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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-13
ENEMY SHOT DOWN

The outnUmbered Thunderbolts
shot down eight and probably 10
japanese fighters, without loss 10
their own force, and broke up the
mission.
A formation OF Allied bombers
and fighters destroyed three
barges of Choiseul Island, a
staging point for the evacuation
of enemy troops from the central
Solonons 10 BougainVllle. Two
other barges were damaged.
An enemy convoy of SIX mer-
chant ships was attacked between
Buka Island and the southern tip
of New Ireland with undiscloSed
results.
Bombers sank a Japanese
tanker in the harbor at FAX FAX,
in Dutch New Guinea. and set
fires among enemy barracks and
docks at Ambon, on Amboina
Island
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-13

Meanwhile. plan your individual box boxes now!
Pledge yourself Immediately to be Santa TO serveman'
Many of the stationed posts this away
from home and will have Christmas that which
you help provide Many will be spending their last Christmas
this country for time Before long they will be the broad
seas a foreign battle field.
Do your bit bring them Christmas cheerb Santa TO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-13
JdpS Accused
OF FiItering Into
Hawaiian Isle
By RAY RICHARDS
ptunt Times Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON. OCT Is sub
s.ar.' and longtime American
residents of Hawaii are beng
driver from the islands by Japa-
nose crcroachment and Ia many
instances their property is falling
into japanese hands
The American element long
familiar with japanese traits and
trends. has evidence that the
island japanese have received
word from the japanese govern
ucnf that the emperor wants
them 30 increase their birth rate
to accelerate Japanese absorption
of Hawaii and vital statistics are
showing the uptrend that would
he inevitable after such lnstruc-
mons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-13
Santa Needs Gifts
For SerVicenaRen

Christmas box and yuletde party for servcemen
toned army posts and stations the
the goal of the Santa for Sercemen program launched this
by patriotic Deoers under the sponsorship of The Detroit
Times
Under the pan all Deroiters who fully appreciate what
their and neghbors the armed forces doing
their country will have opportunity to play Santa Claus
Do you your part
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-13
Negro Names Upton
AS Enciter of Riots

A member of his own race today
named Leo Upton, Negro, as the
man who jumped 10 the platform
Of the Forest Club, Sunday night.
June 20, and caused stampede
among the more than 700 Negro
dancers with the false statement
that white persons had thrown a
Negro woman and her baby into
the Detroit River.
The witness, Harold Lawson. 20.
OF 635 Marston, an employe of
the Forest Club, said the mob
then surged into the streets,
threw rocks through store
windows and Communicated cabs
from white drivers.
In the ensuing two days Of riot
ing. IS persons were killed. hun
dreds injured and property dam
age resulted running into many
thousands Of dollars
ALL-wH1TE JURY
The witness testified before
Recorders Court Judge John J
Msher and an all-white jury OF i
women and one man
Upton grabbed a BaieFePheHe
and shouted he was Sgt. Fuller
"a Negro police officer. Then
he said:
There Is a race riot al Belle
Isle. The whites have thrown
Negro woman and her baby
into the river. Get out 10 the
island. transportation is free.
Lawson walked 10 the defense
table and pointed 10 Upton say
ing
That's the man who made
the statement
Lawson VIII be crosS-eAar1Ined
today.
DENY 1T WAS Upton
Previously two Negro WAYNE
County deputy sheriffs testified
they heard and saw q man make
the statement from The bsndS'snd
but they were positive he was not
Upton.
The deputies were Charles y
Fisher and Lee ! Morton They
testified they were not on police
duty az the time.
William Beshm. e Negro special
Wayne County deputy said he
heard the riot announcement over
the public address system bar
could not identify the speaker
when looked out the
window later, saW people pull
ing trolley wires from street
cars, people milling around
street corners and throwing
things" he testified.
As the trial got under way
yesterday, riotIng charges againHt
Harper (Smooky) Morgan. II.
were dismissed BY Judge Msher
on grounds that no evidence had
been introduced proving that
Morgan took part in noting or
influenced other Negrocs 70 riot
Charges were continued against
Upton and Charles Little Wluie)
Lyons %.
In his opening statement. As
Sstsnt Prosecutor Edward 4
ElsaTelh charged that Upton ard
Lyo1 werc directly responsible
for 2 not.
E-.t%eseribed Lyons as a re
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-13
ATTACHES ROUTED

