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Detroit evening times., 1945-12-09
FIagIer Hotels
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MIAMI, Fla, Dec. S-T'he for
nal opening dates for the 1945-46
season OF the three Florida East
Coast Hotel Co. resort properties
were announced by officials today.
These hotels, which are operated
by the famous Flagler System, are
The Breakers at Palm Beach. the
Ponce de Leon at ST. Augustine
and the Hotel Ormond at Ormond
Beach.
The Ponce de Leon. after three
years in government service, was
to reopen for civilian use today.
with 3. J. Jaeckel as manager.
The Breakers. under management
of John w. Greene, will open Mon
day. Dec. "a, while the Hotel Or
mond. with Peter =. Schutt re-
turning as manager. will start its
5ith season on Saturday. Jan. ).
The Ponce de Leon will offer
both the American and European
plan, while the American plan
only will be available at The
Breakers and the Hotel Ormond.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-09
Expected in I946

II the same period Of wait
ing after victory is required
this time. tourists will start
moving across the Atlantic IN
April. 1916. and across the Pa
cific in July. We have no as
surance that passport controls
will be relaxed that soon, but
il Is reasonable TO expect that
we'll before the end Of next
year the state department Will
give us the green light for
travel 10 most foreign countries.
There IS small likelihood that
YOU will be able to make a tour
of German battlefieldS in 1896,
or view the bomb damage in
Japan. The enemy countries
pro- bly, will remain under
stern military restrictions for a
long time. II is doubtful, too,
if such disturbed countries as
Italy. Poland and Yugoslavia
will be opened TO tourists soon,
but such travel meccaS as Eng
land, France, Switzerland. the
Scandinavian countries, Egypt.
India and China are almost GER
tain to be sufficiently recovered
from the war 10 place welcome
mats in front Of their doors.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-09
Distances Shrink

a generation ago the auto
mobile freed people from their
dooryards and their local COM
munities. Today, airplanes and
fast steamships are about 10
liberate us from our continents.
In the decade ahead, average
Americans will think no more Of
fitting TO Paris, Rio de JanelrO
or Calcutta than they formerly
did of jourpeying 10 Niagara
Falls. the Mammoth Cave or
the Rocky Mountains.
As president Of America $
largest travel organization, !
am kept aware OF these opening
VstaS from day 10 day Never
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-09
Passports Few Nov

Just when all these travel
hungry millions will be able 70
start realizing their dreams will
depend upon shipping and the
-poed with which the world can
return 10 normalcy. At the
present time, the state depart
ment restricts the issuance OF
passports for pleasure travel 10
most OF the world, because the
bulk of shipping is still needed
10 bring our fighting men home
and because many war-ravaged
countries are not yet IN posi-
ton to receive guests.
There is every reason TO be-
lieve. however. that the state
department will start granting
passports during the coming
year for travel to countries
ready and eager TO receive tour
ists. After the end of the first
World War, II months elapsed
before the first passports were
issued for pleasure travel IN
Europe.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-09

TNHE greatest wave Of foreign
Il travel in the history OF the
world is expected by Ralph 7.
Reed, president of the American
Express Co.
Writing in the American
Magazine. he says:
Americans have always liked
TO go 10 distant places--thore
wouldn't be any America, as we
know il, If our ancestors hadn I
had wanderlust-and now. with
the war behind US, entirely new
viStaS of foreign travel arc
opened before US.
Every part Of tho world from
the heart of Africa and the IN
terror Of Asia 20 the capitals ot
Europe and South America. VIII
soon be open 10 the citizens OF
Keokuk, Kankakce and kala-
fF1gynn
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-09
America First

These are questions which
everybody IS asking After the
long grind Of the war years,
millions OF people have a crav-
ing for vacations, and for new
and romantic scenes The war
has stimulated interest in for
elgn lands.
.Itfees -ppttftott --dyIrg tiTat
seeing America first will be
the main travel trend for most
Americans, particularly during
the next two years.
With the broadening OF world
horizons, however, millions Of
others -- even job-holders with
only two weeks vacations-are
dreaming Of m ore remote
places.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-09
Course Open
To Public

