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The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-20
PAPER BAG SHORTAGE IS
BECOMING ACUTE

The shopper who finds himself
getting things wrapped in paper
bags can consider himself lucky as
the shortage of paper containers
is getting worse.
Some grocers said that they
haven't had large paper bags for
some time and have to ask custom
ers to produce their own cartons or
shopping bags when shopping.
Drastic curtailment of the manu-
facture of paper sacks is blamed for
the shortage of these becoming
more acute every day.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-20
Three SOL LDIERS Sc NTENCED
Newspaper Stories Sove Loss In Ole
Age Benefits Soys Mrs. M. Bolton

her three children, she would have
lost three months payments, or
more than $3.50 in all.
Other counties in the area serv-
iced by the Dayton office of the
Board have produced similar stu
ations, Miss Bolton concluded. eff
you know of anyone who has suf-
fered the loss of a husband or
father or child, whose job has been
covered by Social Security, you
might suggest that he call at the
nearest office of the Board at once
Delay may be COSTLY"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-20
ARMY West COAST COURT
MARTIAL ENDS; TWO FREED
THREE CONVICTED OF MURDER

SEATTLE, Dec. 20 (ANP)-
The largest court-martial trial of
World War II ended here with the
conviction of % Negro soldiers on
riot and murder charges to a clash
last August IA between them and
Italian war prisoners at Fort
Lewis.
The three alleged ringleaders,
convicted of numbering Pvt. Gug-
liolmo Olivette and hanging his
body on guywire, were Cpl. Luth-
er Larkin, %, Helena, Ark; Pvt.
William G. Jones, FL, Decatur, ILL.,,
and Sgt. Arthur J. Hurks, % Hou-
ston.
Among those acquitted were
T/5 Nelson Alston, "a, Chicago,
and Pfc. Arthur Williams, 19,
Cairo, Ill. The riot is said to have
started over protest Of molly
coddling" of the former Italian
Prisoners of War, situation that
was resented by both white and Ne
gro soldiers.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-20
MAC ROSS CHAPTER OF Blue
STAR MOTHERS TO MEET

A meeting of the MAC Ross Chap
ter of the Blue Star Mothers of
America will hold a meeting at
Linden Center tonight at 8 o'clock.
All members are urged to be pres
sent, as officers will be elected at
this meeting. The officers now
serving are, Mrs. Ethel Blackburn,
president; Mrs. Irene Revere,
treasurer and Mrs. Harriet Bar
nett, secretary.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-20
GIFT WRAppING5 NEEDED

Christmas gift wrappings are
needed for war, the United States
victory waste paper committee
stated yesterday.
Due to the extreme shortage Of
waste paper throughout the nation,
shipments of supplies overseas have
been seriously threatened, the COM
mittee reported. All citizens are
urged by the committee to salvage
every scrap Of waste paper for war
use.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-20
4 (AppELLA CHOIR At
Mckinley CHURCH TONIGHT

The Wright Field A capalla choir
will be presented in it's annual
Christmas program at Mckinley
Methodist church at 7:45 o'clock
tonight. Rev. G. w. Sherard, pas
tor, said this program was one
phase of the Christmas season ac-
tivities of the church.
Featured soloists on the pro-
gram will be, Miss Elizabeth Casey,
Mis- O'Dell Pennick, Miss Thelma
Hughes, King Carter, and Joseph
Wilson. John Cummings is director
of the choir.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-20
DAILY BULLETIN NEW5B0Y5'
DAY SET FOR SATURDAY

Saturday before Christmas is al
ways the day your Daily Bulletin
newsboy looks forward to most. It
is his day. On that day, he gets all
of his newspapers free.
Newsboys' Day is also an oppor-
tunity for his customers to reward
him for faithful service through
out the year.
Your newsboy will appreciate
whatever means you take to show
him your appreciation.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-20
PURPLE HEART TO
1888 IN BATTALION

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (ANP)
The Purple Heart has been
awarded to 1873 Negro soldiers of
the 855th Engineer Aviation bat
talon for wounds received in ac-
ton in the South Pacific, the war
department has announced.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1944-12-01
cription With Accuracy Drug Waiting

