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Evening star., 1941-01-14

for both training and employment
Apprenticeship programs have been
extended and established by the
cooperative efforts of trade unions,
plant owners and the United States
Department of Labor. The Govern
ment training program-directed
by the Office of Education-is pro-
viding young men and young women
with vocational training courses in
almost every section of the country.
And the young people are gradu-
ating from these courses, not into
lines of waiting applicants, but into
jobs
The demand for workers in many
of the essential defense occupations
is so great that not only are youth
being trained to fill the vacant places
in industry, but the long established
prejudice against age has been
dropped The time-worn statement
that no man over 40 need apply"
Is fast disappearing. Men in their
Sos, Cos and even 70s are in demand
when their skill enables them to
perform a vital defense operation,
run delicate machine, or train
and supervise the work of younger
men.
l have seen men working in de-
fense plants who year ago, we're
too old" And the fact that age
is no longer a barrier to employ
ment is confirmed by the reports of
the Social Security Boards Bureau
of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance.
This bureau tells me that each
month some $500 individuals who
had retired and were receiving
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capacities have received first atten-
ton. There has been less emphasis
in the news that another basic
| factor of roduction-labor-
sents problems equal in Importance
to the others. This, however, has
been a logical development. The
labor problem is a human problem
1t is the problem of adapting people
to the demands of changing Situ-
alton. AS production bottlenecks
are eliminated. labor comes into in
creaSlng prominence; and Govern
ment, management and labor itself
are required to cooperate in the
solution of problems affecting the
supply of labor. And there are
many such problems. Already there
are indications that the supply of
workers in certain essential occu-
pations is being rapidly exhausted.
Problem of Organization.
The labor resources of a Nation
of 132,000,000 people are, of course,
tremendous. We have an enormous
capacity for work. But the recruit
ing of men and women with definite
skills, of workers trained in definite
crafts, and their assignment to jobs
in which they can serve best, some
times in sections far from where
they live, is no small problem of
organization.
The depression. with its curtail-
ment of production. affected our
supply of skilled workers adversely.
Men Ions unemployed, or employed
at jobs below their capacities. lost
much Of their old skill. Hundreds
of thousands of young men, who to-
Gay would be skilled mechanics and
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now seeking workers to fill the Jobs
opening up. not only in the defense
industries, but also in many other
fields wherein activity has been in
directly stimulated by the defense
program.
This situation has made necessary
a revaluation of our labor re-
sources and new methods, both in
plant management and in the train
ing of workers. Our greatest imme-
diately available labor resource con-
sists, of course, of the men and
women, skilled in their crafts and
trades, who kept their jobs and so
kept up with their skills and with
changes in production methods
throughout the depression. These
workers are on the job now. They
are the shock troops of industry,
and they provide the base upon
which-and much of the means by
which-the greater army of defense
workers is being trained.
The second line of defense is made
up of those workers who once were
skilled in their crafts, but who, due
to unemployment or some other
cause. have lost much of their eff
cheney. These men and women are
being given "refreSher" courses un-
der Government training programs
short courses which enable them to
recapture their old skills-from
which they are quickly graduated
and placed in jobs. Then there
are the large numbers of workers
who may be classified as semi
skilled, men who have acquired GER
tain elementary training, who pos
SeSS the capacity to absorb further
instruction, and who are learning
advanced skllls in shop classes and
vision of both Government and in
dustry. In one plant alone, some
5000 men are working regular shifts
on semi-skilled jobs and taking
training on their own time to qualify
for better jobs-the training being
provided by the plant management.
Opportunity Opens for Youth.
Our largest reserve of labor is
American youth. 1t is no secret
that the present generation of young
people have been deprived of op-
portunities which were available to
their fathers. Millions of young
men-intelligent, willing to work
were unable to get jobs in which
there were facilities for learning a
trade and chances for advancement.
But now youth has been presented
with an unprecedented opportunity
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trained workers had it not been for
the depression, are unable to qualify
for the better jobs in our essential
defense industries. Of course, the
gradual expansion of industry dur
ing the past few years and the exist
ence of Government work programs
have alleviated this condition to
some extent, but now we are sud-
IDENTIFY confronted with situation
in which the demand for skilled
workers is multiplied several times
and is continuing to multiply. Where
once our public employment service
was seeking jobs for workers, it is
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monthly old-age benefits write in to
ask that their benefits be tempor-
arily suspended because they have
gone back to paying jobs. More
over. the number of claimants for
old-age benefits is less than what
was expected, again indicating that
men past IS are working at good
jobs and do not choose to retire.
During the last war, when five
million men went into the armed
forces. hundreds of thousands OF
women took the places of men in in
Continued on Page B-16)
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The weekly echo., 1941-02-21
stevenson
School News

