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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-05-22

We have run this one before but
several have sent it in, insisting
that we run it again, in little diff
ferent version.
The big shiny car was badly
crumpled by an ancient jallopy and
the driver of the latter approached
the beautiful young woman driving
the shiny new car.
I'm sorry" he said, Il am to
blame but | have no insurance and
can't pay for the repairs. You may
call me anything you want to.
Il do not know the use of pro-
! fame or indecent language replied
the woman, but do hope that
when you go home tonight your
mother runs out from under the
porch and bites YOU"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-05-22
Farm WOmen's Club
Entertained by Mrs. Caldwell

The Farm Women's Club met at
the home of Mrs. Graham Caldwell
Wednesday, May IA. There were 18
members and one visitor present.
The social hour was devoted to
skit of a girl 40 years ago and the
present era.
AT the business meeting, which
was presided over by the president,
Mrs. Floyd Bowen, delegates wer1
elected to attend the Women's Va
cation Camp at Rollins this sum-
mer
A delicious luncheon was served
by the hostess, Mrs. Caldwell, assist
ed by Mrs Russell Collier and
Marie Martenson.
CLUB REPORTER.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-05-22

makes your car ride like
new. So drive in today
for a Marfak Job.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-05-22
Attention MasOns.

Libby Lodge, A. F. & A. NJ, No.
IS will open and close at 1880
o'clock Thursday evening, no degree
work, SO members may attend COM
mencement exercises at the high
school
Third degree work will be put
on at a special meeting Thursday,
May 90.
]. F. McCULLY,
Secretary.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-05-22
Oucstionnaire Shows
He's Draft LonS Shot

LOGANSPORT, IND. - Law
renee Flagle, 26, OF Clarksburg,
w. Va, turned in q draft ques-
tionnaire blu his chances Of be-
ing taken into the army right
away looked slim.
In the first place, he has two
dependents-his wife and son.
In the second place, he's only
"A inches tall. He's \ midget.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-05-22

End Piece: One OF my scouts just
brought in information to the effect
that some newspapers printed in
Germany have value Of at least $50
each in this country. They are the
issues that publish expatriation pro-
ceedings against refugees now in
America. In event Of British VIC
tory, the newspapers will be used as
evidence in retaining appropriated
property.
{Ben Syndicats-wNU servics.)
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-05-22
So VIII We

This book" said the salesman,
will do half your work"
Fine" cracked the gunner I'll
take two of them"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-05-22

Cellophane
Celophane is made from pure
wood pulp.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02

A birthday party was given
Monday afternoon in honor of
Omar J. Calleia at the courthouse
grounds.
Ice cream and cake were serv-
ed. with balloons being present
cd 70 the little guests, and every
one hao an enjoyable time.
Those attending were:
Rosario Enrique Lopez, Will
liam and Alice Gwynn, Betty
Bowman, Clenny and Norinna
Betancourt. Danny and Geraldine
Navarro. Nancy and Idilio Val
dez. Danny Valdez, Eugene
Gutierrez. Lourdes Gonzalez,
Yeanne Carbonell, Wilma Thrift,
Maeda Barros, Cecilia and Hay
dee Lopez.
Dotty carbonell. Cecilia Perez
RoIo. Carol Reeves, Sylvia and
Dolores Knowles. Loretta Car
bonell, Ivan Avila, Jacinto Val
dez. Lefty Castro. Cosetta Cal
LEILA, EmeraIda Calleja, Marta
Jose Chavez and Libano Castro.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02
Announce Marriage
OF Tyler-Guerry

MIR. and Mrs. B. L. Grooms, 803
Washington street, have been in
formed of the marriage of their
neice, Elizabeth Boyer Tyler, to
John Benjamin Query, Jr., U. S.
Navy ensign.
Miss Tyler, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Boyd Tyler,
was married to Ensign Query
June IL at Norfolk, Va. Mr.. and
Mrs. Tyler are the brother-in-
law and sister of Mrs. Grooms,
and lived in Key West about 10
years ago. n
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02

