davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-10
Charles D. Nelson,
Gas. Co. Employee
30 Years. Dies

Charles D. Nelson, age 81, 1919
9Th Ave. S., died at Fairview Hos
pital, Sunday, Sept. s. Funeral
services were held Wednesday,
Sept. 8, at II a. m. at St. Thomas
Episcopal Church. Father Hogarth
officiated. Interment was at Cry
stall Lake cemetery. He is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Goldie Nelson.
Mr.. Nelson was employed at the
Minneapolis Gas and Light Com
pany for thirty years. Woodland
Funeral Home was in charge of the
services.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-10

HARLEM WANTS
NEGRO IN CONGRESS
By Don DeLeighbur

NEW YORK-Harlem has for
years been trying to catch up with
Chicago on one score-the election
of a Negro to the U. S. Con-
gress, Chicago's Oscar Depriest, its
Arthur W. Mitchell, and now its
William L. Dawson have consti-
tuted an example of irritation to
the Negro Capital of the World
which so far has been unable to get
to first base in sending a repre-
sentative from Harlem to Washing
ton.
Harlem tried it once with Hubert
T. Delaney, now a Judge; it tried
it again with the Rev. Lorenzo
King. 1t proposes now to see what
can be done from a field of choices
including DR.. Charming H. Tobias,
the National YMCA bigwig; A.
Philip Randolph, organizer of the
March on Washington Movement
and president of the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters, and the
Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.,
pastor of Abyssinian Baptist
Church.
The Rev. Powell; Jr., has many
callings and activities aside from
his church affiliations. He is the
only Negro member of the City
Council of New York City, he is
also the editor of the Peoples
Voice, comparatively newcomer to
the fold of Negro Pressdom.
DR.. Tobias hasn't committed him
self as yet on the congressional
question. Randolph has repeatedly
said he was not interested in run
ming, although he hasn't been
known to oppose those who are
seeking to start draft Randolph
movement.
DR.. Powell, however, has let the
world know that he has his eyes
fixed on a seat somewhere near
Rep. John Rankin of Mississippi
and the other race-baiters on Capt.
tai Hill in Washington. He an
nounced his candidacy last year al
the March on Washington rally
Randolph & Co. staged at Madison
Square Garden. That time, the
councilman apparently was moi
aware of the fact that his member
ship in the City Council eliminated
him automatically from entering
the lists for another political office
so long as he held the council
spot. Nothing came of the Powell
program for congress.
Harlem hasn't said what it plans
to do about any of the three persons
whose names have been banded
about as having congressional as.
pirations. Powell has been laying
his own groundwork for over g
year with a regular mass meeting
on Sunday nights at the Colder
Gate Ballroom where his oratory
has attracted huge crowds. These
meetings have been held, as one
Of the boys pointed out, "on any
excuse and at the drop Of a hat
Adam dropping the hat, himself
incidentally.
Police brutality, the high cost
Of living, daily press smearing Of
Harlem, freedom of India, etc., have
all been the legitimate excuses fol
a mass meeting by DR.. Powell. he
has just recently returned from a
long trip and some believe he
was sounding out the attitude Of
the nation as to his possibility Of
being in congress before actually
entering the lists at home.
While Harlem has five Negro
judges, and many other significant
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-10
John Rainey
Dies i'm Wash

John S. Rainey ST., 3841 4th Ave.
s., died in a hospital in Seattle,
Washington. Remains were shipped
to Woodland Funeral Home Wednes-
day, Sept. 8.
Mr.. Rainey was dining car en-
ploye and died while at the other
end of his run.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-10
Congressman Melvin Mas
Gave St. Paul n. A. A. c. p.
Run-ArOund Is Claim

Melvin Mas, Congressman from st. Paul, didn't have
time to talk to the N A. A. c. it revealed this week
The Executive Committee of the St. Paul Branch of the
National Association for the Advancement of Coored People
it's regular monthly meeting Sept elected committee
interview Representative Melvin Mas of the Fourth Con-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-10
< Z
WAotHo~9~xNM
WAR BONDS
No More Brass

On land or at sea our fighting men
do their many chores by the sound
Of a bugle. All sorts Of uncompli-
mentary epithets are used to desig-
nate the bugler, but nobody has yet
been able to provide satisfactory
substitute for a bugle although re-
cordings are used at some perma-
nent bases.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-10
Clar. Mitchell, Jr.,
Principal Speaker
At Testimonial
F. E. P. C. Official Coming For
Citizens Banquet For
Editor

Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.,
Assistant Field Director of
the Presidents Fair Employ
ment Practice Committee,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-10
To the People
of this Community:
HURRY-UP JOB!