Speaks At Natchez College
Continued from Page y
mans lip as well. History does not record "a TIM
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1944-12-01

when the Negro has been much part Of world stua-
ton and this fact will be the acid OF Americas
practices of democracy, for puts it. The surest
to the betrayal OF civilization allow the abyss to
wide between the values praise and the values they
nit to operate.
Several aliens asked what in America did they
wish back their country. One said than
anything else he wanted to carry the feeling OF equality
back He said here in America taxi driver feels he
much and important anybody else. This just
about right For the Negro iii spite OF the dis
appointments. feel equal to any man and we still
have faith that democracy will triumph and that the demo-
cratic way Of life in the post will affect us and our
Children
In my opinion Negro business the post will
be unchanged unless this will have been victorious III
all phases That if America energies from this war
with the racial attitude Negro businesses will still be
operated the dark and dngy parts of American cities
Negro business will still be operated small scale and
in limited fields; but if after the Negroes are given
equal opportunities there shall rise and leaders who
will build Negro business equal any Negro businesses
in the post broadened and operated by
ganized groups offer Negroes any type OF accom-
nodatons. and entertainments they de-
sire. that there will be for him to want to
crowd in the other folks places.
The Negro has been severely criticized in his business
methods Some OF the criticisms will possibly automatically
pass away with the knowledge that he permitted to operate
wherever financially able and wherever there an
available place, whether it is on the main street or what
not You know. we people victims OF circumstances
are pushed back and consequently overlook the neces
Of cleaning up and Frightening up where we are but
if given equal privileges, and more or places
will respectable There some features however
that post with all the opportunities which may come
with it. produce and the most important OF these
is strength character Strength OF character weapon
of defense against the temptations 1t guards Our re
son and provides with the faculty OF comparing and
weighing advantages the end that know exactly what
Another is the to overcome t1dty ana
third is to remember that the life OF trying to rise
above his environment made OF perseverance and
we'll directed effort.
At the conclusion OF his address, Mr.. uddleson sum-
med up progress and achievements made by the Negro
under the present disadvantages and SAID that we have c
oired 10000 businesses and that being people about
thirteen million strong. is proof enough that with new
avenues already having been opened because OF the war
Negro business in the post will become more de
pendabe reliable, supported and more patrozed
bv Negroes themselves and il breathing prayer to what
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1944-12-01

he said he reced the first lnza OF the Negro nationa
anthem:
God OF weary years
God OF silent Gears.
Thou who hast led thus far the way,
Thou who hast by Thy might
Led into the light,
Keep forever i'll the path pray
Lest feet stray from the places,
God where met Thee,
Lest our hearts drunk with the wine OF the world
forget Thee.
Swallowed beneath Thy hand
MAY forever stand.
True Cod
True native land.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-03
By PETER EDISON

While the War Labor Board
is conducting its public hearings
on petitions of labor organiza-
tons to break the Little Steel
Formula, it will be confronted
with pleas that the issue be set
tied on the basis of the unions
specific demands, and not on the
basis of some trick new theory,
setting up a postwar wage pol
icy, or as political football to
be kicked around till after the
election.
Labor leaders are beginning
to infer that they are finding it
more and more difficult to hold
their unions in line. The wage
issue has been around since last
November, and at recent union
conventions leaders had a
hard time keeping the rank and
file from voting to abandon the
no-strike pledge. Three times
the repeal of that pledge barely
escaped passage at the Auto
Workers convention, and it is
still to be decided by a referen-
dunn of the more than a million
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-03

event in honor of K. M. Goddard,
who always acted as chairman
of the summer nationals at AS
bury Park. This year the God
dard Cup event was won by Miss
Florence j. Stratford of Cleve-
land, Ohio, and Mrs. r. w. Cor
don of Buffalo. Mrs. Gordon is
one of the country's outstanding
women players, and | will ven
ture a guess that we will hear a
great deal about her in future
national tournaments. Today's
hand is one she played at the
recent nationals.
After winning the first trick
with the king of clubs, West
shifted to a small spade and
dummy's ten held. The queen of
diamonds was led, East covered
and Mrs. Gordon (South) ruffed.
She did not make the mistake of
ruffing a club at this point, but
Immediately led small trump
TO the king, then led the jack of
diamonds and discarded one of
her losing clubs. West won,
cashed the ace of clubs and con-
tinued club. Mrs. Gordon won,
picked up the trumps and enter
ed dummy with the ace of hearts
to cash the good diamonds.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-03
BY MOSS HART
(Pinch-Hitting for ErSkine
JOhuSOn)

