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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-01-29

There is less and less talk of sac
rltice' these days, The reason for that
Is clear-the work we must do and
the money we must pay are simply an
inevitable and unavoidable part of the
Waging of war which we must win
If we are to survive. Every American
knows what happened to those Euro
pean countries which did too little
and did it too late. They are all firmly
bound in Axis chains. Only our own
efforts can save us from that fate
Increases now planned in income
taxation will hit the middle brackets
hardest. The top brackets are taxed
I" the hilt already, and the low brack-
cts are poor revenue producers. The
expectation is that workers earning
liVe To fifteen thousand Il year may
nave to pay UP 10 four times as much
III direct taxation next year as they
viii pay this Year.
Evening star., 1942-05-31

days needs something To make HIM feel that
he is front-lne fighter, in battle to the
finish
That's why Production Boss Donald Nelson
in his very first speech to the nation called on
business big and small, for industrial lncen-
tives'' which would give more push to pro-
duction and speed up the flow of war mate
rial to our embattled fighters.
The response was quick. And every day
now. more and more unusual ideas are being
put into operation Call them stunts or stim-
uli incentives or just gags - no matter In
hundreds of plants they've boosted produc-
ton from two to l8 months ahead of schedule
and that's what counts
Planes Fly From Plant
HERE, then, are some of them - all good
reasons why American ingenuity will whip
the Axis
A Buffalo aircraft maker felt that his work.
ers weren't putting enough into their Jobs.
He decided that they were too far from the
battlehelds to appreciate how important their
work really was, So he built a takeof runway
right next to the plant. The roar of the planes
as they zoomed off for battle shook the win
dows The men liked it - their pride grew -
their work improved.
At another plane factory manager hit
upon a variation of the same idea. At the end
of the assembly line he rugged up bell Every
time fighter craft was finished and ready for
action. the gong sounded through the plant
Evening star., 1942-05-31
Men Wanted To Work
The MACARTHUR Shift
Hours: Midnight to 8 Am.
Apply Within

By that afternoon they had their 1000
workers.
This is just single sample of the endless
dramatic devices being used all along our far
flung factory front to bolster the spirit of the
man behind the machine. 1t will take two
armies to win this war - and the soldier in
overalls, working faster and longer these
Evening star., 1942-05-31

IN HE new factory was ready - miracle IN
construction - from potato patch to
- plane plant in IS days. Inside. group
of engineers was sitting around table piled
high with blueprints production charts and
mass of other paper work.
Their plans called for a bomber every
three hours if - and here was the rub - II
they could recruit enough men to work the
unpopular midnight -to-eight shift. They need
ed 1000.
The night shift is something new to this
town." said the top man, land we're not
getting very far. There must be some way.
Up spoke bright young engineer at the
end of the table. Let's put some real zip
behind our drive for more workers. This is
war. Workers are soldiers, too - let's help
them feel like soldiers. Let's stop talking
about the night shift Here's the idea. 4"
The next morning the bulletin boards out
side the plant were plastered with signs read
Evening star., 1942-05-31

War-plant workers soldiers too - and just as
vital to America Ingenious stunts keep the" aware
that their daily job is battle to crack the Axis
by Lawrence Sfessin
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Bi|I in Australia Seeks
ITO Broaden Constitution
BY the Associated Press.

aBy the Associated Press.
1 CANBERRA, Australia, Oct. L.
III. V. Evatt, attorney general and
minister of external affairs, intro
fduced in the House Of Representa-
Etives today bill designed to broad
Zen the Australian constitution to
kpermit postwar reconstruction in
keeping with the four freedoms Of
sthe Atlantic Charter.
[ Mr.. Evatt declared the present
Econstitution adopted in 1900, was
Etoo infleXible to permit attainment
sof the ideals of the United Nations
Swith respect to freedom of express
sion, freedom of religion, freedom
sfrom want and freedom from fear.
1 The Legislature, he said, must be
sendowed with power to put into
seffect the detectives to which Aus
tralia is pledged as one of the ad-
sherents of the Atlantic Charter.
Surely" he added, those ideals
sfor which our fellow countrymen
shave sought and died are worth en-
sbodying in the fundamental law
sof our constitution"
( His bill provides in part that
S~Parliament shall have full pow
ers to make laws for peace and
border and the good government of
1.-THE commonwealth for the purpose
sof carrying into effect the war aims
sand objectives of Australia as one
fof the United Nations, including
1.-THE attainment of economic secur-
Sity. and social justice in the post
war world and for the purpose OF
postwar reconstruction generally
Evening star., 1942-10-01

