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The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12
ERSONALS S

Weekend guests from McNary
were Mr. Louis Pete and Mrs.
Tweedle of Hot Springs, Ark. Mr.
Pete, is a former resident of Phoe-
nix, and at present is a teacher in
McNary, Ariz.
Mr.. John Henry Lewis entertain
ed a group of friends at his home
on Saturday night, April 5. Diver
sions of the evening were cards and
dancing. Special guests were Mr..
and Mrs. William Bell Graham, Of
Cleveland Ohio, Mr.. Graham is
District Mgr, of the Pabst, Brew
ing Co. They were en- route to New
York. Stopped over Friday and left
Sunday by way of Ft. Huachuca,
AriZ.
While Mrs. Bell Reeves, and
Mrs. Dasie Lee, Of Los Angeles,
were in the city they were enter
tanned with bridge party Satur-
day night at the home of DR.. and
Mrs. Thomas Crunlp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Chevalier,
(Mrs. Ruby jones' entertained
Sunday, March 80 with a dinner
party at their home, 319 Lincoln
st. The occasion was the first an
niversary of their marriage. The
table as well as the various courses
were beautifully prepared. Guests
invited were Mr.. and Mrs. Scotty
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12

Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority
held formal pledge services Sunday.
April 6, for Mrs. Amelia Thompson
and Mrs. Mary Lou Harvey, begin
ming a two-week probationary
period. Initiation will be held for
these and three other pledges on
Saturday, April 10th.
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12

Last week we were treated to a
spectacle i'm the form of con-
ference schedule for the week
end where i'm a group of Chicago
folk were to visit our city in an
effort to help solve the Difficult
ties confronting the Negro in the
defense program.
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| Spade Pass N. T. Pass
8 Spades Pass 4 Spades Pass
North's opening bid denotes 5
Spades, South to assure North
of the Game Level bids 2 No
Trumps. North rebids the spade
and South raises to game.
I'm.
WINSLOW. p. O. BOX I'll.
m ST. LOUIS. MO.
Copyrigbted I94l. All Rights Reserved.
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HITS AND BITS
A CHESTNUT TO BE
RETRIEVED

Why a goodwill tour today. to a
people referred to as heathens,
only yesterday?
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get it. congressman are the per-
sons to write your troubles to so
just sit right down and write them
? letter, telling them your difficult
ties and problems.
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12

Ran into George Corhan Of the
Social Security Board and Hilton
Mayelis, boys work secretary of
the 135th Street Branch "Y," in
the magistrates court where we all
he'd been called to serve on the
Jury. George and yours truly got
excused, but Hilton was not so
lucky and we saw him going down
the hall leading his little group of
Jurors to sit and listen to some
weird tales of woe.
The Judge Sorta scared me -
had lost my summons and had to
get a duplicate and there was no
one else in front Of his honor,
'cept me and his clerk. He glared
at me and raised holy hades, but
he finally said excused and I
heaved a sigh that could be heard
from here to Jericho.
Say, Frank Davis. they tell me
that Bob Douglas, owner OF the
Renaissance team, surely told off
Eyre Saitch for his bonehead IN
that game-and that Bob said so
much to Saitch, he came back two
hours later and apologized, Wow!
knowing Bob as I do, l know
Saitch burned up.
Howard university says they are
going to play football after all
four games they have already
scheduled.
Ran into Ed Williams big full
Ran into Ed Williams, big full
back from New York university
who is doing a swell job over at
the Children's club under the di-
rectiOn of another all time great
athlete, George Gregory, former
captain of Columbia university's
basketball team. which won sew
eral championships.
EOlhS III CO"ll olC oNVOAAAG
ready for Easter. Well, it amt far
off I rather like that word amt
it is so elegant and expressive
when properly used.
A friend in the selective service
office in Harlem relates some weird
tales concerning the clientele.
Cases of bigamy, divorces, multiple
families with children by several
wives defermentS and so forth that
would fill a book. It seems that
certain agencies take delight in
| trying to locate missing persons
through this department, but no
dice, all info given the IS is sup
posed to be confidential.
The town is all aflutter over the
hearing on the discriminatory
practices against Negroes, which is
having an airing before a senator
ial committee. More pressure is
needed-from all accounts "off the
record" the breaking point is near
! Ahd just a little more pressure will
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12

