davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15

them. Prisoners are not afraid
for themselves but they do
worry about their families"
s Sgt. Donald J, Mcpherson,
who vas captured Al the fall OF
MIndanao and wears the Bronze
Star and the Purple Heart was
A prisoner for 81 months at the
Malay Balay, Dayao and LanSang
camps.
With Cpl. Willard + Hall, ne
was one nl 81 prisoners Who o.
capped when The japanese trans
port on which they were trans
ferred was torpedoed Sept. Z,
1914.
Describing tho food served
American prisoners by their Jap
CaptOrS, Mcpherson said.
THE JapS fed us mostly on
rice but there were Naric.>
small native vegetables on the
menu and, once every FIVE or
six weeks, We got meat. 10
pounds divided among 1000
prisoners.
"To satisfy the craving for
meat, we caught frogs and fried
them in shaving cream"
COLD IN CAMPS
6 Set Ralph J. Tnmnk af Flint.
air forces gunner who spent two
years IN SIX different German
camps and has the Purple Heart,
said
"It was unbearably cold In
some German camps. saw
fellow prisoner at Camp lib
putting on his coat. his over
coat and finally his hat.
Where are YOU going: i
asked
ITO bed the prisoner. re-
piled"
Sgt Mcpherson was questioned
by Mrs W II. LaFaye Of Birming-
ham. Mich. about her brother
Chief MschinlSts Mate Richard
Rcgan
"Sure, know Regan well"
the sergeant said Hes the
biggest man in the camp al
Davno. He's the official wood
chopper and keeps in fine fettle
with his aN."
Sgt. Harold Shoahan who was
confined in two camps IN Germany
for IL months. met Mrs. l.. y.
SChonSheCk Of InkStcr. She asked
about her brother. Sgt Ray Sell
of InkSter, who IS IN the BIZ
air prison
"SeIl slept right above me for
four months at BIZ" Sheahan
replied
Others who spoke at the meet
ing were 1t William F. Higgins,
1t. Cecil r Fisher. 5 SGT. Azzan
Mckaean. s sgt Martin w Ms
sen, S/Sgt. Edward p. Troy and
1t Stewart +. Cooper
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
jackson Girl
Editor Fired

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Feb. IA
up MarilNn haemmerle today
was dismissed as editor of the
William and Mary College campus
newspaper. the Flat Hat for
which she wrote an editorial advo-
eating that Negro students inter-
mingle socially with white stu
dents al the staid southern school.
In a statement 20 the student
body. President John Pomtret Of
the college made clear that the
22-year-old Jackson tMiCh) coed
had been relieved OF her duties
under an agreement by which the
publication might re-
Anr11P
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
Neglect Of Dogs
In H. Charged

A petition charging that ami
mails in the Highland Park dog
pound are being neglected witt be
presented TO common council
there tonight by a group Of resi-
dents demanding remedial action.
The petition charges that no
provision iS made to feed the ami
mails on Sundays, that drinking
water was allowed 10 freeze in
the pans and the animals are
forced 10 sleep on 2 cement floor.
"Such a state Of affairs in a
progressive city like Highland
Park is shocking 10 say the
least" the petition states.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
VISITOR IDENTIFIED
PITIED CRIPPLED MAN

The friendllneSS Of the family
toward Antipas dates back 10 a
childhood friendship in their ma
tive Greece, Doyle said. The fact
that AntipaS was a cripple, who
walks with cane. heightened
this feeling TO pity, it was eX-
planned.
Services for Mrs. Argeroplos
will probably be held Friday
afternoon in the Harris Funeral
Home 425l CaSS, and in the st.
Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church.
Tuxedo and Hamilton. Burial will
be IN Evergreen Cemetery.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
4Budget Boosts
OK by Mayor

NaYor IofneS today gaze
tentative approval 10 the pro-
posed budgets of four more
municipal departments sanction
ing an increase Of SS6s.2H over
their current budgets.
lie approved an increase Of
SIP 295 IN the budget of the
city plan commission about 30
per cent over the current budget
\ S304,07S increase was allow I'd
ln the budget of the Public
Lighting Commission The per
WIt Iuud and iHc pubic works
general fund also were granted
budget raises
The malnr had reviewed the
budgets Of IS out of - depart
mcnfS
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
Faces Trial as Killer
OF Detroit Policeman