show them by example, not in lofty
talk, how democratic and Chris
tian country deals with minority
races"
Honorary chairman of the Cam
paign Committee. she shared the
program at a Methodist church with
Mary Mcleod Bethune, president of
the college.
Urges Youth Leadership.
Zone reason I am interested in
this school," Mrs. Roosevelt said,
rs because 1t is building youth
leadership that should be mighty
force in combating any harmful
leadership that might try to attract
a following among Negroes"
She urged "all Americans to real
lie the time is here when each must
ask himself: What rights should
every citizen have in a democracy?"
do We believe that members Of
q minority race should have equality
under the law?" she asked. do we
believe all men and women have
equal rights to jobs, provided they
are capable of holding them, that
each man has an equal right to the
opportunities of education, 20 par
ticipation in government"
These are basic steps, Mrs.
Roosevelt asserted, "in putting our
house in order"
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Winter Nearing, Workers Pile
Wood in Streets of Moscow
Women Help Capitals Labor Front
Gather Stores From Surrounding Forests

their Sunday free days to work
along the Moscow river unloading
barges bringing wood in from the
forests.
Only One Sign Of Winter.
Streetcars.. buses and rtucks
carried logs through the city to
the growing piles. One of the larg-
est Of these, more than so feet long,
Is stacked in front of the Palace of
the Soviets, which is being dis
mantled to provide steel for the
fighting front.
The woodpiles are only one sign
that Moscow is girding for the
winter.
Supplies of gas and electricity
have been reduced Even the Mos
COW Metro-one of the worlds most
modern subway systems and pride
of the capital-had to make its
share of the sacrifice, cutting down
the number of trains and cutting by
half the illumination in the big
stations.
Peasants coming in to the city
already are wearing their valinki,
the heavy felt boots which are as
sure sign of winter as robins are
of spring.
Evening star., 1942-10-01

Ms. Roosevelt. Chats
With War Wounded
AT Coast Hospital
Hears Action Stories
Of Marines, SoiIprs
Bock From Front
BY the Associated Press.

Bs tht Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO. Calf, Oct. Mrs
Franklin D. Roosevelt chatted here
yesterday with wounded sailori
and marines convalescing in the
Naval Hospital. She, congratulated
them on their devotion to duty ant
expressed wishes for their speedy
recovery.
AS she strolled through the hos.
pital wards, Mrs. Roosevelt occa.
sionally stopped at beds to hear the
combat experiences of the patients
She was accompanied by Mrs. Jane.
Roosevelt, wife of Maj. Roosevelt
U. s. M. c.; Mrs. Ralston S. Holmes
wife OF the 11th Naval District com
mandant, and Navy medical officers
Lauds Marines Gallantry.
Pvt. j. D. Casewell, U. S. M. c., o1
st. Louis, veteran of the Solomon
Islands action, grinned as Mrs
Roosevelt praised the marines TO
their gallantry in action.
In the surgical ward she spok
with Sergt. Theodore J. FaIlon. U. S
M. c.. OF Philadelphia, wounded il
action at Palmyra Island.
Later Mrs. Roosevelt spoke in be
half Of a 81, ,200,000 foundation fun,
Tor Bethune-Cookman College TO
Negroes at Daytona Beach, Fla, as
sertlng that "other nations can be
lleve IN our sincerity only as W.
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Wi||kie Is Not Overdue,
Chunqkinq Declares
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, Oct. 1.-Authori-
ties said last night that Wendell L.
Wilkes trip from Russia to China
was taking longer than had been
expected, but that he was not over
due in any degree that might imply
anxiety.
His movements. they said, were
known, but his route from Kuiby-
shev, which he left Monday, was not
being disclosed in order to spare
towns along the way from Japanese
bombardment.
1t was not expected here that any
word would be made public until
Mr.. Willkie. travelling as. special
representative Of President Roose-
welt, arrives in Chungking, where a
f1ower-decked welcome has been
prepared.
Japanese reconnaissance planes
were seen scouting near the capital
Tuesday and again yesterday
strengthening the Chinese belief
that the Japanese wanted to put a
dampener on the 'Willkie celebra-
ton when he arrives
Evening star., 1942-10-01
BY HENRY C. CASSIDY,

