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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-23
McNutt Worms Of Labor Shortages
In Key Wdr Production Industries

apparent in many war industry cen
ters and will spread rapidly in the
next few months, Mr.. McNutt added.
Earlier the War Manpower Com
mission listed 13S trades in which
there exist labor shortages so acute
as to warrant draft deferment of those
now engaged in these trades.
In orders to the L. s. employment
service offices, the VINO advised that
employers paying substandard wages
or maintaining substandard working
conditions should be denied labor pro-
critics
The order means that an employer
paying less than the prevailing wage
in the industry and in the area will
have to wait until other employers
labor needs are filled before obtaining
workers from the L. s. Employment
Service
While the order was hailed here as
"A breakdown on chiseling employers it
was noted that it could also be applied
to employers paying higher than pre-
vailing wages. This would be done if it
was feared that employers are 'pirat-
ing" workers.
The listing of scarce workers was
compiled by the employment service
principally for the benefit of the selec-
tive service system and the draft
boards and was based on present de-
mands as we'll as expected calls for
workers.
1t is estimated that Of 146 aiOr
labor market areas, % are now facing
shortages Of male labor and in 64 more
a shortage is expected before the end
of the year
The commission contends that the
principal factor in the manpOwer
shortage is the lack Of a uniform wage
policy and that skilled workers are
constantly being enticed from their
jobs by offers of higher wages.
Housing congestion and transporta-
tion problems are also causing rapid
turnovers in the labor force and max
ing the employment of d sufficient num-
Der of workers in tight areas difficult,
it was said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-23
Bunk Warns Of
Goods Shortages

Cleveland. o. ULNS).-Acute short
ages in many lines of civilian goods
may develop by the end of 1912, the
Cleveland Trust Co. predicts in warn
ing that the United States must plan
on a period of years during which our
one big business will be war; and most
other businesses will be directly or in
directly subsidiaries of that big one
Many of the smaller manufacturing
concerns" the bank says that for one
reason or another have not shifted over
to war production are faced with the
prospect of closing down. The most
common reason for this predicament is
the inability to obtain the necessary
priorities for purchasing materials"
Business prospects have become the
prospects of the war; the bank adds.
The developments of the past few
weeks make it appear probable that
large numbers of American troops will
be engaged in combat and that short
ages Of civilian goods will be severe.
Our worst shortages from the national
point of view are going to be those
of scarce materials, of man power and
of shipping. Not only does it appear
probable that the war may be very
long, but it seems likely that we shall
have to take an active part in its com
bats and on huge scale"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-23
Wives Of Workers
Join War Against
SkYrocketing Costs
Calls Fer Establishment Of
OPA Rent Ceilings In
Every Community

West Park, n. WIVES and moth
battle against imitation at twO-day
conference of leaders of trade-union
auXiliaries, sponsored by the Con
sumer Division Of the Office of Price
Administration.
The conference urged that women
be placed on war price and rationing
boards and also be used as volunteer
price wardens. This, it felt, was nee
essary in the winning of the war, if
women truly were the pivot Of the
community, "A description applied to
them the previous day by Mrs. Frank
lin ID. Roosevelt, who opened the ses-
sion.
1t called for the establishment by
OPA Of rent ceilings in every com
munity throughout the nation.
Every community is really a de-
fense community, even if it doesn't
have factory" said Mrs Beatrice
Abramson, president of the CIO State
Council of Womens Auxiliaries, who
COIluuCleu Iile IltptiDg.
The Price Administration also was
requested ito educate the housewives
Of the nation, particularly stressine
neighDOrhOod movies and radio"
The opinion was expressed that Pau
V. McNutt, head of the War Man
Power Commission, should make Ian
ham Act funds available for care cen
ters for the children of all mothers
doing necessary war work" The fund,
now 90 only to communities i'm war
plant regions.
A plea for enhanced representation
of labor organizations on chid-ca re
committees was made by Miss Myra
Woodruff of the Child-Care COMMITTEES
of the State Department of Education
at Albany.
Elizabeth Hawes, designer, and mem
ber of the Committee for the Care OF
Children in Wartime, emphasized the
necessity Of obtaining State and Fed
eral funds for taking care Of the chill
dren whose mothers are in war work.
She said that only one nursery haG
been set up in this State from the
Lanham Act funds and that was ir
Middletown.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-23
First Annual Award Of Spencer
Miller Scholarship Is Presented
At Labor Press Conference

