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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-02

eyed, neatly dressed, soft spok-
en-, grammatical. He has never
been fired from any job and he
has no grudgeS against manage
ment.
He got the idea for the Fore
mems Association of America
back in August 194l. He was, he
SAYS, sick and tired of seeing
good foremen in the Detroit
area called into the office, hand
ed a check for a couple weeks
pay and summarily fired. He
was tired, too, of seeing the
ways in which labor was some
times kicked around. and of the
ways some labor didn't give
management a good days work.
He thought that if he could form
a professional association of
foremen, the men who were in
the middle and could see both
sides, he might be able TO do a
little towards correcting some
of the things that were wrong
with defense production.
FORD FIRST TO SIGN
His idea caught on. The Ford
Motor Company, last to give in
and sign contract with the
United Auto Workers, was the
first TO sign a contract with the
Keys forcmen's association,
Henry Ford himself recognizing
the importance of the foremen
III production.
Chapter No. 5 was formed at
the Packard Motor Car Co. A
relatively small company before
the war, it had expanded tre-
mendously on government con-
tracts. Also, Packard was having
trouble with its foremen, who
were mostly on straight salary.
When the Merlin engine plant
went on three shift, 48-hour
week operation, lot of the
foremen just didn't show up on
Sunday because they said they
weren't getting paid for it. They
joined the Foremcn's ASsocia-
ton Of America by the dozen.
Initiation was So, dues 81 a
month. There has been one spe-
cial assessment of So. Keys says
charges that he is backed by
u. A. w. or anybody else are
false.
When the Packard chapter
had enough members, Keys says
he went around TO bargain. The
management told him to never
mind taking the case before the
National Labor Relations Board
the company would hold its
own election and let those re-
suits govern future relations
The management wanted &c
draw up an agreement on the
election, exemptlng certain SUI
pervisory personnel. Keys asked
who, and they namd II gneral
former and superintendent
Keys okayed those II, and the
agreement was Writtn up.
HOW THE PACKARD
STRIKE STARTED
There says Keys, Il learned
my first lesson" The election
was held off company property
on one of the coolest days OF
last February. The foremer
stood in line for several hours
waiting to vote. Instead of ex.
empting II supervisors, the com.
pany challenged 80 votes. Ir
spite of it, the Foremens Asso'
citation won the election 48;
TO 2.
Negotiations began. 1T h ert
wasn't anything too good fol
u.s." says Keys. They Wined u,
and they dined us and they took
us on picnics. We were the
heroes of the production line
And then on May IL the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board
handed down its decision in thu
Maryland Dry Dock case, sayini
that foremen were part Of man
agement and not entitled TO tn,
rights of collective bargaining
and the Packard Management
said, Sorry, boys, you see, thu
government says we can't bar
gain --
And that's what led TO tn,
strike at Packard.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-02
ALL INVITED

YORK, PA.-Children on the
outside who have envlously
watched boys and girls In the
Juvenile Detention Home at
play are going to have a chance
for some fun inside.
Two hours have been set aside
each week for all who wish 20
come TO make models, hear
music. or join in story hour.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-02

And that's what led TO the
strike at Packard.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-02

Choose your Hun; there won't
be enough 10 20 round.-French
underground D-Day slogan. -
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-16

Thursday to spend her summer va
cation in Kansas City, Mo-, her
home. Miss Tatum entered nurses
training at the University at the
age of sixteen. She was chairman
of the students art committee and
a member Of the advance dance
class. She lived at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Brown, 1854
Third Ave. S., and expects to at
tend the University again this fall.
Mrs. ]. w. Wilson MART
Wright), Savannah, Ga, is in t o.
city as guest of her parents, b.
and Mrs. John Wright, Robbins
dale, MINI. Mrs. Wilson, who is a
teacher at the Georgia State Col
lege, brought with her Miss Eliza
beth Kendrick, a teacher in the
laboratory school at Georgia State
College, who will attend the Min
nesota University summer school.
Mr.. Wright, Mrs. Wilson's father,
who has been i'll is much improved.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-16
By CHARLES ALLEN !

