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Evening star., 1943-06-17
Sweden TO Resist 10 Last
In Event Of Any Attack
By the Associated Press

STOCKHOLM. June l7-Prime
Minister Per Albin Hanson told
Parliament today that instructions
for resistance to the last" in the
event of an attack on Sweden had
been sent tC all Swedish civilian
authorities.
He said the instructions were the
same AS those issued by the COM
mander in chief of military forces
that resistance should be made in
all circumstances, and that every
order to the effect that resistance
should cease would be false"
The Premier repeatedly in recent
months has warned the Swedish
people that they still are in danger
of being drawn into the war. and on
each occasion has sworn resistance
to the end against any aggressor.
Today he told Parliament his in
ktruCtlonS were that all civilian
authorities should be inspired with
the strongest possible spirit of re-
slstance 20 the very last, even in
difficult situations"
Evening star., 1943-06-17
Head Coal Operators
UNIV Resume Conferences
By he Associated Press

By he Associated Press
NEW YORK. June 1.-THE
United Mine Workers and op-
orators Of Pennsylvania anthracite
mines resumed conferences on
new contract today after an ad-
iournment which permitted UNIV
representatives to attend Policy
Committee meeting in Washington
yesterday.
As the ConfereeS entered the meet
ing room they would make no state
ment concerning the status Of ne
gOtlationS. After the adjournment
Tuesday. however. 1t was announced
that proposed agreement had been
SubMltted by the UNIV which COW
cred all union contract demands
except those for basic wages.
Although the contents of the
agreement We're not divulged John
Boylan, committee secretary. said
the UNIV demands for a s2-a-dav
wage increase and portal-to- portal
pay would be further discussed at
the sessions TO follow.
The conference has been in
progress since March.
Evening star., 1943-06-17
NLRB Says House
Legislation Projects
Vicious Labor Pacts
Formal Protest Filed
On Clause in Fund Bill
To Curb. Agency

The National Labor Relations
Board today charged the House with
inadvertently passing legisla ton
that would 'immunize the most
lucrative labor racket which has
perverted the war production pro-
gram"
This statement was contained in
a formal protest by the board
against the adoption in the House
by unanimous vote yesterday of an
amendment to an appropriation bill
making it unlawful for the NLRB
to set aside any agreement between
management and labor which has
been in existence for three months
or longer without complaint being
fled
Gerald Reilly. NLRB member,
contended the amendment was de-
signed to prevent the board from
making a final ruling in the CIO
complaint against AFL closed shop
contracts in the Kaiser West Coast
shlpyards and he said that it would
have this effect If it becomes law.
Mr., Reilly claimed the amend
ment was engineered" by John p.
Frey. head of the AFL metal trades
department, and said the House did
not understand the effect it would
have on labor relations.
With other things he said, the
amendment would grant immunity
to vicious and patiently Illegal
contracts with company unions if
they were kept under cover for 80
days, and would leave employees
utterly helpless, except by striking.
to protect themselves" against the
consequences of such contracts.
Mr.. Reilly said every effort would
be made to defeat the amendment
In the Senate which has vet to act
on the measure.
Evening star., 1943-06-17
Police Board Opposed
To Deferments 0usted
By he Associated Press.

BY he Associated Press.
SANTA FE, N. Mex. June IL
Gov. j. J. Dempsey today began or
ganization of new State Police
Board-because the old one had let
the Army take third of the 36-man
force, he explained
The tWo-member board he re-
moved had opposed the Governors
request for deferment of all State
police. Gov. Dempsey maintained
deferments were necessary to pro-
tect the health and welfare of the
people and of soldiers in training in
the State.
1t. Gov. J. B. Jones and Jimmie
Caldwell, The ouSted members. con-
tended requirements were readily
available
Evening star., 1943-06-17
Arlington Marketman
Faces 0PA HEARING June y

State Office of Price Administra-
ton officials announced today that
an administrative hearing for Sam
uel Shanker, Arlington County mer-
chant, on charges of violating OPA
price regulations, will be held at II
am. June %, at the county court
house.
The hearing was scheduled orig
inally for last Tuesday, but was con-
tinued due to the illness of Mr..
Shanker's attorney.
Mr.. Shanker, who owns three
Country Garden markets in Airing
ton. and one in Alexandria, is
charged with violating OPA price
regulations in the sale of fish. meat
and cheese.
Evening star., 1943-06-17
Couple Who Met on Deck
Of Sinking Ship Wed
Ry the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, June ia year ago
today Margaret Moore, a London
girl who was returning from Shang-
hal, met Capt. Hutchins of Flush
ing, N. Y, on the deck CT sinking
ship that had been torpedoed in
the North Atlantic.
They climbed into the same life
boat and were adrift "a hours before
they were rescued by different boats.
They met later in London, where
Capt. Hutchins is assistant quar-
termaster of the 9th American Air
Force Fighter Command
They we're married today.
Evening star., 1943-06-17
"a Virginia Companies
Plan Muneuvers

