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Evening star., 1941-05-25

MI. dIlu NlI D, dllh OllilpoOli,
Chevy Chase, Md, are the guests
for six weeks of their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Doyle in Bakersfield, Calf.
Mrs. Robert H. H. Spidel enter
tanned at luncheon and bridge Tues
day at the Columbia Country Club.
Her guests were Mrs. Arthur T.
Davenport, Mrs. Frederick E. Shoe
maker, Mrs. Warder B. Jenkins, Mrs.
James F. Defandorf Mrs. William
Swanger, Mrs. Franklin A. Mason,
Mrs. John A. Zelinski, Mrs. Herbert
E. Foreman, Mrs. Herbert Freeborn
Johnston, Mrs. Frederick A. Ham,
mer and Mrs. Orton w. Boyd.
MIR. and Mrs. L. II. Sutton
Are Hosts at Dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd H. Sutton were
hosts to II guests at dinner party
followed by bridge last evening.
Mrs. Francis Breen of San Diego,
Calf, is the house guest of Mrs.
William H. Breen on Hesketh street,
Mrs. Breen, with Miss Idah N.
Breen, motored to New York City
for several days.
Mrs. Alfred Fisher of Garrison
street has as her house guests for
one month her son and daughter
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. William A.
Fisher, and their small daughter
Carolyn of New York City.
Miss Virginia Rightor entertained
10 guests at a picnic supper party
Tuesday evening in her garden, in
honor of Miss Cayler Schwartz, the
daughter of Senator Schwartz OF
Wyoming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester E. Rightor
will be hosts to company OF IL
at supper party this evening.
Mrs. Chester L. Bennett of Bel
mar, N. j., and her daughter, Mrs.
Theodore Kirk of Guatemala, are
the house guests of Mrs. Nathaniel
Mountford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Rupert,
with their sons Raymond, jr., and
Billy, are spending the summer IN
their home in Ritchie, Md.
Mrs. Joseph Stanley entertained
at a supper and bridge party Tues
day evening in honor OF Mrs. Maui
rice Troyer of Syracuse, N. Y, who
has recently moved to Chevy Chase.
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur L. Reed have
as their house guests Mrs. Reeds
brother and sister, -in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Karl Shreck of Auburn, N. Y.
James c. Dulins Leave
For Month in Hawaii.
Mr.. and Mrs. James C. Dulin have
gone to Honolulu, Hawaii, where
they will spend one month as the
guests of their son-in-law and
daughter, 1t. and Mrs. Grant Heston.
Mrs. James E. Hatcher has gone to
Terra Haute, Ind, to spend the
summer with her father. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dwight H. williams, with their
daughter Dorothy Jane and their
son Hager, are occupying the home
of Mai. and Mrs. Hatcher.
Mrs. Godfrey Thorn entertained
eight guests at luncheon and bridge
Tuesday at the Wesley Heights
Club.
Mrs. George Kane was hostess
Monday at luncheon and bridge, and
Mrs. Ray Schrider entertained at
luncheon and bridge Tuesday.
Miss Alice Broas has gone to
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Social Activities of Week
In Chevy Chase Area
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis B. MOntfort
Plan Garden Party June L;
Mrs. X. D. Williams on Visit

Monto issued guests
garden Broad Branch road Mr. Mrs Montfor will
hosts this Miss Annabele
musical evening
Mrs Lester Brooks Mrs Charles sheppe Mrs l. Baldwin
Hoadley Lnzel William
Kelly Mrs Temple Webster Mrs Coy
Jorolemar, George Jansky R
Mrs Harrison Fits Mrs George Kelley r Mrs Eber
Harold attending General
Womens Clubs Convention in Atlantic City, N. ].
D Williams and
Philadelphia. She the New York of Miss
Philadelphia of Mrs j. Thompson Cole
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Miss Virginia Gray
Wed to Mr.. Allen

Mr.. and Mrs. Donald r. Gill an
nounce the marriage of the latter's
daughter. Miss Virginia Lee H. Gray,
to Mr. William G. Allen, jr., on Sep
tember 13, 1910.
Mr.. Allen is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. William G. Allen of Atlanta
and he and his bride are residing
in Miami, Fla.
Evening star., 1941-05-25
History Luncheon

