davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
Both Identified

One was william (BnD
Payne, AZ, short. dark-complex--
ioned, eyes gray. The other was
John Washington wash Tur-
nor 80, dark and stoCky Over
"a l5-ycar period their criminal
cafccr,~3 -d ranged from lar
ccny 81 automobiles 20 bank
robbery At that moment they
were fugitive from a daring
break they had managed on
Feb ~ 1885, from me states
i,i-----ffff n s-fi-----
TO return 20 The hunted duo.
ii2+tf'rf'f. nj rr PARKING tho coach
~ tho roar 81 the MOTEL man
aged 30 make his way by freight
car rides, and by stealing an
automobile TO Elizahethtown in
eastern North Carolina where
nc and Payne had arranged 10
meet 4 anything happened TO
separate them. Payne who had
been deserted by Turner az the
approach of The Bltmore Forest
radio cruiser. kept 10 the woods
The r'Nt night ne slept In a
tlJ tack ou a mOIrta.nsldC.
ang tGe following night found
a4m walking four miles east 20
the edge 81 AsheIllleS RecEea-
non Park, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
anus. r..tf center beside the
beautiful winding SWananea
RIVER There bee Secrcted HIM
self Pc the woods
Thursday evening four day g
after the highway pstrolman
murder I1.. llL.Lre -LLAd-l--.
pFcJty l6-Icar-oid blond d8ugh-
Ter sol a Fort Smith Arkansas.
armyoticcr. and her tab dark
haired lN-ytaT-ol3 companion.
: -izfr1- '1F4ulir-ter1t 10 Recreation
Park Alton q thoroughly good
tine they prepared 10 leave az
s As.
sam .1W t., companion safely
seated IN The car no had Dor
rp"ed for the occasion from his
mother and he had Just GOT IN
The opposite door when Payne
leikcd open the door next 10 the
GIRL poked q pistol against her
r.b, and ordered sam to drive
OF Orally giving directions.
Payne had Sam follow the back
roads until they were Well away
'rom AShcvilc Finally they
reached tto main highway and
headed east.
For some miles they drove in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
Crtaven's Idea

In this collection you'll (See
the work Of nearly 200 Amer
leans, including such djvetse
talents as Tad" Homer DaveN-
port, James Montgomery Flagga.
Oliver HEREFORD. Tom Powers,
AL French and John Sloan. Now,
10 NE, the greatest real artist
OF the whole bunch is Tom"
Powers. whose work appeared in
the Hearst newspapers for many
years.
Craven thinks we are the fun
NEST people on earth Our real
wisdom, he says is incarnated
in Mark Twain, Josh Billings,
Ring Lardner, II. L. Mencken,
Finley Peter Dunne, Art"
Young, Outcault, Copper. Eu-
gene Field and a slew of fellows
like them. We see the funny
side eEepeFythli alag -aHd-sa44tf4ly
for this reason, explains Mr..
Craven;
THE American springs from
unique and, i'm many respects, n
fortunate background He has
less regard for the past and his
ancestors than has any other
inhabitant OF the planet. lie
leaves the house i'm which he
was born, cOnceals his grand
parents and lays down the law
10 his children. who. In turn,
break IL as he broke the law OF
his fathers and grow up aS they
please. The American is born
and bred with no cultural
memories in his heart. He Is the
most irreverent of all Gods
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
Praises Jefferson

So jefferson wasn't great In
everything some Of hl- say
lngS and letter, are common
place IN conception and eyeCu-
l4n.-BLL where this man tow
or, above all men Of his age
above. In tact AM political think
CTS and rulers M history lis IN
ms imprisoned championship of
the individual against-the en-
crOachmonts of the tate. lUdFr1,
he looked on the state as a form
OF Original Sin In that he was
new man. And for that rca-
son two pictures Of Jefferson
look down on me from the wall
-G4-I4.y tt1t.sa! ' 49, = : T.
For that reason. too. YOU
should lay THE COMPLETE
: ~ r RI r7Jzi-fT 5-rJ,7r Utr1Tr-
bestowed books, for Tom JEFF
ferson is the Man Of the Hour
in the L. S a. today
Here is the comic history OF
America for the last 80 or 60
years. II is &C A r T o q y
-GAVALCABEh tSinon Sctus-
teri, a collection Of the best
vitriol squirting cartoons and
comics from a. p. Frost TO
Peter Arno. There is an intro
duction by Thomas Craven, with
whom you will not always agree
i'm his snap judgments, but Who
is I think, on the whole. not
80 aE..1rom the truth He IS
one OF the tcw defenders of
modern art Hha SAYS some
lhInp
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
BOOKS IN REVIEW
Ey Is" ja~i~ De Ca,,c,e,
The Complete Jefferson
One Of Best Loved Books

