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Smyrna times., 1945-04-05
DRAFT DODGERS

1 am writing you all a short letter
And every word is true.
Don't look away you Draft Dodg.
err"
For it is addressed to you.
You feel at eace in your glory,
Being back in your old home town
You cooked up some pitiful stories
So the Draft Board turns you
down.
You never think of us married men
Who leave our wives and babies
each day.
You only think of that girl friend
To date while we'5re all away.
You sit and read your paper,
And say well maybe We'll win."
I wonder where you get that 1--WE
stuff"
This war will be won by fighting
men.
I guess this is all you Stacker,
And I suppose your face is red.
America is no place for you,
And I mena every word I've said
Just what do you thing, you"Draft
Dodger?"
What would this whole world do ?
If all the men were slackers,
And afraid to die like you?
So come on boys, let's do our part,
Let's win this war to-day.
And then we all can go back home,
Hoping we all can stay.
- - " NC SApCSlCu IldL lllt
Boys who wrote this bit of poetry
had it clearly fixed in their minds
just what a Draft Dodger really
is. And assuming this conclusion
was carefully reached, Dribbles
would like to express himself to
the extent of saying, I'm this COM
munity the real Draft Dodger
would be very few, and very far
between. I had this argument out
with a friend of mine about two
weeks ago. My friend, however,
did not have clear conception of
what a Draft Dodger was. He
started picking out certain cases,
and said that these men were
Draft Dodgers. His sole reason
for saying this was because they
were of certain age, and that
they had not been called for SER
vice. Folks, this does not consti-
tute Draft Dodging. Your local
Draft Board no doubt, has all the
answers as to why certain men
whom you think should be in the
Service are not called. They give
careful study to each case that is
brought before them, and although
some allowance may be chargable
to human error, the broom sweeps
mighty clean. After thte Draft
Board is through, as many can
Smyrna times., 1945-04-05
His Brothers
Ghost
with BUSTER CRABBE
Added Attractions: TechnicOIOr
Cartoon, "Buckaroo Bugs
MON. : TUES. WE'D.
April 9-10-11

The proud story of the gallant few
who made a date with destiny in
the Skies Over Japan. "A drama
of tender love, stirring courage
and deep devotion. E. That you'll
never forget.
Smyrna times., 1945-04-05

At the request of "The Soldier
Boys Somewhere In Italy" Drib-
bles is printing the verse that ap-
pears below. This does not mean,
however, that the editor is in ac-
cord with the general thought ex-
pressed therein. More will be writ
ten about this later.
Smyrna times., 1945-04-05
cambridge, Maryland

Dear Dribbles:
Just a few lines to let you know
where we are stationed. BY we, I
mean Albert and me. We entered
the Service on the 18th of Febru-
ary and were shipped here to
Bainbridge, Maryland. Our ad-
dresses are as follows: Albert j.
Mace, AS, Co. No. 3047, Barracks
No. 321 U, U. S. Naval Training
Center, Bainbridge, Maryland, and
Alfred R. Mace, AS, Co. No. 3047,
Barracks No. 321 u, u. S. Naval
Training Center, Bainbridge, Mary
land.
Smyrna times., 1945-04-05

trutnfully testny, tnere are not
many crumbs left on the floor. The
unfortunate part is, we cannot all
be informed of the reason, or rea-
sons, why Tom, Dick and Harry
have not been called into Service.
This leaves us only one recourse,
and that is to draw our own con-
clusions. This CONCLUSION is usual
ly reached by a simple point of
view, that of my boy being just as
good as any other boy. Why
should he have been taken while
Tom, Dick and Harry are running
around as usual?
1t just so happens that Dribbles
knows of certain cases where men
have been called and not accepted
for Service. In each case, 1 can
vouch for the fact that the reasons
were fully justified by the local
Draft Board. However, 1 am not
free to go into details. Therefore,
my sincere and honest advice is,
be most careful how you apply the
term of Draft Dodger to any per-
son living in this community.
There may be any number of rea-
sons why particular man was
not called into Service. Both phys
ical and moral qualifications, as
well as job priorities may enter
into his having been rejected.
I believe 1 know just how some
of the Boys overseas feel about
the man back home who is not in
the Service. These fellows have
been going through the rough
spots, taking it on the chin for
many months perhaps. Those with
wives and families back home
many times cannot quite under
stand why they should have been
chosen, whereas men they former
ly associated with were deferred.
Well, Boys You can bet your
bottom dollar, there is a reason
why they are not right up there
with you. I can't tell you what it
is, but you never want to think
that we folks back home have let
you down either. I'm loyal enough
to both you fellows and to my
Country to tell you, that if I defin-
itely knew of man who was, in
my opinion, real Draft Dodger,
I would do something about it, and
do it quickly. And when I tell you
this, I mean every word of it. And
to "The Soldier Boys Somewhere
In Italy," I want to say that I
agree with every word they have
written into their poem, providing
we both have the same idea of
what 'Draft Dodger" really is.
In turn, I want these same fellows
to believe, what I would like them
to know, is we're not harboring
draft dodgers in this community if
we know about it. If anyone ac-
tually knows of a case, it is their
duty to report this Immediately to
the local Draft Board for action.
Clayton, Delaware
Dear Dribbles:
Smyrna times., 1945-04-05