BY the way, if that picture,
Tobacco Road" comes your way,
don't confuse it with the stage
PLAY of the same name-fOr there
is where the similarity ends-the
rame of the play and the names
of the characters. They are not
the same in any shape, fashion
or form.
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12

Oby, MIR. and Mrs. Carriger, Mrs.
Lavon Hamilton, and Mrs. Dorothy
Taylor.
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12

always thought Canada was a good
boxer. o..
Ran into George Agard, former
worker in the Harlem Y, dressed
up III a uniform headed for Cha
mute field and the air corps. Good
luck, George.
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Arrived to find the whole town
was raving over 'iNative Son" and
Canada Lees performance We
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12

After a months exile in ID. c.
Harlem looked pretty good, al
though the lads say that things
are tougher than ever there now.
Many of the old landmarks both
rraIe and female were missing
from their usual haunts.
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Well until next week, when we
hope things will be brighter,
cheerio! Ct got that by osmosis
from being associated with some
Brit;shers over the past week end,
it amt as natural as our former
How You?")
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-12
Electrical Storm
In This Vicinity

heavy rain and electrical
storm which struck in this VIC
unity shortly after | O'Clock this
afternoon disrupted electrical
service and increased the chance
that excessive ram VIII do per
mlnCnt damage tn the TOBACCO
crop ! small amount oi hail aC-
companicd the storm III Hen
dCr>on. but there were no re
ports IN the CITY OF damage from
tins source.
The Henderson Daily Dispatch
was Without electrical current
tor more than two hours. causing
delay in publication oi the
paper.
Light rainfall continued for
several hours after the heaviest
part et the storm had passed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-12
To Teach Glass.

John H Zollicotter viii teach the
Mems Bible class OF Holy I%nnocente
Episcopal church Sunday morning at
- o'clock.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
N. Y. Governor Opposes
Cuts In Social Services

Ithaca, N. Y. QLNS).-Opposition
to reduction Of health, school and So
cial programs as an economy meas
ure in time of emergency was
voiced by Gov. Herbert l.. Lehman in
addressing an audience at Cornell
University.
Such social services are necessary
in the production Of normal, healthy,
well-fed people" to take the lead in
recovery and reconstruction after the
crisis, the Governor declared
"We shall have to meet occasional
proposals from well-intentioned peo-
pie that certain educational, welfare
and social activities be curtailed dur
ing these unusual times," Lehman
said
"Certainly everything should be
done to make all programs of edu-
cation, social, welfare or health as
economical as possible. But we must
always remember that young people
growing up during this period cannot
go back and live their childhood days
again."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
Millions Of Dolldrs In Mud uc
Used In Oil Well Drillinu

Although mud is usually thought of
as nuisance, millions of dollars are
spent annually in the United States
on mud to be used in oil-wel drilling,
according to a report just issued by
the Bureau Of Mines, u. S. Depart
ment of the Interior. With the proper
use of mud, many wells, in locations
and to depths that were considered
impossible only five years ago, are to-
day being drilled and completed sue
cessfully.
Drilling mud, more frequently call
ed mud fluid" in the oil fields, is
used to cool the drilling bit and pre-
vent oil and gas, under high pressure
in the formation, from blowing out
of the hole. Also, in it's travel to
the surface, the mud fluid removes
drill cuttings from the well, plasters
the walls of the hole thereby prevent
ing caving and the intrusion of water,
and conditions the hole in other ways
to assure penetration Of the bit. Mod
ern drilling fluids are chemical mix
lures rather than mud composed of
clay and water, but these substances
are their most important constituents
In tonnage, the amount of clay
used in oil-well drilling is great, states
A. George Stern, author of the re-
port. Some Of the clay Of special
characteristics is sold at high price
per ton. However, by far the great
est bulk of the clay marketed is of
the backyard" variety, which is sold
at price only slightly above the cost
of handling, with relatively small mar
gin Of profit.
The money spent on the muds prim-
arily is for technical expertness in
control of the mud characteristics.
This involves relatively little material
cost but high degree of professional
skill
Results of research conducted by
the Bureau Of Mines regarding the
role Of clays and other minerals in
oil-well drilling fluids are given in
Report of Investigations 1856, copies
of which may be obtained from the
Bureau of Mines, Washington, d. C.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
N. Y. Minimum Wage Law
Is Ruled Unconstitutional