The Third War Loan is a
hurry-up job for the home front.
The government must rush bill
lions of dollars to the fighting
fronts in the form Of extra mu-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-10

nitionS.
It's actual
Iy a matter
of life or
de ath for
Americans in
u n if or m &.
Once the in
va sion got
under way
we commit
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-10

ted ourselves to the use Of large
numbers Of troops and great
stores Of supplies. Any let down
or crack-up in the supply trains
could prove fatal
Your job is to see to it that
there is no shortage Of anything
needed to make the invasion
swift and sure. We do not want
another Bataan or Corregidor.
Get that extra War Bond to-
day. Show that you are with
our boys in this critical hour Of
invasion THE EDITOR
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-10
BOUNDEN DUTY

The money you loan your
U.S.A. will hasten the day of VIC
tory. 1t will return to you soon
er our men and women, sons
and daughters and fathers and
mothers who are in the armed
services. Subscribe today in the
Third War Loan drive. It's your
bounden duty!
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-10
GENERAL PRAISES GREAT WORK
OFU. S. COLORED REGIMENT

Somewhere in South Pacific
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-27

to send down by parachute a meal
that includes friend chicken and
ice cream.
"The Next War"
I'm the next war;" Oakley said,
the old man will fight on the front
lines and the old lady will be pre-
pairing home cooked meals 300 miles
in the rear"
The rescue party headed by P. F.
Adams, British officer, and La
Bonte, went through jungles and
over cliffs so steep steps had to be
cut. Sometimes they made 10 miles a
day, going with 100 coolies and an
advance guard Of 80 natives armed
with shotguns.
They found the survivors camping
in native village, rested two days
and started back, camping nightly
in lean tos.
The survivors included John Day.
Is, Jr., of the U. 8. Sttae depart
ment; Walter S. Stanton, represent
alive of the Board of Economic War
fare; two Chinese officers, Capt. .
C. Lee Of Washington, D. c., and
Lieut.. Roland K. Lee Of Hicksville
N. Y; Sgts. Joseph Clay, E. Wilder
Joseph ]. Gigure Of Auburn, Me-,
Glenn Kittleson of Ballantine
Mont, and Francis w. Signor OF
Yonkers, N. Y: Corporals Edward
Holland, East Cleveland, O., Lloyd
j. Sheriff., Burlington, Ia; s. M
Waterbury, Blue Hill. Neb.; Pvt
William Schrandt; Flight Officer
Harry K. Nevue, 81, Cudahy. Wis;
and Sgt. Ned c. Miller, Ottumwa, Ia.
plane crew chief.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-27
Free Surplus Of
S4,436,O33

Providence, r. l., Aug. 81. (UP)-
Gov. p. Howard McGrath said to-
day after a discussion of the
states financial condition that
Rhode Island would be able TO
pay bonuses to veterans OF World
War H."
He said that on June 80. the end
of the fiscal year. Rhode Island had
q free surplus of $4.436,033. Losses
IN gasoline and motor taxes, he said.
were offset by increased corporate
levies. racing taxes and inheritance
revenue.
A commission In now studying
the bonus question and will deter
mine the amount 10 be given the
veterans when II reports 10 the
Governor and legislature Jan. !,
1914.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-27
TIN SALVAGE IS
GIVEN PUBLICITY
Boy Scouts Will Distribute
Circulars That Tell a
Story of Need