Associated Press War Correspondent.
MOSCOW, Oct. 1.-Barricades OF
a new kind are rising in the streets
OF Moscow.
They are not the steel rails and
earthworks which were put up a
year ago against a German ad-
vance pressing close to the capital.
Instead they are piled logs to be
used as fuel against the cold of the
coming winter.
Huge woodpiles are being stacked
in the streets and squares by work.
ers-mostly women-who are busy
on the capitals labor 'front.'"
They are none too early; already
there is frost in the night air and
winter soon will be on the city.
The labor front was recruited
under a decree last February 13 au-
thorizing the government to mobilize
able bodied men and women with
no children less than years old
for war industry services. These
include supplying fuel.
Thousands Modified.
Another Kremlin edict last April
II called up men between IA and IS
and women from IA to so for farm
work. Thousands more were mo-
bilized to cut and haul wood.
AS result there was a tre-
mendous exodus to the country of
city residents carrying knapsacks,
saws a1lA axes. .:,- -
IN forests for 200 miles about
Moscow these recruits were as
signed to cut two cubic meters of
wood a day during the periods Of
mobilization, running up to four
months. A cord of wood is 3.6 cubic
meters.
Altogether perhaps 100000 house.
wives, students and others not en-
gagged in war work Joined the labor
front. A like number left jobs
where they could be spared in
factories, offices, schools and hos
pitfalls to work on the woodpiles,
collecting fuel to be used in their
own buildings when the cold comes.
AS many as 10000 others gave up
Evening star., 1942-10-01
House Unit 10 Hear
McNutt on Traininq Of
Disabled Persons
Civilians Would Be Aided
As Well as Veterans
Under Pending Bill
B. the Associated Press.

B! the Associated Press.
Capitol Hill expected to hear to-
day the administrations views on
a proposal to provide vocational
training for the Nations physically
neutrality-suspicious. disabled war
veterans and civilians. =
Paul v. McNutt, war manpower
commissioner, was slated to appear
before a House subcommittee which
yesterday heard Brig. Gen. Frank
T. Hines, veterans administrator
declare that legislation was needed
Immediately fer the rehabilitation
Of disabled soldiers.
Gen. Hines said there already
were disabled veterans of this war
awaiting the opportunities Of voca-
tional training to equip themselves
for self-support again in civilian
life.
Not only would the legislation
provide rehabilitation for veterans
with service-connected disabilities,
but its author. Representative Bar
den. Democrat, of North Carolina
said it would expand and co-ordi-
nate Federal efforts toward the re-
training Of persons in civilian life,
regardless of whether their pi1ysi
cal handicaps had any war con-
nection.
Purpose of the 1egisla ton, Mr.,
Barden said, was to make the physi-
cally handicapped self-supporting
The measure would provide that
the Federal Government pay all
the costs of vocational training for
disabled war veterans. and add 81
to each 50 cents contributed by the
States for the rehabilitation of ci-
villains. The Government, through
the Federal security program, now
has system Of dollar-for dollar
matching of State funds for such
work.
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Hirohito Honors Nomuru
And kurusu at Luncheon
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC (From japanese Broad
casts, Oct. 1.-Admiral Kichisa-
buro Nomura, former Japanese
Ambassador to the United States,
and Saburo Kurusu, special envoy
to Washington, were honored today
with seven other recently returned
Japanese diplomats at a luncheon
given by Emperor Hirohito.
Evening star., 1942-10-01
War Appropriations
To Reach 140 Billion
Before End Of Year
New 7-BHIion- Dollar
Deficiency Bill Is Due
To Be Passed Shortly
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
An unofficial recapitulation Of war
appropriations since the attack on
Pearl Harbor showed today that the
total will reach approximately $140,-
600, 1000 900 before the end of the first
year. ..
A new deficiency bill, amounting
to nearly $1,000 ,000, 900 and carrying
more than $5,500,000, 900 for the
Navy alone, will emerge from the
House Appropriations Committee
within a few days to be added to
approximately $133,00o, ,O0o, 900 pre-
viously approved.
The staggering allotments-with
others even larger in 1943 deemed a
certainty in congressional circles
already represent an amount four
times the size of this Nations bill
for the first World War.
Spending Rate to Grow.
Congressional anticipation of even
greater demands next year gained
additional substance from War Pro-
duction Chief Donald Nelson's an
nouncement Tuesday that the value
Of this Nations munitions output
in August alone reached $4,700,-
100000.
And Mr.. Nelson emphasized that
the output was below the WPB's
first of the month forecast, that
the accomplishment was mot one
that we can brag about"-in itself
a broad indication that the war
spending rate would accelerate in
coming months.
appropriation voted by Con-
gress do not represent actual ex-
penditures. but constitute author
ity for administrative officials to
commit the Government for def
mite purposes. Thus, an appropri-
alton for ship construction pro-
gram might not actually be spent
until next year or 1944).
OF the approximately $l33, ,000,-
900 900 already voted. about 500 ,0O0,-
100000 was earmarked for the War
Department.
NaVyS snare Large.
Nearly $4,000 900 900 has been al
located to the Navy Department tc
pay for the greatest fleet in history
and to give that feet unmatched
aerial power by concentrating the
building program on plane carriers
To aid the Allies, Congress SCI
apart $5,425 100000 for the lease.
lend program, and nearly $4,000 ,000,-
900 more to pay the costs OF building
and operating merchant ships con-
structed under Maritime Commits
sion supervision.
Billions more have been appropri-
ated for such war costs as training
civilian pilots. developing airfields
war housing. and training workers
in the skills required to produce wal
material.
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Three Ringing Agents
Hurt in Auto Crash ,

