davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-05-06
Army. Navy Men Promise
Short Work Of Enemy If
Sent Necessary Supplies
WILMA CRAVEN PRESIDES
Decal Question At Royal
China Is Entered Before
Standing Committee

Sebring, OhiO.--We have not written
to the Herald for some time, but don't
think we are lost in the fog. We are
still on the job and doing our best to
make Local Union 121 one of the
strongest in the trade.
We met on Tuesday evening, April
q, with fine attendance but we still
have those who think - let the other
fellow do the work of several hundred
and if it don't please us we can criti-
cize. If you cannot come to local and
do your part. don't go to the shop or
stand on the street corner and COM
plain.
President Thelma Craven was alb
sent due to illness and Sister Wilma
Craven took over her duties and did
very excellent job. Ten new mem
bers were obligated and their names
placed on our roll.
Some months ago we sent cigarettes
to the boys in the armed forces in
Africa. Last week we received letters
from two of the boys who received
some of the cigarettes. One letter was
from Thomas Walker serving in the
Navy and the other from Private w.
Il. Cook who was c0nyalescfng in the
hospital at the time the letter was
(Turn to Pa0e Tsvo)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-05-06
SHENANG0 EMPLOYEES TO HOLD CONSENT ELECTION May
Bows In The Service Send
Letter Of Thdnks To Local
Union l2l For Cigarettes
AL ENTERTAINERS GO
OVERSEAS WITH TROOPS

Washington, d. CA total of 266
entertainers in AZ units have been sent
to entertain troops overseas, the Office
of War information reported in re-
view of overseas work of USO-Camp
shows, Inc. Practically all of these
entertainers are members of AFL
unions.
This represents a considerable sac
rifice of time, comfort and money by
those who are trOuping abroad, the
OWL said. Many have gone by boat
through submarine infested waters.
and those who have gone by plane
have not always found the trip to be
free of danger. Three travelling USO
entertainers Maxine March, tap
dancer; Christine Street, accOrdiOnist
and singer, and Adelaide JOY, singing
cOmmedienne-were killed in Il Royal
Canadian Air Force accident near
Vancouver, h. c., on March q.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-05-06
Potters At Trenton
Still Wditing For
Action From WLB
Prices Soar Sky High While
Promised Raise Is
Still Pending
PAINE LEAVES TRADE
w. George Martin. Former
Fifth Vice President Of
N.B.O.P.. Posses On

Trenton, n. J.-LOcal Union A. re-
grets the passing of w. George Martin,
former fifth vice president of the
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters Brother Martin was elected to
the Executive Board in 1903 and
served on the board until 1917 He left
us around 1920 and was employed as
foreman ut several sanitary pOtterieS
including Ford City. BordentOwn and
the Keystone.
We are sorry to say that our prom
ised increase has not gone through yet
and we feel that we must have relief
The ceiling" price on many COM
mOdities is being raised and fresh fruit
and vegetables which we are asked TO
substitute for canned are out of sight
for ordinary working people.
We have had no increase since our
country was forced into this terrible
war and the only reason we have been
able to carry on has been by working
six days week. Our members are al
most one hundred per cent in buying
War Bonds but many feel they cannot
keep it up much longer.
We want to know why wages should
be frozen while living costs are allow
ed to soar sky high.
Everyone wants to know why Local
CniOn A. does not do something about
it and Local Union 45 wants to know
the best action to take over and above
what it has been taking since August
IA, 1912. Patience has run out. Has
the Axis killed justice in our .U.SA. =?
Come out brothers and let us know
what to do.
We were unable to do anything about
that extra bond drive last month as
individuals but are glad to announce
that we were able to buY. gOodly
number out of the treasury.
Sorry to hear Brother Selwyn Paine
has left us upon the advice, OF his
physician-too much injurious dust
but we do wish him success in what
ever line of work he takes UP.
Many of our members are now hay
ing their week off and spending lot
of time in their victory gardens. We
wish them all success in raising vege-
(Turn 10 Page Tsoo)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-05-06
Local Union 81 To
Vote On May 18th
Sister Mary Wines Joins
WAACs; Hos Two Broth
ers Now In The Service

