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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-02
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vestry room of the Beth Israel synagogue. The meeting originally had been scheduled for July {, bw was postponed.
 Murray Grossman will report oR the clubs bond drive. Reports als< will be given on plans for fall acs tivities and on the bowling league
 Rabbi Seymour Gerwitz will at. tend his first meeting Of the clus at that time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-02

900 persons in the United States for whom Wanted Notices are on file with the FBI."
 MT Gleason said the facilities of the FBI's Identification Division are available without charge to all law enforcement agencies and 1t is possible to determine whether a person has a criminal record in a matter of minutes. FBI experts are equipped to handle any type of identification problem. Prior to the war, information was exchanged with almost every country in the world and even now, despite corn- munications difficulties, a finger print exchange is maintained with forty-five nations.
 During the early part of the Eighteenth Century, each European police department employed a few officers with good visual memories to remember the faces of criminals so they could be identified at later date. Thereafter, the noted French criminologist, Alphonse Bertillon. devised a system of Identification based on the theory that certain bony parts of the human anatomy remain unchanged during adult life. Weaknesses in the Bertillon system led to the general acceptance of fin- gerprints as a universal means of Identification. Fingerprints remain unchanged during life and no two people have ever been found with identical finge-p,ints. Siamese twins quintuplets and other close relatives have finger patterns which bear no resemblance to each other.
 In It's service to law enforcement, the FBI keep files of palm prints, footprints, nicknames, and general appearance data. F'ingerprint scien- tists of the FBl gladly assist local officers in any criminal case In one instance, FBI experts identified a deg by his nose prints,
 FBI VI Jewell Williams
 On August IS, i944, Jewel James Williams was responsible for the theft of 6 motorcycle from Indlan- spolis. Indiana, which he transport cd to Manchester, Conn. Evidence was not available to convict VII. Hams of the theft and he was re- leased. FBf agents working with the Manchester police, however, de- yeloped two fingerprints on the headlight lens Of the motorcycle. This mans Identity was definitely ascerLained by investigation and be was finally arrested at Clinton, La, November 2, iD44, where he escaped from the U. s. Marshal on Novem. Der c, ie4S. He was finally appre- hended at the sheriffs office ai Titnsyiile. Fla. His fingerpTints were compared with the impression de. veioped on the headlight lens, and were Identified definitely, tyine eubjeet 70 the crime. On June G ie45, Williams was sentenced to two years in Q Federal penitens LlaFy for violation Of the Federal Escape Act and k now awaiting cd. diti0nai trial on the charge Of trans rortiing 6 stolen motorcycle inter. state. The fineeFpFislt records ol the PDT were searched Tor . pFeyl. Cts record on thls individual and | was revealed that he had c criminal record dating back to June l, ies7
 Amnesia Victims
 Ths Identification Of amnesls victims and unknoWn dead, lllelud. Ing war casualties and disaster vic. tins, has emphaslsed the civil bene' fits Of fineerpFintins as dlstinguishet from criminal Identification. onI section Of the TETS vast fdsntlfiea' tIon Division Is concerned wIfi .dentifying var casualties. m en'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-02

secondary ones. As we develop Oki- nawa as base, we can send over 1000 planes at a time-be they B-29's. B-17's. B-2's, or even small CT planes now flocking from Europe. They can devastate every town or hamlet. They can burn some of Japan's stockpiles. They can singe crops.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-02

No public celebrations are sched- uled for the Fourth of July on Wed- nesday in Waterbury. Nearly 2S,0o0 city industrial workers have started a weekn's vacation and thousands
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-02
Tight Blockade Squeezes Japan
 Into Hopeless Military Position
By THOMAS M. JOHNSON NEA Militory Writer

Ws almost as big announcement of the fall okinawa
 ied in repeating Radio u submarines operating Sea of Japan It means that e steel shouts the boat beginning out the of the tunnels whereby Fortress Japan received supplies provisions biege that is tightening
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-02
BETH ISRAEL CLUB
 HOST TO VETERANS

A program for servicemen and discharged war veterans will be planned by the Beth Israel Mems club at a meeting July II at the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-02

