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The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1939-02-02
u. S. May Probe
Violations OF
Civil Rights

Cumberland labor unions are
interested in a report from
New York that U. S. Attorney
General Frank Murphy is con-
sidering the establishment of
a new division in the Depart
ment of Justice TO handle
cases involving the violation
of civil liberties. The unions
point out that Cumberland is
already violating constitution
al rights under the handful
ordinance and the picket or
dinance.
Murphy announced that members
of his staff have been asked 10
make an exhaustive study OF the
federal civil liberties statute. and
the protection of the rights OF the
people hereunder.
THE study is being made" he
added. in order to determine
whether the Department Of Justice
should have a unit OF administra-
ton to effectively preserve civil
liberties.
Need For Vigilance
1T seems to me-" Murphy said.
that where there is social unrest
and / have been through no
scant amount of that myself for a
long time. since ls30-it Is there
that We ought to be more anxious
ard vigilant about protecting the
civil liberties OF an insecure peo-
pie"
In Washington. Murphys Office
announced that the Federal Bureau
OF Investigation had been ordered
TO probe the eviction of Missouri
sharecroppers from camps along u
S. highways 60 and 81. His action
followed a request from the South
ern Tenant Farmers Union. CLIO.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1939-02-02
Brick and Clay
Workers Elect
On Feb 18th

James B. Collins. president Local
Union 10. Brick and Clay Workers
announces that the local will hold
rs annual election Of officers at It's
first February meeting. which is
scheduled to be held on Monday,
February 18th at 7:30 p. m.
The local meets at the Junior
order Hall. Mount Savage. and is
composed OF the employees of the
Union Mining Company
All members are urged to bc IN
attendance on the night OF election
OF officers.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1939-02-02
.Frostburg Sub
Local Meets
Tonight at 7:3O

It Is important that all Frost
burg members of Local 1874 Sub
Local attend the meeting called for
tonight Thursday February End
at the regular meeting place, ]
Welsh street at 7:30 p. m.
Chairman William y. Grim and
Secretary Giles Maurey announce
that the annual election Of chair
man and secretary OF the Sub-lo-
cal will be held at this meeting and
as many members as possible should
b IN attendance 10 cast their votes.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1939-02-02
TWOC Publishes
Textile Labor

Another name is added this
month to the growing list OF CIo
labor publications with the appear
ance OF TEXTILE LABOR. desig-
mated as the official monthly publi-
cation Of the Textile Workers Or
ganizing Committee.
The paper is an eight page tab
loid which is filled with items OF
interest TO all textile workers and
unionists.
Copies are available at Local 1874
Textile Hall.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1939-02-02
TWOC Ties Up Celluloid
Corp. Plant In Newark
Outfit Is Subsidiary of the Celanese
Corporation

Local PIT TW0C has closed down the Celulod Corpor-
alton plant in Newark tight drum, with AFL Team
ser engineers and remen refusing to pass through the
picket lines which the CIO affiliate has established in
weather The an affiliate of the Celanese
Corporation Of America. Reason for strke-management
refuses to bargain collectively
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1939-02-02
DundOn, Luther. Lucas

DundOn, Luther. Lucas
The meeting. due to be held at
500 p. m. at the Textile Hall. "a
North Mechanic street is expected
TO draw a banner crowd OF union
lists to hear the annual reports OF
officers, witness the installation and
hear the visiting officials.
James A. Dundon. former preSi-
dent. will be obligated as president for
the year; Earl Luther is slated for
the vice presidents chair. and
Clyde d. Lucas, incumbent Secre-
tary-Treasurer and business man
ager, will commence his third sue
cessive term.
Meyers Wins
A run OF election was necessary
b decide the occupant OF the post
Of Recording Secretary and the
result announced yesterday showed
George Meyers, Jr.. as the victor
He will be obligated tonight. In
run-off for Warden the result
showed James Qron Nam Stewart
b be the winner and Mary Lehr
Emerson was named TO the Finance
Committee.
Full List
In addition to those already
named the following will be called
on to take the oath Of their respec-
tive offices: Roy Craze, Charles
Graham. William Sangston. Audi
tors: Oscar M. Blake, Allen Mace,
william Meagher, Clyde sindy.
Robert Turnbuli as Members at
Large OF the Executive Board; Lee
Emerson. Charles E. (Buck) Jones.
Harry Mcfarland, William O'Rourke
and sallie Preston as Trustees.
Official Reports
Also on the agenda Is the sub
mission Of officers reports TO the
membership. These viii include q
Financial Report from the Secre-
tary-Treasurer and the annual re-
port from the retiring president,
Arthur Schusterman. Union Of
ficers anticipated large crowd
would be in attendance. They point
cd out that Herbert W. Payne has
beer recently named as director of
the Rayon Division and that he
would undoubtedly have q message
Of great interest TO members OF
Local 1874.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1939-02-02
W.P.A. Cut Voted By Tydings
And Radcliffe In Spite OF
Appeals From Local Unions


