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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-13
Employees at High
Standard To Set
UpLodge of lam
By SOL NEWMAN

Employees at the High Standard
Mfg. Company already enrolled as
members of the International Asso.
citation of Machinists, AFL, have
applied to the Washington Office
for charter to set up new Lodge
composed only of the maintenance
and production workers in both
plants of this New Haven firm. The
drive for book members is pro.
crossing very rapidly on all shifts
and i'm all departments and meet.
ing will soon be held for the cleo
ton of temporary officers, accord
ing to Grand Lodge Representative
Fred Cederholm, now handling the
drive until Clark Goodrich, recuper.
ating here, is sufficiently strong to
resume work.
REGULAR MEETINGS
Arrangements are being made to
hold regular group and departmental
meetings. Key men have been in
structed to get more authorizations
and applications from the N. H.
Labor Temple, 139 COTE Street, as
soon as they need them. A special
dispensation from Washington for the
low So initiation fee during the char
ter period has speeded inductions. The
officers to be temporarily filled are
president, recording secretary, fnan-
cial secretary and treasurer.
SERVE NOTICE
The LAM. served notice this week
that the NL.R.B. would again be
asked to put the Mutual Aid Associa-
ton of the Company in its place if it
made further attempts to come into
the picture as labor organization.
Cederholm also asked if it wise for
any other labor organization to come
into the picture at this stage of the
drive. The only result the CLIO.
union could bring about would be a
division of the workers from which
only the Company would benefit.
TUBE BENDING co.
Goodrich reported that documen.
tary evidence signed by himself and
LAM. Attorney Jerome Y. Sturm
has been presented to the N.L.R.B.
proving that the American Tube
Bending Mfg. Co. of New Haven
did interfere with the Board cleo
ton held among its employees last
December. A formal hearing on the
charges is expected to be held soon.
The Second Region of the Board
has already found the charges cor
rect.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-13
Rockbestos
Time Rating
Study Opens
Contract, Including New
Hourly Minimums, Will
Be Retroactive

The negotiating committee of the
Rockbestos Division, Local BOO,
New Haven Electricians, was to
meet with B. Ell. Reeves, vice-presi-
dent and general manager of the
ROckbestos Products Corporation
Thursday to continue rating the
jobs according to their skill, ability
and hazard. The firm and the
Union began the job Monday after
no outside firm was found available
to do the job. The contract when
completed will be retroactive to
June 1. The agreement on the new
basic hourly minimus will also be
retroactive to that date.
Local BOO has also negotiated
new wage scale for journeymen
electricians with the general con-
tractors raising the hourly rate
from $l.371z to $3.50.
AL CONTRACTS COMING
Joseph T. Rourke, business manager,
declared that the Rockbestos negotia-
tons were no picnic but that the time
taken would be justified by a con-
tract all New Haven labor would be
proud of.
In addition to the new wage scale
for journeymen in Local BOO, the
periodic wages of the Swear appren-
tees were put in writing for the first
time. Beginners will receive 4Oc an
hour for the first six months; SOC for
the second, 55c for the first half of
the second year and 6Oc for the re-
mainder; zoe the first half of the
third with IS the remainder, 80 and
90 the fourth year and $1.0O and
$1.10 the fifth.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-13
C.L.U.'s Hear
Talks On Prices

Miss Marshall from the Hartford
office of the Office of Price Admins
tration, and a representative of the
Connecticut Federation of Labor will
address the Bridgeport, Hartford and
Waterbury Central Labor Unions on
June "a, June 10 and June II, respec-
lively, according to Secretary-Treas-
urer John ]. Egan.
They will discuss the price freezing
regulations and answer all questions
of the membership during the hour
allowed by the central labor bodies.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-13
Clio Proposes
Win The War
A United National Labor
Council To Promote
Unity Suggested