Casiner Rutkowski S3. of 5731
Trenton. charged with the shot
gun murder, Jan Is Of Patrolman
Leo HohnSki, 46. today was held
for trial on a first degree murder
charge after examination before
Recorders Judge Gerald Groat
during which RutknwSki's father.
Paul. testified that My son killed
hin, "
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
Printing Trades
Re-EIelt Sparkmdn

The Allied Printing Trade|
Council today had reelected Cliff
ford g. S p ark m n president
Sparkman is president of Locd
l8 of the Typographical Union.|
Walter Wisdom, internationd
representative of the Printinl
PreSsmen and Assistants Uniod
was renamed secretary-treasurej
Other officers elected last nigh
are Raymond A. Jameson, vic|
president; Harry Bell, recordin|
secretary and John Brownie
Sergeant-at-armS.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
Fare Enough
$4,000 Points Taken
From DSR Boxes

Tokens for enough food to fee
a neighborhood for a week Wi
exchange h nds today whe
the DSR turns over 10 OPI
some $4,000 red points and 800
blue ones. dropped by mistaN
into the DSR's fare boxes in tn
last year.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
Gets National Post

Or Alfred NcClunc Loo chair
man OF thr department of SoctoI-
ncN- A A4Aan,- University. hay.
been elected a ueuhar ot thc
board Of directors OF 'no Va
tn%aI Association OF Public Re
lationS Counsel
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15

at Home competition. is open to
all Detroit women and the Spon-
sors viii offer top prize Of $50
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
M Courses Open

Advance registrations are being
taken this week for the S5 Cnlver-
Sity OF Michigan extension courses
scheduled in the second semester
program opening Feb. l9 at Rack
ham Educational Memorial
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
Begin Lenfen
Observance

The penitential season Of LenI
40-day period Of fasting an |
prayer extending 10 Easter Sun
day, most joyous feast day in th|
Christian world, opened today
This is Ash Wednesday.
For the second year Strid
Roman Catholic rules have bee|
relaxed again. Due TO wartim)
food Scarcities and increase
rationing restrictions as we'll 4
Found-the-eloek war work, toda}
Ash Wednesday, will be the onq
meatleSS day in the Catholl
lenten schedule, exception of Fri
days.
The lenten period this year vii
end Easter Sunday, April /.
MASSES AT NOON
In all Catholic churches todd
the custom of marking the for}
heads Of WorshipperS with tn
sign OF the cross in ashes wd
Carried out. At four CatholI
churches, st. AloysiuS, st. MaTy'l
Holy Rosary and SIS. Peter an
Paul JeSuiD noon masses WI
be celebrated throughout IN
period
Beginning today noon lentd
devotionS will be held at six d
the downtown churches.
The Detroit Council of Churchd
will open its 26th annual seria
Of noon lenten services at m
Central Methodist Church wifi
DR.. Oscar r. Blackwelder in IN
pulpit. DR.. Blackwelder will aid
preach tomorrow and Friday.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15

Renewed hope oftheir loved springs today
the of 3700 Deoers who attended the second Red
Cross prisoner Of nexofkin meeting in Masonic Temple
last night.
These home folks visit their boys So they did the
thing with rapt attention while II
spent years Jap and German
priso described he life in d. etail
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
BY JERRY PETIT
Detroit Times Contest Editor


What the emotional problems of the servceman return
ing womans world More specifically what problems
of Detroit returning Detroit homesto the
hearts, mothers And have
solved these problems
For the best letter written by Detroit woman who has
greeted such returning servcemanwho faced obstacles
connection with his conquered
these prebemsThe Detroit Times and the Michigan Theate
offer top award Of $50 in bonds.
At the Michigan Theater there this Friday the
picture III BE Seeing You starring Ginger Rogers and Joseph
dealing With the er,otiona roc Home" competition open
all Detroit and the Spon-
home front sors viii offer a top prize Of $50
The Continued Pare
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03
Lest We Forget--Lest We Forget
Michigan S Battle Heroes

