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UNFIT DRIVERS MENACE
CITY, JUDGE CLAIMS
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Dayton life and property daily
^are endangered by scores of auto
mobile drivers who should never
get behind a steering wheel.
Municipal Judge Paul Sherer
made this comment yesterday at a
meeting of the traffic safety com
mittee of the Dayton Safety coun
cil of the Chamber of Commerce.
Committee members heard Judge
Sherer say many nervously un
stable persons and others with ex
tremely poor eyesight are operat
ing here.
Judge Sherer stressed the prob
lem as a serious one. On occasions,
said the judge, he has ordered per
sons charged with traffic offenses
to have their eyes examined.
The need of better lighting of
railroad crossings also claimed at
tention. It was brought out that the
city’s contract with the Dayton
Power and Light company for street
lighting, makes it possible to in
crease the use of sodium lights.
During the discussion it was
pointed out that not only is better
street lighting needed in Dayton as
an accident prevention measure,
but also for purposes of protection
against robbers and footpads in
view of the crippled condition of
the city police force.
It was announced that as a gen
eral safety measure, residents of
Harriet street, a short thorough
fare in Edgemont, south of Stew
art street, have arranged for the
installation of 22 boulevard lights.
ROBINSON KAYOES
(LARK IN SECOND
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 15.—Barely
breaking a sweat, Ray (Sugar)
Robinson, 148, of New York, proved
again that class will tell as he tech
nically knocked out Dave Clark, 152,
of Cincinnati, in 2.22 of the second
round of a scheduled 10-rounder at
the Gardens tonight.
Sleek Robinson, conceded to be
the uncrowned welter champ,
dusted off moustached Clark with
ease, sending the inexperienced
Negro to the canvas three times,
(’lark made the mistake of carry
ing the fight to Robinson in
first—and Sugar sent him to
canvas for a nine-count.
the
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Sugar opened up a vicious
tack in the second and Clark took
another nine-count. Referee Ernie
Sesto stopped the slaughter a few
seconds later when Robinson belted
Clark to the canvas again.
A crowd of 6,384 saw the fight.
The net was $20,415.18 gross, $25,
809.20.
ONLY
TWO
THE
But the recent Christmas mes
sage of Pope Pius XII left me
somewhat dazed by its direct attack
on communism without any refer
ence to t^e imperialism that more
than any other single influence is
responsible for the recurrence of
world wars. Imperialism has for
the past 5,000 years deluged this
world in blood, while communism
one of the newest of the isms has
not had time to bring forth its
fruits.- ...
Communism may be a scourge
and curse to the world that re
mains to be seen. But imperialism
has already done its hellish work
among the nations. When therefore
Pope Pius attacks communism for
its evil potentialities and leaves
unmentioned the evil realities of
imperialism, it is difficult to get
from his deliverance that assur
ance the critical situation demands.
Then, too, whether communism
is good or bad in its essence, the
fact remains it saved the democ
racies from the ravages of Nazi
ism. Had it not been for the
strength that communism gathered
during the quarter of a century of
its prevalence in Russia, Hitlerism
would have yswept democracy from
the face of the earth. This world
will always owe to the Russian
communists a debt of gratitude
for at Stalingrad they stemmed the
tide that spelled the doom of de
mocracy. Britain was whipped and
the United States was not ready.
Russia held the lines until Britain
could recoup its military fortunes
and while ye went about the slow
democratic way of belated prepara
tion, characterized too often by
“too little too late.”
Let us dismiss the part played
by Russian communists in saving
the world from Hitlerism and turn
to the imperialism of Great Bri
tain. The great evil Russia may do
cannot stack up against the great
evil Great Britain has already done
through the centuries. The imperi
alism of Great Britain is respon
sible for the international setup
Bulletin
DAILY
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DAYTON, OHIO. TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1946
FRIGIDAIRE, DELCO TIE-UP DUE TODAY
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-By Dean Gordon B. Hancock
The Pope Attacks Communism
Although myself a confirmed Protestant, I have nevertheless admired
through the years the unity and power of effectiveness of the Catholic
church. Protestantism owes a great debt of gratitude to the great Cath
olic church which few of its adherents appreciate. Through many years
I have faithfully looked towards Rome for a certain kind of inspiration
that divided protestantism could not give. The papa pronouncements
have eagerly awaited and just as eagerly digested much to the benefit
of my spiritual life and thinking.
that predisposes the nations to war.