Other guests were Miss Thelma
Foster, Mrs. Colonel Milligan, and
Mrs. Ollie Grantham. The next
meeting will be at the home of Mrs.
Cornelius Mobiley, 754 st. Anthony
Ave-, Saturday, June "a.
Mrs. Marjorie Ward, 4O2 Edmund
st., and daughter, Mrs. Jean Har-
ris, left June for Clarinda and
Sioux City, Iowa, for a ten day
visit with Mrs. Wards mother and
sister.
Mrs. Walter N. Ridley (Hen-
rietta Bonaparte) with baby daugh-
ter arrived Wednesday,, June IA,
from Petersburg W. Va. to spend
the summer visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Chapman, 7O7
st. Anthony Ave.
The Junior Miss Club at Halle
Q. Brown House have as their of.
ficers Sarah Hill, president; Evelyn
Lewis, secretary; Patricia Cart.
wright, treasurer, and Georgia Rus.
sell, reporter. Mrs. Quanita Lacey
is the supervisor.
Mrs. Hariette Allen Cephas, 1890
Rice St., who has been confined at
Bethesda hospital for the past two
weeks, is convalescing at home.
Sorority Elects Officers: The
Eta Chapter Of the Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority of the University
of Minnesota met Saturday, June
8, at the home of Mrs. Ethel Max.
well Williams, 1869 Roblyn Ave.
and held election of officers
Frances Hughes was elected
Basileus; Laura Jeffrey, Anti.
Basileus; Peggy Lazenberry, Gram.
mateus; Vivian Vassar, Episcoleus
and Bella Shelton, Tamiouchos
The officers were also installed al
this meeting.
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wednesday, june 49, 10 WISH Tela-
tives.
Mrs. Mary Jones, Chicago, ILL.,, is
in the city on a business trip. She
is staying at the home of her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom Jones, 281O Clinton Ave. So.
Messrs. and Mines. Fred Carver,
Earl Simms, Marcus Jackson, Fred
Edwards and Seaman Askin Gas
kin were guests at Mr.. and Mrs.
E. Glover's 25th Wedding anniver-
sary celebration given at their
home, $500 Fifth Ave. &c., the lat
ter part of May.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hudson, ITO
Hyland Ave. No, were hosts to the
Friendly Ten Club at their regular
meeting Saturday, June 10. Elec-
ton of officers was held, after
which refreshments were served.
Officers elected were: James Hud-
son, Pres; Robert Alexander, vice
pres; Lillian Cobb, sec.; Marjorie
Hayes, assistant sec.; Lucille Wood
ard, treas; Giovanni Alexander,
reporter, and Ed. Hayes, chairman
entertainment committee. Mrs.
Barbara Walls and Mrs. Katherine
Robineau were visitors. Mr.. and
Mrs. Vincent Shepherd, 3OO9 Gar
field Ave. &c., new members, will
entertain the club at their next
meeting Saturday, June "a.
Mrs. Thelma Wade, 2819 Elliot,
and Mrs. Harold C. Combs, 2435
Fourth Ave. &c., left Wednesday
night to join Mr.. Combs in Corinth,
Miss, to spend Fathers Day with
Mrs. Wade's and Mr.. Combs faith
er. Mr.. Combs went to Corinth last
week. Mrs. Combs and Mrs. Wade
will later go to Memphis, Tenn, to
visit Mrs. Combs sister, Miss Mat
tie Mosley.
Mrs. r. J. Willis, 1914 18th Ave.
SoE, left Monday, June II, for
Waco, Tex, where she will visit
her mother and other relatives.
Mrs. Vergia Bell, Kansas City,
Kans., is the house guest of her
aunt, Mrs. Emma O'Brien, 512 En-
erson Ave. No. Mrs. Bell plans to
return to her home Saturday, June
II. She will be accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. Rhoda Weatherall,
and her son, Winston Bell.
Miss Mona Jensen, Field Secre-
tary for the NAACP, is the house
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul S.
Curry, 3115 Columbus. She was the
dinner guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas
Schwartz, 1892 Aldrich Ave. &c.,
Saturday, June 10, and luncheon
guest of Mrs. Helen Midget, a
faculty member of the University
of Minnesota Monday, June IL.
Mrs. X katherine Quarterman
Harper, 1901 Bryant Ave. No., cele-
brated her birthday Saturday, June
10, at party at the Sumner Field
social room, given by her mother,
Mrs. Louise Quarterman. Guests
were: Mines. Ruth Bell, Margaret
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who has been in Mississippi, and
then go to Des Moines, Iowa, to