b. the Associated Press.
Z LEEDS, Ala, Oct. Three bill
Sing agents of Ringing Bros. Circus
swere injured, two seriously. yester-
sday when the advertising automo-
sbile in which they were riding left
fthe highway miles west of here and
Splunged into sign board.
1 Arthur Outten of Winston-Salem,
IN c., suffered fractures of both legs
sand a rib: william Brownell Of Mi
sami received fracture Of the left
Farm and broken jaw, and Harold
sBarrows of Worcester, Mass, was
&treated for cuts and bruises at a
Birmingham hospital and dismissed.
3Brownell and Outten were taken
Ito a Birmingham hospital.
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Don't Vote for Him,
Candidate Pleads
BY the AssnciatAd praxa

BY the Associated Press.
RENO, Nevada.-Walter S. Dar-
ing. candidate for the Nevada AS
sembly, is making serious cam
paign-to get his supporters to vote
for some one else.
Mr.. Daring enlisted in the Navy.
row finds Nevada laws won't permit
him to withdraw as a candidate.
If elected, he promises to resign.
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Youths 19 and Aliens
Face Call in Conudu

4S the Associated Press. '
1 OTTAWA, Ont, Oct. 1.-Youths
lie years of age and aliens who are
within all callable age groups are
made liable for compulsory military
service in proclamation announced
yesterday by War Services Minister
!. +. Thompson. a s
These extensions Of the scope Of
the calls issued under the NATIONAL
Resources Mobilization Act Of lo40
will tap a group OF about lot 900 uen
Ii the 1s-year-old class and about
10000 aliens In the various AZ
groups subject to call
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Bitter Winter Arrives
At A|eution Islands
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC (From Japanese Broad
casts), Oct. Bitter winter already
has come to the Aleutian Islands. a
Domei correspondent reported yes
terday from Kiska. Japanese -occu-
pied base at the western end Of the
chain.
The first snow Of the season has
blanketed the whole island, the cor
respondent reported, and biting
winds are sweeping the unsheltered
Japanese camps, which are almost
continuously enveloped in dense fog.
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Lack of New Front
Calls for Extra Effort,
Russian Declares
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
. MOSCOW, Oct. 1.-Yemelian
Yaroslavsky, member Of the
Central Committee of the Com
munist Party, said in a long
article in Pravda today that the
absence of a second front in
Europe calls for double and
triple efforts from the Russians.
However, he added that to
day the USSR is not alone; to-
gether with Great Britain and
the United States it is joined by
a large part of the world in the
fight on Hitlerite Germany"
Evening star., 1942-10-01
More Wedges Driven
In North StaIingrad,
Germans Declare
SO Tanks, Mostly British
And US. Made, Destroyed,
High Command Says

