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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-06
Tax Estimates
DueApriI IS
Workers Warned
of DeodIine

Every "single person" who Is
q citizen or resident of the
United States must file by April !
IS Declaration of Estimated
Tax Federal income and VIC
tory taxes) for 1914 if he ex-
poets to receive during the year
more than $2,700 equivalent to
$51.92 per week or $225.00 per
monthly of wages that are SUBJ
ject to withholding, or more
than 500 from all other sources
provided his total income is ex-
pected to amount to $500 or
more.
The term "single person" in
cludes not only those who have
never married but also widows,
widowers, Divorces, and mar
ried persons separated by mu-
tual consent at the date pre-
scribed for filing the declara-
ton. 1t also includes taxpayer
who qualities as a head of
family" for the purpose of the
personal exemption but who is
not married and living with hus-
band or wife at the filing date
and is therefore treated as a
single person in determining
whether declaration is re-
quired.
Every married citizen or resi-
dent, living with husband or
wife at the time prescribed for
filing the declaration, must file
a declaration if he expects to re-
ceive in 1914, either alone or
together with his spouse, more
than $500 equivalent tc
$67.30 per week or $29l.66 per
monthly of wages that are SUBJ
ject to withholding, or more
than 500 from all other sources
il the total of such income for
the year plus the wages subject
to withholding is expected to
amount either to (a) more than
1924 for his total separate in
come, or to (b) $1,000 or more
for their total combined income.
In addition, a declaration is
required of aliens who are resi-
dents of Canada or Mexico and
who receive wages, subject to
withholding in this country,
within any of the groups stated
above.
AS practical matter. most
members of the armed forces
are not required to file declara-
tons. Service personnel who are
within the continental United
States on April Is have no spe-
cific exemption from filing, but
the first $1,000 of their active
service pay is exempt from tax
and, as a consequence, only a
small proportion of them will
have enough taxable income this
year to come within the filing
requirements. This $500 ex-
clusion is allowable without dis
tinction as to the rank or marital
status of the recipient of the pay.
If a husband and wife are both
members of the armed forces in
active service, then each is en-
titled to exclude up to $500
from his or her separate service
pay before considering any
amount as income for Federal
income tax purposes.
Husbands and wives who are
only temporarily apart as, for
example, where one is in the
armed forces, are considered to
be "living together" In deter
mining whether declaration
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-06
POISONOUS LIZARD

The ella monster Of south
western United States and Mex
leo is the only poisonous lizard
in the world. It's poison comes
near the bases Of the teeth of
the lower jaw.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-06

The right half Ct the face Is
more developed than the left In
9S per cen: OF human beings.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-06
"SERPENT" HOAXES

EUROPE
A huge skeleton, concocted
from various types of fossil
bones found in Alabama, once
was exhibited all over Europe
as a giant sea serpent.
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White Boys Are Dying