spend two weeks visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald J. Allen,
97S Bryant NJ, will leave Friday,
June 16 for Louisville KY, and
Chicago, ILL.,, to visit relatives and
friends.
Mrs. A. d. Adams of Chicago is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Zephyr
Turner, 1921 Portland Ave.
Pfc. John Kelley Freeze is in the
city from Scott Field, ILL.,, visiting
relatives and friends.
Newcomers to the City: Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel A. Curry, 615 Girard
Ave. N, Edward Eugene Milton,
1927 Fifth Ave. S., Miss Barbara
Sadie Jones, 1912 Clinton, Mrs.
Mary Black Harvey, 925 18th Ave.
S., Mrs. Minnie E. Jackson, Tourist
Hotel, Mrs. Creola Mckinney Paul,
SOL Lyndale Ave. N.
The Booker T. Washington Study
Club held the closing meeting of
the season at the home of Mrs.
Augusta Owens, 5000 Clinton Ave.
S., who was guest as well as hostess
to the club, Tuesday, June 6. After
business meeting, the member of
the club surprised Mrs. Owens with
birthday gifts. Mrs. Owens thanked
the members for their gifts. Mr..
Owens, who is a member of the
Criterion club, an auxiliary to the
Booker T. Washington club, was
guest. They will resume their
meetings in October.
Rev. and Mrs. H. w. Bolts, ST.,
and Rev. H. W. Bolts, Jr., 867 18th
Ave. N, Misses Bertha johnson
and Juanda Cuff, will leave Sunday,
June 10, for Birmingham Ala.
where they will attend the National
Baptist Sunday School and B. Y.
P. U. Congress. Rev. II. W. Bolts,
Jr., is scheduled to preach the open
ing sermon, Wednesday, June 81.
Miss Ruth Walkers name was
omitted from the guest list of Mrs.
Ida Burell's entertainment for the
Minnehaha Choral Club last week.
Miss Mary Tatum, student at the
University of Minnesota, left last
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W. Central, were hosts to an in
formal gathering for Mrs. Albert
Ward of Kansas City, Kans., here
visiting her mother, Mrs. Earl
Brent, 975 Iglehart. Guests at the
affair last Sunday, June II, were
Mr.. and Mrs. George Brooks, Mr..
Lionel Allen, Mines. Ollie Gum,
Earl Harris, Mary Eddings, Myrtle
Williams, Susie Washington, Della
Holsomback, James Walker, Josie
johnson, Mable Patrick, Mary
Hicky, Kitty Jefferson, Maggie Jen-
kins, Dorothy Compton, Angie
Thurston, Lucille Williams, Azzie
Stephens, Dora Mcclure, Susie
Bowens, Gertrude Charleston, Car
RE Parker, Queen Ransom, Mary
Combs, Viola Lee, Cora Woodfork
and Mrs. Brent.
Mrs. Ollye Gum, 638 st. Anthony
Ave-, has as her house guest this
week, Mrs. Myrtle Williams OF Elk
celsior Springs, Mo.
Sgt. Louis Commodore, back
from seeing duty in Italy, and his
sister, Mrs. Blanche Darling OF
Chicago. are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Myree, 872 Rondo Ave.
Mrs. June G. King, Memphis,
Tenn, is the house guest of her
mother-in-law, Mrs. J. D. Reeves,
612 w. Central.
Mrs. Amanda Young, 1896 Rondo,
recently returned from Detroit,
after spending two months visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Bernadine Will
liams. She also visited in Pontiac,
Saginaw and Flint, Michigan, and
Windsor, Canada.
Mrs. Frances Langley, 244 E.
Fillmore, is still i'll at her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Neal, 531
St. Anthony Ave-, entertained at
dinner at their home, Sunday eve
ming, June II. Guests were DR..
and Mrs. Ellis Burton and daughter
and Miss B. York of Seattle, Wash,
Miss Mona Jensen, Field Secretary
of the NAACP, Mrs. Albert Ward,
Kansas City, Mo-, Prof. and Mrs.
R. Johnson, Richmond, Va, Mrs.
Helen Midget of the University
of Minnesota faculty, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. E. Johnson, Mines. E. Brent,
Georgia Morris, Hattie Smith,
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Campbell, Dorothy Whitaker, Char
lotte Davis, Mildred Lacey, Marcel
la Everett, Clara Pettiford, June
Robinson, Evelyn Anderson, Leila
Taylor, Mary Margaret Carlysle
and Miss Marion Majors. Mrs.
Pauline Young, Ida Taylor and
Lucille Jordan assisted Mrs. Quar-
terman.
Mrs. Josephine Chambers, 1915
Clinton Ave. &c., returned from a
two months vacation spent in Los