children. Nothing il too sacred
for him go attack, tear down
and rebuild When he sees NO
TRFSPASSING sign he forth
with takes a short cut, tram
pling down the ungrOwn hay.
" hen his noble-m minded precep-
tors try to inject into him n
MEASURE Of classical veneratlon'
he laughs and screams, ON,
Ncah','
Y'os. $50 arc a queer. a rare,
AN amazing a persnlckcty a
r0ugh-and-tumble people. Maybe
wa don't know it-but, really
we Americans are combina-
ton Of Mickey Mouse and Dom
aid Duck innocent daring and
baWl and buster (Which we do
l7,-i+ttt.,- iifs.44 a. CARTOON
CAVALCADE' IS one long belly
laugh. with the Bronx cheer for
fo4 poliGoa! and social humbugs-
MasefieId's Poems
John Masefeld, Englan d's
poet lauratc, has attempted an
other remarkable feat in his new
volume. "WANDERINGS (BE-
TW ZEN ONE AND SIX
YEARS. Macmillan. AT 68
hr tries to Fecapture the mood
Of childhood. IL inspires one or
his best poems IN the volume.
Here is something. for instance.
that is superb in its imaged
simplicity
~ 07C77-Ct gV7TyTt, JCtTE7T Jr-Ttt ptuSh
and mao,
The flmerdi-tooted cows TO
milking dret0,
And al yard was filed t0tth
patient eyes,
Great, hckin0 tongues. and tall
tops sWishtHg fies.
There are other bits" in
"WONDERINGS' that are real
poetry and much also that is
commonplace. But il is remark
able to me that a man of 90,
who was never an Al poet, can
still do as well as he does.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26

questions, ] guess. Some Of
them he answered, others he
laughed OF, He told Us he had
, been out In the rain for several
days and hadn't eaten in I8
hours"
AS they neUed The small
town Of Th0masNlle in a $ {
central North Carolina, Payne
began paying more attention 10
tho country DC Il was near 3
rr Three miles b cYoh 4
Thlma~aIIlc he commanded a
halt
pile out" he q and @ d.
And give me your names"
The names were supplied and
then Payne asked for a pencil
and paper Tho paper was found
IN the car, but no pen or pencil
"Here'S my lip>tick." Layerne
SAID fishing IN hcr bag.
AN three lauEhed: Paine
scrubbed their names on the
back Of am envelope and re-
turned The cos pnetic 10 the
shapclv young blonde
Encouraged by Paync's ioCu-
lauty LaVcrne protested that il
was a dirty trick 90 leave them
mics from hahitation ar such
an hour n The morning. Payne
rclontei
All right, +" tr said on make
q bargain With you. Promise
that If take YOU back 10 town
YOU Won't call the cops for three
hours. That will give me time
10 make "A getaway II YOU do
that I'll leave Your car within
- miles OF town
The bqy and -Hl readily
agreed
7-TTT777TT - rr1-1 f1~n' if0fcT
laVcrne and sam ahghtcd from
the car.
Answering questions Of tho
night ci,-a uon-commitaIy AS
thCy entered me hotel Lavcrne
and sam ruuEej in the lobby
-s-S-llI4i-4!- ii4..=lAll.... ll,,,,,f,,s
were up .TSen the boy phoned
the police.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
Eind1EEieadi-SBeay

nAtQE.AtS- G.reCled- Nc
-sveTff- TT HnUrrTpT rTsFF-75W dTTT
road and on this he continued
until he reached The farm Of
Van Patton There, in front az
Patton's crude cabin, lay the
body Of his friend. Penn
Mcneil was overcome with
grief. Like the thoughts Of a
drowning man. there raced
through his mind the promising
lie that Penn, only 26, had be-
fore hun Of the young girl who
was to be his BRIDE m less than
a month
Mcneil went 90 the office of
Sheriff Lawrence 7. Brown
VINO had taken active control
IF the case. and learned that no
trace had hcen- found af-the
mysterious COACH The sheriff
deputies had blocked all the
main roads and were searching
nc by-roadS.
Here let Us return 70 the two
men in the coach They were
wanted men whom Penn had
recognized near the weighing
~ta'.en and pursued 20 The Pat
ION farm There the fugit,y,s
,ho' i' out with 'he pa'roiman,
and after mor'ally woundiug
him They hastily departed. They
successfully oaied ,ho bullets
fred by Mcneil and headed
across country for the Ea.r.icw
ROAD. rturn!ng on . back toward
NSHcvTtttc-
L was about 30 o'clock
when they drove up 30 the
home Of a fuend and his wife
whom they had known FOR some
time As one of the men re-
manned in the car the other got
OUT and told the friend;
We've been e--ttgitt I'm trap
on the Black Mountain road.
It's getting hot for Us so we've
got 10 scram Meet me IN Bilt-
more In about half AN hour. I
want NOu 10 take some clothes
I've got out there TO my brother
in Marion.
Half ar hour later the friend
met the occupants a the coach
in Biltmore. a short distance
away. and was given three suit
cases and one smaller bag The
next night he Transported those
70 Marion. 40 miles away hi tho
foothills Of tho Blue Ridge
Mountain range
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
Back TO Old Style