When | was first uShCrcd into
Gen. Henry II. Arnold's pres
ence in the PentagOn at WASH
ington, |, not usually an inarticu-
late fellow, found m Y e t
tongue-tied. This was no fault of
General Arnold'S, but by the
time you have walked past Sec
rotary Stimson's office, General
MarShallS office, and then are
ushered into General Arnold S
office, you are SO impressed you
feel that to even open your
mouth would directly impede
the war effort.
General Arnold asked how l
intended to 90 about writing the
play, Winged Victory" | re-
piled that since | knew nothing
about the, Air Forces whatever,
/ thought it would be sensible
for me to take trip TO an air
field and see what went on.
Three days later | was strap
ped into an Army plane and on
my way 10 our various air bases
throughout the country.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-03
DEADLY SOUVENIRS

In New York weIl-meonine soldier gave b.
zooko rocket to relatives for souvenir The boys OF
the family we're proudly showing it to their chums
The she'll exploded, injuring six Of the youngsters
Port Of its explosive charge had been removed, but
enough remained to cause explosion that cost
one lad both his legs and ridded two others with
shropnel.
The accident owoke New Workers to the danger.
Police bomb squods have been busy since then round
ing up similar souvenirs, They have collected other
rockets, szeoble ortiIIey Shells hand and rifle gre
nodes, cartridges, tracer bullets.
Similar tragic mishops should not have to occur
in other communities to make people realize that
deoth turks in apparently innocent n1enentoes Of
war; Ordnance is not designed for the mantle or the
library.
The strict Army rule against privately possessing
and transporting these souvenirs is not one Of the
"senseIess" miItoy regulations that G. is occos-
ionolIy erowl at It is ruling meant to save lives.
When soldier brings home on explosive os SOU
venir he knows he is violating this rule.
CviIions would do we'll to refuse such gifts. The
risk Of hurting the soldiers feelings is certainly the
lesser risk Of the two Those who already have these
souvenirs should get rid Of them to police outhori-
ties.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-03
. SOTHEY SAY

When Red army man puts
a pistol to a German soldiers
head at the front, the captive
screams Hitler kaput' (Hitler's
through, but in America they
pat the prisoner on the head and
he replies by putting his feet on
the table. - International Re-
view, Russian publication.
I do not accept the thesis that
the third world war is already
in the making. But I do most
emphatically wish to state that
it will be in the making unless
the armed force of the United
States is continued in being
when this war is over. - Navy
Secretary James V. Forrestal.
Management does not seem TO
realize that it too has a right
to make demands, not only the
right but the obligation. Man
agement must demand and get
cooperation for quality and low
cred costs so that there will be
more and better goods for more
people. Thomas Roy Jones,
president American Type Found
ers.
Certainly both Dewey and
Roosevelt will do their level best
if called upon to serve. The first
question to decide is one of
equipment and experience. Who
can better provide for perma-
nent peace and full employment,
Dewey or Roosevelt? - Vice
President Henry A. Wallace.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-03
. BARBS

When Goebbels first heard the
news of the attack on Hitler he
said he had feeling his head
would fall off. If he'll just be
patient, we'll take care of that.
Bathing suits have done much
toward keeping us from being
shocked by some Of the dancing
frocks.
The Jap fleet scoots from one
hideout TO another, but still
hasn't found the one we have in
mind for it-straight down!
Being too backward keeps
people from looking forward to
anything,
We've discovered the proper
place for the zoot suit: Way
Down Yondcr in the Cornfield'
ON Scarecrow!
It's wise to pick your friends
but not to pieces.
You can't expect a face to
look too cheerful in the early
morning - after it has been
slept in all night.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-03
THAT ELDERLY FEELING