Stevenson School- Toomsuba, Miss
February 10, 1871. The Popularity Con-
te4 between the thrse girls; Louise
Naylor, Annie Kate Hayden and Arnea-
ter OFT closed February IA with great
success. Everyone seemed to have
been sorry of the closing day because
OF such a lovely time bling had during
their parties. The winner was Mis-
Louise Mayor. Tho amounts raised
were as follows: Annie Kat Hayden
1856; Arneater OFT lu3; and Louise
Naylor s2l21 making a total Of sS0
Three cakes were given away to the
ores who had lucky numbers. Othez
prizes will be awarded TO each contest
ant on February q, which win be TIE
crownlng day Of Mas Stevenson and
also the e.ose of the P,T.A COMMITTEES
Contest Everyone is asked to be
present on that day and night
Arneater OFT Reporter,
L n Mccarthy. AdY.
The weekly echo., 1941-02-21
NOTICE TO III. B. A.
PRESIDENTS

NOTICE TO PRESIDENTS AND MEM
BEERS OF THE H B A
Dear Co-Workers;
In Last weeks Issue VIE carried a 90
tee with reference to the Boards col
I>ction for March The amount TO be
collected Is N.35. Il is going to be
urgently necessary that the presidents
do thir best to make aDund reports
As you win note the Boards are q
month off and we have a large mum
Der OF deaths already. AS we go tc
press, we have q deaths and we ara
unabIs 70 tell how many we viii have
by March ErxG NJ NO 10 Rss make
strong pull in our collections we viii
not be abb b pay as much as we would
like to pay. The Boards closed a little
The weekly echo., 1941-02-21

better than a month and ten days Aer
and we have anpther month to run
Flu and other sickness has caused ON
death rates to run up, therefore. II We
expect 70 hold our own we must nnaEs
a nice collection in March. The dead
folk are ours and let US stand by them.
We have a right TO at any aost. We
cannot afford 10 throw UP because they
have did; we cannot afford to COM
plain because they have died. We should
be thankful that we have been spared
among the living 70 help pay of the
dead prefer many times 70 pay gl%
ON womebody else than Tor sornebody
to pay Sic on me.
The weekly echo., 1941-02-21
Club

The Willing WORKERS Club and IT,
woanan's Missionary Society of FeweI
Chapel CINE Church sponsored pre-
Valentine party WedSB3ay night Feb
L. in the basement Of tho church Tn
basement WAS beautifully decorute<
carrying out the oolors Of Valentines
Day. Interesting and enjoyable Vslen-
tho games were played conducted BY
Mrs. e F. Young, Jr. A very ninee
sum of money was raised, after which
everyone was served with delicious
Jello, topped with Ice
Cream, and cookies. Everyone was re-
ported as having enjoyed very lovely
evening.
Miss Mary Frances Powe, Reporter.
The weekly echo., 1941-02-21
STATE NEWS

Brooklyn-Dear Presidents and Men,
hers: Have you ever Thought about
tho HBA is the only organized group
o6 colored folk in the State of Mississippi
I man you can put one article in the
Echo and talk to about 1900 people.
That is why I like the HBA
The December Board was held al
Brooklyn 1t certainly did give Us Q
rig send-off among our many white
sr4ends Look, the HB.A Is just what
az make II. Here is what we should
80 to make the HB.A- grow-elect o
rnan that will go from lodge to lodge
and report each week through the Echo
and let us know what each side Is doing
The weekly echo., 1941-02-21
IOTICE::..
NOTICE TO II. B. A. PRESIDENTS
ATTENDING BOARDS

