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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-01-22

the opening half, although the in
vaders pulled away to II to IL
advantage at the intermission. In
the early stages of the chapter the
Thomasmen threatened to take the
lead twice but could gain nothing
better than two stalemates, 2-all
and 4-all. Shortly before the CON
clusion Of the heat, Collums located
the irons for a field goal as Hol-
mes trailed, IL to 10, but Woods
duo of shots from the floor placed
the winners in a very advantageous
position at the intermission.
During the final period the losers
tried desperately to overhaul their
rivals Of long standing but were UNI
able to come within more than thsee
points of the Sunfiower quintet at
any stage Inability to sink free pit
cbes greatly crippled the squad.
Excellent team work by the vic
tors featured the affair, Reid and
Penebaker with IL counters each led
the Goodman offense.
Lineups: Goodman 80: Reid IL,
Haynes 8, Aldridge( Green 2, Col
lums 3, Devlin, Penebaker II, Nc
Murray and Baker 3. Free pitches,
. out of %. Free pitches missed:
Reid 6, Haynes 3, Aldridge |, Pene-
baker /, Baker 2.
Moorhead 40: Smith 10, Woods
Ia. Caldwell 90, williamson, Streeter,
Martin and Ragland g. Free pitches,
7 out Of Is. Free throws missed:
Woods 2, Caldwell 3, Williamson !
and Ragland 2.
Referee: Sheriff knight (South-
western, Memphis). Timer and scor-
William Cathey Grenada Col
lege).
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-01-22
SATURDAY CONTEST CLOSE

No doubt affected considerably by
the loss Of Clark McMurray through
an emergency APPENDICITIS operation,
the Holmes Junior College quintet
flashed rejuvenated outfit on the
Goodman hardwood Saturday night,
in contrast to their unimpressive per-
Torrance the preceding evening, but
the inspired playing Of the Bulldogs
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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-08-29
INDIVIDUALS GIVE
Egan, Feir1r7,ark On
WELL Labor Day

A special Labor Day broad
cast under the auspices of the
New Haven Central Labor
Council, will be held on Sta
ton WELL, Monday, Sept. Z,
from BIS to $3.50 P. M. The
speakers will be John ]. Egah,
Secretary-Treasurer Of TIL e
Conn. Federation of Labor;
and Harold V. Feinmark, pres
ident of the New Haven Central
Labor Council.
The broadcast will not only
deal with Labor Day, but with
the 57th annual convention of
the Conn. Federation of Labor,
which will open the following
day at the Hotel Taft.
The committee in charge of
the broadcast consists of Will
liam McNamee, president, Div.
28l, Trolley & Bus Operators;
David Strauss, Local 4O4, Hotel
& Restaurant Employees; and
Nathan Sherman, editor of The
Union Times.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-08-29
State Workers To
Meet In New Haven

Representatives of state employees
from all parts of Connecticut will be
in New Haven Saturday, Aug. %, to
attend the meeting of the state council
of the American Federation of State,
County, and Municipal Employees,
AFL. The meeting will be held at the
N. H. Labor Temple, and Joseph
Capon of Local 400, State Welfare
Employees, who is president of the
Council, will preside.
James J. Clerkin and Thomas Shea,
president and assistant secretary, re-
spectively, of the Conn. Federation
of Labor, will meet with members of
the Council. 1t is understood that the
problem of full time business agent
for the Council will be one of the
main topics to be discussed. A gen
eral increase in wages for state en-
ployes, long overdue, is also up for
consideration.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-08-29
More Convention
DelegatesNamed

Delegates from New Haven unions
named this week to the 57th conven-
ton of the Connecticut Federation
of Labor beginning Sept. 8 in the
Hotel Taft, New Haven, are as fol-
lows:
Motion Picture Operators, No. 273 f:
Matthew Kennedy, Anthony Basili-
cato, alternate. Hosting Engineers
Samuel Coppo1a and William Greed.
Theatrical Employees No. a.: John S.
O'Connell, John ]. Miller, alternate.
Retail Cigar Clerks: Sen. James P.
Geelan, Bernard Geelan, alternate
Plumbers & Steamftters, No. $40:
Alderman James H. Higgins. Ware
house Workers, No. 20536: Leroy
Puffer. N. H. Federations of P. 0.
Clerks, No. 237: George C. Bannon.
N. H. Federation of Musicians, No.
234, Alexander Winnick and Carl G.
Hoff.
Louis Piazza, Carpenters No. 70,
has been elected a delegate and not
an alternate.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-08-29
Voting Hours
Extension TO
Be Approved
New Haven Labor's Lead Is
Followed By Other
Conn. Cities

