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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04

have been chosen as supervisor.
They have put me In each sec.
ton and have shown me the
whole setup.
AS soon as our table OF or
ganlzatlon permits, our colonel
hopes 10 give me a rating.
You know after all the years
I've worked, 10 have some real
responsibility land IL is very
important work. Is a great sat.
iffaction besides the knowledge
that one IS making some con-
tributlon toward the war effort.
We are 50 proud here. the
adlutant general has recom-
mended our work 10 Gen Eisen-
bower. and wants more WAACs
sent here.
l am really seeing this war
"back-Stage," and It's a marvel
Gus experience, lJuSt dumped
half Canteen full of water on
the first page. Hope you can
read it, Enough, however,
about the job. except that I'm
crazy about IT..
Was going 10 tell you about
this week. One Of the Sereesnts
/ know had a party Tuesday
night. There were just six Of
us and Verr (the instigator Of
the affair." by some "hocuS pO-
Gus" managed 10 furnish choco-
late ice cream, an unheard Of
luxury, and cake!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04

Cotton Homespun. Chntz Cretonne. Scatter these
plump pillows about your living ROOM porch summer
cottage! They make any spot more inviting and COM
Portable give it friendly informal air at little cost!
Cotton homespuns in bright fiesta eolors Floral ehintzes
and eretonnes l6-in squares with moss fringe.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Observation-Disclosures A
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04

Give yout\kitehen, dinstss
or plsyroom fresh. new
floors and new lease on
life. Tile and block de-
signs. Easy 10 keep clean
and bright. 6 and oft.
widths.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-25

FOR FRIENDLY LOAN SERVICE sE1
ASSOCIATES PLAN CORPORATION
$50 MACcABEEs BLDG. TIE. 1-5s7o
REFUND PLAN-25Ga of the cost on that
part Of tho balance over 500 refunded
for prompt payment on ~ rniture or salary
loans PEOPLES STATE LOAN CO.,
1924 Gratiot. al 7-Mile Road. Arlington
1888.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-24
OKLAHOMA COURT
REvERSES WOOD
CASE CONVICTION

The criminal court of appeals of
Oklahoma September Is reversed the
conviction and 10-year sentence of
Robert Wood, charged with violation
of the state criminal syndicalism law
because of the sale CT books, the In
ternational Labor Defense, in charge
of the defense of Wood, announced
The case was remanded to the district
court in Oklahoma City
The defense will move in the dis
trict court for final dismissal of the
case against Robert Wood, and the
similar charges against Woods wife,
Mrs. Ina Wood, Eli Jaffe, Alan Shaw,
and Elizabeth Green. Criminal syn
dicalism informations charging mem
bership in the Communist party
against these five and four other per-
sons were dismissed last May after
the appeals court reversed conyic-
lions and 10-year sentences against
Shaw, Jaffe and Mrs. Wood
Yesterdays decision followed lines
similar to the earlier announcement
Of the court, but was reinforced by
the recent decision of the United
States supreme court in the William
Schneiderman case.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-24
State OPA PLANS
MEETINGS With
ORGANIZED LABOR

Representatives of OPA will meet
with members of organized labor in a
series of sessions throughout the state
according to word received from A.
r. Peterson. state OPA director.
Some months ago a state OPA La
Dor Advisory Committee was APP
pointed by Mr.. Peterson from nomi-
nations submitted by Montana Fed
Grafton of Labor President James ID.
Graham, former State CLIO President
Ed Mason, United Mine Workers
President Tony Boyle and the Wash
ington office of the Railroad brother
hoods.
A meeting was held in Helena by
the group to discuss OPA problems
and to provide for active participation
on the part of organized labor in OPA
programs The committee also met
with Robert r. r. Brooks, director of
the Labor office for OPA in Wash
ington.
The new plan of district meetings
will be put into effect because of diff
ficulty experienced by number of
the members of the State Labor Adj
visory Committee in getting away
from their work for sufficient time
to attend session in Helena. The
matter of transportation facilities is
also problem according to Mr.. Pet
erson.
Meetings are planned for the near
future in Butte, Missoula, Great Falls
and Billings with reports of each dis
trict meeting to be sent to all mem
bers of the OPA Labor Advisory COM
mittee in Montana.
In each OPA district it is the job
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-24
EMPLOYMENT
OF MINORS
INCREASED

