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The Nome nugget., 1942-11-02
Mrs. Roosevelt Calm As Sirens Sound

LONDON (H) = The Banshee wall of air alarm sirens failed to interrupt Mrs. Roosevelt as she talked calmly on to group of girl war workers in Surrey and by night, at the close of busy day, the Presidents wife had GOV cred 150 mils of English country side visiting five military estab- lishmentS.
 The alarm was he frs exper- fence under war conditions by Mrs. Roosevelt. She was address ing a group in the Home Coun- ties Auxiliary Territorial Service Training Center The girls cheer cd her uninterrupted talk.
 After spending Sunday after noon with Mrs. Winston Crurch ill in the country, Mrs. Roosevelt started her day in U. s. em- bassy car visiting an airport where twenty-tWo American girls are serving as ferry pilots.
 Braves Rain
 She was accompanied by Mrs. Churchill; her secretary, Miss Malvina Thompson, and Mrs. OVerta Culp Hobby, director of the WAACS. She braved a driz- zling downpour without even an
The Nome nugget., 1942-11-02
Heavily Damage Jap Fleet in Battle
British Trap Portion Of RommePs Desert Army
Allied Bombers Strike For Third
 Successive Day On Japs In Solomons

MacArhurs Headquarters in Australia, Nov (4') Sunday - Allied bombers, striking for the third successive day at Japanese shipping in the northern Solomons and New Britain, sank a heavy cruiser se- verely damaged light cruiser and scored direct hits on three merchant vessels This the most damage, in the latest raid was done at Bun in the Solomons, but 21 tons of explosives dropped the harbor at Rabau The Allies did not lose plane in either raid.
The Nome nugget., 1942-11-02
MICKEY TO AVA
 $500 RING STOLEN
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD - A $500 dia- mond wedding ring inscribed Mickey to Ava" was among the loot taken recently from the apartment of Ava Gardner, cur rently estranged wife of film star Mickey Rooney, police said.
 Other jewelry taken from the apartment while Mrs. Rooney was absent included $1 200 plat mum ring, an emerald ring and q gold caring, each valued al $l75.
 Mrs, Rooney recently anonunc ed that she and the young star expected to effect reconcilia- tion.
The Nome nugget., 1942-11-02

engines and dld repair work in the garages.
 Behind an eScorting car with a changing fire bell, Mrs. Roosevelt returned to London to visit the Charles Street Red Cross Army Nurses Club.
 Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel Riddle, director of the club and wife of the United States envoy to the exile governments in London, greeted her there.
The Nome nugget., 1942-11-02

Buy Defense Bonds and Stamp:
The Nome nugget., 1942-11-02
Visits Red Cross Unit

The First Lady then went over land to the A. T. s. staff college and the A. T. s. motor trans port training center where she watched with interest as the girls listened to lecture on auto
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
Cleveland Firm
Is Fined $1,000

Cleyeland.-Federal Judge Emerich
b. Freed fined Sam Forman, owner of
Ohio Pad Co.. 1900 Stanton avenue,
$4,000 today and ordered him to pay
$4,O1S.66 in back wages to 80 en-
DlOyes when FOrman entered plea
of guilty to a 24-count Indictment re-
turned by the federal grand jury
charging violations of the Fair Labor
Standards Act.
Judge Freed said, 'This IS the most
deliberate violation | have seen as dis
trict attorney and since / have been on
the bench. Falsiticati0n of records is
the worst type of violation | can con-
ceive under this act.
In response to the company's plea of
financial inability Judge Freed said,
Wage carriers are entitled to a fair
and decent wage and the Court is more
concerned that q fair wage be paid
than with keeping such establishments
in business at the expense of wage
earnerS."
Forman paid less than % cents an
hour and falsitied hour records by EN-
tpring in his books less hours than
employees worked so that it would ap-
pear they were paid the Accent mini
mum required by the apparel wage
order. In addition he did not pay time
and one half for overtime hours.
Until last December FOrman had his
plant in Gallon, Ohio. He manufactures
shoulder pads and coat interlinings.
Forman who lives at 242O Fenwick
Road, University Heights, employs %
workers.
The investigation of the illegal oper-
ations was conducted by A. a. Cohen
wage-hour regional attorney. Francis
B. Kavanagh, assistant L. S. attorney,
| presented the case.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
Unions Protest Cut
In Gas Rdtioning In
Maritime Provinces
Ottdwd Deluged With Let.
ters And Telegrdms
OF Protest

