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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
STRAW IN THE WIND
(From the Washington PosD

Despite the bombing of German
cities and the serious defeats which
the German army has suffered on the
Eastern Front and in the Mediterra-
mean theater there is as yet no sign
that German morale has definitely be-
gun to crack. But there is plenty of
evidence to suggest that Germans are
gloomy and depressed and that their
hopes of victory or even of a truce
are vanishing. They no longer regard
Hitler as a superman and there is a
pretty general disposition on the part
of the less-conspicuous Nazis to throw
an anchor to windward
In this connection there is an inter
esting Office of War Information re-
port from Berlin via Stockholm to the
effect that Heinrich Himmler, head of
the Gestapo and Germany's new Min
lister of the Interior, has issued a
stringent decree ordering Nazi party
members. under threat of exclusion
from the party, to wear their badges
"visibly." What was once an asset in
the Reich has apparently become a
liability.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
Russian Girls Design
And Build Naval Ship

New York City (ILNS).-A ship
built almost entirely by girls between
the ages of 18 and 26 was recently
turned over to the Soviet Naval Com
mand, the United Nations Informa-
tion Office reports. The ship was de-
signed and all specifications drawn up
by chief designer Natalya Dimitrieva
who was graduated from the Lenin-
grad Shipbuilding Institute in 1941
and her assistant, 26-year-old engi-
neer Zoya Petrova.
The shipyard workers were former
housewives and secondary school and
college girls who recently learned tc
tend lathes and milling machines. The
shipyards were frequently bombed by
the Luftwaffe, but the women re-
mained on the job even when bombs
exploded near them.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
Or, Miles Nervine

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bringing relief from Functional
Nervous Disturbances for sixty
years yet is as up-to-date as this
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
Greater Effort to Keep
Women In Industry
Asked by VINO Aide

Edgewater Park, Miss. (ILNS).-
Too much time and effort have been
spent in getting women into industry
and mot enough on keeping them,'
Miss Charlotte Carr, special assistant
to the vice-chairman of the War Man
power Commission said here.
Speaking to conference of per-
sonnel managers from industries in
six Southeastern states and Govern
ment experts on the utilization of la
Dor, Miss Carr declared the time has
passed when industry was asked to
employ women, because women are
our present labor supply"
Of the 100000 women now en-
ployed in industry, she said, only g.
100000 are new workers. She urged
that shopping, transportation and
service schedules should be fixed so
that women working in factories and
plants can meet them.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
FACING
The
F FACTS
With PHILIP PEARL

The war is going our way That's
the big thing that strikes US as we
pause here in Boston for a moments S
reflection on the eve of the exciting
63rd annual convention of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor which is just
about to get under way.
Ordinarily, as we go about our day
to-day existence, the long-range sig
nificance of events is apt to be OBJ
scured by the impact of immediate
problems and worries. We don't often
get chance to sit back and look
things over in a detached and con-
templative frame of mind.
But right now we have the oppor-
tunity to review developments since
the last convention of the American
Federation of Labor. Such compari-
son between the state of war last
October and now is astonishing.
A year ago, the Nazis were knock
ing against the gates of Stalingrad
and Russia's defenses seemed about tc
collapse.
The headlines said that the Nazis
were widening their air raids against
Great Britain and causing heavy dam
age.
Submarines were taking a heavy
toll of our shipping.
The Japs were endangering Aus
tralia and sinking many of our war
ships.
In fact, the newspapers of Oct.
1912, reported that the Yankees hac
won the opening of the World Series
against the ST. Louis Cardinals anc
another pennant seemed in the bag
Just think how things have changed
since then!
How War Maps Changed
Who would have thought a year
ago that there could be such sudder
and decisive turn in the fortunes Of
war within twelve months? Who
would have believed that the Russian:
in so short a time would be able tt
smash the blitzkrieg and drive the
Nazis back to the Polish borders
Who would have dared to predict tina
the United Nations would seize the
offensive, clean up Africa, invade Ital!
and mop up the Japs in the Pacific
Who could even dream that we woult
be in the position of giving the cite!
Of Germany much heavier dose o.
the same medicine the Nazis had ad
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
Army Construction Jobs
Have Few Work Stoppages