Naugatuck, Aug. 27-The Manga
tuck Salvage Committee announced
today that the following circular Is
to be distributed house to house this
week end by the boy scouts. The
circular Is ar follows:
The United States Army has ask
ed us to increase the flow of tin to
the factories making materials of
war--and to do 1t Right Away.
The tin on the cans which we dis
card with our rubbish can never be
recovered.
lit is Gone Forever.
The mines which used to supply
80 per cent OF our tin are now In
the hands of the Japanese; but with
your hel pin stemming such great
waste, this loss to the war effort
can be overcome.
If you are not already saving
your tin cans for salvage, why not
start today? Here's all you need to
do.
Wash can as soon as empty
and remove paper label.
Gut out both ends of can.
3.-Flatten can by pressing with
foot. Do not pound tightly togeth-
er as this will interfere with re-
moving the tin.
4.-Now insert ends into the flat
tened can.
5.-store in a clean container in
dry place.
6.-Place container at the curb
when collection day is announced in
newspaper. Collections will be made
about the third Saturday Of each
month.
For further information call 1904
and 1856.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-27

WCntlnueQ from rage -
ing of a shot at a mendarme from
railway car in the Rozki station.
All in the car were arrested and SO
hanged. Warsaw food rations permit
only 234 per cent OF the calories
needed to sustain life.
Belgium The Nazis carried out
slave raids In public places such as
cafes and theaters, rounding up
Belgian men of 10 and SO and single
women Of 81 to IS to labor in Ger
many.
Czechoslovakia On May 20, 1912,
the day after Reinhard Heydrich
was shot, the Nazis started execut-
Ing hostages and by July 3 had kill
ed 1898 persons, including IA In a
single day. The Jewish population In
Bohemia and Moravia in a little
more than year was reduced from
10000 to $4,000.
France--Terrorism was increasing
In the last half of 1912 with execu-
lions being carried out with every
refinement of cruelty"
Greece--Some CT the worst afro
cities were inflicted by the Bulgar-
ians who want to populate the ter
ritory with their own nationals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-27
Less Gas For
Civilians
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page u
clude the possibility Of increased
rations for east coast motorists in
the near future whose "A" cards at
present are worth IL gallons week.
ly.
f, Reporting on steadily-increasing
military demand for aviation and
other gasolines, Davies emphasized
that the only means whereby those
needs can be met in full is to ire
duce correspondingly" gasoline con-
sumption at home.
ut will simply not be possible to
sustain our air armadas in the skies
over Germany and Italy and the
Japanese-held islands of the Pacific,
or to provide our mechanical ground
forces with all that they require,
If, at the same time, the demands
Of an unrestrained civilian consump-
ton have to be met at home" he
said.
37.6 Per Cent
During 1914, Davies revealed, the
armed forces will need approximate
ly 37.6 per cent of all gasoline Of
all kinds manufactured east of the
Rocky mountains, and during the
following year this figure will, in all
likelihood, be upped to 1916 per cent.
BY way Of contrast, Davies pointed
out that during 1912, only 1875 per
cent of the total gasoline produced
in that area went to military con-
sumption.
He said these facts add up to two
! fairly obvious conclusions:
1.-THE first is that it Is going to
take literally oceans of 1O0-octane
and other highly specialized engine
fuels to fight this war to a victori-
GUS conclusion, and the second Is
that as military requirements in
crease, 1t Is inevitable that there
be less gasoline available for civ
ilian consumption"
In his weekly east coast petro-
leum supply bulletin, Ickes declared
that the gasoline situation Is still
plagued by local shortages"
He said the total supply of petro-
leum products into the Atlantic sea-
board increased from 34.5 per cent
to 1858 per cent of normal during
the week of Aug. 81, "but the ga.so-
line position remained practically
unchanged during the week.
Heating Oil
Commenting upon the distribution
of petroleum supplies as between
the various products, Ickes empha-
sized that the heating oil program
for the coming winter will not be
jeopardized lin an effort to supply
the overdraft of gasoline"
He said that while gasoline sup
plies showed no improvement over
the week, distillate Cheating OLD and
kerosene supplies did increase &C
cording to schedule"
1.-THE public health Is dependent
upon at least a minimum Of heat
for homes this winter" he said. 1.-THE
/ east coast alone normally burns
about 100,000,0O0 barrels Of kerosene
and heating oil for heating during a
winter season. This Is lot Of oil
and 1t cannot physically be refined
or transported over short period.
It must be accumulated over the
summer months - and that Is what
Is being DONE"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-27
Police Seek
Missing Man