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN (From German Broad
casts, Oct. 1.-The high COM
mand said today that several
more wedges had been driven
into the northern section Of
lStalingrad and reported the de-
lstruction of 98 tanks, mostly
British and American made,
(which led a strong Soviet coun-
terthrust farther north.
I'm the Caucasus district" a COM
munique said, 'embittered fighting
for fortified heights Is being con-
tinued.
I'm Stalingrad, attacking troops,
supported by Luftwaffe formations,
have driven several wedges further
Einto the northern part of the city,"
Soviet Attacks Repulsed."
/ OF the Russian counterthrust
Eagainst the German holding front
north of the city the communique
reported:
Strong Soviet infantry and tank
formations attacking the barrier
erected by German troops in the
north were repulsed in counter
tattack with heavy casualties inflicted
on the Soviets.
Ninety eight Soviet tanks, mostly
OF British and American origin,
Ewere destroyed"
| A Transocean dispatch quoted
military sources as saying 100 tanks
led the attack and suffered 90 per
cent destruction.
/ "a broadcast quoting the Trans
ocean account cited the de-
struction of SO tanks as further
proof OF the extraordinary eff
cheney of German defense arms,
and also as evidence of the quail
ity Of tank production in Britain
and the United States"
/ Further along the propaganda
4 line of attempting to discount the
1 British and American tanks-not
/ identified as to type-the Trans
! ocean account added that "simi-
I lar experience with American
{ tanks already has been obtained
by the Germans on the African
( front")
] The high command said a Ger
sman armored corps "by rapid ad-
vance from the Don to the Volga,
shad cut traffic on the (Volga) river
sand severed the communications of
sStalingrad toward the northwest"
fduring the last part Of August, thus
Amaking the attack on Stalingrad
possible.
J Barrier Position Held.
4 I'm heavy defense fighting lasting
several weeks" the war bulletin said.
Fthis German panzer corps has held
san important barrier position in the
Hace Of the attack Of highly superior
senemy forces"
I The Russians were said to have
Host Is tanks in continued attacks
in the Voronezh battle zone, north
swest OF Stalingrad; and at Rzhev,
rorthwest of Moscow, the Germans
said they made local improvements
Hn their positions despite stubborn
Eoviet resistance.
I I'm difficult, woody terrain in the
Fear of the central sector of the
Rastern front strong Soviet bands
swere encircled and wiped out by
German and Hungarian units" the
Eommunique added. The Soviets
1n these operations lost 1,026 dead
Hand 1,2l8 prisoners as we'll as a
tumber of heavy and light arms
German and Hungarian losses were
8mall"
4 Farther to the north the Germans
hsaid they encircled other strong
Russian forces and repulsed REQ
EArmy counterattacks.
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Alexandra Seeks More
Auxiliary Firemen

A call for volunteers to act as
auxiliary f1remen has been issued
by Alexandria Fire Chief James NJ.
Duncan, jr.
A training course will be started
as soon as enough men have vol
unteered.
The city is divided into ~ zones,
and volunteers are urged to sign up
with thier local zone chief. Zone
locations and the names of the local
chiefs may be obtained by calling
the Alexandria Fire Department.
Evening star., 1942-10-01
U. S. Forces in London
To Get New Cunteen
Nv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 1.-Plans for a
London recreational center for the
United States armed forces on the
lines of the Stage Door Canteen
in New York were announced today
by Harvey D. Gibson, American Red
Cross commissioner in Britain.
The center, to be known as "The
Rainbow Corner" and to open soon,
will be located just of Piccadilly
Circus and will accommodate 400
persons.
Entertainment is to be provided
by a committee of American and
British movie. stage and radio per-
formers with Noel Coward as chair
man.
Turn trash into cash and use 1t to
Evening star., 1942-10-01

Stamp, stamp, stamp the boys are
marching-and 50 are the girls-to
the War savings stamp windows Of
post offices everywhere. Are you in
the parade?
Evening star., 1942-10-01

Turn trash into cash and use 1t to
smash-the Axis. Collect that junk
metal now. ,.-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-09-10
Mechanical Chess Player

One of the greatest chess play
ers was Kempelen's Mechanical
Man, a midget who, disguised as
an automaton, toured Europe dur
ing the late 18th century and de-
feated all leading players of the
time, says Golfers. He and his
partner Kempelen were able to
fool the public because he was
very small and legless, played
with mechanical movements and
wore costume having little doors
that, when opened, revealed only
turning wheels.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-09-10
@ ~ y! y i! EEESS q! 1 &S

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skirt and window valance was cop
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to make your own rug designs in
this way to exactly suit your room.
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