In view Of the fact that We arc hold
ing only three Boards this Quarter, our
cards will be heavy. This will
neccessitate opening the Boards earlier.
We want to kindly ask each president
to do his best to be on the grounds at
900 O'Clock. We want to open not
later than $50.
Our de2th list Is heavy for dis quar-
ter, Ne want to begin business carly
en- to sttend to al Of our bukiness
or 5Med time.
The weekly echo., 1941-02-21
Sunday School
ID e Terminates

SUNDAY SCHOOL DRIVE
Sunday morning. February 18th. mark
ed the close of a Sunday School Drive
sponsor ed by Rose Hill Sunday School
The School had on a drive or Rus
College, Holly Springs, Mississippi. Mrs
W P c Taylor was crowned Miss
Rust having raised the highest amount
of noeey.
The weekly echo., 1941-02-21

on behalf of Sister Susie Bennett who
became a member of the HBA In 1895
We wish to say that she was a faithful
member to her lodge the six years Of
her membership. She became a membel
of the Mlridian Burial Association 1888
Frank johnson, President
Sister Mary johnson, Secretary.
The weekly echo., 1941-02-21
iarch Boards
I CRIPTION OF BOARD TO
MEET IN LAUREL

oomes to inform all concerned
I'll Board will be held with Lodge
NJ March 5th, at Pleasant Valley
Ba Church on Highway No. IL,
Me- aan Avenue. 1t is the first white
chu com.ag from Meridian.
G. B. Arlington, President
Helen Turner, Secretary
The weekly echo., 1941-02-21

Newton Bro. Pastor, Visitors and
Friends; From the H. B. A Lodge No:
468, Borther Frank johnson, president,
The weekly echo., 1941-02-21

Would like to hear fpm the presidents
through the Echo
]. W. Brown, Reporter
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31
D. {. Stevenson

ANOTHER ONE from Eng
land is Mrs. Tim Carries On,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31

HOW'S YOUR L, A. (by which
we mean letter appeall Do
friends make a Decline FOR that
hall table when they know 1t
contains letter from you? You
might DO a delightful letter
writer with a few helpful
pointersl
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ter" Relax! People enjoy most
the letters that sound like you
in one of your chatter mo-
ments. Hello Bill; This is Me.
Bringing YOU the latest news
n the local front"
DULL find rules Of letter eti-
oiette in our 40-page booklet,
HOW TO WRITE LETTERS
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31
Give Room
Personality
Via Color

CHEERFULNESS AND COM
fort are the twin keynotes of the
modern bedroom, a fact that the
homemaker can keep in mind
when decorating time rolls
around again. The CHEEKY note Is
struck by the judicious use OF
color; good sleeping equipment
takes care OF the comfort angle.
Try This
A bedroom must be restfll,
but that does not mean that IL
must be colorless. It's juSt a
matter of using the right colors,
Here are some appropriate ones:
Pink-For youth, animation
and daintinees.
Blue-For spaciousness and
tranquility.
observation-disclosures and quiet.
Useful for toning down rooms
which are too sunny.
Violet, Lavender-For dainti-
ness, reserve, femininity.
Orchid - For d entity and
splendor.
Cream, Ivory, Yellow--Light
and cheerfulness; valuable where
light ordinarily is Door.
Tan, Golden Brown-For
warmth and light.
Neutral Colors-Black and
white will intensity other colors
by contrast; taupe combines well
with others; grays should con.
tain the dominant color of the
room plan.
Blue. green Except yellow
green), violet and lavender are
cool colors. Pink. yellow. cream,
ivory, tan. golden brown, and
orchid are warm. Red and brown
should be used spariaely or not
al ell for bedrooms. Purple, plum
and mauve are best reserved for
rooms other than sleeping
quarters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31
BY IDA JEAN KAHN

