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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-17
Better or Worse?
BY DR.. CHARLES STELZLE

Are you better off today than you
were ten, twenty or thirty years ago,
depending upon the number of years
that you have been employed? And
can you give intelligent reasons for
your belief-Whatever it may be? 1t
is not the purpose of this discussion
to argue one way or the other regard
ing the questions which must be con-
sidered, but merely to point out some
of the factors which will determine
the answers that may be given to the
main question.
1t will be taken for granted that the
average worker is today being paid
more money, but money has such a
changing value that this doesn't give
received today have a greater or
lesser purchasing value than former
ly? Which items cost more or less,
and to what extent do each of these
affect your total cost of living?
What about the number of hours
worked per week, and the number of :
days worked per year? Are you given
a vacation with pay today, and did you
formerly enjoy such vacation? Was
your trade union recognized during
the earlier period, and do you have
the advantage of collective bargain
ing today? Has there been speed
up" in your occupation which balances
the increased pay you may now be
receiving? If so, does the added strain
affect your health or general physical
condition? How does it affect the
period during which you may continue
to be an efficient worker in the same
occupation?
Did you serve an apprenticeship in
your trade or occupation before you
were acceptable as competent work
er, and have there been changes in the
processes Of operation which have
altered your standing as a trained
worker, possibly through the intro
duction Of ''labor-saving" machinery?
Have such changes increased or de-
creased your earning power? What
are the probable changes in your job
and how will they affect you as to
continuity Of employment and wages
paid?
Try to make an honest balance
sheet showing the total advantages
and the disadvantages between ten,
twenty, or thirty years ago and to-
day on these and other items that will
occur to you, and you will be better
able to determine whether you are
making progress or not. 1t is not
just a question of how great a differ
ence there is in the amount of actual
cash you earn now as compared with
previous years nor even of what that
amount will buy in the way Of the
necessities of life-but what is the
difference in your standard Of living
in the comforts and even luxuries
you take as matter Of course in the
conveniences in your home, in your
methods of transportation, in the
broadening of your recreational activi-
ties, in the education of your child
rem all this must be taken into con-
sideration.
You may not be able to give salts
factory answers to all Of these ques-
tions, but don't forget that each of
them has an important bearing upon
the question you must answer. And
don't be deceived by promises or
threats that are based upon these
items, because some other item that
you hadn't thought of may knock
your calculation into cooked hat.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-17
The firsf Line Of
Defense
BY RUTH TAYLOR
(Charles Stelzle, Inc.)

The first line of defense for Amer
ica is not the men who are training
for actual warfare. 1t is the men
behind thenl-the men who are arming
America so that she will be so strong
that there will be no need to fight.
The first line of defense is the men
in industry who have set out to throw
the lie in the face Of the dictators-
who said that a free people cannot act
with the dispatch of servile groups,
that men who live as men cannot ac-
complish what serried ranks of slaves
whose lives and thoughts and jobs are
ordered for them can do.
But this first line of defense needs
arms of its own as much as the men
in the government forces need the
arms and equipment Labor produces.
First-they need the armament of
knowledge knowledge of the dan
gers brought to the workers in other
lands by the perverted ideals of the
aggressors who have laid waste
Europe.
Second-they need the armament Of
intelligent self government. They must
not only avail themselves of the privi-
lege Of democracy but undertake the
obligations Of citizenship. They must
take an active part in the choice of
their leaders-and see to it that they
are men equipped with the knowledge,
vision and integrity for the job they
take whether it be in national, state
or local government or in the very
union themselves.
Third-they need the armament Of
cooperation. Cooperation with their
fellow workers, with their unions, with
their employers, with their commu
nifty, with their government. Cooper
alton is not a one man job-it takes
at least two to make it work-but
it must begin with the individual
himself.
Fourth--they need the armament Of
thought-now more than ever it is
necessary to think things through
not to be led into false paths by the
cries of demagogues. The enemy at
our gates boasts of the power Of its
propaganda. They must guard against
this and weigh every idea presented in
the scale of balanced judgment, with
the eternal query, "What is the
source? Whom will this benefit"
And lastly, they need the armament
Of purposc--purpose to carry through
the job at hand to the best Of their
ability. They must condition them
selves by every effort to the greater
job which lies ahead-when the night
Of chaos is over and the spirit of
fear and hatred is destroyed. For in
the new world to come there must
be peace and justice, work and a
chance to live as free men for all-no
matter what their class, or race, or
religion may be.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-17