A luncheon meeting Wednesday
at the Manor Club, Norbeck, Md,
will conclude this seasons activi-
ties of the Capitol Hill History Club.
Mrs. Malcolm j. johnson and Mrs.
Philip Martin will be hostesses.
Following the luncheon there will
be business meeting. Papers will
be presented by Mrs. John w. Nee
and Mrs. Robert Adams. Subject
for the roll call will be "Favorite
Vacation Haunts."
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Takona Picnic

A talent night" program will be
presented by the drama department
of the Takoma Park Woman's Club
Wednesday at 6 pm. Members and
guests will meet in the garden of
Mrs. F. L. Pratt, 1924 Piney Branch
road NV, for a picnic prior to the
program. Officers and the Pro-
gram Committee are in charge.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-07-25
POLICISTA OBZALOVAN
= DVOJzENSTVf.

Charles R. Magerkurth, Glen
policejnfho Department. pc 3
roxy, propulsion byl re sluzby
a karan pro d~vojzenstvi a uda-
nj Iii vGci vysslm 1rednik1m.
Policista ozenil Sc S Reginou
Irene Brozonski "a. kvetna v
Ellicott City ackoliv nebyl roz-
veden Cd sve prvni manzelky,
Elizabeth Mageskurth, jez by
dlf S dvema dcerama We 2700
blocku Baker ulice.
Pr vyslechu ODE manzelky
pritomny byly. Prvni udala, re
manzel jejf zadal il, ably mu
povolila rozvod ale ona re O.
deprela az do dolby, kdyz jeji
dcery, nyni Ia a Is rokG stare,
stanou Sc plnOletymi.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-07-25
STARE ALUMINIUM PILNE
r A

Ma obranu myslici Marylan-
dane obraci nyni svoji poor
most ma sbirani stareho alumni
MIA, hrncd a jinych nadob a
potreb vseho mozneho druhu,
ably tim doplnovali potreby ma
roda v obstarani kov1 potreb-
nych pro vzducholodi a jine
vojenske potreby. Tato kolek-
&c pocala v pondel1. Darcum
vstepovana jest myslenka, re
jenom stare, aluminiove cast
ky hledany jsou, ponevac tyto
neni treba nahrazovati. Kdy-
by obcane v horlivosti sve da-
rovali potrebne casti, jez ma
hrazovany by opet byti museli
novym nakupovan1m, nastal
snad by novy nedostatek po-
trebneho materialu, jenz by
nahrazovan byti musel, c1mz
by Ease jinde potreba Sc uka-
zala. TAX k. pr: Dali-li by Ii
de move aluminiove hrnky a il
ne castky, musely by tyto ma
hrazovany jinym kovem, clmz
by snad nedostatek opet v oce-
Il zavinovan byl a to v dobe,
kdy teto jest znacna potreba.
Spravci sbiran1 aluminiovych
vecf kolekcf nadseni byli hned
v pocatku.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-07-25
JEPTIsKA UTONULA.

Jeptiska, Mary Lawrence 2
Mount st. Agnes klastera, u
tonula We stTedu odpoledne u
Riviera Beach kratce pc "a
chranenf jinych dvou jeptisek,
,jez spadly pTi chGzi v melke
vode v bl1zkosti nabTez1 do
prohlubne.
Kratce tehoz dine odpoledne
4lety hoch John Donohue re
Sycamore avenue utonul v cas-
ii Meadowbrook plovarny ma
Falls road a Kelly avenue.
Jeptiska Mary Barbara, jed
ma re dvou jeptisek zachrane-
nych vzata byla do Mercy ne
mocnice ku lecen1. Spadla tri-
krate "a sebou do hlubiny nez.
Ii zachranena byla jeptiskou
Lawrence. Byla jednou z jep.
|tisek, jez vyjely We stredu ne
celodennf vylet ma sor Howar
da G.. Bishop.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-07-25
BATOVY DELNfCI HLEDf
VSTRfC

