davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19

airnail Is delivered to us when va
get fuel, and 1t has ION the av-
erage) been taking about Is days to
get an. airmail letter from the East
Coast, and considering the distance
1t has travelled and the modes oil
travel this is little short OF phenom-
email.
"First-class mail, packages and
second-class are held at the base
and we get them when we return
Not having had any for two months
IS days to be exact, we should get
bargeload full of it soon. The de-
stroyers act as messenger boys and
deliver the sacks OF mail land per-
sonneD back and forth. The de-
stroyer comes up alongside, throws
over a line. we rig breaches buoy
on trolley, and the mail comes
across the intervening water; so do
personnel. / should not particu-
larly look forward to my first trip
or subsequent ones. but when my
time comes to head for home shall
probably be glad to take my bag in
my teeth and 60 hand to
the destroyer.
Tomorrow should be airmail day.
We haven't had any for IA days,
but then we have been on the 20
and sort Of hard to find. Twenty to
80 sacks are about due, and If
we don't receive this mail soon there
will certainly be lot of unhappy
sailors aboard this ship"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Col. Adamson Is Retired;
Was in Rickenbacker Epic

Col. Hans G. Adamson of New
York, who was with Capt. Eddie
Rickenbacker in one Of the early
epic adventures of the Pacific war
has been placed on inactive status
by an Army retiring board at Walter
Reed Hospital, the War Department
announced yesterday.
Col. Adamson suffered permanent
injuries when the Army bomber car.
rying the famous World War ali
ace and five others crashed in the
Pacific. They were rescued after
drifting "a days aboard RATS.
Since partial recovery from his
crash injuries and the long ordeal
adrift, Col. Adamson has been chief
Of the ONCE Of Personnel Narratives
for the Army Air Forces. He had
charge Of the work of collecting
and writing personnel and human
interest data for the AAF through.
out the world.
He has been given terminal leave
until December Is, the War Depart.
ment said. If his health permits
he intends then to return to his
former position with the American
Museum of Natural History in New
York City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
ID. c. Officer on Cruiser Atlanta
Tells Of Smelling Jap Coast

absence makes the heart grow
fonder.
you are in range of the planes
long way in. so that we have to
be either at general quarters or in
the immediate vicinity for several
hours, sometimes all day before we
get to the firing. point--and believe
me, steel deck under a blazing sun,
can get awful hard, hot and un-
comfortable. Then we fire and turn
around and run.
The tension is somewhat relaxed
and we can sort of relax, think that
Is good days work, and listen to
the commentator making his report
to the States. can just picture
daddy getting up in the morning
and turning on the radio instantly
as Is his custom, to get the news,
and hearing, This is so and so, with
the U. S. S. and the u. S. s.
Atlanta, so many thousand yards
of such and such spot on the Isle
of ~ And then the confusion of,
Did you hear that! sWhat did he
say? That's Phil's Ship and then
the phone ringing to know whether
you had heard it. Maybe you didn t
though and that's just as we'll.
Mother won't worry quite so much.
This ocean seems to be limitless
in its expense and you can travel
for days and weeks without any ap-
probable change except in the
weather. 1t goes from steaimng hot
to wet and cold almost instantly,
with one days sample no guarantee
for the next. There is just one
thing we are sure of, that is the
weather at our base. 1t is always
terribly hot and muggy. On the
South Atlantic patrol, somewhat the
same conditions weren't too bad be-
cause we could wear shorts and
sleeveless shirts as a part of our
uniforms, but out here there is the
ever-present danger of flash burns.
II have no hair to speak Of or to
worry about. having long since
clipped it to he barest minimum.
There probably will be time for it to
grow down to my waist before /
get back.
Nights Pleasant in Tropics.
THE last time I was at our base
I worked with the stores ships.
around the clock, and although the
nights are very pleasant in the
tropics there are no lights to guide
you around the harbor, and with
literally hundreds of ships with the
same general outlines it is often
difficult to find your way home.
One Of the interesting features
out here is that you get airmail,
provisions and fuel on the fly. All
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Ref Dangerous as d
Underdog Battling
Joyce Tomorrow