The Voice of Labor is informed that representa-
tives of the Clio Western Maryland Industrial Union
Council will confer with the Alegany County WPA
Project Stewards Council at the meeting called for p
o. S. of A. Hall, Ellerslie tonight
The meeting is called to plan concerted opposition
to any layoffs from the WPA program in this section
and to band together the hundreds of obess who have
been certified for WPA since the rolls closed last
October according to Chairman w. E. George and Sec
rotary r. E. STUDY.
The Project Stewards will vote proposal to
invite Senator George L. Radcliffe to visit Alegany
County on tour of WPA projects and to receive first
hand information the cases of people who have wait
ed in vain for WPA assignments for months
The meeting will be held in the Patriotic Sons of
America Hall. commencing at 500 P. NJ 1t will be for
the Project Stewards only, say officials.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1939-02-02
Cumberland WP.A. Men
Hold Protest Meeting
Will Organize Against Any New Lay Offs
Made Here

protest meeting against the reduced WPA appropria-
ton voted by Congress held last SEday at the Textile
Hall under the auspices of the Cumberland branch of the
WPA workers organization sponsored by the Western Mary
land Industrial Union Council
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1939-02-02

WEDNESDAY,, FEB. l, 1882 Local 1874 Ceanese
Workers Industrial Union, affiliated with the TWOC an
nOunced this afternoon that prominent TWOC leaders will
arrive Cumberland this evening be present at the in
staaon of the recently elected officers of the local
make a report TO the membership.
Emil REEVE, executive director of the TWOC and Her.
bert W. Payne recently named director charge of the
Rayon Division have telegraphed local officials that they
will journey here from New York City.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1939-02-02

The official newspaper
Of organized labor.
Delivered by moiI TO
union homes through
out The TFi-Stote oFeo.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Over 100 Burning Planes
Photographed by Student

of the catastrophe" It was. In a
way, preliminary training for The
career he hopes to follow on COM
pletion of his education-designing
motion picture sets in Hollywood.
John, who lives at 1905 Ashmead
place NV, has been modelling in
wood since he was IL years old. After
getting rid Of the planes, he turned
to reproducing well-known buildings
of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase area.
His most successful model was of the
Congressional Country Clubs SWIM
ming pool, complete with diving
boards, green cellophane water, UNI
brellas and Venetian lamps.
More recently John constructed,
entirely from his own designs, q
green and white modernistic house
with Venetian blinds, sun deck and
lawn furniture. He even Handicapped
the grounds, turning small pieces of
sponge into shrubs and hedges with
a little green dye.
Last year, John assisted Doris
Sheibell, 1898 Pine Tree art editor, in
making small cardboard figures
which they photographed for the
title pages Of the year book. This
year, as art editor of the publication,
he constructed eight miniature mod
els depicting the outstanding fea-
lures of the school.
They're a secret until June, when
the book u distributed" he said.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

accordion as a stage performer in
terests her as a future, and she is
preparing herself by practicing
three hours daily. She is a member
of next June's graduating class at
Central.
Antoinette-"Toni' to her friends
also will graduate in June. She is
II and lives at 5208 Colorado avenue
NW-and. according to Lee, is the
classic fan" Of the trio. Her favo-
rite composer is Tschaikowsky.
Toni tells story on herself-of a
time when she was singing and
dancing with a band and bucket
Of flowers on the stage interfered
with her footwork. Il thought
could move it out of the way with
my foot" she said Il gave it a
little push-and it turned over, all
but flooding the stage. I was en-
barrassed, but I kept right on play
ing and dancing" She hopes to
become an accordion teacher.
Toni and Lee have played as a
duo several times-once at the May
flower Hotel. with Mrs. Roosevelt
present, and also on WRC. All three
girls participated in perform
ance which the Accordionettes put
on during the Presidents Birthday
Ball at the Shoreham Hotel on jan
uary 30.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