Washington, D. C.-Work stop
pages from all causes, including
strikes, on its 100000 construc-
tion program, initiated and super
vised by the Corps of Engineers,
Army Service Force, during the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1943, amounted
to one 2/100 of one percent of the
total man hours encompassed by the
program, the War Department an
nounced
The record, covering what is be-
lieved to be the greatest construction
program of all time, embraces 1869
projects, ranging from a minimum
cost of $4,000 to maximum running
into several millions of dollars.
The few work stoppages, for the
most part, ended after one or two
days.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
ministered to Britain /?

ministered to Britain?
Well, with all due modesty, labor
did make such predictions. We find
them incorporated in the acceptance
speech made by President Green to
the convention last October after his
reelection He declared then that 1943
would be decisive year in the war,
that the United Nations would begin
to make their power felt and that the
Axis would be faced with internal col
lapse. Mussolini can testify to the
truth of these representations
But the question is-why was labor
SO confident? And the answer is that
labor knew it's own strength and the
strength of America, the mighty pro-
ductive capacity of our industrial
machine and the courage and fighting
ability of Americas boys in uniform.
Yes, the United Nations have been
surprisingly successful in the past
year. And the reason that so much
progress has been made in subduing
the enemy is primarily the vast flow
of ships, planes, tanks and guns
which has poured forth from America
as a result of the hard work and un-
conquerable spirit of American labor.
Making 1t Clear
So as we meet again for the 63rd
time in the history of the American
Federation of Labor, we can feel
justly proud of the record made by
American workers and their trade
unions.
Now some of our Government big
wigs and psychology warriors profess
to be alarmed by the implications of
the congratulatory spirit manifesting
itself at so early date. They keep
reminding us that the war is not yet
won and that the real fight still lies
ahead of us.
Gentlemen, we know that quite well.
We weren't afraid of what faced US a
year ago and we're not afraid now. We
don't believe psychology of fear gets
results. On the contrary, we feel that
self confidence is one of America s
greatest assets and we don't propose
to weaken the confidence of the Amer
lean people by gloomy forebodings.
You say the going is due to get
tougher? You say that we'll have to
work harder and fight harder to win :?
You warn us that We'll have to tighten
our belts against new food shortages
and do with less fuel and gasoline and
other items to which we have become
accustomed? So what?
Does any propaganda specialist or
professional moulder of public opinion
expect the American people to go into
mourning because of such prospects =?
Do they think that American workers
and the American people as a whole
can't take it? Or are they afraid that
we can't stand success?
In any event, we don't need to let
the propaganda boys bother US. We
know we're doing all right. We're de-
termined to do lot better. We're
going to win this war no matter what
it takes and let US serve notice right
now that we're going to win the peace
too.
We have an idea that this forth.
coming convention of the American
Federation of Labor will make this
clear.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
Green MObilizes Labor
To Speed Poll Tax Bill

Washington, d. C.-AFL President
William Green asked officers of nat
ional and international unions, state
federations of labor, city central
bodies and central labor unions to urge
members of the United States Senate
to support H. R. providing for the
abolition of the poll tax, passed by the
House of Representatives and now un-
der consideration by the Senate Ju-
dietary Committee.
"No doubt majority in the Senate
will vote in favor of this legislation
in the event vote is taken," Mr..
Green said. 'For that reason, the min
ority who oppose this legislation will,
according to reports which are widely
circulated, conduct a filibuster. They
will attempt to defeat this legislation
through resort to this form of parlia-
mentary procedure. This means then
that the parliamentary rule OF, cloture
must be applied if the Senate is ac-
corded the privilege of voting upon
this measure. 1t will require two
thirds vote of the Senate to pass the
| cloture measure"
To counteract this scheme to defeat
the poll tax bill by conducting fill
buste, Mr.. Green asked the officers of
all AFL unions to urge the Senators
| from their states to vote for colture
measure and also in favor of the en-
actment of the bill.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
Hotel Union Purchases
S2,2O0,000 War Bonds