One thing Is certain in the Nor
ris Relf-Willie Joyce brawl sched-
uled for 10 rounds tomorrow night
in Griffith Stadium. Ref will enter
the ring IN the role of an underdog
with the price on Joyce perhaps
soaring as high as 2 to l.
II the odds become that attrac-
tive, however bet on Ref has the
earmarks of one of the best long
shots Of the year. The Brooklyn
boys lefthanded punching power
cannot be discounted. and when he
connects, even the best of them
go down. The brutal exhibition he
staged here few weeks back in
hammerlng Lew Hansbury into
pulp in three rounds is evidence
enough of the dynamite he packs.
On the other hand, Joyce is one
of the best lightweights now op-
Grating, He not only has whipped
Henry Armstrong twice, but also
has licked the likes of Bobby Ruff
fin, Ike Williams and Chester
Slider, Although he will concede
weight to Ref, who is really
welterweight, Joyce has faced top
rankers of a class which Morris
had yet to enter.
There is still that question mark
the Ref punching power. 1t is
held in so much respect in the
Joyce camp that the sepian bat
tiers handlers attempted to squirm
out of this engagement. feeling that
1t was too risky prior to Willie's
big money bout with Danny Bart
field next month in Madison Square
Garden.
In short, it will be the old and
successful formula of puncher
(Reit VS.. ring master Joycel, and
a record crowd for the outdoor sea-
son is expected to be on hand
On the supporting card. Wash
ington's up-and-coming Billy Terry,
winner of four in a row, goes in
with Jim Pierce of New York in |
the high-light bout of a trio of skies,
while the other two pair Jimmy
Bell. local heavyweight, and Dan
Biggers of Baltimore, and Lee Jones,
Philadelphia welterweight VS.. Don
Leon, a local boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Safeguard Is Speedy
In Garden State Win

CAMDEN, N j., Aug. 18.-Safe-
guard, home-bred daughter of
Okapi and Guarded Queen, carried
the Brookmeade Stable silks OF
Mrs. Isabelle Dodge Sloane to an
easy victory in the $4,000 six fur
longs Colonial Handicap today be-
lore 22,472 at Garden State Park.
Eight fillies and mares competed
Jockey Nick Wall had the mount
on Safeguard. finishing two and
one-half lengths ahead of Crispin
Oglebay's Price Level. Third honors
went to Mrs. H. Haggerty's Ram
part which finished two lengths
back of Price Level and four lengths
ahead of Adroit. Pink Devil was
next then came Ace Card, Miss
Drummons and Prissy Miss.
Safeguard ran six furlongs in
the good time of 11025, the fastest
of the meeting and just one-fifth
of second slower than the track
record. She was a strong favorite
and paid Sd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
BIZ JESSIE FAINT EVANS.

A Washington Navy officer, sup
ply officer aboard the cruiser Allan.
ia. one of the warships which
shelled the shores of Japan, gives
his impressions of that experience
in the following letter dated July IS
received by his family here:
THE last 10 days have been pretty
tough on us, but those OF you who
have read your communicates in the
press and have been listening to the
radio no doubt will surmise that
they have been a great deal tougher
on the Japs.
I'VE were as much surprised as
you were to hear the name of our
ship being broadcast on the spot
just off the coast of Japan. There
was much CONSERVATION among us,
too, as to how you In the States were
receiving all of this news, with the
general theme being, Holy mackerel,
what will my family think when
they hear this?'
I'VE have been allowed to copy the
communicate and put it In letters
but as this was such a radical de-
parture from the ordinary procedure
OF announcing ships and locale right
on the spot. am certain that every
news and radio release in the United
States has carried it, too. 3.
Named in Three Communicates.
The communique just released
gives our name again, so that means
up to date there have been three
communiques covering our ship.
Naturally, this gives us great
sense of pride, as not all of the
ships were in the bombarding
group, and whereas there will be
many crews that can say. My ship
bombarded the Japan homeland,
there won't be any that can say they
got there ahead of us.
Il can't say much about it, and
what little I could say has already
been covered in the spot broad
casts that we have heard while
the shots were being fired. I was
fortunate enough to see the broad
cast studio on the press ship while
we were in port. 1t is just like any
installation in the States, with all
of the facilities and all of the sdif-
ferent network representatives.
Il don't know exactly what I ex-
pected to see when looked through
the glass at Japan. I guess I was
much like the French Catholics in
the Three Musketeers, who, when
they first viewed the Protestant
English in the siege of Boulogne,
remarked, Why they don't have
any tails The country looks just
like any other sea coast. the only
different thing about it, being that
no one had any idea as to just what
was going to happen next.
Certainly the thing that was
uppermost in our minds was doing
as much damage as we could and
getting out of there as quickly as
We could after it was done. 1t was
a rather unhealthy atmosphere and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Memphis Buys Boil Park