TIE fighting ragged from early
morning untl almost midnight.
Gen. NacArthars Australian vet
Grams held their ground ana
finally drove of the attackers.
Meanwhile, an Australian coll
Unn moving overland toward the
enemy's coastal supply base al
Madanc, 165 miles above Flnsch-
hafen. broke through strong de-
tense positions IN the Urla Val
lev, little more than IS miles
from their objective
The japanese, supported by
mountain guns, were hurled from
their positions by a fierce IN
fantry charge and retreated after
suffering heavy casualties
Mac Arthur communlQue also
revealed that four American P-47
Thunderbolt fighters scored a
spectacular victory over 80 Jspa-
nese fighters and eight bombers in
battle near the enemy base al
Wewak, 1S5 miles northwest Of
MadanE.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-13
HAw AuAN MAKES CHARGE

Those statements were made in
Washington toGsy by J A. Balch
chairman Of the board of directors
of the Mutual Telephone Co. of
Hawaii. now living here to he
nearer sons who are in the army
and navy.
Balch said the information is
based on letters received from
Honolulu friends who long have
been leaders IN the territory 5
business and professional life.
The correspondence, Balch SAID.
makes these additional observa-
tons regarding conditions which
are all blamed on soft and sentl-
mental handling" Of the acute
japanese resident situation IN the
vital United States outpost:
ff'ffIC tOwCT CtaSS OF island Japa-
neSe IS becoming increasingly ar
rogant toward whites, and the
upper class. seeking TO counteract
rising Caucasian resentment, IS
staging lavish parties and increaS-
ing IT'S habltual distribution Of
costly gifts to influential persons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-13
JAP VICTORIES CHEERED

japanese victories and atroci-
ties have been cheered al meet
ingS of Japanese on the remote
Kona coast of the island of
Hawaii, the big island y where
the population Is more than half
Japanese and keeps apart from
American activities
The Honolulu street car system
is now manned entirely by Japa-
nese. Once they staged an open
showdown strike They are now
being accused Of conducting a
secret slow down which is retard-
ING the efficiency Of the Hawaiian
war effort
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-13
Do Your Bit TO Cheer Soldiers

hip on the general committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-04
Isaac w. Reed, Pastor

Rev. DR.. Isaac w. Reed, noted colored
clergyman, came to Waterbury late in
the year 1900 and since that time has
been a leading influence among the
members of his flock and an exemplary
and trustworthy member of the com
munity. His death yesterday after a
considerable illness is a definite loss to
the members of his church and to the
city.
Pastor of the Grace Baptist church for
forty-tWo years he witnessed its growth,
the addition of new associates, and the
completion of memorial to his own zeal,
the impressive Gothic church located in
Kingsbury street built in 1881 and short
ly thereafter cleared of debt. Dr. Reeds
death came shortly after the time he
mad chosen to retire as active pastor.
DR.. Reed was born in Virginia before
the start of the war between the states.
At this stage of our history the advant-
ages for people of his race were not so
numerous as of today but he enrolled
as theological student in his native
state and acquired an education that
fitted him for the ministry, after which
he served briefly in Philadelphia The rest
of his useful years were spent in the min
1Stry, doing good among his people, an
example to many here in Waterbury
where he became part of the spiritual
and civic life.
Over eighty years of age the venerable
DR.. Reed, until very short time ago,
was active among us. Within the year
he had been heard from his pulpit, but
gradually was retiring from active par
ticipation. In point of years of service
he ranked as one of the city's oldest
clergymen. He had strong feeling for
a life devoted to the cultivation of the
soil, as means of livelihood. His church
and the people of the city have lost
worthy person in the passing of DR., Reed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-04
A Thought for Today
Stodginess and Hush-Hush

