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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-26
$500 Reward Is 4
Offered In Attuck

New York City (ILNS).-Followin
mob violence against meeting Of
sharecropper members Of the Southern
Tenant Farmers Union in Carruthers-
vile, Mo-, the American Civil Liberties
Union has posted with the sheriff's of
flee of Pemiscot County a reward Of
$500 for information leading to the ar
rest and imprisonment of any persons
responsible for the outbreaks.
The reward was offered after the
union had learned that sharecropper
meetings in hall belonging to the In
ternational Union of Operating En-
gineers, AFL, in charlottesville, had
been broken up and the life Of w. NJ.
Tanner SharecrOpper'S union organizer,
had been threatened on Jan. 16, and
that later meeting on Jan. % had re-
suited in further outbreaks, despite po-
lice protection.
In letters to the mayor of Carruth-
ersyiilc, the sheriff of Pemiscot County
and Coy. +. G. Donnell Of Missouri, the
union stated over the signature Of Ar
thur Garfield Hays, general counsel,
that this offer is made to assist in
protecting the civil rights of all citizens
without Distinction
The union asked that information be
addressed to the st. Louis Civil Liber-
ties Committee, 1910 Pine street, ST.
Louis
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-26
UNION BOARD STUDIES
WARTIME PROBLEMS

Chicago GLNS).-Serious wartime
problems, incl ing unemployment
growing out of curtailment of garment
production due to shortage of mater
ials, came before the general executive
board of the International Ladies' Car
ment Workers Union in quarterly ses-
sion here. President David Dubinsky
presided at the meeting, attended by %
yice-preSidents from every womens $
garment center III the nation.
President Dubinsky emphasized the
urgency of meeting emergency prob
lens. He listed priorities affecting
garment materials, the outlook for sub
stitute products prospects for employ
ment Of /. l.. G. ". /. members in
defense industries. relief activities, ci-
william defense work and the $4,000
900 defense bond purchase campaign
started by the union.
One Of the problems, Dukinsky said,
is the possibility of employment on
military uniforms of garment workers
made jobless through wartime priori-
ties
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-26
Federal Bdsis Is Urged For
Unemployment Benefit System

Washington, ID. G. GLNS). -
Strengthening Of the social security
program to adequately compensate
workers forced into idleness by war
time changes is vigorously urged by
the American Federation of Labor in
the current American Eederationist.
Pointing out that the little man" is
taking the risk of losing everything he
has, the AFL declares the unemploy-
ment compensation system should be
on Federal basis, 10 put the entire
resources Of the nation behind it,
Emphasizing the plight of WORKER
deprived of jobs by factory conversions
10 war production and shutting down
of plants serving civilian needs be
cause Of lack of materials and other
causes, the AtL says: q
The disIocatiohs in Rdustries sery-
ing civilian needs wiyakfing to man
agement financial lasSM ii not bank
ruptcy. Workers wkJN8aye earned
steady employment ia fleSe industries
will lose jobs in Mhich they have in
vested their time Spd abilities. These
jobs have represented security for
older workers who, despite their ex-
perience and abilities. could not com
pete against younger workers for new
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-26
Professor Nd1ned
Assistant Director

Washington, ID. G. GLNS). - The
Washington office of the International
Labor Office has announced the ap-
pointment of Lindsay Rogers. Profes-
SOr of Public Law at Columbia Uni
verSity since 1921. as assistant direc-
tor to the ILO. +. J. Phelan. acting di-
rector of the ILO, made the appoint
ment.
A graduate of the John Hopkins Uni
versity and the Law School of the Uni
versity of Maryland, Rogers has prac-
ticed law in Baltimore, served on the
statfs of several newspapers, and has
been member of the faculties of the
Universities of Virginia, Harvard Am,
herst and Chicago
His administrative assignments have
included the posts of research assistant
in the Z. S. Tariff Commission in 1913
secretary of the Governors Advisory
Commission of the Cloak, Suit and
Skirt industry. New York City. from
1924 to 1926: in 1928 he was appointed
Moreland Commissioner 10 investigate
Labor In 1888 he was deputy admin
istrator of the National Industrial Re,
covery Act and later was the chairman
of The Board of Labor Review of the
Federal Emergency Administration Of
Public Works
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-26
New Orleans Archbishop
Denounces Sdles TuX