Delnlcl lmpOrtOVanl do Bel
camp Batovy obuvnicke spo-
lecnosti, nynf vysetrovani jsou
vladimir odborem 2 podezfeni,
re jsou casti nazisticke hospo-
darske valecne masiny.
Cast ceskych delnfk1 vyse-
trovana byla v pondelf. Udano
nebylo, kolik jich vysetrovano
bylo. Mfstnf osoby, jez dobre
obeznameny jsou S Belcamp
taborem, prav1, re jich bylo a.
81 SO.
We Washingtonu stanoveno
bylo, re osoby deportovane re
|Spojenych StatG,- must poslany
byti zpet do zeme, z n1z sem
prijely.
Senator Tydings interesovan
byl v nekterych techto ceskych
osobach a dial ma jevo Will po-
moci jim.
BatGv podnik zazadal v kvet-
nu 1889, mes1c pc nemecke O.
kupaci Czech O dovolen1, ably
sem pristehovati Sc mohlo 70 O.
sob. To dano bylo 7. cervna
1889 S ustanovenlm re dovole-
nj to vyprsf 7. cervna 1910.
Nektere osoby jiz opustily re
mi, nekteri odejeli do Batova
podniku do Kanady anebo do
stredni a JIM Ameriky. Ne
kteTi stojf vstr1c deportovanl.
z SO zamestnancG Batovy
tovarny v Belcamp, kter1 sem
importovani byli z Ceskoslo-
venska a prot nimz deportac-
nj vynosy byly vydany, AT To-
kalisovano bylo Marylandu,
jak udal distriktni komisar pfi-
stehovalectvi, A. R. Archibald.
Vsichni ostatnf JIM nalezeni
byli v jinych statech a nen1 O.
bavy, re nejake namahy by
treba bylo shromazditi je We
slysenf vsech prot nimz zaty-
kace vydany jsou.
VySlycnanl teen, 20 V mary
landu jsou, pocne v nekolika
dnech. Tato nebudou pr1stup-
ma verejnosti. Konecna akce
schvalena Dude generalnfm ma
vladimir Spojenych Statu.
Dovolenf, die nehoz priced
jich sem dovolen byl, byly je-
nom pro urcity cas- a cas- tento
liz minul.
Batovy deln1ci importovani
byli do teto zeme ma podklad,
re uciti budou deln1ky ma uz1-
vani zvlastn1ch stroll potreb-
nych pri sitf bot die Batova
systemu.
V Batove tovarne v Belcamp
PRAGUE nyni asi 500 delnlk1.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-07-25
SKOSLOVENSK
KRfZ

V Londyne,
dine "a. cervna 1941.
Czechoslovak Relief
Baltimore Branch
% Czechoslovak Consulate
General,
1440 Broadway
New York, N. Y.
Mill pTatele:-
Dne 10. kvetna t. r. potvrdili
jsme telegraficky p. konsulovi
Hajnemu, re stastne doslo do
Londyna ma adresu Csl. Cerve-
neho krfze 13 ballkG relief
goods z parniku Empire Ea-
gle" Telegram incl:
Received thirteen package
relief goods ex Empire Eagle"
heartiest thanks.
V teto zasilce byly take til
bedny Vami darovane.
V noel z 10. ma IL. kvetna
byla budova Csl. Cerveneho
kTize bombardovana a tax po-
skozena, re jsme byli razem
bez stTechy mad hlavou. ODE
tavostf a krajnim 1silim nasich
lidf a S vydatnou pomocf An
glican1, zachranili jsme znac-
nou cast naseho osacovaciho
oddelenf. Trvalo vSak az do
16. cervna nez jsme mohli "a
c1ti Sc stehovanlm do noveho
domu Csl. Cerveneho kTfze a
to ma 35 Porchester Terrace,
Londyn, w. 2.
Cely svGj majetek jsme NELL
zat1m v uschove takTka po &C.
lem Londyne. Nemohli jsme
tudfz rozbalovati move dosle
bedny, mezi mimi i ty cd Vas,
ktere zGstaly zat1m uskladne-
ny u zasflatele. Veskere sve
usilf museli jsme soustrediti ma
zachranu vecf, ktere byly a 81
&c &c AdCI1I dIlCIly a
lie promaceny vodou a pospine-
ne troskami domu.
Byla to prace nemala, ale
posilovalo mas pTi nj vedomi,
re mas molly nemecke bomby
poskoditi jeste vice, nell pTi-
praviti O vse. Jsme stastni a
vdecni "a to, re Sc nam podari.
10 tolik zachraniti a zaciname
tedy vlastne znova.
S opravdovou a hlubokou
vdecnost1 vzpominame ma Vas,
drazf pratele a dekujeme "a
vse, elm jste nam jiz pomohli.
pc ztratach, ktere Csl. Cerveny
kTfz utrp6l, mali Vase Diary
pro mas dvojnasobnou cenu.
Prijmete nase upTimne kra.
janske pozdravy.
Hama Benesova,
cestna pTedsedkyne
Gen. J. Znamenacek
predseda
Ida Drtinova,
pTedsedkyne soc. odborl
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-07-25
CZECHO-SLOVAK
CONSULATE GENERAL
1440 Broadway
New York City

