davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-09-25
Seabees Play Big
Role In Capture
OF Japanese Base

Washington = Organized labor
played major role in the capture
OF the important Jap air base at
Munda in the Solomon Islands. ac-
cOrding to information received
from that South Sea island section
and made public by the Navy De-
partment.
The Navy said the enemy position
was "softened up by line of heavy
Marine Corps field guns before the
final assault and that Navy Seabees
a majority of whom were recruited
from the ranks of organized labor,
made it possible to get those guns into
position.
The heavy Marine field guns
which became known as Murder
ers' Row. and which poured
steady stream of death and de-
structiOn upon Munda during the
softening up" process, we're built
by union workers. And the Navy says
those death-dealing gins roared in
to action within 48 hours after the
first wave of United States forces
landed at the strategic outpost.
keeping up the whitening fire until
the strategic point was taken.
Getting those heavy field pieces into
position was a job that called for
tractor-breaking, back-breaking work,
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-09-25
Federal Court
UpholdsWage
And Hour Act
Cites New Haven Men For
Contempt In Back-Pay
Case

In broad decision which sup
ports the Wage and Hour Divi
sion's basic means of enforcing
the Fair Labor Standards Act
Judge Carroll c. Hincks of us
District Court, New Haven, up
held the terms of a consent judg-
ment entered on March Is, 1o41
specifying the payment of back
wages and restraining future VIC
lations.
The court adjudged i'm con-
tempt Samuel and Israel Alderman
of Alderman Bros.,, Inc, of 800
George Street, New Haven, who
had failed to pay restitution i'm ac-
cOrdance with the provisions of the
decree.
Judge Hincks, i'm deciding in ia
vOr of the Government, stated /:
THE plaintiff may, therefore, sub
init for entry decree recording
the denial of the respondents mo-
ton, adjudging the respondents
guilty of contempt, and providing
that unless the contempt be purged
by compliance with the original Or
der within ten days after the en-
try of the decree, an order for
their commitment shall ISSUE -
Subsequently the Alderman's filed
an affidavit of compliance with the
court.
In its defense at the hearing on
May 81, 1913, in US. District Court
in New Haven, the respondents con-
tended that the court lacked jurisdic-
ton to direct payment of restitution
In the original consent decree
in March, l94l, which was signed
by Judge Hincks, the employers
agreed to pay restitution in back
wages to employees tOtaling
$l,7ll.2l in four monthly pay
ments, the first payment to be
made within five days after the
judgment was filed. A balance of
$4,000 remained to be paid at the
time the contempt action was filed
in behalf of the administrator of
the Wage and Hour Division.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-09-25
Milk Lobby
Seeks Profit
By Price Rise
National Trust Using Plight
Of Farmers To Help
Self

WASHINGTON-One of the
most expert and ruthless Hobbies
in Washington is in the midst of
a summer campaign to raise the
price of milk to consumers 2Hc
a quart, and butter, 17c pound.
1t is the National Cooperative
Milk Producers Federation, not
to be confused with a consumers
cooperative.
Never known for his subtlety,
Exec. Sec. Charles W. Holman, a
protege of Herbert HOover's who
like Hoover advocates high prices
and no subsidies as the only medi-
cine to increase production, comes
right out with his program in
recent N.C.M.P.F.'s news release.
He tells how a special board of
directors meeting in Chicago, July II
and 18, outlined the federation's de-
mands for increased prices, and how
a committee of the federation met re-
Gently with War Food Administrator
Marvin Jones. The committee told
Jones that price of 81 score butter at
Chicago should be raised to 58.5 cents
pound if incomes of butterfat pro-
ducers are to approach the income
level of hog producers" This would
be the wholesale price-now 4175c
O.PA. and VIA. now are reaping
some of the results of setting ex-
tremely high ceilings on live hogs.
Actually the increased prices for but
ter and milk if granted would go only
in part to farmers, however.
Spokesman for big dairy COM
panies have been accompanying
N.C.M.P.F. representatives i'm call
ing to put the heat on O.P.A. Of
ficials. When delegation from
Connecticut visited PA, the milk
producers representatives asked
for price hikes which cost the con-
sumner two cents more a quart. The
dairy men agreed, but said IL
cents should go to the farmers and
the remaining three-fOurths of a
cent should go to the distributors.
The argument that dairy farmers
should obtain subsidies to make dairy
ing as attractive as hog-raising leaves
Holman and the NCMPF cold. He
was one of the most active lobbyists
against subsidies in the closing weeks
of Congress.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-09-25
WLB Frowns
Upon Corset
Workers Idea
Rejects Attendance Bonus
For Bridgeporters; Sug-
gests Drawing Lots