The New Haven Board of Alder
men, at its next meeting, will receive
a report from its special committee
which will recommend the enactment
of legislation extending voting hours
in this falls election to 9 P. M. The
committee, headed by Majority Leader
James Higgins, held a hearing last
Friday on the New Haven Central
Labor Councils petition that the hours
of voting be changed from E A. NJ
6 P. M, as they are now, to 6 A. NJ
g P. M. Immediately after the hear
ing, the Committee voted to report
favorably.
Corporation Counsel Vincent
DOoley appeared before the Com.
mittee, and stated that cities have
the power to extend voting hours,
and offered to draw up the neces.
sary amendment to the city charter
for presentation by the committee
to the Board of Aldermen.
President Harold V. Feinmark.
president of the N. I'll. Central
Labor Council, said that the AFL in
New Haven sponsored the change
in hours because thousands OF
members of organized labor were
working twelve hours a day in war
plants, and that additional time was
needed if they were to be able to
vote. He stressed the fact that vot.
ing is basic i'm the democratic
process, and said that the war made
it imperative that everyone have a
chance to vote.
Other AFL speakers were Sen.
James p. Ceelan of the Retail Cigar
Clerks Union; Nathan Sherman.
editor of The Union Times, and
Clarence Carter of the Bro. of Rail.
way Clerks. Full CLIO support OF
the petition was expressed by Mar.
tin Hourihan, of the United EIec.
trical and Radio Workers.
That the bill will be enacted is a
foregone conclusion. Taking their
lead from New Haven, similar legis-
lation is now being considered in every
industrial center in the state.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-08-29
Rockbestos
Employees To
Meet Sunday
Meeting At 2 PM. in Labor
Temple; Local B-9O,
Tuesday Night at 8

A meeting of the Rockbestos Divi-
sion of Local BOO, New Haven, In
ternational Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers will be held Sunday at 2
P. M. in the New Haven Labor Tenn
pie, according to Business Manager
Joseph T. Rourke. Shop Stewards
in the Rockbestos Products Corpora
ton plants are urged to work for
1000 attendance at this meeting which
will be the first since the present con-
tract was signed. Plans to make every
production and maintenance employee
a member of the Union will be dis
cussed. A general discussion on all
grievances will be encouraged and all
members, Rourke declared, should at
tend and speak their minds. Women
members are especially urged to
attend.
Within the next month a COM
mittee to start negotiations for the
new contract will be selected. The
present agreement expires Jan. 2,
l943, with negotiations opening
Oct. 2. Refreshments and enter
tainment will be provided after
Sundays meeting.
Local BOO holds its regular mem
bership meeting Tuesday night in the
Labor Temple. Since many matters
of Importance will be dealt with,
Rourke urged all members to attend.
Leonard Mcintyre and Thomas Ken
nedy, Jr., have entered the armed
forces this week, making B-90's total
with Uncle Sam 49,.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-08-29
Rent Control Upheld
By Waterbury Court

WATERBURY. = Judge T. E.
Conway in a decision handed down
in Municipal Court this week upheld
the validity of the Office of Price
Administrations Rent Control act in
its restraint upon landlords evicting
tenants for the mere reason of OBJ
tanning possession of the premises.
Judge Conway's decision was the
result of a summary process action
in which the constitutionality of the
Emergency Price Control act of 1912
was challenged when the plaintiff
argued that landlord should be able
to evict one tenant and choose any
other so long as the rent is not in
creased.
The decision is believed to be the
first of its kind in the state.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-08-29
DePaola Speaks
To NH. BARRIERS

Several hundred guests, members
of Local us, New Haven BARRIERS
Union, and others working in the
trade, this week heard State Barber
Commissioner Joseph DePaola stress
the need for organization and cooper
alton on the part of everybody to
keep present conditions after the war.
DePaola spoke at the banquet and
outing held Wednesday by Local us
at Sea Cliff Inn, Morris Cove 1t
was the last Wednesday afternoon
that all barber shops in New Haven
and vicinity were closed. The Union
is conducting a drive to make the
Wednesday afternoon closing a year
round feature.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-08-29
Big John Joins The
Biggest Local nus.