Angeles and Pasadena, Calf. En-
route home she stopped in Omaha,
Neb., to visit friends.
Attends Convention. Mrs. Belle
Pate Willis, 900 18th Ave. No., is in
Anoka, Mimi, attending the State
Annual Seven Day Adventist
Church Encampment which began
Thursday, June Is. Mrs. Willis is
one of the organizers of the Beacon
Light S. D. A. Church, in Mime
apolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Boyd, 1888 4th
Ave. &c., were hosts at a dinner
in honor of Mr.. Davis Alexander,
Starkville, Miss, Tuesday, June ID.
Others present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
C. W. Glenn, Mrs. John Shepherd
and Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Alexander,
brother and sister-in-law of Davis
Alexander.
Miss Anna Mae Allen, SOC Ere
mont Ave. No., daughter of Mrs.
T. B. Warren, SOC Fremont Ave.
No., and H. Allen, is home for her
summer vacation from st. Louis
where she has been attending st.
Rita's Academy.
Mrs. Nina Williams, 2435 Fifth
Ave. &c., and Mrs. Thelma Gray,
It's N. 7th St., returned recently
from visiting Mrs. Williams daugh-
ter, Mrs. J. B. Thompson dorothy
Blakey), in Des Moines, Ia. They
visited Fort Des Moines WAC
training center and had lunch ir
the privates' mess hall. They were
taken on tour through the motor
transport school and later visited
the Des Moines U. S. o. center.
Mr.. Glenn Warren, Los Angeles
Calf, is in the. city to be at the
bedside of his brother, T. B. War
rem, SOC Fremont Ave. No., who is
confined at Fairview hospital.
Birthday Party: Mrs. J. H
Wright, 1909 Clinton Ave. &c., en-
tertained a group of friends at her
home in honor of her husband
James, birthday Saturday, June 10,
at their home. Bridge was played
during the evening. The guests
were: Messrs. and Mines. Charles
H. Force, Gordon W. Granger, H.
Frazier; Messrs. VIM. Willis, o. C,
Sellers and Mines. Cecilia Patter-
son and Beulah Coheron.
Miss Mary C. Davis, S19 Ere
mont Ave. No., left Saturday, June
10, for Waterloo, Iowa, where she
will meet Mrs. Henderson Reddick,
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Louis P. Moore, Rev. and Mrs. B.
N. Moore, all of st. Paul, and Mrs.
Paul Curry, Minneapolis.
The Social Twelve Club met at
the residence of Mrs. Margaret
Evans, 473 Rondo Ave-, Thursday,
June 8. Mrs. Lillian Finley, 321
Rondo, was hostess to the club,
Thursday, June Is.
Mrs. Hazel Allen, 94815 st. An
thony, returned Monday, June IL,
from South Bend, Indiana, where
she visited her sister, Mrs. E. M.
Bowen, who accompanied her to St.
Paul. Mrs. Bowen will return to
South Bend Monday, June 10.
Mrs. Bernice Turner, Buffalo,
N. Y, came to St. Paul recently to
attend the graduation exercises of
her daughter, Betty Katherine
MCGOWAN, at John Marshall High
school, Tuesday, June 10. Betty
Katherine, who has been making
her home with her grandmother,
Mrs. Margaret MCGOWAN, 378
Mackubin, will return to Buffalo
with her mother.
The Two O'Clock Bridge Club
Mrs. Leroy Lazenberry, 403 West
ern Ave. N, was hostess to the Two
O'clock Bridge Club at her home,
Saturday, June 10. Members of
the club who won prizes were
Mines. Norman Howell, the hostess,
and Mrs. George Berry. The guest
prizes were won by Mrs. Leroy
Coleman and Mrs. Edwin Salter.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Robert johnson,
who have been attending the Min
nesota University, have returned to
their home at Richmond, Va,
where Mr.. johnson teaches at
Union State College.
Attending Convention: Louneer
Pemberton, 679 St. Anthony, and
DIR. A. M. Butler, 3S6 N. St. Adams,
left Thursday for Indianapolis, Ind,
to attend the Omega Psi Phi Fra
ternity Regional Conference.
Soldiers on Leave: Priva t s
Charles Blackburn, Maurice Bel
lamy, George Todd, Roscoe Young
and Cpl. Charles Eskridge, are in
the city from Scott Field, ILL.,, and
Sgt. James Todd from Keesler
Field, Miss.
Mrs. Ella Curry Hickman, 296
N. St. Adams, has returned from
a vacation spent in Lincoln and
Omaha, Neb.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Mayes, $40
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Social and Persona
q ST. PAUL Q

