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Evening star., 1941-10-05
The Good Old Doys Go

j owARD Billie and me Jitters' attitude
eventually softened somewhat, but the old
companionship was gone. Not once did he
cross the threshold of our bedroom where he
had always lived. No longer did he accompany
us on walks through the woods which he
loved If we went out on the pond We could
never persuade him to enter the canoe. No
more did he follow along the edge of the water
while we were fishing.
Only once during all this time did Queen
cross filters path. And that was by accident:
There is small patch of alders near the canoe
landing which we call "Jitters' Jungle" be-
cause he appropriated it as his own especial
territory Immediately upon his arrival at
Pondwood Farm. There he would have the
most thrilling adventures with bugs and
leaves and frogs and sometimes garter snake.
Hour after hour we would see him stalking an
imaginary enemy. 1t was sacred territory.
From the very first, Queen seemed to realize
that "Jitters' Jungle" was taboo, but one day
while chasing butterfly she blundered into
the outer margin. Suddenly there was flash
of white an anguished yelp and Queen leaped
out. bleeding from three raking scratches on
her delicate nose. Then along the edge of the
CConfinvsd on poss 1s)
Evening star., 1941-10-05

to offend him. But her role was not an easy one.
For forty eight hours Jitters left the stone
wall only at night. With cold eyes he gazed
at us, jerking away if we tried to touch him
and refusing to eat in our presence. Even filet
of cod. his favorite dish. remained untouched
during the daylight hours. But the hunger
strike must have ended after dark, for in the
morning the fish was gone.
Eventually time broke down filters re-
sistance In frigid silence he returned to the
house but not to his usual place in our room.
Instead, he slept in lonely grandeur on pill
low in the largest guest room.
filters feelings were 50 deeply hurt that
we wondered if he would ever forgive U.s.
Evening star., 1941-10-05
A rare treat for all lovers of CATS new, true
by Roy Chapman Andrews
o.
mufrosd Dennh

- UEEN was an anniversary present to
my wife Billie. She Il mean Queen is
- an English setter. Her ancestry goes
back to the front families of the Lewellin
breed and boasts more field champions than
there are fingers on my hands.
Yet we we're grievously worried as we
brought Queen up to Pondwood Farm. The
autocratic ruler of our household is white
Persian cat, Lord filters. Once before We had
tried to introduce tiny monkey into the
family with humiliating results to ourselves
Jitters had retired to the roof garden of our
apartment and despite rain and cold, had
refused to enter the house until the monkey
had been permanently removed.
We also remembered the time he had
instantly attacked red Irish setter the first
and only dog he had ever seen, and had
driven him from the yard.
Billie and l had debated the matter of
Queen for long time. There were woodcock
and grouse at Pondwood Farm and we both
wanted dog to shoot over. But would Jitters
allow it? Finally we decided that we could not
continue to be ruled by a cat and keep our
self-respect. We would buy Queen and defy
His Lordship. Nevertheless, as we drove up to
the Farm we both fervently wished that the
ordeal of presentation were ended.
Lord Jitters left his post on the stone wall
and as usual walked sedately out to the car
to welcome us home He rubbed against my
legs. purred his greeting and jumped on the
Evening star., 1941-10-05

However. now that the break had been made,
we decided that we might as we'll get the black
Persian kitten we wanted; Lord filters could
not be any more upset than he was already
So the kitten arrived 1t was only month old
- lust a tiny ball of coal-black fluff, pune
tuated by two yellow eyes. Smoke we
named him.
Itters took one look, spat disgustedly IN
the little things face and walked away. In the
weeks that followed Lord Jitters gave the
most perfect exhibition of ignoring that have
ever seen from man or beast. He would walk
within a foot of Queen, never betraying by
look or action that he knew the dog was on
the same planet. Smoke made few kittenish
attempts to play. without response from His
Lordship. Only when he actually touched
Jitters was there the slightest sign of recogn-
ton 1t came then in the form of hiss and
smart slap from white paw.
Evening star., 1941-10-05

nn1i/ HOURS for Miss G.
Z01/Z E. Donahue, stenoe-
rapherl "This Ivory Flakes test
showed me grand way to ease up
onstocking expenses" See for your
selfi Don't save up soiled
stockings or use strong soapsl Try
nightly washing with New Double
Quick Ivory Flakes. 1t paysi
Evening star., 1941-10-05