Five companies of the Virginia
Protective Force and 10 companies
of the Virginia Reserve Militia, or
Minutemen, will join in maneuvers
on the Manassas battlefield Satur-
day or Sunday.
1t. Col. Everett A. Hellmuth of
Alexandria, commander of the 11th
Battalion of the VPF. will COM
mand the group, with Maj, John
c. Butler of Rectortown and Capt.
John P. Strauss of Alexandria also
taking part.
Evening star., 1943-06-17
Weird Poker Games
One By-Product Of
WAR in the Pacific
American News Writers
Call Sky the Limit in
'TuIoei' and 'GrumbIe'
BY J. NORMAN LODGE,

Associated Press War Correspondent.
AN ADVANCED SOUTH PA
CIFIC BASE.-You may be a men,
ber Of the Thanatopsis Inside
Straight and Bobtail Flush Society,
but until you've played poker in the
Solomons you just haven't made the
grade.
Down here. every form Of chance
is magma cum laude.
Take the Press Club. for instance
Composed of accredited CORE
neutrality-suspicious.. We some
times are called-these wolves of
the 52-count deck, the foxes from
the foxholes of Guadalcanal. the
curse of the censor's life. gathered
from Europe. Australia, New Zea-
land and the United States-do
things with cards that must have
Hoyle spinning in his grave.
"Guadalcanar" New Game,
Ordinary draw is considered de
trop.' It's too tame. Stud, as you
know it back in the States. is alb
Solutely Vassar. Take, for instance
"Guadalcaral,' You have TO be
brave to play it.
"Guadalcanal" is Seven-card stud
high and low hand winners. and all
red cards are wild. So are the play
ers. Table stakes, and woe betide
the conservative.
Bob Cromie Of the Chicago Tri-
bune is champ. He has yet to lose
Your correspondent doesn't DO sc
badly. but his title is in shove it
Shove it" is SiX-card StuC
game, every man getting his first
card down. The man to the left OF
the dealer gets his second card face
up. If he doesn't want it. he ShoveS
it along to the next player and has
to take the next card.
If the second player doesn't want
the card, he. too shoves it along and
its high-loW winners.
Poker Face" Needed.
Next in line as favorite is quits. "
That is just draw poker, open on
anything, but low hand wins A
good poker face is worth a fortune
Then there's "Tulagi.' Now
there's game for gangSter Its
played in the dark, each man being
dealt hand, Wagers laid. a match
is struck to see who wins. The
name comes from the necessity of
playing in the dark on the island of
that name during blackoutS.
Three card monte. two card
monte, put and take, grumble
seVen-card stud with a twist and
baseball are popular.
"Grumble' will intrigue you If
you're the kind that's always grip
ing. The dealer is the grumbler
After the hand is over he either
grumbles Or he doesn't depending
on his nerve or finances.
Baseball" Is Costly.
To grumble, he draws an addi-
tional five cards. He discards and
draws. If he then does not beat
the initial winner he pays half the
size of the pot in forfeit. If he does
beat the winner he collects all but
what the winner had put in.
Baseball" is on the expensive
side. It's WOW. Seven cards with
the first two down. A buried four
spot-base on balls-gets you a free
card. Mines are wild, as are buried
threes. But the trey exposed puts
you out. You can then buy" for
the size of the pot and the trey
becomes a wild card.
Hence it is the parlor pastime in
the Solomons where the only people
who are not fighting are the ones
we facetiously call savaees.
Evening star., 1943-06-17
Stratemeyer Reports
Allied 81 Air Ratio
In Mediterranean
Air Stoff Chief Says
937 Enemy Aircraft Were
Destroyed in Two Months

