davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09

1t was 81 per cent.
Using anew
method of reading the heat ~
meter on the SUM-" he foretold
temperature changes in Wash W
ington for POI consecutive days
and 60 per cent of his forecasts 81
proved TO be correct.
DR. Abbot watches the calcium clouds
that hang around the sun. Calcium,
abundant in the sun bos and Vaporizes
at 1000 degrees and the solar surface
being at il 900 degrees. YaporouS- rings this
substance always are present. The density and
distribution of the suns calcium clouds vary
with solar heat
For more than quarter.century, the Smith
sonian Institution has been making precise daily
measurements of the heat and light which come
from the sun at Table Mountain, Calf, Burro
Mountain, N. M, and Mt. Montezuma, Chile
The average solar energy received every day
all over the earth, is equivalent of 450.million
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09

1lOOucu QlSdSlIOuSly
Easter Sunday was
ushered in, in New York,
by April showers of the
kind you shovel. On
April 5 there was a real
blizzard with snow fall
ing four inches deep in
the city and covering
suburban areas with a
l3-inch blanket.
Fayetteville, Ark, had
been Boosting that it
hadn't had freezin e
weather in May for "a
years, but this year that
record was broken by a
freeze the first week.
These are only a few
Of the craZy-weather phe-
nomena everyone has
observed at close range
this year, and which
make pre- diction s of
other freak storms and
temperatures i'm order.
1t may seem more
fantastic 10 try to tell
what the weather will
he like three-quartcrs of
a century from now.
But tn a [ S W h a { Or.
Charles Greeley Abbot,
famous astronomer and
physicist, and secretary
If the Smithsonian In
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09

Astronomers, Measuring Solar Heat, Predict
That This Year May See Such Screwball
Phenomena SnOwfalls i'm the Tropics and
Bathing Parties in the Arctic
a particular light frequency. There are also IT,
visible rays.
Whatre known as the ultraviolet rays cannot
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-25
10 Jap.American
Soldiers Convicted

FORT MCCLELLAN, Ala,
April 25 Up Nineteen of %
Japanese. 'nerican so q G T $
placed in the stockade here last
month on charges of refusing TO
take infantry training have been
convicted by courts martial and
the Doth is currently on trial,
Army Public Relations declared
today.
The last nine convicted and
their punishment;
Pfc. Frank F. Hirouchi. Is
years in prison; Technician Fifth
Grade -Masuo- Morita. 20 years;
Corp Henry NJ. Itano. IL years;
Pvt. Masao Oyama, eight years;
Pfc Mitsuro r Mitsuhiro, IS
years; Pfc. Kcniairo Hayakawa,
10 years; Pfc. Yoshikazu Ishiya-
ma. 10 years; Pfc. Shigeo Ha-
mai, 10 years, and Pvt. HAIKU
ben Nozawa, Is years.
The soldier on trial is Pvt
Masami j. Okamoto.
Names of the first 10 con-
victed - whose sentences rang
ed from five to 80 years in
prison - we're made public pre-
viously. Home addresses have
not been made available in any
of the cases.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-25
Negro Officer
Goes on Trial
at SeIfridee

Sharp verbal exchanges dur
ing crosS-eXamination of defense
witnesses this morning marked
the second day of the court-mar-
tial of 25-year old colored of
ficer at nearby Selfridge Field
Army Air Base on charges of
disreSpect to his white superiors
and of having been absent with
out leave from his post of duty.
The accused man, End. Lieut..
Milton R. Henry, of he Com
municatlons section of the 553rd
Fighter Group, is charged with
seven violations of the 61st Arti-
Gle Of War; of one offense under
the 63rd Article of War: and of
two additional counts under the
6lst Article of War.
Specifically, under the 63rd
Article Of War, Lieut.. Henry,
called before his squadron COM
mander concerning an alterca-
ton with an enlisted man, is re.
ported to have cried:
Il got my promotion through
initiative and integrity; you Of
ficers can't say that. All revolu-
tons have been initiated by
minorities. r e m m Der the
French revolution and the Rus
sian revolution. In each case the
minority ruled and someday !,
too, will be in a position to die
tate"
From the witness stand at Sell
fridge Field Lieuts. Coils.
Charles A. Gayle and A. r. De
Bolt substantiated the fact that
Lieut.. Henry had made such a
statement. Lieut.. Col. Gayle de-
scribed Lieut.. Henry's attitude
as having been "insubordlnate
much of the time.
During this mornings testi-
mony the defense attempted TO
show that Lieut.. Henry's physi-
cal condition is such that he
should not have been indicted
into the army. A doctor from
Percy Jones hospital expressed
his belief that. had he been the
examining officer, the young of
ficer would not have been &C
copied for service.
Lieut.. Henry, native of
Philadelphia. entered the army
as an enlisted man in April,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-25