101 HOURS for Mrs. Emile
100 F. Kroy, hardware
dealers wifel Says she: "The New
Ivory Flakes are just wonderful.
So quick-dissolvingl They fluff up
into suds without hot water. A
great convenience-to wash out q
pair of stockings at nightp You'll
say 20, tool
Evening star., 1941-10-05

running board to greet Billie who was in the
back seat. Suddenly he caught sight of Queen
with my wife's arms around her neck. Frozen
in indignant astonishment, he turned look
on me that would have withered cactus.
Queen Hos Hord Role
+ OR full minute that look lasted. Then
Lord Jitters slowly stalked, with indignant
flirts of his TAIL to the stone wall where he
settled down to watch proceedings. Queen dis
appeared into the house with us, there to be
fed and petted and introduced to her new
home.
No dog could have been nicer Carefully she
avoided filters Carefully she did her best not
Evening star., 1941-10-05

071 HOURS from pair of stock
Zf > ingsi Good going for Miss
Margaret Smith, research worker in
an advertising agency. So, of course,
b, she's sold on nightly washing with
- New Ivory Flakes. 1t Ger
tainly helped these lovely
Phoenix stockings weari Try this on
your stocking budget
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
Buird Snyder Appointed
Wage-Hour Administrator

Baird Snyder has been named Act
ing Administrator of the Wage and
Hour Division by Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins. Mr.. Snyder-who
was Deputy Administrator under Gen
eral Philip B. Fleming, new Federal
Works Administrator-will head the
Division until further notice.
Mr.. Snyder was born in Lansford,
Pennsylvania, in 1900. He attended
Cornell and Yale Universities and was
graduated from Massachusetts 1nsti-
tute of Technology in 1924 as civil
engineer. His first engineering work
was a survey of coal lands in Vene-
zuela; and he was later assistant
superintendent of Lawrence Colliery
at Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania. He
subsequently operated factory at
Elyria, Ohio, and headed his own con-
struction company. He became prin-
cpal engineer of the Resettlement Ad-
ministration several years ago, where
he was first associated with General
Fleming. He was later chief engineer
of the Farm Security Administration
before coming to the Wage and Hour
Division in 1899, and became Deputy
Administrator of the Division in June,
1910.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
Action Token To Provide
Men For Farm Jobs

Washington, D. c. 0LNS).-Warn-
ing against an impending serious farm
labor shortage, Federal Security Ad-
ministrator Paul V. McNutt has an
nounced the expansion of farm place
ment machinery in the Social Security
Boards L. S. Employment Service.
The Farm Placement Service has
been overhauled under the supervision
of U. S. Employment Service Director
John J. Corson and Fay w. Hunter
formerly chief of the North Dakota
State Employment Service and direc-
tor of the Employment Service in Ari-
zona, has been appointed to head the
expanded farm placement organiza-
ton.
McNutt stated that assuring an
adequate supply of workers for
Americas farms is a big task ahead
America must, he explained, produce
much more food now for home con-
sumption and the Allies. AS thousands
of farm workers have enrolled in the
Army, Navy, and civilian wartime
jobs, a serious shortage of workers
is expected in certain regions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
Information On
Social Security

All employers who hire part-time
workers in stores or other commercial
establishments must report the wages
earned by such employees when old
age and survivors insurance taxes are
paid.
This warning was issued today by
Glenn H. Pittenger, manager of the
Youngstown, Ohio, field office of the
Social Security Board. Commenting
on this subject he said:
"Many stores hire part-time work
ers during the Christmas holidays.
The wages of such workers must be
reported and their social security ac-
count numbers given when the old
age and survivors, insurance taxes for
the final quarter of 1941 are paid in
January of the new year. There are
no exceptions to this rule, except in
the case of certain types Of family
employment.
"We advise employers to copy the
social security numbers Of all part
time workers, using the individuals s
account card for this purpose and
making sure the name and number are
copied exactly as they appear on the
card. The Collector of Internal Rev
enue will not accept as complete any
tax return which does not have this
information for all employees. Minors
are covered by the act when working
in stores and other places of business,
there being no age limits for coverage
under old-age and survivors insur-
ance. Employers Of one or more must
pay taxes and must make these re-
turns"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
20 Sure WdYs To
Handicap The
American Legion

