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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19
CITIES ENCIRCLED

But on most sections Of the front
fscores Of war battered villages
were being recaptured and the i'm
portant cities of kharkoY in the
Ukraine and VolokOlamsk, north
west of Moscow, were being en-
circled as Russia hurled its SEEM
ingly ineXhaustible armed might
against the crumbling Nazi armies.
Speedy reeaptHre of Rzhev. $50
miles northwest of Moscow, by
fur-robed cavalrymen and white
hclmeted infantrymen racing west
ward from retaken Kiln and Kali
ain was -fefeseen by the Russian
high command
Full lines of communication were
reopened between Moscow and
LenIngrad. breaking the siege OF
the hcroically defended northern
METROPOLIS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19
CONFLICTING VIEWS

Meanwhile, UDF officials and
MMPA executives differed as to
how seriously the strike was az
fecting Detroits milk supply.
Officials of the UnitedyFarmers
and OF n rival organization, the
Michigan Mix Producers Associa-
ton, differed as TO the effective
ness of the strike thus far.
According 10 the farmers. 90
per cent Of Detroit's milk supply
has been diverted. Associa-
ton Spokesman put the diversion
at Is 10 20 per cent.
Meanwhile, spokesman for the
farmers organization said they
would divert the delivery Of milk
from Pontiac today and would
close Flint 10 deliveries tomorrow.
Neither would feel the pinch until
the day following.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19

THE HUDSON CAROLERS will
sing Saturday at HOO a. m. on the
Ninth Floor, Farmer. in the Furni-
ture Department.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19
Report Swedish
Liner Destroyed

BERLIN. Dec. 10 CBy Official
German Wireless -- lINSl 49, The
s 079-ton Swedish liner Ningpo
caught fire of HonCkong during a
japanese bombardment Of tn @
British crown colony q dispatch
from Stockholm sand today
II was reported that tho NinCpo
r-I>t he considered tl4Ia4l---
Fate of the crew was not deter
mined
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19
BLOW TO NAZIS

Loss Of Kharkov viii be an eS-
peClally severe blow 10 the Nazis
high command which halicd IFS
capture after tremendous losses in
life and material as assuring the
Germans full control Of The great
industrial DonetS basin
The triumphant Russians de-
Sccnding today on RzheV arc
forming the northern end Of q
p'ncer designed 10 close west OF
NOlOkOlamSk.
Tho Soviet communique reported
that the routed Nazis were taking
many Russians back westward
with them. doubtless 20 enSlave
them in factories and fields OF
battered Nazidom.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19
CHASED BY POLICE

The truck which YEAS part Of q
nIne-truCk convoy bcirg guarded
from Romeo 10 Detroit by state
police fell behind and avoided Sow
eral other attempts by farmers 20
stop il About 10 farmers In -
autos were chased by returning
state police
The four mon arrested WcdneS-
day night for allcccdly aiding In
the dumping of 1000 pounds of
milk from a Borden Creamery
truck near Romeo are free today
pending further investigation ~
malicious destruction Of property
charges.
a meeting he'vocn representa-
tives Of the UDF and The Tinted
Dairy Workers lCIOl lasted
through most OF tho night IN the
dairy workers Offices IN The Hod-
man Building. When asked Il the
Dairy Farmers were seeking afi'i-
alton with the Go or sympathy
strike by Tho United Dairy Work
ers. Earl BusS. UDF vice presi-
dent. SAID
I'VE are talking 60 them.
That's all I can tell YOU
II was Inferred that tho organ
ization was awaiting the TX on
Go charter from Washington
CDF members also hlntcd that
the strike may spread 10 two
neighborinG states presumably
Ohio and Indiana
Six men stopped truck Of tho
Family Creamery Company 81 Do
troit. last night on Van Dyke road
north Of Almont, and dumped ap-
proximatcly 100 gallons Of milk
state police said
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19

NEW YORK, Dec. 19 INS)-
More than 800 villages have been
rncaptured by the Russians on the
Dorctz southern front in the
last fortnight. the British radio
SAID today in a broadcast heard
10y NBC
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19
XRBTTRXTORS MEET