Capt. Eugene E. Lockhart, of
army barracks, with Mrs. Lock
hart and their two children, Betty
and Jerry, arrived here yesterday
from Galveston, Tex. Captain
Lockhart, on a five-day leave,
Joined the family at Galveston,
where Mrs. Lockhart and the
children were visiting after trips
to Houston and New Orleans.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02
NOW IMPROVING

Tax Collector Joe c. Mcmahon
said today he has been informed
that Mrs. Mcmahon is improving
after blood TRANSMISSION yester-
day at Marine hospital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02
MUST HAVE BEEN NEW
AND A PERFECT FIT
(nr A..oclnted rre..l

OKLAHOMA CITY July g.
The hat that L. F. Almond lost
in a restaurant had his name, ad-
dress and phone number in it. A
week later he received a letter
from Columbus, O.. enclosing SIS
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02
UNDER FALSE COLORS
fny AsnocIated Presal

Topeka, Kas., July l.--Some
Of the wheat that won the milling
and baking contest at the state
fair last fall was planted this sea-
son.
When it came up it wasn't
Tenmarq starin that it was sup
posed to be.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02
Couple Married
Here Yesterday

Nicholas j. Ryder. q. Key
West, and Yvonne Lawrence, 81,
also Of this city, were married
yesterday by County Judge Ray
mond Lord.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02

bill A note said a man took the
hat by mistake and he imagined
1t was worth about SIS. Here was
the money, and thanks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02

Miss Marjorie Key, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Key, left
Sunday for Galveston, Texas for
visit with her brother-in-law
and sister, Lieutenant and Mrs.
Will Roberts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02

The ice was so thick on the
river at Philadelphia on Feb. %,
1880, that an OK was roasted on it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02

Brazil has decided to grant flu
ture mining and waterfall conees-
sions only to Brazilians.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02

Twenty-one new warShips and
several score auxiliaries were
added to the U. S. fleet in 1910.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02

Mrs. ]. E. Solt, wife of Master
Sergeant Solt at army barracks,
returned here Monday from a
month-long visit to Charleston, S.
c., where she visited with friends.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02

The Amazon valley is the larg-
est source of vegetable oils in the
world.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02

Mrs. L. Z. Pendleton, wife Of
the army barracks commanding
officer, Colonel Pendleton, left
Key West yesterday for San Fran
cisco, where she will visit friends
and relatives for several months.
Mrs. Pendleton was accompanied
by the colonel to Miami, where
she boarded a plane for the trip
west.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02

The modern steam locomotive
about $500 parts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02

Coffee plants yield their first
crop in their fourth year as a gen.
eral rule.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02

There are more than 1000 Ma
sonic lodges in the state of New
York.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02

Subscribe to The Citizen-2Oc
weekly. G {ea
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02

Production of eggs and poultry
in Colorado in 1899 totaled APP
proximately $10,000,00O.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02

Fire Chief Harry NJ. Baker, ac-
companied by Mrs. Baker, and
their daughter, Ruth Marie, and
niece, Jane Moore Thompson, re-
turned to Key West last evening.
They had been visiting in Jack
sonville where Chief Baker at
tended the Fire Chiefs convention,
after which they went to Nassau
for visit of several days.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02

Eugene Papy was an arrival in
Key West yesterday from Tampa,
and will visit here for a few
weeks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-02
Rsse,ssAE9

City Councilman j. Glenwood
Sweeting, who had been spending
several days visiting in Miami. re-
turned to Key West on Monday.
T. Jenkins Curry, former county
commissioner, was included in the
arrivals in Key West last evening
from Key Largo for few days
business visit.
Willard Russell, connected with
the United States immigration
Service, was an arrival in Key
West yesterday from Miami for a
few days visit.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-11-20
First Hospital
Benefits Go To
Young Worker

Unaware that he was bringing
home the first beneficial results
Of the new disqualification plan
OF the Celanese Employees Bene-
fit Club. Hoye Huffman. 32-year
old Celanese plant worker in the
box building service department,
today went about his work thor
oughly recovered from an emcr-
gency operation.
One OF the first members Of the
Local 1874 benefit club to join the
new disqualification service. Huff
man received a check for 500
from Boyd Payton. club chairman.
as payment toward hospital bill
totaling SIPS accumulated after
the emergency appendicitis opera
ton.
Huffman. n member of the ben
eft club since May. paid s6.4O in
dues up to the time of a sudden
attack. He received weekly bcne-
iii club payments of $3.50 during
the time he remained away from
work. in addition TO the 500
check.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-11-20
Delegates Report
By GEORGE A. MEYERS and LINDLEY DYE