1. Seldom, if ever, go to a post
meeting.
2. If you do attend, find fault with
the work of the officers.
3. Never accept an office. 1t is
easier to criticize than to do things!
4. If asked by the chairman to give
your opinion regarding some matter,
tell him you have nothing to say. But
say plenty after the meeting!
5. Do nothing more than is abso-
lutely necessary; but when other
members roll up their sleeves and
willingly and unselfshly use their
ability to help matters along, howl
that the Legion is run by clique.
6. Hold back your dues as long as
possible, or don't pay at all.
7. When parties or other "affair"
benefits are given, tell everybody
money is being wasted on "blowouts"
which make big noise and accom-
plish nothing.
s. When no parties or rallies are
given, say the Legion is dead and
needs a can tied to it.
9. Don't tell the Legion how it can
help you, but ifsi4.doesn't help you,
resign.
10. If you receive service without
joining, don't think of joining.
IL. If the Legion doesn't correct
abuses soon enough to suit you, howl
that nothing is being done.
IL. If it calls attention to abuses,
which might affect you, resign from
the Legion.
13. Keep your eye open for some
thing wrong and when you find it, re-
sign.
ID. At every opportunity threaten
to resign and get your friends to re-
sign.
Is. When you attend a meeting
vote to do something and then &c
home and forget tor do the oppo-
site!
16. Agree to everything said at the
meeting, and disagree with it outside
II. When asked for information
don't give it.
Is. Cuss the Legion for the incom-
pleteness of it's information.
19. Get all the Legion gives you
but don't give it anything but H,
20. Kick about the cost Of member
ship and other activities, even though
you spend as much as an entire years
dues on the World Series or a "little
party"-and think nothing of it
O. c.. SO.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
Consumer Notes
Issued Weekly BY Consumers
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, D. c.

NEW SIZES FOR BOYS CLOTHES
New and better methods for mark
ing sizes of boys clothing are on the
way.
Based on the study Of the actual
measurements of 147,O00 school chill
dren, made by the Bureau of Home
Economics, the American Standards
Association has worked out new sys-
tenn for sizing boys clothes. When
adopted by ready clothing man.
ufacturers and pattern makers, it
should be possible to buy clothes for
Johnny that will really fit.
The bureaus study showed that age
alone was the poorest possible basis
for sizing children's clothes. Careful
measurement of the weight and 35
body dimensions of many American
children showed that combination of
hip girth plus height was the safest
yardstick to use in standardizing sizes.
The new system would make it pos
sible for mothers to ask in the stores
for Johnny's clothes in size 50-25
which means he is so inches tall and
25 inches around the hips. That
method is much like the one used in
marking mems shirts, by neck size and
arm length.
To hasten the adoption of the new
sizes, consumers can ask for them at
the retail stores, tell managers what
they are and why they want them.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
THE CHRISTMAS SEASON

He glides along the snow,
His sleigh pulled by his doe;
He visits all the neighborhoods,
To leave to children, Christmas
goods.
He jumps to the chimney top,
He slides right in with a flop;
He set up big Christmas tree,
And sang and laughed with glee.
The children jumped with joy,
TO see their Christmas toys;
But old st. Nick's laughter is gay,
AS he travels on his way.
AS he glides in his sleigh,
His laughter seems to say:
The time of greeting is drawing near,
| wish you Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year.
james E. Carr.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
Straight From
Washington
BY STEPHEN Nj. YOUNG
Congressman at Large, Ohio