Unable TO find a refrigerator
for her new home in WeStwood,
Kay Williams has been forced TO
60 back to an old style ice box.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-19
Billions For Victory

It is Congress privilege and duty to
decide how $51 900 100000 can be ex-
tracted annually out of national income
that was $114,OO0, 100000 last year and
may reach peak of $145,000,0 100000 for
the calendar year 1914. The Treasury OF
course will make suggestions. On the
record, spending tax starting at 20 per
cent and working up to IS per cent is ex-
pected to be proposed. Expenditures for
basic necessities would be exempt from
the tax. Ten per cent would be conSid-
cred as savings, refundable after the war.
This is what Secretary Morgenthau pro-
posed to the Senate last September, at
which time the scheme was rejected as
being too complicated. Treasury spokeS-
men have been talking up the idea ever
since, and it is taken for granted that Mr..
Morgenthau will bring his baby back this
winter, perhaps with some new makeup
to change its appearance bit.
There also will be agitation for a forth
right sales tax of perhaps 10 per cent.
Chairman George of the Senate Finance
Committee would increase the Victory
Tax to 10 per cent and extend it to in
clude corporations. Nobody yet seems to
have proposed what would seem to be en-
inently simple, workable, and as pro-
ductive as the paying ability Of the ma
TONS taxpayers can be made to stand.
That is the idea of putting everything
but the kitchen sink into straightfor-
ward pay-aS-you-earn income tax bill.
The merits of the income tax seldom are
questioned. 1t is the one tax based on
ability to pay. It could easily be rede-
signed to remove i11equities accumulated
over the past quarter-century. The rates
can be manipulated without change in
the machinery.
Unquestionably the income tax had
about reached it's limits until the pay-as-
you-earn principle was suggested and
found immediate general favor. With the
two welded and tax rates fixed at such
levels as would produce the necessary
revenue, this one all-inclusive tax could
be substituted for the present onerous
pay-after-you've-s pent-the-money income
tax, the Victory Tax, and any other levies.
There would Still remain estate taxes,
gift taxes, customs, presumably at least
some excise taxes Though there might
be a question why) and Social Security
taxes. Perhaps this idea is not as COM
mon sensible as it looks, But with all the
schemes that are floating around, isn't
1t worthy of consideration?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-19
Capital improvements

The recent announcement of heavy
bond maturity and interest payments by
the City of Waterbury doesn't arouse too
much interest in the average taxpayer,
because few of them realize just what is
being done by the city. Others are con-
WINGED and argue accordingly that this is
not wise expenditure OF the city's
money. But it should be always remem-
bered that this money the city is now
paying to hundreds of investors who pur-
chased these city bonds years ago &C.
compliShed a definite purpose and at
time when it was necessary.
Without recourse to bond issues, whose
issue will always be moot point among
students of municipal government, it
would be absolutely necessary that city
or town be living well within it's income
and at the same time acquiring reserves
to be used for future major improve
mentS. In our larger communities this
that there are few model cities and your
average town has to contend with great
variety of issues.
Thus, when Waterbury pays off two
or three hundred thousand dollars in
bond maturitieS and interest this month
it pays for definite improvements which
all taxpayers have enjoyed and preSum-
ably are still enjoying. 1t may be for
bridge, school, a street, water-works,
etc. Yes, it's postponing to the future
payments we are unable to make at the
moment. It's much-argued form of mu-
nicipal financing, but one in general use
Waterbury is particularly fortunate its
bond-retirement program was placed on
q firm basis by the late Controller
Thomas NJ. Conlon.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-19
Current Comment

Children in wartime tire Of their
usual games. They don't want to
play blindman's bluff. They want to
learn elementary first aid. The older
ones enjoy learning how to help the
younger ones.
Irene Wicker, singing lady Of
radio.
When I see how the British are
working, how they're living, how
their food Is rationed, It makes me
q little ashamed Of the way a lot
Of our people are taking it easy at
home.
Private Bud Nash, U. s. Army
in England.
We are appealing to every citi-
zen to understand first that he
must play fair with the nations
food supply. second that there Is
no justification for rushing out to
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-19
No Coasting Allowed