| WASHINGTON = Calling of a
great national convention of represen-
tatives of all national and international
unions in the country for the purpose
of obtaining joint labor action on vital
war issues has been proposed by the
CIO executive board.
The resolution called upon the ALL
CLIO six-man Labor Victory Com
mittee" to take the lead in organizing
National Conference to Win the
War" at which representatives of all
CLIO and AFL national and interna-
tiona1 afiliates would meet.
''This conference" the resolu-
ton declared, ''shall take up such
basic and immediate issues in con-
nection with the war as increased
production, political support to
those candidates in support of the
President of the U. S. and the war
effort, and increased labor partici-
patton in the executive and admin
istrative branches of the govern
ment to assure labOr's contribution
to the war effort
JOINT COUNCIL
Also proposed by the Go was a
joint meeting of the AFL and Go
executive councils in order to estab-
1ish United National Labor Council
with the power to explore the prob
lem of promoting organic unity be-
tween the two great labor organiza-
lions.
The double-p1y resolution, Go
President Philip Murray told re-
porters, constituted an answer to the
proposal made by the recent AFL
executive council meeting for immedi-
ate resumption of peace negotiations
between the two standing peace COM
mittees.
AVOID FRICTION
1.-THE CO." the resolution said,
'does not intend to permit anyone
to interfere with the nations war
effort by injecting the false issue
of immediate organic labor unity,
thereby hoping that efforts to
achieve this end would create dis
putes and friction that would
undermine the growing cOllabOra-
ton and cooperation between the
AFL and CLIO behind President
Roosevelt and the nations war pro-
gram.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-13
Cleveland M.P.O. Men
Give Two Ambulances

CLEVELAND.-Two $1,000 am
balances for civilian defense have been
donated to the police department by
the Motion Picture Operators Union
(AFL).
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-13

Most of the Is, 900, 900 cars that
have ''gOne out of circulation in
the last six years have ended in auto
graveyards.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-13
WHAT TO DO

Mention THE UNION TIMES
when shopping, and help Labor's
Own Paper grow.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-13
Bridgeport
Credit Union
Sells Bonds
Division $50 Members Buy
$1,000 In Less Than
One Week
By PETER BENARD
President, Bridgeport Central


Labor Union
The majority of the C. r.. & l..
members of Div. 459, Bridgeport
Motor Coach Employees, / have
talked to, feel now that it was better
to have their new agreement signed
than to have the negotiations still
dragging on. The wage increase of
Sc an hour for 700 employees comes
to $4,000 year wrested from
the Company by the Amalgamated
Association, not counting overtime
and conditions won for the subs.
Div. 459's federal credit union is
also doing a splendid job selling war
savings bonds with close to $1,000 sold
in less than week. John M. Hurley
is president of the credit union. Lester
Par6tt, president of the Division, also
informed me that THE UNION
TIMES plans to put bulletin board
in the C.. r. & L. lunch where most
of the members snatch quick bite
between runs. With the contract out
of the way, the dimout and how to
make time in it is their main topic
of discussion now.
Steps have been taken here to deter
mine whether it is true or false that
many qualified Bridgeport residents
cannot get jobs in war industries while
factories import men from scattered
sections of the country. Numerous
complaints have been received by
Park City labor officials that qualified
Bridgeport residents were unable to
obtain employment.
WHAT TO DO
The Bridgeport Central Labor
Union will seek to sift out the
veracity of the complaints. For this
reason I am asking qualified work.
ers with at least five years residence
here, am unable TO obtain jobs, to
notify me and will take their cases
up with thu, manufacturers. My ad-
dress is 1886 East Main Street and
the telephone number is 5000.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-13

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Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21
Help Make Christmas
At Custer a Merry One

THERE'S nobody lonesomer than new soldier in a
L post on Christmas Day.
Even old timers dread Christmas in camp but they're
wise to the ways of soldier and they know how make
themselves snug and relatively cheerful
To soldiers, though, it is inevitably bleak day
because mostly they young and not yet adapted
army conditions and it is their first Christmas away from
home.
This year at Fort Custer necessary circumstances
will keep than 10000 soldiers in camp Christmas
You help brighten the occasion by contributing
to the Christmas gift pool This is sort of clearing
house through which little token is given many
soldiers as possible.
The pool is short of gifts and there won't be nearly
enough to go around unless the public gets busy right
now
If you want to help, buy some inexpensive present
candy for instance cake cigarets razor blades
olive drab socks neckties. N.N MA
BUY YOUR PRESENT IMMEDIATELY so IT
WILL GET THERE ON TINE.
Mail it to The Christmas Gift Pool, Fort Custer
Michigan.
You will thus make some gum and lonely youngster
happy on Christmas and you will make yourself sur
prisingly happy too.
But DO 1T NOW.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21
The War Fronts