St John, \. Il. GI.NS). American
Federation of Labor unions, trades and
councils and district frdrrations in the
maritime provinces have protested
against tine cmt IN the gasoline ration
ing coupons, of from five to two gal
Ions. II has been pointed out in telc-
grams and letters Srni to the Dominion
of workers engaged in essential war
industries at such ccntcrS aS Halifax,
Dartmouth Truro, Amherst, New Glas-
gov, Sydney, GIacc Bay, st. John ana
many others, are affected by he coupon
value cut.
ThOS" depending on their private
ears to get them 10 work and home will
hay" II" means of transportation except
To- walk. As many of them live from
to 30 miles from their places of EN-
ploymrnt, the daily pr"s"nc" at their
jobs would be- either very difficult or
impossible. They cannot move closer Ia
their work because of IN acute housing
shUrtug" prevailing in and near all
cities and towns in which The war In
duSlri"s are located
III" objections to the coupon value
cut have been based ON II claim that II
Is discriminatory, and that no protest
would j." mad" If ii were announced
aS II Duminiou-widc effort, instead ri
being limited to tn" marilim" prov
incrs. Ottawa has been simply d"Iugcd
with protests at til" government action,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
1 Employment Coins
= 5,5OO,OO0 Last Year,
, PaY Records Show
Annual Taxable Wages
Esti1nuted 10 Per Cent
More Than In 1910 '

Washington, d. G. ULNS).-Wage
records of the Social Security Board
reveal the employment of 100000
more persons in 1941 than in 1910, in
work covered by the Federal Old-age
and survivors insurance system, Fed
eral Security Administrator Paul '.
McNutt announced.
These figures do not represent the
total pay rolls of the country, the adj
ministratOr added, explaining that GER
tain types of employment are not COW
cred by the system and that the tax is
not levied on an employees wages above
$1,000 a year.
The total number of persons who
worked in employment covered by the
old-age and survivors insurance provi-
sions of the Social Security Act in 1941
was 4O,7OO,OOO. The total in 1910 was
81, 5,2OO,OO0
"rhe increase may be attributed,'
said NIcNutt, ''tO the entrance into
covered employment of persons former
ly unemployed, and to the shifting of
workers from non-covered employment
! to defense jobs, practically all of which
come under the Old-age and survivors
insurance system
The average annual taxable wages
were estimated at 81 1,O31, or about 10
per cent more than in 1910 and II per
cent more than in 1899. This increase,
it was added, accompanied the rise in
average hourly and weekly earnings
and the rise in the number OF hours
worked per week in manufacturing
industries.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
British Labor Continues Onward
Mdrch But Holds Winning Of War
Supreme Job Confronting Workers

sentatives of employers and the Gov
ernment, seeking wage increases. Re-
suits of the negotiations will be re-
ported to a general conference of the
Miners Association, set for June H.
The British Government has recently
taken over all coal royalties, an un-
precedented step, involving 26.oOo
holding rights or claims, of owners
New Visiting Plan
"The British Ministry of Labor Is
now making it possible for men and
women workers who have transferred
to new localities for war work to visit
their homes at low cost Under the new
plan, workers in this group will be
given passes twice year, which will
enable them to travel any distance at
a cost of only $50.
incidentally, the migration of pOpu-
lation i'm England, due to development
of war Industries at strategic locations,
is expected to affect the future town
planning in that country. The new
centers of population created by the
Shuffling of war industries may we'll
become the nucleus around which many
new communities may develop, which
We're but sparSely populated rural
areas before the war.
"TheSc are but Il few typical exam
pies of the many things that are taking
place in England, by and affecting the
wage earnerS of that nation. Altogether
they show that labor in England as
now in America, has freely chosen as
its first and supreme task the win.
ming of the war.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
40 Cents Hourly Minimum
Fixed For Textile Labor