MIAMI BEACH. Dec. S
Famed ayshorc golf course,
where captains of industry COM
peted even during their relaXa-
ton, is now open to the public.
Purchased and remodeled by
tho City Of Miami Beach at a cost
of nearly S1.0O0.000, BayShore
boasts Of rolling green's, smooth
fairwayS and challenging bunkers
Of championship caliber
Pros are Frank Walsh Of De-
troit and Mel Arnett Of San An
tonic. Tex. James r. BrySon is
manager.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-09
William Reds
Return Home

MR.. AND MRS. WILLIAM
REID of Dryden avenue, have
returned from Florida where
they attended the marriage OF
their daughter, Elizabeth, TO
Warrant Officer Edgar Cameron,
USMC. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Cameron OF Los Angeles,
Cal.
The ceremony was solemnized
Nov. 2 in the Community
Church at Vero Beach.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-09
Greatest Foreign TroveI
Surge Expected in I946

before has there been such a
tremendous pent-up demand for
foreign travel.
When can we get passports?
What countries shall We be
permitted TO visit next year?
What are our chances Of
getting space on a ship or
plane? How much viii il
gglf >
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-09
CoIorfuI SaIad

EYE APPEAL never ceases
10 be Of number one Importance
as far aS food is concerned. A
perky canned cling peach half
Is an excellent Colorlul base for
an interesting salad. Stun the
hollow with cream cheese
and raiSin filing and watch
YOUR familY SnIlc.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-05-03

rights as applicable to all Ameri-
cans. Certainly the official position
of the United States government as
voiced by nearly all it's leading
spokesmen over the past several
years, would make it extremely diff
ficult for them to come out in ac-
tive opposition to the principle of
racial equality at the conference.
Friends In England
Within the British empire the
forces pressing for equality are far
from the disorganized and voiceless
multitude of 1918. In India, in At
rica, in the Far East, British col
onials have organizatio o n and
spokesmen. In Britain itself, these
people have powerful support
among. large powerful organiza-
tiOns.
Certainly we can say that neither
Britain nor American will be able
to bring anything like a united
group in support of a policy of in
equality.
Thus we see that China, France,
the Soviet Union are definitely for
the principle of race equality. And
they represent majority of the
"big five" In the whole united ma
tions assembly an even larger pro-
portion of the delegates will be in
favor of such a principle, for the
simple reason that a majority of the
populations of smaller nations are
non whites. In the world, whites
represent a rough third of the to.
tai population.
One third of the world cannot
keep two-thirds of the world in {
subordinate position in any inter
national organization which is mor'
than mere symbol of democracy
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-05-03

lcdH QeleSdIeS was not even OlS-
cussed by any representative group
of American Negroes. Liberia and
Haiti were muzzled by American
big business interests which DOM
mated them and feared equality
especially of salary. The British
colonies and China. were similarly
gagged, and for similar reasons.
Japan's demand was denied on
the grounds that it would conflict
with the exclusion laws of the
United States and the British en-
pire-a not very obscure reason and
not, of course, the real reason.
There were unofficial attempts to
marshal forces for presenting the
demands at Versailles in 1919. I'm
der the sponsorship Of DR.. w. E. B
Dubois, Pan-African congress
was called in Paris. 1t failed, o1
course, to influence the final shape
of the peace.
Contrast that with the situation
today at the San Francisco confer.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-05-03
ARMY SENDS JOE TO
ALASKA and THE
ALEUTIANS

NEW YORK, May 3 (ANP)-
T/Sgt. Joe Louis Barrow, world
heavyweight boxing champion, left
here to fulfill a 60-day assignment
in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands.
The champions birthday, 81, on
May 13, will find him without his
usual boxing troupe miles away
from home. No boxing exhibitions
are planned in his northern timer
ary.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-05-03
Many Nations Back Race
Equality Pledge at
United Nations Conference
BY Mason Robertson