New Orleans (ILNS).-StriEing at
the principle of sales taxes on the com
mon mans necessities, Archbishop
Rummel in an address predicted The en-
actment of such Federal tax would
crush the hearts of millions of Ameri-
can citizens
The archbishop warned of the mo-
rale-destroying effect of grinding down
those who already pay heavy taxes
from meagre earnings. Breed diScon-
tent and you nurture the germs that
disintegrate morale, the archbishop
said.
national tasks and problems upon
which they can cooperate and where
their enthusiasm and freshness of
mind will find an outlet in national
service.
Home Guard Training For Some
The first enrolment of the boys of
II will probably benefit most the Home
Guard, the Sea Cadets, and the Air
Training Corps. 1t is intended to lower
the recruitment age for the Home
Guard to 16 for certain duties that
boys of that age can undertake Boys
of II are to have even fuller Oppor-
tunities in this great volunteer defense
force as well as others in which they
can get real pre-serVice training. But
training of a civil character, extended
after-school education, vocational train
ing. athletics, and organized youth ac-
tivitieS which inculcate the principles
of social discipline and the practice
of social ethicS-nOne Of this Will be
allowed to take Il second place in the
redr Of pre-seryice training.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-26
Convicts in Sing Sing
Prison Purchase Stamps

New York City-Robert J. Kirby
ing reports that many inmates who
earn only > cents Il day by prison Labor
are spending p cents a week to buy
defense savings stamps Since the at
tack on Pearl Harbor they have pur-
chased $925 worth, he said, adding that
this necessitates their giving up cigar
cites and other small luXuricS The
prison employees are now enrolled III Il
payroll deduction plan.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-26
Defend Ndninq
Of MelvYn Douglas
Attacks On Movie Actor Are
Held Unfounded
Slurs

Washington, ID. G. ULNS).-Appoint-
to Il post in the Office of Civilian
Defense, which brought criticism from
some members of Congress, was vigor-
ously defended by Labor organizations
in kilograms to James Nj. Lands, new
head of the OCD, and others.
In a telegram to International La
Dor News Service, the Kern County
Labor Council, G. II. Woodward, sec
retary, Bakersfield, Calf, said:
"'rhe Kern County Labor Council,
representing 5000 affiliates, strongly
protests against the attack on Melvyn
Douglas. We consider Douglas COM
petent executive and his appointment
is in furtherance of liberal, construc-
tive democracy. We regard the attack
upon him as an attempt of reaction
aries to destroy national morale"
Screen Actors PROTEST.
The Screen Actors Guild, Hollywood,
Calf, sent the following wire to Adj
ministrator Lands:
while some Congressman have been
getting publicity by making insulting
remarks about actors, actors have been
working to win the war; SO long as
there are war jobs to do, actors will
do Them
"In the last war, Melvyn Douglas
ran away from home to enlist in the
Army and contribute what he could do
fnr his n This MnlVNn
Douglas is giving up lucrative screen
employment TO work without pay, CO.
Ordnating the use of creative talent In
help sell victory bonds, to carry ON
public information work and otherwise
aid the war effort"
The telegram said that the OCD
picked Il man with the "kind of eN-
perience needed to do the job when it
appointed Douglas.
From New York, the council of the
Actors Equity Association sent the fol-
lowing telegram to the Senate:
".As patriotic, loyal and generous
supporters of this nation in the pres
ent emergency, as in every past emer-
gency. whose members are in every
branch of the armed forces and who
support every war effort with our
time, talent and money. the members
of the theatrical profession represent
ed by the Actors Equity Association
deeply resent the Slurs cast upon us
by Congressman FadiS, Ford, Taber,
Hoffman, etc.
Charges Held Scurril0us
NO single group in the country is
doing more for its war efforts at this
time than the people of the theatre,
screen and radio. On their behalf, we
ask the Senate to eliminate from the
bill recently passed by the House OF
Representatives all the untrue and
ScurllouS charges against the people
of the entertainment profession and IFS
prohibition of the use of Federal funds
in connection with theatrical perform
ances. We make this request on behalf
of aall actors and actresses of the
legitimate and musical comedy theatres
of Americaa."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-26
Uniform Benefits ASKED