MEMPHIS" Aug. Is R.-The
Memphis Club today purchased
Russwood Park, just q few months
before It's lease expires on the prop
erty 1t was occupied since 1901.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
HyottsviI|e Pin League
To Guther This Week

Oscar Hiser, bowling proprietor
announces that the following bowl
ing leagues will hold meetings this
week at his Hyattsville Recreation
Center.
Monday-Prince Georges County
Mems and Women's Leagues. Tues
day - Hyattsville Commercial
League. Wednesday - Hyattsville
BUSINESS Mems League. Thursday
Hyattsville Independent Ladies
League and Hyattsville Recreation
Ladies League. Friday - Prince
Georees County Fire Department
League and newly organized Hyatts-
vile Church League. All meetings
start at 7:30
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Cumberland Results

FIRST RAcE-Purse, $500; 3-year-olds
and up; claiming 81. Szs furlones. % 70
June Pennant tCovallD 1880 400
da 4ime, G 1 :s5ss, $40
Also ' ran@Miss Economy. Home Wolf,
Sunny Del. Falco Tigress. Petee Girl.
SECOND RACE-Purse. $500: .3-year-
olds and up; claiming; about furlonss.
Edmar Jopan lEdens) $50 $50
Bu FImsmo (Sslly' 800
Also ran-Inserfire, Boston Broom, Tie
ryrp65D 8 double paid ST.. sls.eo,
IT THIRD uR R .iti.a, $500; 3-year-olds
Tine aR Bur fslm cevafi 1 iarSDsi $40
fsst s out 1na 1drant) $50 3a 90
Also ran--sherrie Lee, Royal Marlboro,
La FoS SIR; All Rs SrEstal ssoo.
olds and np aliowanees: s o turlo5 ssear-
Rusty Pets {gsskhsh 1880 40
AF Ti neae1 i:se sEaens' $50
u AIS. Also ran - Marauest. My Exit, Blue
se aqFfH N Rash Biz grl MOSS ssssoo.
and up; allowances; mile and one-six-
: a;35 s:'.s: Hsss: 40
second. S-Aes1
Also ran-Jons, Infinite Girl. stroiiins
SIXTH RAcE-Purse $500; 3-year-olds
and up; allowances; about furlones.
Looter (Edens) 200 $50 40
a-Ariel Legend (Grant) 370 a al
Spikery Neggett) %
Time-.55H.
Also ran---a-Frosty River, Flower Battle.
Constance v, Arch Mcdonald
a-Ylrginia Mckinney entry.
SEVENTH RACEPurse $500; 3-year.
oLos and up; claiming. one mile and 4
Isle de Pine (Hern'des) 1910 $50 40
Ultima Thule tBakhsh) 340 . IA
Great Play (Covall) an
Time 40.
Also ran-Grand Fanar, Canter Glass
Gay Victory, Merrily Go.
EIGHTH RACE-Purse $500: 4-yesr.
sixteenth.
Uncle Billies (Grant) s.30 6oa AN
Garand (Fitzgerald) Rim a Al.
Scotch Flag fWalters) 10
Time SOS.
Also ran-Baif Me Out, Beau Brisr, Bas.
tinado. Bonnie Myth, R&ndlss queen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Atomic Wright Is Booked
On Turner Rinq Card

