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Milford chronicle., 1944-03-24
FISHERS DISTRICT
(Near Greenwood

After being seriously i'll the past
month, E. Laird Kratz, Jr., only
child of Mr.. and Mrs. E. Laird
Kratz, passed to peaceful rest on
Thursday, March 16, at the age of
Is years. Funeral services were
held on Sunday afternoon at p.
m, in Greenwood Methodist
Church. Active pallbearers were
his pals and school comrades, Nell
son Tolbert, Kenneth McIlvaine,
Nelson Smith. Harold Isaacs, James
Gibson and Bob Conoway. Inter-
ment in Barratt's Chapel cemetery.
Rev. C. f. Knicely officiating.
James Cannon. small son of Mr..
and Mrs. Hubert Cannon is quite
i'll as a victim of pneumonia.
Miss Betty Morris was an over
night guest of her brother and sis
ter-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. Winsor
Morris of GlenOlden, Pa, on We'd
nesday.
Announcement has been made of
the wedding of Miss Meredith
Young, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. l.. Young of Phoenix, Ariz., and
Lieutenant John NJ. Butler, sta
toned with a troop carrier squad
ron in Maxton, Texas. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Norman Butler of Farm
ington, on Wednesday, March s,
in the First Methodist Church in
Lubbock, Texas. Rev. H. /. Robin
son performed the double ring GER
emOny, followed by a reception in
the Hotel Lubbock. The bride is a
teacher at Creighton. Lieutenant
Butler is on temporary duty at
South Plains Army Air Field.
Rev. and Mrs. Milton Elliott of
Pennington and Mr.. and Mrs. w. S.
Collision of Clayton were visitors
of Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Collision on
Sunday. Mrs. Collision is very little
improved
Mrs. Maurice FinkbineP and
children We're supper guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Arley Bradley'On Thurs
day.
The Greenwood basketball team
was entertained at dinner on
Thursday evening by their teach
er, Noah Cain, at his home near
Harrington.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Lewis are
receiving congratulations upon the
birth of a daughter, named Harri-
EFT Ann; at the Beebe Hospital in
Lewes, on Sunday, March 10. Mrs
Lewis will be remembered as Miss
Elizabeth Wharton. The grandpar
ants are Mr.. and Mrs. William
Wharton. This is their first grand
daughter. They have seven grand
sons.
Mrs. Ella Mae Butler, aunt of
Mrs. w. Hattie Wharton has been
under an operation in DR.. Prices
Hospital in Philadelphia. We hope
for her a speedy recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Hearn
had as dinner guests on Sunday Mr.
and Mrs. John Hall, their two sons
and one daughter. On Saturday ev-
ening Mr.. and Mrs. David Hall and
Elijah Tyre were callers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Moore are
spending several days with their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Taylor in Haworth, N.
J.
Mrs. Perina Townsend visited
Mrs. Sallie Quillen on Thursday.
Horace Quillen. son of Mrs Sallie
CULLEN. has returned from Florida,
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tributed happiness and joy to all
present. We enjoyed a fine speech
by Pfc. George Cobb, who was the
guest of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Vernon Cobb. A playlet. given by
Mrs. Mary Bennett, Marguerite Nc
Cabe, Mary Cobb and Mrs. Betty
Lecrone delighted everyone. While
all were seated at the table, appro-
pirate songs were sung. Mrs. Amos
McCabe was the pianist. Those
present were: President of the
class, Mrs. Francis Derrickson and
Francis Derrickson, Mrs. Georgia
johnson and guest, Mrs. l.. NJ.
Kaufman, Mr.. and Mrs. Harley
Burbage. Mr. and Mrs. Joshua
Gray, Mr.. and Mrs. Amos McCabe,
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Cobb, Pfc.
George Cobb, Prof. and Mrs. Ellis
Lecrone, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac l.. Ben
nett, Mr.. and Mrs. George Robin
son, Mrs. Elsie Evans and guest.
Mrs. Jack Hill, Mrs. Elsie Hickman
and guest. Mrs. LeOna Allen. Rev.
and Mrs. Charles e. Davis. Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. ]. Parsons. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ulysses Hickman. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas +. Hickman and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ebe H. Davidson, the latter is
the teacher of the class. Mrs. Ida
Mitchell and Mrs. Helen Hoffman
were the mattresses.
Edgar McCabe motored from
Bound Brook. n. J.. and visited his
uncle and aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. G.
F. McCabe, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Burton. the
florists, spent Sunday in Philadel-
phia as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Wardell.
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Pendelton, Va, has been spending a
few days with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. f. II. McCabe at MillsbOrO.
Sergeant Edward Sipple. sta
toned in California, is spending
two weeks with his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. l.. E. Sipple at MillsbOro.
Three Georgetown boys have
been serving their country i'm In
dia-Private Norman l.. Short, Cor
poral Lester Pittard and Private
Dale Short. Private Dale Short re-
Gently returned home.
Private Norman L. Short, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander G. Short.
is with the Medical Depot Company
and was inducted into the Army on
January 80, 1943. and was sent to
Camp Pickett, Va. He left the West
Coast in November of last year. He
attended the Georgetown High
School and was 81 years old on
February 25. His wife. the former
Miss Ruth Evans, now lives with
her parents in Milford.
Corporal Lester Pittard is in
that ware area with a motion pic
ture combat unit.
Milford chronicle., 1944-03-24
OCEAN VIEW