principal of racial equality will be
ments of the united nations confer
Observers and students with
whom I've talked believe that it is
almost certain to be included. And
an examination Of the background
and forces involved convince me of
the correctness of such belief.
Certainly the principle of equal
ity will come before the delegates
back by more powerful protagon-
lists than ever before in all history.
For example, at the end of the
last war only one major voice-that
OF Japan-was heard advancing the
demand for equal rights for the
worlds darker races at the peace
meetings. Support for program
demanding such action of the Amer
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-05-03

ence.
Last month, Zaffrullah Khan,
leader Of the Indian delegation to
the British Commonwealth confer
ence, told the delegates it was es-
'sential that there should be no |
further racial discrimination in any
shape or form.
At the Dumbarton IOakes meet
ing, the Chinese delegation request
ed that the principle of race equal
ity be formally included in the
agreement. No action was taken,
but the Chinese are certain to raise
the issue again here in San Fran
cisco.
Premier Joseph Stain declared
"the abolition Of racial exclusive
ness" to be one of the Soviet I'm
ions basic peace aims. This inten-
ton has been repeated over and
over again by key Russian spokes-
men. A recent issue Of the Informa-
ton Bulletin issued by the Soviet
embassy in Washington declared:
when any country gives shelter to
the Hitlerites or their ideas in the
form of discrimination legislation,
in the form of racist organizations
or racist press, it is no longer an
internal affair of that country"
This from a country which shares
with the United States the greatest
power on earth! And, of course their
official declarations of policy is
confirmed by the well-known fact
that the Soviet Union is the one
place on earth where discrimination
and prejudice Of all kinds has been
wiped out by rigidly enforced laws
making such practices a major fel-
ony.
France to Give Citizenship
/ According to Rene Pleven, col
; onial minister, France plans tt
make full citizens of all her col.
onial peoples, with all the rights Of
white Frenchmen in the mainland
and to fight with all it's strength
any importation of racial prejudice
I The Netherlands government ha
announced it's plan to rebuild it.
colonies as a commonwealth witt
no discrimination of any kind be
I tween races.
The position of both Britain an
h America on issue of equality are s.
much in public discussion that the,
: need little examination here. Ger
tainly we are all aware of tn
| social, economic, historic factors in
volved.
/ And certainly, no Negro wi
deny that since Versailles, the me
and the interests supporting jir
crow in America have been in cor
stant retreat-that they have bee
undercut and circumscribed by sue
| factors as the FEPC, the suprem
court ruling on the vote, the army
order outlawing Jim crow, the abol
tion of the poll tax in Georgia, an
| host of other laws and actions
: officials and by civic church an
labor organizations all Of whic
have brought nearer the realizatio
| of the constitution and the bill {
Evening star., 1945-04-01

Harry Donley - those fellows had stuck to
their guns, and the war neatly doubled their
incomes for them. The doorbell, he noticed,
did not respond when he pushed it. He
knocked, and was fumbling in the pockets of
his uniform for a key when the door opened
why, Gordon"
Ellen was tired He felt her trembling in
his arms as he drew her close to him. Its
been a long time, darling" he managed
She stepped back to look at him, as though,
after being married to him for nineteen years,
she didn't know every line of his angular face
and too tall frame.
''Sally's not here?" he asked.
ELLEN walked arm in arm with him into
the living room, and when he had settled into
his favorite chair and stretched out his legs,
she said, "Sally's hero came home last week
She's been out with him every spare second"
pete, you mean?"
"Of course, dear. He's first lieutenant
now. Think of it - nineteen years old and a
first lieutenant in the Army Air Forcep' Her
Evening star., 1945-04-01