Tuesday will be the first day Of
spring-but not necessarily to Roger
Young, 10, OF 927 1ngraham street
NV.
So far as Roger is concerned,
spring will be here "for keeps" as
he puts it, only when his go pet
turtles begin parading from their
burrows in his backyard.
They're something like ground
hogs" Roger explained. When they
bury themselves, know that win
ter has come, no matter what the
calendar says. And when they
come out, know it's spring, even
If the calendar says it isn't"
Roger, who is in the fourth
grade at Truesdell School, sort of
inherited" his turtles, he said. His
father, Harry D. Young started
collecting turtles years ago, and his
older brothers, Diehl, now 10, and
Ralph, 18, took over the collection.
"We've always had turtles, as far
back as I can remember" Roger
said. by the time my brothers
outgrew them, was old enough to
take care Of them, and-well, just
sort of inherited them.
II don't know how many we used
to have, but last summer we had
- baby turtles. and that made 90.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Boys 60 Turtles Are Signs of Spring

Rogers turtles-an land tortoises
are alternating in tunnels which
they dug for themselves. His only
contribution to their comfort was
to pile leaves on the burrows Ito
help keep them warm" he ex-
planned.
A concrete wall about a foot high,
topped by a wire fence, keeps the
turtles from wandering away when
above ground.
They're about the incest pets q
fellow can have" Roger declared.
They're easy to take care of-they
eat scraps of bread and vegetables
and there's nothing dangerous about
them. I've had only one bite me.
and he was a mean old rascal
that I found on the school play
ground. But" he added proudly,
Il didn't cry"
Roger has no names for his pets
because as he pointed out, there
are "too many to keep track Of"
Only once has he attempted to
make money out of his turtles.
That was last summer, when he
staged turtle race.
II only made two cents" he said
somewhat disgustedly. But" he
added with . smile. ut was lot
Of fun-so. maybe III try it again
this sumner"
Evening star., 1939-03-19

Most unusual thing about Bloody,
however, is his neck, which is almost
as long as his arm and is as curved
as the stem OF a Sherlock Holmes
pipe. His neck got that way, Elliott
says, because "he spent whole
period reading his pals folded Re-
porter"
incidentally. the Reporter now has
more than 900 subscriptions-so stu
dents of the Bloody type can't be so
numerous. after all.
A school within a school! Plans
for a student coaching system are
being worked out by the Allen Davis
Chapter of the National Honor So
ciety. The coaches will be chosen
from the organizations membership.
The Roosevelt Camera Club will
soon have ready for distribution the
first issue of Cameralore, a picture
magazine of student activities.
Gordon Calvert, colonel of the ca
diets, has been elected president of
the Upper House of the Roosevelt
Student Council. William Warner
again is chairman of the Lower
House.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Prizes Totaling SIS
| Awarded for Best
Contributions

Boys and girls of all ages up to
and including high school age are
invited to write for the Junior Star,
Contributions may be in the form Of
stories. articles. poems. letters, etc,
and subjects may include student
activities. adventures, hobbies, pets
in short, anything likely to interest
other young people.
The best five contributions pub
lished each week will win their au-
thors prizes of 81 each. Checks for
ze-winning contributions will be
mailed to the writer's during the
week following publication. Rules
of the contest follow, and failure
to observe them will automatically
disqualify any contributor from con-
sideration as a possible prize win
ner.
l. All contributions must be
original.
2. The name. age. address, tele-
phone number 'if any and school
of the author must be written at the
top of the first page of every con-
tribution.
3. Contributions must be written
on one side of the paper; if type
written they must be double spaced
4. The decision of the editor as to
the winning contributions will be
final, and The Star reserves the
right to publish any contributions
received, in whatever form the edi-
tor may deem advisable, regardless
of whether they are awarded
prizes.
S. No contributions will be re-
turned.
Address contributions to the Jun
ior Star Editor, The Sunday Star.
Eleventh street and PENNSYLVANIA
avenue NV, Washington, D. C.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

and several prom dresses were among
the garments modelled by the stu
dents. Some of the prom dresses
probably will be seen at the Girl
Reserves dance, to be held April
10 at the Y. w. c. A.
Techs old Poetry Club has been
reorganized as the Lyme and Rhyme
Club, with Rose Fox as president.
Other officers are Daun Sanford,
vice president; Hal Treskinoff, sec
retary, and Mary Golomb, treasurer.
Daun, incidentally, has contributed
some poems to The Junior Star.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Riddles