On the question of casualties the Laurinburg N Weekly
change (whte) complains mainly white
That may be true; have way knowing is
&c" for colored on Army and Navy casualty lists.
But the North Carolina is in its claim,
is responsible?
Who kept colored boys volunteering eighteen
months of the war?
Who keeps coord boys from serving fighting
Navy combat planes and with combat Marines?
Who is responsible that the fighting reg
ment of the nations BEST does duty
meeting the Japs head on?
Who broke the second coored cavalry division
and changed colored artillery and infantry units engineer post
battaions and quartermasters?
Whoever did this wanted colored labong jobs
the dirty work. the dstastefu tasks
more( dgnfed business of gun-tong flying planes
ing of ships.
The Roosevelt administration responsible placing per
of coored troops labor units But the Laubug N
didn't protest then. Why does it do now?
The Armys unAmecan policy confirming
combat service has been done repeated protests
We have always known changed casualty
list grew large enough.
MAKE THE HOME JOBS SAFE
Neither of the above suggestions security
for the million Negro workers employed industries
They have security unless the basic country
whole is kept running in high gear.
This requires that two basic conditions
President and Congress committed the principle of federal lega
ton full employment and living standards
for the of Americans Second struggle for special
action to make that Negro
workers do not bear dsprpoonae temporary
employment which the period bring
Peoples Voice IN. w.
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All who have read the resolutions
adopted with relation to political
action should bear in mind that
every line of same was written on
the typewriter used to prepare this
editorial, and in a room in Hotel
Grand, Chicago, when there was no
one present except this writer.
Prior to the preparation of same
we held no consultation whatsoever
respecting it's content with Walter
White, and with no other member
Of the committee. At no time dur
ing the session did Walter White
appear before the resolutions COM
mittee to make a single suggestion,
nor was he present when the reso-
luton on political action was read
to the. subcommittee, or the full
committee membership where it
was later adopted precisely as
written.
This writer is a Democrat, and
we plan, with slight exceptions, to
support the Democratic ticket, both
state and national, during 1914, but
even so, we realize and the directors
of the NAACP understand and know
the place of the NAACP is with
in the precincts of fundamental
political philosophy and broad in
terpretations of citizenship re-
sponsibility. When this is properly
done citizens can. be safely left
to their own wisdom and under
standing as to the party vehicle in
which they will ride.
Those who heard Walter White,
Sunday, understand and know that
this militant fighter took the hide
off the Republicans and that he did
not spare his lash when it came
to Democratic delinquencies. The
secretary of the NAACP does not
believe that political parties are
sacred cows. He believes political
parties represent principles in gov
eminent, and that they should be
judged solely upon this basis. He
believes citizens should examine
party promise and party perfor-
nance. This is the true and cor
rect guide with which to make
sensible approach to the political
structure.
Let no one be disturbed by the
charge that the NAACP has been
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-09-22
A Minister Goes to
Church in Harlem
By Rev. Ben Richardson
in Peoples Voice.

l dropped in on two church SER
vices in Harlem last Sunday night.
had spent the morning with my
little daughter in Central Park. The
quiet eloquence of windswept
trees - the magnificent antiphonal
singing of sparrows-birds of the
common man, and my child's in
quisitive gibberish which her moth
er alone understands, was church
enough for me. God was in the air,
actually nearer in the warm hours
before noon than 1 have known him
to be in many a day. But Sunday
night I decided to worship as men
worship. What saw and heard in
the two services I attended proved
to be grand argument for my
spending all of my future Sundays
in the park.
Short on Logic, Long on Noise
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YOUR JOB
Wherever you're working in office

Wherever you're working in office
or shop,
And however far you are from the
top,
And though you think you are
treading the mill,
Don't ever belittle the job that you
fill.
For however little your job may
appear
You're just as important as some
little gear,
That meshes with others in some
big machine,
That helps keep it going, but never
is seen.
They could do without you, we'll
have to admit,
But business keeps on when the big
fellows quit.
And always remember, my lad, if
you can,
The jobs more important, o, yes,
than the man!
So it's your hope to keep off the
shelf.
Think more of your job than you
do Of yourself.
Your jobs more important, don't
think that it's not,
So try hard to give it the best that
you've got.
-Orville Drake.
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turned over to the Reds, and that
Moscow is directing its destinies.
The whole world is developing a
"pinkness" in its attack on the
old social, political and economic
systems, and the American Negro
is no exception to this rule. The
NAACP will be marching on long
after Edgar Brown and his iniqui-
tous purpose have been cast into
the cutters of oblivion to stew and
boil in their own revolving stencil.
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EXPLODING
A MYTH
BY MARGARET HALSEY