Boston. Aug. N.-(UP)-Seaman
Second Glass Joseph A. Stella OF
Fitchburg was the object of a police
search today after he disappeared
mysteriously from the vicinity Of
Deaconess hospital.
Stella, survivor OF the sinking OF
the old airplane carrier Lexington,
disappeared Tuesday while accom-
panying sister. Mrs. Josephine
Maltese OF Brooklyn. N. Y. TO visit
another sister. q hospital nurse.
Mrs. Maltese said her brother
went TO look for the second
sister while she tMrs. Maltesc)
remained on the hospital steps.
Neither sister has seen the brother
since.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-27
Catch II Of
- Prisoners
Continued from Page y

41olk d6C -
Peru. He was subsequently killed
in action.
Last nights mass break was the
largest from Canadian camp since
since April, 194l. when % escaped.
First indication Of the escape came
when a woman living In cottage
near Fort Henry noticed two suspi-
cious characters and reported to the
police. The alarm was raised while
the regular evening roll call was in
progress at the camp which dis
closed the number who had gotten
away.
Ranks Of Escapes
Military authorities refused to re-
veal how so many prisoners had es-
capped. The ranks and branches Of
the German services to which the
prisoners belong were not revealed.
Names of the Nazis still at large
follow.
Johann Graft, 20 speaks English;
Heinz Domnick, 81 Alfred Gum
Their, 81, speaks English; Wilhelm
Joesting, SO. speaks English; Franz
Harper, rs, Gerhard Knoepfel, %;
Kurt Kroehnert, 26, speaks English;
Wilhelm Krust, 26, Ernest Muench,
rs. speaks italian and English; Aug
ust Rhomberg. 20; Friedrich
Schmalt, "a, Karl Schwarz, %,
speaks English; Heinz Stoerk. 20;
Heinz Wirtz. %; Walter Bartels, 81.
Aliceville, Ala, Aug. q. UP)-
The fatal shooting by guards Of two
German prisoners Of war in sepa-
rate escape attempts from the in
ternment camp here was revealed
today in an announcement by Col.
F. A. Prince, camp commandant.
A third attempted escape was
thwarted, the announcement said.
One of the Germans was killed
by tower guards who fired on four
men attempting to cut through a
wire fence of the prison enclosure,
Prince said.
The second German was wounded
fatally while attempting to tunpel
under the wire enclosure.
The prisoners, who Prince pointed
out were doing their duty as they
saw 1t In attempting to escape"
were buried with full military
honorS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-27

Committee
Continued from Page u

(COntlnued from Page -
Britain some months ago, will be
French minister in London and
Harold Macmillan, special British
minister to Allied North African
headquarters will take on the addi-
tional post Of minister to the COM
mittee.
Robert Murphy, President Roose-
velts special representative In North
Africa, said he had not received
any word from Washington as to
whether he also would be accredited
to the committee.
French sources said they had
hoped that the American and Brit
ish governments would stipulate
that the committee rather than
amgot-Allied military government
of occupied territory-should take
over the governing of liberated
areas of France.
Asked directly what the commit
tees status would be in liberated
areas of France, Macmillan said
that such case could be taken
up at the time"
"At least, as result of the recog-
milton, we can discuss such ques-
tons, which was not possible be-
FORE" he aid.
To Govern France
Rene Massigli, committee foreign
minister, implied that the commit
tee still hoped 1t would be able to
govern France until the country has
an opportunity to select govern
ment.
Henri Bonnet, French information
minister, said the committee also
hoped to participate in any peace
negotiations involving French ter
ritory.
1.-THE committee, as the recognized
trustees of the French interests,
would consider peace with any
enemy country as relating to French
interests" he said. I'VE therefore
will do our best to see that we have
say in any such negotiations. We
are confident that we can get to-
gether with our Allies about this
matter"
Murphy hailed Allied recognition
Of the committee as marking a big
milestone"
Don't think we should just look
at the cold wording Of the text to
try to understand how much 1t
MEANS" he said. Even marriage
contract is legally worded without
the warmth of affection which 1t
binds"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-27