Europe did not use potatoes
as food until 100 years after
their discovery in South Amer
lea.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-25
Arthur Stead

Arthur Stead, age 48 years,
for a number of years a Ray
Township resident, died Satur-
day following a brief illness.
Mr.. Stead, a bachelor, was a
native of Michigan, and for
merly worked as a plant protec-
ton officer in Detroit, in asso-
citation with the Detroit Police
Department. He is survived by
three brothers and two sisters
residing in Northern Michigan.
The funeral took place at
1870 pm, today with services
by the Rev. Joseph l.. Kennedy,
of the Presbyterian Church.
Burial took place in Summit
Hill Cemetery, with d. B. Hub
bard in charge Of arrangements.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-25
High School Choral Group
Reheorsing Hit the Deck

Nautical but nice. and tip-top
entertainment, is condensed
description of the popular musi-
cal comedy, Hit the Deck, :
which will be presented May l8
and 10 by the Choral depart
ment of Mount Clemens High
school, under the direction of
Mrs. Alice Slocum Wright, de-
partment director.
Collaborating on the produc-
ton are the instrumental, dra-
matte, art, physical education
and manual arts departments.
Decision 10 attempt the popu-
lar current hit was made after
a group Of students and teachers
witnessed the performance OF
Hit the Deck at the Masonic
Auditorium. Detroit. recently.
All agreed that it was sure-fire
entertainment that could be
staged by an ambitious school
group with ample talent. En-
couragcment was lent 10 the
plan by directors Of various
school departments who pledged
full cooperation to Mrs. Wright
pupils.
The operetta is the story Of an
attractive girl operator of cof-
fec shop in seaport town,
where sailors abound. and love
invariably finds a fertile field.
The coffee cutie does the eX-
pcctcd thing and falls in love
with sailor, and the merry
chase begins.
Nautical tunes and dances will
feature the production. Mount
Clemens will hum and whistle
its catchy tunes for months after
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-25
Trailer Blaze
Proves Fatal
Arthur BIoquiere
Dies in FIomes

Arthur F. Blaquiere. 53-year-
old Consumers Power Company
employe. was burned 10 death
early Sunday morning when fire
of undetermined origin RACED
his trailer dwelling at 274l Lit
tie road, Clinton Township.
Following an autopsy CON
Quoted Monday, and an investi-
CATION of the ruins, Coroner
Howard V. Groesbeck. Jr., ruled
that death resulted from the
conflagratione No evidence of
foul play was found. and roll
cd bundle of what appeared 10
be currency, found in a tin box
IN the ruins, apparently preclud-
cd any theory that the death
was other than accidental A
check is being made with Fed
eral treasury authorities con-
corning the supposed currency
and its value.
Deputy SherlffS we're called TO
the Blaquiere trailer at 4.2O a.
m, Sunday, after paSsers-by
had noticed it blazing. The fire
was beyond control and the
small structure almost totally
destroyed at that time.
Funeral services were held at
$50 a. m. today from the La
CroiX & Grocsbeck funeral
home. with mass at st. Peters
church at 9 o'clock. Burial was
in the Catholic cemetery.
Mr.. Blaquiere, widower, is
survived by the following child
rem; Adelard of Roseville; Her
man, Ontario. Canada. Louis, of
Clinton Township; Rita and
Julia, of Emmett, and Arthur, of
Avoca.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-25
a. EcOch1lPnkO