considered BLOCKADE breakers for
Britain" and will be sunk. Is this
challenge TO America?
Hitler's threat to sink any warships
attempting to break the blockade he
has declared against Britain is not an
idle one. 1t is a matter Of life or
death for Germany to enforce the
blockade.
Under the Neutrality Act, Presi-
dent Roosevelt proclaimed the combat
zone to be around the British Isles.
American ships are forbidden to en-
ter that zone. Should our Govern
ment now agree to the blockade of
Western Hemisphere waters now de-
clared by Hitler? Or if our Govern
ment sees fit to ignore the blockade
Hitler has declared, then American
ships may be sunk and American lives
lost. We must not surrender any Of
our rights to dictators.
The issue Of convoy or no convoy
by American naval vessels is at the
doorsteps Of your Congress. Here is
suggestion to American leaders: If
| German submarines and raiders in
wade waters Of the Western Hemis-
phere, radio messages could be sent
at frequent intervals by our warships,
stating the location og German sub
marines and raiders,-these messages
not to be sent in code but sent so
that they can be intercepted by any
British warships, whose Commanders
can take action as they have done in
! the past.
Another procedure suggested fer
our Government would be to transport
in American ships war materials for
Britain to Newfoundland or Bermuda,
then for British and Canadian war
ships to take them in conveys from
! there
Even though your Administration
were to embark on policy of Ameri-
can naval conveys, Hitler would be
unlikely to declare war. Instead Of
war there would probably be the type
of conflict localized, precisely as were
the operations of Germany and Italy
with respect to British shipping a
few years ago in the Spanish war.
/ Hostilities existed but there was no
| declaration of war, nor retaliatory
| action from Great Britain. Localized
hostilities would certainly result from
conveying, but a formal declaration OF
war, with the American Navy en-
gaging in offensive operations and
with an American Expeditionary
Force, though possible, is not at all
probable.
Editors Note:-Stephen NJ. Young,
| Congressman at Large, informed the
editor that he has in his Washington
office many Government pamphlets on
various subjects. These pamphlets are
written by experts and furnish accur-
ate information.
For example, there are Govern
ment cookbooks and Agriculture Year
books, booklets on growing fruit for
home use, and in fact hundreds of
pamphlets helpful in solving prob
lens of the home and farm.
Congressman Young said GAS an
added service to my constituents in
all parts of Ohio l shall be glad to
furnish booklets and information on
subjects of interest. My address is 3O8
House Building, Washington, D. c."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-17
BUILDING TRADES BAR
DEFENSE WORK STRIKES

White Plains, n. Y.-The Building
and Construction Trades Council Of
Westchester County, with a member
ship OF 10000 in seventy A. f. of L.
unions, announced that it will not
sanction strikes on any projects in
the county involving national defense.
William j. McGeory, president Of
the council, said that "the uninter-
rupted completion of the national de-
fense program is absolutely essential
to the preservation of our democratic
system of government"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-17
CONSTRUCTIVE
PLAY
LYDIA LION ROBERTS