part of their story.
1T works like telephoning the To-
cal grocery for extra sugar." Lieu
tenant Craig M. Jones, ~, Of Cleve-
land, O., told me after returning
from an earlier mission to drop ra-
tions and shoes, the latter ordered
by size.
Contact BY Radio
My plane was piloted by Lieuten-
ant Ivan F. Hirschburg, 26, of
Oglethorp, Ga. and Lieutenant Rus
sell G. Vouce. z3, of Newark. O., who
spotted the party among the ridges
on a narrow trail along a cliff.
With the help Of Navigator Lieut.
Leon M. Cannon, 26, of Brownsville
Tex. and radioman Pvt. Samuel
Dinerman, rs, OF Philadelphia. we
were able to contact the radio they
had received by parachute In the
early days of their jungle adven-
ture.
Felix. we learned. died in the
crash Of the plane from which the
survivors parachuted. Lieut.. Col,
Don D. Flickinger, who went dowi,
by parachute to help the stranded
party q few days after they
had to ban out, set splints on Os-
wald's leg, broken when he landed
by parachute.
Another survivor, Cpl. Basil M.
Lemon OF Tulsa, Okla. was lost for
six days In the jungles before he
caught up with the others.
Gen. Edward II. Alexander. com.
mander OF the ATC In India. had
sent Flickinger q message that he
would "send you anything you want
except pianos and q violin"
At this end an ambulance plane
Is waiting nj the closest airport 10
fly the men 10 an Army hospital II
they need treatment. but meanwhile
Capt. George T. Oakley Of Monte
Yuma, Ca, who has handled the
party's flying grocery, 10 preparing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-27
Berlin Is
Not The Same
in Warsaw or Rotterdam.
Berlin'S Times Square
Continued from Page y

bcTuu 1lmCS square
One block away is the Victoria
Augusta Platz - Berlin's Times
Square-with the city's finest movie
houses-the UFA Palace. Capitol
Gloria Palace and the Marmorhaus
1t is little difficult to see what
happened there, because the whole
section in the photograph is COW
cred with dense pail of smoke
billowing from the neighboring Zoo
Station on the main east-west rail
artery through the capital.
They are hardly likely to be show.
ing movies there for many months
to come and traffic on the city rail-
road Is likely to be disorganiZed
for weeks because the station and
tracks are built on an elevated via
duct which would be most dif11-
cult to repair.
Two blocks up on the nearby Buda-
pesterstrasse is the swank Eden
hotel. on which direct hit can
be seen clearly. The Eden used to
have the finest roof garden ter
race in Berlin. The greater part of
the hotel must be in ruins today.
Along the nearby Tauentzietsrasse,
under which the subway runs, there
are numerous tell-tale blast disflg-
urations extending as far as the
Wittenhergplatz and the huge Kauf-
1laus Des Westerns, once the finest
department store in Berlin.
Hitler's Cafe
On the Wittenbergplatz also
stands a cafe owned by Adolf Hit
ler,s half-brother, Alois, who prob
ably will be doing little business from
now on.
One of the most interesting fea-
lures of the picture was the broad
east-west Axis which runs straight
as an arrow through Tiergarten Park
to Inter Den Linden and the city
center. Germans believed that Raj
pilots used the Axis as a marker
and. during 1941, spent huge sums
to cover the entire Axis for nearly
three miles with green netting to
make 1t undistinguishable from the
air.
In the photographs, however, the
Axis stands out as clearly as II there
was no netting. Either the netting
has been removed or destroyed or
the Nazis spent the money to no
purpose. There were signs that a
number Of block busters had been
dropped right on the Axis.