Meanwhile. in Detroit. The nine
man arbitration board which has
been hearing testimony IN tho
milk controversy vas scheduled
70 begin deliberations today at
Hotel Statler.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19
Argentina Vows Solidarity

BUENOS AIRES Dec. 70
GNS) - The Argentine Radical
Party. largest political faCtIon in
the country today adopted a rcSo-
luton 10 send a message 10 tho
United States proClaimlng its soh-
darity with North America,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19
TELLS OF KIDNAPPING

In Lansing State Police Com
missioner Oscar G. Olander an
nounced that II men are being
held in Sandusky, Mich, for qucs.
tloning in connection with Vio-
lence and dumping Of milk on the
highway.
Nine Of the II. Olander said
are being questioned by Sanllac
County Prosecutor Ward J At
klns in connection with the alleged
kidnapping Of milk truck driver
by a group OF farmers armed with
shotguns.
The driver, Leo Kennel, Of Al
mont, told state police a. the San
dusky post, that he was stopped
near SanduSky by nearly 80 farm
ers. many of whom were armed
with shotgunS. and kidnapped. He
later was released.
Nine OF the men whom Kennel
said he recognized were sub
sequently arrested Kennel how
ever, failed 10 appear early today
when he was scheduled TO press
charges against them.
Walter Nieman Jr., IS held in
Macomb County laIf on a reckless
driving charge. According 10 Sgt
Edgar Welseh, OF Romeo state
police Nieman admitted he was
the driver Of n car which blocked
the road in front of a Rosebud
Dairy Company truck near Disco
and caused a slight collision.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19

A bove Boot in
cotton velveteen,
fur trim. Blac X,
brown. SIS plus 1929
sGsrai tax.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19
SOVietS
Retake
1913 Towns

lCOntinued from Page One)
sector south Of Moscow, where the
120 villages were recaptured yes
terday, the battered enemy is re-
treating toward the west. and
southwest.
In the Mozhaisk region due west
of Moscow. Pravda said, enemy
forces have been reinforced by
two troop divisions and a large
number of tanks and aircraft.
The Germans in this particular
pocket are offering stiff resistance,
the paper added.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19
Dairy Strikers
In Battle With
State Troopers

Continued from Page One)
slugged Trooper Detzler, were
taken to st. Clair County jail.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19
10 Cremated in Upset Bus

MARSHALL, H.. Dec 10 1NS)
Ten national youth admlnStra-
iion employees. trapped in the
blazing wrcCkacc Of an overturned
bus m which they We're returning
10 Marshall from Oblorg died
today, and sly others and the bus
driver suffered injuries.
For the Inside News" Of
Washington. Follow Paul Nal
Ions Column In the Times.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
Standard Wages
Vital To Activities
Urged As Important To the
Prosecution Of War and
Defense Plans

Washington, D. c., QLNS).-Im.
portance of good labor policies anc
relations was stressed in the annua
report of the Wage and Hour Divis.
ion, U. S. Department of Labor, sub
mitted to Congress by Col. Philip B
Fleming, administrator.
"The United States cannot enter q
future war without giving serious
thought to the need for standardizine
wages, both to protect workers ano
to promote the efficient use of theil
time," the report declared.
Long Hours Cut Output
Taking sharp issue with those who
contend that the 40-hour law defeated
France, and that the United States
cannot rearm quickly without elimi
mating all hours limits, Col. Fleming
declared that the experience of the
United States in the World War ano
of Great Britain then and now has
demonstrated "that beyond an ascer,
tainable optimum, production declines
as the work week lengthens."
"The frequently repeated statement
that the French 40-hour week con-
tributed to the defeat of France by
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
AFLSponsorsDrive
For Ldtin Workers
Good Will Secretary To Be
Sent On Tour To Study
Labor Situation