Andri Evachnenko, age SO, OPP
orator of a Harrison Township
fish market, died late Monday
at ST. Joseph hospital following
brief illness.
Mrs. Evachnenko was said to
be a native of Greece, where
friends said his widow and a
daughter still reside. He had
been in poor health recently.
He operated the roadside mar
ket for some years.
The funeral was scheduled to
take place at 2 p. m. Wednesday
with services at the LaCroix and
Groesbeck funeral chapel con-
Quoted by the Rev. Jacob Wulf-
mann. Burial will be in Summit
Hill cemetery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-25
Two Killed
in Accidents
Doctors Wife
Among Victims

Two automobile accident ia
talities were recorded in Ma
comb County Sunday, one of
them in an accident outside the
county's limits, and four per-
sons were injured in the acct
dents, two of them seriously.
The dead are:
Mrs. Margaret DeGurse, SO, of
Marine City, wife of DR.. Thorn
as F. DeGurse, 20. who was in
jured, and
Thomas Gleason, 80, of 1851
Kercheval, Detroit.
Gleason's brother, James D.,
%, of Emmett; Edward Agger,
a., of Detroit, and Floyd H.
Garlick, %, of Port Huron. were
injured in the accident involving
Gleasons car and Garlick' 5
truck near New Haven.
Mrs. DeGurse was dead on adj
mlttance TO st. Joseph Hospital
at $50 pm, Sunday after car
driven by her husband had coll
lided head-on with another auto
at the Shea road, near Fair Ha-
ven.
DR.. DeGurse, who was also
injured and treated at the hos
pital, had left St. Joseph Hos
pital half hour previous to the
accident, and was returning
home after visiting a patient
there. Two other persons, occu-
pants of the other car, were in
Jured and taken 10 Port Huron
for treatment.
The accident involving the
Gleason car took place at lis
am, Sunday on Gratiot avenue
in Lenox Township. j m e
GleaSon's car, going north,
struck the rear of Garlick S
parked truck, which, it was Of
tlcially reported, was parked on
the pavement protected by
flares, due TO tire trouble. Gar
lick suffered face and foot in
Juries. James Gleason was criti-
cally injured and Agger is in
serious condition. Both car and
truck were badly damaged.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-25
Ex.5tate Trooper Faces
Impersonaiion CHARGE

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Apr.
25-(P)-Harold George Brown,
29-year-old former member Of
the Michigan State Troops, ar
rested Monday on charge of
impersonating an army private,
was turned over today to the
Federal Bureau Of Investiga-
ton. He is accused of using his
old uniform Of the State Troops
to obtain waiver of the re-
quired five-day wait on mar
riage license application, a cour-
tesy usually granted servicemen
in Probate Court.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-25
Birth Control Advocate
Cites Need for Curbs

SEATTLE, April rs --(P)-
Mrs. Margaret Sanger, birth
control movement leader. said
in an interview yesterday that
unless the men VINO dictate the
peace terms force Japan, Ger
many and Italy 10 control their
nth rates the three nations
would throw the world into war
again in 20 years.
She said Japanese militarists
as far back as 1921 were fight
ing dissemination Of birth con-
troll information, fearful that a
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-25
IgmUtx TUIUrNk

NEW HAVEN-Funeral serv-
ices were held here Monday for
lgnatz Talarak, age So years, a
native of Poland, who died Fri
day at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Anthony Rojeski, 303l
Knight road, following an ILL
ness.
Mr.. Talarak, who had preserv-
ed his faculties we'll despite his
advanced age, came to this coun-
try from Poland in 1904, and
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-25

Volume of underground water
in the earth has been estimated
at about one-third of the amount
in the sea.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-25

James and Audrey; besides his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Carpenter, of New Haven, and a
sister, Mrs. Darleen Nelson, of
Mount Clemens.
The funeral will take place at
] p. m, Wednesday with serv-
ices at the Will funeral chapel
conducted by the Rev. A. CT.
Kruschwitz, of Marine City.
Burial will be in the Lakeside
cemetery, Port Huron.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-25
Obituaries
Loud Carpenter