The following report Of opening session Of the Fourth
which is being held in Detroit was tee
graphcd to VOICE or LABOR by George a. Meyers
president Of TWJA. and Indley Dye president OF
the Western Maryland Industrial tnioh SoAe'' o"" u'e
the convention
The convention gave unanimous and unstinted
slppOrt to the United Mine Workers of America IN
their present struggle to obtain union shop in the
captive Mines There is every indication that the for
egn policy as formulated by Franklin DelanO Roose-
welt will be Overwhelmingly supported by the CLIO in
the words of President Phillip Murray: 1.-THE CLIO is
firmly convinced that this nation must participate in
the defeat of Nazi Germany"
However. the CLIO will refuse to cOndOne any sub
versive attempt to cural stultify civil liberties as
guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States
the right to strike any other natural or basic right
which belongs to labor, in the name of the national
defense emergency.
President Murray strongly condemned recent ac-
tiOns of the National Defense Mediation Board and
blamed present chaotic conditions surrounding the de-
Tense emergency the SO-called dOllar-a year men
who mainly concerned with the codding of the
special interests which they represent.
He again requested that labor be given a fuller
role in the planning, adjusting, and forwarding the
present drive against Hersm Mr.. Murray empha-
sized the need of increased production for the
full prosecution of the defense program, and urged
that the government establish appropriate machinery
to permit this participation of labor such is pro-
posed in the Industry Council plan.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-11-20
-Four Western Md.
Clio Leaders Attend
National Convention

-Four representatives Of West
orn Maryland CLIO labor. arm
ed with official CIO credentials,
n.e attending the Fourth AM
nual CIO Convention. held In
Detroit this year.
Representing the Maryland
and District Of Columbia In
dustrial Union Council is John
r. Jones. president Of District
is. United Mine Workers.
I.indlcy Dye. president Of the
Westerly Maryland Industrial
Union Council. and carrying n
credential issued Ia the council.
and George A. Meyers. presi-
dent Of Local 1874. and utiliz-
ing the credentials Of the
United Laundry Workers.
Cumberland industrial local.
left for Detroit sunday.
Robert Glenn, Go organizer
in this area. carried the creden-
tial Of the United Macaroni
Workers. Cumberland indus
trial local.
Sidney X. katz. secretary
treasurer of the Md. and ID. G..
industrial Union Council, is also
attending the national con,en-
tion n n representative Of the
t'nited Federal Workers in
Washington, ID. {.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-11-20
District is Miners Walkout In Sympathy
With Captive Strikers; Creek Mines Close
Diaries Lockout Milk
Shippers I'm Price War

Five Cumberland dair-
les, opposing the determi-
nation of a price for milk
shipped by members of
the Tri-State Milk Pro-
ducers Association, today
fatty refused to accept
any milk from association
members who charged
that INFESTED milk from
nearby Pennsylvania
farm areas was being sold
to Cumberland consumers.
Milk producers, seeking a voice
in the determination Of q price for
their milk, notified seven diaries
in Cumberland. Ridgeley, W. Va,
and Midland Nd. that on Nov. Is
the price Of milk accepted by
dairies would he IS per hundred
pounds On Nov. TO five Of The
iairies. Queen City, Royale. Lib
.vty, Masons and Farmers, re-
used 90 accept milk at the pro-
iucers price.
Officials OF the Milk Producers
association charged that the five
diaries. notably the Liberty Dairy.
were reaching into Bedford. Pa.
farm areas for milk which was
obtained at prices close to $500
per hundred pounds. Under state
police escort. association officials
charged the milk was being
shipped to the Liberty Dairy and
then distributed to the four other
diaries.
Association officials main
tanned that the five dairies has
Struck and locked out" ASSOC
citation members. A denuncia-
ton Of the Cumberland
Health Department which had
issued temporary i5-day per-
mits to Bedford. Pa. shippers
was also voiced by the Off
cials.
Claiming that the milk shipped
from Bedford. Pa. farm areas
came from herds INFESTED by
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-11-20
Go CALLS FOR HITLER DEFEAT.
BACKS FDR'S FOREIGN SAND
CIC Convention
Votes Aid 70
Nozi Opponents