The initial annual award of the
Spencer Miller Scholarship on Labor
Relations" presented by the New Jer-
Sey Labor Herald, at the session of the
Eastern Labor Press Conference, June
10th, at Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, n. j., was won by Robert
FOrsberg, age II, who resides with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Forsberg,
Is Morris Court, Summit, N. J. The
award was made to young FOrsberg, Il
high school senior, for the winning
essay submitted by contestants in high
schools of New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland and District of Columbia,
through collaboration with the HiY
organization in this area, upon the
theme of the 18th Annual Rutgers La
Dor Institute: Labor in the War and
in the Postwar Period" 1t is the in
tent of the New Jersey Labor Herald
to make this an annual award, to be
presented at the annual conference of
the Eastern Labor Press.
Young Bob's father is Certified
Public Accountant in Summit, N. j.,
which is typical American rural COM
munity. Bob is member of the Stu
dent Council of his school, plays in its
band and orchestra, and has been ace
tive in all school activities, being
President of the Charles H. Scott Hi-Y
Club. He also was a member of the
model Boy Legislature, organized in
1,,, bn ocfy yvipfnr Ia
is preparing at this time to enter the
College of Wooster, in Ohio, next Sep
timber, where he will take course in
Labor Relations, Economics and related
subjects.
The Committee on Awards of the
which made the selection of the winner,
consisted of Lewis NJ Hermann, Edi-
tor, New Jersey Labor Herald, Chair
man; Richard f. Evans, Workers Edu-
cation Bureau, Secretary; Harry w.
Fox, Editor, Catering Industry EN-
ployes Journal; Elmer J. Madden,
President, Newark Typographical
Union No, 1903; Olga Moranski, Presi-
dent, Perth AmbOy, n. j., Garment
Workers Union: William j. frost, Edi-
tor, Swithchmen's Journal and Ruth
Taylor, Labor Press COlumniSt.
Young FOrsberg received mark of
90 out of possible 100 The runner
up, with a mark of So, was Russell
Lammerding, of Elizabeth, n. j., who
received honorable mention.
The follOwOing is the winning essay
Labor In The War And In The
Postwar Period
What is labors part in the world
of today and the world of tomorrow
Is it simply that of supplying a neces-
sary factor in the production of goods
Or is it something bigger, something
better, and something wiser? l believe
that labor has chosen the second and
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-23
Labor Committee
Is Set Up In Price
Administration

Washington, ID. C.-CreatiOn of n
Labor Policy Committee in the Office
of Price Administration composed of
representatives of the AFL, the CIO,
and the Railway Labor Organizations
was announced by Leon Henderson,
Administrator.
Composed of three members from
each of the labor groups, the commit
tee will work with Mr. Henderson and
other OPA officials in the formulation
of price, rent, and rationing policies
of interest to labor. The first meeting
of the committee was held here on
June %, and was devoted to an intro
ductory discussion of OPA problems.
Members of the committee include ::
ALL. NJ Ornburn, secretary7treas-
urer of the Union Label Trades De
partment; Frank =. Fenton, director
of OganiZatiOn: and Boris ShiShkin,
economist, American Federation of
Labor.
CIO-Emil Rieve, president of the
Textile Workers Union; Sherman
Dalrymple, president of the United
Rubber Workers; and Joseph Curran,
president of the National Maritime
Union.
Railway Labor Organizations-T. c.
Cashen, chairman, Railway Labor Exc
cutives' Association; j. G. Luhrsen,
executive secretary, Railway Labor
Executives Association and Martin
ii. Miller, National Legislative Repre-
sentative of the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen.
We look forward to relationship
of great Importance to the OPA pro-
gram" Mr.. Henderson said. Organ
lied labor has a lot to contribute to
the protection of the consumer inter-
ests and living standards during this
period of decreasing consumer goods
production. 1t won't be an easy job.
| am glad to have this opportunity to
deal directly with organized labor on
all matters in which we have a joint
interest. hope that as a result of this
relationship we shall not only be able
toprotect workers interests as con-
sumers but also topreserve and extend
the legitimate aspirations of trade
unonism."
The new committee will be assisted
in carrying ON its work by the staff
of the recently established Labor Office
in OPA and by staff members of the
three organizations represented.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-23