19, Two Jima; back in action: in
service November, 1912; overseas
Ia years; veteran of Marshall
Islands, Tinian. Saipan; attended
Northeastern; Montgomery Ward
employe; son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Adolf Pomiecko, 1920 Georgia.
MARINE PVT. MAX RUBIN,
.28, infantry, February. Two Jima /;
hospitalized oregon; awarded
Purple Heart; Diesel employe: in
service January, 1913; overseas 10
months; wife. Esther, 1851 Hazel
wood
PFC. LEONARD r. SILBERT,
20, engineers, May 7. Luzon: still
hospitalized: Federal Builders en-
ploye; in service April, 1941; over
seas March. 1912: son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Philip Silbert, 2925 Mon
terey.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03
PATRICK, u, field artillery, May

slsGT. JOHNSON PFC. JAWORskI
II, Redefn, Germany; in service
March. 1871; overseas December,
1914; wife, Victoria. 19207 Fair
port, one brother in navy
PFC. EDWARD III. JAWORSKI,
20, infantry. April 29. Luzon; in
service August. 1913; overseas
March. 1911 leaves parents, Mr..
and Mrs Albert JaweFskii, 422i22
Gallagher, brother Cpl. Theodore.
S/SGT. JAMES 4. JOHNSTON,
19, Bit turrct- gunner. October
j, over Germany, previously re-
ported missing On same date at
tended ST Benedicts; in service
October, 1913 overseas August,
1914; leaves father John +. John
h. So Pilgrim Highland Park,
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03

20, April z, OkInaWa: Central
graduate; IN service July, 1913;
overseas August. 1914 leaves
mother, Mrs. ArchleSsc Kumjian.
1904 Burhngame. brother, Radio
man Haiti. one sister.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03
BuIgaridns Demand
Custody Of Dimitrov

MOSCOW, June 2 CUP)-A
Tass news agency dispatch from
Sofa said today the Bulgarian
government had demanded that
u. S. minister Barnes release 10
authorities Dr. Dimitrov. former
leader of the agricultural union.
The dispatch said that Dimitrov,
Who had been under house arrest
for defeatist propaganda during
Bulgaria's hostilities with Ger
many. took refuge with Barnes,
although nothing threatened his
safety
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03
WOUNDED

MARINE SGT. FRANCIS b.
DoLAN JR., u. March 4, Two
Jima; back in action: attended
Wilbur Wright Trade School and
Mackenzie. in service JANUARY.
1912; overseas January, 1913: son
of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Dolan
Sr.. 6452 Mcdonald; brother. En-
sign Thomas.
PFC. MANUEL MONTES, 21,
engineers May 8, Luzon; back in
action; Western graduate: Ford
employe; in service August, 1943;
overseas April. 1914. son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Demetrio Monies. 4039
Brandon; brother, Pfc. Fernando.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03
MISSING

SHIPS COOK ne RICHARD
EARL HoETGER, %, May II,
South Pacific; Crosse Pointe High
graduate; Briggs employe; in
service July, 1912; overseas Sep
tember. 1874: son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Hoetger, $50 Lorraine road,
Crosse Pointe.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03

Before losing his life on the
battlefield of Okinawa. an in
tantryman. included in today's
Biographical sketches OF dead and
Eounded. was wounded three
times at Attu and in the Aleu-
tians
Another infantrynan, who died
aGermany in March, had been
Xhtly injured a month before
he was mortally wounded.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03
B Pilots Back
From Prison
Detroiters Kept Hope
'Yanks Are Coming

Three Detroit fliers with
combined term of 45 months in a
German prison camp are home
again.
They are: 1t. Jack Schmidt,
"a, of l5020 Fairfield. son of Au-
gust Schmidt; 1t. John II. Paulus-
sen Jr.. 26, whose parents live
at 1885 Fairfield, and 1t. Charles
M. Eberhardt, "a, of l48 Glendale.
The boys arrived here last
night from TT. Sheridan.
Schmidt, a prisoner % months,
was shot down over northwest
Germany. Paulussen's ship blew
up in mid-air and he has no idea
how he got TO the ground. Eber-
hardt was a prisoner IA months.
"The only thing which kept
as alive was knowing the Yanks
were coming" Schmidt said.
'For eight months, the three
OF us have been together, and
we're home together TO surprise
our families"
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03
DEAD
PVT. CORNELIUS A. DIEHL,

PVT. CORNELIUS A. DIEHL.
%, infantry, April Z. Cebu Island /;
CaSS Tech graduate; Ex-Cell-O
employe; in service July, 1914;
overseas December, 1914; leaves
wife, Rebecca, daughter, Joann,
1925 Harding. parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Diehl, $50 Montclair,
brother, PHARMACISTS Mate Jack.
SGT. TH0M AS Il. FITZ-
PATRICK, u. field artillery, NAV
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03
Bo+anist to Speak

DR.. Vollney Jones, u. OF NJ.
botanist, will speak at the monthly
open meeting of the Aboriginal
Club at $50 p. m. Monday in
Room lis, County Building.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03