DETROIT - quick defeat of Nazi Germany
unanimously advocated by delegates to the Fourth
Annual CLIO Convention i'm resolution that main
tanned the United States should furnish all possible
aid to and completely cooperate with Great Britain
the Soviet Union and China" to aid in 1.-The military
humiliation of Hiter's regime"
The resolution which denounced Iindbergh in his
efforts to dsune the American people. was adopted
in the second convention session Tuesday after ap
peal by President Roosevelt for cooperation in the de-
Tense program lin the common and in the patriotic
interest"
The resolution approved the "forthright' stand
of President Roosevelt in foreign relations and de-
clared that national unity toward Ghc defeat of Hitler
il essential
Ruled out of the resolutions committee by an II
to vote over the objections of Miss Katherine Lewis,
the resolution declared adopted unanimously after
John L. Lewis and his supporters, including A. ID.
Lewis of the United Construction Workers, declined
to vote approval or disapprOval.
Fifty-three thousand idle captive mine workers
had been away from their pits hardly half day be-
fore the convention in its opening session Nov. IL
unanimously voted to throw its full support behind
the fight of the United Mine Workers for union shop
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-11-20

day morning, the council
charged that state policemen
were aiding the breaking Of
milk laws by escorting Bed
ford milk 20 Cumberland.
The officials also claimed that
milk was being brought from Bed
ford and Meyersdale. Pa. to smash
the new organization Of tri-statc
milk producers.
Officials OF the Tri-State Milk
Producers Association related
studies made by experts in three
large agricultural colleges which
showed that between s3.0s and
1912 was merely enough to pay
the production costs of farmers.
The figures obtained by the three
college experts were applicable
here. association leaders said.
The Tri-State Milk Pro-
ducers Association is well
within It's rights in setting n
IS price for its products as
sociation officials said. 1.-THE
farmers have never had n
voice in the determination Of
price Of their products" they
continued. land for many
years have been forced 10 ac-
cept the dictates Of the dair-
les"
At a meeting Monday night. the
producers set up committee TO
formulate plans for a Farmer
Consumers COOPERATIVE Dairy.
The cooperative dairy. committee
members felt. would provide milk
at a lower price to consumers and
yet give a higher price to farm
crs.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-11-20
Clio Council Meets
November II

The Western Maryland Indus
trial Union Council will meet
Thursday. Nov. q when reports
on the Clio convention will he
made by Council President Lind
ley Dye. convention delegate. and
George A. Meyers. Local 1874
president. and council executive
board member.
At a meeting. Nov. 10. council
members supported S. B. POPS. a
bill granting wage increases to
men in the armed forces OF the
country. and authorized the Sec
rotary Joseph Barley to draw up
a telegram OF congratulations to
Mrs. Katherine f. Byron for her
stand on the Neutrality bill.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-11-20
Local 1074Elects
Delegates To State
Clio Convention

Twelve delegates, headed by
President George A. Meyers and
Secrctary-TreaSurcr Clyde d.
Lucas. were elected to carry the
credentials of Local 1874. TWUA
to tho Maryland and District OF
Columbia Industrial Union Coun-
Gil convention in Washington. Dec.
Is. l6 and II.
Elected by secret ballot Mt
general membership meet
ing Nov. 10. the delegates in
order of their votes were:
George A. Meyers. Clyde ID.
Lucas. Jack Thomas. Joseph
Barley. Eva CLANCY, William
Boyd Coleman, Arthur Schus-
tcrman. Gcnevieve Myers. Jo-
seph Nolan. William Meaghrr.
Boyd Payton and Robert
Thwaites.
The delegates. who will carry 80
votes. will represent the largest
voting bloc from any one union
affiliated with the state IUc.
At the meeting. the membership
voted a 500 contribution to the
Allcgany County Red Cross roll
after Miss Anne NJ. Sloan of Lon
aconing, and Fred z. Hetzel. Roll
Call chairman. spoke. A $40 do
nation to the Cumberland Police
and Fireman's Benefit Association
was also endorsed.
support Of Senate Bill 2O25,
n bill providing n pay increase
10 Si2 a month for men serv-
ing in the armed forces Of the
United States was enthusiasts
tically voted and kilograms Of
support sent 10 senator John
son Of Colorado. sponsor Of
the bill. and Maryland Sena-
tors Tydings and Radcliffe, and
Representative Katherine T..
Byron OF the Sixth Congress
siOnal District.
a report on the America First
Committee. delivered by Joseph
Barley. was received and the rec.
concentrations that Congress be
urged to appoint a committee to
investigate the organization wa
endorsed.
Proposed changes in Local
is7i's bylaws and constitution
were read and tabled until the
Dec. 10 general membership meet
ing when they will be acted upon
Copies of the proposed changes
may be obtained Mt the union Of
fees, President Meyers said.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-11-20