Washington, D. C.-Hugo Ernst,
general retary-treasurer of the
Hotel and Restaurant Employees In
ternational Alliance and Bartenders'
international League of America, in
formed AFL Secretary Treasurer
George Meany that the international
union has purchased 100000 worth
of war bonds in the Third War Loan
drive bringing the total amount of
bonds bought by the international
treasury to $2,2OO,OOO. In addition, To-
cal unions of the international have
purchased more than $2,000,000 of
bonds since the Third War Loan drive
was initiated.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
1919 Of Painters Union
In Military Service

Lafayette, Ind. (ILNS)-Ten per-
cent of the Brotherhood of Painters,
Decorators and Paperhangers of
America is now in the armed forces,
it was announced at headquarters of
the brotherhood here. The total of
members in the services is 14,873.
The figures are based on the total
membership and if the calculations
were confined to the number of mem
bers who come within the draft age
limit the percentage would probably
be double 10 percent or possibly over
25 percent, says the Painter and Dec
orator, the brotherhood's official mag
azine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08

If half Of your cigarette goes for
taxes and tLe other half goes in the
ash tray, why not quit smoking?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08

felonious conspiracy and use of the
mails to defraud a number of indus
trial concerns of $4,000 in negoti-
ations for war contracts.
Former member of the National
Labor Relations Board, Mr.. Smith was
defeated for reappointment by the op-
position of the American Federation
of Labor and went into private law
practice.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08

VY7 HEN the stress Of modern
w living gets "on your nerves"
o good sedative can do lot to
lessen nervous tension, to make
you more comfortable, to permit
restful sleep.
Next time q days work and
worry or q nights wakefulnesss,
makes you Irritable, Restless or
Jumpy-gives you Nervous Head
ache or Nervous Indigestion, try
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
Department of Justice
Investigates Maryland
Work Or Fight Law

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-The
criminal division of the Department
of Justice is investigating the admin
istration of justice under the Mary
land "work or fight" law and will take
proper action" in due course, Thomas
Clark, assistant attorney general, said
here.
The announcement followed an ap-
peal by the Workers Defense League
to the departments civil liberties di-
vision to investigate alleged "peon-
age" and involuntary servitude."
Clark said the departments interest
had to do with investigation of cases
in which convicted men were paroled
into the work custody of those who
had them arrested, under penalty OF
80 days in the Maryland house of cor.
rection as parole violators if they re.
fused to work for their custodians
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
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WAR BONDS
Busic
Busie

Firing 525 rounds per minute the
30 caliber Heavy Browning machine
gun is standard equipment with
army ground troops wherever they
60. 1t is effective within 1000 yards.
and with its water-cooled barrel can
fire for longer periods than other
uypappnc
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08

Look alive! The languorous look is
out for the duration.-From an adver-
tisement of Germaine Monteil's lip
stick.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
Donald Wakefield Smith
Accused fo Mail Fraud

Washington, D. C.-Donald Wake
field Smith and others were indicted
by the grand jury here on charges of
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-09-17
Short Short
Story About
Three Hunters

Deer season opened at the crack
of dawn yesterday and among the
hunters getting an early start at the
game were three Juneau High School
youths Franklin Dufresne, Marlin
Feero and Donald Pegues.
Starting out about IL o'clock the
night before last, these three hardy
hunters with only a flashlight to
guide them, fought their way to the
top of Tabletop Mountain on
Douglas Island. Tired and hungry,
the weary hunters were spurred on
only by the thought that their climb
was not in vain, for they would be
alone at this point to get first
choice of the game which surely
would be plentiful.
Their dreams were shattered, how
ever, when, upon reaching the top
shortly before daybreak, they were
welcomed by at least SO other
hunters.
The happy group spent the hours
tracking down one lonely buck
which was shot by an unknown
party and the 40 remaining sports
men gathered around to view the
animal and drool.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-09-17
CONSPIRACY
CHARGED
3 PERSONS
Conviction Of Four Men,
Four Women May Car
ny Death Penalty