Washington. When you pay taxes
you help win our war against die
tatorship aggression. You will neces-
sarily be taxed by your Congress al
most beyond edurance. The cost of
winning this war will be practically
beyond calculation. 1t staggers the
imagination to contemplate expendi-
lures necessary. We must preserve
our system of free enterprise We
must not confiscate anything nor de-
stroy any business by unjust or dis
criminatory taxation, but we must tax
to the limit of endurance and con-
tinue that process year after year. We
are not to blame for this war. The
President and Congress tried to keep
war 1900 miles distant from the
Western Hemisphere. In our entire
history we have never known any
thing approximating the cost involved
in this struggle against the most pow
erful military and naval alliance the
world has ever known. Citizens owe
an obligation to their Government to
bear without grumbling the heaviest
tax load of all time. Congressman owe
to their constituents the duty of cut
ting non-defense expenditures to the
bone and then scraping the bone.
Miss Rankin
Miss Jeanette Rankin Republican,
Montana) voted "No" on the Declara-
ton Of War against Japan. She said,
"This might be a Roosevelt trick How
do we know Hawaii has been bombed?
| don't believe it." One of the early
casualty lists contained the names Of
heroic dead from her State-young
men victims Of ruthless treacherous
attack by an aggressor nation. Won
der what their fathers and mothers
think of their Representative? The
bitter logic of events leading up to
that black Sunday, December 7, 1941,
prove the isolationists were wishful
thinkers and have been dead wrong
all along. Despite all that President
Roosevelt, Cordell Hull and a peace
/ loving Congress could do, dictatorship
| aggression leaped two-thirds of the
! distance across the broad Pacific and
struck without warning Rattlesnakes
give warning before they strike-Hit-
! Ter and the Japs strike first and then
declare war afterward.
Plug VS.. Thoroughbred
This war resembles horse race in
which plug, ridden by a ruthless
| jockey, takes the lead against a slow
starting thoroughbred. In sprint the
nag might have chance, but this is
over long course. The plug will
never finish. Japan is that plug and
Adolf Hitler is the unscrupulous
jockey who dug his spurs deeply into
the Japs' flank without waiting for the
starters signal.
Buy Defense Bonds
Should it not be matter of pride
for every man who is a wage-earner
to buy some defense stamps each
month?
Yes, every government employe and
official, including Congressman, should
pay out at least 10 per cent of their
salaries each month for United States
Defense Bonds or stamps.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
PUZZLE-POSERS FOR
CONSUMERS

Here's another set of food questions
for consumers who want to be good
food buyers and meal planners. They
come from Consumers Guide, publ
cation of the Consumers Counsel
Division of the Department of Agri-
culture. Check your own knowledge
Of food facts against these questions:
1. What nutrients must be added to
flour if it is called "enriched" flour?
2. Check the diseases below which
are directly due to not getting the
right kind or amount of food nu-
trients. Malaria, hookworm, pellagra,
ariboflavinosis, whooping cough and
scurvy.
3. Oranges, tomatoes and cabbage
are important in your diet because
they are rich in what vitamin?
4. If you were going to serve april
cot whip for dessert, as wise con-
sumer watching your pennies but
careful about food values, you would
buy what grade of canned apricots :?
Grade A, Grade B, Grade C.
S. Name type of grain, a kind of
vegetable, a kind of meat and a
sweetening, that are rich in iron.
Here are the answers to the food
questions:
l. According to standards set under
the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic
Act, flour can be labeled "enriched'
only when it contains specified
amounts of Vitamin B1, ribofavin,
nicotine acid, and iron. 1t may also
contain certain amounts of Vitamin
D, calcium, and wheat germ or partly
Debated wheat germ, but this is a
purely voluntary requirement.
2. Pellagra, aribohavinosis, and
scurvy are diseases which are caused
specifically by deficiencies of certain
kinds of food nutrients. Pellagra is
due largely to lack of nivotinic acid
in the diet, ariboflavinosis means too
little ribofiavin, serious lack of Vita
min G leads to scurvy.
3. Oranges, tomatoes, cabbage are
starred because of their Vitamin c..
A. Grade G., since Grade C fruits
and vegetables are usually wise buy
when the food is to be cooked or COM
bined with other foods. The food value
is the same, and uniformity of size
and shape isn't so important.
5. Whole wheat, lima beans, liver
and molasses are foods that are rich
in from.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
More Favorable
Agreement Given
RaiIway Workers
Emergency Board Nam e d
By President Devised
Compromise

