegram 10 the President that
enactment of the measure was "NiciouE
repayment for the loyalty and devotion
of twelve million workers who hay,
given sons, husbands and brothers [,
the armed forces and who are noM
producing Sorcly needed war mat"
rails"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-06-24
Locul Union No. 96
(Continued From PAGE One)

of the Herald of their endeavors. How
about it fellows?
The management of the Fords Por-
ceain Works has agreed to two
week paid vacation, but Mr.. living
Hansen informed the conference com
mittee that it will be necessary for
both him and our union to make appll-
cation to the War Labor Board for
their approval. 1t was stated by ME-.
Hansen that he was informed by Il
representative of the War Labor Board
it would be possible to grant this re-
quest to the men, provided other plants
of similar work in the state OF New
Jersey granted their employees tiliS
time Off According to letter received
from Headquarters, this information
was rounded-up and we find that other
plants grant more than one Week
therefore Il Form No 10 must be filed
with the WLB for approval.
Sodium Chloride tablets have been
placed at drinking fountains and the
showers will be in use as soon as the
necessary repairs can he MADE, Solie
members have already taken theli
vacation while others are awaiting the
posting of the list. Some will wait uh'
til fall when. they can go hunting
Heretofore, the company specified lh'
vacation time, but it was agreed to II
the recent conference to allow the lfei
to choose their own time, provided II
would not hamper the flow OF mate
rial to the tunnel kiln.
Brother Earl Jensen was inducte'
into the Army on June Sth, and mn
ancial presentation was given nm bA
his shopmateS. President Mike Drota'
at brief ceremony in the shop calle'
upon Brother Walter Lybeck to MAKE
the presentation and after reading :;
complimenting note presented Brothe'
Earl with the gift.-O.t. 96.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-06-24
NEED 48-HOUR WEEK
VINO Aide Urges Voluntary Action
In 3 Eastern States

philadclphia.-W II. Englrhorn, act
ing War MHnpowor Commission dircc-
tor for New Jersey Delaware and
Pennsylvania urges that both essen
iinl and lcss-esscntial business get on
the 4S-hour week rs rapidly as pos
Sbic on II voluntary basis"
If enough firms do that" he said,
"their cities may avoid the blanket
order entirely. II may be several
months before Philadelphia is ordered
on II 1S-hUur work week but some
northern New Jersey cities may np-
pear 10 h" headed much more rapidly
for that and other controls
Wilmington, Del, has been ordered
OH the iS-holr week cIicCtiy" July II.
Trenton and SomcryilI", \. j., were
previously designated as critical labor
shortage areas and ordered on the IS
hour week.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-06-24
LABOR PROTESTS NEW
POWER FOR MAXON

Boston ULNSl.-A protest Ia Price
Administrator Brown against the dele
cation of administrative powers to Lou
r. MuXOn, Detroit advertising man,
because Mr.. MaXon allc@cdly has moi
demonstrated amy sympathy with tn"
aims of the ORA and its price control
and rationing programs was an
nounc"d here by The Labor ENccutiv"
Committee of the Massachusetts OpA,
The committee. Il cooperating agency
in the State DPA' organization repre-
Scnling the railroad brUlh"rhOods. the
AFL and the Gro, urged that persons
sympathetic 10 the Presidents hold
the line program against initiation
and especially representatives of labor
he given n greater voice in carrying
out that program.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-06-24
To KEEP TOBACCO FRESH

Louisville, Ky: Pipe smokers will be
NacuSeal tobacco pouch, says the
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Cor
poration premium department, which
iS Offering the pouch for coupons pack
ed with Raleigh union-labc cigarettes.
\ moioturcproof lining keeps tobacco
factory fresh, the premium department.
points out.