NEW HAVEN-Funeral serv-
ices will be held Wednesday for
Lloyd Alfred Carpenter, age AZ
years. who died al st Joseph ;
hospital, Mount Clemens, Sun
day evening following a months
illness.
Mr.. Carpenter was native of
Capac, and for the past l6 years
he had lived in Ray and Lenox
Townships.
He is survived by his widow,
Bernice, and two children,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-25

had lived on farms in Armada,
Richmond, Meade and the New
Haven area since that time.
He is survived by his daugh-
ter; a son, Stephen, in Poland;
six grandchildren and four great
gran ichildren.
Services were held Monday at
the Will funeral chapel. with
burial in the Catholic cemetery,
Mount Clemens.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-25

lowered birth rate would block
their plans for war. Mrs. San.
ger is visiting her son. a Naval
lieutenant stationed here.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-25

the show. Rehearsals are in full
swing and the finished product
is expected to receive the pub
lies "E' award for excellence.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-25

1941, and was commissioned
2nd. lieutenant in September,
1912 He has been assigned TO
Selfridge Field since August,
1Q43
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-11-10

working for a dollar an hour earns
$40 for the first forty hours of work
and an extra $12 for eight hours over
time at time-and-a-half, making a
total take-home wage of $52 a week.
Comes the end of the war and over
time disappears, even if the worker is
lucky enough to hold his job. Thus,
his take-home pay is cut SIP week.
If any economist can show us how a
working mans family which is hard
pressed now to get along on $52 a
week can manage to make both ends
meet at $40 a week during the post
war period, we'll eat our hat. If any
War Labor Board professor can con-
vince us that the nations purchasing
power can be safeguarded while take
home wages are cut right down the
line, We'll shut our trap.
But as it looks to us now, in the
absence Of any such proof, our coun-
try and it's workers are going to be
in a tough spot unless immediate ac-
tion is taken to revise the Little Steel
formula so that employees will be able
to receive for forty hours in the post
war period what they earn now for
forty-eight hours.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-11-10
XMAS SEALSSALES
STARTS ON NOV. u

The annual sale of Christmas Seals
this year will begin on November q
instead of November 20, as originally
planned, in Difference to the opening
of the Sixth War Loan Drive on Nov
ember 20.
In announcing postponement of the
opening of the Christmas Seal Sale,
Robert G. Paterson, Ph.D., Executive
Secretary of the Ohio Public Health
Association, said that workers in the
88 county tuberculosis associations in
Ohio are cooperating in every way
possible to insure the success of the
War Loan Drive.
Whatever the task for which we
are responsible" DR.. Paterson said,
there is an additional obligation upon
us all. It is the obligation to buy War
Bonds"
To avoid any confusion resulting
from the opening of two nationwide
drives on the same day, the Christ
mas Seal Sale will be conducted from
November 27 to Christmas.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-11-10

suggest that it would be too danger
Gus to monkey with wage changes now
and if labor will only wait until the
war ends the National War Labor
Board would then be more than will
ing to order general wage rate in
crease.
How lovely How generous! How
academic! And how impossible are
these pious and benign but completely
impractical ideas!
The professor forgets that when
the war ends and war contracts are
cancelled there will be a surplus of
labor instead of the present shortage.
At least temporary unemployment is
bound to come. Perhaps millions will
be searching for jobs. Does he think
that at such time it will be econom-
ically feasible to decree and enforce
wage increases? Some one should
teach the professor the economic facts
of life.
If his reasoning is sound, then we
are wasting our time holding confer
ences like the one at Dumbarton Oaks
on the organization of lasting peace
because the war is still on. Yet every
one knows how important it is to OBJ
tain clear-cut agreement on the or
ganization Of peace and international
cooperation while the wartime spirit
Of cooperation still runs high among
the United Nations.
Labor begs to differ with the pro-
fessor because it realizes what it is
up against now and what it will have
when the war production program is
drastically cut back. 1t realizes that
the cost of living has never stopped
going up during the war and that it
will continue to go up after the fight
ing ends because there will still be .
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-11-10
Ornburn and Brooks
In Joint Broadcast
On Xmas Shopping