At Bethel Methodist Church
Sunday school at 9:45 o'clock in
the morning. followed by preaching
at IL o'clock. The Rev. Charles E.
Davis is the minister. Then at $3.50
p. m. the Junior Church, which is
composed of two classes, will meet
for Bible study. At 1880 p. m. song
service and sermon by the Rev. C.
E. Davis. The Mems Chorus will
sing and there will be a quartette.
The Junior Choir will sing as a
special, We've A Story To Tell
To The Nations" II will be Miss
iOnary Sunday. Also a duet will be
rendered by Mrs. Marguerite Nc
Cabe and Mrs. Mary Cobb, entitled
When Survey The Wondrous
Cross"
The Loyal Workers Sunday
school class OF Bethel Methodist
Church held their annual fellow
ship and banquet on Tuesday eve
ming. March IA. The tables were
arranged in shape of "V" for Vic
tory. The Sunday school room was
decorated with shamrocks and
green garlands and tiny green bas-
kets filled with nuts were at each
persons place Green candles in
their holders were lighted and
beautiful yellow ionquils added to
the beauty of the room. Everyone
enjoyed the turkey and all the fix
ings, with hot rolls. Irish potatoes,
giblet gravy, peas, turnips, also
turnip greens. cold slaw, celery and
for dessert home made ice cream.
Speeches were made by Rev. C. f.
Davis and Superintendent of Sun
day School Thomas f. Hickman.
Address of welcome by Mrs. Ethel
Davidson. The toastmistress for
the evening was Mrs. Betty Lecrone
who in an enchanting manner con-
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FELTON,

A card and bingo party will be
held in the /. o. o. F. Hall on Sat
urday evening, March 25, for the
benefit of the Red Cross, sponsor
ed by the Sarah Rebekah Lodge
On Wednesday evening, March
20, bingo party, sponsored by the
Ladies Auxiliary of the fire COM
pany, will be held in the l. o. o. F.
Hall.
Rev. and Mrs. John Parker OF
Ridgely, Md, were dinner guests OF
Mrs. Elizabeth Bringhurst on Fri
day evening.
John c. Hopkins of Smyrna has
been spending several days with
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Eaton.
Kenneth Merritt Grant of Will
mington has been Visiting his
grandmother, Mrs. Kenneth Grant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Bradley
had as their weekend guest the
latter's sister. Mrs. Bessie Mac
Fadden of Wilmington.
Mrs. Louder Harrington has ac-
Cepteu d pOStllOu With TIE MeIFO-
politan Life Insurance Company.
Miss Grace Dawkins of near Do
YER, has come to make her home
with Doris /. DeLong until the
end of the school term.
Mrs. Russell Torbert and Mrs.
Dorsey Torbert were in Whining
ton last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Eaton, Miss
Elma Eaton and Mrs. w. B Mack
lin were Sunday guests of their
sister and brother-in-law Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Lynch of Milton.
Corporal Linwood Clarke has re-
to camp at Birmingham, Alabama,
after a 15-day fliSlough with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Clarke.
Mrs. Ernest Allen of Wilmington
was a weekend guest of Mrs. Ka-
tie Case.
Mrs. Louis Hopkins was a guest
of her father, E. T. Hall of Har-
ringtOn on Tuesday evening at the
Rotary Club.
The senior class play of the Fell
ton High School Even Stephen"
will be staged at the high school
on Friday evening,
March "a.
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accompanied by his wife and nep-
hew, Louis CULLEN. They stopped
on their route heme and visited In
structor Hayward Quillen, at Camp
Paris Island, N. c.
Norman Calhoun. Jr., who has
enlisted in the U. S. Coast Guard,
visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Norman E. Calhoun on Friday. Nor
man has been transferred to "a sta
ton near Chincoteague, Va.
Milford chronicle., 1944-03-24