1t has been some time since any
news from Local Union No. "a has ap-
peared in the Herald, but we want the
trade to know that we are still doing
business at the same old stand in
Room 1 every other Friday evening.
Ninety per cent of our members are
loaning Uncle Sam ten per cent of
their earnings every pay to help him
in his present struggle. At our last
meeting we purchased another $4,000
War Bond.
Sister Mary Wines has answered the
call of her country and enlisted in the
WAACS. Mary, whose father is a
dipper at the Laughlin No. s plant has
two brothers in the service.
While we have transferred number
(Turn to Page Five)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-05-06
WorkersFrozen To
Jobs, Chester Firm
Tells Decdl Girls
Appeal To Ndtionol Head
quarters For Ruling On
VINO Order
VIOLATES AGREEMENT
Vice Presidents Chadwick
And Sldven Take Floor
In Discussion
VIOLATES AGREEMENT

Local Union No. 124 met last Tues
strong presiding over a very interest
ing and instructive meeting.
Brother Armstrong made q strong
plea for the support of the union
barber shops in Chester. Although they
operate in Il supposedly strong union
district, yet they can barely make Il
living for the people patroniZing non
union shops set up in Chester. 1t seems
Il good many of us can only see our
own interests, good wages for ourselves
and cheap wages for the man who
attends your personal needs. Nothing
fair about that.
The decal girls problem at Taylor,
Smith and Taylor plant was thor
Oughly aired. Several of the girls wish
to leave the plant due to work short
age, but they are being refused dis
charge papers. The employer claiming
they are frozen to their jobs. Short
talks on this subject were presented
by Vice Presidents James Slaven and
JVSu NudtuNISN iVSiuVhl al
strong. The general opinion is that the
firm is in violation of the agreement,
but the matter has been referred to
headquarters for settlement.
s The employers are making the war
an excuse for debating to all classes
of workers, either essential or non
essential. Jobs and wages are frozen,
yet the prices continue to soar. The
government, no doubt, had to leave a
few spots open for the war protiteers
to grow fat on, and at the present time
it is the potato sale.
Potatoes, the main food of the poor
would have to be picked and the poor
cannot defend themselves. When pOta-
toes go to one dollar a peck it isn't
the farmer who gets the rake off, but
some wholesaler between him and the
consumer. 1t is about time the proper
authorities took some action to weed
out these criminals and make examples
of them.
1t might be a good idea, before con-
demning some of our labor leaders to
just wait and see what happens They
have been given plenty of reason for
their upriSings when our government
(Turn to Pdae Fiq,e)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-05-06
Officers Elected
ByLocdl Union l22
At Last Meeting
james CoffeY Re Elected
President; L. Woodward
Vice President
PRAISE FOR O.C.'S
Educational Program Would
Benefit Younger Members
Of The Organization

Cambridge OhiO-LOcal Union 122
elected the following officers for the
coming year: President, James Coffey,
kilnhand: vice president, l.. Wood
ward. kilnhand; recording secretary,
Arthur Ferber, caster: financial Secre-
tary. f. Lewis. liner; defense collector,
Alex Robertson, caster; treasurer,
Earl Johnson. kilnhand; statiStician,
Bob Wagstaff, clayworker; Inspector.
Marie Adams, decorator; guard, Bro
Henery. kilnhand: trustee. John Ellis,
kilnhand.
These officers are the old reliable
type and perform their duties ably
year in and year out. How grand it
would be if the membership developed
a small percentage of the interest
demonstrated by the officers. The well
fare of the coming generation would be
assured.
I have a feeling that the labor union
members in the coming weeks will go
through the wringer. Only those of
fast cOlOrS, unpregnated through and
through, with an unshakable under
standing of the beneficial effects of la
Dor organization, will come out true to
form. Educational leaflets should be
printed monthly and passed through
the shop or mailed to each new mem-
Der. They pay for it and the organiza-
ton will pay by failing to Use the
Op. .cortunity to get over their idea of
policy. Anti-labor cliqueS are making
/Turn In pnae Ffas)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-05-06
AFL Defends Rises
Awarded By WLB
Not Pay But Farm Lobby
Threatens Infldtion. De-
clures Federation