Mr. Acqular E. Williams $40 ST. Anthony, left Monday,
June H. Cleveland Ohio His wife, Clara and daughter
Barbara Anne plan to join him later in the
Mrs Helen Mitchell and Miss Ruth Benner have returned
to Buffalo, New York. after spending twoweek vacation
r:S;t: In ...olo+; nndf r;or,dS
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Social and Personal
Q MINNEAPOLIS

Club Meets: The T. O. B. Club entertained by Mrs.
Leila Thomas 1900 Portland Ave. Saturday June TO- Win
of prizes at games Mines Mary L. Cannon Minnie
Rhodes and Anna Mae Bannarn Mines Fosse Harris Con-
suela Poole and Anne Walker were guests.
Miss Gloria Gates 900 Bryant Ave No. went to Chicago
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16
At Library

Books recently added to the Pub
lie Library include: America" by
s. ,phen Vincent Benet; Land |
have Chosen" by Eliin Berlin;
Green for Danger" by Christipna
Brand: "On ths Tip OF My Tongue
by Illes Brody; The World OF
Washington Irving" by Van Wyck
Brooks; Your Kids and Mine" by
Joe E. Brown; The Rest of Your
Life" by Leo Cherne; Death
Comes as an End" by Agatha Chris
tie; THE Building of Jalna" by
Maza De la Roche; "The Temper.
ing OF Russia" by Ilya Ehrenburg;
"13 Against the odds" by Edwin R.
Embree.
Freedom Road" by Howard
Fast; "Simone" by Lion Feucht-
wanger; Green Dolphin Street"
by Elizabeth Goudge; Earth and
High Heaven. Gwethalyn Graham:
You are Younger Than You Think"
by Dr. Martin Gumpert; Some OF
My Best Friends are Soldiers" by
Margaret Halsey; Golden Rose
by Pamela Hinkson; "Furlough"
by Franz Hoellering; "a Bashful
Woman" by Kenneth Horan; THE
Dove Flies South" by James A.
Hyland; THE Cross and the Ar
row" by Albert Maltz; call II
North Country" by John B. Martin;
Lebanon" by Caroline Miller.
"Eisenhower-Man and Soldier"
by Francis Trevelyan Miller; Lake
Superior" by Grace Lee Mute;
George Bancroft" by, Russell b.
Nye; THE Emperor's Physician"
by ]. r. Perkins; THE Gravedig-
gers of France" by (Geraud. Andre)
Pertinax; "The Leaning Tower" by
Katherine Anne Porter; Lake
Michigan" by Milo NJ (Ed) Quaite:
Alibi for Isabel and Other
Stories" by Mary Robert Rinehart;
Oasis" by Willard Robertson; Pio-
neers. O Pioneers!" by Hilary
Saunders; "Cluny Brown" by Mar.
gerry Sharp.
Pastoral" by Neyil Shute;
Presidential Agent" by Upton Sin.
clair; VALLEY Of the Sky" by Ho-
bert Douglas Skidmore; People on
Our Side" hy Edgar Snow; Boston
Adventure" by Jean Stafford:
Listening Valley, by D. +. Stew.
enson; storm to the South" by
Thelma Strabel; Invasion Diary"
by Richard Tregaskis: when
Johnny Comes Marching Home" by
Dixon Wecter; "The Time of De-
cision", Sumner Welles; Absent
in the Spring, Mary Westmacott;
Leave Her to Heaven" by Ben
Ames Williams: Raymond L. Dit.
mars-His Exciting Career with
Reptiles, Animal and Insects" by
L. N Wood.
Juvenile List
"Mr. Wren's House" by Emma L.
Brock: THE Little House" by Vir-
ginia Lee Burton; Second Shift"
by Phyllis Crawford: Our Amer
icar Horse" by Dorothy Childs
Hogner: "Dorinda" by Elizabeth
Ho' ard; whoa. Matilda" by
Janet Lambert; Logging Chance"
by NJ. II. Lasher; Susan Who Lives
in Australia" by Elizabeth MacIn-
tyre: "Decky's Secret" by Anne
Molloy: "Walt Disney's Surprise
Package" by H. Marian Palmer:
Katy No.Pocket" by Emmy Pavne;
Big Boy" by w. Robinson; New
Worlds for Josie" by Kathryn
Worth.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16
Nv HAL BOYLE