''xt looks like July 4th this year will turn out tuh be a pretty quiet day on tn home front = but tn meanin' uv this anniversary is bein' pounded tntuh Japan with .cracklin' em- { phasis. Firecrackers hev been a thing nv tn past fer many moons in tn U. S.-but their big brothers are givin' tn Japanese Sandman a bad case nv tnsom- mia. We may not make a bang up job uv celebratin-but we can make a lot uv noise over tn heroic an history maxim ex- ploits uv tn Yanks who're show in tn world what independence an democracy really means. Fer all tn fireworks missed this year - we can be sure they're giyin' tn works tuh Japan"
 : D0IN's AROUND TOWN [ Sunday, JuIy 18th
 The celebration of the Feast Of Our Lady of Mount Carmel will be observed by Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Church July iB with a street procession tn the afternoon. Rev. Patrick Flynn heads the committee in charge Of the event.
 Sunday, yuly lSth-
 Tine St. Joseph's Senior Choir will sponsor its annual outing July is st the cottage Of MT. end Mrs. Anthony Mlklenes vich. Lake Plymouth. Enter. z fainfnent will feature . hot dog roast and swimming. msantTy Club, Naugatusk-
 1he American Bras Aksocia. ton ilas leased the former Hop Hrook Club as . golf and recreation center for the conn Dany's employees.
 "A good holiday dish fer the eta is tiih serve ali you kin eat t7v c9shinis Ice Cream. It's good tah tn lest drop an is perfect feg hot weather coolneGs. An what kin beal an Ice cold Giass Of caehln's Noniogenized MIX when you're real thirsty. Fer hot weather lunches Cashins creamy cottage cheese will add rest t,ih tn whole meal, You git q iot of eafin' pleasure when gcu ilse plenty nV cashin's Dairy kreaueks.s
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-02
SNYDER ABDUCTED
 BY LIONS GROUP
Ceremonies Held Saturday Evening at Shrine Club
 in ThOmastOfl

Raymond F. Snyder was installed as president Of the Lions Club at q meeting Saturday night at the Shrine Club in Thomaston. William P. Curtin of New Britain, retiring district governor. and Harold A. Ashley. new district governor, were in charge.
 Others who took office were: First vice.president, Charles Manganaro: second yice-pFesident, Max J. Kiess- ling; third vice-president, James J, Curtin; treasurer, Merwin s. Bron. son; secretary. J. Sydney Pearson; tail-twisteF, James B. Walker; lion tanner, Walter P. Day; directors for one year, Richard D, Birch and William J. Dodd; director for two years, Robert LageFquist,
 The clubs weekly luncheon meet. ing will be held Thursday at The Elton. Committee reports will be read st that time and plans will be completed for the summer season program at Camp Rose.
 the remains of . battle victim and identified him prior to burial. Las ter the O, !, returned to his com. nianding officer and proved that he was very much alive, The buried body was ekhnn1ed and correctly identified on the basis Of finger. prints.
 Not 60 long SEQ fFegmsntaFy flns geFpElnts taken from the body Of % unknown dead man found sevs eFai Wpsxs after death in Mew England river were sent 70 the Identification Division Of the YDI at Washington. fmpFassions were Sss cured Of only seven fingers sEaa il some instances the patterns were inc complete and indisEinet. While the fineegpFibts were being sent to the FBf q VeFnsent housewife iaenti- fled the body as that 0f her sen. However, the flnserpFints revealed the dead man was not related to Ter and the relatives of the de. ceased were notified through the los eal police.
 The science of fInseFprlntnig guar. antees prompt. infAillble id1ntillca- lion alsa has contributed greatly in keeping sk minimum the number ot unknown soIdiem in World War II. ....
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-02
Amnesia vieiins

The Identification Of annesla victims and lnknown dead, inelud. Ing var casualties and disaster vIc- tins, has emphaslsed the civii bene. fits Of fineerpFlnting as distinguished from criminal Identification. One section Of the WBI'g vast fdentifica- tIon Division Is concerned with Identifying var casnalsies. m enc
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-23
IT'S OUR TURN

The Southern Democrats and their reactionary
colleagues among the Republicans have dehed the
President and ignored the best interest Of the
nation by successfully bottling-up the FEPC bill
in the Rules Committee of the House, The cunning
and artifice of these modern tories cannot be per-
nitted to obstruct democratic progress in this
country. They cannot be stopped, however, unless
the rank and file citizens of the nation make their
wishes known to their elected representatives in
Congress
Our ctizenry in Michigan must write, wire and
telephone our Senators and Congressman forthwith
and impress upon them the urgency of favorable
action on FEPC legislation. The Senate can restore
the FEPC appropriation and if enough Congress
men sign the discharge petition now being circu-
lated in the House, the permanent FEPC bill may
be brought to the floor of Congress for action.
President Harry Truman has made his wishes
known to the Congress by requesting immediate
consideration of FEPC legislation Now the people
must speak. Everyone of us has responsibility
for what happens on Capitol Hill. We help elect
Congressman who are supposed to represent us and
our views When our Congressman and Senators
ignore our WILL they to represent us and make
a mockery of representative government. Never
theess, they cannot read our minds, so let us make
our views known to them now
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-23
NAACP CALLING