(Senior Hostess. Stage Door Conteen. N.Y.
One hears a good deal of talk,
in some circles, about the Reds and
long-haired radicals who want to
tear down the Constitution. The
Reds and long-haired radicals only
want to tear it down. The peo-
pie who deny Negroes democratic
equality actually are tearing it
down.
There is no scientific basis for
the notion that Negroes are in
ferior to white people. A scientist,
given a collection of human brains
picked in alcohol, cannot tell which
ones belonged to Negroes and
which to white people. You can
check this statement in any good
reference library. Intelligence de-
ponds on the number and fneness
of the convolutions in the brain.
1t has absolutely nothing to do
with the amount of pigment in the
skin. If it had, you would all be
much stupider when you are sun
burned.
The real basis of prejudice
against Negroes is economic and
historical. The real reason has
nothing to do with rape, seduc-
ton and risings in the night.
The real reason can be summed up
in two extremely unromantic little
words: Cheap labor. AS long as
you treat Negroes as sub-humans,
you don't have to pay them so
much.
There's one way to make alb
solutely certain that neither the
Negroes nor any other section of
our population feels impelled to
rebel. That is to see that they
have nothing to rebel about. If
Negroes have the same education,
the same housing, the same jobs,
and the same opportunities as all
the other citizens in this country
all of which things we promised
them in the Declaration of indie
pendence and again in the Consti-
tution-they will have no more i'm
pulse to rise against US than red
heads, stamp collectors and suf-
ferers from stomach ulcer have the
impulse to rise against US.
If we have any secret yearning
to think of ourselves as a Master
Race, we have only to pick up a
newspaper to see that nobody is
giving odds on Master Races these
days.
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RACIAL EQUALITY

Editorial Minneapolis
The Chinese delegation the Oaks has let
the agencys will be similar proposal
rejected
hoped will this obvious
that with Asia assumption that the
Caucasians a superior
The Japanese pleaded long and nsistey Paris for racial
equality inserted the aftermath
might different the British particularly Aus
traa which being white country" steadast
opposition PRIDE they the mandate
the other islands the Pacific which much
American blood has been she'd
China instead of technical ally We have done with
Chinese delegation the Dumbaron
equality with all other representatives
the Under the circumstances is conceivable
that the racial equality plank will be rejected.
CONFERENCE ON RACE RELATIONS
Journal Education advances
proposal which broad support from
all progressive signed editorial Dr. Charles H. Thomp
he President the United States be urged to
call relations the earliest practical
moment"
relations United States
critical Propelled this the Ne
getting and the line
Dehard reactonares determined the status
quo Negro his progressive allies determined continue
moving of full democratic rights.
This basic conflict of which mounting racial tensions
deliberately exploited (as the Philadelphia transit
stke partisan selfish and and
would tremendously
This problem gravey threatens the existence of democratic
America CAN solved but through leadership and
firm action progressive Federal The proposed
tonal relations would upon problem that
NATIONAL attention and coordated leadership which its seriousness
requires.
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Urge People to
Back ArmY's Ban
on Jim Crowism

August 80, 1914.
Editor: A great forward step
for improvement of morale in the
armed forces and Civilian popula-
ton was taken last month by the
War Department, which issued a
general order forbidding practice
of Jim Crow in army post ex-
changes, theatres, and transporta-
ton facilities.
There is no question this order
will contribute greatly toward elm
mating the frictions and resentment
which Jim Crow nurtures and de-
velops in both white and Negro
armed and civilian personnel. It
is step most thoroughly in keep
ing with the democratic aims which
animate our nation and our allies
in our war against the Axis. It is
step required by the principles OF
progress, decency, and human dig
nifty.
A hue and cry has been raised
against this order by intransigeant
white supremacists, led by the Gov
ernor of Alabama who has urged
it be suspended. Loud cries have
been raised in defense of the ancient
barbarisms which must inevitably
be wiped out if we are to have
speedy victory, and to enjoy the
fruits of a victorious, democratic
peace in the postwar world.
Immense pressure is being
brought to bear against the Roose-
welt administration to go backward
instead of forward in eliminating
INSTRUMENTATION stone of fas-
cism-from our armed forces.
Racism must be abolished in our
country if Americans are to enjoy
the benefits of victory. The victory
and the peace are threatened by
the barbaric survival of Jim Crow
and anti-Semitism in our democ-
racy. Every step forward on the
home front must be defended from
attack by all forces who would push
US back.
It is not sufficient that we ap-
prove the army order against Jim
Crow. The enemies of victory are
attacking, and we must act.
In defense of the win-the-war
measure which has been taken by
the Army in this situation, we call
upon all people to communicate
their support to President Roose-
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To the whites the Negro jokes
further the function Of proving"
the inferiority of the Negro. To
the Negroes the function of anti
white jokes is partly to pose the
whites in a ridiculous light, which
to them is a compensation.-Gun-
mar Myrdal.
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REAL CHRISTMAS GIFT