l44O Broadway
New York City
+. Dne 16. cervence 1941,
Czechoslovak Relief
Baltimore Branch
Vazenf pratele:-
V pTfloze dovoluji 81 Yam
zaslati originalnf dopis Cesko-
slovenskeho Cerveneho Kr1ze
re dine "a. m. m. v nemz doda-
tecne pfsemne jest potvrzen
pTfjem zasilky Vasich pf1spev-
XII ma Csl. Cerveny kriz a v
nemz vysloveny jsou dfky "a
VAST obetavost a cinnost.
Jsem presvedcen, re Vas to-
to uznanf jiste potesi a povzbu
df Vase clenstvo k dalsi obeta-
We praci a porouc1m sc Yam
S upr1mny krajanskym
poZdravem
Ia generaln1 konsulat
E. ]. Hajny,
csl. konsul.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-07-25
Amerika ma Strait!
z POMOCNEHO VYBORU.

Vsem damam ktere 81 ma
pouti Sdruzenych Spolk1 ma
taboru "Tyrs" objednaly hac-
kovane kvetiny, sdelujeme re
jsou hotove. Pros1me, ably jste
Sc o ne prihlasily u Mrs. Po-
korny, 1881 E. Madison ulice.
Tez byly poptavky pc "panto-
flickach". Jsou jeste zbyte,
tedy Sc o ne Haste. Podotyka-
me, re vsecky pantoflicky ma
ODE poute, jak v Belcamp tax v
Baltimore vysily a darovaly
danny odbocky Belcampske a
Size: p1. Chludova, Vatersova,
Zackova. Zhotovily take vse-
chny penezenky S mar. vys1va-
MIN. Spolu S PAM Luksovou a
Linhartovou hackovali vsechny
kvetiny a tTibarevne mar. zvo-
necky, mimo jine veci. Clenky-
ne jejich odbocky Sc neobtezo-
valy ami "a snehu, ami "a hor-
ka pfijeti do Baltimore a z1-
c~astniti Sc prace S nami aby-
chom CO nejv1ce "vydelali" ma
vec1ch, ktere mas Pomocny w
Dor vyrabf, ably z1skal co MOI
ma nejvfce pro pomoc Ceskoslo-
-venskeho naroda.
Zavrhujeme hanobu Balti-
morskem "Sunu", ktery S kon-
kurencn1ch anebo jakychkoliv
dGvodu prohlaSuje tyto nase
bratry a sestry Ia MAJESTY. Jest
nasi povinnostf hlasiti Sc k tenn
to nasim lidem jake k Cecho-
slovakGm, jelikoz "a dobu je-
jich pobytu zde NELL jsme pTf-
lezitost je poznati, re kde by
10 CO poTadano pro nasi vec, re
nikde neschazeli, coz caste ami
my jsme neucinili a velmi cas-
to Sc stale, re kdyby nebyli pr
jeli ma zabavu anebo divadlo
"Batovci', re by to bylo dost
smutne a prazdne vypadalo.
Doufame, re tato vec Dude
vyjasn6na a hled'me, kde MOI
no k tomu pTispeti, ne prisla-
povati, ucinme cole v nasi mo-
CT, ably nebyli deportovani, ne
DO poslani do koncentracn1ch
taborG. Myslime, re kazda po-
hama jejich jest pohanou nasi.
Jak Sc vyslovil mas organisator
Volta Benes: "Kazdy Cecho-
slovak je okenkem do Cesko-
slovenska". Toto kazde oxen
ko must z1stati ciste a jeden
kazdy z mas no must umyvati
je-li dobrym a poctivym &C.
choslovakem. Ones jest pf1le-
zitost abychom 81 to upamato-
vail.
Dairy dalslch naS1ch pr1zniv.
CD: Mrs Cooper, 3 move saty
Mrs. Legro, latku ma zaclony q
mnoho novych zbytkd a ostfiz.
XII. Vsem nasfm pfiznivc1m
srdecne dekuje
M. Pokorny
+ Ia Csl. Pomocny Vybol
Baltimore.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-07-25
DIVA

