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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-01-02
TEACHING
KINDNESS
l.. f. EUBANKS

Jimmy Melborn was seven years old,
at the age when pet animals exert
an irresistible appeal. Consequently,
when he spied the cub bear, Mr.. Mel
born had to stop the car. Jimmy knew
he mustn't touch strange animals, but
he could watch the bear, and he was
happily excited.
81 need gas anyway" smiled the
father, good-naturedly.
One of the gas station attendants
was leading the cub about for exer-
else and willingly drew near so that
the boy could enjoy it.
The bear looked the lad over, de-
cided that here was a real friend, and
approached. Then he began rubbing
his neck against the fender of the
car. So repeatedly and persistently
did he do this that the boy finally look
ed closely at his collar.
"Why, | think his collar is too
Tight" Jimmy exclaimed. "He's almost
choking. Poor fellow, you must"
Mr.. Melborn came up at that mo-
ment, and after an examination added
his protest: "The cub has outgrown
this collar: he's been suffering for
weeks, no doubt"
ooh, he rubs against everything"
answered the attendant.
"He's begging for relief-in the only
way he has," contended Mr.. Melborn.
Someone has been very Indifferent or
careless"
Then the keeper himself felt of the
collar. at is tight" he admitted, well
shut him up till we can get a larger
one"
In the car again, Mr.. Melborn COM
plimented his son on his quick action.
Boys and girls can be to dumb ami
mails a great deal like parents are to
Children" he said. "Td be cruel to
let you suffer in any way, especially
if you were almost helpless to do any
thing about it,"
you're always good to me-" said
Jimmy.
Mr.. Melborn patted the lads
shoulder af~fectionately. ut makes life
sweeter for me, son." he said. Then
looking thoughtfully at the boy, he
continued, "and you'll find it the same
in your treatment of your playmates
and the dumb animals. Every time you
do a kind deed it helps you as much
as it does the one you befriend. want
you to think of all dependent creatures
as having a right to expect help from
you-just the same as you have a
right to expect it from me and your
mother"
A few days after that Jimmy told
his father of having that afternoon
helped another boy to get a crippled
dog to the veterinarian. "And, Daddy,
the boy himself needed help too. 1t
was cold, and he had no overcoat. [
have my new one, so when we reached
our house, l loaned him my old n e
May l give it to him."
I'm willing, Son; ask your mother.
And perhaps we have other clothing,
too, that we can give to some organ
i~zation, to be passed on to those who
really need the things. The boy was
glad to get the warm coat, en-"
ooh yes. and, Daddy, you were
right-it makes a fellow feel good way
down inside to do such things. When
are we going out to see if the man
really did get q bigger collar for that
little bear?"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-01-02
The
Man Who Sees
By DR.. CHARLES STEELE

The biggest man on any job is the
one who has ideas. In facing u
problems-and this applies to per
sonal matters as well as to national
affairs-there are four things that we
must do with them: first, we must
see them; second, we must study
them; third, we must state them; and
we must solve them.
The trouble with most of US is
that we reverse this process. This is
what usually happens in Industry, in
Politics, in International Affairs. We
get together and Immediately we de-
termine that something must be
done" And because we haven't any
ideas about the matter we finish up
by passing a set Of resolutions which
some phrase-maker has prepared, re-
fer the whole matter to a special
committee" and then we go home
feeling that the job has been finished.
But it hasn't even been begun. 1t
takes a long time for the committee
to report, if it ever does so.
1t is interesting that when some
body does present a real idea it acts
like an electric spark. The crowd
comes to life, and everything clears
up very quickly. The mar that stands
out, therefore, is the one who has
ideas-the man who can see the prob
lem. He may not be a great student,
he may not be able to make a speech,
but if he can "see"-to use an old
phrase effectively, if he is a seer
"a prophet-he becomes our leader.
The principal job Of the problem
seer is to discover the causes Of the
chaos we are facing. After these have
been made clear, we shall be able
to solve our problems. Then is the
time for the "practical' mantle en-
gineer-to begin his part Of the job
He is the nan who knows how tc
make the maps and the blue-prints.
But the ability TO see is not limited
to the so-called wise men-the great
men-of our times. They seem tC
have bungled things pretty badly. II
is rather startling that there seem t.
be times when there's only one mar
who has the qualities which equip hin
for leadership in an Industry or in q
Government. But that is only oul
own blindness. The fact is, we sim.
ply haven't discovered others who
have what is needed to do the job.
Such men may be found among
the workers, who are close to life. Fol
after all, the fundamental facts to be
discovered + basically human. Anc
it does not require a college degree
or a social position to learn of what
these consist. This is daily being dis
covered in all human affairs. The
first and probably one of the most es
sential things is to have an open anc
receptive mind, with the ability to Sc,
things effectively. New ideas do no
evolve from a brain crowded will
prejudice.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-01-02
Unions Of Britdin
Growing Swiftly
Two Million New Members
Coined Since Killers
Advent To Power
By TRACEY