Apparently this is to be another winter
Of no legalized coasting for the young
sters Of Waterbury. It's too bad that our
local civil authorities can't have developed
in many localities of the city suitable slid
ing places After all snow means only one
thing to the growing boy or girl. And
even cruel war can't change nature that
much. It's to be expected that when the
hillsideS are snow-cruSted SledS will APP
pear and shouts will ring out as the
neighborhood kids enjoy the snow while
it lasts.
There's one odd angle to this no-slid-
ng-on-the-streets edict that Waterbury
has now had for the past two winters.
There are seldom very many cars parked
along the billy streets on which the
youngsters have been accustomed to
slide; the number Of automobiles pass
ing up and down these streets is far less
today than it was year ago and certain
ly two years ago. But don't, of course, i'm
agine for one minute that traffic hazards
for sliders have been eliminated. They
haven't as the recent hospital and police
bulletins amply testify
In this respect the police are certainly
to be praised rather than censored for
promptly placing the ban on street slid
ing. So long as no streets are to be deS-
ignated by the Board of Aldermen, all
must be considered forbidden areas. Use
of parks or semi-public areas in various
sections of the city should be considered
seriously, but officials have long realized
that to make them available involves the
serious question of liability which tax
payers too often in the case of the mu-
nicipality regard as more than their own.
Community clubs and neighborhood
groups could well interest themselves in
this matter.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-19

It was a more or less barren office that
Governor Raymond E. Baldwin inherited
a week or so ago from Robert A. Hurley.
Under the state law the retiring governor
has title to lot of the fixings in his Of
flee. When a new governor comes along,
the old one takes everything but the desk.
When Mr.. Baldwin took office he had the
gubernatorial desk and ex-governor Hur-
ley's chair, loaned to him for the occa-
sion. The new chair hadn't arrived. In
stead of saying the new governor didn't
have leg to stand on, you might say the
governor didn't have chair to sit IN.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-19

Few had occasion to comment on his
departure from public office, but ex-
Comptroller John M. Dove, now boss OF
the Democratic Party here in Connecti-
cut, managed to tell the public that
without too much trouble it was posi-
BILE to save the state $17,60O in premiums
on fire insurance taken out on state prop
erty. Some $600O0,00O worth of property
was involved. All that Mr.. Dove had to do
to effect these savings was to consolidate
great many individual policies distribu-
ted &c. down through the years by various H.Is
there. Where there were $50 separate pol
icies in 1941, at the end of 1912 the Comp
troller's office had reduced this number
to 26 covering the same amount of prop
erty and in the same value.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-19

some circumstances may open. One
of the circumstances which opens
many Of these reservoirs and siuices
the energy into creative channels
is the experience Of love, II We get
great love in our lives, 1t often
happens that powers within US. APP
parently unrelated in any way to
human affection, are stimulated IN
an amazing fashion. This is parti-
cularly true when the love involved
Is q wholehearted love for Christ
which has grown out Of profound
religious experience.
Often under such circumstances
people who are looked upon as dull
and ignorant become brilliant and
sometimes quite learned. A man
whose tastes were coarse and whose
motives thoroughly selfish becomes.
under the power Of such love. not
only q better man but sometimes
one who Is conspicuous FOR saintli-
ness OF life and complete helfssor.
getfulnees.
Love Il the most potent and most
marvellous force In al tho world.
and the reason Cor this e that God
= love. When We love, therefore,
the whole power Of the spiritual
world Is claanneled through the
latent capacities Of cur lives. Like
the artist. We ind that love r1in-
foFees every etlll and power within
lfa.
Al nlsllla nexrses nah'on l'1es'
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-19

Rev. Francis x. Talbot of the Society
of Jesus, editor-in-chief Of the Jesuit
weekly America" spoke words Of wisdom
to his listeners Sunday in an address be-
fore the Catholic women of this city. He
stressed four principles necessary in the
re-making, re-mapping and reorganiza-
ton of new world, namely, respect for
rights of all peoples and all nations:
justice; charity added to justice; and
lastly freedom for all. The speaker
brought out the point that these should
be the governing principles, not policies
A principle is or should be sound; policy
may change. He concluded saying that
no permanent or just peace can exist
without God.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-19

