davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01

Dickin Medal is Bob, assigned 10
company of the Royal West -KeatS in
Africa. Bob a snow.white dog, was
camouflaged for patrol duty and was
on a night mission when he suddenly
froZe. His refusal TO move was his
way, as a result of training, TO warn
that the enemy was near. The soldiers
didn't believe him. They tried 10 force
him 10 60 on. lie wouldn't, so they
didn't And it turned out Bob WAS
right and saved many lives.
Then there are dogs like Scruffy
and Snuffy and Trixie, all of which
were blitzed-and survived only by
supernatural endurance.
Famous in the cat department is
Thomas Oscar. His enrolment card
lists his address as warship and his
equipment as "one hammock, one
bed, one bedcover, one pillow, one
kitbag, one HM.S. ribbon for Sun
days, one rabbits tail to play with"
Thomas Oscar has many adVen-
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01
london

nRITAIN has its heroes in feathers
and fur-as well as in khaki and
~ kirtleS. They comprise a select
animal army of 700, and among them
are dogs and birds that wear the
Dickin Medal for Gallantry as proudly
as any soldier honored with the Vic
toria Cross-the empires highest
award for valor.
These inarticulate friends Of man
are members Of a special oTganiza.
zion, which had its genesis in the
Peoples DiSpcnSary for Sick Animals,
a philanthropy formed 2S years ago
ty Mrs. NJ. l.. Dickin. They belong 10
The PD.S.A., which is the Allied
Forces Mascot Club.
Dogs are in the majority, but by
20 means the entirety. There are
cats, hens, rabbits, geese, monkeys,
pigeons, donkeys and even a ioness,
which is the cub of Prime Minister
Winston Churchills pet, Rota. Any
animal actively engaged in military
or civilian defense is eligible.
Many of them have performed re-
markable featS at home and abroad
since the war-such as Beauty.
4 Beauty is a wire.haircd terrier.
She has worked long and tirelessly
On the home front since the bombing
If the islands was started in 1910.
Her speciality has been the rescue Of
trapped dogs and cats under wreck
age, and 63 pets owe their lives to her.
in recognition of her distinguished
service, Admiral Sir Edward Evans
presented the Dickin Medal TO Beauty
in his capacity as Civil Defense Re-
gional Commissioner.
Just Nuisance was another kind Of
dog-a Great Dane and great boon
10 sailors. Just Nuisance got his name
when, shortly after he acquired Ben
iamin Mowbray, Of CapetoWn, South
Africa, as a master, he injured his
tail. While the wound was healing
he splashed blood over the furniture,
and Mr.. Mowbray called him Just
a nuisance"
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01

pigeons nave INIlQtItu Ndlhdiit 81 v
iee-te the empire, too. Gustav and
Paddy, both Of which flew across the
English Channel from Normandy in
record time with messages, received
their decorations from Mrs A. V.
Alexander, wife Of the First Lord Of
the Admiralty.
Then there is Sarah, the hen,
which is a mascot with the British
Eighth Army in Italy. And Barney,
the donkey, on service with the Raj
at Hendon Aerodrome. And Munchcr,
a rabbit on a Canadian ship that
in action on D.Day.
They're all members OF Mrs.
Dickin's organization, the purposes
of which are 10 enroll all birds and
beasts enlisted in either military or
civilian Defense 10 compile a record
OF animal heroes for the Imperial
War Museum, and TO award medals
for acts of extraordinary courage, en-
durance and fidelity.
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01

for the barracks and then he gripped
stragglers by the pants leg and
tuEgCd them in the direction Of the
railroad station.
Sailors swore that Just Nuisance
memorized the timetable of trains
from Capetown TO Simonstown, the
naval installation. Once the railroad
advanced all schedules a half hour.
Just Nuisance wasn't fooled. He
turned up in time forth last train,
leading a sailor by the leg.
Just Nuisance gave his life for his
love He injured a leg while jumping
from a lorry to the aid of a sailor
who was a bit unsteady after shore
leave. For five months Just Nuisance
was a patient in Simonstown Naval
Hospital. When he died the COM
mander-in.chief for South Africa
issued a general message which said:
"Able Seaman Just Nuisance has
died from thrombosis Of the hind leg"
The first animal 10 receive the
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01

When the war
started Just Nui-
.sance was donated
to the u mite d
Services Institute.
He i'm IN g dlately
6 how q q a fond
ness for men with
b Glib otto m e d
trousers. He ig-
nored boys in the
other erVice e
forces. He toler-
ated the gold braid
of naval officers.
But his heart be
longed TO the dad
dies who polished
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01

up the handles OF the big
front door.
Just Nuisance made it his
business to tag along when
his buddies went to dance
halls and bars in Capetown
on leave. Nobody urged him.
He stuck around until time
for the last train to pull out
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01