The annual NAACP membership drive is in its
last lap and although thousands have signed up
great many more thousands seem to take the sue
cess of the drive for granted. This business OF
taking things for granted is ruinous practice and
it often leads to disaster. The NAACP is peoples
movement and its existence depends upon the sup
port of the people
The work of the NAACP is hailed by every
straight thinking American regardless, of color
who is anxious that our democracy function Its
struggle against discriminatory laws and customs
in our country has been a contribution to the ma
tiona welfare While all of us agree on the need
and value of strong NAACP, some of us seem to
think that it is the other fellow who ought to sup
port it.
1t is interesting to note that our men in the
armed services are not nearly neglectfu as many
of our citizens on the home front Despite the small
pay and tremendous hardships, thousands OF sol
diers, sailors and marines have sent large financial
contributions to the NAACP. These servicemen
are seriously concerned about the future OF their
country They want everything done that Is hu-
manly possible to make the home front the sort OF
place to which they would be happy to return
We on the home front have an obligation to
these men in the services and we must do our part
to make life livable for the veterans OF this war.
BY buying War Bonds we can help fulfill the physl-
cal needs of the fighting forces and speed the day
when this holocaust will end BY making our con-
tribution to the NAACP we will help to improve
conditions here at home to the end that this country
will forever remain worth fighting for
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-23
LABOR LOOKS AHEAD
By GEORGE w. CROCKETT

all have agreed and wants Detroit
TO agree that the only solution TO
our city's interracial and inter-
cultural problems is TO refuse to
find jobs for Negroes and thus force
them to return South? ! wonder.
JAWS vice president. Richard
Frankensteen, is making tremen-
dous progress in his campaign to
unseat Detroit's present do
nothing" Mayor Jefferies and to
give our city dynamic and i'm
partial administration. We have
heard Dick" in two OF his more
than twenty-five speaking engage
ments thus far. The following
points he has made have impressed
US and his hearers greatly:
First: Dick Frankensteen does
not intend to be labor mayor"
when he enters the City Hall. He
intends TO be mayor for all Detroi.
and that Includes all segments of
industry and labor in Detroit.
Second: Dick Frankensteen
does not believe in special pro-
grams for special groups" He does
not believe in Negro housing" for
the same reason that he does not
believe in Negro jobs" Rather,
he believes that Detroit's most i'm
mediate task is to provide "ade-
quate housing and competent jobs"
for every person who believes in
the future of our city strongly
enough TO want to make his or her
home in our midst.
Third: Dick Frankensteen be-
lieves that we can provide housing
and jobs for all Detroiters il we
will stop so much talk about what
we are going to do and what we
are planning" to do after the war
and start doing some OF that now.
Simply providing the needed addl-
tional housing. transportation.
parks and drives. and recreational
and health facilities which the
present city administration has
been talking about-and doing
nothing about-will provide jobs
for the 100000 unemployed who are
walking the streets Of Detroit to-
day.
One cannot listen 10 Franken-
steen without being impressed with
his earnestness and getting the feel
ing that here is not just another
politician; here is man whose past
life here in Detroit demonstrates
his fearlessness and his ability 10
get done whatever he promises he
will do. II you have not heard
Dick" speak it would pay you to
do so; and certainly you must hear
him before you make up your mind
who you will put in Mayor JEFF
ferries place after the coming city
elections.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-23
TIT FOR TAT

A great many long-haired experts at San Fran
cisco are diligently searching for the magic formula
for world peace and their efforts command the re-
spect of US all Unhappily, however, we have noted
that great many foreign relations experts in our
country often neglect the obvious overlooking facts
which stand out like full moon on dark night.
For instance, it is obvious to anyone with COM
mon sense that the popular American practice OF
color and racial discrimination is very unpopular
among foreign people who differ in color and race.
Thus atin-Americans, Asiatics, and colored peo-
pies often take exception to the y-white philosophy
which is dominant in our country. 1t happens that
the majority of people earth would be classed by
American standards as non-white.
1t follows that the American practice of thumb
ing their noses at non-whtes has very direct effect
upon our foreign relations and upon world peace.
To illustrate this fact we submit the following very
interesting dispatch Of the Associated Press from
Puebla, Mexico we quote:
"The University of Puebla student body went
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-23
"VIRGINNY JUSTICE"

That wistful old tune about Garry Me Back
To Old Virginny" suggests trip which few Ne
groes up "Nawth" care to take. Their reluctance to
be carried back to Virginia can be understood when
one considers just what the trip entails Unless a
Negro walks back to Virginny, he may get into
trouble If he uses public cenveyances he must sub
nit to the wies of old Jim Crow.
Last week one lady of color who was jailed for
sitting in the wrong seat on Greyhound bus in
Virginia took her grievance up to the Virginia
Supreme Court. Ruling on the segregation statute
of the state, the Virginia justices held 1--WE are of
the opinion that the statute does not result in dis
elimination against either the white or the Negro
race"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-23
AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL
The Facts In Our News