DETROIT, Sept 17.-Four men
and four women accused of acting
as spies for Nazi Germany have
been indicted by Federal grand
jury on charges of conspiracy. IN
der the Wartime Espionage Act
conviction on the charges carries
a possible death penalty.
Six of those indicted have been
detained since August "a when two
men and two women we're arrested
on warrants and two other women
held as dangerous enemy aliens
Two other men were arrested to-
day.
Sixteen other persons, including
residents of Budapest, Stockholm
and Lisbon were named in indict-
ments returned today as co-conspir-
ators but not defendants.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-09-17
SECTIONS
INFRANCE
ATTACKED
Lanlasfers Strike Directly
al Enemy Efforts 10
Help in Italy

LONDON, Sept. ia large force
of Raj bombers swept deep into
Southern France last night, to
make concentrated attack espec-
tally on the enemy railway station
at Mondane, on the French-Italian
frontier
Mosquitoes again hit Berlin.
Big British LancasterS, striking
directly at enemy efforts to rush
reinforcements on the Italian bat
grounds, also made low level
attack on the Antheor Viaduct near
st. Raphael on the French Riviera
"A heavy concentrated attack
was made on Mondane, the French
frontier town near the opening of
the Montcenis Tunnel, says the
British Air Ministry and first re-
ports indicate that both attacks
were effective"
The communique said four night
bombers were reported missing.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-09-17
Eighth ArmyMakes Amdz-
ina March 10 Reinforce
American Fifth
.ENEMY'S RING OF
Steel NOW BROKEN
Ndzi Forces Reported With
drawing from Southern
Part Of Bridgehedd
tBy Associated Pressl

The Fifth American Army and
the British Eighth Army have
fused fronts and established contact
between patrols in the Salerno sec
tor ON the Italian front.
The fusing was accomplished
after an amazing northward march
of nearly 200 miles from the Ital-
ian toe of Gen. Bernard Law
Montgomerys Eighth Army veter-
ans, these forces of Britain beat
ing it UP the coast of Italy from
laramie.
The official communique Of the
Allied Headquarters in North Africa
says contact between. Montgomery,s
warriors and 1t. Gen. Mark Clark's
Fifth Army has been made some
where in or near the southern end
of the Salerno bridgehead
Ring OF Steel Broken
Linking of the Armies broke the
enemy's ring of steel around Clarks
Tommies and Doughboys and APP
peared to have ended the critical
period of the battle against four or
more German Armored Divisions ON
the bloodstained beaches.
A Reuters correspondent with The
Fifth Army said enemy movements
indicate the Germans are beginning
TO withdraw from the front facing
the southern part of the bridge
head.
Conveys EnrOute
The Berlin broadcast of the In
tefnational Information Bureaus adj
mitted the Fifth and Eighth Armies
have made contact and also said
that three Allied conveys, totaling
60 ships, are now steaming toward
Salerno.
The announcement of the con-
tact of the Fifth and Eighth armies
was made by the Allied eadquarters
in North Africa shortly after the
communique told Of Montgomery's
capture Of Valla Della Lucania,
only Is miles from Agropoli. the
southern end Of the n mile front
held by the Fifth Army.
Recapture Village
AT the same time. Clark's army
struck out from its hard won
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-09-17

LONDON, Sept. l7.-Three Soviet
armies surging westward through
the southern Ukraine are closing in
on Krasnograd, Nazi bastion and
rail junction on the Kharkov- Dnie-
pepropetrovsk railway, Reuters
dispatch from Moscow reports.
Other Red Army columns, having
scored four impressive victories yes
terday, are plunging forward in
many sectors on the 600-mile
battlefront intent on throwing the
Germans back across the formidable
Dnieper River barrier before the
heavy autumn rains.
A DNB broadcast from Berlin adj
mitted the Germans have lost
Novorissisk, the Russian Black Sea
naval base in the Caucasus. The
German broadcast from Berlin also
conceded that once more the nazis
have evacuated Bryansk, important
base on the central front
Berlin announced three days ago
that Bryansk had been evacuated,
but denied it in broadcast yester-
day The Russians have made no
claim to the capture.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-09-17
7HURT,
TERRIFIC
EXPLOSION
II Persons Known Killed
when Ammunition in
Transit ExpIodes