EUROPE - Raj hlockbusters
blast German industrial port
OF DuiSburg by night. follow
ing heaviest daylight raid Of
war yesterday by American
bomberS on important Nazi
base at Romilly sur Seine.
France; al least 40 German
fighter planes shot down by
Flying Fortresses and Liberia
tor bombers. Page II.
RUSSIA-Soviets announce A.
230 Germans killed or cap
tured in Central Don offensive:
Russians believed in outskirts
OF Millerovo. page ~.
NORTH AFRICA-French cap
ture important Axis center 50
miles from SousSe. in southern
Tunisia. page p British
attack Rommels army 155
miles west OF FL Aghclla.
page -.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21
FOO Busy To Pose
Composer Berlin Talks EssIy on Any Subject,
Even Himself Likes White Christmas
BY LINTON ARKLES

on the dice and he loves 10 talk.
lie talks about everything includ-
ing Irving Berlin, with easy grace,
and he tells you. with no trace
.of embarrassment or bragadoccio
that he thinks White Christmas
Is a great song.
Its a great song" he tells
you, because it-like Always
and Remember - has quality.
Some songs are hits and then
-die-anaf- -othnF=EeHes- have
quality, and that keeps them
alive"
He shows no marks Of the ter
rife strain he has been under
since MS hit show. This Is the
Army took the road. He wrote
1t, staged it. directed ii and acts
IN IT. and came TO Detroit after a
whole day on a train looking as
fresh as lettuce.
With a plate Of spaghetti and a
slice OF cold turkey on his lap. he
tried 10 explain Irving Berlin 10
(Conffnuad 80. n. ri,
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21
POUND AIRsTRIP

Allied forces had formed q
horseshoe line OF attack around
the japanese airstrip southeast of
Buna and were pounding away
with mortars and machine gun
fire. bombs and aerial strsfiing
and the tanks.
Don CaSwell, United Press cor
respondent at the front, reported
that the tanks were l3-ton Gen
eral Stuarts. manned by Austral-
ians, and that they Spearhesded
the Allied drive which captured
Cape Endaiadere, Friday.
Caswell said the general attack
Sunday pushed Allied outpoSts 10
within 5000 yards of Buna Mis-
sion. in the airstrip area. The
tanks were doing in days what
gr ound forces had been unable TO
do in a month.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21
Tanks Batter
Foes Hold at
Buna Mission
importance Of Drive
on Moresby Revealed
in Captured Orders S

GENERAL MACARTHUR s
HEADQUARTERS. Australia,
Dec. FL (UP).-As Allied forces in
New Guinea launched a general
attack today against rapidly de-
teriorating enemy positions, the
captured orders of the slain Jspa-
nese commander. II. Gen. Toms-
tore Horii, revealed the impor-
tance the japanese had attached
to their thwarted drive for Port
Moresby.
Tanks were used by Gen. Doug
les MacArthur's American and
Australian forces for the first
time in the New Guinea cam
psign TO batter down japanese
steel and concrete pillboxes. gun
emplacements and log barricades
which had withstood infantry as
ssults for 81 days.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21
apanese General Killed in New Guinea
Baby Marine
Sorry It's Over

Recently, the country stirred by the that a
13yearod boy had been discovered serving funedged
soldier in the United States Marine Corps.
Like other red booded but underaged American young
sters in all American wars George w. Hole unusually
matured in appearance, had talked his way at 12 past
wglant enlistment officers and action the Pacific
His age finally discovered he out OF the
marines few days ago San Francisco Back in Chicago,
he told editors of the Chicago Herad.Amercan gripping
surprising story Of adventure.
Here exclusively for readers of The Detroit Times is that
story.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21

He enters tho room suddenly. A
slim Intense little man with deep
set-, -ctacfiing black eyes in a face
so responsive it seems 10 flash his
thoughts before he speaks.
lie shiverS from the sharp night
air and flashes an elastic grin that
takes in the whole room. lie looks
like a lean little dynamo.
That's your first impression Of
Irving Berlin. the worlds greatest
songsmith and, unlike many first
Impressions, its the one that sticks
with YOU.
As this gehius Of tho Keyboard
moves in quick, shasp motions
around the room talking all the
while, he reminds you, strangely.
of Henry Armstrong. the buzz-saw
of the prize ring He's Mr.. Energy
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21

out my little white lie about be-
ing II years old.
The worst thing that happened
in all my leatherneck career was
when a grim-faced colonel looked
across the table al me in our Pa
cIfic base and told me:
Private HOLE, the Iib Is up.
You are IL years old. going on
IS, and that Is the official re-
tirement a re In this mans
army"
That's the sole mean trick the
Continued on Page Eighty
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21
BY PVT. GEORGE WILLIAM HOLLE
United States Marins Corps, Retired"