Miami, Fla.-The American FEEDER
alton of Labor will sponsor an Inter
American Celebration of the 450th
anniversary of the discovery of Am
erica, to be participated in next year
by the United States and all Latin
American countries. This announce
ment was made here by William
Green, president Of the Federation
following meeting Of the A. F. of L.
Executive Council which considered
the matter Mr.. Green said that at
the same time the A. F. of l.. would
initiate a Pan-American labor con-
ference to revive the Pan-American
Federation of Labor in accordance
with resolution adopted by the 1910
convention of the American Fedora
tion of Labor in New Orleans last
November.
Owing to the death of Santiago
Iglesias, who was secretary of the
Pan-American Federation Of Labor, a
new liaison official between Latin
American labor and the A. F. of L.
will be called into service, Mr.. Green
said. This official may be chosen soon
from the membership of the Puerto
Continued on Page Twol
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
Decision Holds Up
Miners S Benefits
$500 Ohio Coal Miners Now
Wait For $288,476 Un-
employment Funds

Columbus, O.-Payment of approx
mately $2s8,476 in unemployment
benefits to more than $500 Ohio coal
miners for work lost in the Spring
of 1889, cannot be made by the Bu-
reau of Unemployment Compensation
until decision is made on an in
junction issued last October to % coal
operators, BUG Administrator H. c.
Atkinson informed Governor John w.
Bricker today.
Although the Ohio Supreme Court
last week ruled that stoppage of work
in Ohio mines during miner-operator
contract negotiations nearly two years
ago was not a strike, an injunction
issued October %, 1910, by the Frank
lin County Court of Appeals con-
tinues to prohibit payment of benefits
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
Labor ToOppose
The Industriulists
Amy. Navy. Manufacturers
In Move To Lower Wages
By Elimination

Washington, D. c.. QLNS).-Profit-
hungry manufacturers are combining
with short-sighted Army and Navy
officials in an undercover drive for the
abolition of the Walsh-Healey Govern
ment Contracts Act or a merger of
it's functions with the Wage-Hour Ad-
ministration.
Organized labor will solidly oppose
abolition Of the Walsh Healey Act o,
curtailment of it's functions and is
confident enemies of the act can't
succeed in their drive.
Under the Fair Labor Standards
(wage-hour) Act, 40 cents is the high
est hourly minimum that may be set
up for a 40-hour week. This rate
becomes effective automatically TO,
all covered industries in October
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
Discuss Conference
At The Last Meetinq
Sebring Ware Being Given
As Premium At The
Local Theatre

Trenton, \. J.-Local Union No. 45
had very interesting and we'll at
tended meeting last Friday evening.
The members were anxious to hear
and discuss the results of the confer
ence held February Is. We made
some advances and there are several
questions being considered which we
hope will be acted upon favorably.
We were pleased to have Brothers
Bill Parker and Jack Huston with US
and other brothers whose faces we
had not seen for some time. Two
new members were welcomed Paul
Beisecker and Walter Andrazjewski.
Recently young lady attended the
theater and received a small china
plate. After looking at the pattern
turned it over expecting to find it
of foreign, or at least a questionable
manufacture. Much to my surprise
when I turned it over there was our
union stamp. This ware, being put
out by our local theater is made in
Sebring and the pattern is called
Mexicali Red. l could not help think
ing that union plumbers and others
connected with the building trades
would get the same thrill if sanitary
ware, made by union companies, car
ried the union stamp.
We have often pleaded for this con-
cession, but have always been refused.
We hate to think Of the keen COM
petition that will exist after this de-
fense boom is over. Without the union
stamp it is very hard for US to get
union building tradesmen to make any
distinction between sanitary ware
made by fair or unfair firms.
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
Reintroduces Bill to
Trdin Our Air Pilots
Senator Mead Again Enters
Bill To Establish Air
Line Reserve