Notwithstanding of the trade
unions in Great Britain has been
growing continuously and at a rapid
pace since 1933-the year which
marked the advent Of Hitler to power
in Germany. The aggregate member
ship of all unions at the end of last
year was about 6,234 900, an increase
as compared with 1888 of nearly
100000, and representing an in
crease in comparison with 1893 of
1872, coo. This figure takes account
of only three months of wartime tx
~pansion of the trade unions.
The rise in membership during the
present year has to be added to give
the present total which is probably
in excess of 6& millions.
LOCO Unions Covered
The figures are given in the pre-
liminary report compiled by the Min
istry of Labor from data supplied by
the Chief Registrar of Friendly So
~cieties. They relate to all %organiza-
tions of employees, including the
unions of salaried and professional
workers as well as manual workers.
The report takes account Of W. a
thousand unions known to have been
in existence at the end Of 1889. But
it is pointed out that $50 unions
more than two-thirds of the total
number, each had a membership Of
less than LOCO and only 212 per cent
e 4Ln 3>I,1 n,n,NohpycLin Of oil ,rcinnC
is distributed amongst these $50
unions. More than one-half of the
total membership on the other hand
is concentrated in thirteen large
unions. There are forty unions with
a membership Of $4,000 Or over, and
these account for an aggregate mem
bership of nearly three-fourths of the
total for all unions.
Total Still Below 1920
Union groups showing the great
est proportionate increase in 1889 as
compared with the previous year in
Guided the tailoring and other cloth
ing unions, and the metals, machines,
conveyances, etc, group. In the cloth
ing trades there was ar increase in
the male membership of 8 per cent.
and the female membership increased
by 20 per cent. In the other group
there was an increase Of nearly 10
per cent in the male membership and
over II per cent among females.
Total membership still lies behind
the peak membership attained by the
unions at the end of 1920. At its
highest point the aggregate member
ship Of all unions in that year stood
at S~,34S,OCO, almost exactly double
the membership recorded in 1913. 1t
would appear that the unions are
growing more rapidly in this war
period than during the last war. The
highest total for the unions affiliated
to the Trades Union Congress, name
ly GR millions, was not reached until
1919, and thereafter membership be-
gan to decline, reaching its lowest
point at 1924 900 in 1884.
Steady Yearly Rise
From that year there has been a
steady rise in the membership Of the
unions affiliated to the Congress, to
the level of 1864 ,851. That is to say,
between 1884 and the end Of 1889 the
r. u. G. membership increased by
over IL millions, representing an
average yearly increment of approx
mately 225 200 new members.
Ask for Union Labeled Merchandise.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-01-02
PAY A

Washington, D. Cool. Philip B.
Fleming, administrator of the wage
hour act has approved a 35-cent mini
mum hourly wage scale for the lug
gage and leather goods industry. The
wage order, effective January 6, 1941,
will affect 1000 of the industry's
$4,000 employees, it was said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-01-02
P. R. Sugar Producers
RECOGNIZE A. F. Of 1. Union

San Juan, Puerto Rico.-The Sugar
Producers Association decided to ne
gotiate a new wage agreement for
the 1871 crop with the Free Fedora
ton Of Labor, A. F. Of l.. affiliate,
with which the sugar industry has
made agreements for the past six
wears.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-01-02
PUBLIC HOUSING ACTS UPHELD

Washington, D. C.-Public housing
legislation has been upheld by the
supreme Courts of two states, Ark
ansas and Virginia, the United States
Housing Authority say in a review of
housing law progress. To date the
highest courts of 27 states have given
approval to housing programs assist
ed bv the ISHA.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-01-02

The L. S. State Department, through
diplomatic channels in London, told
Prime Minister Churchill Immediately
after the death Of Lord Lothian that
three men would be especially accept
able as ambassador here: Sir Archi-
bald Sinclair, British air minister, and
leader Of the Liberal Party; Sir Wal
ter Layton, economist and managing
editor of the Liberal London News
Chronicle; and Sir Walter Citrine,
British labor leader.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-01-02

I'd by the USHA.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-01-02

The American Youth Congress is
now planning to invade Washington
on February 7. This time they will
not use the White House as their head
quarters.
Leaders are working on vehement
attacks on Roosevelt, defense, aid to
Britain, etc, and will stage one or two
riotous demonstrations to win national
publicity.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-01-02