John Petrafesa, better known as
Big John steward at Ballantine's,
and one OF the most active members
of Local 81, Brewery Workers, New
Haven, has joined the biggest local
in the U. S.-the Amy. big John"
has been steward at Ballantine since
the agency opened its New Haven
headquarters, and joined Local 81 in
1888. The boys at Ballantine gave a
party for him at Green's on the Hart
ford Turnpike.
Tommy Cunningham, another MEM
Der of No. 81, has graduated from
the Marines Signal Corps School,
according to word received here.
Tommy has been in the service for
seven months.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-08-29
Increase Won
By Transfers
In Park City
Silliman & Godfrey, Laverty
& Hurley Sign Contract
With No. 443

With wage sterilization a posi-
bility, Local 443, Bridgeport &
New Haven over-the-road Team
sters Union, this week waived a
retroactive clause i'm order to insure
the highest hourly wage rate now
obtainable i'm signing new agree
ments with Silliman & Godfrey and
Laverty & Hurley, Park City build
ing trades firms. The agreements
call for a flat 1Oc hourly wage in
crease. Secretary-Treasurer John ].
''Red'' Allen, who represented over
200 drivers involved, sat down and
figured it out i'm black and white
that IS cents an hour, without
retroactive pay, would amount to
more money for each driver,
should wages be stabilized, than 83
cents with retroactive pay.
Negotiations with the remaining
building trades contractors are
now being conducted with the help
of the State Department of Labor.
NEW RATES
New hourly rates called for in the
contracts are IS cents and $1.271z for
ready-mix truck drivers. The time
and-a-half rate is effective after 40
hours and after Saturday noon with
double time Sundays and holidays
Dump truck drivers, tonnage over
five tons, get 80 cents and $1.20, and
7S cents and $1.17 for dump trucks
under five tons. Each man is also as
sured a one weeks vacation with pay
Continued on Page Three)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-08-29
Carpenters, 70,
To Hold Outing

Local 70, New Haven Carpenters,
will hold its annual outing in Green's
Park, Wallingford, Saturday, Sept
19, according to John A. Johnson,
business agent and chairman of the
outing committee.
Tickets are priced at ST each and
a record attendance is expected in
view of the good feeds and success
full outings held by the Union in
past years.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-08-29
STATE CONSENSUS

This was the consensus of Opin-
ion around the state following the
hearing held Monday night by the
New Haven Central Labor Councils
Committee on Independent POIiti-
cal Action at the N. I'll. Labor Tenn
pie. The hearing was the first
direct opportunity for members of
the AFL in Conn. to declare them
selves, and this they did without
hesitation.
Peter Bernard, president of the
Bridgeport Central Labor Union
notified the Committee, which is
headed by Harold v. Feinmark,
that he would campaign for Leroy
Downes and Gov. Hurley, and
''Other Democratic candidates.
Thomas v. Haeckel, state legis-
lative chairman of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and En-
ginemen, told the Committee his
organization would ego down the
line" for Gov. Hurley, Prof. Shep-
ard, Congressman James A. Shan
ley, and the other Democratic Con-
gressmen from this state.
President William A. Scott of the
Hartford Central Labor Union,
speaking as an individual member
of organized labor, wrote the Com
mittee that winning the war is the
main issue and that men like Hur-
ley, Shepard and Congressman
KOpplemann shave proven by their
records that they understand this
war is being fought not only to-
destroy the Nazis, but to bring free
dom to the great mass of people
everywhere. Others are giving lip
service to this idea, but their previ-
GUS records do not bear out the
promises they are making"
HITS McLEVY
Michael T. MinOtti of Bridgeport,
president, of the Conn. Building
Trades Council, in addition to en-
dOrsing Hurley, charged that Mayor
Jasper McLevy of Bridgeport was
running "Only to take votes away
from the GOVERNOR" SO that the
Republican ticket might win.
CLIO. support for Hurley and
Shepard, which has already been voted
by the Bridgeport and Hartford In
dustrial Union Councils, as we'll as by
number of local unions throughout
the state was voiced by Calvin Suther-
lin, of the Mine, Mill & Shelters
Union; and by William Calm, state
organizer of Labor's Non-Partisan
League.
ROURKE, CEELAN FAVORED
Strong support for the reelection
of State Senator's Joseph T. Rourke
and James P. Geelan, both of New
Haven, and both members of the
N. H. Central Labor Council was
offered by a number of speakers, both
ALL. and CLIO, at the meeting.
A letter from Rev. George Butler, of
the Summerheld Methodist Church,
who is running on an independent
ticket against Sen. Geelan, was read.
The members of the Councils
Committee on Independent POliti-
cal Action, consisting of President
Feinmark, Sen. Joseph T. ROurke,
Frank SpadOla president of Local
2l5, BARRIERS Union; and Nathan
Sherman, editor of The Union
Times, took no part in the meet.
ing, but listened to addresses and
communications received by the
Committee. The Committee, it is
expected, will. recommend to the
Council a platform on which can
didates for office are to be judged,
and will recommend actual en-
dOrsements after the Republican
and Democratic parties have held
their conventions. Unanimous en-
dOrsements of Senators Ceelan and
ROurke are considered certainty.
Continued on Page Three)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-08-29
Locals Urged
To Send Full
Delegations
Egan Cites Record Attend.
ance at N. Y. State Fed
Grafton Convention