It is responsible for the subjuga
tion of a larger part of mankind.
It is not without blame'in the prop
agation and spread of race preju
dice. History confirms the proposi
tion that England is the center of
dispersion of race prejudice which
has had such violent and fateful
manifestations in Germany and
w’hich threatens to destroy the soul
of America.
The imperialism bf Great Bri
tain explains the fact that through
many centuries natives have been
slaughtered by the British in the
uttermost parts of the earth. It is
difficult for this writer to under
stand why Britain plays the hero
role in the great drama of inter
national affairs instead of the vil
lian’s role she has so justly earned.
Today even after the major world
war guns have ceased to fire, Great
Britain is still fighting here and
there in Asia slaughtering natives
to advance or perpetuate its im
perialism. Just why Britain can
retain its graceful place among the
nations is a wonder to me, but
greater is the wonder that Pope
Pius XII has overlooked Britain’s
ugly role and attacked the com
munists.
It is difficult to conceive of any
devastation which communism may
bring to this earth that has not al
ready been brought by the imperi
alism of Great Britain. Why is im
perailism to be pampered and com
munism condemned? The greatest
sinister influence in the 20th cen
tury world is not communism with
its potentialities but imperialism
with its actualities so darkly illus
trated by Great Britain. What is
more, only recently Nehru, the
great Indian leader, charges that
the United States is underwriting
the now defunct British empire.
A I I E S WORLD
I N E
I am not a communist nor the
son of a communist and I hold no
brief for the cause of communism
but I have long since concluded that
it cannot be denounced out of exist- pleaded guilty to a charge of pock
ence. et picking.
CONSTRUCTIVE
PROGRESSIVE
Price 3c
Delco and Frigidaire divisions of I
General Motors corporation face a I
virtual shutdown today as CIO em- I
ployes, members of United Elec- I
trical Radio a^XMachine Workers I
(UE), issued a strike call for 6 a.m. 1
Approximately 19,625 persons of
whom 12,655 are Frigidaire em
ployes and 6,970 work at Delco,
will be idle because of the strike,
GM officials estimated.
The strikers, represented by local
755 at Delco and local 801 at Frigid
aire, are demanding ,az $2-a-day
wage increase.
On eve of the strike, Ralph E.
Moses, president of local 801 and
E. J. Kraft, president of local 755,
called on him “to hold the line on
prices.”
At rallies at both anion head
quarters last night, plans for mass
picketing of the two General
Motors plants were completed.
After mass picketing, timed with
the beginning of the strike, a
“normal” number of pickets will
patrol plant entrances, Henry Fier
ing, UE international,representa
tive, said.
Meanwhile further negotiations
on wages will continue today be
tween Dayton Power and Light
company officials and representa
tives of Utility Workers Union
(UWU), CIO, local 175. A meeting
is scheduled for 2 p.m.
The union has proposed dropping
strike action if the company will
agree to meet wage increases re
sulting from settlement of strikes
now in progress against General
.Motors corporation.
Normal long distance telephone
service was resumed at 3 p.m. yes
terday, W. H. Wallace, Ohio Bell
tive, said. The picket line of strik
ing Western Electric employes,
through which telephone operators
refused to pass for three days, was
removed at 9:30 a.m.
The operators are members of
the National Federation of Tele
phone Workers (NFTW), affiliated
with the Association of Communi- I
cations Equipment Workers (AC
EW).
ACCUSED FORGER
HELD FOR JURY
Charles L. Fletcher, 18, of 124
South Western avenue, accused of
forgery, was bound over to the
grand jury yesterday by Judge
Charles Lee Mills of common pleas
court. Fletcher was placed under
$500 bond.
Judge Mills sentenced William H.
Jackson, 52, of 462 South Broadway,
to two years’ probation. Jackson
et picking.
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