New York, N. Y.-The Bronx Spe-
cial Sessions Court in a two-to- one
decision declared the New York State
minimum wage law for women and
minors, covering $4,000 women and
boys in six industries, unconstitu-
tiOnal
The law passed by the State Leg
islature in 1887, empowers the Divi-
sion Of Women and Industry and Min
imum Wage of the State Department
of Labor to fix minimums for women
and minors in specific industries after
making required surveys and holding
hearings open to employers, employees
and the public, with penalties for vio-
lation Of the wage rates.
The majority opinion held that the
law represented "an unlawful delega-
ton of power to the Industrial Com
missioner to decide what is and what
is not a violation, and what is crime
and what is not crime"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
Identity Of Complaints
To Be Held Confidential

Cleveland, O.--The Wage and Hour
Division, u. S. Department of Labor,
will continue to hold as confidential
the identity of complaints in cases of
violations Of the requirement that at
least 80 cents an hour and time and
half for overtime be paid to those
engaged in interstate commerce or in
the production of goods for interstate
commerce.
This was the announcement made
today by Grace G. Glascott, Regional
Director for the Wage and Hour Di-
vision in Ohio and Michigan, follow
ing receipt Of word today from Wash
ngton that the Division would appeal
the dismissal of an overtime charge.
The decision was handed down by a
Federal Judge who criticized the Di-
vision for refusing to reveal the name
Of the complainant in case before
him.
The reiteration of the Divisions po-
stion in the matter was contained in
a statement reaching Miss Glascott
from Colonel Philip B. Fleming, Ad-
ministrator of the Division.
"The Division is determined to pro-
tect the complainant" the Colonel
said in Washington. eve cannot dis
close the identity of an employe who
calls the Governments attention to
the fact that his employer is violating
the law Although the Act itself pro-
hibits discharge or discrimination
against a complaining employee, it is
obvious that that protection is not
enough where there is no organiza-
ton.
"There are few principles more
salutary or better established in law
than the one which requires law en-
forcement agencies not to disclose the
names of those who inform them con-
cerning violations"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
Worsted, Woolen
Plants to Raise Paw
Union Announces q 10 Per
Cent Increase To Go Into
Effect Soon

New York City, QLNS).-Employ-
ers in the woolen and worsted indus
try, in conferences and through COM
munications, have indicated that a
general wage increase of at least 10
per cent will soon be put in effect,
Joseph Sylvia, president of the Feder-
alton of Woolen and Worsted Work.
ers, A. F. of l.. announced here.
President Sylvia further announced
that agreements with the Starr
Woolen Company, Enterprise Garnet
ting Company, Colonie Fibre Com
pany, and the w. Lowenthal & Com
pany, all of Cohoes, N. Y, were re-
newed. with 212 cent increase per
hour, and a weeks vacation with pay.
Employees of the Starr Woolen
Company's plant in South Pittsburg,
Tennessee, are also to receive one
weeks vacation with pay, by agree
ment signed recently.
Wage increases have already been
granted by the East Weymouth Wool
Securing Company, East Weymouth,
Mass; Rohmer Wool Securing Com
pany, Newton, Mass; Fred Carr's
Wool Shop, Boston, Mass; and the
Talbot Wool Combing Company, Nor
ton, Mass, which companies are under
contract with the Federation of
Wooden and Worsted Workers.
The w. Marchall Spinning Com
pany, of Thornton, R. l., has also in
creased wages. This plant is in the
process of organization.
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tives of the Dress Joint Board, Inter
national Ladies' Garment Workers
Union, and New York dress employ
ers.
The three-year contract for the
city's largest industry, with an annual
volume Of business of S350,O0O, 900, is
the first in union history to provide:
1.-That workers, through their un-
ion, have a right to secure efficient
shop management from their employ
ers;
2.-That during the term of the g.
year contract, industry and labor will
cooperate in raising from S3,000,000
to S4,5O0,0OO to promote their industry
and establish New York City as the
fashion center of the world;
3.-That an deficiency department"
will be set up in the office of the in
dustry's Impartial Chairman to assist
employers in improving the efficiency
of their shops.
These innovations in collective bar
gaining were proposed by Julius Hoch-
man, SCuSIdl iilaIidSCi VI VIC blC9o
Joint Board, at industry-wide confer
ences with the employers held during
the course of negotiations for a new
agreement. The efficiency and pro-
motion clauses were finally accepted
by four of the five employer associa-
tions after the old agreement, which
expired February !, had been extended
two weeks to allow time for further
discussion.
The union represents $4,000 organ
lied dressmakers, $4,000 Of whom
work in New York City, and 10000
Of whom work for contracting shops
outside the city, but whose garments
are produced for New York City job
bers. These shops are located on Long
Island, in upstate New York, Connec-
ticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Del
aware, Massachusetts and Maryland.
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transportation
And Labor
BY DR.. CHARLES STELZLE