John ]. Egan, secretary-treasurer
of the Conn. Fed. of Labor, this
week pointed to the record atten-
dance of 1900 delegates at the
recent N. Y. State Fed. of Labor
Convention in Rochester, as spur
to full house at the 57th annual
convention of the GIL in New Ha-
ven beginning Sept. 8. Egan, a
featured speaker at Rochester, saw
concrete evidence of the serious
unemployment in the Empire State.
He was much impressed by the
speeches of George Meany, AFL
secretary-treasurer, and Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Ralph A.
Bard. Meany expressed the full
confidence of organized labor in
President Roosevelt as Commander
in-Chief and leader of the Ameri-
can people.
I've never seen so many delegates
as serious and attentive as these
Egan declared IT was also pleased
that there were so many officers Of
international unions present"
FULL DELEGATIONS!
Egan asked the Connecticut
unions affiliated with the GIL tc
rally this last week before the 57th
convention opens in the Hotel Taft
to insure a record attendance call
ed for by the critical decisions fac.
ing organized labor at this wal
convention.
"The anti-unionists are on the way
OUT was the fortnight statement
made by U. S. Navy Admiral Bard
which brought down the assembled
N. Y. delegates in a record ovation
Bard also pointed out at Rochester
that the us. Navy, greatest Ameri-
can employer, is sitting down with
organized labor to discuss working
conditions although the Department
has no power over wages.
Egan stressed the fact that on
his entire trip he saw no real build
ing outside of Connecticut except
in the vicinity of Schenectady.
Gasoline stations, restaurants and
garages are closed down even in
the center of large communities.
The Howard Johnson restaurants
i'm central New York State are being
boarded up. There are over 5OO,-
600 workers unemployed in the
Empire State.
Egan was also impressed by the
speech of the representative from the
U. S. Apprenticeship Council who
pointed out the need for apprentice
ship training after the war as we'll
as now.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-08-29

Three AFL leaders in Connect
cut sent letters to Pres. Harold Y.
Feinmark, chairman of the NesO
Haven Central Labor Councils
Committee on Independent POIiti-
cal Action, for presentation at the
Committees public hearing. The
test of these letters fOIIO,Us:
MICHAEL T. MINOTTI
Dear Sir and Brother:
"Due to the fact that I have to
hustle back to Bridgeport to perform
as a member of Draft Board 22B, |
cannot personally participate in Mon
day nights discussion on what plat
form Labor should adopt to measure
various candidates running for Con-
gress and the General Assembly.
81 don't think Labor needs a plat
form to measure candidates for Gov
ernor. There's only one candidate
there-Governor Robert A. Hurley
The Governors long runner. He
didn't look so good to us, maybe, last
year when that General Assembly wa:
kicking labor around, but he's COM
ing fast now when the chips are down
We had Baldwin before and we know
what he can do for labor. which is
absolutely nothing. No sense men
tioning McLevy as a candidate since
he's only running to take votes away
from Hurley and let Baldwin go back
to Capitol Hill. That certainly is no
secret to us in Bridgeport.
"As a citizen and a member of
organized labor for 10 years, l think
that labor has to do the job of re-
electing Hurley and pro-labor con-
gressmen. If you're pro-labor you're
all for the President. That's the way
it's worked out.
Zone last thing: We need some
more union men up on Capitol Hill
to help Joe Rourke and Jimmy Geelan
get some real unemployment COM
pensation and Workmen's Compen-
sation Improvements and a frst-class
little Wagner Labor Act for Con-
necticut through the General AS
sembly.
''MichaeI T. MinOtti, President,
State Building Trades Council;
President, Bridgeport Building
Trades Council; Business agent,
Local 2, BrickIayers, MGsOns &
PIasterers Union
WILLIAM A. SCOTT
Dear Sir and Brother:
Il had hoped to appear at your
hearing Monday night but an i'm
portant meeting in connection with
housing makes it impossible.
Speaking as an individual member
of organized labor, I am of the opin-
ion that labor must play an important
part in the elections to be held this
fall.
"Our chief aim is to win the war,
and the elections are part of the war
effort. We must elect people who sup
port President Roosevelt's policies,
both domestic and foreign; and we
must elect men who are concerned
with the public welfare, and not with
private interests.
Continued on Page Three)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-08-29
Support Given To
Win-War Policies
Of F.D.R. Is Cited