However, you can't get away
from the fact that some OF the
Presidents friends already are
discussing 4th Term. They are
doing it with various degrees Of
reaction, however. Some men,
ton 1t reluctantly, as II they
didn't want 1t, but think 1t neces-
sary because there is no one else
on the Democratic horizon.
Some few definitely believe the
President should run, hope he will
run, and think he will be elected.
They, however, are In minority.
From one man, not as close as
Hopkins but who sees the Presi-
dent frequently, comes this dag
nosis:
ut will take wild horses to
drag the Boss into running for
o 4th Term. But he isn't GO
ing to say so. There Is moth
ing he loves more than to keep
people guessing. He Is going
to do just what he did last time
say nothing until the last
minute.
However, the picture is DIFF
ferent from that in 1910. Then,
we approached certain war, with
only one man who could lead
and unity the country in prep
aratiOn for that war. The ma
ton was torn between isolation
lists and interventiOnists. We
could have been disastr0usly
split, the way the Nazis planned.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-19
HEADLINES
and
HILARITY

Unknown Soldier Of le43-the
present Minister to Australia (tney
say his name Is JohnsonD
An executloner In Mississippi at
tributes his success to politeness.
The first thing he says TO Q Gus.
toner Is .HGve a seat, mister"
WPB Freezes Ice Cream-HeAd-
line. In the dairy business, now,
eh2
Female radio announeers are
taking the place Of men, ana
getting big money, too. The girls
won't work for the love Of mike.
DanbuFy hat-makefs are stu
poeved over Glare Boothe Llices
wearing q scarf On her head. Il
she had used the Old bean, Glare
would have worn one Of those hats
you Get into with & shoellqff. ana
horn. nno MADE Iae rf1IeTe
happy aI|I|I4 1.HE 'HIs.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-19
Selected Poem
NO BUTTER

NJ DOA AEN
apologies to A. A. Milne)
william w. Pratt in the New York SUM
The King asked the Queen, and
The Queen asked the Grocerymen:
"How's about some butter for
The fapjacks of the CROWN"
The Queen asked the Grocerymen,
Who answered most regretfully:
$50 sorry we can't help you, maam,
There amt an ounce in town."
"But why?" asked the King, and
The Queen asked the 0rocerymen:
There seem to be as many cows,
So why Is butter short?"
Because" said the 0rocerymen,
1--WE have 10 feed the fighting men.
We're shipping quantities OF II
To every foreign port"
Tho Queen told the King, and
The King smiled good-naturedly.
He said: "Ig that's the reason. who
Am 70 make q fuEs7"
The queen said: You're quite right,
We've got 10 feed the army, sire;
Some simple wartime substitute
Is good enough for u.s."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-19

expected because Of a mixture of
races under colored Capt. Hugh
Mulzac. But when the ship
completed her first run, with q
checkerborad crew and colored Of
ficers, the War Shipping AdnAnis-
traton reports that 1t could find
nothing but friendly cooperation
aboard.
In addition to Capt. Mulzac, the
second and third officers, the chief
engineer and two assistants were
Negroes. Other officers were
whites, and the crew were q mix
ture Of white and colored.
The Booker T. washington
sailed from San Pedro, went
through the Canal, and landed in
New York. Inspectors found the
vessel shipshape, and when they
questioned the crew, only four
men wanted to quit the ship, as
against normal objections Of half
the crew.
Reason for the goodwill, ac-
cording to the War Shipping
Administration, was that, after
the ship got to sea, Captain Null
FAC invited all men from the
deck department to take instruc-
ton in navigation every after
noon In their spare time, to pre-
pare themselves for examina-
tiOnS and promotions. Chief
Engineer Irving Smith, also coll
Ored, likewise offered engineer
ing instruction.
Morale was so high at the end Of
the voyage that the men invested
extra pay in war bonds, donated
a pint Of blood each for blood
banks and Clipped In to buy
Capt. Mulzac a gold watch.
NOTE: Before the ship sailed
from San Pe6ro, Luckenbach
Steamship Co., had Withdrawn
two white officers In favor Of col
oreded officers. -Nhereupon the
union (Masters, Mates and Pilots,
West Coast No. 9O) said: "Fair
employment is OK, but why dis
criminate against white menu"
Copyright, 194S by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-19
Transportation Achievement

The nations railroads moved about twice
a. much freight last year as the prewar
average measured in ton-mileS. They
hauled almost two and half times as
many persons measured in passenger
miles. Motor trucks raised their volume
somewhat, and inter-city BUSES doubled
pre-war traffic. Airlines more than tripled
their pre-war freight, but did less we'll in
passengers because during most of the
year the government had 40 per cent of
their planes This year all three groups
probably will establish new records I'M
der pressure. Think of these achieve
ments when your public conveyance is
late or you can't get seat or berth.