In one of his stories Kipling said
that Transportation is civilization"
He meant that when we reach the
state when only one law is required
"a law that covered all laws-the
only thou shalt not" would be one
which stated that thou shalt not do
anything which interiors with traffic
and all that it implies" Such law
would please the drivers of the 32,-
100000 automobiles and buses in
use in this country; the 100000 en-
ployes of American railroads; and the
countless millions who use other
means Of transportation.
An important factor in preventing
interference with traffic" is the
building of good roads. This in
wolves millions of workers whose busi-
ness it is to construct such roads and
keep them in good repair. Just now
w. P. A. workers are doing salts
factory job in this respect. During the
past five years they have constructed
more than 100000 miles of highway,
roads and streets. This about equals
$50 roadways running clear across
the continent. Military experiences
abroad have demonstrated that there
cannot be too many roads, so that
these workers have done much to help
defend the nation in case of war
and war prevents the building up of
civilization.
Kipling was right: Transportation
is Civilization" While the cities built
by transportation will be great CEN
tripetal forces, drawing to themselves
all the resources of wide areas be-
cause Of transportation facilities, they
will also be powerful centrifugal
forces-sending out their influences in
every direction. Those of US who live
in these cities should make their in
fluence such that they will create a
greater and finer civilization.
The roads and cities which shall
bless mankind will be built by Labor
the toilers Of the world. But
whether "the wilderness and the SOL
itary place" in which they shall be
built "will be glad for them," and
Wnetnef IL small De required that we
may move about them freely and
without interference" will depend
upon all of us. But Labor will al
ready have done much by building
the roads and vehicles which made
transportation and civilization pos
sible, and it desires to continue it's
work by keeping the arteries of
transportation open for the free traf-
fic of the nation at all times.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
UNEXPECTED BONUS

Chicago.-Nearly 1000 retail groc-
cry clerks employed by the National
Tea Company are receiving an unex-
pected bonus by virtue of contract
signed by the company and Local
l24S, Retail Clerks international Pro-
tective Association, A. F. Of l.. The
1910 agreement was not to have ex-
pired until March l but officials of
the company agreed to make effective
Immediately the new 194l contract,
with its approximate 20 per cent pay
increase, thus making gift to the
clerks of nearly $4,000. The con-
tract covers clerks in Cook and four
other counties.
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Continuous Show Sunday

slider whether (a) the business of an
employer of men scheduled in the oc-
cupation group of office or depart
mental manager is on is not Of natl
onal Importance in war time, and
whether (b) the reserved mans own
duties and responsibilities are or are
not sufficiently important to justify
his retention in that occupation.
x 4 x
Revising the Reservation Scheme
Scrutiny of the schedule of reserved
occupations will not stop at this point.
There are reservations and the
grounds on which particular occupa-
tional groups are included in the
schedule at all, are continually being
reviewed and important reyisions
made.
Thus in the mining industry, for
example, the age of reservation has
been raised to 80 for all occupations
above or below ground.
Young miners below the age Of 80
will only be retained in the industry
if coalfield tribunals which have been
Set up have decided after the closest
investigation that the number called
up for military service is greater
than the area can afford to release.
Each of these coalfield tribunals in
clude two representatives of the mine
workers organization along with two
coalowners' Representatives and an in
dependent chairman appointed by the
Ministry Of Mines.
Inevitably, all these changes in the
control and regulation of wartime
labor raise questions Of vital moment
to the Trade Unions. Extension of
Government powers in the direction of
State-employed labor particularly is a
major departure in industrial policy.
Hardly less important is the exten-
sion of compulsory powers for the
organization of part-time civilian
fire-watchers and the impending re-
cruitment of civilians of both sexes,
regardless of social position, for
munitions work.
Union organization and policy will
necessarily be deeply affected by
these developments. But the Min
listers responsible for carrying out
the Governments industrial policy are
taking care to discuss it's full implica-
tions with the Trade Unions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
Mrs. Roosevelt Advocates
Life Worth Defendinq'