As Told to ELGAR BROWN
(Copyys by the Chieese An Rshs Rss.rV.d
Vital statistics to the contrary notwithstanding,
today am man.
At II, became the youngest demobilized vet
eran of World War II. have few rights, but I'd
certainly still like to be in there pitching.
I've packed action my 13 years than most men
do in so and wouldn't have missed it for all the coconus
in Pago Pago where spent five months monkeyng with
Browning machine gun and admrng the Poynesian girls
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21
1900 Return
To Work al
Eureka Plant
Iq-Hour Conference
Ends MESA Strike;
Terms Undisclosed

Vita war production was re-
sumed today at the Eureka Vac
uum Cleaner Company after set
tlement of a strike called by the
Educational Society of
America which had kept the plant
idle for two days.
Settlement OF the dispute was
announced at 5 a. m. by State
Labor Mediator Edward NJ. Owen
at the conclusion of 19-hour con-
tinuous session of company and
union officials. Owen was aided
in the meeting by Robert Lomas-
ney. state mediator. and Steve
Eddy, federal conciliator.
1t was learned that settlement
was Speeded after the army had
warned that it was prepared TO
take "aHy action necessary 10
insure operation of the plant.
W h c h manufactures gas masks
and aircraft parts.
TERMS SECRET
Terms were not revealed. Nego-
tiations are 10 be continued while
the plant is in operation, Owen
said.
approximately 1900 men and
women were called out on strike
Saturday over the discharge by
the company of a union shop
steward. for rank inSubordina-
ton
MESA officials. who six weeks
ago were responsible for calling a
work stoppage in Is tool and die
shops here, said that failure Of the
company to equalize pay rates for
women workers was the major,
grievance.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21
WAR SPECIALIST

TodayS communique reported
that the japanese commander in
New Guinea, General Horii, had
been killed in action. He was a
specialist in amphibious assault
operations and played a prominent
part in the japanese island cam
paigns in the early stages Of the
war.
Natives in New Guinea said that
after he took charge he was seen
frequently inspecting his lines,
mounted on white charger.
TEXT OF JAP ORDER
a captured order OF the day
signed by Horii, apparently issued
September 20, when the japanese
were trying to cross the Owen
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Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21
HES No POSER

Maybe you've had some idea
that Berlin, like too many artists
Is given 10 posing and dramatics
II YOU have. forget them.
He's as natural as six-and-one
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21
Flying Forts
Blast French
Plane Shops
Yanks Shoot Down
40 Enemy Aircraft.
Lose s Of Own

LONDON, Dec. 21 (INS).-Ths
German industrial cen-
ter of Duisburg, at the junction
of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers. was
attacked during the night by q
strong force of Royal Air Force
lplanes which hammered the city
with high explosive block-buster
bombs and incendiaries, it was
Iofficially announced today.
The attack of the Raj was
carried out in good weather and
followed a strong assault yester-
day by American Flying Fortresses
and Liberators against the French
city of Rornilly-sur-Seine which
marked the deepest penetration OF
the occupied continent by United
States planes.
Preliminary reports of the at.
tack on Duisburg, Is miles north
of Dusseldorf, indicate that the
attack was extremely successful,
the air ministry said.
RAF LOSE IL PLANES.
Eleven bombers were lost in
the raid, indicating that a force
of between 200 and 800 planes may
have taken part.
One of the largest inland ports
in Europe, Duisburg is the site
of many heavy industries and
chiefly a center of metallurgical
plants. 1t is also an entry port
for numerous other industrial
establishments in the Ruhr.
The German radio admitted that
fires were started and that build
ings and residential quarters we're
damaged.
DOWN 40 GERMANS
In a heavy raid on the Nazi-
operated air stations and railway
shops at Romilly-sur-Seine, 80
miles southeast of Paris, American
bomberS, escorted by some 300
Allied fighter planes, engaged
some of the best of GermaBys
fiiers in duels and downed an esti-T
mated 40 of the enemy craft.
Six American bombers were lost
IN the assault, the largest total OF
United States planes to be knocked
out in a single raid TO date, but it
was pointed out that the sortis
involved their deepest penetration
OF the continent.
The airplane repair plants at
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Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21

l have met The JapS face 10
face. l saw and participated in
war At Marshall and Gilbert
Islands. in the Fills, in the Coral
Sea and on Bataan.
l went through the rigorS Of
boot-camp. the dlspensary, sea-
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21
The Weather