V Chesapeake nedaleko
Craighill Channel Light utonu-
Ii pTi loveni ryb Walter Heave-
ner, mattel taxicabu a jeho pc
mocnfk Joseph Freedman. u
tonuli pAdem s lodicky.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-07-25
STUDOVANf HASENf OHNC
VIZ VALCE.

Zvlastnf naucenf, jak hasiti
ohne, jez zavineny jsou bonn
bami anebo ohnostrojovymi
prepady, v brzke dobe dava-
ma budou, urednlk1m Baltimor
skeho hasicskeho department
tn. Ucitely budou ctyri d1stoj-
nici, jez nedavno skoncili uce-
nj, jak prot takovym ohn1m
pracovano byti ma.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-07-25
MlStnl ZprdYy.

= V nedeli, dine 27. cerven.
ce oddani budou v chramu Pa.
ne sv. Vaclava snoubenci: slec-
ma Lillian Staskova S panem
Josefem Kosojetem.
= V Atlantic City travf sv6
prazdniny p. a pf. Charles Sen
ger, {. 1923 E. Monument uli-
ce. z p%razdnin zdravf sve Bal
timorske krajany.
" pondeli pohrbena byla
re Cvachova Pohrebn1ho domu
ma Narodnim hTbitove Marie
Gall, manzelka Stepana Gall,
{. 908 N. Port ulice, jez zemfe-
la We v6ku 70 rokG pc 9 rocni
nemoci II. cervence. Zanecha-
va zde dftky: Mary, Victoria,
Anna, Charles a Helen. Ma
rozena byla v Kolfnu. Do A
meriky prijela pred Sc roxy.
Nalezela ku spolkGm: Jaromf-
ra a sv. Mihael Archandel.
Prave Sc dozvidame, re
znamy mlady krajan pan Va
CLAW Kulisek stall Sc spolecni-
KEN drGbeznickeho obchodu
Weber & Kulfsek, 602 N. Col
lington Ave-, vedle postovnfho
uTadu (East-End). Oba piano.
We E.. H. Weber a V. Kul1sek
pracovali pc mnoho rokG fly.
Weber Bros. a nynf Sc osamo-
statnili. Budou m1ti take stan
ky V Severovychodni trznici
els. 259 a 261, ma proti stanku
znameho ceskeho Teznfka p.
j. Svehly. V trznici zapocnou
prodavati v sobotu, 2. srpna.
Tam Vas obslouzf k nejlepsf
spOkojenosti pan Kulfsek. Je-
jich obchod elsie 602 n. Col
lington Ave. jest otevren kaz-
dodenne.
We stredu, %. cervence
U. S. O. Omitted Service Orga-
nisation) konala poslednf sch1-
ri. Ma akci teto organisace
pfispeli nasledujfcf:
Pan JOS. Velenovsky So;
Frank a Marie Klecka So; p1.
Antonio Shimanek 81; pf. Jo-
sefa He'll 81; p. John Kreml
81. n frank ZOubek. mi 81:
p. Josef Vonasek 81; Spolek
Fanny Marie Ustavicne Pomo-
CT SIS; James C. Ludwig Post
No. 1879 Amer. Legion (muzi)
SIS; James C. Ludwig Unit No.
l39 Amer Legion (zeny) $40;
Nejmenovana osob soc. Gel
KEN $29.5O.
Sbfrka oznamena v "Tele-
grafu" IL. cervence $3.50.
Celkem darovano $4,000.
Dekuji uprfmne vsem dar-
cum. Josefina Peroutkova.
= z vyletu, ktery pofadala
Tel. Jedn. Sokol Curtis Bay V
ned6li, 20. cervence ma Ceskem
Demokratick6m soru. Vylet
sc vydaril ku spokojenosti
vsech, "a coz dix vSem bratflm
a sestram nebot pracovali ne
unavne. Zvlastnf uznan1 a dix
patti Ces. Dem. Klubu "a pro-
pnjGeni SOru zdarma. Tez ST.
decn6 dekujeme br. Frankovi
Hajkovi Ia natisknut1 krasne
pfsne zdarma: "Chaloupky
pod horami'', kterou nam br.
J. Svitak pTedehraval a kterou
sestry prodavaly coz vyneslo
$500 a vGnovano Narodnimu
Sdruzen1.
PAM Anezka Fliegl a p1. AL
zbeta Krcek pTispely kazda pc
S1.OO ma Mar. Sdruzen1 a tez
ses. Julie Soustek darovala 81.
Vsem srdecn6 Ma zdar! K. K.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-07-25
ZATCEN We
SHINGTO