| MINNEAPOLIS Investigations by
tracts divisions of the U. S. Depart
ment of Labor have disclosed big
increase in the number of minors EN-
ployed on government contracts
throughout the northwest in the last
year, L. A. Hill, regional director, said
Hill said that holders of govern
ment contracts for over $4,000, which
are subject to provisions of the Walsh
Healey act, may employ both male
and female workers 16 to Is years old
provided they comply with certain
conditions.
Spot checks of manufacturing con-
Germs in the northwest have revealed,
however, that in innumerable cases
youths under IS have been employed
without being required to furnish age
certificates or employment permits
and have been worked illegally in haz-
ardous occupations and in excess of
the maximum hours permitted, he
said.
Because an employer unknowingly
or on false age testimony employs a
minor or works a minor in violation
of provisions of the act does not free
that employer from liability under the
$40 day penalty provision" Hill eau
toned.
He cited a recent instance where
Twin City clothing manufacturer, who
employed four girls under Is that
falsified their ages, paid penalty of
$1,570 for the cumulative total of 157
days in which the four minors were
worked
Violations have occurred most fire.
quently in such cases of female work
ers who look and act older than IS
and even get third parties to testify
falsely to their age, he said.
Pointing out that no minor under
16 may be employed on public con-
tracts under any condition, Hill cited
another case in which a 15-year-old
boy was employed for 142 days and
the firm paid s1,42O penalty
"The employers best protection is
to secure age certificates for all young
people employed" he said. 'These
certificates or suitable employment
permits may be obtained from school
superintendent in Minnesota, North
and South Dakota and from the state
labor inspector in Montana, whose
headquarters are at the capitol in
For the benefit of employers unfam-
liar with provisions of the Walsh
Healey act providing for the employ
ment of girls in the 16 to 18-year-old |
group, Hill listed them as follows:
1. They be employed for no more
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-24

transaction is not in conformity with
the state law and 'that the only au
thority granted to said Liquor Con
troll board is to sell liquor, wines and
cordials through liquor stores estab-
lished by it, and from stock in !.
(state) stores :"
Under the agreement, the liquor
purchased through the boards coop
Grafton, would not become a part of
the general stock of the Montana Lii
quor Control Board, and would not
be for sale to the general public, in
Guiding licensed liquor dealers other
than the ones who had advanced the
down payment. Thus the state liquor
board appears in effect to have con-
sented to become party to "black
market" in liquor by acting as pur-
chasing agent for large amount of
liquor for certain few; this liquor
not to be subject to the regular quota
for sale under the present rationing
plan which the board itself has set up,
and which is supposed to govern sales
to all purchasers. These $4,000 cases
of liquor would be in addition to the
regular quota to which the contribut-
ing dealers were normally entitled.
The American Distilling company
with subsidiary corporation was the
party with which the Montana Liquor
Control Board had contracted for the
future delivery of the whiskey. The
fact that Jack Ayers, whose malodor-
GUS and criminal past was exposed
by an investigating committee of the
26th legislative assembly, is said to
be a Montana representative of the
American Distilling company, will
cast another cloud on the entire deal
in the eyes of the general public.
While the board has not recognized"
the existence of brokers in Montana,
it is quite generally accepted that
brokers do exist as distillers are COM
PEELED under the Patman act to have
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-24
'Ex-SERGEANT
LEVY, FIGHTER
FOR DEMOCRACY