"Tornado" Tom Harmon, Mchigans Marvel and An-America football hero,
took time out to carry the BALI for the United States Army's Flying Cadet
recruiting drive.
monizng with the National Defense Program, said: 81 like to fly N the grid
iron, but boy, this flying for the Army is really something! I'm very much
influenced that way myself" 49,
Tommy suggests that all patriotic American youths get in touch with
their nearest Army recruiting station and learn about the ArmEs, Flying
Cadet scholarships, open to physically fit ard unmarried youths at least ~
years old and not yet II.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-01-02

If President Roosevelt can find a
capable successor to Madame Perkins
one whose appointment will not
rock labor's political boat-she will
resign to take Paul McNutt's job as
Federal Security Administrator.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-01-02
Home Education
''The Child's First School is the
Family"-FrOebel

Issued by the National Kinder
garten Association, s West 40th
Street, New York City. These arti-
cles are appearing weekly in u
columns.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21

Many Balkan authorities expect
the winter to be the worst since
that Of 1919 when thousands
starved because Of the dislocation
and disorder following the World
war.
The Germans, the American said
are making every effort to obtain
the entire wool stocks of the Bal
kanS. In Rumania, government or
derS have been issued sequestering 2
even the individual peasants with
only one sheep. Sheepskin capes,
the standard dress in Bulgaria
Jugoslavia and Rumania, have dis
appeared. They have been gathered
by the Germans for the eastern
front
The American said Balkan Off
cials and businessmen who have
been III Italy told OF substantial
grumbl!ng and dissatisfaction there.
Many Italians, he said, are growing
rest.V2 about large numbers Of
Fascist troops going to fight in
Russia while The British continue
70 occupy large portions of the
Italian empire.
Italians are saying that if they
mad only stayed neutral" they
would have made their fortune by
trading with both belligerentS.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21

Royal Al. Force valuable aid in
planning attacks.
The RusSian-, ;he American said,
eontinu2 10 crop pa"Gchat,SJS out
.de big industrial conJers III RC-
mania io car out sahoJa4c Rus
san Elanes-at les, urtil very
reccnIy-Wr.p bombing Rumanian
eenters. including Bucharest.
These air attacks. II" said, nave
caused the RMnanian Eopulace 10
Wow German accounts O. the DIES
tru.tion" Ct the Rec air tlcel with
sceptltlsm.
Th.oughout The Balkans, the
American reported. there IS evil
dence the popt,iace will have q mos
severe Wiutts. Ii bo,h Rumanla
and BalgaI.a 2nath" toward the
German campJI@n III Russia con-
tinues.
FuQD SCARCE
III Bullaaia hcadHt is wide
spread. Ioa,ntr .er ii .JeS and tor
si.1a r,D>.". fa5 disappeared. anc
.e}acE-e,..'. =. WaodeI shoes I cam-
,aeu y the ra...pnalc baHleTaTdS
Of B.ehu.e.t.
Coolan. OIL. LAKE disappeared
t3rouakout tho Bslhans. Many
villages il Bulgaria and Rumahia
have no corn meH OF 1.our due to
small cop.. b4G weather, and
heavy Gtrmau ur9a"a"s.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Nazis Feveris hIy Prepare
Aqdinst RAJ Raids on Oil

1STANBUL. Oct. 81. up - Al
American traveller arriving from the
Balkan reported today that Ger
man authorities are working night
and dar on tie def6nsaS q. The Ru-
nani&n oil ficlds in anti. ipatiOn .,
an al cut ATTEMPT BY thc Ro} 4!
Air Force to wreck tl.s vital source
of supply for the Nazi military ma
chine
He reported that the Nazi mill
tary authorities fear the British
attack will be launched at any time.
He said large crews of German sp2-
cialistS and Rumanian WOrkEleN
are working on building concrete
retaining walls around Gil reser-
voirS, and sand bagging machinery
Some military sources believed
that without Rumanian oil the Ger
man military machine would not
be able o continue ita bis offensive
in RuS5l@.
The American uaY"!'r S2id RI
mania is noW S!ipp"5 Germany
almost CJ0U00 tom O petroleum
produces year, 100000 ,ol.a more
than tie Reich i, obtaining from
synthetic plants at home.
EXPERTS ND BRETISU
British Gil eXpera, vino He'd from
Rumania are expected to %ITe the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Don Basin Capital
Falls to Germans
In Ukraine Drive