Washington, D. c. lILNS).-"OPA
and Christmas Shopping" will be the
subject of joint broadcast by /. M
Ornburn, secretary-treasurer of the
AFL Union Label Trades Department
and Robert R. r. Brooks, assistant
administrator Of the Office of Price
Administration, over the coast-to-
coast network of the Mutual Broad
casting System, on Nov. II, from 7:45
to 8 P. M, e. w. T.
The Union Label Trades Depart
ment is urging all members Of or.
ganized labor and their families ia
'listen in" on this broadcast in homes
and at union meetings.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-11-10

mentators have screamed to high
heaven about the size of take-home
wages, but they have studiously omit
ted any mention Of the fact that these
higher earnings are result Of longer
hours Of work. They have never point
ed out that the purchasing power Of
higher take-home wages has been null
flied by booming living costs.
And now let's see what's going to
happen to take-home wages if the
War Labor Board professors have
their way and no change is made in
the Little Steel formula. A man now
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-11-10
HEROlSM OF DUTCH
WORKERS HAILED

lin a deserved tribute to the hero
ism of Dutch railroad workers, who
have been carrying on strike against
their Nazi appressors, the Washing
ton Post hailed them in an editorial
as "unconquerable. This is another
instance Of the inspired resistance OF
Hitler displayed by workers through
out occupied Europe. The edit ,rial fol-
lows:)
For full month there has been a
railroad strike going on in the Neither
lands. It's significance ,and the heroism
it entails, have been somewhat OBJ
scured, perhaps, by the march into
Germany itself of the fighters in uni
form. But the striking Dutch railroad
workers, themselves civilian fighters
behind the front lines, have contrib
uted significantly to the progress Of
the Allied armies. And they have done
so at sacrifice which, when at the
last the full story can be told, cannot
fail to excite the admiration and graf
itude of all free men.
On September II, the Netherlands
government in London issued call
over Radio Orange for general strike
by all Dutch rail workers. The pur-
pose was to hamper German troop
and supply movements in order to
permit Allied airborne forces to con-
solidate their positions. The response
to the strike call is said to have been
| overwhelming. All trains were halted
and this no doubt helped greatly in
establishment of the salient at Mime
gen and the isolation Of German divi-
sions along coastal lowlands. At Arm
helm, however, the British paratroop-
ers were finally forced to withdraw.
And the harsh fact is that most of
the territory of the Netherlands still
remains in Nazi hands.
But the strike of the Dutch rail-
road workers continues land the Nazis
have been able to operate only the
few trains they could man with Ger
man crews. What strike means in
territory under Nazi control can only
be imagined. The most ruthless mea-
sures of terror and reprisal have been
taken against the Dutch. The families
of strikers have been seized as hos
tages. Two villages, Putten and Ber-
kel, have been burned to the ground.
Food and the coal necessary to pump
seawater from the land have been
denied to the whole Dutch population
all to bring the strikers to heel. But
neither they, nor their countrymen
who are made to suffer for their re-
sistance, show any disposition to yield
to these brutal pressures. They remain
unconquerable.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-11-10
FACING
The
F FACTS
With PHILIP PEARL

This column deals with futures be-
cause it has to. In most cases it is re-
printed in the labor press from one
to two weeks after it is written. There
fore, the subject matter must be chos-
en- with an eye to its future reader
interest.
The United States also deals in fu-
lures because it has to. Military plans,
diplomatic maneuvers and economic
decisions must be made far in advance
of the effective date. The welfare of
the nation demands it.
With this preliminary explanation,
we wish to call attention now to the
urgent need of immediate decision on
paramount economic problem which
is bound to have far-reaching effects
in the future. We refer to the wage
problem.
There is one school of thought which
breaches - and practices - delay, a
school whose faculty is made up Of
the public members Of the National
War Labor Board We fear they are
playing with dynamite.
They feel that this is not the time
to revise the nations basic wage pol
icy. They counsel delay and postpone
ment until the war ends.
Generous Soul
In fact, one professor Of this school
of Thought has even gone so far as to
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-11-10
SLIGHT CUT NOTED
INsGOVERNMENT JOBS

Washington, D. C.-Paid employees
in the executive branch of the govern
ment have decreased by yS8O,212 since
Aug. l and totaled 2,880,997 at the
end OF September, the Civil Service
Commission reported.
tlnlsWashington the reduction was
SAT- during September to a total Of
259.058, lowest in almost two and one
half years.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-11-10
Showdown Now!

scarcity for long period Of consum-
er goods especially food.
Showdown Now!
That is why labor insists on show
down nova showdown on the basic
issue Of justice to the workers of our
country who have helped to win the
war and have voluntarily refrained
from capitalizing on their economic
strength during the war.
Every time labor has asked for ad-
justment Of wage rates during the
war, hue and cry has arisen against
it. Editorial writer's and radio COM