THE problem of these workers, I'M
employed through no fault Of their own
but because Of national needs, is essen
TALLY that for which unemployment
compensation exists. 70 Indemnity
these workers for their losses. unem-
ployment benefits must be paid them
promptly, adequately and for the period
during which they are readiusting.'
The AF'L goes on to say that it is
obvious that benefits should be uniform
and that administration must be ma
tional.
The L. S. Employment Service" it
adds, has already been nationized in
order to meet labor supply require
ments. The problem Of meeting the
needs of war unemployment is properly
only the emergency phase Of the ok.
pansion and improvement necessary to
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-26
President Condemning Poll
Tax, Defends FSA Looms For
Payment Of Impost In South

Washington, ID. C. ULNS).-Making
1t plain that he has always been op-
posed to the poll tax as Il requirement
of voting, President Roosevelt defended
household budget loans by the Farm
Security Administration which include
funds for payment of poll taxes.
The President had previously indi-
Gated that he disapproved such FSA
operations. At later press conference,
he told reporters that he had spoken
on Il premise which made it appear to
him that the Federal Government was
paying poll taxes for loW-income tenant
farmers. Under the F'SA method, he
cOntended, this was not true
Roosevelt went on to say that by
including i'm budget loans funds for poll
tax payments, such levies were not
paid by the government in any shape
or form.
Tax Loans Held Proper
Inclusion of poll taxes, along with
other budgetary necessities and obliga-
tions, the Chief Executive asserted,
was proper for they all involved legiti-
mate liabilities of an individual.
The President went on to say his
respects to Congressional opponents of
FSA loans for paying poll taxes, which
in many instances included large az
rearS. Those who criticize the loan
plan, he said, were of the type of mind
who hailed or s years age Il pro-
pOsal to prevent persons on WPA rolls
from voting. Cheers and yells went up
from those of such a mind, he remark
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-26
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): MRS. ROOSEVELT AIDS
}: UNEMPLOYED PAINTERS 4

X New York City.-Mrs. Franklin :
:: ID. Roosevelt's intercession with
= the War Production Board in be-
< half of 10000 unemployed New
= York City painters brought quick
\ results.
< Michael Di SilvestrO, secretary
X treasurer of the New York Dis
x trict Council of the brotherhood I
;. of Painters, Decorators and Paper
\ hangers of America who ap-
= pealed for Mrs. RooSevelt'S assist
\ ance on Jan. u, reported that gov
= ernment officials had set in mo-
;. tion machinery to get the painters
y temporary cash relief, free re-
x training in needed war production
= Skills, and a considerable number
x of war jobs.
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-26

ed, at the suggestion that citizens
should not vote because they were
poor.
Lifetime Opponent of Tax
All his life, the President added, he
had disapproved of the poll tax.
The poll tax, which is opposed by
organized labor and has been de
nOunced by American Federation of
Labor conventions, exists in eight
Southern states as prerequisite for
voting. 1t deprives millions of poverty
stricken white and colored citizens of
the right of suffrage.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-26
meet postwar needs.
Disability Benefits Advocated
nable our social security system to

enable our social security system to
meet postwar needs.
Disability Benefits Advocated
"Federal unemployment compensa-
tion should be the basis, with provision
for supplementary grants when requir
ed for emergencies. The scope to pro-
vide compensation for loss OF earning
power due To both temporary and per-
maaneut disability, and coverage for
the whole system should be extended
as generously as possible.
~ single pooled fund to which work.
crs and employers contribute, supple
mented by Federal grants for emer-
gency purposes, will provide the maxi
mum Of benefits with the lowest costs"
in ending, the AFL points out that
Great Britain has already found op-
pOrtunity to strengthen her social in
surance and declares that we should
not delay in doin" likewise"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-20
13-YEAR OLD BOY
GETS STORY AWARD

Fifteen-year old Brooke Hayden's
eyewitness story Of the bombing Of
Pearl Harbor December 7th last, won
for him recently the "story-of- the
year" award Of the Middle States
Interscholastic Press Association,
which met that day in Wilmington,
Del
The youth, son OF a naval officer
stationed in Hawaii, wrote his account
of the attack for the Wicomico High
School News, of Salisbury. His faith
er sent his to Salisbury soon after the
war began.
His story was chosen from among
thousands entered by students in
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
Nav Jersey, and Virginia.
Murray j. Ewing, editor of Cecil
Wing, Ellton, was selected for the
j. w. Hirons award for having done
the most to encourage scholastic
journalism during the year" in the
Middle States area.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-20
WOMAN'S BODY FOUND
BY SIDE OF ROAD