Applications for permission to
install an attendance bonus plan in
the form of five per cent wage
increase as submitted Jointly by
Federal Corset Workers Local
2l1O3 and the Warner Bros. Co.,
Bridgeport, was this week rejected
by the War Labor Board.
A total of AL employees of the
Bridgeport company are affected by
the Boards refusal to approve the
plan as a means of providing an in
centive for regular attendance The
W.L.B. announced also that it had
rejected the same plan at the same
rate proposed jointly by the Thomas
Laughlin Co., Portland, Me-, and the
International Association of Ma
chinists.
In denying the requests of the
two firms, the Board this week
reiterated its policy that it will not
approve straight wage increases
proposed solely for combating alb
senteeism. 1t declared that such
wage advances are contrary to the
purpose of the wage sterilization
program.
However, the WL.B. pointed out
that it was not opposed to incentive
plans that will encourage regular at
tendance at work. 1t informed both
factories that it would entertain appli-
cations which provide for such bonuses
in the form of War Bonds. The re-
cipients of these Bonds would have
to win them by drawing lots, but only
such workers as those who maintained
a prescribed attendance record for any
specific period would be eligible to
participate in the drawing.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-09-25
Colonel Who
Shot Private
Gets Off Easy
Court-Martial Finds Him
Guilty Of Careless Use
OF Firearms"

DETROIT.-All Detroit except the
shielded guilty ones, seethed with an
ger when the Selfridge Field court
martial whitewashed Col. William T.
Colman, deposed field commander, and
so covered up one of the worst army
scandals in this war. Among the
charges brought against Colman, who
pleaded temporary insanity as his ex-
cuse for shooting his chauffeur
through the stomach in drunken
rage, was that he had fraudulently
connived at the transfer through ia
voritism of Benson Ford, grandson of
Henry Ford, and of other soldiers to
the field, in return for various con-
siderations. Nothing was said of this
in the verdict, which keeps Colman
in his permanent regular army rank
of captain.
In a fine ironical vein the court
martial found Colman guilty in the
shooting affair, not of assault with
intent to do great bodily harm, but
of careless use of firearms" AS
though, it was commented by civil
ians, if he had killed the Negro
private, he would have been en-
titled to promotion for careful use
of arms!
The Detroit Free Press editorially
termed the court-martial "a farce
trial. and demanded 'sWhO Is Be-
ing Protected?" The Detroit Ne,Os,
also editorially, called it ''an out
rageOus verdict"
Other Detroiters besides Benson
Ford were included in the transfer
favoritisms. Ford, now a lieutenant,
has swivel chair job at the Detroit
induction center.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-09-25
Broad Plans For
United Conference
Continued from Page One)

kAOllllItuCQ IIOIll dSe VIC
Council; Edward McCrone, clio.
director; Nathan Sherman, editor
of The Union Times, ALL; Sol
Kreas, ALL; and Ray Kilduff,
clio.
3. AS part of the Conferences prep
arationS for the city election, and next
years state and national elections, a
drive to have members of organized
labor be made voters is under way.
A special committee to work with the
unions on registration of new voters
consists of Bernard Geelan, ALL,
chairman; Harold V. Feinmark; Ted
O'Connor, Carl Romano, and William
Skolnick, CLIO; and John J. Murphy,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen.
4. The entire United Labor and
Legislative Conference will be con-
vened at meeting to be held at the
New Haven Labor Temple on Thurs
day, Oct. IA, at 8 p. M. Every local
union in the Third Congressional
District will send a delegate; and
the New Haven Central Labor COun-
Gil, the Clio. Indutrial Union
Council; and the Railroad unions
will each send five delegates.
A letter sent to the unions by the
Conference says: IF we are to keep
Congress from enacting any more
anti-labor legislation; if we are to ex-
ert pressure on Mr.. Compton to aban-
don his anti-labor, anti Roosevelt
ideas; we need a strong united labor
movement. Do your share by sending
a delegate to the Oct. IA meeting, and
by having your local help with the
expenses"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-09-25
Capitals Wage
Escapes Freezing