Oscar (Atomic) Wright, the ex-
Marine who KOd Marcel Fourier
last Monday night at Griffith Sta
dunn In his first start after %
months military service, is one OF
the stars Joe Turner will headline
on his boxing show in the ball park
a week from Monday night.
The promoter also disclosed last
night that he has signed Norvel
Gaddis, another outstanding light
weight who hit the headlines when
he decisioned the veteran Billy
Banks recently.
Opponents for Wright and Gaddis
will be announced within the mex,
few days, and if present plans &c
through, four top eight-rouno
matches will be offered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
10 Agnes Easy Winner
In RaceIand Handicap
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SALEM, N. H., Aug. 18.-Hitting
a million-dollar tempo at the mu-
tuel windows for the third time
within a week, crowd of &c. 900 saw
10 Agnes, the j. P and L. F. Holton
entry, breeze to victory at Rock
ingham Park today in the fifth run
ming of the $1,000 added raceland
handicap.
The four-year-old daughter of
Flying Heels and Agnes Ayers was
two lengths ahead of H. T. Darling's
West Fleet at the wire. Jockey
Frank Tobin hand rode the winner
over the heavy strip in 1:12, best
time of the meeting for the six fur
longs.
In third place was Pine Tree
Farms Pique, scant nose ahead
of E. J. Daily's johnny Junior.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Cherry Point Marines
List Comp Lee Eleven

By the Associated Press.
CHERRY POINT, N. c.. Aug. 18
Cherry Point Marines have an
nounced that Camp Lee has been
substituted for Fort Benning in two
games of the flying Leathneck's
1945 football schedule.
The Marines will play Camp Lee
here October % and a return game
November II.
The originally scheduled games
were cancelled at Fort Benning's
request.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
John Givins Named Chief
OF D. {. Junior Red Cross

John S. Givens. formerly re-
gional director OF the southeastern
area Of the American Red Cross,
has been appointed director Of the
District Junior Red Cross, Nat G.
Wilson, District chapter manager
announced yesterday. Mr.. Owens re-
placed Mrs. Velva l.. Sabin, who
has been director the last two
years.
Mr.. Giyens became associated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
BW Fund Passes S400;
Mount Rainier Is Host

With more than s4OO already con-
trlbuted by contestants and alleys
another tidy sum promises to be
added today when the ninth of a
series of Bulletin Bowlers Victory
Legion handicaps is staged at Mount
Rainier.
Two special attractions have been
arranged by Director Dick Hobart
to spice the popular summertime
tournament which so far has drawn
field Of some 300 men and women
pinspillefs.
The Mount Rainier Juniors, apple
of Proprietor Eli Friedman's eye
will tackle Al Wrights Clarendon
Cubs at this afternoon while to-
night at 8 starry mixed doubles
will see Wright and Madge Lewis
engaging Frances Wilson and Fred
Murphy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Popular Bill MiddIekouff
Back on Turner Mat

Bill Middlekauff, the Florida flash
who made big hit on local wres-
ting shows here year back, returns
to Turner's Arena Wednesday night
for one of the three star bouts on
the card. He will meet Johnny
.Melas, popular young iron man"
specialist.
George Maericostas, another ia
vorite here, tackles Fred Caroni, an
Italian star from Boston. The third
match is to be closed tomorrow, and
Promoter Joe Turner also is trying
to lineup a four man team match
for the show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19

with the Red Cross In 1912 when he
was named special field represen-
tative for the Junior Red Cross In
the Gulf region. In 1943 he became
assistant director there, and last
year was appointed director.
He was formerly state director of
the division of works projects of the
National Youth Administration in
Louisiana, and In 1885 was admin
istrative assistant with the Alaska
Rehabilitation Corp. on the Matan-
uska Colonization project.
He is graduate of Southwestern
Louisiana Institute.
The Valley settler., 1945-11-16
PAL MFR NEWS JOHN N. HUNTER FAMILY AND ELAINE SHELTON FAMILY RETURNING TO THE STATES.