The answer to the fourth riddle
begins with an S. Is that helping
too much? Anyway, you can guess
the others without any help, or
can't you?
/. What Is the most educated in
sect?
2. When is a piece of wood like a
king?
3. When is house like bird.
4. What do you break when you
name it?
S. When is q farmer mean to his
corn?
RIDDLE ANSWERS.
/. The spelling bee. 2. When 1t Is
made into . ruler. 3. When 1t has
two wings. 1. Silence. 5. When he
pulls It's ears.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

to avail themselves of the fresh
mems data in deciding what fields
to enter on graduation.
Bladensburg-the school, not the
town-is in the midst of an expan-
sion program right now. Not only
is the student body increasing in
number. but the school itself is be-
ing enlarged. Additions are being
built at the rear of the school. and
still more facilities will be made
available when the Junior high
school students move into their new
building, now under construction.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

has seven hives. all located within
about 10 feet of the back door Of
his home, at 170l First street NE.
Roland was rather indignant when
1t was suggested that 10 feet might
be a little too close for comfort.
why, those bees wouldn't harm
q SOUL" he declared. That is, not
unless you 60 out of your way to
bother them. They're three-banded
golden Italian bees-much gentler
and easier to handle than other
kinds. Also they make more honey
and don't sting so badly"
Family Uses Honey.
Rolands hives produced 100
pounds of honey last year. He
saved all of it for family use. but
half of next years output will be
sold, he said.
Several years ago Roland tried
raising pigeons, but he prefers bees
as pets, because, as he explained,
they're something for me to devil
with He handles them with his
bare hands, rather than with gloves,
as he finds it more effective.
THE bees seem to resent it when
l wear gloves-I don't know why"
he said. The only time I have any
trouble of this kind with them. how
ever, is when take their honey
away from them"
Roland's father also is interested
in bees. He often brings home books
about them for his son to read.
Ancients Kept Bees.
Did you know" asked Roland,
that the ancient Greeks and
Romans sometimes kept bees in
little alcoves in their walls? Well,
it's true" he went on, "and they
also had hives very similar to the
ones l have right in my back yard"
Keeping bees is hobby that does
not require great deal of time.
One man could care for 700 hives,
according to Roland, with some time
to spare. TITS only because I like
to watch them working and bringing
in pollen that they take up my
time" he said.
His bees get their pollen from
linden or Eastwood trees and from
sweet clover that grows within .
radius of 2 miles of his home.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
A March Day
Prize Contribution.

Prize Contribution.
BY NANCY LEE TUCKER, IA.
George Washington High School.
The wind is blowing gently.
Every bush and tree;
And as it's blowing gently,
It seems to say to me,
Come out and play, this glad
spring day!"
The wind Is blowing warmly,
Over hill and dale,
Upon the shrubs and trees and
flowers.
While kites in mid-air sail;
The flowers awake and brides sing,
Come out and play, for this is
spring!"
Evening star., 1939-03-19

story about bees.
All I am going
to say a b ou t
fashion, anyway,
is that it seems
to be a very pop
ular subject of
study am on g
Mckinley girls.
More than 160
girls attended a
f a S h ion show
held recently by
the Girl Re-
serves. S port y
J a c k e is an d
skirts. a variety
If tweed c0atS
Evening star., 1939-03-19

ert Zott aud Bradford Cole. (.
Joel Friedman and Quainita Tingle
are very much in earnest with their
plans to organize a swing club.
Students from all schools will be
welcomed, they say.
Joe Hainaney. vice president of
the Dramatic Club. has announced
the winners of this months Acad-
emy awards. They are Sonny Lip
shultz. Jeane Bryne and-pardon
my modest blush-Gloria Lubar.
The club, by the way, presents
performance every Tuesday, and all
students are invited to attend /.
Central had swing music in the
lunchroom for just one day. The
snappy tunes caused so much con-
fusion that-well, recordings of
slower music have been substituted
Eleanor Cox. Central alumni
of '33, has returned to school
In a manner of speaking, that is
in triumph. She is an artist now,
and some of her work is on ex-
hibition in the art alcove.
Central students contributed q
total of $25 to the National Sym
phony Orchestra fund. Mary Meade
Smith was in charge of the cam
paign to raise the money . . His
tory Club members will take trips
to the Supreme Court. the Pan
American Building and Arlington
National Cemetery. At present. quiz
contests are the most popular of the
groups activities Members of
the Girl Reserves took their annual
trip to New York yesterday
Peggy Anthony Is the only girl
member Of the Chess Club.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