Evidence that wage freezing" does
not apply to the wages of capital can
|be found on the financial page of any
newspaper.
On single day this week the rec
lord of disbursements of 1912 earnings
showed these increases in payments
to stockholders:
National Dairy Products, Is per
cent; Beatrice Creamery, 40 per cent !;
Ward Baking Company, 20 per cent !;
lB. F. Goodrich, 100 per cent; Humble
Oil and Refining, 40 per cent; Ameri-
can Agricultural Chemical, 90 per
cent; Twentieth-Century Fox, 100 per
|cent; McKesson & Robbins, 80 per
cent; National Enameling, 50 per cent
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-09-25

Last year strikes i'm Britain en-
tailed loss of 1,257,OOO working
days. TwO-fifths of the total of
1888 stoppages and more than half
of the workdays lost were in the
mines.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-09-25

In the Boeing plants (Of Flying
Fortress fame), approximately Is
percent are women. A year ago, less
than three out of every hundred
employees were women.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-09-25

How long can Labor Unionists
expect to receive UniOn-made wages
if they do not buy UniOn-made
goods?
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-09-25
Clare Doesn't Care What He Is Called
Community Chest
Continued from Page One)

Organized labor in New Haven
is represented on Community Chest
campaign and administration bod
les, with the following personnel:
A. F. of L.: Mr.. Feinmark on the
Community Chests Budget Com
mittee, and F. Brainard Bridgman
of State, County and Municipal
Employees, on the campaign COM
mittee.
CLIO: Community Chest Board
of Directors, Raymond T. Hussey
of the United Steel Workers; Com
munity Chest Budget Committee,
George ID. Bronson, American
Newspaper Guild; Campaign Com
mittee, Frank Venturella, United
Electrical Machine & Radio Work.
ers.
Clarence S. Bremner, indepen-
dent of the International Typo
graphical Union, is on the Chests
Board of Directors.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-03-10

Sc mu je uzgal plamen velikega
pricakovanja.
Prisel je drugi, ia je prisepal
oh berglji, ker je incl emo samo
nogo. Storil je takisto, kakor
prejsnji. Ia MIN Sc je takoj
prikazal tretji, in ia je, cudo
precudno, nesel lastno glavo v
narocju; glava je bila okrvav-
LENA Cd strnjenih las do celju-
sti, toda zivela je, oci so gleda-
lie nezastrte! in komaj je stopil
med tovarise, je vzdignil glavo
ter jo postavil med ramena.
Tia cuda sem gledal in Sc nj
sem cudil; zdelo Sc mi je, da Sc
vse vrsi po pravici, kakor Sc
drugace ne more vrsiti.
Tudi Sc nisem cudil, ko so pri-
hajale dodge procesije cd vseh
strani, prosecije, kakor jih clo-
vesko oko Sc nj videlo. Nj Sc
videlo toliko krvi, bolecine ir
trpljenja. Tho 50 prihajale pro,
cesije, iz ust nj bilo glasu, tud
koraka nj bilo cuti - tisoc "a
tisoGjo molcecih senc, XII so vse
imele ziva telesa, imele oci, Xxi
SO gledale, srca, XII so jim moe
no utripala. Procesijam nj bilo
konca, noe jih je brez nehanja
valila il mracnega svojega ma
rocja in ia noe mislim, da je
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-03-10

uri pomaknil tik do dvanajste
in da vsak hip udari kladivo ma
zvon. Use pesti, mogoene, so
cakale trdo stisnjene, da Sc raz-
klenejo ter zgrabijo "a mec.
zapihal je hladen nocni We
ter, kakor da so Sc bila nekje
v daljnem mraku odprla nevid-
ma vrata; crni valovi Matjazeve
brade SO Sc vzdramili in so "a
sumeli; plamen V njegovih oceh
je zaplapolal in je bill svetlejsi.
V dvorani Sc je prikazal Gu
den clovek, kdo We kako in cd
kod. Stal je nenadoma pred
hrastovo mizo kralja Matjaza.
Obraz mu je bill yes poht krv-
jo, da ga je bio komaj razloci-
Il. > krVJo IN blatOm Je Dlla pO-
krita obleka, raztrgana v cunje.
Levi rokav mu je visel ohlapno
nizdol in je bill prazen. TAX je
stopil med vojscake Matjazeve
in nj rekel besede; koj jim je
bill enak, stal je med mimi IT,
no in nepremicno, desnico sklju-
ceno V pest; in v temnih oceh
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-03-10
IVAN CANKAR:
KroIi Mo+ioz