Washington, D. C. GLNS).-Rather
than risk ranking sense of injury
and dissatisfaction among railroad
employees which might have caused
work stoppages, the emergency board
handling the railroad wage dispute de-
vised compromise settlement more
beneficial to labor, the board, in eff
feet, told President Roosevelt in re-
port supplementary to it's first report.
The board was named by the Presi-
dent under provisions of the Railway
Labor Act, after other mediation
moves had failed to bring agreement.
The compromise settlement prevented
nationwide strike called for Dec. 5,
First Plan Rejected
The settlement, accepted by man
agements and unions, provides that
the wage increases be raises in basic
pay rates and not temporary. In
previous report, based on long fact
finding hearings in Chicago, the board
had recommended temporary increases
totaling approximately $27O,0O0,00O
with the stipulation that they be sub
ject to revision after December 81,
1912.
The boards previous recommends
tions, calling for pay raises of 7R per
cent for the operating men and of
1872 per cent for the incorporating
groups, were rejected by the workers.
The increases, amounting to 1O
cents an hour for the incorporating
men, will boost their average pay to
| 1874 cents, according to union esti-
mates. The operating workmen receive
from s5.06 day up and their in
creases amount to 91a cents an hour.
The settlement provides that the 10
and 912 cent increases be effective as
of Dec. 1, but that the previous rec
concentrations for 71a per cent and 13
per cent increases be retroactive to
Sept. 1.
The agreement provides also for a
graduated vacation-with-pay scale for
clerks and telegraphers. All other
members of the ID incorporating
unions will receive six-day vacations
with pay. In it's original recommended
tions, the board had proposed six-day
vacations with pay for all the nom
operating men.
In it's supplementary report, the
emergency board warned of the al
legged dangers of boosting wages at a
time when prices are rising and said
that counsel for the unions had failed
to present any new arguments during
the second hearings on the dispute but
had emphasized dissatisfaction of
labor with the original recommends
tions and had threatened to enforce
their demands by striking"
Acted in Two Capacities
The board drew careful distinc-
ton between it's operations as quasi
judicial body, as it was originally set
up, and its subsequent operation as a
mediation agency. In the first capaci-
ty, members insisted that they would
not have been justified in modifying
their recommendations "under pres
sure by either party"
Significant of the power Of the rail
road unions was the following asser-
tion by the board:
"Public officers when called
upon by parties to help them settle a
controversy, by the process of media
ton, cannot ignore the acceptability
of any proposed settlement to the par
ticular party which has the greatest
economic power to enforce it's demand
in a labor dispute"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25

Cleveland-In order to answer in
quiries received by the L. S. Wage and
Hour Division concerning the require
ments Of the law with respect to en-
ployment Of additional guards for an
operation necessary to the prosecu-
tion of interstate commerce, Grace G..
Glascott, Regional Director, pointed
out today that unless the employer Of
the guards is state, county, munici-
pality or other political subdivision,
all provisions of the Fair Labor
Standards Act must be met.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
SELECTING CRANBERRIES

You can have cranberry sauces and
iellies ali winter, nowadays, instead of
just during November and December.
Select berries that are firm, plump,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25

Our grandmothers believed that
there was destiny which shaped our
ends, but the modern girls place more
faith in girdles.=Penn State Froth.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
DRIVERLESS

Policeman: "How did the accident
happen
Motorist: "My wife fell asleep in
the back seat"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25

What's become of all those rich
uncles to whose death we used to look
forward?
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
With The Sick

Sebring, Ohio.-Brother Jack Man
ming, member of Local Union No. SO
who is i'll at his home with pneumonia,
is reported doing well.
Jack is a former Trenton man, but
has been with us for some time. We
wish him speedy recovery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25
Home Education
"The Child's First School is the
Family"-FrOebel

Issued by the National Kinder
garten Association, 8 West 40th
Street, New York City. These arti-
cles are appearing weekly in our
columns.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25

Harold "Cheese" Aldridge, jigger-
man and member of Local Union No.
II, has been granted a leave of alb
sence from the Homer Laughlin
China Company. Brother "Cheese" has
entered the U. S. Veterans Hospital
at Aspinwall, Pa, for observation.
He expects to be gone for some
time, so naturally he will appreciate
hearing from his friends and other
members of the trade.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-25

and fresh-looking, with a high luster
when you buy them, advise fruit
scientists of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture. 1t makes no difference
whether they're the small, dark red
variety of cranberry, or the large
light crimson kind. They all taste
about the same when they're cooked.
Pick cranberries over carefully be-
fore you prepare them and discard all
berries that are shriveled, speckled, or
soft. It's worth the trouble, for even
a few inferior berries will give your
jelly or sauce a bitter flavor.