NORFOLK, Va, Sept. ia ter
rifle explosion, originating from am
munition in transit to the Norfolk
Naval Air Station, killed approx
mattel II persons and injured about
257. of which IA are critically hurt.
The blast damaged a number of
buildings and naval authorities en-
phasized the number of injured as
only an estimate. They said it would
be some time before they could make
an accurate tabulation of all persons
treated in the service and civilian
hospitals.
Rear Admiral H. F. Leary, Com
mandant of the Fifth Naval Dis
trict, said witnesses reported they
believed the explosion was caused
by ammunition in transit.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-09-17
MARY CHURCHILL AND
SOL BLOOM

Attractive Mary Churchill collect-
ed several souvenirs during her first
visit to Washington, including pic
ture Of her famous father address
ing Congress and a colorful booklet
on the history of the Constitution.
The booklet was the gift OF its
author, Representative Sol Bloom
Of New York, who autographed it as
follows: Please read and study
this carefully, and after you know
the history Of the American Consti-
tuition you will be able to argue bet
ter with your Dad"
You don't know what it is to
argue with my Dad replied Miss
Churchill after reading the inscrip-
ton.
Bloom told her about his many
trips to England early in the CEN
fury, as a song plugger. Il wrote
some Of the hit songs of that era
he recalled, and most of them
were introduced in England. Per-
hapS you've sung some of them.
The Honeysuckle and the Bee for
instance"
Heavens, I'm not that old, Mr.,
Bloom" scolded his visitor. But
I remember that particular song
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-09-17
CHINA WILL
SOON DRIVE
NIpp0N50u
Hull Makes Statement on
Anniversary Of Muk-
den Incident

WASHINGTON. Sept l7.-Secre-
tary of State Cordell Hull express
ed confidence, as more weapons be-
come available to China, that the
Japanese will be driven from Chi
nese SOIL
His statement was made in COM
memoration OF the anniversary OF
the Mukden incident of September
Is. regarded as the start of the
present war.
China has made. is making, and
win continue to make an important
contribution toward the common
cause Of victory over the aggressors.
Hull said.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-09-17
The Washington
Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON
tNajor Robert o. Allen on active duty.l


WASHINGTON Washington Of
ficials who know italy say the
length of Nazi military resistance
there depends as much on the Ital-
ian people as on Nazi soldiers.
Except for the first few days after
Mussolinis fall, Italians have been
apathetic. They have seemed con-
tent to let the Germans and Allies
fight, the battle while they stood on
the sidelines.
But that was when the battle was
localized in Sicily. Now the battle
has come to the mainland, and an
armistice prevails with the Allies.
This should be the moment for
release, of all the pent-up feeling
against Gelmany-a feeling tradit-
ional in Italy. To Italians, Ger
mans, Austrains, Bavarians are all
alike-foreign peoples who swarm
through the Bremen Pass to mo-
lest them.
Meanwhile. German armies can
not fight without trains, telephone
and telegraph, food supplies, water
shelter, fuel and the endless variety
of facilities and equipment which an
army requires. Though the Ger
mans have placed white-collar Of
ficials in all strategic activities, the
man who drives the locomotive, OF
pumps the water, or dispatches the
telegram is an Italian.
This opens up tremendous oppor-
tunities for sabotage-from hinder
ing troop movements to dropping
poison In Nazi spaghetti.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-09-17

Members of the Ramspeck COM
mittee, who cannot now be quoted
by name, already are saying Con-
gress will positively pass law to
shear off reams Of this needless red
tape.
The Efficiency Rating Report
gives the so-called rating official
always the person who is just one
jump out of his underling'S job the
privilege of making check, minus,
or plus after such queries as how
is their hireling on: Attention to
Broad Phases of Assignments; At
tention to. Pertinent Detail; Accur-
acy of Operations; Accuracy of
Final Results"
The check means adequate; the
minus mark, weak; the plus, out
standing.
just how are you going to explain
by those definitions a floor mop
per's attention to the broad phases
of his. assignment; or where the
difference comes between the "ac-
curacy of operations" and "accur-
acy of final results" is just couple