Washington, d. c., 0LNS).-U. S
Senator James M. Mead of New York
has reintroduced his bill to establish
an Air Line Pilots Reserve. The bill
would provide training center, under
the Army Air Corps, where CONNER
cial air line pilots would be given one
months military training each year.
The bill proposes to set up sepa-
rate aviation unit, to be known as the
Air Line Pilots Reserve, which would
be an adjunct to the regular Army
Air Corps and which would serve as
an additional national defense unit.
The Senator explained that about
three-fourths Of the nations 200 COM
mercial transport pilots are Army or
Navy reserve officers at the present
time. His bill would extend to all
pilots carrying the air mail the op-
portunity to obtain military training.
Several of the major air lines have
been complaining that they face the
wholesale loss of pilots who are likely
to be called for military service by
reason of their status as reserve Off
GERS. Mead proposes to open up the
entire question as soon as he can OBJ
tain a hearing on his bill. He ex-
pressed the hope that solution sat
isfactory to all could be reached-one
that would protect commercial trans
portation from curtailment by reason
of lack of trained pilots-and one that
would give the Army and Navy full
military use of trained commercial
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
Retirement At 65
Not Compulsory
Cannot Collect the Old Age
Pension If Working In
Covered Employment

There is nothing in the Social Sc
curity Act which says worker must
retire at age G5, it was said today by
Glenn H. Pittenger, manager of the
Youngstown field office Of the Social
Security Board. Commenting on this
statement MIR. Pittenger said:
Recently a caller at our office
showed us a letter in which this
workers employer inferred that re-
tirement at age 65 was compulsory
under the Social Security Act. After
reading this employers letter it ap-
pears that he has been misinformed.
"The only provision in the Social
Security Act is that worker must
retire from covered employment in
order to receive monthly checks under
old-age and survivors insurance. The
employe must be at least 65, and have
qualified under the terms of that act
for monthly benefits. The worker
may work in any type of employment
not covered by the Social Security
Act and still receive his benefits.
"The worker may return to covered
employment, after retirement and
after receiving monthly checks. But if
he earns SIS or more in any one
month then he is not entitled to his
Federal government old-age insurance
checks for that period. The Social
Security Board has nothing to do with
employee employer relations and does
not have the authority or desire to
ask any one to retire at IS or at any
other age," Mr.. Pittenger said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
Duffy. Y.WheutleY.McGillivrd
Unopposed For Three
Top Positions
GENERAL IN MAY
Two Highest Men For Each
Position To Contest
In May
GENERAL IN MAY

All local unions affiliated with the
National Brotherhood Of Operative
Potters will vote for national officials
at the first regular meeting in March.
Ballots are in the process of being
printed and will be sent out by Sec
retary-Treasurer John d. McGillivray
tomorrow. Any local union not receiv-
ing the proper amount should contact
Headquarters Immediately.
President James NJ Duffy, Firs
Vice President E. L. Wheatley and
Secretary Treasurer McGillivray will
be unopposed in the primary election.
Members placed in nomination for
these Offices in January did not ac-
cept. This assures Mr.. Duffy his
eighth term as leader of the Brother
hood while Mr.. Wheatley will be start
ing his fifth term and Mr.. McGillivray
his eleventh.
1t is not only the privilege of every
member of the organization to vote
in any national election, but also
strict duty. Members should always
take keen interest in the running
of thai' organization and display it
by being concerned with the election
Of the Executive Board whic h
shoulders the responsibility of guiding
the organization.
The history of the \. B. of o. P.fs
one Of early struggles and hard bat
ties, but with growth and success as
sured because Of the brilliant leader
ship found in men at the benches who
were recognized and elevated to po-
sitions Of responsibility.
With the Brotherhood now enjoying
the enviable rank of leader in its
field, it is extremely important that
the officials are members of proven
loyalty and ability. Each member
should scan the ballot we'll to choose
those who are, in their judgement,
best qualified to carry on the work of
the organization. After election it is
just as important to support these
men and cooperate with them.
The two members receiving the
highest number of votes for each po-
sition at this time will contest in the
general election in May. Those win
ming will be installed at the 194l natl
onal convention in Buffalo this July.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
Members Urged To Exercise Privilege
Of Voting For Executive Board Posts
Members Urged To
PdY Dues On Time
Elmer Robinson To Give Re.
port On The Wcge
Conference