SNC WIS uuIHpVu IITD VIIE
waters and was almost sWal-
lowed up, But Winkie struR-
gled free and, despite dark
ness and bad weather, winged
12O miles 10 her loft. She
was exhausted, but she car
ried a message that directed
rescucrs TO the crew Of the
disabled aircraft. other
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Policeman
Continued From First Page,)

handle and again told the driver
to stop.
mo, I won't stop" Mr. Bridges
quoted the driver as saying.
The policeman said he hung
on until the car attained speed
he estimated at Is m.p.h. He then
let 60, he said, and fell to the
ground. He estimated he had been
dragged 40 feet by the car before
he let 60 and skidded another 10
feet on the pavement, one sleeve of
his uniform being nearly torn Off
Mr.. Bridges suffered arm bruises.
At this point, the officer said,
he commandeered another car and
followed the first car, which stopped
for q red light at I street.
Driver Challenges OfIicer.
He said he noted the Congress
sional tags and went up to the
driver saying, "You could at least
stop and see what I had to say up
there"
Mr.. Bridges quoted the driver as
saying, Nov, what are you going
to do about it,"
The oficer said he replied, Il
don't suppose can do anything"
Policeman Bridges said he then
went to the rear of the car and took
its license number. The car drove
oil, he said. before he could get Its
congressional number.
The officer reported the matter to
his superior. Capt. William j. Cum
ningham of the Trafic Division at
Police. Headquarters.
Inspector Arthur E. Miller, chief
Of the trafic division, said last
1 night that rather than challenge
the authority of a member of Con-
gress,s the Police Department would
drop the matter, despite the fact 1t
recognizes the incident as q trafnc
violation and an assault on a. police
mani e a.
Mr. Bridges has been on the
/ force. since 1924. He served with
the Marine Corps from 1910 to 1911
at Norfolk and during landings al
verz Cruz in 1914.
A son. Corpl. Roy S. Bridges. jr.
20, Is now stationed in Tokyo with
the Army Air Forces.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
tuberculosis Patients Get
Books al Two HOSPITALS

Books are being taken two days
each week to tuberculosis patients
at Freedmen's and Gallinger Hos
pitak through cooperation of the
hospital stats, the District Tuber-
culosis Association and the District
Public Library.
The Chi Eta Phi nurses sorority
in 1912 equipped a small library
room and stocked it with 800 books
for tuberculosis patients at Freed
mems. The District Public Library,
with funds provided by the District
tuberculosis Association. is expand
ing the service and giving a similar
one at Gallinger.
From q permanent collection Of
1900 books, Mrs. Norma Passage,
librarian, wheels books two days
each week to the rooms and wards
She helps patients select books and
takes requests for special titles to
be brought the next time she comes
A similar service has been given
during the past year at Glenn Dale
Sanatorium.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Conference
Continued From First Page.)

lens Of negotiating first contracts
and made no strong recommenda-
tions.
There has been no action toward
establishment of machinery for
peaceful settlement of disputes over
negotiation of either new contracts
or renewals of old ones. Labor, a
delegate said, has shown strong
opposition to provisions for boards
to sift the facts behind disputes
even where work stoppages are
threatened in vital public services
Management was unsuccessful In
its attempt to have the conference
indorse arbitration. of union juris-
dictional disputes. Industry asked
for arbitration to cover all inter-
union disputes and then suggested II
as means of preventing strikes
called in protest of results Of Ma.
tional Labor Relations Board elec-
ton to determine collective bargain
ing representatives.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Chevy Chase School Play

Climaxing the book week celebra-
ton Of the Chevy Chase Elementary
School, the schools Creative Club
will present q play in the school
auditorium at 8 pm. tomorrow and
Tuesday nights. The play Is based
on the legend Of Rip Van Wrinkle
and is under the direction Of Mrs
Agnes Kahn.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Mead Committee Begins
Inquiry on Army StockpiIes

By the Associated Press.
The Senate War Investigatins
Committee headed by Senator Mead,
Democrat, OF New York has begun
quiet inquiry into so-called "stra-
Evening star., 1945-11-18

tesic reserves OF goods accumulated
by the Army.
The investigation. expected TO
reach the open hearing stage within
= few weeks, Is concerned, accord
ing to one Senate source. with the
question OF whether the Army has
acquired large amounts OF goods
suitable for civilian use.
This source said the War Depart
Evening star., 1945-11-18

ment's policy may be slowing the
disposal Of surplus stocks acquired
during the war. Before any are iet
20 to the public, he said. the Army
makes certain 1t has . stockpile big
Evening star., 1945-11-18
enough to meet any foreseeabie con-
ttngcncy.