Washington, ID. C.-Secretary of La
bOr Frances Perkins, announced that
effective June "a, 1942, 40 cents an
hour or SIG week Is the minimum
wage under the Walsh-H -Healey Public
Contracts Act for commodities coming
under the definition of the Textile In
dustry. This minimum takes the place
of the 37H cents minimum established
under the Public Contracts Act In 1941.
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
the minimum for the Textile Industry
was set at 40 cents an hour on April
20 1912 The action of the Secretary
establishes 40 cents an hour or SIC a
week as the minimum under bot. cts
and adopts Il common definition FIR the
Textile Industry.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
Mups Pldn To Push
Busic Seunen's Pdy
At nO Conference
Seek Reorganization Of Joint
Maritime Commission Into
Tripartite Body

New York City ULNS).-An inter-
national basic wage for seafarers, i'm
proved maritime safety measures,
greater coordination of war shipping
and use of manpOwer among the allied
nations and other vital issues to be
taken up at the forthcoming Maritime
Conference of the International Labor
Office were discussed at a meeting of
the Coordinating Committee of the Sea
mems Unions of the United Nations.
The meeting was attended by repre-
sentatives of the British, Belgian, Chi
nese, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swe-
dish and Yugoslav seamen and was
held at the New York office of the In
ternational Transport Workers Fed
GRAFTON, with which these unions are
affiliated.
Meeting in London
The maritime conference has been
called in response to instructions of
last years ILO conference in New
York and will convene June 90 in Lon
don. 1t will be attended by representa-
tiNCo VI SiIl""uV anu va 'ts\
tically all the United Nations.
Labor circles voiced the hope that
one of the main results of the London
conference will be the reorganization
of the Joint Maritime Commission of
the ILO into tripartite body com,
posed of representatives of govern
ments, workers and ship owners, in.
stead of as at present merely of ship
owners and workers.
1t is expected that the American
seamenS movement will be repre-.
Sented at the conference.
Other Problems
The allied Seamen'S organizations on
this side of the Atlantic will be repre-
sented at the conference by I. Haugen
president of the Norwegian Seamen'S
Union, Omer Becu of the Belgian sea
farers, and Chu Hsuehfan president
of the Chinese Association of Labor
I.TW.F. officials said.
Equalization of the allied seamen's
wages, which in some cases differ as
much as 100 per cent, and post wal
problems will also be on the agenda OF
the London conference which is con
sidered Of great Importance infurther
ing the war effort of the United Ma
tionS.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11

Washington. d. c. ULNS). De
caused by the war. British labor, and
that means especially organized labor.
continues its onward march. The one
supreme job of English labor of
course is the winning of the war and
it is making many sacrifices to gain
that end. but its organizations remain
intact and aggressive
The foregoing is from a brief review
of labor reports from England pre-
pared and broadcast by Albert n. Den
MS. on his Labor News Review over
WJSV. Columba's station in Washing
ton. Mr. Dennis went on To say:
The British Labor Party has just
concluded one of its famous Confer
enceS,' its outstanding actions being an
almost unanimous vote to continue sup
port of the Churchill Governments war
leadership and refusal To tie up with
the British Communist Party. The
British Labor Party, all should know,
is strictly political party not labor
union.
Citriue in Unified STATES
"The british Trade Union Congress
is tho ranrasentotive economic labor
.,rou,, in En,,l,nd If has , momharshin
in axcass Of 5000 ouo Sir Waller Cit
rine. secretary of the Congress, is now
in America. He appeared before the
recent AFL Executive Council meeting,
chiefly in the interest of a proposed
Anglo Soviet American Labor Council.
The AFI. did not accept the original
proposal, but did offer Il counter pro-
poSal. which WAS taken under further
consideration. Some form of colabOra-
tion between wage earnerS of England,
Russia and America is regarded as
probable.
THE Archbishop of Canterbury Is
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
West Virginidns Indicted
On Civil Rights Charge

tharIcstOWn, ". Va. lINSl With
special prosecutor from the Depart
mcut of Justice in charge of presenting
evidence, IL Federal grand jury re-
turned tn" first reported indictment for
attacks on J"hoyah'S Witnesses. The
indictment charges city and county
oHicials with Violating th" cival rights
statutes, after Witnesses testified that
they had been mallreatcd in the
mayors Ollie" of the city two years ago.
Previous attempts 10 indict had failed.
The Witnesses said they had come
10 the mayor for protection from mob
violence only 10 be- bound by the ac'
cused officials, fed large quantities of
castor oil and then led out Of town
on rope.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
Benefit Payments Drop
Held indicating Plant
LdYoffs Are Declining