him an hour ago. Lovely. More so every time
he set ewes on her. No wonder Pete Benson,
standing by the kitchen table, was aglow with
the radiance of young man in love!
How are you, sir?" The boys handshake
was firm and confident.
All the kids were confident today, Gordon
thought And that was good thing. The
Youngsters sure knew what they wanted and
we're determined to get it. They were entitled
to it, by Heaven!
But as they went in for dinner, he saw
Petes limp and the boys effort to hide it.
Gordon was tense again, nagged by bitter
thoughts
He remembered what he'd said to the re-
cruiting officer year and half ago, when
asked how old he was. He'd not meant to
deliver a lecture. The words had come OF
their own accord. I'm forty, and too old to
do what | ought to be doing. But damn it,
this war is our fault, not that of the kids
who're doing the dying We can't sit on the
sidelnes while they clean up the mess we've
made!'
liz STILL felt that way But it was hard to
see how he'd lived up to it. Hard to weigh
the little he was doing against Ellen's weari-
ness - the fact that Sally had quit college
He realized suddenly that Pete was talking
to him: And so there l was, with the
gas tank full of holes, the gauge reading
empty, and nothing under me but this little
island which according to our information
was occupied by Japs. But the airstrip in the
jungle didn't look like anything the Japs had
built. You get so you can tell. Anyway,
had TO choice - had to put 'er down - and
down - down | went And the strip was one
of ours!'
One of ours?" Gordon had to say some
thing.
Our boys had just finished it. Matter of
fact, there was bulldozer parked squarely
in the middle of the runway when | came
hmping in, and one of the Seabees risked his
neck to get it out of my way You see they'd
landed on the island just three days before
- and wiped out the Japs there, and were
getting the place ready for our flyers. The
fellow in charge - a lieutenant - was mighty
proud of the job his men had done. Said they
were two full days ahead of schedule
Pete grinned, as only these courageous kids
could grin when remembering their close calls.
"A lucky thing for me they pere ahead of
schedule" he exclaimed Else | wouldn't
be here now"
Gordon stopped mouthful of soup half
way to his mouth and was motionless. There
was more to Pete's story than this He sensed
it in the way Ellen and Sally were watching
him.
That lieutenant" Pete declared. said he
knew you. Maybe shouldn't tell you what
olca ha coid
Evening star., 1945-04-01

lieutenant's insignia, and her eyes said, moi
yet?" and they were both silent. She knew as
we'll as he did that promotions were slow
unless man went overseas He had not been
overseas.
Pete had to make an emergency landing
near New Guinea somewhere she SAID
quickly, land was hurt But not badly. He'll
be going back soon"
GORDON smiled 1t was little hard to pic
ture the kid across the street - the high
school basketball hero - flying a fighter
plane in the Pacific. But then, it was little
hard to think of some of his own kids, the
youngsters who struggled under his tutelage
to pass their advance technical training as
Seabees, swarmng ashore on some of those
Pacific islands to build bases and air fields.
This was kids war.
He wondered again if he had done the right
thing in getting into it. Perhaps he should
have given little more thought to his wife
and daughter, his home and obligations.
Such thoughts were not good. 1t must be
close to dinner time" he said 'I'll just fix the
doorbell while you're getting it ready
Nonsense. The doorbell will keep
You need man around here
But not to fix doorbells. Gordon. l
haven't seen you in six months"
Six months. He hadn't realized it was so
long. At camp there was so much to be done
- thousands of men hurrying to soak up
fheir MILITARY apd facbp;col tr,;,;po ;r , tra
mendous rush. Somehow, at camp you were
able to forget that the Donleys and the
Carriers were painting thei, houses, buying
Bonds and sailing away money for the future.
You forgot, at camp, that you'd swapped
ten-thousand income for lieutenant's stripes.
Instead, you fretted furiously about kids who
were going out to face the Japs. Kids like
Meager and Jackson and especially young
Ensign Freddie Vaughn, who would have gone
out there green and useless if you hadn't
taken him aside, day after day, and ham
mered into him some of your own special
knowledge. You almost forgot how lonely a
man of forty could be when removed from
his wife and daughter and all the familiar
comforts of home.
GORDON kissed his wife gently. I've only
thirty-six hours. There's lot to be done
around here; anyone can see that
There was a lot to be done. 1t was not
Ellens fault; to make the best of their re-
duced income she'd rented rooms, and that
was not easy when, like Ellen, you had never
been quite strong.
Nor was it Sally's fault that the house had
gone bit to seed She was doing her part,
working in the shipyard offices.
He supposed, really, the fault was his own.
For listening too rard to those early appeals
for men with construction experience For
heinU cuayed hy Nayu roctarc baro;or x,,o,,
Evening star., 1945-04-01
Andrews, of the Seabees, was
discouraged. He had to fight
the war at home - while this
kid Pete flew In the Pacific
A Short Short Story