"I hope you don't mind that noise,"
said Mrs. Smith to her friend. "It's
only Bobby playing in the kitchen with
hammer. He didn't know what to
do, so l let him take the hammer and
break up an old box"
"Perhaps he will make a neat little
woodpile for you," suggested the
visitor.
"Oh, he just likes the fun of smash
ing the boX," answered his mother.
81 think it is better for him to do
that than to destroy useful things,
and children do like to play with q
hammer"
Mrs. Smith had glimpsed only part
of a great truth. Although she was
giving Bobby the opportunity to work
off his destructive energy harmlessly,
she had not suggested a constructive
activity as substitute for the de-
structive idea. He needed to work
off his energy happily and safely but
also creatively.
1t is wise not to let child take
something apart merely for the fun
of destroying it. A toy, game, a house
hold article or piece of machinery may
be taken apart for investigation pur
poses, to find out "what makes the
wheels go round" how the object is
made, to repair it or make it more
efficient, for this is using energy con-
structively-destroying only in order
to rebuild. Bobby might have taken
the box apart for the use of the wood
in games, or the wood might have
been used to build small boat, tC
make furniture for a doll house, or
to make two smaller boxes, or even
to provide firewood if Mother needed
it. Any of the ideals would have sub
stituted creating for aimless destroy
ing and added zest and interest to the
child's activity.
"Come down cellar and we'll have
fun making things" said little boy
to his new playmate. dad saves
the things that are no good and we
all try to make them over into some
thing new. Dad is helping us make
toys from old wire and tin and the
wheels from broken engine. We are
going to paint them, and some of
them we shall send away to children
who don't have many playthings."
Using energy constructively sets in
motion the right impulses and gives
vent and expression to the forceful
emotions of childhood Making some
thing from practically nothing, chang
ing a worthless article into useful
equipment, working towards definite
plan on an interesting project, using
ingenuity to perfect some original
achievement, are all advance steps in
the development of thrift, joyous liv-
ing and self-eXpression.
Little boys and girls like to cut and
tear, bang and pound, hammer and
carve, and this impulse is natural and
normal, but instead of letting it loose,
unrestrained and unguided, the child
should be encouraged to direct it to
accomplish worthwhile things and
happy results. There is thrill about
the act of destruction that children
enjoy because it is dramatic, but it is
short-lived thrill and it's in
huences and climaXes are Of question
able value. Farseeing parents will
help their boys and girls to know the
greater, more lasting and satisfying
thrill of construction, using energy to
conserve and create, to vision and
build.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-17

Most ugliresS is unnecessary be-
cause it is an expression Of disorder,
and shiftlessness, all of
which can be corrected.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-17
Enamel Utensil Workers
Given Minimum Pay Rate

Washington, d. C.-The Wage and
Hour Division Of the Department of
Labor announced the approval of a
4O-cent an hour minimum wage for
the enameled utensil industry recon-
mended by the committee that inves-
tlgated wages in the industry 1t was
estimated that the order for the wage
increase, effective April p, will in
crease the pay of $1,000 employees, or
approximately 20 per cent of the
$500 workers in the industry.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-17
Home Education
''The Child's First School is the
Family"-FrOebel

Issued by the National Kinder
garten Association, 8 West 10th
Street, New York City. These arti-
cles are appearing weekly in our
columns.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-17

Em- IN Milton was asked if he in
tended to instruct his daughters in
the different languages.
He replied: "No, indeed, one tongue
is sufficient for a woman"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-17

Women are lot more patient with
their children than with their hus-
bands; with men it's vice versa.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-17
SO LONG

There was man in our town,
And he was speedy guy,
He turned the corners on two wheels,
Crossed crossings on the fly,
But yesterday, the extras say,
This wise man saw the light,
His car stalled on the railroad tracks
loot, toot! Ding, dong! Good night!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-17

| find my wife hath something in
her gizzard, that only waits an op-
portunity of being provoked to bring
up; but | will not, for my content
sake, give it.-Samuel Pepys.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-17
STRIKES NATURAL

Chicago.-Leon Fraser, New York
banker and business leader, was
quoted here as saying he saw no sin
lister implication behind current strikes,
but viewed them as the natural result
of improving business copiitions, due
to the great defense program and
other causes.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-04-17

Demand the Union Label on all your
purchases.
Nogales international., 1941-05-03
The Security OF The Atlantic