1 am writing you all a short letter,
And every word is true.
Don't look away you "Draft Dodg-
Smyrna times., 1945-04-05
Please enter these addresses il

Please enter these addresses in
your Dribbles column.
The "chow" over here is swell,
also our Chief. Everyone in our
Company halls from the South ex-
cept about IA of us who are from
Delaware. Our training period is
ten weeks, after which We will re-
ceive 9-day furlough..
1 hope that you will see to it
that our names are placed on the
Smyrna Honor Roll which was
sponsored by the American Leg
ion.
Thanking you, 1 remain
Yours very truly,
Alfred Roy Mace
Smyrna times., 1945-04-05

Alfred, it's been nice hearing
from you, and from now on, Drib-
bles wants both you and your
brother, Albert, to feel right at
home in this column. Since you've
made such a good start, here's
hoping that you will continue.
think it just fine to learn that
you are so well pleased with your
new surroundings. Sure, sailor,
the U. S. Navy rates second to
none in every way you care to look
at it. I am of the opinion that
you'll make your way right along
if you continue to keep your pres
CONTINUED on rage Tour)
Smyrna times., 1945-04-05

I thought I would let you know
that my son, Leon Chase, has re-
turned to thte States after 80
months in Australia and New
Guinea area. / was so glad when
he arrived home.
Leon spent 81 days of his fur
Tough here at my home, then re-
ported back to Atlantic City, New
Jersey for reassignment. My son
tells me that he received your
Christmas card following his re-
turn to the States. 1t probably
was returned shortly after his ar
rival. Leon wants me to thank
you for having remembered him.
1t has been a long time since we
have heard from Bill. I hope and
pray that both he and George are
safe and well.
AS soon as Leon sends me his
new address I will forward it to
you.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Charles B. Chase
Smyrna times., 1945-04-05
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Charles B. Chase

Thank you very much, Mrs.
Chase for the information con-
corning your son, Leon. 1t goes
without saying that he fully enjoy
ed the three weeks he spent with
you in Clayton. After having
spent 35 months on South Pacific
stations, this part of the world
must have seemed almost like a
dream to him. A mighty good
dream at that.
By this time, no doubt, Leon will
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-02
WHY THE (I0 IS FAIRER TO
THE NEGRO THAN THE AFL

In the June issue of the robust
Negro Digest magazine, top rank
Negro and white CIO and AFL
officials make a strong defense of
the manner in which their respec-
tive organizations deal with Negro
workers.
Speaking for the CIO on the
question as to (which union is
fairer to the Negro; AFL or CO."
are CIO President Philip Murray
CIO Board Member, Willard S.
Townsend, and Ferdinand Smith,
secretary, National Maritime un-
ion. For the AFL are it's President,
William Green, and DR.. D. C. Gar
land, AFL organizer.
The views of Townsend and
Smith are honest and we'll consid-
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-02

ly this is consciously or subcon-
sciously the AFL point of view. To
illustrate; AFL unions as rule
will not demand new job opportun-
tiles for Negroes or that Negroes
be given equal right for promotion
to skilled jobs. Many of the devices
these unions have developed for
keeping Negroes out of certain
types of work and Of participating
in union affairs run from the de-
vious to the blunt.
But for the jobs already allowed
Negroes under the present system
of segregation and discrimination,
the AFL will extend to Negroes the
benefits of collective bargaining. It
would, with some self righteous
ness, make the lot of Negro coal
hikers, building laborers, laundry
workers, and other Negro workers
more durable in their present linn
tied economic area, but it will not
do anything to break down those
barriers which prevent Negroes
from sharing more fully in the eco
nomic life of the country. Such
changes would be special induce
ments" which Mr.. Green says the
AFL will not make.
The total situation in CIO and
AFL unions is not as clear cut as
the FOREGOING statement would in
dicate. Many AFL unions like the
International Ladies Garment
Workers union and the American
Federation of Teachers have atti-
tudes similar to those described for
CIO. Various local and regional
CIO affiliates have attitudes simil-
lar to those ascribed to the AFL.
But the decision on fairness, earn
estness and democracy goes to the
CIO.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-02
canini's place before the NBC or