Videl sem tako razlocno, ka-
kor zdajle tebe vidim, tovaris.
Videl sem kralja Matjaza, ko
lje sedel ma svojem visokem pre-
stolu cd jekla. Dvorana je bila
prav tista, XII jo poznamo; niz-
ka, mracna in sila prostrana,
tako da mixer nj bilo ne zidov,
ne kotov. Ia vsako vrsto sivih
stebrov Sc je v noe in hlad raz-
prostrla druga dvorana Sc vec-
ia cd prejsnje. Mixer nj bilo
ne baklje, ne svece, pa vendar
so bile luci prepletale mrak, ka-
kor da bi poletavale belle vesce
tfk pod stropom.
Bill sem med mimi in nisem
bill, njih tezko sapo sem dihal,
njih bella lica sem videl in Min
rdeco kri; pa vendar je bilo tam
zG Sc mi, lie mole breztelesno
srce.
Ma tenn svojem jeklenem pre-
stolu je sedel kralj Matjaz, vi
sok in silen. V obraz je bill hui
do bled, pod sirokimi celjustmi
so Sc bocili valovi mogocne crne
brade; oci so lezale V globokih
jamah in SO gorele z motnim
plamenom; orjaske pesti, nago-
sto porastle, so pocivale ma
hrastovi mizi, pripravljene, da
Sc vzdignejo. Tako je sedel
kralj Matjaz in tako so sedeli
sloneh in lezali tudi vojscaki
njegovi; nobeden Sc nj ganil, ali
nobeden nj pal, kajti vsaka IL
ra bi lahko bila tista, XII je bila
oznanjena pred tisoc lett:
V motnem plamenu oci Mat
jazevih in njegovih vojscakov
je bilo napeto pricakovanje.
Kakor da sc je bill kazalec ma
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-03-10
Vprosonie delqvskih
moci

svicarski list "Arbeiter lei
tung" prinasa v svoI stevilki
cd 81. decembra Glanek o delav-
skem vprasanju ma Balkanu.
Ma Hrvaskem Sc ceni stevilo
poljedelskih delavcev in dninar-
jev ma $4,000, ono kvalificira-
nih delavcev ma $4,000, prista.
nisenih delavcev ma $4,000 in
= rudarjev ma $4,000.
v Nemciji je zdaj zaposlenih
priblizno 10000 hrvaskih de-
lavcev. v zadnjem casu SO ma
silnim potion poslali tia zopet
$4,000 delavcev. zivljenski po-
goji delavcev ma Hrvaskem so
zelo tezki. Place SO precej rax-
licne. Poljedelski delavci zaslu-
zijo ma dan cd As do 80 kun, Ii
darji dobivajo po 80 dinarjev
s hrano, rudarji cd 70 do 120
kun, a industrijski delavci Cd
/25 do 70 kun. Ma leto ina vsak
delavec priblizno 220. delavnih
dni.
Pc stevilkah te place MISC
majhne, toda pomisliti je treba,
da je vrednost tega denarja ze-
10 majhna. Delodajalci morajo
skrbeti "a dobavo hrane in so
vecinoma ustanovili skupne ku-
hinje, "a katere odtegujejo de-
lavcem gotove zneske cd place.
Socia1nih ustanov sploh nj raz-
ven ma papirju - zavarovalni-
ma je tako visoka, da je delav-
ci ne morejo plaeevati. Svobo-
da politicnega delovanja je u
kinjena in le pristaniseni in po-
morski delavci SO Sc organizira-
nj, najvee v komunisticnem
smislu.
Clanek pise tudi @ polozaju
delavcev v Srbiji, ski je zelo ne
jasen. $4,000 Srbov Sc Sc we'd
no nahaja v vojnem ujetnistvu;
100000 so jih Nemci namestili
v svoji industriji. v Srbiji sami,
nimajo delavci nobenih pravic
in tudi MISC organizirani. Place
MISC niti najmanj v razmerju S
cenami, a socialne ustanove, XII
so obstojale pred vojno, so u
kinjene. Delavci, XII delajo v
Nemeiji, bodisi v poljedelstvu,
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-03-10