Mir. and Mrs. John Hunter and throe boys, d Tom, Jack, and George; also Mrs. Elaine Shelton and chi1drea Ronnis and Lyle, are leaving for tho States as soon as tran spord tation is available. During the pa st week they havo hee selling livestock, farm equipment and household furni shings in proparat ion of their departure. Mrs. John Hunter (Evelyn) has been employed in the Coop Office dur ing tho sumner and fall months as DO ing clerk. Mrs. Pearl Flint, mother in-lzu of, Mrs. Shelton, is not returning with them. She I mo to the Valley with them last spring.
 vi sh the family tho est Of luck where ver they may plan to locate on their re- turn. ..<
 ----.:------..----.--- Mir. and Mrs. Carl Ra usson arc planning ou two or three months visit to tho States this winter. They will be leaving about the first part of December. I Mrs. Pearl Flint will ke CD, the shop open while Lou is in the States.
 ---------.----------- ;; Mrs. Betty Lynch, daughter of Mrs. Henry Ohnstad, has arrived to vi sit hcr mother.
  Mr. and Mrs. Mads Johansen are avei ting transportation to tho States. They were scheduled to leave on the Yukon which has boon tiod up in Seattle.
The sub., 1945-03-17

to take care of this year. Let us think about who we are going to
 have to talk for us this year. Will 1t be new independent union run by men in the yard who are so afraid of their jobs that they will sit with the company and after talking few days on union pay concede to most anything the com pany wants them to? Will it be the same as 1t was two years ago when a couple of men had to sit on each side of the president and kick
 his shins all the time to stop him from saying, Yes, Mir. Robinson. Or will you vote CIO the one union that has their name in all newspa- pers as being a Communist party?
 The one union that says to all
 shipyards if you make your men | join the CIO we will get you all
 the postwar work from Russia, a Communist country. Do we want
 to work for a union that thinks more of Russia than 1t does the good old USA? Do we want a un- ion in our yard that has twice as many strikes as all unions put to- gether? A union that agitates the men so much that they walk out of the places of employment them selves so that the CIO can say we did not call a strike. It was walkout by the men, a wildcat strike. Here is what I think most of the men want, I know that is what I really want and I am going to bat for.
 We want the union we voted to have last summer. The union that most of the yard is paying dues in. The union that can settle its grievances without calling out the entire yard in a group. The union that has the best stand at Wash ington where all our wage agree ments must be settled. The union that has men that do not work here in the yard to settle con- plaints. The union that is the old est union in the USA. A union that has been running with success for over one hundred and ten years. The union that started organized labor. The one and only union that all other unions come from. All other unions are run by ex-
The sub., 1945-03-17


 ing of this woman about that time l wonder if she will ever make another statement in public like that again. also wonder if she is the same woman that said to me not so long ago that she wished that the war would last long enough for her and her husband to get their new home paid for. A per- son that will make statements like that should not be allowed on the public streets again for the dura- tion of this war. We know we have thousands of men in the AZ class and these men should be shown our sympathy instead of be- ing insulted. Each and every one of these men have some kind If an incurable complaint and may never see the end of the war or even live as long as this woman that dare make such bold remark.
 myself have son in this class end I surely would put any per- son in their place If heard them  make such remark to him or about him. People that make re- marks like that are people that know nothing and fear nothing. A concentration camp would be too good a place to keep this kind of person. At the next writing l will give you a very pitiful case that took place on a Greyhound bus. l want to get a few more facts on the story. It will follow in line with the above story.
 At this writing l would like to bring to the attention of all shop stewards that the Boilermakers have sick committee and would like to ask these stewards to please
The sub., 1945-03-17

get in touch with this committee when they have any one out hurt or sick in their department We do not hear about these sick people until after they get back to work. Please leave a note at the union office addressed to Charles Chap man, chairman of sick committee, GO End Shift, Victory Yard, and some one will call on the person or persons as soon as possible. This committee will pay one months union dues to each member that is out sick one week or over after one of the committee calls on the sick party.
 Let's get down to the facts, fel- lows, and stop this kidding our selves about what union we want to get bargain for us on our new contract that we are going to this summer. The general cry around the yards as of this date is we have plenty of time to think about that. I am very sorry to have you fellows think that is the time we have left is very short. We will have a very early election and af- ter that the start on the new con- tract will come at once. We do not want to be caught again the way we were two years ago and have to work more than month with no contract. If this should happen again what could the com pany do with us? It is bad enough now having all our first class men being on the 1ayoff list because our old contract has no clause to make the company do otherwise. This is the only one thing we have