Don't wait to buy your share ef
Victory Bonds. The sooner youf
money Is put, into Victory Bonds
Evening star., 1945-12-16

A aood-Iookine button front
jumper thot's simple. cosy to
moke. wcoroblc, The long sleevcd
blouse IS neot and crisply toilorcd
your tovoritc insiqnc odds O
striking note. Worn by Betty
Hutton, Poromount Pictures stor
currently appearing in "Stork
Club" Picture Pottern OF tho
Week No. l46l comes in sizes
". IA. Is. l8 ond TO- Size IA.
jumper. tokes 3 yords OF 39-inoh
motcrioI; blouse. long sleeves. ~
words OF IS or 80 inch fobric.
Evening star., 1945-12-16

This Iotest in hair dos,
the champagne eocktoiI,"
coused q minor sensotion
when it oppeored at a HoI-
Iywood niehtspot recently.
Wide World Photo.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-07
Services Held
Every Sunday
i'm Local Jail

PITTSBURGH -U.P)-Down
at the No. 1 Police Station in
Pittsburgh, Mrs. Ann Wick is
almost legendary.
Everyone there - inmates
and officials alike - knows
about Mrs. Wick, although many
of them have never seen her.
That's because Mrs. Wick Wis
its the Jail at such an early hour.
At six a. m, every Sunday for
the last 33 years Mrs. Wick has
held short Sunday church serv-
ices in the cell room.
The prisoners know Mrs. Wick
as friend and comforter. She
knows them by their first names
and has heard countless promis-
es of repentance.
Before she started her relig-
ious work. Mrs. Wick was a well
fare workers, being in complete
charge of women offenders
brought into the Old Central Po-
lice Station. Now she has been
relieved of most of her social
work.
Mrs. Wick seldom meets with
rebuff for her efforts at the
police station.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-07
Around the Town AT Utica

/ Miss Ii, whose father was pres
ident of the Bank of China, act
ed as assistant counsellor at
camp. She will arrive from New
York City Saturday. Sufong Ii
came TO this country in NOvem-
Der. Miss Hirth began her duties
as dietician at the Condor Inter
mediate school, Detroit Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Pete Stevens and daugh-
ter, Lavonne, were weekend
guests of relatives in Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew j. Rett-
miller have returned from a few
days stay at their cottage at An
Choir Bay.
Christian Day School of Trini-
ty Lutheran church, opened on
Tuesday, Sept. 4, with divine
services in the church at 10 a.
m. Confirmation classes are held
evry morning Monday to Fri
day.
The staff OF teachers this year
includes w. NJ. Graebner, princi-
pal; grades g, and 8; l.. F
Krenzke, grades 3 to 5, organist
and choir director; Miss Dorothy
Daniel, kindergarten and grades
l and 2. On Sunday evening in
stallation services for Mr..
church, following which mem
berS and friends attended a re-
ccption rendered Mr.. and Mrs
Krenzke, who came to Utica
from Waco, Texas, and Miss
Dorothy Daniel, another new
teacher, who is from Chicago.
Trinity Lutheran school board
members are Adolph Schulz,
Henry Scheper and DR.. Russell
Hawley.
Pfc. Jack Albrecht, who Is
home on furlough from duty in
the South Pacific, has as a
guest over the weekend, Miss
Mary West, of Coulon, Mich.
Pfc. Kirk Michael, of Scott
Field, Ill, is spending fur
Tough with relatives here. He
will report Sept. Is at a Texas
field.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray II. Norman
were guests for the weekend
III Mr.. Norman's sister, Mrs.
Parker Adams, of Keene, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Erwin
and daughter, Susan and Re-
becca, have returned to their
Utica home after spending the
summer at their cottage near
Lexington.
Sgt. Earl j. Sieman has been
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-07
Bayou People Still Dig
for Jean Lofitte's Gold

along the river. After one died
of swamp fever, the other wan
dered about, muttering of an old
map, dated 1923.
BASIS FOR NEW SEARCH
The second man died nine
years later, and left a map to
two men who befriended him.
That map is the basis for the
latest search for the Lafitte pir-
ate trove.
Modern machinery will be
used TO dredge a small harbor
along a bend in the Suwanee.
1t will take in all the territory
where, a ccording to the ancient
map, the treasure might be bur-
led.
The agents of the machine age
may be more successful than the
pick and shovel of the earlier
treasure seekers, but to the bay
on folk of Louisiana, Lafitte's
cache will continue to be the
subject of old wives tales for
many years to come.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-07