Remember-the longer
you keep War bonds,
up to 10 years, the moro
valuable they become.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-03-10

bodisi v vojni industriji, posilja-
10 domov del svojih prihran-
kov, toda medtem ko posiljajo
Finski ali Danski ozenjeni de-
lavci meseeno domov po 250
mark in neozenjeni pc 125
mark, belgijski in francoski po
100 oziroma 120 mark, iznosijo
tie posiljke "a srbske in hrvaske
delavce lie po 100, oziroma 80
mark ma mesec.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-03-10

Dlla dalJsa od leta. DVorana sc
je sirila in razmikala v neskonc-
most, da je bilo "a vse prostora.
Kralj Matjaz Sc nj ganil, tu-
di nj trenil S plameneeim oce-
som, ko je gledal, kako je bill
njegov tabor ze prostarn, ka-
kor oh sodnem dnevu dolina Jo-
zafat. Tel strasni noci, v njeni
tisini Sc strasnejsi, nj bilo kra-
ia, polno leto je bila dolga in
re Sc je prelila v drugo, preli-
la v tretje.
Brezstevilne legije obrazov
sem videl, toda razlocil in spo-
znal sem jih vse do zadnjega,
V blizini in temni daljavi; kajti
kakor so bila lica okrvav-
LENA, so Sc bleda svetila iz
mraka, velikim belim vescam
podobna. Nj ga cloveskega O.
braza, da bi ga ne bilo med Mi
mi, vojscaki Matjazevimi. Mia
denici nezni, golobradi, komaJ
lesenemu konjicu odrasli, moski
zagorelih lie, mocnih celjusti in
resnobnih oci; skljueeni starci S
povesenini sivimi brki in kosa-
timi obrvmi. Bio pa je vines
tudi veliko stevilo zensk, mia
din in lepih, starih in zgrblje-
nih, in bill so vines otroci, XII SO
pravkar shodili, cello dojence
sem videl V narocju mater.
ZbraI so sc bill cd vseh stra-
nj in krajev tega sveta; kol-
kor je narodov zemlja rodila,
vsi so bill tam, so cakali v ta-
boru kralja Matjaza ure ozna-
njenja. Nisem videl samo belih
obrazov, temvec tudi rumene,
bronastorjave in cisto crne.
Kakor pa SO bill obrazi razlicni
po rodu in plemenu po letih in
oblikah, nekaj jih je druzilo,
kar sem obcutil V srcu, ko sem
jih gledal ali kar Sc nikakor ne
da razloziti z besedo. Nj bila sa-
mo strjena, crna kri XII jih je
bila vseh, vojscakov Matjaze-
viii, ocitno znamenje. Bio je
vse kaj druegga in vse kaj vec
- kakor da je vsaki med mimi
nosil ma dlani svoje 1.-Two, trepe-
tajoce srce. V tenn srcu je bill
spomin ma bolest, do zadnje pc
koce kaplje izpito, ma nezaslu-
zeno, nezaslisano gorje, ma
brezbozne krivice, ma kazen brez
greha in sodbe, ma sramoto in
ponizanje, ma osabno, potepta-
no ljubezen, ma izdano zvestobo,
in ogoljufano zaupanje. Ali mad
vsem tenn ernim jezerom gren-
kobe - in IL jeezra grenkobe
Sc je bila rodila, je naugasljivo
sijala mirna luc pricakovanja,
mocne, ciste we're V tisto veil
ko uro, XII je bila oznanjena.
To je bill clovek, bican in O.
ropan, ponizan in osramocen cd
krivice. To je bill vojscak kralja
Matjaza.
! Crni strop sc je razmaknil,
zasvetila SO Sc nebesa, vzdignil
Sc je SLIM kralj Matjaz in
Nicesar nisem videl vec.
Kdaj in kje je bio vse to-!
Kdaj DO in kje ---?
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-03-10
e r
WhotHo~R~YMtM|
WAR BONDS