the seniors choice for their gradua-
ton presentation {. The Dramatic
Clubs Interpretation of The Spin
sters' Club" will be reviewed We'd
nesday in an assembly. Yvonne
Werner, Betty Fleishal, Kitty Muir
ray, June Hastings and Helen Bo-
gan have the leading roles :. The
Glee Club and school orchestra, un-
der the direction of Mrs. Metcalfe,
are rehearsing for the festive spring
concert. The club will present a
pageant dramatizing the occasion
on which the charter of Maryland
was granted to Lord Baltimore by
the King of England.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

thesda Oh e v y
Chase student.
Although the
planes crashed
Just ou t S ! d e
Johns home, he
was not fright
ened - nor, for
that matter, was
anybody e S e.
And instead of
turning in a fire
a ! a r m Or
screaming for
the police, John
calmly photo
gr a p he d the
Evening star., 1939-03-19

ganization again
is in the same
old difficulty
too many girls
and not enough
boys There
is a movement
afoot to reorgan-
iZe the old Writ
ers' Club .
T he campaign
for subscriptions
to the Review,
the school mag
azine, has been
fairly successful,
according to re-
pOrts from Rob.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

II got quite a kick out of it,"
he said. ut was just like watching
an air battle in the movies"
But the planes John saw were
only miniatures-tiny things which
he had carved from balsam wood
lust for the fun Of it." And he
set them afire himself, and then
sent them sailing through the air,
30 he could make q picture sequence
Evening star., 1939-03-19

ism as career. I'm studying jour-
nalism at Central. and some day l
hope to be real newspaper woman"
Ruth also plays the banjo and
xylophone and last summer she
participated in a musical program
broadcast from a radio station in
Winston-Salem, N. C. She is a
drum major, too, having taken a
course in the art at a musical camp.
Leona-she prefers to be called
"Lee"-is II and lives at 4208 Ar
kansas avenue NV. Playing the
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Tells of Earthquake.

Dear Editor: My most exciting
adventure was during the Southern
California earthquake of 1888. We
were having dinner when we hearc
a loud rumbling Every one went
running out to the middle of the
street, to be safe from falling build
ings.
The first few shocks were the most
severe. after which we ventured
back into our home. Our kitchen
stove had moved several inches, and
broken dishes were all over the
floor. We had small shocks all that
night and for many days afterward.
In many parts of Los Angeles and
nearby quite a few people were
killed or injured and their homes
demolished.
For quite while afterward people
slept on the parkways in the mid
die of the streets, so that in case
their homes should fall, they would
not be trapped in them.
BEVERLY CLAIRE MCLEOD, l3.
Powell Junior High School.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

and Antoinette
are high school
students, all the
other members
being consider
ably older.
Ruth, who is
one of The Jun
ior Stars CORE
spondents a t
Central, is 16
a n d lives in
kenSlngton. Md.
She is a junior.
Il love music"
she said, but
I'm more inter-
ested in journal
Evening star., 1939-03-19
. Lesson in Bees
Prize Contribution.

Dy bRADLE1 CLARk, IL,
Richard MONTGOMERY High School.
Rockville, Md.
In our yard are lots of bees,
Humming around amongst the trees;
They work all day making honey,
But for this they get no money.
They go afar to get their goods,
Over fields and through the woods;
They never stop for rest or drink
Some busy bodies, don't you think?
They pack their products safely
away,
To keep them for rainy day;
Such is the life of a honey bee
A very good lesson for you and mel
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Describes Hurricane.

Dear Editor: This happened about
six years ago while I was living in
Norfolk, Va. I was listening to the
radio one day when the program
was interrupted by a news flash
saying that Norfolk was going to
have hurricane.
That night tried to stay awake
but couldn't keep my eyes open.
The next thing l knew it was morn
ing and I could hear the wind.
Mother called me into the next room
and told me to look outside. The
streets were flooded and trees up
rooted, and the wind was blowing
very hard.
Later, when the storm had quieted
down, We went to the beach to see
the damage. Houses were in ruins,
and some had been completely
blown away.
BILLY SNIDER, II,
Lincoln street, Arlington, Va,
M. F. Maury School.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

buSlly engag e d
artists, CT a ir e
McMullen a n d
Phyliss Hunnell,
one can see the
fOrerunnerS of
the spring fash
ions. These stu
d e n is are de-
signing the lat
est modes and
illustrating how
to wear them to
the best advan-
tage.
This and that:
Come Out of
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