The great majority of the members of organized labor in
Conneccut-AF.L, CIO and the Railroad Brotherhood
will do their reelec Gov Robert A. Hurley Lieut.
Gov. Odel Shepard, and all of COnnecticus Democratic
Congressman. They will do this because these
shown by their records that they intellectually support
Pres. ROosevelts win the policies
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-08-29
Bridgeport
Goes To Town
To Buy Plane
Labor Day Celebration To
Unite All Groups-Car-
penters Donate $500
By PETER BENARD
President, BridgeDOrt Gu

All Bridgeport workers, whether
members of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, the CLIO or morgan
lied are doing tremendous job to
insure the success of the Labor
Day celebration at Pleasure Beach
to buy a Fighting Corsair plane
for the u. S. Navy. Local lis, Car
penters, has already turned over a
$500 check to the committee with
Local 488, Electricians, donating
500 and both unions promising
that each of its members will give
$500. The Brewery Workers
Union has also donated 500.
Thomas Shea, assistant secretary
of the Connecticut Federation of
Labor, is chairman of the honor
roll drive TO get individual con-
tributions of $40 or more.
INDIVIDUALS GIVE
Those who have given $40 or more
to date include John J.. Allen, Team
sters; Joseph Julianelle, secretary of
the Bridgeport Industrial Union Coun-
Gil Dennis P Byrnes business agent
OF the Painters & Decorators Union
and myself.
Continued on Page Two)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-08-29

To stand in good with your
brother uniopists-keep in good
standing with your labor union and
buy Union Label goods.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-08-29

How long can Labor UniOnists
expect to receive UniOn-made wages
if they do not buy Union-made
goods?
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-08-29

MOO GHOdLT5H
EIHlOO q HHvUaIT EVILS
III EELSMEHG S@gVr
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-17
WaIk-to-Work,
Threat in City
Continued from Page one)

Continued from Page One)
ODT men ask. Which DO you
want. buses OF tanks 80
The DSR manager SAID that
the city has been abiding BY OBJ
rulings. rather than quarrcllne
with them. in the belief that whor
priorities arc forthcoming Detroit
will thus stand a better chance OF
its requirements.
WILL BIZ NO ROOM
"The big trouble today"
Nolan said. lis that most people
keep ON driving their ears i'm
the belief that when the pinch
comes. they can always start
taking buses or street ears.
well, the pinch i coming
and the buses will be- there
but there will be no room on
them. They'll be packed. Right
now we carry the average war
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-17
Epic Packs
Thrills for
Readers

The 1928 most dramatic sea
story. A factual tale Of World War
III that will grip you with its
exciting description Of adventure,
the story that generations oil
Americans will he telling 10
illustrate mans ability 10 master
any fate!
The Raft" a 1912 beSt-seller
book starts in serial form in
SUNDAYS Detroit Times. continues
Monday and daily thereafter I'm
the daily Times.
Here is an epic Of the sea. by
far the best version OF one of the
great stories of sea history, an
adventure which Americans be-
came aware OF early this year in
limited newspaper accounts.
iierc Is the complete story OF
the true experiences Of three oil
Uncle Sans filters adrllt IN Jap
waters for - days without food
or equipment. "A World War ii
saga of the sea. more thrilling
than "Muuny on the Bounty
For drama, for excitement. for q
marvellous story of the courage oil
three American flying fighters
when death seemed sure, read
The Raft BY Robert Trambull
a, told 10 him bv one Of the flierS
as spokesman for the trio.
Start reading The Raft II
SUNDAYS Detroit Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-17

HONOLULU. Sept. II uNS).--
This is the story behind the story
of the last fight of the l9,OOO-ton
American aircraft carrier York
town. whose loss in the Battle OF
Midway in June was announced
yesterday.
Dive bomberS. 36 of them. made
the first attack on the Yorktown
at about 2 p. m. on June 4, but
only four escaped after scoring
direct hits.
That was not enough 10 put the
carrier out of action. She steamed
on. making sufficient speed TO en-
able her planes 10 take off from
her level flight deck.
A dozen or more torpedo planes
appeared about two hours later,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-17
x-Sheriff Loses Race
In Isabella by ; Votes

MT. PLEASANT. Sept IL
Final returns in Isabella County'S
primary election today showed
Sheriff Joseph Rawson losing by
only three votes To Howard Ken
ncdy. former sheriff. Both are
Republicans. In the Republican
race for prosecutor. Russell ID.
Otterbene won over Byron Gala
CHER by 10 votes. Recounts are
likely.