NOTE-In her next article Miss
Glascott will discuss rs Labor
Patriotic!"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-23
ROOFERS' STRIKE Is ENDED

Baltimore, Md. ILNS).-A four-day
juriSdictional strike of AFL union
roOfers was ended on June 30 after the
union declared in a statement that I'VE
feel it patriotic duty to our govern
ment'' to return to work on military
and private projects.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-23
PRIEST GETS FACTORY JOB

Cincinnati. The Rev. Alexander
Bogioaca. 55-year-old priest of st.
Andrews Rumanan Orthodox Church.
for a machine tool concern. He took a
ten-week course at a vocational high
school before getting the job.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-23

There is a great deal of unmapped
country within us which would have
to be taken into account in an eX-
PLANTATION of our gusts and storms
George Elliott
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-23
5000 Paper Mill Workers
Get Six Cents Pay Rise

HOlyOke, Mass.-A fiat 6 cents an
hour pay boost for 1900 paper mill
workers was recommended by the
Massachusetts State Board of Arbitra-
tiOn and Cancellation sitting as media
tor of a wage dispute.
Total amount of the increase, retro
active of June /, could not be esti-
mated, but the hourly rate ranged
from 80 cents to $1O5 for men and was
AS cents for women. The average rate
for men, one mill official said, was 70
cents an hour.
The workers were represented dur
ing negotiations by the international
Brotherhood of Paperhangers, AFL
affiliate.
pected that six to nine months will be
required before recently laid off work
ers will be absorbed in war production.
All this, of course, means that not
only is labor as a whole undergoing a
great change, but that much individual
suffering is resulting during the pro-
cess of change. One of the important
functions of the Wage and Hour Law
in this respect is the automatic brake
it is placing on large-scale lay-Offs,
through the overtime provisions of the
law which tend to give work to more
people, on multiplesshift programs, thus
resulting in slower lay-Offs.
With the rising cost of living it is
unfair, to say the least, that labor be
tions. Organized labor has attained
overtime protection through collective
bargaining agreements after many
years of hard effort Unorganized, gen
orally low paid workers have had this
protection through the Wage and Hour
Law since October, 1888. There is no
justification on the basis of present
conditions for the now dying clamOr
to take these gains away from either
group.
The Wage and Hour Law, the eX-
periences of the three years it has been
in operation have shown, is not lllX-
ury law to be laid aside in times of
emergency like this. No, it is a funda
mental law that was long overdue and
necessary for the protection and de-
fense of the working people of this
country against the worries and dan
gers inherent in subminimum standards
Of working and living.
NOTE-In her next article Miss
Glascott will discuss rs Labor
PatriOtic!"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
By MARK HELLINGER

ANDOM Notes About Pictures You're Seeing Sparkling
IN its dialogue and handsomely produced by Edward Kauf
man, They All Kissed the Bride" is adult film fare that
socks the entertainment gong hefy wha Joan Crawford
brilliantly here with Mevyn Douglas her cosar,
Alexander Halls direction something write home
about.
Joan played the role originally intended for the late
Caroe such role incidentally is the Texas
Gunan vehicle which still hasn't been seand the Crawford
lady hasn't had better part since she did magnhcenty in
"A Womans Face"
had swell time with nnumerable laughs, at They All
Kissed the Bride and I'm pretty certain that will too
But I'd advise you to leave the kddies home
powerful and extremely well acted picture has been
fashioned from Stephen Longstrees 1.-THE Gay Sisters With
Barbara Sanwyck George Brent and Geraldine Fitzgerald
the stars and under Irving Rappers skfu direction THE
Gay Sisters energies keeny intelligent film that will
appeal thinking audiences everywhere But don't be misled
by the title THE Gay Sisters not comedy but drama.
And strong drama, too
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Natives Talked Freely
About Eye Specialist