The mangled body Of Mrs. Agnes
McMichael, 81, was found beside rail
way tracks, 30 feet south Of Broad
street crossing in Wyoming at $40
A. NJ. recently, by William Thomas
Cannon, brakeman on a shifting en-
g.ne.
Her husband, Charles H. McMichael
a brick mason, told police Mrs Nc
Michael had been in i'll health for
some time. The night before she re-
tired at o'clock. He did not know
she had left the house until he was a
wakened by police early in the morn
ing. Police have not yet learned the
time the fatality occurred Or THAT
train struck her.
Mrs. McMichael is survived BY four
sons-James and John Of Wyoming,
Charles, who lives near Wyoming, and
Edwin, a private now with the U. S.
Army in Panama Coroner William
NJ. Chambers of FELTON, has not set a
date for an inquest.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-20

Snow Hill and Girdletree, this coun-
ty, before moving to Greenbacllville,
Va, in 1884. She was the widow Of
TIE late John Jones.
For nearly u years She had smok-
ed pipe, without affect upon her
health. She had never smoked a Gig
arctic, never attended movie show
and was a self-styled "red-hot Dem
ocrat.
Four sons survive. They are:
George e., Of Wilmington, Del, John
w. Jones, Chincoteague, Selby T.
Jones of Greenbackville, Va, and
Robert T. Jones, of Franklin City,
Va, % grandchildren, "A great
grandchildren and great-great-
grandchildren.
Funeral services We're held Thurs
day, a week ago, at p. M, in a Viii
mington, Del, funeral home. Inter
ment was made in Silverbrook ceme-
terry.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-20
FROM OUR
EXCHANGES


The following is the story told by
Lemuel A. Thompson, Jr, Of the hap
penings on the night Herman Elwood
Stevens, Jr., was shot by a State
Guardsman at the bridge over the
Kent Island NarrowS.
I'VE had been out with these girls
that night, at Matapeake and riding
around on Kent Island. We hadn't
been off the island except when we
went to Grasonville to get 'Woody's'
girl. When we came out from Schee's
Restaurant, we left and dropped my
girl at Chester, then went to Grason-
Vile to take 'Woody's' girl.
After putting his girl out, we
came right on back over the bridge
with no trouble at all, and when we
saw this car parked in the lane this
lane is about one-half mile from the
draw Of the bridge, and is a public
road used by the watemen in going
to and from their boats), we thought
it was a friend of ours. It was a very
moonlight night. We turned in there
and saw it was a Ford instead of
a Mercury when we got about 50 or
rs feet from the car. Then Woody
said, Let's go home. We started
backing out We heard one shot
which sounded like it was in the air
The next must have come in the car
Woody said Stop, some crazy son
of a gyp is shooting. Get out of here
quick He opened the door to get out
and fell out, shot We didn't see or
hear anyone Didn't know where the
shots were coming from Nobody
dreamed of any guards being that far
down there. l got out the door and
ran around to him. / just thought he
was kidding when he fell over. After
l got out l hollered for help, and
shook him, but he never made a
sound. I tried to flag car which
came over the bridge. He slowed,
kept on going. There were more shots
after ! got out Of the car and hOller-
I'd. 50 guards came N help ID any
thing while he (tne Stevens boy) ms
there.
Il didn't know what else to do, 50
I started running up to Kelley's Gar
age for help. l got in the middle of
the road, and l tagged Ralph Baker,
Jr., going toward Grasonville from
the Island He stopped, and I told
him somebody had shot Woody
didn't know who had shot him. l
jumped in the car with Baker, and
when l got back there were a bunch
of guards standing there looking at
him. When we got out of the car and
ran across the road to him, one of the
guards said he (Woody) was hit in
the shoulder and wasn't hurt bad.
Ralph Baker felt his pulse; it was
very faint then.
"One of the guards and Ralph Bak-
er put Woody in the car and we took
aim to Easton as fast as we could go.
He bled to death in my arms"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-20
1O2-YEAR OLD WOMAN
DIES IN WILMINGTON