The Senate'S Truman war inveStigat-
Ing committee, which has proven itself
an honest, aggressive, intelligent agency
- never afraid to criticize, but never
shooting off merely to get headlines -
has joined in the swelling chorus of
criticism against the Nays "hush-hush
policy" Revealing publicly that sub
marine sinkings last year reached 49,
100000 tons, and exceeded the combined
construction of all the United Nations,
the committee says. German propa-
ganda announcements that these sink
ings are winning the war for Germany
are not true. However, our own hush
hush policy has given credence to such
propaganda. Certainty is always better
than rumor. Frankness is the best an
swer to propaganda" Perhaps the Navy,
and also the Army and President Roose-
welt, will pay more attention to this blast
from Congressional committee than it
has to similar protests from newspaper
men. These critics cannot be kissed off,
effectively if unfairly, as disgruntled self
seekers, shortsightedly subordinating
the country's welfare to their own desire
to get and publish news.
The Maryland the Army, too-takes
the attitude that it is not interested in
public criticism SO long as it is convinced
it's course is in the public interest. That
is q sound attitude with which we never
shall quarrel. But the Navy - and the
Army should be very certain that its
conviction in such matters is not ordin-
airy muliShness, unWillingness to admit
that brass hats are human and can err.
When such a policy, outside the field in
which the Admirals and the Generals are
trained, draws such universal condemna-
ton over long PERIOD from demonstra-
bly, disinterested agencies as we'll as from
the press, isn't it possible that the amateur
publicists are at least slightly wrong?
There is no question here of deliberate
autocracy on the part of the armed serv-
ices, and none of relative intelligence.
The brass hats are doing what they think
is right, and they are nobody's fools,
But they have been dabbling in field
about which they know no more than
we neWspapermen know about the hand
ling of fleets or armies in battle. The
proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Their policy has resulted in lamentable
lack of public confidence in government
publicity which, in a democracy, is ener-
waiting and could become disastrous.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-04
Time to End Mine Exploitation

The mining industry of the United
States is so gigantic that it dWarfs mag
nation Production of a ton of steel
requires two tons of coal In 1912, it
required the coking of 100000 tons of
coal to smelt 100000 tons of pig iron.
An output of 100000 tons of pig iron
and 97OOO,0OO tons of steel ingots is
expected in 1943
1t takes tons of copper for one min
ute of combat by SO fighter planes, and
this means from 200 to 700 tons Of cop
per ore. Other metals are used in pro-
portion.
But coal is required to produce the
heat to make most of them disable. 1t is
the major source of energy in the United
States. The railroads used 100000
tons of coal in 1912; public utilities, g.
100000 tons; and 1875, 100000 tons went
for necessary heating comfort.
There is no excuse for continuous labor
warfare in our coal mines. Neither the
public for the majority of employers
want to exploit the coal miners The
vice that has caused wars for centuries,
namely, the greed of few leaders for
unreasonable power, is causing trouble
in our coal mines. The few who would
exploit government, a mine or a group
of workers for selfish purposes, are the
ones who cause the millions of ordinary
citizens, including the miners themselves,
unnecessary loss, grief and suffering.
1t is time that dictatorship in either
labor, industry, or government be ended.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-04

kins, stating that he understood
the negotiations in New York
were deadlocked and suggesting
that she send John r. Steelman
to New York to use his good Of
fices in an attempt to settle this
dispute through the orderly pro-
cesses of collective bargaining.
STEELMAN TAKES "A HAND
That's how Steelman, chief of
the Labor Departments Concilia-
ton Service, entered the wage
negotiations as the Presidents
personal representatives.. Steel
man, a crack conciliator with
many aborted strikes to his credit,
announced that it was his aim to
reach a settlement which would
adhere TO the Presidents anti-in-
flation and wage sterilization
principles.
This caused another backstage
flareup. Davis and his WLB
colleagues were afraid the public
and the mine negotiators would
get the idea that Steelman was
representing the War Labor Board.
So WLB delegation called on
Miss Perkins and gave her this
uutimatum: Unless she issued an
immediate press release clearly
stating that Steelman was rep
resenting only the Labor Depart
ment. not the war Labor Board,
the Board would take the mine
case out of the Labor Depart
ment's hands.
Does this mean you are not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-04
ROLLBACK OF FOOD PRICES
(Hartford Timesl


The commendable action of Price
Administrator Prentiss M. Brown in
ordering a rollback of food prices
which had gotten out of hand,
whether legally under ceilings or
not, was timed To meet the coal
miners demand for higher pay but
was timely for other reasons as
well.
Experience of housewives Is quite
general that the cost Of food has
been rising sharply in recent weeks
despite the price ceilings which the
government has fixed. That means
that some of these ceilings may be
violated or that still too many foods
are not being controlled by OPA-set
limits.
1t cannot be denied that price
fixing of all foodstuffs in q nation
Of 135,000,000 people, living under
widely varying conditions as to cost
of food production and handling,
Is stupendous task. Yet nothing
short of nationwide, effective con-
troll of the cost of living will suf-
flee to keep the labor front quiet.
1t is not reasonable that it should
remain quiet If the family budget
keeps expanding on the expense side
for the simple necessaries of life.
Price Director Brown has given
sweeping directions to his staff
throughout the Nation to make
effective an equitable balance be-
tween wages and the cost of living.
The time has come for such action
If the Presidents "hold the line"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-04
This Thing Called Food