A Short Short Story
ME house was not quite as he remembered
Il it, and for a moment he thought there
had been structural changes. Trained in engi-
neering, his mind turned to such things auto
matically.
But nothing serious was wrong. 1t was just
that the other five homes on Cedar Circle
had been given spring coat of paint, and
Number 18 had not. Painters were expensive.
And the grounds were in need of attention
because the neighborhood kids who had
always moved the lawn were busy now with
other things.
Gordon Andrews shrugged without mean
ing to, and went up the steps, Most of the
neighbors. he mused, were pulling down
mighty good money these days. Steve Carter.
Evening star., 1945-04-01


Nor was it Sally's fault that the house had
gone bit to seed. She was doing her part,
working in the shipyard offices.
He supposed, really, the fault was his own.
For listening too iiard to those early appeals
for men with construction experience For
being swayed by Navy posters begging men
with know-how to Join the Seabees! Enlist
in the Navy's Construction Battalions!'
Now, with the glamor gone and the war
drawn out to slow, grim business of wait
ing, he realized that Carter and Donley were
probably right.
He glumly finished adjusting the oil-burner
motor. From the kitchen above, Ellen had
called him. The door at the head of the cellar
stairs flew open as he assembled, and Sally
had her arms out to him.
Dad! You didn't let us know!
That was coming home? didn't know
myself" In the kitchen, grinning, he held
Sally close for minute and then at arms
Evening star., 1945-04-01

Gordon stopped mouthtul OF soup half
way to his mouth and was motionless. There
was more to Pete's story than this He sensed
it in the way Ellen and Sally were watching
him.
HAT lieutenant" Pete declared. said he
knew you. Maybe shouldn't tell you what
else he said"
GO on"
well, his name was Vaughn - Freddie
Vaughn. He was an ensign, guess, when you
had him in the States Everything he knew
about building air fields, he said, was ham,
mered into him the hard way by YOU
They were calling the place Gordon Andrews
Field"
1t was quiet there at the table. Sally moved
little, to put herself closer to Pete, but no
one said a word until Ellen stood up matter
of-factly and removed the soup plates.
And all Ellen said, while leaning over Cor
don's shoulder to touch her lips to his cheek.
was - -'Doorbells - Humph" The End
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26

Sometimes you can't see the woods be- cause of the trees; and sometimes you can't see the scenery along the highways because of the billboards. And then again a nice looking billboard looks pretty good ahead of you and accentuates the posi- tive in the natural background. However this is all beside the point, and the state of Vermont to our north, which is ever aiming to protect it's natural beauty, has voted to prohibit advertising signs that are over 40 square feet in area. That is to say 29 southern Vermont towns have so voted These particular towns are in the vicinity of Vermont's rural highways. About billboards, naturally we don't want to spoil the incidental scenery, but usu- ally you find these slightly affairs located in some wide open space, not cluttering up the scenery. Vermont has eliminated three-fourths of the billboards in an effort to keep their state beautiful. It is beautiful; so is Connecticut, and we have plenty of billboards
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26
Liberty or License

Some of the practices of labor unions can no longer be excused as privileges of liberty. They are sheer license. And the results that are beginning to appear should alarm every union member and every real American.
 A news report from Port Huron, Mich igan, for example, tells how the stock holders of one of Michigan's oldest indus trial concerns voted to liquidate the con- pany. The management said that the disturbances and demands of the union made profitable operation impossible The 325 employees of the firm will have to look elsewhere for work.
 And then there are the recurring in- stances of members being thrown out of unions and prevented from working at their trade for refusing to pay political assessments to support candidates and measures objectionable to them. The fol- lowing is typical of press comment on such abuses: If union memberships can be canceled for refusal to make contribu- tions against members will, then there isn't much freedom of suffrage or free dom of speech left
 Such labor dictatorship is making mockery of the advertised freedom of American workmen-they are falling into the position of the slave labor we have freed in Europe.