New York City, QLNS).-Declaring
that "in the long run all housing is
defense housing" Mrs. Franklin D..
Roosevelt told labor and civic leaders
attending the tenth annual meeting of
the National Public Housing Confer
ence here that "if we are willing to
defend our country, it is because we
feel that the life we live is worth de-
Tending"
The rising interest manifested in
public housing throughout the coun-
try is an encouraging sign. Mrs. Roos-
evelt said. She advocated careful plan
ming with an eye to future trends in
the community and all (not merely
shelter) needs of the low-income fam
lilies.
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to earn a livlihood In 1887 about l0(
firms went out of business, and il
addition IL per cent of the firms still
in business in 1893 had suffered losses
the year before.
The growing demand for cheap
hats, necessitating low wholesale
prices and a very small profit to the
manufacturers little as cents pei
hat on the cheapest hats-makes fo1
unsound economic conditions in the
industry, since production remains on
unit rather than mass of volume
basis. Excessive competition under
mines the interests of both manufac-
turers and workers, especially as
three-fifths of the firms made only
one-fourth of the sales.
"In general not until firms do a
business of over 100000 a year does
the amount available for firm mem
bers exceed materially the earnings
of their full-time better-paid en-
ployees," the report states. Only then
are returns large enough to pay the
ecutives, buyers, sellers, etc.
"The welfare of the worker is SO
closely related to the manufacturers
success or failure that every employe
should be interested to know how he
is affected by the various factors en-
tering into the operation of the busi-
ness"
Cooperative efforts of organizations
Of manufacturers and workers are es-
sential to promote better business op-
erations and to eliminate disorders,
according to the report. The strong
union in the industry, comprising
four -fifths of the employees in 1888,
is making constant effort to organize
all the important areas, and to bring
all workers into its ranks.
Amalgamation of the IL different
employer organizations into one
strong trade association, Nation-w wide
in membership, is urged as neces-
sary means of helping to solve the
problems, and of working with organ
lied employees to the mutual advan-
tage of both groups.
The report stresses the important
services of the unofficial and impair
tial Millinery Sterilization Commits
sion, made up Of representatives of
employers and employees in promoting
better business practices in the in
dustry chiefly in the New York City
and New Jersey centers.
This commission is responsible for
developing consumers protection
label, which is sewn in hats to show
when they are made under fair labor
conditions and fair trade practices.
Among the good business methods
recommended is planning each seasons
production with the aid of style re-
search agencies, and to avoid flood
ing the market with freakish models,
unacceptable to SO many women.
Closer contact between manufacture
ers and women. csnsumers is appraisal
of styles each season before hats are
offered to the retailer is also advo-
Gated.
AS a means of developing larger
markets for millinery and thus taking
up some of the unemployment slack
among the workers it is suggested
that the best potential market for at
least 50-per cent increase in sales
is among women 80 to 55 years of
age.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
Chiseling Employers Fined

New York City, QLNS).-New
York City courts, in January, handed
down convictions against 219 New
York City employers for failure to
carry workmen's compensation insur-
ance, Industrial Commissioner Frieda
S. Miller announced here. Fines rang
ing as high as $50 were imposed on
l74 Of those convicted for total of
$l,369.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27

II Duce-"Now, Jimmy, we're going
to take up words. | want you to use
the word miscellaneous correctly in
a sentence"
"Churchill is the head man in this
country and miscellaneous the head
man in Italy,"