Washington, d. {. ULNS) Them
ployment insurance benefits paid by
the ~ states and territories during
April were less than in any previous
month of this year, Federal Security
Administrator Paul V. McNutt an,
nounced The April payments, he said
totaled S36.3OO,OOO or 16 per cent less
than in March. Almost one million per
sons received one or more benefit
checks during the month.
The drop in benefit payments in
April was widespread. Increases wert
reported only in Illinois, Maine, Mary
land, New Hampshire, New York, and
Rhode Island, and may be explained
except in the case of New York, the
administrator said by the large volume
of the new benefit year claims filed In
March and April.
The benefit payment activities re
ported By the State Unemployment
Compensation agencies indicated, Nc
Mutt pointed out, that considerable
volume of the insurance went to per
sons who had been laid off in January
and February as a result of the con
version of plants To war production
These lay-ofrs, he added, are now def
nitely declining.
lbs. and no more than 6 ft. III lbs
Marriage is no barrier.
Sixty candidates will be recon-
mended by each of the 8 Army Corps
areas. \ school will be opened at Des
MOneS, la. for weeks basic training
and 4 additional weeks for specialists
Uniforms, medical and dental services
and disqualification will be provided by
Uncle Sam. Oficer-trainees will receive
$50 month, and auXiliaries (privateS)
will receive S2l for first 4 months, $3t
thereafter. Graduates will be required
to serve their country at home rt
abroad, wherever needed
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
COOLING BREEZE ON TAP

Louisville, Ky.-For those hot sum-
mcr days, there's nothing better than
Il good electric fan, such as the Handy
breeze" offered for coupons packed
with Raleigh union-made cigarettes, in
II heavy duty l0-inch osciilating fan
with silent wide blades, adjustable
oscillation and two speeds. 1t Is brown
crackle finish with chrome guard.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
BOTANICALLY SPEAKING

A tourist asked Texas hotel mana
ger what attractions the city afforded.
"A helium plant" replied the hotel
man: 'the only one of its kind In the
world"
The tourist thanked him and said, 81
hone it is in full bloom"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
PANTY PALAVER

II you va bttn III ullIltE us ~
whether or not you'd have any sugar
for canning this years surplus fruits
and vegetables, YOU can feel assured
that You will. The Consumers Division,
sugar for every person in the family
will be available and also plenty of
jars, rings and tops. There will be no
rest riclion on tin cans already made
for canning - however, the supply is
not unlimited.
Sweets Without Sugar" Il new book
by Marion White gives over POO recipes
for making not only new desserts but
the old standbyS wi TIL Sweetenings
other than sugar, all OF which are
much lower in calorie content than
sugar. ReduccrS will rally to this little
volume without doubt 1t Is safe to say
that by the grace of sugar substitutes
and Miss Whites book, the future IS
safe for family desserts.
K X X
One dish meals are Il boon to the
housewife during the hot summer
months, and maybe the following will
offer some suggestions: a fuvorite of
the South is made by lining Il buttere'l
casserole with cooked sweet potatoes,
sliced, cover with Il layer of Drowned
sausage cakes, next to a layer of sliced
apples, seasoned with cinnamon and
nutmeg and SWretened W h brown
sugar or corn syrup. Add Il teaspoon
of Worcestershire to part of the fat IN
the pan the sausage cooked In and cul
of hot water and pour all over. Bake
about 10 minutes until the apples are
tender.
Another delicious one dish mea]
places Il layer of cooked white potatoes
in hultered casserole. then "A layer OF
ham sliced thin. Canned variety Is
useful and taNty). Then Il layer OF
sliced hard cooked eggs, Il layer oi
cooked CauillOWer and next layer OF
sliced potatoes Pour sour cream wei
seasoned over all and top with buttere(
bread crumbs and bake 20 minutes in
moderate oven.
Don't broil Il steak Immediately after
taking out of refrigerator. Wait unit
it has reac he'd room temperature
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
Information On
Social Security