II YOUR waistline barely
measures FIVE inches less than
the bust, ii makes YOU look
middle-aged. a difference OF 6
inches gives you an average,
mid-30s silhouette. But, for
youth and streamlines. the diff
ference has 10 approximate s to
9 inches.
The comparison Of bust and
hipline should work out Just the
opposite. The less the difference
between these tWo measure
ments. the better your figure.
The hips should never measure
more than 3 inches larger than
the bust.
1t is not out Of the ordinary
for figure 10 measure 81
inches at tho bust IS at 'fo
waist and 80 at the hips TT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31
PHGE II

Wen be only a minute. But
while shopping a bomb hits some
part OF the building and they
are imprisoned by debris
but as they finally emerge. there
is the taxi man waiting Tor them
:. only Richard, whom they
were to meet at a given time,
complains that they are Is min
utes late.
The bombs. writes Mrs. Tim,
don't usually do great deal
of harm, but are a beastly
nuisance.
But in spite OF everything
London drinks its tea and
good sherry young people
fall in love and are then
promptly separated as the boys
are shifted 10 far away posts
and life goes on.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31

British houses is that there
seems 10 always be an extra
guest room, no matter how
many unexpected guests arrive
-. all they have to do is throw
open the windows, pick a few
fresh flowers and just like that
Aunt Emma and the four chill
dren are amply cared for
London. writes Mrs. Tim, sur
priseS me not because IL is
different from usual, but be-
cause il is so much the same >.
the sun is shining brightly in a
cloudless sky and people are
wa king about doing their
shopping.
Air Raid
Later they taxi 10 a store =.
please wait, she tells the driver
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31
Three Novels
All From
England
By IRENE M. HAWKINS



/ SEEM to have been reading
about nothing but doormats
lately. First, I'm a book entitled,
"All OF Their Lives" by Myron
BRING. published by Farrar &
Rinehart there's Dora, who
looks at the world mostly from
behind lace curtains.
{ Occasionally she ventures out
into the sunshine once or
twice was almost happy but
there was always Florence TO
snatch the cup Just as she was
about 20 take a full sip.
Florence one of those
hussies to whom life seems 10
give Just everything or
maybe it's only that she has the
ability to snatch 1t out of other
peoples hands.
Love meant so much TO Dora,
too, that IL makes Florence's
crime seem the more heinous
Dora. grateful for crumbs
terrified with the happiness
Of being invited 10 a picnic
Jay holding her hand and smil-
ing down at her she felt
that if il continued much longer
she would melt away In golden
drops on the carpet"
Florence having husband after
husband, love after love, life in
Paris. London, Monte Carlo
well, you'd think iestiny having
bounded Dora all the days of her
life would permit her the luxury
Of one broken down love for her
very own.
But there she goes, Flooding
down the road accepting
her fate which Is why
people are door mats in the first
place.
Another excellent novel by the
author OF The Sisters" and
May Flavin."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31
Easy Exercises Bring Figure
Within Proper Proportions

way 20 better those measure
ments is to slim z inches of The
-4rs4is4 and At least EFF the hips
This is easy 10 do. provided you
give the exercises YOU choose
the right twist. Here are some
that il would be hard to do
wrong:
Easy Exercise
POSITION-Sit on floor,
knees straight. feet wide apart,
arms stretched overhead.
MOVEMENT 49, Holding arms
in same position. twist and bend
~ waist 10 touch left hand 10 out
stretched rightfoot. Sit upright
end twist around 10 touch right
hand 10 left foot. Continually
mil up with diaphragm and keep
Ups under you. That exercise,
and others like it, will take
hes off your waist.
That's fairly strenuous, so
take il easy in this next one:
POSIT1ON-Lie flat on your
back on The floor with legs to-
gether, straight down, arms up
on floor overhead.
MOVEMENT-Work around
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31
Add Inches