Thornley, D. Harris, Baltimo-
ran, zatcen byl We Washingto-
nu, kdyz stlhan byl nyni pro
podvody provadene a pro ne5
odsouzen byl roku 1927 ma Sc
DIM rokG do vezeni.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-07-25
cTYRMI PSY.

Carl Boyer, 13lety re 700
blocku Lakewood avenue ma
paden byl v nedeli ctyrmi psy
pri koupanf Sc ma Miller's Is
land. Byl bolestne pokousan
ma zadech.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-07-25
ARMISTEAD DOMY
500.

Cekano jest, re koncem to-
hoto tydne 700 robin usazeno
Dude v Armistead Gardens, ez
pronajimany jsou deln1kdm ma
obrannych pracech zamestna-
nych. Pocatkem tydne domy
obsazeny byly peti sly osoba-
mi.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-07-25
UsMRCEN

Tfi roxy starry Norman Al
bert Alban ma dvorku sveho
domova v Raspeburg pr hranf
usmrcen byl v nedeli elektric-
kym proudem pri dotyku ve-
denf.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-09-11
Lansing News

Mr.. Ray Blevins, an enlistee in
the army air corps, will leave to-
day for camp Lee, Va, where he
will be until he leaves for Texas
on Monday.
Mrs. B. A. Sexton is improving
from a serious illness in the
Wilkes hospital.
Miss Shirley Culliman, Mr..
Benigno and Mr.. Paul A. Frede-
rick, III, of Washington, D. c.,
were the Labor day week end
guests of Miss Marie Clark. Miss
Clark returned to Washington
with them for a few days visit
with her aunt, Miss Hattie Ham.
Those attending ASTC from
here are: Estella Blevins, Iris
Young, Marie Clark, Edith Stur-
gill and Opal Stansberry.
Mr.. Morris Eller left Monday to
attend Mars Hill college.
Rev. and Mrs. Carl Stark re-
turned last week from three
weeks visit to Sarasota, Fla. and
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-09-11
THIS WEEK
In DEFENSE

The President established in the
OPM a Division of Contract Dis
tribution with Floyd Odlum of
New York as Director to "face
the responsibility of alternating
the 'hardships which have result
ed from the defense program and
to marshal our productive
capacities to the objective that no
plant or tool which can be used
for defense shall be allowed to re-
main idle" The order was issued,
the President said, Gin further
ance Of determined move. ...>.<to
help the smaller business units
OF the country obtain a fair share
of the defense orders and to pre-
vent, as far as possible, disloca-
ton Of industry and unemploye-
ment Of workers in plants where
production has been curtailed by
priorities and material shortages.
The Division will set up branch
offices throughout the nation
where there will be available;
procurement representatives of
Federal contracting agencies to
negotiate contracts and subcon-
tracts, technical engineering ad-
vice on conversion of plants to
defense work, representatives of
the OPM Labor Division to plan
unemployment or training of
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Scottville News
Mrs. Jones Passes