By The Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 17-Mai Gen,
George E. Stratemeyer, chief of the
air staff. Army Air Forces, disclosed
Yesterday that since April IS Allied
aircraft in North Africa and the
Middle East destroyed 685 enemy
aircraft in air combat and 252 9TH
erS on the ground with a loss of
only 237 planes.
A. press conference following
his return from an inspection tour
Of the European and African war
theaterS. Gen. Stratmeyer also said
that during the same period the
Allies destroyed 1l9 Axis ships Of
all kinds in the Mediterranean.
IF there is one lesson we have
learned from Africa. the Medlter-
ranean and Europe" " he said. 1t is
that our air power must no. be used
piecemeal and so Gissipated. In the
Tunislan battle the tactical air force
was used as an integrated force to
achieve air superiority By blasting
the enemy air force out of the sky.
Planes Were Solid Force.
1t was not used plecemeal. one
parcel as an umbrella 20 protect
ground troops elsewhere. dividing
itself into easily oppoSable segmentS
and accomplishing nothing Il was a
solid force, commanded by airmen."
Stating that the Allies had
achieved 3tO-l air ratio in the
Mediterranean against tough. bat
tle-Wise foe Gen. Stratemeyer de-
ClareG:
Our arplane production today
Iar exceeds that OF the AXIS. Their.
is d rapidly wasting. ours a growing
air power. At the ratio of 3 to l un-
der conditions which should have
been favorable to them. their losses
must take on, for the AXIS, the as
pect OF calamity.
Our Army Air Forces have known
a number Of recent days OF opera
tons without enemy air opposition
The number of these DAYS will in
crease as we get along with this Wal
If We keep on knocking down the
enemy al the current rate We have
every confidence We Will do So
Cut Axis to Pattern.
Declaring that in the past two
months We have forged the pattern
of air victory in the Mediterranean,
he added
Now We are undertaking to cut
the AXIS to that pattern, 1t is a Job
We face with confidence. Our con-
fdence is based on knowledge that
We have met and cleanly, declsiyely
defeated the best the enemy can
offer
Brig Gen. D. A Dawson. chief
engineer of the Northwest African
Air Forces. said at the conference
that the high quality of American
engineering equipment enabled en-
oineerS to construct alrdromeS IN
record time IN Africa under most
adverse conditions.
He praised the efforts of officers
and men who. he said, on one occa-
sion completed in 70 hours five new
hours before"
Evening star., 1943-06-17
Washington Flyer Dies
In Training Plane Crash

Second 1t. Nathaniel Milton Hill,
"a, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hill.
TIT Ninth street NV, and another
officer both colored, apparently were,
drowned yesterday when their Army
training plane crashed into Lake
Huron near Oscoda, Mich. accord
ing to message received here hv
the father. The plane was found,
but there was no trace of 1t. Hill,
the co-pllot. or his observer.
1t. Hill was graduate of Arm
strong High School here and Hamn-
ton Institute. Hampton, Va. He won
his wings at Tuskegee, Ala, and had
been in service since February. 1892.
He has five brothers and two sisters.
Evening star., 1943-06-17
IS Allied Ships Reported
Mussed at Gibraltar
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
MADRID, June ia dispatch
from La Linea today said rs Al
lied ships, including a battleship,
two aircraft carriers and 10 destroy
ers, were concentrated in the harbor
at Gibraltar.
Eight freighters were reported to
have arrived from the United States
today.
Evening star., 1943-06-17
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, June 17.-Trapped
IS feet underground in a sewer for
more than l3 hours, Gordon Tenn
pany, 54-year- construction fore
man, was rescued today by desper-
ately toiling city firemen.
Suffering no i'll effects from his
entombment, the foreman jokingly
told his rescuers, Il had a good
time AS he emerged from the
sewer, his wife ran to embrace him.
Mr.. Tempany, employed by a
construction company engaged in
building the sewer, dashed into a
water tight concrete compartment
last night to escape drowning as
water gushed into the project.
Evening star., 1943-06-17

The sooner you get that War Saw
ings Stamp in your book the sooner
you will get victory in the bag.
Evening star., 1943-06-17

Something to sell? Something to
buy: Use a Star Want Ad." Phone
Ma 50O0
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
r EFER MINER s.
APPLICATION TO
AFL CONVENTION
Duniel ]. Tobin Heads Com.
n1ittee At Meeting With
John L. Lewis