canini's place before the NBC or
chestra.
He admits jazz is better than no
music at all for young folks but be-
lieves the reason they listen to it is
because they are unacquainted with
better music.
'They are afraid it is highbrow,"
he said.
Cali children turn to music nat
urally at an early age" he ex-
planned. Accordingly, when they
are three or four, it is not too soon
to introduce them to the works of
the masters. But this must be done
by making music a part of their
living experience. At that time of
life they are in the tactile stage
they receive many Of their impress
sions through touch. So, when we
give concert for these youngsters,
instead Of putting the orchestra
on one side of the room and them
on the other, we put them in the
center and surround them with the
players. And we tell them that they
may sit by the instruments they
like best and feel them as they vi
brate.
eve also give concerts for chill
dren in their teens, who unless
properly educated, are prone to be
come jitterbugs. Their particip'
ton is different. We invite them
rehearsals and ask them to m 1e
paintings of the pictures tha' -
numbers we perform evoJ ID.
their minds. At the final c1ncaGt
these paintings are shown ne
stage when the music that inspired
them is played.
Much of the work is surprising
ly good, and these youngsters be-
come, as it were, a part of the or
chestra. They are in the groove
But it is the groove Of Bach, Bee
thoven and Schubert, not in the
groove of Tin Pan Alley"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-02
LABOR VIEWS
BY George T. Mecroy

|
CIO officials and though both must
feel a strong desire to get along
with their more powerful white col
leagues, neither attempted to soft
pedal or side-step the quite consid-
cradle prejudice which exists in the
CIO. Moreover, both seem to ap-
preciate fully the role which Ne
gro workers must play in the unions
to eliminate such prejudice. DIR.
Garland, seems to lack both sin
cerity and knowledge of the AFL.
CIO President Murray believes
that the majority of the American
people will accept economic and cit
izenship equality for Negroes. AFL
President Green states that the
great majority of the American
people are on the side of the Negro
in his efforts to make a decent life
for himself and his children in this
country"
Despite this similarity the over
,whelming majority of Negro peo-
pie, according to the Negro Digest
poll taker, Wallace Lee, believes
that the CIO is fairer to Negroes
than is the AFL.
Despite discouraging experiences
in the south, the north, and occa-
sionally open rebellion in it's own
ranks, the CIO leadership feels it
must continue to press it's fight fo-
full political, economic and citizen
ship equality for Negroes as well as
for other workers. This equality is
to be fought for not only within its
own ranks but in the whole COM
munity both north and south. To
the CIO real equality cannot be es-
tablished for Negro union mem
bers so long as 1t exists in the
community of which local CIO
units are part.
So the CIO challenges and en-
cages in relentless struggle
against the whole bi-racial system
with its Jim crow, discrimination,
segregation and Illustration of hu-
man life.
In sharp contrast many AFL un-
ions, if not the federation itself, are
trying to make trade unionism op-
crate within the framework of the
bi-racial system and the require
ments of white supremacy. This is
strong and blunt, but fundamental
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-02
JAZZ TAB00ED IN DIx0N'S
PLAN TO BRING
'''"'sIf TO MILLIONS"

10 6o \11AN4
There WI. iu or Dix
on's plan to brlns .nl e - mil-
lions"
Dixon, regarded as Americas
leading young maestro and organ
izer of the American Youth orches-
ira, has already carved a niche for
himself in music's hall of fame.
The 30-year-old director has not
only led musical aggregations he
organized but is the youngest
guest conductor to ever WELD the
baton for the Philharmonic and
Philadelphia orchestras. He has
also led NYA and WPA musical
organizations and has taken Tos-
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1945-01-12
West Va. State
College News