Local Union No. q met in regular
session February 6 with all officers
present. All members are urged to
check their due books. Some members
seem content to let their dues lapse,
others let them lapse but not in
tentionally. This is a very serious
matter, but should be corrected. AS
most of the members know that if
dues lapse four months, a member
is automatically suspended from the
local.
The next regular meeting will be
held March 6. Our conferee, Brother
Elmer Robinson will be on hand to
give US the details of the wage con-
ference held in New York City.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
INCREASES OF 9, 10 AND 1917 ARE GRANTED
PRIMARY ELECTION OF OFFICIALS FIRST MEETING MARCH
WPASets Up Unit
ToPldn Program
Post Defense Public Works
Program To Lessen Effect
OF Unemployment

Washington, d. c. 0LNS).-In line
with proposals for a planned public
work program which will be ready to
lessen the effect of unemployment re-
sulting from end of the defense pro-
gram, Howard O. Hunter, WPA Act
ing Commissioner, has established a
new unit to assure full cooperation
in this effort.
Frank A. March, director of the
Project Control division of WPA, was
appointed national director of the new
unit. Operating out of the central
WPA office in Washington, it will pro-
vide special project reservoir with
in the Federal Works Agency. The ia
ciities of the unit will be available
to all Federal agencies.
All types Of useful public projects
will be included in their reservoir of
planned work which it is deemed ad-
visable to defer until after the ma
tional defense emergency. Definite
agreements with sponsors on fnanc-
ing and engineering plans may be
worked out later on this type of prof.
ects, Hunter explained, but the ad-
vance planning will make possible
quick adjustments to changes in en-
ployment conditions and tend to
stabilize economic conditions.
Planning now to cope with unem-
ployment and other problems when
defense production tapers off +; adj
vocated by the American Federation
of Labor, Federal Council of Churches
and other organizations. Senator
Robert F. Wagner Of New York and
Representative Jerry Voorhis of Cali
fornia have introduced bills for crea-
tion of planning commissions to study
the problem and draw up programs
of action.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
The SocidI Security
Board Asks Change
In The Federal Act
Wont To Widen Coverdqe
And Liberolize
Protection

Washington, D. C.,ULNS).-A well
rounded social security program is a
necessary bulwark to national morale
Paul V. McNutt, Federal Security Ad-
ministrator, declared in the annual re-
port of the Social Security Board to
Congress.
Through the nationwide mobiliza-
tion of workers for defense industries
the social security program contrib
utes to the effectiveness Of production
and through social insurance and pub
lie assistance programs, the program
helps to maintain the inner defenses
of the American family, Administra-
tor McNutt says.
All states and territories are par
ticipating in the public assistance pro-
grams developed under the Social Sc
curity Act, the report, which was
signed by Chairman Arthur ]. Alt
meyer of the board, points out. All
states have aid to the needy aged. All
but seven states and Alaska have aid
to the blind. All but eight states and
Alaska had aid to dependent children
at the end of the fiscal year covered
by the report.
Labor Proposals Supported
improvements suggested by the
board are in line with changes for
broadening and liher1szing the Social
Security Act proposed by the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor.
On the basis of experience and
study, the board suggests certain i'm
provements in all the existing pro-
grams. Protection under both the in
surance systems should, it believes,
be extended as rapidly as possible
Extension of coverage under old-age
and survivor insurance would tend,
moreover, the report suggests, "to di-
minish pressures for unsound and in
adequate pension plans"
Federal old-age and survivor insur-
ance, the board believes, might we'll
bring most of the major occupations
still excluded--agricultural and do
mestic work and that in non-proft,
educational and charitable organiza-
tions. 1t also suggests the inclusion
of Federal, state and local employment
not now covered by other provisions
for survivors insurance and retirement
benefits, and points out that a coordi-
nation of existing public retirement
systems would be Of advantage not
only to public employees but also to
government agencies.
Higher Benefits Recommended
In unemployment compensation, the
board also suggests certain extensions
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