There is no doubt that war breeds food
column writer's. They are these gas
tronomic helpers, these culinary special
lists that give you many helpful hint,
but who also get you going round in
circles in presenting simple little one
dish meal, as they call it. Very often
your own intelligence, your own inge-
nuity will be of much more assistance
suggestions that beguile you in food
columns and are pictured in magazines
1t is true we have been great MASTERS
of food in this country. Things like beet
and celery tops, asparagus stems, lamb
and beef bones have gone the way of all
kitchen discards, better known as gar
bage The things that have been thrown
away! Fancy throwing away half or
even quarter of cabbage at the price
you are paying today for something you
fancy you don't like to smell. A cabbage
is a precious vegetable today, and a rose
by any other name could not smell as
sweet or as strong.
When two or more housewives get to-
gether today you find them not SO in
tent on the subject of three no trump,
'Mein Kampf," or buying mink coat.
No, you find them intent on culinary
Dragging, their soup kettles, their souf-
files, and their scrapple. There's much
competition these days among house
wives about the smart thing to do with
a pound or two of celery tops, wilted let
tuce leaves, and so on. This thing called
food has become very important in the
lives of our up-to-the- minute housewives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-04
THE FORESIGHT OF
SEYERSKY
New Haven Journal-Courierl

NANS" AA@fCAl OOu1Ildl-SOuIlcIJ
1.-The folly of shipping aircraft
which could be made TO fly under
their own power is truly bizarre"
That line is from Seversky's "Vic-
tory Through Air Power. The au-
thor goes on to speak of the waste
In cargo space in transporting at
IL or Is miles an hour airplanes
that are able TO fly at speeds of 200
to 400 miles. ut would require only
minor adaptations of most fighter
planes now in inventory or sched-
uled for early production to give
them over 5000 miles of sustained
flight" explains Major Seversky
further.
On Thursday of this week came
the announcement from the Army
that tWin-engined Lockheed Light
ming fighters are now crossing both
the North and the South Atlantic
under their own power. The nor
NAL range of the planes is doubled
by attaching streamlined gasoline
tanks under the wings.
Apparently the deli yery Of these
fighters via air has been going on
for several months and though
few of them have been lost or dam
aged, many more would have been
lost to submarines had they been
shipped on the surface. Besides val
liable time has been saved.
Seversky, one of the so-called
aviation Missionaries" is finding
events kinder to his ideas than his
critics have been.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-04
CONSUMPTION AFTER THE WAR
(Hartford Courant)

President Roosevelt, upon return
ing from his tour of training camps
and war industries, has admitted
that he is considering the POSSIBLE
ity OF using the wartime facilities
for a year Of training of American
youths in peacetime. He broadly
hints of great benefits accruing from
some sort Of compulsory training
program. We suspect that any such
proposal will arouse considerable
discussion. Compulsory training
during peace will be attacked as I'M
democratic. militaristic and danger
Gus to free government.
Without undertaking at this time
to present full treatment Of the
subject, we would point out that
compulsory military training may be
forced upon the nation. How can
America assume its role as a world
power If its word Is not backed by
military establishment sufficient to
command respect? Guns talk loud
er than finely worded diplomatic
notes. They will continue to do so
in that new order we hear so much
about.
Americans by nature are adverse
to military training: recall the pitt
full size OF our army before selective
service was adopted In 1910. To have
an Army, Navy and Air Force SUM-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-04