dustrial democracy. can see. In
the speech made by Mr.. Leinin-
ger, a thrust at the whole idea
Of industrial democracy. MIR.
LeininEer Is An intelligent man.
lie knows the facts about all Ia
Dor In America. He knows that
the Negro workers do not have
any qualities, good or bad. that
are not held In the same pro-
portion by other groups Of
workers In our population.
The believers in industrial
democracy should not allow
themselves 10 be deferred from
their main objective by Mr..
Leininger's wild Eeneralities.
A. least. the wild generaiities Of
Mr.. Leininger should be dealt
with In their true setting. Their
true setting Is that Of industrial
NaEism. BY now. we all should
be able 10 recognize the mani
festations OF Nasism even n
they are dressed up In SOME
THING else.
Mr. Leininger and people who
think as he thinks are hoping that
industrial unioniSm. progressive
Christianity. progressive politics.
and devastating world war have
not taught the workers OF Ameri-
ca any valuable lessons that can
be used against rsciSm and relig-
iouS bgotry
The workers Of the United
States are aware that to play
one group Of workers on against
the other Is q devilish scheme to
10 rob ALL the workers Of JUS
TICE.
The workers know how 10 meet
Nazism in industry The workers
are behind an FEPc because they
know that the only people who
gain from race discrimination in
jobs are the industrialists.
There are those who maintain.
with some logic. too. that the kind
Of speech Mr. Leininger delivered
should have been prohibited AZ the
lnter-racial Workshop on June !
These people say that man In
the position OF Mr.. Leiningsr
AiNNs siNetcl dNNtpldlOC 10 Cut-
rent myths about race There 10
something in this thinking)
We must remember that enc
mics can be fought best when
they come out in the open. The
enemies OF democracy have al
ways given lip-service 10 democ-
racy and fair play in their public
utterances. and in secret. played
the old Nazi game. All the lovers
Of industrial democracy have .
chance 10 combat Mr. Leininger's
American brand Of industrial to-
talitarianism. II the Inter-racial
Workshop did no more than IN
have brought MIR LeininEer's
thinking out in the open. the time
and planning were we'll probably
spent Friends and enemies Of in
dustrIal democracy can be coun;ej
IN their respective corners Mr.
Lsininser's speech helps 10 make
the eounhnf possible.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-23

then. can they explain the in
suit administered to their audience
by one OF their chief speakers. Mr..
William H. Leininger, chairman OF
the Detroit Committee for Eco
nomic Development.
II has been a long time since a
more concentrated dose OF racial
prejudice has been given out by
any speaker from Detroit plat
form. and the mayor and his COM
mittee must accept full RESPONSE
bility.
OF COURSE, Mr.. Leininger mas
ouerades as a southerner without
racial prejudice: but in the same
breath he proceeds to tell us that
the Negro is. racially, more OF an
individualist than the white" and
is therefore unsuited for group
employment such as industry pro-
vides. And yet we know that in
every plant here in Detroit where
Negroes have been employed ac-
cordina TO their abilities and not
their race, they have made good.
"Horseplay" and daring the boss"
qualities which Mr.. Leininger
ascribe TO all Negroes because he
has noticed them in one or two
are not racial characteristics AT all.
There is as much "horseplay" and
daring the boss" on the part OF our
white workers as there is by the
colored ones.
Much of what Mr. Leininger said
his suggestion that because Ne
groes are sunny" in their DISPOSE
ton they should become filling sta
tons attendants-could be written
of 10 the ignorant rambling OF a
prejudiced mind were il not for
the fact that his is really the voice
of a responsible segment OF Detroit
industry. Moreover, his words al
ready have been reprinted in full
by the Detroit News-the mayors
personal mouthpiece. and ii may
be reasonably concluded that the
mayor approves.
When, therefore. Mr.. Leininger
proceeds 10 quote statistics TO show
that Detroit industry simply cannot
afford postwar employment to the
Negro Detroiters who are presently
employed here, we have 10 stop
and take notice And when the
News begins to edtorialize on the
plight Of southern cities who have
lost many Of their darker citizens
To Detroit, then we begin 10 see
the pattern.
Could IL be that the mayor, the
Detroit Committee for Economic
Development. the Detroit News and
the Mayors Interraclal committee
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-23
Acclaim Tuskegee
Work In Dietetics

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala
National recognition for the work
that Tuskegee Institute has done in
commercial dietetics was given by
the American Hotel association, the
Georgia Hotel association and the
American Hotel association and
Pabst Sales corporation in the form
Of several scholarships 10 be
awarded to deserving students.
The winners Of these scholarships
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-23

wanted 10 learn
the present stat
US Of the city's
I h ] n X | n & on
race relations.
The mayor must
h av known
that the large
majority OF the
audience would
be Negroes; and
presumably he
and his commit
tee had this in
mind when they
selected their
speakers. How.