Washington. - Wage increases ap-
proved by the War Labor Board since
it adopted it's general wage freeze
policies will have no significant effect
upon imitation, the American Fedora
ton of Labor asserted in it's monthly
survey. 1t argued that the Presidents
'hold the line" imitation policy freezes
labor but not prices"
The current initiation threats come
dOminantly from the drive of the
farm lobby on Congress to legislate
higher prices for the entire country
the Federation said.
The report presented figures from
the War Labor Board and the Depart
ment of Commerce which it said show
ed that LESS than 8 per cent of the
increase in consumer buying power
since October has been due to wage
increases.
More than 81 per cent" it added,
'has been received by business men,
farmers, wealthy individuals, workers
who have recently been employed or
work longer hours and others who
have not received wage increases.
workers have repeatedly offered to
take their wage increases in war
bonds. They are using an important
part of their wages to buy war bonds,
The main check on infiationary effects
of increased buying power is rationing
of ccoroo nrN6,lctS. thiS iC q govern.
ment responsibility. Rationing has
fallen far short of the need"
Describing imitation as Americas S
public enemy No. 1 on the home front, "
the survey continued:
Labor asks Is this new crisis to be
met by controls of the Fascist type or
by the democratic machinery? Controls
imposed by the Federal Government
without consultation are fascist"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-05-06
Kdnsds Labor Law
Faces Court Test
Lawyers Mapping Suit To
Weigh Union Control
Act Effective May lst

TOpeka.-KanSas, which breaks out
then trying to follow the advice Of an
early day leader to raise more hell
and less corn," is at it again.
This time it has embarked on bold
experiment in labor control the
second such attempt in twenty-five
years The new act went into effect
May l and already labor lawyers are
planning to test it out in the courts
Legislative experiments hold no
terrors for Kansans. The Garry A
Nation State" was one of the first to
have constitutional prohibition. Once
1t prohibited cigarette sales. And
twenty-five years ago it tried labor
control theory based on court for
compulsory arbitration of industrial
disputes.
Sometimes the Kansas ideas tumble
into oblivion, like the industrial court
plan. Sometimes they stick.
The newest experiment is labor
union control system which has two
main features-a registration plan for
unions and business agents and a
series of don't" added to the criminal
laws.
Governor Andrew SchOeppel called
the new law the answer to IAN over
whelming demand for labor regula-
ton. Union leaders, however, de-
nounced it as unfair, discriminatory
and unnecessary. They promised an
early court test of its constitutionality.
Here's what it does, In brief:
+ Requires labor unions and business
agents to be licensed by the Secretary
of State. Unions must file annual finan-
cial statements, showing schedules of
dues, fees and assessments.
The so-called punitive sections, which
drew the most fire, prohibit company
(Turn to Page Tsvo)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-05-06
EnforcementOf
Non-Attendunce
Penalty Proposed
Members Have Until Next
Meeting To Meet Obi
gutions To Local
KELLY PRESMES
Committee Appointed To In
vestigdte Sale Of jap
dnese Goods In City

Local Union No. II met in regular
tendance little better than usual.
There seems to be a misunderstanding
between some of our members and the
laws of No - The $500 fine which
was assessed against those tardy men,
bers for failing to attend our last spe-
cial meeting still holds and unless you
contact our financial secretary before
our next meeting on May II and ar
range to pay, you will be up for sus-
pension.
The local hates to fine any member
for not attending meetings, but if you
insist upon enjoying the benefits of
organization, and will in no way offer
to share your part of the burden, what
else is left for them to do. Our trade
is seriously handicapped with the
present changes in working conditions
in the shops today. Many of our prob
lens no doubt, can be laid at our own
doorstep.
One of the most deplOrable situa-
tiOns that has come before this local in
Il long time was revealed Tuesday
night when it was reported that Japa-
nese products are being sold in East
Liverpool. If ever we have had Il
challenge on the home front to defend
democracy, certainly it is at hand.
A committee was named to investigate
these charges and if found true, action
will certainly be taken. 1t is incon-
(Turn to Page Tsvo)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-05-06

tive of the ShenangO China Workers,
local industrial council 1894. Congress
Presidents George Turner and Joshua
Chadwick of the National brotherhood
of Operative PotterS.
Employees of the Shenango Pottery
should consider carefully which or
ganiZation would benefit them most be-
fore casting their ballot on May 90.
Some uniformed skeptics may ask
How can the Brotherhood help us?
The National Brotherhood of Opera
tive Potters has answered and is
answering that question every day.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-05-06
Three Unions Competing For
Bargaining Agency Rights
AT Shendngo In New Castle
National Brotherhood Of Operative Potters. CIO And
Mine Workers Athlete Vie For Spokesman
For $500 Pottery Workers
NLRB Supervised Vote Will Be Held In West Side Of
Glost Kiln Building; Polls Will Be Open From
$50 A. M. Till Midniqht