One OF my chief IrritatlonS
throughout the entire Trip was
my feeling OF being not only
just old, but ancient tEdltor 5
not: Mr.. Hart IS 39D one plot
had reached the ripe old age OF
% and was already a lieutenant
colonel, and the various ages Oh
the rest OF his crew cine crew
which flew me around the air
bases) won't even go INTO.
bases Il won I even 90 INTO.
The Eager Beaver, that
young man VINO waits breath
lessly for that letter OF accept
ance to come and finally arrives
at an airileId w!dc-eyed and IN
nocent, expecting TO 90 rIght up
IN a Fortress, IS due tor rude
shock. what ne gets instead IS
pure Gil. basic trdInlng--out the
CLINT OF the future plot never
disappears from his eyes.
No matter what lndIgnity he
suffers, ne continues to remain
an Eager Beaver and thihk
everything Is Wondcrtu-
Thus the inst ride IN plane
alter TOUR months Oh cleaning
latrincs IS quite an event and |
wanted to DC a part OF H. SO l
promptly became part OF the
group ana went up 100
INSISTED on taxing 'he same
classification lcsls as me boys
rests started al '.oO cdCh MORN
ing ana curious ulIhE nap
pchco. by II l n'' Io'''P'C'r'S
loFSo'teh 'Ia' was " "'Iuo'e-
aged pIdy"i'Sh' IIf scar GU oI ma
terlaI LOT a play "'''eo 10
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-03
FILM ON PHONE COURTESY

CHICAGO - U.P) - A sound
movie on better telephone man
nCrS was shown recently to
groups of Kansas City, Mo, city
employees. The film was shown
by the personnel department in
cooperation with the telephone
company, the Civil Service As
sembly reports. The project is
part of the city's program to i'm
prove service to the public and
to create the most favorable i'm
preston toward the city hall and
its employees.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-03
CORNER

Tn. war. with all its fully justified restrictions
1900, civilian economy, must - owoys - come f'rst
;. ,h;rkno and planning the home front. No one
questions the priority Of the greet struggle ITSELF
There are sometimes however, apparent neon
...,.;es which place needless donsers in the Potns
IS civilians and which, far as this writer con see'
81 ...h;n. whatsoever to the efficiency OF the
fighting effort.
IN. salient example would appear TO be the
hoodino Of the Hall road North avenue trotfe 'snt.
Thot Iiaht, to which drivers hove been oeeus-
$500 for veors was turned off several months ago
=, ;n.+ruetions Of the Michigan State Highway De-
,or+ment; presumably upon the premise thot cleo
..;.v could be saved and, therefore, cool used TO
a.nerote power would be conserved for war Produe-
t;on Hundreds Of such lights were turned orr
throughout the stote
W. do not question the intent. We do question
The udoment as to which particular lights should be
turned off.
Here in Mount Clemens where, if anything, there
ar. far too mony troffe lights the speed Of cars is
necessarily governed by the restrictions OF eorPor
ate community.
Al Hall road and North ovenue such restroom
ING influence is at hand to protect the moto"s''
Of Aua. II John and Emmo ErsoI, Of Center
line, were killed in traffic crash at the Hall road
North ovenue intersection.
Lost Sunday Mr. and Mrs. William Nickel suit
fered severe injuries in an accident at the same cor
nsr.
Several lesser eroshes have taken place at Hol'
and North since the traffic light was turned orr.
We are inclined to think that some other light
could better be dispensed with and that at Ho' ond
North placed back in service.
II such should prove improetieoble at least the
honsins light fixture should be removed ond stop
.iens at the intersections be placed sufficiently far
back from, the corners to permit reasonable ossur
onee Of drivers being obe to stop before they cross
the traffic line.
A. the motter stonds approaching cars see the
fomiIior fixture honsins in the air above the inter
section. They wait to see how the light shifts -
and Of course it doesn't; by the time they neor
enough to ascertain thot the light is out OF service
they have slipped by the stop signs.
II is a deodIy, and confusing stuotion.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-03
High|ights from the Latest Books