DO you want to receive training for
lions or serving your country in some
other useful capacity? The Youngstown
field Office of the Social Security Board
offers Il free booklet entitled How 10
Get Free Training For Defense Jobs. y
Copies may be obtained by writing to
Glenn IL. I'ittenger, manager, Social
Security Board field office, Erie Ter
mlnal Building, Youngstown, Ohio.
X X X
There are no age limits for cOverage
under the Old-age and survivors in
Surance program, which Is part of the
social security plan. Workers over 80,
as we'll as young folks under voting
age, must have social security account
numbers and their wages are subject
to old-age insurance taxes, If they are
employed in commerce or industry.
Keep this in mind If you take Il new
job, and obtain your social security
account card from the Youngstown,
Ohio, field office of the Bureau of Old
Age and Survivors Insurance. Your
local postmaster will give you an appli-
cation and will tell you where to send
it.
Women who work that year In can
ming factrieS and preserving establish
mentS must have social security ac-
rn pIS of iS,
cred by the Social Security Act. If you
are going To work In any food preServ.
ing plant You may get your social So
curity card by applying to Glenn ii.
l'ittenger, manager, Youngstown, Ohio
field office, Social Security Board. The
office Is in the Erie Terminal Building
After-SchOOl and Saturday work III
stores and other business houses is
covered by the Social Security Act, re
gardless of the age of the worker. Boys
who deliver groceries, girls who work
as clerks are examples of part-time
employees whose services are covered
by the Social Security Act. All sucl
workers must have account numbers
These may be obtained in this area by
applying to Glenn IL. Pittenger, mana.
ger, social security office, Erie Ter
minal building, Youngstown, Ohio.
X + X
You may get II record showing how
much money is credited to your social
security account As this record is tn,
basis of future benefits you or your
survivors may receive in years to come
II Is important that You make sure you
hay" received all the credits tn whic!
You are entitled under this plan. Post
cards which are used to request theS,
Wag" statements may be- obtained by
writing to or calling Glenn II. Pitten
ger, manager, social security office, il
Youngstown, Ohio. The only charge
for your individual report Is one cent
for postage on the card which Mr.. Pit
lcnger will supply.
Married women who are returning
to work in war employment may Obtain
new social security cards bearing thrll
married names, If their original rar,k
were issued In the maiden names oI
such individuals. The new card vii
bear the married name but will hay,
the same number aS the original card
! Applications for cards showing chang,
of name may be OBJ ia ned by tht
Youngstown field office OF the Socia
/ Security Board. The office is In the
Erie Terminal building in Youngstown
ohio. Address your requests To th'
manager of the office, Glenn II. Pitten
| ger.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
WOMEN IN INDUSTRY

Physical litness-not just for soldiers
but for you and YOU and You Physi-
cal fitness can win this war.
If your muscles are wooZy and You
carry your only spare tire around your
middle, you should exercise every
morning of your lives Don't wait until
you sag in the middle! Start now!
School Boards all over the country
are expanding their physical education
programs. Activities receiving ma jo,
emphasis are those that contribute to
physical fitness. Activities for girls in
chde such games as volley ball, soccer
speed ball, basket bah soft ball. bad
mintOn, tennis and marching
You girls who will replace the meI
called to service must first toughen VI
your muscles with everlasting exercise
Nutrition, hygiene, sanitation, first
aid. safety ana other work of eqia
Importance is not only stressed by the
Defense Council but is being carried
out daily by pupils and teachers in oul
schools.
That extra ounce of energy - the
working day YOU don't lose, because
YOU are physically fit is your patriot,
duty. We must back UP our boys an,
we can win this war!
X X X
Would you like to become candi
date for the First Officers Training
School for the WAAC? (Women'S Aux
iliary Army Corpse
Your local army recruiting station
generally located in the Federal build
ing, is now taking applications. II,
qualify you must be between the age
of 2l and -, a high school graduate
excellent character, and good physica
condition. You must be able to pass al
intelligence test comparable to that re
quired for an army officer.
You must be NO less than it. 10