nome OH IlNt-QdN luIlOuSn lIO-il
Camp Mccoy, Wisconsin.
DR.. and Mrs. d. B. Wiley,
daughter, Donna and son, Arthur
spent the weekend holiday with
the doctors parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Wiley, in Blenhein,
Ontario.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thorne Beatty,
who have spent the summer at
their cottage at Honor, Michi-
fan, returned TO their Utica home
Tuesday night.
City Clerk Helen Kraft re-
turned to her desk at the munich
pat building Tuesday morning
after a weeks vacation at Johns
tons Rustic Rest near Pruden-
vile. Will Hahn was acting clerk
during her absence.
Mrs. j. S. Capen Of Winter
Park, Florida, was a weekend
guest Of her friend. Mrs. May ST.
John BroWnell. Mrs. Capen was
enroute to her home in Florida
from California where she was
called by the death Of her sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Tyack
returned Monday night from a
weeks trip visiting in several
cities among them Cadillac and
Frankfort. They were accom-
panied by Mr.. Tyack's brother,
Fred Tyack, and wife of Mount
Clemens.
Dick Kinsinger, recently re-
leased from war work in Ark
ansas, has returned TO his farm
home on Shoemaker road, and
has taken over the dry cleaning
business recently handled by NJ.
j. Rettmiller. He will handle
the business at the Rettmiller
tailor shop.
Mrs. Dudley Kepperling, Of
Chicago, and son, Frank KEEP
perling, of Moline, Iowa, wece
guests at Z. j. Andrus' on Tues
day, and called on other Utica
friends. Mrs. Kepperling, form
erly Minnie Rupert, spent her
girlhood in Utica and is grad
uate of the Utica high school.
Julie Ann Droste, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Droste, 1881
Hall road, has invited ten Of her
young friends to her home on
Tuesday, Sept. 18th, at four
o'clock, TO assist her in cclebrat-
ing her 18th birthday anniver-
sary. Games will be played
lunch served and fine time is
anticipated by the young people.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Church
entertained at corn roast at
their home, 1884 Stead street,
Detroit guests being Mr.. and
Mrs. Fay Odren and family. The
Churches will move soon TO La
peer where Mr.. Church is en-
ployed by the Lapeer Lumber
Company.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-07

NEW ORLEANS-WH-Down
in the Barataria section of JEFF
ferson parish in Louisiana,
they're still digging for the bur-
led treasure of Jean Lafitte.
They've been digging for more
than a century, and still the leg
end persists among the Louisiana
bayou folk.
The fabulous buccaneer of
early Louisiana history must
have buried at least some of his
loot along the bayou waterways
he travelled so often between his
Grand Terre coastal stronghold
and New Orleans. That's what
the people who inhabit the
marshes and bayous of the states
vast swampland think. And so
they continue to search for the
vast store of florins, doubloons
and half-crowns that would
bring them quick wealth.
CURSE DEFIES REMOVAL
The marsh people say there is
a curse on the land that defies
men to remove the treasure from
its hiding place.
Men who have studied the
evidence swear that from ST.
100000 to SIS, 100000 in coins,
gold bars, silverwear and altar
requirements lay beneath the
watery sand somewhere along
the Louisiana coast.
During the past 60 years, men
with treasure fever in their blood
have spent more than 5000, 900
exploring holes beside the Suwa-
nee River. Possession of the
cache, which has seemed within
reach innumerable times, has in
spired attempted murders by
poisoning, dynamiting, and gun
and knife fights.
Old-timers say that in 1888,
two men carried out secretive
digging with pick and shovels
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-07

ton of the incandescent lamp. In
chemistry the idea of the atom became
we'll established John Dalton, the
English chemist, showed how chemical
compounds are formed by the ele-
ments, such as hydrogen. oxygen, iron
and copper. by the union of discrete
atoms of these substances. The ele-
ments were considered to be the fun
damental building materials of the
universe.
"a BY 1895 chemists had done Won
ders with light. electricity, the chemi-
cal elements and other mechanisms OF
nature TO produce many startling phe.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-07