1t is a story not only OF vic
tories, but also of defeats, and
takes you ashore in the Pacific
outpoStS and relates the life of
the natives, the quality of the
country and the effect the war
is having throughout the archi-
pelagocS. He includes revealing
portraits Of Adm. Chester w.
Nimitz and Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, although the picture he
paints of the latter may not set
too well with the generals
friends.
In this unified view of pro-
gresS and achievement in the
Pacific, DiScoll does not hesitate
TO state his own views. He ad-
VOCatCs the use Of gas in the
final stages Of war against ia
pan, arguing that it is more hui
name than the other warfare
which the Pacific has seen thus
far and that it would help to
bring about final victory in the
Pacific next year.
Jesse Stuart, the Kentucky
poet, short story writer and
novelist, is out with his first col
lection of poetry in 10 years
Album of Destiny (Dutton) u.
The poems have the typical
earthly quality of all of Stuart 5
writings and possess a kind Of
continuity through the recur-
renee Of several characters in
many Of them. They deal pri-
marily with mans life struggle
and nature. The volume is a
must for poetry and Stuart fans.
Cat-lOVers will take TO The
Care and Handling of Cats" by
Doris Bryant (Washburne), as a
feline does TO catnip. Probably
better, because the author ex-
plains that some cats do not
like the weed. This is especially
true Of young cats. Eventually
most of them acquire a taste for
it. The volume contains just
about every bit Of information
necessary 10 keep both owner
and pet happy.
"Home To the Hills" by Wat
kins +. Wright ARCADIA Housed
is a novel Of war marriage
which follows a familiar pat
tern.
Jane Burton. a frontier nurse
along the Blue Ridge trails,
grew restless as long months
passed and no word came from
her husband, 1t. Cliff Rollins, IN
the South Pacific. She finally
goes 10 New York, where she
begins a new life and finds a
new love, before her husband
returns home TO recover from
wounds.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-03
0 IN HOLLYWOOD

the shade-it was July in the
desert-but you couldn't pry the
boys out Of those new officers
uniforms. They stayed in them
throughout the entire day, and
buying that first drink at the Of
ficerS' Club was a ritual and an
orgy at the same time.
The cadets never know from
one day to the next whether they
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-03
TROLLEY TROUBLE

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 - (H1
A streetcar's one-man crew
ended an argument with a pas
senger by stalking angrily off
the car with:
II quit"
Downtown traffic was snarled
five minutes until a substitute
operator could be rushed to the
Abandoned car and riders.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-03
ELECTRIFYING NEWS

ALEXANDRIA, Calf, Oct. 3 -
(P)-Earl w. Stevens and his
three sons are all electricians in
the Navy. Mother works in an
airplane factory as an cleo
trician, of course.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-03
MOTHERS COOKING

EWPOHlA, KdnS,, OCT, -
(P)-The Emporia Army Moth
ers Club started canteen at the
Santa Fee station Dec. 81. 1912,
by giving away two boxes of
candy bars to service men.
Since then, figures the club
statistician, they have distribut-
ed two carloads Of magazines
and 864,000 cookies.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-03
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM L. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Until the war, the summer
session of the nationals had
always been New Jersey sea-
shore tournament. Two popular
events of the tournament are
the New Jersey Bridge League
pair event. and the Goddard Cup
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-03

are going to make it--not until
the very week of graduation. l
stayed with one crew down on
the flying line till that last mo-
ment when they took off for
combat.
No play and no playwright
can ever quite do justice to the
poignancy of that particular mo-
ment.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-03

(While Erskine Johnson is on
vacation, his column is being
written by guest conductors
from among his friends and fans
in Hollywood.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-03
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE Q
PIPE DREAM

PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 3 -
(P-Four women war workers,
unable to locate any cigaretS,
are putting away on pipes-and
urging other women to follow
suit.
Does pipe smoking make them
sick? We'll" coughed Mrs.
Alma Hunt as the four began
their third day of it, mot much. "