Both the exercises above will
shear inches off your waist. But
if you need more inches in the
bust circumference, work along
these lines:
POSITION-Hold lightweight
books of about the same weight
in both hands. Stand erect.
MOVEMENT - Circle arms
from shoulders, up and back, 20
times.
II your trouble is too much
hipline =.
POSTT1ON-Face downward
on floor. legs straight down,
arms stretched on floor over
head.
MOYEMENT-Raise alternate
legs from hips, knees straight.
Repeat Is times. later 80 times.
Copyright. iei1, King Features eynd-, Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31

Air Cooled Throughout, NaEes Shopping Peosont
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31

Later they taxi 10 a store f..
please wait, she tells the drive
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31
E. M. DelsseId

AND THEN in a book en-
titled. mo One Now Will Know"
by E. NJ. Delaheld, published
by Harper & Brothers is
poor Kate, whom life passes by
-. whose misplaced devotion
and unsel1shness bring happi-
ness TO others but little 10 her
self.
f. NJ. Delafield will be re-
mefnbered best for the Provin-
cial Lady books The
Provincial Lady in London, In
America, In Wartime one
of the few English authors who
takes down her hair and lets
loose.
This one Is the craziest thing
you read the end OF the
book in chapter one then
duck back two generations.
Along about the middle you're
only one generation from the
end and then back three i.
filed with family tragedies,
triangles and everyday living
one of the best this author
has done, we think.
1t kept us UP half the night
-. you simply cannot put it
down till you've found out what
happens TO every one:
The book, written somewhere
in England, proves that wars
may come and wars may go but
writers go on forever it's
as gay as anything Mrs. Della
field has done.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31
Dual Fashions
To Be Seen
Ibis Fall
BY JANE COCHRAN


Init New, Service stan Correspondent
NEW YORK. July 3l.-The
American woman Ii going to
have a dual personality this Fall
brought about by the head
lines in her daily newspaper, and
expressed in the clothes she will
wear.
Fall fashions have been heavily
influenced by national defense.
Women will be playing increas-
ingly important roles In national
defense and they will dress the
part-during the day.
Show Division
This dual trend OF Fall fashion
was pointed out today by Mrs.
Dorothy Anderson, executive di-
rector of the New York Dress
Institute. the million dollar or
ganization founded by the New
York dress manufacturers and
garment workers unions to pro-
mote their styles.
Fall styles already In the mar
ket show a definite division, she
said. Clothes for daytime wear
are casual and simple. designed
for the woman working with the
Red Cross. with committees and
at defense tasks.
When she's Off duty. she wi
change her whole appearano
and wear the dressy clothc
making their bow for late afte
-, and evening wear.
- Masculine Influence
THE boys in camps have to-
us they don't want their womei
friends In uniform when they
see them Mrs. Anderson said.
Husbands. too, recognize the
need for uniforms for certain
defense work, hut they don't
want 20 sit opposite them at
dinner"
Dresses Of lame. clothes en-
broidered with sequins, beads
and with insets OF net--flattering
and dressy--are being sponsored
by more and more designers.
They are for late afternoon and
evening wear. 20 so 10 the In
creaSing number of benefit teas,
10 keep cocktail dates and dinner
engagements.
Hats, Too
Hats. too. fall into two dis
tinct groups -- casual, tailored
ones for daytime wear. and Hat
tering. feminine ones 20 compile
ment the new trend Shoes for
Fall also illustrate the division
between day and after-work en-
sembles.
Both functional and pretty
clothes definitely have their
place in the Fall picture" Mrs.
Anderson said. Women have
always been much more decora-
tive when the threat of war was
at hand.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31

by d. E. Stevenson, author of
The English Air" and other.
novels. published by Farrar. &
Rinehart Mrs. Tim being
the wife Of Major Tim, who is
obliged TO forget how fright
ened she may be herself in
order 20 keep everybody else In
high spirits and so she goes
merrily on with her knitting.
the pouring OF tea and life in
general.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31

TO the right. bringing feet and
hands as close together as pos
sible-uHtil- yeuF body is in a
Semi-circle. Relax, then work
back in the other direction.
Keep your back as fiat as you
can