May 20 has been the date set by the Regional War Labor
Board for the who will represent the the
Shenango Pottery Co. of New Castle Pa their sole bargaining
agency for collective bargaining with the firm.
The election which in labor circles known
election arranged by Mr. Paul Shupp field examiner Of the
National Labor Relations Board with Mr. James NJ Smith, pres
dent of the Shenango Pottery: Mr. Luke Brett field representative
of the United Construction Workers. division of district United
Mine Workers of America Mr. Mccartney representa-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-05-06
Mdintdin Present Jobs

In choosing an organization
you prefer to represent your
interests in collective bargaining
with the Shenango Pottery Com
pany. we wish to call to your
attention that through affiliation
with the National brotherhood
Of Operative PotterS all workers
in the plant will maintain their
present jobs and your decision
will in no way jeOpardiZe your
present status.
Evening star., 1943-04-09
Fabrication for War
Goods Brings Drop in
Man-Hour Production
Extra Requirements for
Product and Unframed
Workers Are Factors

Manufacture of durable goods in
wartime requires many more man.
hours per unit of raw material than
In peacetime, Commerce Depart
ment experts reported today.
Steel industries, for example, util-
tied on the average 1873 man-hours
last year to transform ton of steel
into guns, tanks, machine tools and
other products-an increase of al
most so per cent over the IS man.
hours required per ton Of steel
fabricated in 1899.
Among the reasons for the in
crease in the man-hours-per-ton
ratio, according to the Commerce
Department, are the higher degree
of fabrication required for war prod
ucts. and a decline in labor eff
cheney, due to the influx of un-
trained workers.
Trends Foreseen.
This trend, the department said,
carries significant implications for
the postwar PERIOD" for durable
goods manufactured after victory Is
won will again be chiefly military.
This will create major problem of
balance between the raw materials
producing industries and the metal
processing industries.
The department suggested two al
Tentative postwar trends.
First, in view of the wide de-
struction caused by global war, If
world demand should require the
metal processing industries to con-
tinue to utilize in fabricating prod
ucts all the productive resources
employed at the peak of the war
effort, they would need more raw
materials than the iron and steel
industry could supply with its ex-
pected capacity of 100000 tons as
of December, 1943. In fact, even If
the metal processing industries
should generally observe the 40-hour
week in the postwar period, further
expansion OF iron and steel capacity
would be required to meet the de-
mand for raw materials under this
alternative.
Shrinking Plan Noted.
The second alternative would be
to shrink the metal fabricating in
dustries down to level where they
would consume no more raw ma
Evening star., 1943-04-09
Conferences Slated
On Catholic Action

A series of conferences on Catholic
Action with the Rev. Albert O'Hara,
S. j., of Carol House. Catholic Uni
versity, as leader will start at 8
o'clock tonight at the Plus XII Guild
House, 1721 Rhode Island avenue
NV.
Father O'Hara recently returned
from China. where he spent eight
years as q missionary working with
wounded and refugee soldiers.
Evening star., 1943-04-09
Bethesda Rotary to Hear
Conference Reports

Reports Of the conference OF the
180th Rotary District, which will be
held Sunday and Monday at Balti-
more, will be made at the regular
meeting Of the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Club, it was announced today.
The Bethesda Chevy Chase Club
will be represented at the conference
by Francis Hill, attorney and men,
ber of the Selective Service Board.
Make = raid on your pocketbook
50 that we can raid the Axis. Get
your War savings bonds or stamps
now.
Evening star., 1943-04-09

terials than the iron and steel In
dustry could supply with its 97,-
100000 tons Of capacity. Because Of
the smaller number Of man-hours
needed to fabricate peacetime prod
ucts, this would mean-in addition
to a shorter work week. substan-
tial diversion of manpower to other
fields of activity, the metal fabricat-
ing industries losing some of their
wartime dominance"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-23
Army Tightens
Grip on 500
MiIitory Posses
Needed by CiviIions