Chicago ~ILNS). - The application
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica for charter in the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor will come before the
next AE'L convention, opening Oct 4
at Boston.
The AFL EXECUTIVE council, meeting
here in quarterly session, voted to
refer the application to the conven-
ton without Recommendation. Presi-
dent Green said the council had de-
cided to transmit TO the convention Il
report on the requeSt of the miners for
readmiSSion. The report made by Il
three-man committee headed by Daniel
j. Tobin, gave an account of the com
mittee's meeting with President John
l.. Lewis Of the Mine Workers and
made no RECOMMENDATION.
+ President GrWs told reporters the
action of the FMmcil was unusual"
but was due e'tq many technical ques-
tons "@
The "technical" difficulties consisted
partly Of the existence of District No.
80 of the Mine Workers and its mem
berShip, some OF whom are rivals of
eNi ing AFL organizations. Also,
there is the obstacle of the Progressive
Miners Union, which received the
charter held by the United Mine Work.
crS after the latter left the AF'L, to
enter the CIosnY>
The Progressive Miners Union is
vigorously opposing readmisson of the
United Mine Workers. Lloyd a
Thrush president of the Progressives
appeared before the executive council
meeting 10 ask rejection of the UNIV
application. After learning Of the coun
ellis decision, he said I'VE intend tC
carry the fight to the convention and
carry it ON TO Il successful conclusion
included Nul" to oppose modification
of the ASiatic Exclusion Act to admit IL
quota Of Chinese annually.
President Green announced "thc
council decided to adhere TO the ira.
ditional policy of opposing any modi-
iication or repeal of the Chinese En-
CluSion Act" He said he thought the
interests of tn" country and the labor
unions ''Would he best served by that
position
Referring to proposals in Congress
to amend th" act, Green said he
thought the question should wait until
after the war.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
Shorts

Labor Executives Association has
protested using war prisoners on rail
roads; say soldiers of enemy nations
can't be expected to expedite our
transportation.
Dept. of Labor figures indicate
twice as many accidents i'm private
shipyards as i'm government yards.
NP Wallace says The people of
America know the second step toward
Nazism is the destruction of labor
lmionS.'
We now learn it was not New
Dealer but Republican party
prOpagandist i'm the Owl who SLAM
dered the king of Italy.
About all that Mussolini has left is
his conscience, and no one wants that
Premier Nixon of Ontario says
Canada's cost of living figures are
cocIl-eyed and are rigged against
workers wages.
War contractors with big profits are
trying. to block. eheck-up by, federal
agents, says Undersecretary Patterson.
Mayor LaGuardia says when eggs
reach 81 IA dozen "we'Il find sub
stitutes.'
Argentine govt has seized Ameri-
can and = British auto concerns for
violations of price ceilings.
Jesse Jones is worried about dis
nnSifin,, ne nan nnn nnn ,,,nnkl, ne
war plants built by the govt. for
war contractors.
WLB thinks it can arbitrate contro-
verSy between Machinists and Car
penters.
Sen. LANCER wants a probe of the
Elk Hills oil deal. Says it is not
enough TO cancel the lease with
Standard and forget about ii.
American Legion is suspicious of
S2O,OOO,OOO gift for "-AmericanSm'
from one of our big corporations.
Third war loan starts next month
$40, ,0OO, ,OOO. O.0OO-highest i'm history.
Railroads are doing right we'll these
days. Profits UP as much as 100 per
cent above 1911.
President of u. :. Chamber of
Commerce rails against strikes but
ignores huge profits of corporations
and faulty materials supplied by
some of his influential members.
President of Progressive Farmers
Union says some farm groups Gamers
and packers want wages frozen but
not prices.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
Miners Permitted
To Attend Comps
Change Of Attitude Shown
On Part OF Cdnddidn
Authorities

New Glasgow, n. S. TLNS).-n a
sudden change of attitude on the part
of the Canadian coal controller and
the heads of the Canadian reserve
army. soft coal miners are allowed to
attend summer camps of the reserve
army for periods of 10 days to ,
weeks, inclusive.
The original ban on participation in
such camps by the coal miners, which
had been instituted by the coal con-
trotler. in cooperation with the reserve
army had been protested by the miners
and by the United Mine Workers dis
trict executive. The miners had pointed
out they planned 6on taking = weeks
vacation anyway and the camp pro-
vided for the vacation with reserve
army pay and all expenses.
The second battalion of the Cape
Breton Highlanders is composed al
most wholly of coal miners, as are the
second battalion of Pictou Highlanders
and the Field Ambulance Corps.
Now going stale through overwOrk
in the mines, the miners will return
from the camps ready to resume coal
production in better physical and men
tai condition than when they sus-
pended work to don the army uniform
for the camping period, union eXecu-
| tiveS say.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
Locul Union No. Al
(Continued From Paae Onel

as the Salem local. We wish to thank
Local AZ for their invitation to attend
the picnic and for the hospitality
shown our members. Salem had an
outstanding picnic this year.
Don't forget to pack your baskets.
bring containers for free ice cream and
coffee. You will be ready to eat follow
ing the afternoon entertainment. And
to you dancing lovers, you will have
all the dancing you want between five
and eight o'clock.
The Sebring Trades and Labor
Council is still waiting for Il reply
from the American Federation of La
hor for permission to publish the
names of the Congressman and Sena-
tors who voted in favor Of the Smith
Connally Bill. We feel this list of
names should be published in all union
labor halls and read at all meetings to
acquaint the members with the names.
Keep coming to the meetings and we
will accomplish Il great deal. The at
tendance at the last meeting was very
good.-O.C. Al
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19