The sun viii set A. 500 p m. today.
and rise tomorrow al s57 A. n.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21

T-nt moon VII rise at s3i p m toSsy.
ana will set tomorroW a. 90 .. m
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21
This Is The Army
Opens Tonight

This Is the Army" literally
marched into town today 10 open
IA two-week run at the Masonic
Temple tonight.
The musical comedy. written by
Irving Berlin and staged by a cast
of 300 soldiers, is sponsored by
the army with all proceeds going
TO Army Emergency Relief.
The show is hallI by Broadway
and all points East as the No.
theatrical production Of World
War ii.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21
CAST ON THE MARCH

The entire cast. consisting Of
prlvateS and non-comS, marched
with full packs one and three
quarter miles from Union Depot
into the Masonic Temple carly
this morning.
The march came after To CON
Il.nnNintnnrI IL.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21
SHAVING A SHAM

That's why I insSt today I am
a man-though l haven't a thing
on my chin but little soft down,
and all the "Shavings' / did in
The service was merely TO carry
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21
Boy of IL Who Fought With Marines Tells Own Stor

The New Dealers
Pull In Their Belts
like Fun They DOL!
A Fevt for the Gods 80 Page :
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-21

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14
FIRE RAGES, BARN DANCE;
 SCORES DIE
Scenes of Frenzy, Panic ResuIf-MdnY Trampled
 10 Death at Exits
BULLETIN, St. Johns. Dec. 14.-The death toll at noon today was announced at I10 as the result of last Saturday nights holocaust.

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Dec. 14.-A roaring fire, spreading with incredible speed, killed at least 104 persons and injured 130 or more at a barn dance given in the Knights of Columbus Hotel last Saturday night.
 The scene of frenzy and panic were like those at the Boston night club holocaust exactly two weeks ago.
 Dozens of persons were trampled to death in the panicky rush to escape
 Bodies were found piled up near the exits.
 Among the many victims of the 500 dancers were Canadian service men, some Americ ans. A large proportion were women.
 Anguished relatives and friends were crowded in the roped off afea and awaited results of att tempts to identify the charred bodies. The identity of only few was established during Sunday.
 There was no immediate official explanation of the cause of the blaze and no information was available Sunday on the possible American Army or Naval casu- alties.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14
PRACTICE ALERT
 SCHEDULED FOR
 TUESDAY NIGHT

A practice alert will be held to- morrow, Tuesday evening, at ' o'clock, R. E. Robertson, Director of Juneau Civilian Defense, announced today. According to present Defense Council plans, no further alerts will be held until after the holidays.
 All members are urged to turn out and report at their respective sta tions tomorrow evening.
 The problem for the First Aid Corps will be announced tomo' row, and Air Raid Wardens will act as patients. No ambulances will be used.
 Tomorrow evenings alert will not be dimout or blackout.
 Guards Cooperate
 Capt. George F. Freeburger also announced the Alaska Territorial Guard will turn out for the alert tomorrow evening, and after the alert all new members as we'll as the members of the Second Platoon should promptly convene at the Elks' Hall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14
 NOW SEEN,
 RED FRONT
Observers Predict German Difficulties Will
 Increase

MOSCOW. Dec. 14-The double barrelled Russian offensive on the Stalingrad and Central fronts ap- peared to be approaching deadlock today with the Germans unable to get a sustained counter offensive rolling, but slowing the Red Army progress just the same with vicious and repeated counter r-attacks.
 Since the Russian offensive start ed November 19 on the Stalingrad Front, and six days later on the Central Front, no important Ger man progress has been reported in the effort to restore Nazi positions,
 Military observers, however, ex- pressed belief that any deadlock will be short lived, asserting that as the winter deepens, German difficulties will increase.
 These observers predicted that the Red Army's opportunity will come and it will deal heavy new blows before the German command can extracate it's forces now between the Don and Volga rivers, west of Stall ingrad and around Rzhev.
 The Red Army now has massed artillery along the newlywon lines and are battering enemy concentra- tions south and west of Stalingrad keeping up protective fire north west of the city while the Russians consolidate positions