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich,
March % - (P) - The United
States Army took a tighter grip
of the defense of the vital Sault
locks and waterway today.
BY proclamation of 1t. Gen.
Ben Lear, from central defense
command headquarters at Mem
phis, Tenn, Chippe eva and
and Mackinac counties and con-
tiguous waters became the
"Sault Ste. Marie military area"
Major General Samuel r
Lawton is in command of the
area and stationed at Fort Brady
here.
The proclamation effective
Monday, March %, gives the
army in the interest of safe
guarding life and locks author
ity over the civilian defense.
WIDE POWERS
The Army will have power to
expel any residents deemed dam
gerous to the war effort; there
will be closer supervision of all
civilians leaving, entering, or
See SOO-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-23

D. Kimberlin, chairman of the
VFW auxiliary's Americaniza-
ton committee, is in charge of
the program.
The three judges, Mrs. Hugh
n. Neale, Circuit Judge Neil E.
Reid and Wallace B. MacLach-
Ian, expressed their appreciation
of the splendid entries offered by
virtually all of the LA contest
ants and the reflected brilliance
which attaches to the Mount
Clemens High schools faculty
for producing such capable
young writers.
Receiving particular recogni-
ton from the judges we're the
following 10 pupils without re-
gard TO their specific order Of
merit:
Dolores Meddaugh. Robert
Magary. Phyllis Meade, Irene
Osiwala, Grace Klumfoot. Joyce
Gulden. Erma Muckenhirn.
James Ullrich. Julius Hayman
and Christian Matthews, Jr.
The Arneson entry will be
submitted in the statewide
VFW Auxiliary essay contest
and. il recognized there, will go
on TO the national contest.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-23
Chesterfield
Wins Judgment
in Case

The long standing dispute in
volving Chesterfield township
and the City of New Baltimore
was back in the news today aft
or Visiting Circuit Judge Shirley
Stewart, of Port Huron granted
the township a S73l.59 judg-
ment against the cit.
A similar judgment granted
the township a year ago for So
395.49 is still unpaid and George
w. John, township attorney said
today that he will seek a writ
of mandamus forcing New Bait
imore officials to spread a tax
sufficient to pay both judgments.
The dispute started shortly aft
er New Baltimore, part of the
township. voted in 1891 to be-
come a city. The county treas
urer collected delinquent taxes
assessed prior to the partition
See JUDGMENT-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-23
NaziS Smash
al Red Lines
Russions Hold
Under Sewage Attack
By EDDY GILMORE

MOSCOW, March % - (R) -
Battling numerically superior
forces of Germans who continue
to pour up to the front in long
columns, the Red Army of the
Northern Donets pushed back
every German effort to cross the
waterway in force, while on the
central front the Russians con-
tinued to drive toward Smo-
lensk, II was announced today.
The Chuguev and Belgorod
sectors still were the centers OF
the most violent fighting in the
Donets area, the Germans en-
ploying increasing numbers OF
infantry behind their mass tank
and plane attacks, butsthere was
no serious denting of the Sow
let line. Along the long river
front the Soviets continued to
hold several positions on the
western bank.
3 The noon communique said
that Soviet artillery fire dispers-
ed one enemy concentration in
the area of Chuguev, which is %
See RUSSIA-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-23
244GivebIood
10 Aid Troops
Red Cross BoIsters
Nationwide 'Bonk'

Ano Their Red Cross Blood
Bank got underway at noon to-
day in the First M e h o d i s
church when the first of 2%4
volunteers gave the ,plasma 50
vitality needed by American SOL
diers. sailors and Marines on far
flung battle fronts.
Sponsoring the Blood Bank is
the Mount Clemens Kiwanis
Club and its committee compos-
ed of Otto Nickel, chairman, c.
w. konstanzer and Ralph W.
Clark.
Working with the Red Cross
Mobile unit from Detroit are
Mrs. Walter Fenton, blood bank
chairman, and her assistant
Mrs. Carl Schimmel, and the
Red Gross Canteen Corps head
ed by Mrs. Francis Ullrich.
Aiding Mrs. Ullrich are Mrs.
Mark Alpern, Mrs. Lawrence
Schott, Mrs. Milon Grinnell,
Mrs. Thomas Babcock, Mrs. Milo
Warner, Mrs. J. o. Smith, Mrs.
Alton Noe, Mrs. Samuel Malbin,
Mrs. Rupert Meier. Mrs. Ralph
Richie, Miss Mary Benbennick
and Miss Rita Stockdale.
Also assisting were nurses
aides, Gray Ladies and Mrs
Frank Beine and Mrs. Mary Pei
tier, both trained nurses.