AS his voluntary visitor was
loathe to talk for some personal
reason, Moore accepted his adj
vice and made hurried trip 10
the small town of Miami. AriZ.
The natives there talked freely
about the former eye specialist
and his reason for leaving their
town.
1t was a lurid tale of a 30
year-old married woman, Gladys
Lane, who had fallen madly in
love with the married doctor
who was nearly twice her age.
1t seemed that Doctor Reed,
behind a cold dignified exterior.
had engaged in a wild love, a
flaming affair which eventually
reached the scandal stage and
compelled both 10 leave town.
This girl was a highly edu-
Gated and cultured young woman
who was a high. school teacher
and dramatic coach.
Reed moved his family and
business 10 Phoenix. and the girl
went to Los Angeles to live
but evidently even distance
could not separate them for long
because they were seen together
in the West Coast city.
When Moore got back TO
headquarters he reached the
Los Angeles police and. 10 his
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Shades Were Drawn;
Dust Covered Chairs

The running motor seemed to
Indicate that the jeweler had
not intended this to be a pro-
longed visit.
The three-room house had a
musty smell that comes with
long disuse. The shades were
drawn. and over all the shabby
furniture lay a heavy coating of
dust.
That no one had occupied so
much as a chair in the living
room for some time was plain.
Beyond was "a meagerly fur
'nshed bedroom with an iron
bedstead: this too had It's un-
canny spotlcss veneer OF gray
lust.
And ii was the same with the.
.itchen.
In retracing his steps through
he house the detective noticed
IN the bedroom a sloping cell
inged closed built into a gable
Of the house, and when he opened
il he solved the puzzle of the
three undisturbed rooms in this
strange bungalow.
The closet contained a small
rocking chair whose seat and
back had been wiped clean,
though the rungs and rockers
were still dust-covered.
Against the wall leaned a
heavy, vicious looking hickory
club that appeared freshly cut
il gave of a faint scent of
woods.
II was evident that the nnys-
teriolls assassin had waited in
this tiny cubicle for his victim.
with the intention of clubbing
him to death.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Family on Tour
of Pacific Coast

As the detective finished his
investigation Of the premises, a
deputy reported TO him that
Reed was dead, having died on
the operating table where the
surgeons had labored fuulely.
Also he reported that the
dead mans personal belongings
were intact: and as they in
cluded expensive jewelry, II was
possible TO exclude robbery as
a motive for the brutal crime.
Moore's next move was to
question the slain mans family,
but 10 his chagrin he learned
that the family, consisting only
of wife and son, were touring
the Pacific Coast.
The next step was to question
the employees Of the 50-year-old
eye specialist and jeweler.
BY midnight the entire staff
was gathered at the Reed jew
elry store and questioned; but
they were of one opinion-Dr.
John Franklin Reed had been a
fair, hard working. conservative
man who 10 their knowledge
had no enemies.
A hasty examination OF the
firms books failed 10 reveal any
business troubles OF the slight
est hint of shady transactions.
One important bit of informa-
ton did come out of this angle
of the investigation, however.
coming from Doctor Reeds sec
rotary.
'Near closing time, about
quarter TO six" she began hesi-
tatingly, "a call came for Doc
tor Reed, which i took as usual.
'Tt was n woman whom nat
urally took to be n customer.
She spoke. In a low, cultured
voice.
81 didn't hear tho converse
ton, except that I think I re-
member the doctor saying,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Call on Telephone
Probably Responsible

In all probability this tele-
phone call was responsible for
Doctor Reeds presence in the
tawdry surroundings in which he
was found.
Was it an appeal TO protect
the woman against some one of
whom she was afraid?
Or sirens call made at the
inStigation OF a third person who
had a savage, blood lustlng hate
for him?
Or was II lovers call ar
ranging a secret rendezvous
and the victim being discovered
by a jealous lover or husband ?
1t was morning when Moore
had finished at the jewelry
store, and the newspapers were
bringing the first installment of
the sensational crime TO the
breakfast tables OF Phoenix.
An early rising truck driver
read il and Immediately rushed
TO headquarters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Detective Shocked
on Learning Identity

Detective Moore was shocked
to recognize the extensively
suited, unconscious man as one
,of the towns leading citizens
a prosperous jeweler and OPP
tometrist.
The ambulance intern also
seemed TO have recognized the
inert figure for he said CURLY 10
the officer:
IT'S Doc Reed. He hasn't
got n chance--six bullet wounds
square In the back. Don't think
he'll last the trip 10 the hospi-
ral. s1ong."
Moore was frankly puzzled
that a man of Reeds station
should be found in such squalid
surroundings, and his first sup
position was that the man might
have been using his front OF re-
speciality 10 cover an illegal
traffic in stolen jewelry. and
that he had been put on the spot
by some thief for some real or
fancied wrong.
AS the officer began his ex-
animation of the living room
where the doctor had been
found, a patrolman reported
that Reeds expensive limou-
sine was parked at the head of
the alley with its motor running.
but that 1t contained nothing of
a suspicious nature.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Prosecutor Gives
His Version of Act