| Private Alton Levy, 29, former ser
geant at the Lincoln Air Base, Lin
coin, Nebraska, was humorist, a
skit writer and trade union organ
izer in his civilian days in New York
City. His artistic career continued on
in the service of Uncle Sam, with
some of his skits being toured through
army posts, while at least one song,
&c. l. Love You" achieved widespread
popularity.
A resident of Bronx, New York, and
a former student at City College, AL
ton became a trade union organizer
for the International Ladies Garment
Workers Union, ALL, and held that
post for two years before his Undue
ton in 1912. AS a labor organizer
he faced the task of welding a stable
trade union guaranteeing security to
the many diverse racial and religious
groups making up the labor force of
the garment industry. In a union
which embraces significant minority
creeds and groups such as Spanish,
Puerto Rican, Negro, Jewish union
members, AL Levy quickly found the
to practice his democratic
faith in the interracial work of build
ing his union The International
Ladies Garment Workers Union, need
less to say, has one of the best edu-
cational programs for democratizing
the varied minority groups of union
members. Alton Levy received his
schooling n democracy i n tn e
ILGWU's interracial work.
On being indicted, Al spent a pc
riod of basic military training in the
south, then was transferred to the
Lincoln Air Base at Lincoln, Nebr.
He rose gradually to rank of Staff
Sergeant, and noting the unequal
treatment of negro troops stationed
1t the base, he obtained his assign
nent to work with the negro troops. |
His literary comments on the persist
snt, militant fight he put up against |
he discriminatory treatment of negro |
roops reveal an artistic gift in his |
rise the Jim Grow treatment of col
red soldiers. In a series of letters |
o New York City friend, Alton Levy
pictured the plight of negroes at the
lincoln Air Base.
"They are bounded and harrassed
nd yelled at and cursed and insulted
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-24
COOP.
LEAGUE FORMED
BY MERCHANTS

CHICAGO-TheC Chicago Journal of
Commerce, in front page story Sep
TENDER 8 reported the formation of
what might be termed an anti-co-oper-
alive league created to conduct cru
SADIE against cooperative organiza-
tions in an attack directed primarily
in the legislative field. The Journal
of Commerce story is as follows:
"RETAILERS PLAN NATIONWIDE
WAR ON CO-OPERATIvES
"a nationwide movement of protest
against cooperative organizations was
initiated at a closed meeting in the
Morrison hotel, and first steps taken
to form an active organization, tenn
porarily to be known as the League
for Protection of Private Enterprise,
it was learned yesterday.
Prominent retail lumber, food, coal
and other dealers of the central and
northwest attended the meeting,
which was repeatedly presided over
by e. Viewer Dobson, president of
the Anderson Lumber and Fuel COM
"Other leading participants were
said to have included Lee r. Girton,
president of the American Retail Coal
Association, and Phil Bash, of Hunt
ington, Indiana, former president of
that group.
"The basis for the steps taken to
foster this movement, it was outlined
at the closed meeting, is the ability
Of the cooperative organizations to
sell goods in some instances as much |
rs 30 per cent below individual re-
all levels.
"One of the chief problems which |
confront the new organization is to
win over manufacturers or producers,
because they sell direct to either the |
cooperative or the individual retailer.
Additional meetings are to be held
n the near future to round out the
initial steps taken to bring the new
definitely into being as
IN active group. 1t is understood that
protests will be brought before legis-
alive groups, and an intensive educa-
ional campaign fostered For the
resent, it was emphasized, the prog
ess made will be closely guarded"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-24
BOWLES' LABOR
RECORD GOOD

When he was Connecticut State
OPA director, Chester Bowles,- new
general manager of OPA, appointed
the first OPA Labor Advisory Com
mittee, months before such commit
tees became official policy.
Bowes made one of the best rec
ords for naming labor men on local
War Price and Rationing Boards.
Despite its small size, Connecticut
now has 149 labor members on local
boards.
Bowles, descendant of the founder
Of the Springfield Republican, is the
head of large New York advertis-
ing firm and director of the Nation
al Urban League. = Labor, Los An
geles.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-24

Carey, not to pay a draft for
$150,000 made payable by
State Administrator T. H. Nc
Donald and George Crispin,
chief accountant of the state
to the First National Bank of
Chicago, as advance payment
on the $4,000 cases of liquor
to liquor brokers Foster and
Company of New York when
contract for such purchase has
ben executed" according to a
statement on the back of the
draft.
The state treasurer on the advice
of Attorney General Bottomley, re-
fused to honor the draft on the
grounds that the draft was not in
payment of goods or services received
by the state, but was in effect a
deposit of state funds to be made in
bank which had not been recognized
as an authorized depository by meet
ing the requirements of the state de-
pository board.
According to State Treasurer Carey
a deposit of $151, 34750 was made
to him on August Is, by the Montana
Liquor Control Board in the regular
and usual way. This was money re-
ceived from the 169-more or less
liquor dealers, contributed by them
as advance payment on the liquor,
but nothing was said about this to
Treasurer Carey and the amounts
were handled by him in the same
manner as other liquor board funds
deposited with him. However, before
the draft from the Chicago bank
reached him, Attorney General Bot
tomley had been informed by State
Liquor Administrator Mcdonald con-
corning the proposed transaction and
he advised Treasurer Carey not to
honor the draft.
The attorney general asserts the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-24
SUGAR TO SAVE BEES