BERLIN, Oct. 81. CUP)-The Ger
man hiGh command asserted today
that German forces had taken the
important Industrial town Of Sta
limo. 100 miles northwest of ROS-
TOW on the Sea Of Ozov front.
It was asserted tnat German
m.untain chasseur5 stormed and
captured the city yesterday and
that he German war flag was
hoistt d on a big factory.
Italian troops took part in the oc-
cUpation, it was said
The communique. issued from
Adolf Hitler's headquarters, called
StaIino capital of the Donets bas-
in.
Well informed German sources
said the Germans were making
great progress all along the south
ern 'front.'.
The German official news
agency. in a Berlin broadcast heard
in New York by the United Press
listening post, said the Germans
captured an important bridgehead
cn The southern front and re-
Eulsed Russian attempts TO re-
capture it,
Intormants added that in mop
rlng up operations III the Bryansk
area southwest of Moscow the
Germans had found the bodies OF
the commander OF the 5Oth Rus
sian amy, Gen. PetroV,' and his
staff on the battlefield.
The high command, in its com
munique. said German planes had
bombed Moscow and Leningrad.
Authorized informantS, shifting
their emphasis from the central
front. intimated hat the German
armies had reached the "lmme-
diate vicinity" of Rostov, in drive
to cut the Caucasus oil field pipe
line and the best route for Angelo
American supplies for Russia.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Stain Takes Over
Direct Command

LONDON, Oct. - tUP) - Pre-
nicr Josef Stain has assumed per-
sonal command of the defense OF
Moscow and has established his
headquarters in an alnored tram
at the front. British press dispatch
ce reported today.
II was asserted that Stain was
nov personally the commander IL
chief cf the Russian forces on the
entire central front rather than
premier.
A Daily Mail Stockholm dispatch
said Stain had selected as his first
aide. Marshal Boris ShapoShnikov.
his chief technical adviser in ali
matters.
Dispatches said Stain had gone
to the front in his familiar blue
blouse. field gray breeches and top
boots, the same uniform he wore
when he fought the czarists i'll the
Russian Civil War.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Russ Corlnluniques
Say Savage Nazi
Attacks RepuIsed

LONDON. Oct. u. 'UPl-RusSta
reported in comnuniques and spe-
clal dispatches today that its army
had thrown pac,, SAVAGE attacks, led
by uaased ,5HHs. III tour vital sec
tor, Of tne MlaroW front.
Il admlttad lhe Germans contln-
Hed 10 .llke S!2Et s&lNs but as
s,r,cd thc Euasials had repulsed
frontal and tlankiug attacks i'll the
Ka'Irin. l.o2haisE, MaloE2rcslaEetS
and BfYansk- -OY2l areas, key points
al1ng the seni-tW2ulur line ol the
German offensive EoW III It's 20tu
day
MATERIAL DESTROYED
The afternoon WI cOmmunlquc
repcled the Russians had turned
back German attacks with heavy
losses II the Orci area and said
that III siN DAYS OF fighting there,
the Germans lost 1l3 tanks, 43 field
gums and IS tuel and ammunition
trucks. Two small Russian units
We're credited With the destruction
OF 20 tanks. SIX licId guns, TWO anti
aircraft batteries and -four mine
thrCNCfs.
Tie conmuni%ue said fiehtin@
continued ai. a.ons the front
throughoul tne ui4ai and was as-
Eccially fierce IL The Nallnin, MOI
halsk ard Maloyuros.aY,ts directions.
A special VA review said Russian
forces were i.lhtiug hCroicallN
AGAINST tank AMI infantry attacks
with Whirh jhe Germans were con-
tINuiH4 thCis ol;cnSino IL most sec
tors. L W., ada1I ;u.t there WAS
no approciable change IL The front.
After noting especially heavy
fgh,irg in the Kalinin, Molhaisk
and Alalo"aroslavcls SECTORS, north
and west Of Moscow. the review de
sc.lb2d acNonS in which the R4s-
aila# lad Mct only held the Ger
mans but rvgained some ground i'll
1t Wds admitted thai the Ger
mans had advanced some few
miles" in the Mo1haisk direction 63
miles from Moscow to the west a
the cost Of @enormouS" losses III a
tank battle But here again, the
var review sad, the Russians coun-
terattaekCd and left many tanks
and hundreds ot dad on the battle
Heid.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Senator Calls for
Siberian Bases 10
Aid u. s. Defense