A GLANCE at any good map Of the worlds trade
routes will at once suggest how enormous is the
potential strength Of the economic weapon of the
for the protection Of the if
it were to be used in definitely co-ordinated system
Such glance will also reveal the location of those
"stop-valves' which can so largely hold open, or
keep closed, the pipelines Of economic supply upon
which Sea Power depends.
Already the pressure Of events has done nlucl to
bring British and American policies into lines Of
parallel, and even common action.
The recent agreements about the destroyers and
leases for West Atlantic naval and air bases only
the most dramatic of rather long series of changes
tending toward concerted Anglo-Amercan pro-
gram
Moving, then, along lines already laid down, the
development of a common Anglo-Amercan policy
might we'll take the form of new agreement for the
security of the Atlantic-a series of documents some
what in the form of the Havana Agreement, under
which the parties might combine to guarantee any
itory bordening upon the Atlantic from any
change of sovereignty due to an act of aggression.
Negotiated primarily between Washington and Lon
don, such an agreement would be open to adhesion
bv any other Government in the area concerned
Cooperative use Of Sea Power to prevent Ger
many from either developing her blockade" of Brit
ain, or attacking the U.S.A., involves the use and
conrto of certain Atlantic bases which, may fair
w assume it will be of Germany chief concerns
to obtain To guarantee the security of such places
AGAINST aggression is at one and the same time to
fortifv the first lines Of United States defense, to
safeg1lard the feines Of Britain, and to the
dnfoat of German world ambitions
Nogales international., 1941-05-03
OUR CIVIC PLATFORM
IA GOOD HIGHWAY FROM NoGALEs MEXICO CITY.
S-AdORE HOUSES APARTMENTS
"A PAVED HIGHWAY FROM NOGALEs TO B1sBEE.
Il Am An American" Celebration

THE proudest and most valuable civil status in the
world today is American citizenship.
There are millions of human beings all over the
world whose greatest hope and desire is to enter the
United States to study, work and carry out the ma
turaliZaton provisions so that American citizenship
may be theirs and their children's.
Every year, this priceless privilege is granted
automatically to young and women of American
birth who arrive at the age of 21 They the heirs
Of people who endured battle and hardship and sacri
flee to establish American citizenship as price
less franchise for social justice.
The assumption of citizens rank should be at
tended by solemnity.
The new electorate the new members of the Amer
ican brotherhood, must be impressed with their
honor.
Hence the ceremonies and observances Of May l8-
II Am an American Day'-proclaimed by the Presi-
dent of the United States.
This movement is not sponsored political or
sectarian institution. Its basic principle is simpe
To awaken patriotism and love Of country in de-
fense of liberty; to rededcate ourselves to service in
defending the ideals of free democracy and chiefly
to encourage those who have reached the age OF Il
and aliens who have become naturaliZed Americans
to enter the estate of full citizenship with deter
mination to assume individual responsibility vot
erS
where young person has reached the age of matur-
ity should we as people celebrate II Am an Amer
ican Day." Celebrate it, furthermore, with all the
JOY and hope with which we celebrate weddings and
births.
For assumption of American citizenship is both
wedding and birth in a social and spiritual sense
a union with the ideals of justice and freedom, an
entrance into the life of our countrys work and
progress.
Nogales international., 1941-05-03
LEGAL NOTICES!
DEPARTMENT OF THE IN
TERROR, General Land Office,
Washington, d. c., March %, 1941.