Q Smashing Of the atoms in the
bomb that blasted Hiroshima resulted
from a vast store Of information about
the atom and the way atoms are con-
structed. The idea of the atom dates
back to ancient times. In about the
year 375 BIC. in Greece. Democrtus,
the Laughing philosopher with an un-
tidy grey beard taught his students
that a stone is built up of very small
particles, just as temple is construct
ed of stones He called these particles
''atoms" and said they were the ulti-
mate of smallness. They could not be
divided further.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-07

t2) Through the long Dark Ages Of
Europe and the Renaissance very little
was added to the knowledge of the
atom. Alchemsts dreamed Of making
gold by breaking up and combining
common materials. They puttered
around their laboratories, mixing. boil
ing and distilling strange connections.
Their work generally ended in disap-
pointment
(3 Then toward the end of the 18th
century came the dawn Of modern sci
ence In the 10th century. great adj
vances were made in the science OF
electricity. high lighted by the inven-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-07

.UTICA-With an enrolment
of 352 pupils in the High school
and 800 in the grade schools, the
Utica school buildings are alrea-
dy filled to capacity. One-half
day sessions are being held in
the 1st and End grades and more
children are enrolling.
The morning session opens at
9 a. m, continuing to 1l:45.
Coach SWinehart reports 33 out
for football with six letter men
back from last year. Several
days will be required for organ
ization before matters will be
smooth running order.
The contract has been let for
a four room addition to the
south side of the high school
which will be completed by jan
uary LIST.
DR.. and Mrs. Lloyd r. Hirth
have returned from two
weeks vacation spent at Lake
Morey, Vermont. their daughter,
Margaret Ann Hirth, returning
with them from the summer
spent as dietician at camp. On
Saturday DR.. and Mrs. Hirth
and Peggy" attended the we'd
ding of the doctors niece, Vir-
ginia Ford, of Munith Mich,
and Charles w. Smith, Of Clark
ston. Both young people are stu
dents at the Michigan State Nor
NAL College. For the weekend
Miss Hirth will have as her
guest Sufong Ii, formerly OF
China, whom she met at camp.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-07

nomena and to add to the comfort Of
living. To many persons Of the Gay
Nineties. scientists seemed to have ar.
rived at successful formulas for every
natural occurrence, such as the force
of gravity. the burning of fuel, gener-
alton of electricity and the behavior Of
light. Then Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen
in Germany startled the world with
his invisible X-rays and could ''see
through" solid objects and make pic.
turc of such things as the bones of the
hand on Photographic plate in utter
darkness.
Tomorrow: Radium, Another Stepping
Stone to the Atomic Bomb.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-07

XENIA, o. - WD The
Greene county fair association
has asked Office of Defense
TRANSPORTATION permission to
hold its fair as usual this year.
Backers hated to break pre-
cedent. The first fair was held
here 100 years ago.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-07

The flag of a brigadier gen.
eral of the u. S. Marine Corps
IS similar to that of major gen
eral, except that it carries one
star instead of two.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24

at the University of North Caro-
lima; M. w. Reynolds, agriculture
instructor, attended V. P. I. at
Blacksburg, Va; Mrs. Mollie H.
Denny attended ASTC and Ca
tawba; Mr.. E. A. Ashley, elemen-
tary principal, attended ASTC,
seventh grade; Mrs w. A. Hash,
Jr., fifth and sixth grades, attend
ed East Radford Teachers Col
lege, Radford, Va; Mrs. Eloise Y.
Williams, fourth grade, attended
East Radford Teachers College,
Radford, Va; Miss Mabel Spen-
Ger, second and third grades, at
tended Marion College and East
Radford Teachers College, Rad
ford, Va; Miss Myrtle Pugh, first
grade, attended East Radford
Teachers College, Radford, Va.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24
Record Is Made In Wartime
Work By Virginia Carolina

Virginia-Carolina has partici-
pated in a number of wartime &C.
tivities this year, including the
United War Fund, the March OF
Dimes, the sale of Easter Seals
for Crippled Children, the War
Bond drives, the sale of tubercu-
losis seals, the Red Cross, and the
used Clothes" Drive.
During the Red Cross Drive, {
total of $383.65 was raised with
the school making one hundred
per cent rating in the Junior Red
Cross drive.
The students have been very
active in the Seventh Bond drive
The schools quota was exceeded
total of $6,037.5O being reached
Aiding greatly in the wartime
activities are the Girls and Boys
Scout troops. The Girl Scout
troop, which was organized last
year under the leadership of Mrs.
Irene D. Cox, was the first of its
kind to be organized in the coun-
ty. There are fourteen members.
NJ. ". Reynolds is Scout Master
of the boys troop, which has Is
members.