Rank and its special privilege
are the cause of perennial bitter
ness in the American Civilian
Army, but men without stripes or
bars have way of dealing with
non-coms and officers who let pro-
motion go to their heads.
Witness the sergeant who was
broken by silence.
Call him Okie-which is close
enough to the name the men knew
him by He was a courier, a jeep
driver for a service outfit which
made several trips daily to the
front lines. Okie would drive any
where in the rear areas, but he
was distinctly allergic to gunfire.
Whenever a jeep had to be sent
toward the front Okie wasn't
around-or IL he was around he be.
came suddenly too i'll to drive, or
complained so strongly that some
other driver would shrug and say,
"Ohoh, hell. I'll go for him.
Okie volunteered for a job as a
ulbul COul lcT uIlNCl mnlNAl lOpOAy
else wanted because OF the hours.
Dixie was glad to get 1.-THE trips
were dark and lonely, but they
were far beyond the range of enc
my artillery.
He did his Job we'll and wasn't
disliked. He could strum a guitar
and sing hillbilly songs and other
soldiers found him amusing. Some
officers couldn't stand him, but
others thought he was a model
little soldier. Okie always yes
SIRED" them at every opportunity
and never forgot to throw them a
salute.
So when the table OF organiza-
ton permitted, one officer angled
a sergeantcy for little Okie, the
boy who wouldn't go near the
front.
He found himself a snazzy pair
Of leather puttees and an old pair
OF French riding breeches, grew
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Side|ights on 7 he News,

little black mustache and began
giving orders. He was "out OF
uniform" but the officers who
liked him overlooked this because
he was Okie and never forgot that
yes sir" and that salute.
But the men under him stopped
dropping by to listen to his gui-
tar. They had halfway liked Okie
as a priYate-but they didn't like
the idea of taking orders from such
a half pint.
No one ever came up TO speak
to him voluntarily. If he gave an
order 1t was taken in complete 81
lence. Okie had no friends left
In his unit.
Then most of the old men in his
unit were moved several hundred
miles away. Okie missed them
felt the need Of justifying himself
in their eyes. He obtained a
weeks pass in order to visit them.
The ridiculous little figure in his
leather puttees and French riding
pants was met at the new camp by
stony silence. The men he spoke
to would nod curtly and turn away.
Groups melted apart as he came
up.
Okie stood Il for three days. Then
he left one morning. No one bade
him goodbye.
He didn't show up at once at his
old camp. He went AWOL-and
was four days late returning from
his leave. He had plainly been
on a binge-littIe Okie, who al
ways before had one toe care
fully on the line.
They busted Okie, took away his
stripes and his extra pay. made
him take off his puttees and his
riding breeches. Okie is a private
again now. He sometimes forgets
tc salute when an officer goes by.
He plays his guitar-but only when
the new men in his outfit gather
to listen. They kid him and call
him "the man who was"
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Casualties

Van Auken. Pvt. Arthur H.-Har.
~ Van Auken. father, American
Legion Hospital, Battle Creek.
Walenga. 2nd 1t. Richard A
Alex c. Walenga. father, 10S North
Lincoln Ave. Niles.
Wivell. Pfc. Edward Edward
Wivell, father, 9409 Holmur, De-
troit.
Wojdyla. Tech. 5th CIR Alexan.
der Mrs. Lucy Wojdyla. moth
er. 536 z. Frank St, Kalamazoo.
Zymanchuk, Pvt BENJAMIN r.
Nicholas Zymanchuk, father, 63sS
Barton. Detroit.