Beekeepers who are facing loss of
their bees because of lack of suffi-
cient natural food, may obtain addi-
tional sugar allotments if they are
registered with OPA as Industrial
users. The supplemental allotment is
CONTINUED on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-24

circular letter has been directed to all of its member banks
by the American Bankers Association urging each
bring all possible pressure to bear members of for
the liquidation all most least of the federal farm loan
agencies with its heaviest guns aimed the Production Credit
Associations which the of farmers and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-24
REPORT GOOD WHEAT
CROP IN ITALY

In spite of the war, the Italian
wheat crop this year is believed to
have been as large or even larger
than the pre-war average, according
to the Office of Foreign Agricultural
Relations of the Department of Agri-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-24
BLACK MARKET SCHEME
FOR PURCHASE OF LIQUOR
HITS SNAG in ATTY. Gen.
Attorney &c STE s lh.M.,ao3lds Plan Concocted
Between the o.a se''' s''ss' u. BEARD and
Administrator and MOnto- Licensed
Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. to Obtain
Additional Liquor, Contravenes State Law.

project of about 1863 of the members of the Montana Lii
censed Retail Liquor Dealers Association of reported
membership 900 to obtain $4,000 of whisky
through the cooperation of the State Liquor Control Board
and the state administrator appeared npped the bud this
when the attorney general advised State Treasurer Tom
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-24

AUTUMN ARRIVES SEPT. %
Autumn will begin in the northern
hemisphere and spring in the south
ern hemisphere at 6:12 pm, Eastern
Wartime, September %, the U. S.
Naval Observatory announced.
BURLAP BAG QUOTAS REMOVED
Quotas on farmers and packers pur-
chases of new burlap bags for pack
ing certain agricultural products have
been removed for the balance of 1943.
Certain agricultural products" in
cludes, but is not limited to, beans,
cotton, feed, flour meal fruits, pota-
toes, vegetables, and tobacco. The
restriction on the big sizes permitted
for certain commodities has been re-
Taxed to allow an additional size for
each of two types of seed. A one
half bushel-bag is allowed for hybrid
seed corn, 8 bushel-bag, for cotton
seed These are in addition to the
sizes previously permitted,
NO DATES ON KEROSENE
COUPONS
Persons who use small amounts OF
kerosene for domestic cooking and
lighting may now get renewal rations
for periods longer than the six months
formerly permitted. This provision
of a recent OPA amendment is to re-
duce the number of renewal applica-
lions by the consumer and the amount
of paper work performed by the ra-
tioning board. The amendment pro-
vides that rations issued for domestic
cooking and lighting no longer will
bear dates of issuance and expiration,
and coupons may be used as long as
they last. The rationing board may
issue the ration for any period up to
year from date of application. The
maximum ration allowed for domestic
cooking has been increased to 80 gal
Ions a month for the first seven per-
sons. 1t was formerly "a gallons for
six or seven persons.
APPROVAL FOR USE OF CUTTERS
APPROVAL for use of buffers, spouting,
conductor pipes, and fittings in dwell
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-24
BANKERS ASSOCIATION
STARTS drive TO DESTROY
FARM CREDIT AGENCIES

Special Drive Being Made On Production
Credit System, and Loans Through RACE,
The Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Office
And the Farm Security Administration;
Prefer Agency Like the CCC, If Any
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-24

| ings of two stories or less must be
obtained from the War Production
Board under recent amendment to
Order M126. Formerly this approval
could be obtained through the Nation
al Housing Agency.
PRICES SET FOR DRY BEANS
Sales of dry edible beans, 1943 crop,
to the Food Distribution Administra-
ton, to other country shippers, and
to other governmental agencies des-
ignated in Food Distribution Order
No. IS can be made at either of two
sets of prices-maximum prices estab-
lished for the commodity or support
prices, set for specified classes last
April by the War Food Administra-
ton. OPA. emphasized that all other
sales must be made at or below max
imum prices established in Maximum
Price Regulation No 270.
RESTRICT DRY ONION SHIPMENT
To insure orderly distribution for
the short available supply of dry on
ions to the armed forces and civilians,
all shipments in excess of 100 pounds
in the IL principal onion-producing
states have been put on permit basis
by the Office of Defense Transporta-
tion and the Interstate Commerce
Commission. Dry onion movements
by common, contract, or private motor
carriers and by rail common and con-
tract carriers are subject to permits
issued by the War Food Administra-
ton. Applications for permits should
be made to local VIA representa-
tives in the principal onion-producing
areas California, Colorado, Idaho,
Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New
York, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon,
Utah, and Washington.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-24
ABOUT THOSE FREE MATCHES