of Labor.
And on Labor Day the unions of
America will actually behold, in their
celebrations across the land, the equip
ment for which their money has paid.
EQUIPMENT TO GO
ON PUBLIC DISPLAY
Where unions have bought tanks,
the tanks will roll out to take their
place of honor nj the Labor Day cele-
bration. Where planes have been
bought, planes will be rolled out on
the apron.
This is made possible because unions
designate the equipment for which
their bond money shall be spent; and
because the War Department is en-
Enthusiastically joining in to make all
plans click.
The United Association of Journey
men Plumbers and SteamiitterS is buy
ing the equipment for Il whole division,
q truly heroic undertaking, running
up to the smashing total of Sl1,OOOOOO.
If the Army can parade this purchase
il will be such Il show as few civilians
l..
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
Claims Extension
Continued From Pare One)

not been repeated. "On the contrary ~
declares DR.. CuShman, "cNtIu0rdnary
pains are being taken by the govern
mcnt to extend 10 aliens and enemy
aliens fair and reasonable treatment" ."
")iSeaSed' Public Opinion Seen
The pamphlet utters another warm
inc, which comes, unfortunately, too
late for the citizens of Detroit, Los
Angeles, and Beaumont. Or. tuShman
cautions against IAN intolerunt public
opinion which ClamorS for the sup
preston of minority rights We have
Succumbcd again to what he calls a
''diSea>cd' public opinion which whips
whole communities into emotional
frcnZicS and causes them TO lose their
capacity for thoughtful Judgment.
Yet the domestic picture has another
bright spot According to the pamphlet.
the recent actions of the Supreme
Court IN reversing itself in two cases
involving the Jchovah'S Witnesses and
in refusing to cancel the natuIaliYa-
tion of the Communists, William
Schn"id"rman are steps that enlarge
and strengthen the safeguards which
protect our liberties.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
N O 0TICE!
Important. Announcements of Local
Unions are to be found i'm this
Column
4 ! j = i = = \ \ + < j. i < i 4 i
!. NOTICE X

X Tuesday evening; August ~.
X Local Union No. %, mOuldmakers,
:. will have the third reading of a
X resolution as an amendment to
:. the Bylaws: that any member
X of Local Union No. 22 owing a
< fine for nOn-attendance, the fine
X automatically becomes part OF
\ the dues for that particular
X month"
\ X \ x \ X < X x \ 4 + ! !. 4 < :
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
Automatic Company Plant
Elects Athlete Of AFI

Washington, ID. C.-In an election
to choose a collective bargaining repre-
sentative, employees of the L. s. Auto
matte Co. plant, Amherst, Ohio, cast
3OS votes for AFL Federal Labor
Union No 23459. against 13S for Il
company union, James Z. McWeeny,
organizer, Cleveland, Ohio, reported to
AF'L President William Green.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
GILBERT T.. HYATT
HEADS BIG DRIVE

Enthusiasm grows with each pass
ing day, according to reports that pile
into the Office of Gilbert T.. Hyatt
chief Of the Treasury's war bond labor
section. Hyatt is running one of the
most amazing campaigns ever devised
The overall plan is huge, the detail
enormous. But this veteran campaign
or, hitting hard and driving fast. is on
union officials and other government
officials l.. lilebiliziI,g laber.s money
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
A. F. Of L. Unions Pour
Out Invdsion Money To
Buy Tools For Soldiers
Tanks. Plones And Guns Will Parude On Labor Day
:. When Goal Is Reoched-Thirteen Ships TO Be
Z Named For Ldbor's Heroic Men

Washington d. C. 0LNSA billion dollar Invasion money
the Axis will grand conclusion Labor Day
the result Of the biggest campaign of its kind staged
billion dollars will from American Federation of
the purchase of bonds All the nation
unions writing their pledges day and in meetings
night tidal of labor roll into Washing
ton % pay for the ponderous tools of war.
Cooperating make this drive the Army, the
Treasury Maritime Commission and the American Federation
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19

The worst jnjuries that, Il Fascist
regime tor even Fascistic laws en-
acted by just plain reactionarieS) in
nictS on Il people are: decay of back
bone, degradation of character, and
destruction of al Self-respect.