WASHINGTON, OrI. 81 up q
Sen. Mon {. Wulleren. d, Wash.
today called for the acquisition OF
bases in Siberia to forestall the po,-
sibility Of an AXIS attack upon the
United States through Alaska.
The bases could be acquired with
ease now" Wallgren said i'll an in
tCryieW, but if Russia falls We
would experience great difficulty.
If Hitler should conquer Russia,
he WOuld have ut his disposal all
Soviet facilities and Il clear rou ="
through siberia to our shores. Sucl
a campaign would not require naval
strength since NaY troops are well
trained for operations while cross
ln9 small bodies OF water sucn as
separate Alaska from Siberi2." ."
Siberian bases, hc SAID, would
serve the double purpose of protect
ing Alaska from German attack
and prcviding Il base for operations
against Japan in the event OF :
Pacific war.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Red Aid
Studied

WASHINGTON. Or, II .UPl -
President R5ssetel' rr.Umpd lo the
capital today ~ ICED wag aud to
the Soviet union VMrh apparently
is considered q m-. ..rat necessity.
The far cast i, seethns Japan's
rext moves are believed ~ depend
largely on %ae.h"r alt uow so5n
the German arm" .u.e 70 gipc
the Russians 4 rc#.t MASKING
blow.
The Na7 lepiou. -. Nv WITHIN
20 minutes CT les 9"ue ume o.
MOSCOW Assistance for thc Red
army beug discussed hele toda"
scarcely could reach fhrrc N feWe,
than several weeks m.c7s tne pres
dent ordered airpianc. now IN serv-
ice or those coming Off assembly
lines to fly to fh" AID o.. thc Red
army
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Blood piled in
Slows Civil War

total Of 400 arrested for anti-Gcr-
man activities
A special Ei.Iln.l Proclamation.
according t. the Moscow radio, had
been issued. uud It .aid:
"Tcu Wu#. Understand that Bel
aium ne, ceased to exist as an IN
dependent ata.c You must under
stand tna' ii is you duty to pio-
due lol lta G. .2u"'r2. Sc"Ne the
Germans and top thmEma about
polite.
ROME GOES HUNGRY
In Rome. the newspaper La Tri-
buna complained about the scarcity
Of such meats as Kidneys and liver
AT the same time the price list
vas published. innards disappeared. 81
said Ia Tribuna This is Strang,
since we @iWayS thought that live
stock WAS born With kidneys, liver,
ct cctra. Butchers say they have
nj dies" produces bec&lse WEClc-
salCrs distribute them.
NATURALLY these products can be
found if moe raaN tie Is price
is PAID"
The Moscow radio said in an
othcs broadcast he,ru iii l3ndon
that heavy loses unon@ !tail2n
troops liaAJr& on the western
front al Ht!crs or,jea and the
food shortage Il, Fomc had led 10
serious dissatisfaction III italy.
THIS also was shown bH italian
prisoners on Inc SoH,i32rn front,
the ado said One sad, We did
nj want This war with tee Russian
Dsonle. This Waf VITA Russia has
lcd To nothlna hlt poverty and sui
tcrin2.
From my company only "a men
are left. Tie rest are killed or
wounded. We are Cursing Musso-
lini who Sent us TO die il Russia.
The Romc newspaper McSsaggero
reported rom Sofia that 30 persons
including tNo British citizens who
formerly were Giplomat@', Vhro
briug tIrd Is "SpIca" IL the Bul-
earian capital
Mcsg2 ggero said some OF the aC=
cused were charged with 'TeVGlu~
.tionary activity Il well as csploN-
ave
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Imperial Valley Press

Established April 20, 1901.
Published every afternoon except
Saturday and Sunday Saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded
by the Sunday Post-Press, es-
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Johnston, vice president and gen.
eral manager; L. A Fitzhugh,
secretary and managing editor.
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
TWO NEEDS CONFLICT

A step-"p IN aerial nd to the
Russians at thi5 time when there
IS tremendous pressure to reinforce
ctr own defense, n tie Far East
against possible japanese moves.
would impose desperately difficult
decisions U1ou tn" men who are
discUsairo Russian problems here.
Some military experts indicate un-
eaSlaesS because c. commitments
already mace 10 the Sovint union
which, when super-i imposed upon
pledges to Great Britain, apparently
must reduce the supply Of weapons.
available to our own forces.
But the administration is ap-
preaching the prcblem with an ac-
celerated speed which suggests that
Mr. Roosevelt feels that the vital
anti AXIS front today is the one be-
hind which is Moscow.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Raj C,ade! Killed
In II. 5. Accident

MESA, Ari2, Oct. 21. 'UP>-
Alexander Brooks. 20-year-old Brit
ish flying cadet, died late yesterday
in Mesa hospital ct burns suf-
fered in a plane crash last Thurs
day at Falcon field British train
ing school near here. It was the
first British fatality in several
of training in Arizona.