not fight and disturb the tran
guilty Of the nation by insisting
upon the deletion Of the union
shop clause from the Appalachian
agreement.
Certainly the mine workers re-
gard the union shop condition as
more favorable condition. II
this were not true the steel mag
mates could sign the Appalachian
agreement in five minutes and
abate the controversy and relieve
the nation. II is tho unanimous
judgment OF the mine workers Of
the nation that they should make
this contribution
Lewis added that "any sugges-
tiOn that the mine workers should
dishonOr their own agreement by
giving the great steel companies
more favored conditions than
other companies cannot be SER
iously considered. The mine work.
ers have n record Of so years Of
punctili0us observance Of all con-
tractual obligations. They cannot
now depart from that policy.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-11-20

Phillip MURRAY Pesdr"t with not deciding the issue
ON its merits He was particularly scornu OF the TWO
AFI members of the board, accusing them of "arch-
treacbery and definite treason to the labor move
ment. -
ut is my own personal conviction that the Clo
should give its woIehearted support to the Presidents
foreign policy" he said. This declaration was warmly
cheered by the delegates Murray pledged thai IN ms
own support of such a policy he would continue to
fight for the social and economic Improvement OF
labor.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-11-20

after nation, reducing the peo-
pie 10 depths of physical tor
ture and economic eNplOita-
ton.
1t has become increasingly
evident 10 the people Of our
nation that their liberties.
traditions and institutions
the very security Of uor coun-
try-are at stake and are now
seriously endangered.
THE workers have been. are
now and will always be In
opposition, TO IIitlerism. II
must be defeated and destroy
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-11-20
". Va. Supreme Court
Denies Unemployment
Compensation To Miners

CHARLESTON. W. Va. The
West Virginia Supreme Court. in
Al decision. upheld the ruling
OF the Kanawha County Circuit
Court that miners who were idle
during the Appalachian coal mine
strike in 1889 were ineligible for
State unemployment compensa-
ton.
The case also involved payment
OF unemployment compensation
claimed due as the result OF the
one-month shutdown while the
Appalachian wage negotiations
we're being carried on earlier this
year.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-11-20

The convention by a ris-
ing vote that showed not
one dissent adopted the
same resolution approved
the day before by the CLIO
executive board. The ac-
ton came before the con-
vent6on as a special order
of business Immediately
mt the close of Pres. Philip
Murray's opening address.
Murray devoted almost
his entire half-hOur open
ing speech to the captive
mine situation. He review
ed the history of the case
and charged the Natl. De-
Tense Mediation Board
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-11-20

ed. Democracy can survive in
no other way"
The report went on to say that
the national defense program can
be accomplished only through the
aid of all persons and that no one
segment Of society can do the job.
No one segment should be called
upon to do all the sacrificing Muir
ray said
Unfortunately" he adder. this
simple proposition either has not
been fully appreciated or deli
bcrately ignored. The enemies OF
Continued on Page s
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-11-20

Maryland milk inspectors. asso
citation officials charged that Tho
five Cumberland diaries we're en-
dangcring the health of Cumbcr
land residents.
A plea for intervention in
the protection Of the health Of
Cumberland residents was sent
20 Governor Herbert w.
O'Conor by the Western Mary
land Industrial Union Coun-
ell. In q telegram sent Tues