Speaker at the Sunday eve
ming chapel Services Of the
West Virginia State College,
January Z at 700 p. m. will
be President John w. Davis.
Music by the choir.
Graduation exercises for
the fall and winter semester
Of the West Virginia State
College will be held, Sunday,
January Z, at TOO p. m. will
in the Auditorium.
Judge Herschel H. Rose Of
the State Supreme Court of
Appeals will be the COM
mencement speaker.
Invocation will be offered
by Rev. T. B. Wright, B. D.
pastor of Young Street Bap-
tist Church, Charleston.
The following students are
prospective candidates for
degrees: Lois Alexander
Florence Ernestine Allen
Emily Christian Armstead
Ethel Spriggs Bamfield, Ag-
mes Elizabeth Banks, Bessie
Malone Cook, Council Henry
Dixson, Betty Jane DuMetz
Mary Julia Dunlop, Annestint
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1945-01-12

faan sense Of appreciation for
ela-ic and choral works. And
it ller school choir at Tulsa,
slle pedalled the organs melo-
dious strains for her anxious
cllsSmate listeners.
A Talledega Girl
Basil then rnajored in music
Talledgea College where
she finished in 1o41. Finding
her talents definitely a la
Seott, she struck out in the
fell by playing s months at
mo this at Hotel Bills in
Utiea, N. n, q sumner in At
CIV. 8 months on a
$50 tour, 8 weeks at Lind
SAYS. d return date for ID
more weeks and 8 weeks at
Toraalayos in New York. The
western miss is now lingering
through 16 weeks at Wash
ington's Bengasi Club. ..-
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1945-01-12
kAUlal PREJUDICE ONE CAUSE OF MANP0WER SHORTAGE
Chief Of Minority Groups
Servile Of VINO Says Vital
War Plants Should Employ
Negro Workers

hover and Macarthur for
more and more production of
certain types of war equip
ment, Mr.. Wilson said.
The greatest immediate
manpower need, Mr.. Wilson
pointed out, is in artillery,
mortar and small arms am
munition plants, forgaa and
boundaries, tire plants and
cotton duck mills. Other war
industries for which more
workers are needed i'm
mediately to meet pres
sing military demands, he
added, are shipbuilding and
naval repair yards, plants pro-
ducing B-29 bombers and new
fighter planes, plants making
trucks and components, COM
munications wire and wire
rope factories, plants building
artillery and gun carriages.
tanks and self-propelled guns.
Efforts to enlist the help of
more Negro workers in pro-
ducing these urgent war items
will be expanded, Mr.. Wilson
said
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1945-01-12
NEGRO WORKERS ARE
NEEDED

Negro workers are urgently
needed to man critical war
plants producing must war
materials for the armed
forces, according to Benjamin
r. Wilson, Chief Of the Min
ority Groups Service of the
War Manpower Commission.
Mr.. Wilson has recently re-
turned from a field trip that
took him into three VINO
regions covering the States
Of New York, Michigan, Ohio,
Kentucky, Wisconsin, Illinois
and Indiana. During his trip
he discussed with regional
and State VINO officials ways
and means of intensifying
VINO efforts to recruit and
place Negro workers in vital
war plants in those important
war industry centers.
Stepped-up military devel-
opments in Europe and the
Pacific have resulted in urgent
calls from Generals Eisen.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1945-01-12
Heards Have A Children In Service

4 f4ss
The three sons and one
daughter of Prof. and Mrs.
B. H. Heard of Wilberforce,
Ohio are all serving in the
war effort.
Beverly H. Heard, .jr., is
located in California where he
is skilled worker in airpla le
manufacture and the recondi-
tioning of ships of the u. S.
Navy which have had heavy
wartime service.
NJ. Lamar Heard is in Flor
ida working in special service
in the A A F. His grade at
the present is Staff Sergeant.
Althea L. Heard is engaged
in the Army Red Cross serv-
ice out Of Washington, D. G.
There she completed her
training at American Univer-
sity. She is now serving a
turn as Staff Assistant at
Camp Holabird, Baltimore,
Maryland.
The following is a clipping
from the xenia, Ohio Gazette
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1945-01-12

12-27-44 on the youngest Of
the three sons, Squire w.
Heard: /.
DR.. Squire Heard Wins
Commission
DR.. Squire w. Heard, Wilber-
force. who graduated last week
from the college Of dentistry at
Howard University. Washington.
D. c., has been commissioned as q
first lieutenant In the army. the
war department announced We'd
nesday.
1t. Heard. son of Prof and Mrs.
B. H. Heard, Wilberforce where
his father is principal Of the uni
versity's high school. is expected
to arrive from Washington at the
end Of this week to visit his par
ents. He will report to Carlisle.
Pa. for training February |, and
will go from there to Fort Huach-
uca, Arizona. He is a graduate Of
Wilberforce University"
Mrs. M. L. Heard, the
mother of 1t. Heard attended
the graduating exercises OF
her son on December 22nd.
1t. Heard received the j. G.
Brazier Prize of $1,000 to the
senior who made the highest
scholastic record throughout
the four year course in Dem
tiStry.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1945-01-12
we RESOLVE TO STICK TO OUR JOB"