! course, the greater the dangers o.
imitation.
There are only about five figures
that you need to memorize and
count off on the four fingers ano
thumb of one hand, while yoU
hold your cocktail glass in the Other
to be authority on economics and
imitation.
First figure is this item on ma
tional income. If you don't like
$145 billion, pick your own. 1t
would be wise, however, to pick
something above $120 billion, which
is what it was in 1912. National in
come is what everybody gets, from
all sources. 1t is we'll to use the
thumb in counting off this figure,
so that you have the four fingers
left for the other, more important
items.
FIRST FINGER FIGURES
For the index finger, itemize the
item of income payments TO indi-
viduals. This is merely national in
come less corporation savings and
social security deductions from your
pay envelopes. With national in
come Of $l45 billion, convenient,
round number figure to use in your
lecture would be-oh, say, $40 ill
lion. 1t was $115 billion in 1912.
On your middle finger, subtract
taxes. Nobody knows what Con-
gresS is going to do about tax-for-
giveNess this year-not even Congress
itself-so one guess is as good as
another If you think tax collec-
tons in the calendar year 1943
will be sis billion this year, say so
firmly, and defy your listeners to
prove you wrong.
Deduct taxes from income pay
ments TO individuals and you have
left-$140 billion minus SIS billion
1925 billion of disposable income,
which is the high brown economists
name for spending money.
In 194l, consumer expenditures
weren't quite $75 billion, and in
1912 they were $82 billion. Con-
sumner expenditures in 1913 - the
item to check off on your ring
finger, can't make as big jump in
1913, and the economists figure it
won't go above $85 billion and will
probably be less.
WHERE INITIATION COMES IN
The difference between disposable
income of $l25 billion and consum-
er expenditures of $35 billion would
be $40 billion. And there, on the
little finger, you have the well
known inf1ationary gap. That $40
billion-if that's what the figure for
1943 turns out to be - represents
excess purchasing power, which can
be used TO bid up prices on the
small stocks of goods and services
available in war time. The trick of
controlling initiation is the trick
Of controlling those $40 billions.
Last year the figure was $27 billion,
which was bad enough, and the
year before 1t was less than $14
billion.
If your listeners haven't all
walked away and left you the floor
or the davenport. you can continue
to lecture by explaining what to do
with the $40 billion. Put it into en-
forced savings, or higher taxes or
war bonds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-04
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Electric Treatment

You were little rough on phySi-
cal therapy when you told your
reader the electric treatment" for
weakfoot is quackery. 1t is used in
many orthopedic hospitals especial
ly for faced Weakfoot. &C. A.
AnsWer-That would have been
rough, only I cid not say so. I said,
and I believe rightly, that the "spe-
cialist' who was treating down
ARCH with electricity is a charla-
tan. Faradic and sinusoidal cur
rents are often used in the treat
ment Of faced (paralytic or semi
paralytic) conditions in foot or leg,
Tony's Toenails
We loved your reference to the
echo of the footsteps of Tony the
Wirish Terror and that last wag OF
his tail-it told us what an under
standing person you must be.
(Mrs. j. P. r.
Answer-On the contrary, Ma am
I never did understand Tony-bu
he always seemed to understand
me too we'll, and the Nice Kind
Lady, too. He knew just how for he
could go without endangering his
welcome when he came back. He's
been gone this time for several
years, but I still imagine I hear his
toenails scratching on the slippery
stairs as he used to come up to tell
me it was coming on morning and
had better hit the hay. On the
advice of the veterinary I sanctioned
the use of an injection Of strych-
nine as the quickest and kindest
way to end Tony's existence. Some
dog owners tell me there are better
ways. But I don't want to know
any more about it'll never own
another dog.
Looking at the Sun
Is it beneficial to the eyes look
ing directly into the sun until
everything Is blur for several
minutes? (MrS. B. L. s.
AnsWer-No.
We Plump for Raytion
Please send your famous iodine
ration in inclosed stamped adj
dressed envelope. BY the way.
should 1t be called raytion or
rashun? ID. j. H.
Answer-For once, Webster and I
agree 1t should be pronounced ray
ton.
(Copyright, 1913, John r. Ollie co..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-04
Overwhelmed

Indianapolis raid wardens asked Wash
ington for 7,74O helmets. In August they
received shipment of 8,340; later another
7,74O came along; in February they
got 5000 and in March $50. This totals
1880 helmets for an inland city which
has held only one test blackout.
In addition, Indianapolis has received
$4,000 feet of fire hose = twice the guam
tity needed without nogzles; so aux
iliary pumps that cannot be used be-
cause Washington will not approve fit
tings to connect them to fire MIGRANTS;
240 ladders - twice the number needed
for which there are no trucks; and
f'"v other things