Death has claimed Mrs. Nancy Reed
Jones, who celebrated her 102nd
birthday last September 1.
Mrs. Jones who moved from Green
backville, Va, three weeks ago to live
with her son George E. Jones, in Will
mington, Del, died in that city on
Monday March 2, following a brief
illness.
Born at Chincoteague, Va, in 1889,
the deceased spent several years in
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-20
ONANCOCK CASHIER OF
NATIONAL BREAKS LEG

G al Ioyne,, Jr, popular cashier
ST the First National Bank, Oman
cock, Va, broke his right leg in four
places Monday evening, March Q. u
bout 8 o'clock. Mr.. Joynes was ON
his way from mis- home TO the bank.
AS ne passed Mrs. u. Q. Sturgis'
home, his attention was attracted to
some one in the hedge at Mrs. Stur-
gis' home Knowing that Mrs. Stur-
gis had been annoyed recently by
some one prowling around her premi-
ses at night, he decided to see if ne
could help apprehend the party by
coming up on him from the rear of
the house and causing him to come
out the front way.
He passed Mrs. Sturgis' home and
went up the walk of the home of the
late R. L. Shield. He was cutting
across the lawn in a half trot, when
he stepped in a hole, where a tree
stump had rotted He twisted his an
kle and broke his leg in four places
below the knee.
After the accident Mr.. Joynes en-
deavored to get help by calling Be-
ing unable to make anyone hear him,
ne dragged himself to the Shield
home, now occupied by Rev and Mrs.
Roscoe Prince and Mr.. and Mrs. J. P.
Jones, who carried him into the home
and called Or. J. w. Robertson. Mr..
JJynes is getting along nicely.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-20

What Type Is Your Home
Is Furnishing 1t One P oblem
You Find Very Difficult NOw9

Your biggest problem today making the decisions that
will give you home furnished just you want it. Our
than third of century experience qualities us
to be helpful to you in furnishing your home. From
kitchen to bedroom we're ready to give you the kind
of furnishing aid you dream about. We're ready to
supply you with the kind of high quality furniture you
want And best of all you'll find the prices the kind
that easily fit into your budget Make point to drop
in and discuss your furniture problems with We'll
be simply wild about helping you.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-20
sections like a fan.

For those who still use vinegar
cruets, here is one way to clean them
shake crushed egg shells and lit
tie water vigorously in the cruet and
it will remove that cloudy look which
the bottle often has taken on.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-01
With WARD SCHULTZ
Detroit Times Financial Editor

pcllcrs and is setting new highs
weekly in two midwestern plants
Engineers rate this Job extremely
high in the precision field.
Although volume will be tremen.
dous, profit margin on this type
work cannot be estimated accu'
rately in advance.
ANOTHER DETROIT company
the Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Com.
pany, is now virtually 100 per cen,
on war work. Eureka started many
months ago to make gas mask:
and has added to its war contracts
since.
Some sales OF replacement parts
and vacuum cleaners from stock
will continue 10 show in shipment!
for the final quarter of the cur
rent fiscal year, however.
Volume. though. during that pc
Rod ending July 81. will be wei
under the third quarter ended
April 30.
Despite this fact profits for tho
fiscal year ending July 81. should
exceed the Sl.l4 d share earned or
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-01
Costly Stones
OPA Extends Price Ceiling
Over Most JeweIry

WASHINGTON. July !. - BY
limiting types of stones which arc
exempt from price ceilings as
precious stones" OPA today had
extended price ceilings over most
types OF jewelry.
An amendment to general price
order defines precious stone"
which are exempt from ceilings as
any ruby, sapphire. emerald, nat
ural pearl or diamond weighing
more than one carat, or any semi
precious stone after sale by the
cutter. when cutter has received
more than 500 for sale of stone.
Synthetic stones and cultured
pearls will not he considered
precious stones. OPA said. Where
two or more diamonds with aggre-
gate weight Of III carats are set
in one mounting, the diamond
shall be considered precious.
OPA said this definition will
bring under provisions of general
price regulation, jewelry
sold by jewellers and department
stores along active lines ranging
to about $500.