Memorial hospital, Welfare
Island, New York, will speak.
Miss Hill is a member OF the
college counseling staff of" the !,
national nursing council,
which directs the u. S. Cadet
Nurse Corps.
Mrs. Margaret ] a m e s
Strickland, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Rollins w. James,
Sr. of Institute, West Vir-
ginia, a graduate Of the West
Virginia State College, 1943,
has begun her second quarter
Of graduate work at the Uni
versity Of Chicago in the field
Of parasitology. Her husband,
q student of the College, is
now serving overseas on the
Western Front.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1945-01-12

Eaves, Myrtle Louise Goodins,
Virginia Eva Greene, Lloyd
Muse, Edith. Laura Poindex-
ter, Edythe Geraldine Saun-
ders, John e. Swanson, Fran
ces Elizabeth Upton, Elnora
Geraldine Walker, Donald
Vernon Warren, Virginia
Maybelle Williams.
Music will be furnished by
the College choir.
The National George Wash
irgton Carver Week, January
Z to 13, announced in West
Virginia by proclamation Of
Governor Neeley, will be elec-
brated at the West Virginia
State College by an address
on life and character Of the
great scientist by Austin w.
Curtis, Cr., head of the De-
partment of Agriculture, jan
uary Ii at 1000 a. m. Austin
w. Curtis, Jr., son Of Prof.
Curtis was assistant to DR..
Carver until his death.
Later Prof. A. G.. Warning
ton of the Department of Bi-
ology will speak on DR.. Car
ver's contributions to science.
Conferences for the purpose
of recruiting nurses for the
u. S. War and public health
will be held at the West Vir-
ginia State College on Janu.
ary 9 and 10. Miss Emily Hill
degarde Hill Of the Goldwate,
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1945-01-12

Washington Cheney newly appointed assistant
Director of Employment American National Red Cross VIII
assignment.
Before Joining staff Mrs Cheney secretary t.
Mrs Iza Miller Federal Works Agency Washington Prior
to hat wome editor of the Chicago
Chicago and Chicago Defender New Yorl
City She served personnel director o an educational survey
gponsored II.
supervisor Federal Theater Project both in New York
Cheney member Of Phi Delta Kappa sorority New Yors
active volunteer worker for the NACP IN
New York lphoto by Dan Rordan Photographer
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1945-01-12
.5y Dolores Calvin

- COIOl CS S0iSAt
oslz iCty-fCalvin's
Gervice) An ambitious,
K. eyed, Oklahoman, Miss
sil Spears, is fast becomir 6
rl,s sc runnerup to Hazel
= gT.EEazel, as yon know,
- reigns over all boogie
,.aeis>atss psayiia@ the c'aseies
frst straight, then pouring
heir Individual personality
into the keys, bringing forth
the novelty and exhibiting
I'll cir own greatness.
Basil is %; she's played
since she can retneTnber. Rev.
3. u. ST ears. hes' father, pes
tor Of the Mt. Rose Baptist
Church IN Tulsa, had a lot to
do with her career. It was IN
his church that she learned
the organ, in addition to- the
piano, and derived from it q
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1945-01-12
Va. Theological
College, Seminary
IS BEQUEATHED $4,000

LYNCFIBURG, Va. The
Virginia Theological College
and Seminary, of which Rev.
w. H. r. Powell is president,
was the beneficiary of the will
of Mrs. Mary Jane Cachelm,
colored, of Amherst Circuit
Ct, Va, it was revealed last
week. The school was be.
queathed $4,000.
The institution is asked
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1945-01-12

under the will, to take care of
the Alexander Wharton burial
lot at st. Paul's Church. qlas-
gov, Va, but this is not man
datnrv.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-07-19
ROBERT PETER, Attorney,
Rockville, Md.
Notice To Creditors

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Subscriber of Montgom-
cry County, has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Montgomery
County, in Maryland. Letters Of
Administration on the personal
Estate of
EMILY A. RUEBSAM
late of Montgomery County, de-
ceased. All persons having Claims
against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with
vouchers thereof, legally authenti-
Gated to the subscriber on or be.
fore the 18th day of January next I:
they may otherwise by law be ex-
Guided from all benefit of said Es-
tate. All persons indebted to said
Estate are requested to make i'm
mediate payment.
Given under my hand this 10th
day of July in the year of our
Lord, one Thousand nine hundred
and forty-five.
ERNEST C. RUEBSAM,
125 Southwood Ave-,
Northwood Park,
Silver Spring Md.
GAL Administrator.