This community was saddened
by the death of Mrs. L. A. Jones,
beloved woman who passed away
in the Wilkes hospital last Wed
nesday afternoon. Funeral SER
vices were held last Sunday after
noon at Mt. Carmel church of the
Brethren by Rev. w. H. Handy,
Rev. Will Reed, Rev. Mr.. Osborne
and Rev. Fred Dancy.
She leaves to mourn her passing
husband, Mr.. L. A. Jones, of
Scottville; three daughters, Mrs.
o. D: Hapner, of Los Angeles;
Mrs. Reuben Sheets, of Sparta
and Mrs. Garnet Sexton, of Spar
ia; five sons, Carl Jones, of Scott
vile; Hoyle L. Jones, of Scott
vile; Robert c. Jones, of Thur
mond; Arnold Jones, of Twin
Falls, Idaho, and Connie Jones, of
Furches; two sisters, Mrs. Bruce
Mcmillan, of Mouth of Wilson. Va.
and Mrs. Annie Nuckolls, of Cali
fornia; one brother, Mr.. Frank
Shepherd, of Furches; one half
brother, Mr.. r. Glen Shepherd, of
Scottville; several grandchildren;
and a host of friends.
Miss Lorene Perkins spent the
week end at home.
Mr.. o. D. Hapner, of Los An
geles, California, arrived last Sun
day in time for her mothers fun
eral. She expects to spend some
time with her father, Mr.. L. A.
Jones.
MIR. Bland Nuckolls and Mr..
Carl Jones returned from Califor-
MIA Wednesday morning, Sept. 3.
Mrs. Foster Hacker spent the
week end with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. H. Waddell.
Miss Jean Absher visited Miss
Phyllis Nuckolls last Sunday.
DR.. B. c. Waddell, Of Grassy
Creek, attended Mrs. T. A. Jones'
funeral.
The B. T. u, of Scottville
church visited Chestnut Hill
church last Sunday night and
gave a program.
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July. Mr.. Davies also announced
he had asked for and received
commitments from II principal
East coast oil companies to utilize
all available railroad tank cars in
transportation Of petroleum pro-
ducts to alleviate the Eastern
states shortage.
President Roosevelt authorized
the Southern Pipe Line Co. to
use the power of eminent do
main to ATTAIN the right-of-way
for an oil pipeline from Port st.
Joe, Fla, to Chattanooga, Tenn,
for national defense purposes. !"
J. Howard Marshall, Counsel for
the Petroleum Coordinator's Of
flee, said the OPM has authority
to enforce the civilian ALLEGATION
of OPACS and also to enforce a
consumer rationing program on
the Atlantic coast should it be-
come necessary.
Unemployment OF Soldiers
/ Selective Service Headquarters
announced local boards will assist
regulars of the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps as we'll as selectees
and GuardSmen to find employ
ment when they leave service.
The War Department sent a let
ter to each soldier advising of
the program for unemployment.
The Army announced it will OBJ
serve the following order in re-
lease of 100000 Guardsmen, Sc
lectees and regulars during the
rest of 1941: dependency and
hardship cases; men who COM
plete enlistments of either one or
three years; selectees and Guards
men who reached % before last
July /; married selectees who
have completed one year; selec-
/ tees who have completed their
normal term of service.
In determining the number OF
men to be released from each
unit, the army will consider the
state of training of the unit, its
location, it's mission. The Army
said it will also release reserve
officers, except those in the all
forces, after one year of service
in order to provide training op-
portunities for others not on duty
The air force is expanding at such
rate all air officers are needed
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financial facilities of the RFC and
workers in plants involved, and
other Federal agencies which may
be necessary to finance plant con-
version.
To spread defense work among
as great number of firms and
in as many localities as possible"
the Division will revise Federal
procurement practice in favor of
the smaller production units-"as
yet largely unused and pro-
mote organization of pools of
small manufacturers to undertake
defense work jointly. The Div
ison will also establish exhibits
showing parts of defense articles
needed, their number, the tools
necessary to make them and all
other information so that machine
shop owners and manufacturers
can determine "then and there"
what they can do and arrange to
do it.
Production
OPM announced military air
craft manufacturers delivered l.
854 planes during August, a rec
ord and 1914 planes more than in
July. OPM reported 2.420 defense
plants have been built or expand !
ed since the beginning of the de-
Tense program.
The president told his press
arms production will be
accelerated by greater expendi- |,
lures. The new Supply Priorities
will stimulate and reorganize de-
and ALLEGATION Board, stating it
tense production ITO the limit of
the nations resources" said its