A real Christmas Gift for G. l.
JOE is a years subscription to this
newspaper. Send check or money
order for $500 with name, camp or
APO. of soldier or sailor and we'll
partment, 314 Third Ave. &c.,
Minneapolis Is, Minnesota.
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welt, pledging their full co-opera.
ton to beat back the attack Of
white supremacists and their de-
featist brethren.
NATIONAL NEGRO CONGRESS
Max Yergan, President.
Thelma M. Dale, Acting Secy.
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Roosevelt Personally Suggested Adam
Powell Be Named as Candidate

4AS AISL CluLCu N1S1ICu Woo Az
Gated on one of Harlem's side
streets. l was attracted to it by
the SCATTERING blasts of its min
lister. Although I was across the
street, his booming voice assaulted
me and many a hapless passerby.
Ny first reaction was: This ought
to be good so l tiptoed across the
street, entered the building, and
was quietly ushered down the aisle.
The usher strobe down to the front
with great pomp, bowed and with
a wide sweep of his arm, indicated
a place for me to sit. His con-
sternation was considerable when
he turned towards his visiting wor-
shipper only to find l had slipped
unnoticed into a seat two or three
rows from the rear. He frowned
his genuine disapproval and tiptoed
crestfallen, to his post at the door.
The sermon was well in progress.
1t had been so for the last thirty
five minutes, l am certain. The
general theme was, "Why Concern
Yourself with the Here Is and Run
the Risk of Losing the Here
after'?" All that the good young
brother missed in common sense
and logic he made up for in noise.
A dear sister in a front pew
cheered him all along the way. She
ay-mened his words-hs pauses;
when he cleared his throat and
wiped his brow. By actual word
count she was only a few behind
him.
Audience Slightly Moved
The few people who attended
were "churchgoers," that is people
who go to church because they al
ways have gone and people who
confess it does them $50 much good
to CO." Some of the choir slept
soundly, others chewed gum vigor-
ously while others just sat and
stared wide eyed but mentally
asleep.
After (note after, not befOre)
the collection left.
l next went to another famous |
worship center on one of the main
thoroughfares of our community.
AS 1 approached the building
could hear a deafening din of abs!
obs! wooee's! so good! so good!
wheee! etc. 1 knew what to expect.
This was the interim reaction after
a heated song session. Testimonials |
had preceded the song. went in,
took a seat and awaited the next
act. During my thirty minutes stay
five collections were raised.
Ladies, too old for such extreme
exertion, gyrated devilishlike,
jumped three feet from the ground,
contorted their faces and bodies and |
fell limp and moaning to the
ground. Instruments frequently |
used in dance orchestras served the
same purpose here. Ingenious i'm
provisations on old hymns and ira
ditional church melodies offered
rhythm fit to compete with the best
jump music current bands play on
Broadway. The sermon was long
time coming and l am sure just as
long leaving. Because 1 valued my
time frugally 1 left before the
TRADE began. 1 knew what it would
be like.
It's been the same for IS years
and these people, victims of such
emotional hypnOtism are the pitiful
vestiges of the religious prOstitu-
ton of good sense and true wOr-
ship. I walked out into the street
thoroughly sObered by what I had
seen in both places. l was further
chagrined to think that in nearly
every pulpit in the community of
100000 people, similar bedlam
reigns every Sunday.
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Edgar Brown, Public Enemy No. |

An ame record the matter of attendance and the
funds raised reached during the Wartime NAACP
Reports made the showed that with information
available respecting the membership drive
ganzaton has already passed the 100000 be readily
that before September the half million will
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QUOTES