The prosecutor went on 10 give
his version of the action that
took place in the bungalow, ac-
cording TO all the evidence
amassed by the police:
The defendant, with murder
Gus intent, hid with the heavy
club in the suffocating closet;
his victim, after entering the
house, became suspicious and
fingered in the living room
longer than Lanes taut nerves
could stand, so the latt e r.
bludgeon forgotten, came out OF
the closet in fury, and poured
the contents of his gun into the
doctors back.
This reconstructed version Of
the crime was subStantiated by
police testimony and it had evil
dent effect on the jury.
They took only four hours to
arrive at their verdict of guilty
of murder in the second degree, "
with a recommendation OF
mercy, which Judge Phelps con-
sidered when he sentenced the
thin slayer to serve from 10 to
20 years Imprisonment in the
state penitentiary.
Upon hearing her husbands
sentence. Gladys entered a plea
of guilty of manslaughter.
1.-THE moral responsibility for
Doctor Reeds death Is also
mine," she gave as her reason
for the plea. "And 1 feel that
should also accept the pun
ishment."
Judge Phelps considered her
an accessory TO the crime and
sentenced her to serve from Z
10 10 years in the Arizona State
PriSon-where, even in the des-
ert heat. passion cools, congeals
and dies,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Disiraueht Lady
Bungalows Owner

Whoever he was--and Moore
assumed IL was man because
no woman could have handled
the heavy bludgeon--he was
madly determined and alone.
But why had the attacker as
sumed that Reed would enter
the bedroom? A woman most
likely.
This assumption was justified
shortly after when a patrolman
brought in a distraught lady
who introduced herself as the
owner of the bungalow.
She said she had rented the
house that very morning for just
one day 10 a tall, attractive
woman Of about 80.
"She offered me SIS for just
one day." the landlady declared.
land she was 80 beautiful and
refined. she spoke so charm
ingiy, that I had no hesitation
whatsoever In renting II TO her.
She gave her n ame as Mrs.
Brown"
Moore relaycd 10 headquarters
description of the woman, who
had undoubtedly used an as
sumed name. and then turned
his attention 10 the back yard.
II was covered with hickory
chips. mute evidence that the
stalker had fashioned his in
tended murder weapon there
without an attempt 10 conceal
the act.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Pictures Toxic Latin Quarter

This is reality, picture of the Latin Quarter OK
Toxic Spies?-yes. ove"?-penty. Booze lots.
Turning to the side of the book listen to
Ka jioka's dream of Japan to-be
at will be the day when China and all the great lands OF
the East will wave with of golden wheat and great
mechanical hreshng will gather the grain and long
trains 1t carry away and there will be great
fruits and great valleys OF things and
cattle sheep hogs there In plenty for all to eat
There will be new forests growing where grew
before metal coming out of the grounds that
have lain barren since the earth made
There great factories and people working In them
peace happiness There will be industry and
and education and prosperity for the people"
Nice and pretty-oh? More window dressing Sly little
Jap. how thin you slice him he's still the back
stabber Of Pearl Harbor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05

who followed quickly with first
degree murder indictments
against the couple. But he de-
cided to try the man first.
Three months later, before
Superior Judge Marlin T.
Phelps, La Prade told the jury
that the accused, by mental and
physical torture, had forced his
wife to lure her lover to his
death.
Lanes motive for the crime.
the attorney commended, was TO
purge his wife of sin on the
primitive altar of blood sacri-
fee!
Further, the madly jealous
husband had given the wife the
choice of offering Reed for sacri-
flee. or paying with her own life
for their transgressions.
Torn between passion for her
lover and terror of her husband.
the woman reluctantly chose TO
save her own life.
When Gladys Lane took the
stand in her husbands behalf,
she seemed to have forgotten her
amorous attachment for the
doctor, as well as the brutality
of her husband.
With all the low-pitched tense
ness of the tragedienne, the
former dramatic teacher re-
viewed her affair with Doctor
Reed.