Attu, Aleutians: awarded Purple
Heart: attended Southeastern;
Wolverine Nut employe; in serv-
ice September. 1912; oversee
April, 1913; son of Mr.. and Mrs.
(. II. Pascoe. 4345 Coplin.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03
ARINE PHARMACISTS
MATE sc RICHARD KUMJIAN,

~ tIhl lIII IIIF FIIINIIN uI ~
Ither. Cpl. Edward
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03

Buy War savings stamps the
convenient way. Order them
delivered to your door from your
Detroit Times carrier-saIesman.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03
PVT. WARREN ii. PRICE, "a,

tank corps. Au-
gust /. France;
previously re-
ported missing
on same date;
in service Sep
tenn b er, 1913;
overseas April,
1914; only child
OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Alvin Price,
ll035 l.. JEFF
ferSon: wife,
Beatrice, Big
Sandy, Tenn.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-03-10
YIDDlSH ADAPTATION

NEW YORK. --6ANP)-A YiddiSh
actor, Leib Konigsberg recently be-
gan work on a Ylddish adaptation
Of Gershwin's "Porgy and Boss
Though the musical score will re-
main the same Konigsberg said al
ready he has completed lyrics to
five of the songs and that he has
changed the scene to a ghetto
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-03-10
NEW CALIFORNIA PAPER

STOCKTON, Cal. (ANP) The
Stockton Press, new weekly pa
PER has made its DEBUT here under
the direction of Albert White, we'll
known newspaper man OF Fran
cisco.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-03-10
Threaten ToOuit
If Negroes Hired

the st. Louis regional office, charg-
ed.
Such an interruption, he said,
would stop production in the two
cartridge plants The brass mill at
East Alton makes strip metal for
both cartridge plants.
Explaining how deep-seated the
feeling in the community Is against
Negroes, Mayor Charles Vanpreter
of East Ason said that Colored are
not allowed to work or live there.
If Negroes are permitted to move in
under government order, he further
stated it lsisht not be possible to
maintain order with the towns
four-man police force. Citing pre-
vious incident of the effect of Ne
groes upon the community, the
mayor said that back in 1898 when
the WPA attempted to use colored
on a playground project, whites
compelled them to leave town.
Another who testified against the
ACCESSIBILITY Of bringing Negroes
into the plant was Taylor Elliott,
treasurer of the Wood River AFL
Central council, who said that oth-
er plants in the East Alton area also
bar Negroes Elliott said that out
at the Shell refinery at RoXana,
where he is employed. Negroes are
not given employment, under I'M
ion contract.
Christ Meisenheimer of the WeS-
tern Cartridge Co, said, well quit
and go back to the farms" if Ne
groes are brought in. The mere
thought of bringing in Negroes as
employees III the plant will curb the
factory's production which is ex-
peCted TO reach q peak in the next
month OF so, he said
Conducting the FEPC hearing
was Malcolm ROSS, chairman; Miss
Sarah Southall, Chicago, and Mill
ton Webster, Chicgo Moceo Hub
bard was hearing examiner and
Emanuel H. Bloch hearing commits
SiOner.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-03-10
Dining Waiter
Held In Death
OF Passenger
Claims White
Man Beat Him
About Head

SHARON SPRINGS, KAN
(ANPl--A dining car waiter, VIII
lam B Bruce II, is III jail here foi-
lowing the fatal stabbing of Home
] clark white. of Monticello, ARK,
Monday night on Train NO. 81 OF
Union Pacific railway. No charges
have been filed against the youth
who said he lives in Denver.
According to Bruce, he was SELL
inc his sandwiches in the aisle OIL
49,. 7s,yS sfsff1 when the white man ask
ed for a sandwich and coffee When
the bcv asked Clark to walt q MN,
uite the man demanded that he get
that n1nk OUT of the aisle, that ne
had been blocking traffic long
enough
The two men are said to have
rene into a clinic and when Clarh
fbreVv the boy into the Railway,
and then Jumped on him and neat
him about TIE head, porter cam
forth and tried to stop the tight.
when Bruce got up he opened ms
Knife and swung at the passenger
bIff missed and struck instead the
porter.
The next blow however got the
white man just below the neart.
Bruce threw the knife out OF the
,rirdow but was later found on a
platform at wallace, nine miles east
If Sharon. Clark was taken TO
hospital where he died.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-03-10