A pelorus, used by the Navy, is
device which fits over the surface of
a compass to enable the operator
to take bearings on distant objects.
1t has split hair sights, has been in
use for many years . and costs
approximately $125.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-03-10

These instruments are essential
equipment to every American ship
which comes out of the shipyards.
With the scores of ships now being
completed each month, we need
many of these instruments. Your
purchase of War Bonds and Stamps
will help pay for them. Invest at
least ten percent Of your income ev-
cry payday in these interest bear.
ing Government securities.
= --- U. S IrcGtnrr ptt0tttrcNi
Evening star., 1943-10-23
Court Dismisses Fraud
Charge Against Mrs. Ber|e

Ey the Associated Press
NEW YORK. Oct. 23.-Surrogate
James A. Foley has dismissed
charges that Beatrice Bishop Berle
wife of Assistant Secretary of State
Adolf A. Berle, jr.. committed fraud
and exerted duress in obtaining a
s5l5,0 900 settlement from the estate
OF her father, Courtland Field
Bishop.
Mrs. Berle's mother, Mrs. ANY
Bend Bishop, and other executors
OF the estate petitioned the surro-
gate to vacate the S5l5.00O settle
ment, but Mr.. Foley ruled out their
petition, holding their allegations of
duress and fraud were insufficient.
Mrs. Berle received the s515 900
settlement after she filed claim for
S8O80 against the estate and
charged her father had mishandled
a relatives estate of which she was
beneficiary.
Evening star., 1943-10-23
District Residents Get
739, ,9S4 Ration Books
In 2-Day Registration
100000 Didn't Bother
To Apply, Bristor Says;
Must Wait Over Week

New ration books were issued to
739, 1874 District residents during the
tWo-day registration period which
ended last night, school officials re-
ported today.
B. L. Bristor, school statistician,
said that the more than 100 public
schools which were handling the
distribution issued only 353, ,493 books
yesterday as compared with 1886, ,491
Thursday.
THE figures didn't come up to ex-
pectations," Mr. Bristor said About
100000 people just didn't bother to
get their new books"
Must See Ration Boards.
Persons who failed to sign up yes
terday or Thursday must wait until
after November /, when they may
apply for Ration Book No. 4 by
bringing their No 3 books with them
to their local ration boards.
1t was recalled that about the
same number Of residents failed to
sign up for Book during the four
day registration period from Febru-
airy % to 26 of this year. Mr.. Bris-
towe pointed out that many persons
evidently believe it is easier to con-
duct negotiations with their boards
! by mail, but, he said, these people
fail to take into consideration the
tremendous amount of extra work
! involved
The biggest crowds yesterday ap-
peared at Powell Junior High
School, where 1886 books were is
sued; Adams School, 1921; Eastern
High School, 5000, and Magruder,
1880.
Glasses Not Held.
The registration system was In
the hands of principals and teach
ers of all the local public schools,
assisted by volunteers and pupils
and under general direction of DR..
L. j. Cantrell, assistant superin-
tendent of schools; DR.. G. C. Will
klnson. first assistant superintend-
ent in charge of colored schools, and
B, l.. Bristor, school statisticlan
Glasses in all public schools were
dismissed during the registration
period.
This is the sixth time members of
the District school system have been
called on. by the OPA to handle
registrations for rationing programs
The teachers also issued Books
and 2 and, in between times. ac-
ceDted registration for conrperriol
sugar users. two gasoline books and
the tire rationing program.
Book No, 3 was handled by mail.
OPA officials said they relied on the
schools again for the distribution of
Book No. 4 since not enough time
had elapsed since the previous book
was mailed to permit setting up the
complicated machinery for mailing
the new books.
Evening star., 1943-10-23
Messenger Boy
BIomes Devil
For $47 Theft

A telegraph messenger boy, who
said he was told by the devil" to
steal SAT entrusted to him by his en-
ployers, was sentenced to four
months in Jail yesterday by Munich
pal Judge Walter J. Casey.
The defendant, James Prather. 18,
colored, of 900 block N street NV,
said he received the message from
satan while on his way to deposit the
money,
Il lost $40 shooting craps and
spent the rest of the money fool
ishly," the youth told the court.
But it was all the devils fault" he
added
Unfortunately this court has no
jurisdiction over the devil" re-
marked Judge Casey as he imposed
sentence.