Notice is hereby given that on
November 2, 1886, the State of Ari-
IONA filed application Phoenix
077475 under Section of the Taylor
Grazing Act of June %, 1884 (48
Stat. 1269) amended by the Act of
June 26, 1886 (49 Stat. 1870 to Sc
lect Lots 8, 9, 10, IL, Sec. Is. T. 16
S., R. 18 E., NWA NEA Sec IS, T. Is
S., R. % E., all Sec. % S1a aNEA
NW1E S1a Sec. %, T. II S., r. IL
E., all Sec. Is, T. 18 S., r. IL E.,
N1aN7a, S1aNEA, SEANWA, N1a
SE14, S1kSWA, SEA SEA Sec. IA,
N1ANEA Sec. Is, T. 20 S., R. 18 E.,
WIZ Sec. 8, SEA Sec. 9, T. % S.,
r., % E., S1a Sec. IL, T. "a S., R.
% E., Lots l, 2, 8, 4, Sec. 21, Lots
l, 2, 3, 4, Sec. %, Lots /, 2, 3 4,
Sec. %, Lots /, 2, 8, 4, Sec. "a. T..
"a S., R. 81 E., and Lots /, 2, 3, 4,
Sec. 10, Lots l, 2, 3, 4, Sec, 20, T..
"a S., r. 80 E., G. g. s. R. NJ, con-
tanning 3,861.94 acres in exchange
for $3.50 acres of unsurveyed school
section lands.
This notice is for the purpose of
allowing all persons claiming the
selected lands, or having bona fide
objections to such application, op-
portunity to file their protests, or
| ther objections, in the United States
District Land Office at Phoenix,
Arizona, or IN the General Land
Office, together with evidence that
copies of such protests or objections
have been served upon the State
within thirty days from the date
of the first publication of this no.
tice.
| (Sgn.)
JOEL DAVID WOLFSOHN
Acting Assistant
| Commissioner.
Date of first publication Apr. II,
1941.
Nogales international., 1941-05-03
LEGAL NOTICE

pear before this Court on the Oath
day Of May, 1941, at the hour Cf
Ten (10) o'clock AM. in the Court
Room of said Court at the Court
House in the City of Nogales, San
ia Cruz County. State Of Arizona
then and there to show cause why
an order should not be or7nte3
said administrator to sell so much
of real and personal estate as shall
be necessary; and,
1T IS FURTHER ORDERED that
a copy of this order be published
for four "a successive weeks next
preceding said day in the Noga-
les International a newspaper OF
general circulation. printed and
published in the said County.
DONE in open Court this 18th
day Of April. 1941.
GORDON FARLEY,
Judge Of said Superior Court.
pub. Apr 10, 26. May 3, 10, l941) }
Nogales international., 1941-05-03
Bisbee Expecting
500 At1942
EkS Convention

BISBEE, May 2-The 1912 con-
vention of the Arizona State Elks
Association should bring more than
500 delegates to the city, M. E
Mcpherson, exalted ruler of the To-
cal lodge and delegate to the 1941
convention held at Kingman, said
yesterday.
Mcpherson, back on the job in the
Superior court clerks office, said
that more than 500 Elks attended
the Kingman convention and he
saw no reason why as many OF
more shouldn't be on hand for the
one in BiSbee next pear.
Two other cities, Yuma and
Globe, put in their invitations for
the 1912 meeting and then stood
aside in favor of Bisbee, Mcpherson
explained.
One of the highlights of the con-
vention was the drill team Andy
Devine, movie and radio star,
brought from San Fernando, Calf
Operating on small powered cycles,
the approximate 20 team members
put Cn quite show, Mcpherson
said.
Nogales international., 1941-05-03
ZSl)YZ
.S2:ZzZf&2zEG

Arizona's legal beer
industry helps provide
employment for more
than 5000 Arizonans.
Annually, it pays taxes of
more than 100000 in
this State. At the same
time, legal beer creates
hundreds of thousands of
dollars of new business in
the form of purchases
W hich flow to local
merchants in every part
Of tn e State. These
important, statewide
economic and social BEN
efits can be protected
only by close cooperation
between the beer indus
try, the public, and law
enforcement officials.
Nogales international., 1941-05-03
Freedom OF Press Priceless Heritage

TODAY, few factors in our daily lives exert such a
profound influence upon thoughts and ac-
tions the newspapers, especially here in the Unit
ed States where freedom of the press is priceless
heritage guaranteed by the Constitution.
Through more than 10 thousand daily and weekly
newspapers the worldwide march Of events in gov
ernment, in industry, in education in social philoso
ply and in the arts and sciences is brought to 130
million people. And in these uncertain days, when
events of vital Importance occur with lightning speed
and strike whole nations with terrific impact the
responsibilities of those who gather edit and publish
the news have been greatly multiplied