ABOUT THOSE FREE MATCHES
If your tobacco dealer gave you
free matches-the wood or the book
variety-during March, 1912, when he
sold you your tobacco products, he
must continue to give them to you
now. Sales through vending ma
chimes are included in the new OPA
ruling on matches
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-24
BRITISH SAVE FUEL


Britons have been asked by the
Ministry of Fuel to be even more
sparing of home comforts this winter
than they were last winter, the Brit
ish Information Services reported re-
Gently. By lowering room tempera-
lures in their homes, by using less
hot water, by getting along with less
light, and by cutting down on fuels
used in cooking, the British saved
four millions tons of coal in the
winter of 1942-1943 This year the
Ministry has urged that economies be
pushed further so that six million
tons of coal can be saved. AS was
the case last winter, this winters
fuel saving in Britain will be on a
voluntary basis. There will be no ra-
tioning but Britons will be expected
to base their fuel consumption on a
chart prepared by the Ministry of
Fuel.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-24

culture. The 1913 crop may have
amounted to as much as 28O million
bushels. That estimate compares
with unofficial estimates of 269 mil
lion bushels last year.
SHRIMP PRICES CUT
Consumer prices for fresh shrimp
may be 40 to so per cent less be-
cause of a recent OPA amendment
setting prices in accord with the
1912 average prices for shrimp.
CABBAGE SEED CEILING PRICES
Ceiling prices for 1912 cabbage
seed have been made the same as for
the 1943 crop, according to a recent
OPA amendment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12
B-Hour Week
May Save DSR

Application Of the 4s-hour work
week IN Detroit MAY avert q
transportation bre a K low FOR
want of DSR operators. General
Manager Fred a. Nolan specu-
lated today.
In an informal conference with
Mayor Jeffries, Nolan suggested
that workers employed elsewhere
could put in their sixth day on
the DSR, thereby contributing 10
the system the needed 4.500 man
days a week.
There ~ nothing in the fed
eral announcement Of the AZ
hour week" Nolan said. that
compels an employe 10 work the
extra eight hours week on his
regular job. He could well put
In that extra day driving n bus"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12
M Glasses Stress
War, Peace Activity

Increased emphasis on subjects
related TO the war effort and post
war program is revealed in the
schedule of classes offered by the
University of Michigan extension
service for the second semester.
The courses, given in the Hor-
ace II. Rackham Educational Me-
mortal, includes camouflage, intro
duction TO air navigation. meteor
ology. Interpretation of aerial
photographs, elementary studies
in, japanese, Chinese and Italian,
advanced work in French, Italian
and Spanish, and courses in poll
teal science and sociology.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12
Boy, 8, Shot by Pal
Playing With Gun

Accidental discharge of 80
caliber automatic gun sent Joseph
Lopinsky. 8, of 1851 Florida ave-
nue., to Receiving Hospital with a
bullet wound in his neck. His
condition today is temporarily
serious"
The gun was fired by Chester
Harkiewicz. IL. of 5664 Florida
avenue. while the boys were play
ing in Chester's house with gun
belonging 10 the father Chester'S
parents. both employed, were not
at home at the time.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12
Lenienty Granted 1st
Before Judge 0'Hard

Circuit Judge O'Hara-thc for
mer grand Jury lawyer responsible
for the prison sentences of scores
of prominent Detroit men-s-was
lenient today with the first person
10 appear before him for Sentence
since he assembled the bench
Advising Ernest Violet. II, Of
Garden City, 20 stay away from
pool rooms and bad company"
Judge O'Hara placed him under
two years probation. Violet had
confessed the robbery Of a Garden
City hardware store owned by
Mayor Robert Holland.