The public affairs of community
and state are ordinarily discussed
as if Negroes were not part of the
population.-Gunnar Myrdal.
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A radical thinks today what you
may be thinking White
County Review, Bald Knob, Ark.
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This is one of Americas
great cities - boost it every
day.
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YOUR dream kitchen is
s.just around the corner".
We mean the Modern
Kitchen you have been
saving war bonds for. And
it will be priced within
easy reach of folks whose
incomes are modest.
1t will be beautiful as
well as practical. 1t will
save you time and work
every day. 1t will contain
an Automatic Modern
Range, Electric Dish
washer, Sink, with Gar
bage Disposal, Electric
Refrigerator, and of
course, there will always
be an abundance of hot
water from your Auto
matte Water Heater
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-25
COVER GIRL

Barbara Britton. gh0 achieves stardO mas the French novice ifl ''rlil We Meet Again." has posed for more magazine covers than ails actress in Hollywood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-25
GOING MY WAY
 CROWD PLEASER
State Continues to Draw Capacity Audiences for
 Bing CrOSby's Latest

Going My Way" the new Bing Crosby hit that has an Waterbury talking. continues to draw capacity attendance at Warmers State the ater where it will continue showing through performances Tuesdsl even ing.
 Currently in the tenth day Of It's two weeks engagement 'fGoing My Way has smashed all attendance records to date and promises to set all time high for theater attendance in Waterbury, according to Man. ager Julia Smith Of the State.
 Bing is said to turn in his best performance as Father Chuck OMalley. a kindly young priest, while Barry Fitzgerald scores heay- tly as the sometimes irrascible but always lovable Father Fitzg.bbon. Critics have stated that it win be a long. long time before any actor eclipses Fitzgernld's performance According to reports he holds au- diences spellbound. whether he's seen in company with Bing. Prank McEfugh. who portrays genial Father O'DoWd. Rise Stevens, Gene IsOckkart or James Brown. The shining characters portrayed by aii the players. in fact. are all such warm and human figures as tO make the entire cast grateful for the opportunity 10 play them on tise screen.
 Also outstanding in the finn is the Robert Mitchell Boy choir. which shines in many Of the musical num- bers as the group blends its voices
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-25
Promising Pictures Feature PrOgrams ofLOcaI 7heaters
TECHNICOLOR HIT
 AT LOEW'S POLL
Greenwich Village Fea- lures Four Name Stars;
 Good CO.Feature

Reaching back Into colorful post. World War ones roaring '2oS" Cor Its plot and musical setting. ~0reenwlch Village" 20th Century Foxs newest technicolor excursion into another exciting period of Am. erica's past. opens today at Loew Poll theater.
 With Carmen Miranda. Don Ameche, William Bendix and Vivian Blaine, The Cherry Blonde" in. volved in It's tuneful story. Green wich Village" rolls back twenty years to the riotous hey-day of Am- ericas worid-famous artists colony In Greenwich Village" Don Ame- che most recently seen in Heaven Can Wait" and Happy Land es- says another intrlguing role as a young composer who came out of Kansas to win Q reputation in the Arabian Nights atmosphere of Greenwich Village. Opposite Don Is . new musical discovery whom goth Century Fox has slated for musical etardom-- red-headed Vivian Blain The ''Chcrry Blonde" makes her leading.lady bow as Ameche's roe mantle interest and sings three new hit songs in her introductory role which preview critics are betting will send her far along the path cut out by Betty Grable and Alice Faye. Greenwich village Provides Carmen Miranda with her first role since Tine Gangs All Here.' and her subsequent critical illness. It offers her increasing opportunity to display her newly Uncovered talents as . comedienne. and provides her with songs streamlined to her with unique slnging-dancing tnterpreta- tions.
 william Bendix fresh from his stellar portrayal in ''Guadalcanal Diary" and "Liftboat." reveals heretofore unexplored side of his acting prowess by slipping into dinner jacket and the role of a speakeasy operator with ambitions Co beat Ziegfeld in show business. Also included in the brilliant cast Of the gay extravaganza are Felix Bressart, the dancing De Marcos Tony and Sally and the Revuers. a sophisticated comedy quartet which first gained attention in New Works Greenwich Village and became the rage Of cafe society.
 Greenwich Village is entertain- ment-plus Don't miss itl
 The oo-hit on this musical pro- gran is Three Little Sisters" with Ruth Terry.