HUNTSVILLE. Ala. - amp -
A white waitress employed at ahe
cafeteria of the Huntsville arsenal
was fired this week following re-
port that she was caught with a
German prisoner of war. The girl
frequently seen by Negro employees
talking to the prisoner, was not
identified.
German prisoners are used In the
government owned and operated
arsenal to clean the cafeteria, pick
up paper, move lumber, etc. They
are given excellent treatment and
working conditions, with some of
them used as guards for the group
under supervision of white soldiers
Negro employees of the arsenal,
reported to be the largest in the
world, have on occasions been fore
ed to eat with the German prison.
erS. More than a dozen Negro en-
ployeS reported that on one occa-
sion a white officer ordered those
who were having their dinner in
the cafeteria's segregated corner to
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-03-10
Bishop Wright To
Visit Race Troops

VII BERFORCE, fANP) -Fresi.
dent Roosevelt has named Bishop
f. r Wright, Jr., of the AME
church, to take Christian cheer to
Negro soldiers according to an I'M
official report last week.
Recognized as one of the nation s
outstanding clergymen, Bishop
Wright will make tour similar to
the one Bishop John A. Gregg made
last year. NO official date has been
announced as to when the AME
leader will leave on the first leg
of his world tour
Last year Bishop Gregg visited
Negro soldiers on all the worlds
battle fronts. even penetrating the
jungleS of India.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-03-10
Greensboro Adds
Two Negro Police

GREENSBORO, n C. (ANP-Two
more Negroes were appointed to the
local police force here last week,
bringing to four the number of Ne
groeS of the force.
The new appointees are Wen
dell u Wells and Clayton B. Ham,
mond who will be assigned to work
with the two appointed about a
year age, Samuei A. Penn, and John
l.. Montgomery.
Walls is q graduate OF Fayetteville
Teachers College and was recently
given physical disability discharge
from the Army. He was a bomber
pilot. Prior to entering the Army
he was a high school Instructor in
Coldshoyo.
Hammond is a graduate of Dud-
ley High School and did addition
al work at A and r College He has
been employed for several years at
the First Presbyterian church.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-03-10
Force Race War Workers To
Dine With Nazi Prisoners
White Officer Pulls Pistol
To Enforce Hate Tactics

make room for the German prison.
ets. y
When they failed 70 understand
white prisoners We're to eat at
their tables, and did not move to
other tables, the white officer of the
q. S. army pulled his pistol and Oh
dered them to move under threat
to shoot. The German prisoners
were then seated in the section re-
served for Negro employees.
All this was done in the sight OF
white fellow workers who occupied
seats on the white side" The Ger
man prisoners have enjoyed their
meals in the Negro side Of the gov
eminent operated cafeteria on sew
eral occasions to the disgust of the
Negro employees.
Several thousand persons employ
ed at the large arsenal that occu-
pies 10000 acres. German prison.
ers move freely about the arsenal,
anyone of them having the oppor~
tunity to do damaged and endan-
ger war production and the lives
of the employees.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-03-10

AugustineS Mission mouse, the
priests school since its founding in
1920 has turned cut but l6 priests,
and according to a list recently e.
valuated by Father John 7. Filllard,
q, Catholic authority, there are but
% Negro priests in all, Seventeen
of those are in this country while
six are abroad.
The Catholic church recently es-
tablished the Society of the Bless
ed st. Martin, named for a Brazil
ian Negro of the last century VINO
said TO have performed miracls
while living and appeared on earth
again a year after his death. Slct-
ures and stories of st. Martin are
distributed ard blessings are pro-
missed to those who pray TO NM
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-03-10

ALTON, Ill. - (ANP) ~ If Ne
groes are hired to work i'll the East
Alton plant of the Western Cart
ridge Co, the whites will quit their
jobs and return to their farms, they
told FEPC officials last week at a
special hearing in which % wit
neSseS testified. The committee has
not yet announced a decision.
Trouble in East Alton began long
ago when the company was accused
of discriminating against the hir-
ing of Negro. workers. Any inter-
ference with production at the
company's East Alton cartridge
plant and the ST. Louis Ordnance
plant will affect the overall wal
effort, Major William P. Galley, OF
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-03-10
'NAACP BranchesAid
Willkie Bldg. Fund

NEW YORK - (SNS)- Contri-
buttons toward the $250,000 Wen
dell Willkie Memorial Building
Fund are being received In the
National Office from NAACP BRAN
ches and individual members IN
terested in perpetuating the ideals
and causes for which this great
American stood.
The site chosen is the former
New York club, q 9-story structure
at 20 West F'ortieth St. in which
the NAACP has been invited by
the Board of Directors of Freedom
House, to occupy two floors.