The Delaware Red Cross ranks
fourth in the United States i'm ,the
training of first aid personnel and
first in such training in the North
Atlantic area.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-07-28
FDR Ahead
In Survey

NEW YORK, July % (FP)-
Pres. Roosevelt now holds bet
ter than a 6-point lead over
Thomas E. Dewey in the public
conference for the Presidency,
two points more than his lead
over Wendell l.. Willkie in the
1910 campaign, a survey by
Fortune magazine disclosed.
Asked whom they would vote
for if election were held today,
50.1% said Roosevelt, 43.7%
said Dewey and 6.296 didn't
know.
Personal preferences aside,
66.4% of the people now ex-
pect FDR to win a fourth term,
the survey showed. In answer
to another question, only 1852
of the people said they expected
the European war to be over by
election time, while almost no
one expected the Pacific war to
BE- over by then.
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agreement must be strength
ened and pointed out specific
parts of the contract which
he said should be altered. He
assured the Council that organi-
rational work in Auto-Lite
plants would be continued and
expressed the belief that the eff
forts along that line would be
successful.
Postpone Election.
Election of a national bar
gaining committee was post
poned until the next Council
meeting due to the fact that the
delegates expressed the opinion
that it should be based upon per
capita representation which was
not known. The secretary, Grace
Johnson of Springfield, was in
structed to prepare the per
capita information for the next
Acting
maintenance of the Council
~ the national bargaining
committee was assured by the
passing of one per cent per
capita tax on each Auto-Lite
Unit. The measure was unani-
mously passed and will become
effective August /.
Brown Reports
Assistant Director Ralph
Brown of Toledo gave detail
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the Democratic party square
ly on the record of action
built up during IL years of
Democratic administration in
war and peace. L. seventeen
brief paragraphs the conven-
ton listed the achievements of
the Democrats intended to lead
the country to victory in the
war, and in obtaining domestic
prosperity. Emphasis was placed
on the Democratic administra-
tions record in international
affairs.
Prosperity and Peace
The planks for future action
were intended to guarantee
full employment and provide
prosperity" as we'll as to estab-
lish and maintain world peace.
Judged by labor standards.
the Democratic platform Is ex-
pected to meet with consider
See ROOSEVELT Page 2
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ed report on the progress of
contract negotiations in the sew
eral Auto-Lite plants and said
that there was general i'm
provement in this years con-
tracts.
Brown condemned compul-
sorry arbitration clauses and the
Council went on record as being
opposed to such clauses being
incorporated in Auto-Lite con-
tracts.
International representative
Fred Joyce of Windsor, Ontario,
Canada, gave a report on the
Canadian region relative to the
Sarnia contract, and pointed out
some of the difficulties encoun-
tered in dealing with the COM
pany and the Labor Court of
Ontario.
He reported that wages were
as low as 26 cents per hour at
the time of organization, Octo-
ber 1943, and that since then
increases amounting to double
what the workers were receiv-
ing before organization with
back pay had been granted in
many cases.
Orville EvenSon, LaCroSs,
Wis, president of the Council
presided over the day long ses-
sions He urged members of the
See AUTO-LITE, Page 2
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De,oey Pulls Boner
On Soldier Vote
Figures

NEW YORK, July "a (FP)-
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, who
saddled an unwieldy, ineffective
soldier vote law on New York
state, marched himself out on a
limb and then watched one of
his own aides back it off.
1t happened this way. Dewey
called newspapermen into his
Albany office and dramatically
charged that a Campaign of
deceit" by groups he would not
name was underway to mislead
the public and servicemen on
the workability of his soldier
vote law. The unnamed targets
of DeWey's attack were the
Greater New York Industrial
Union Council and the Citizens
Nonpartisan Committee for the
Servicemen's Vote, which both
had campaigned for a federal
ballot in the state.
Actually, all of 1000, 900 of
the states eligible voters in the
armed forces would have the
chance to vote, Dewey insisted.
The only slip-up was that ear
lier in the day, William I.
Simpson, chairman of Dewey's
War Ballot Commission, an
nounced that he did not expect
more than 100000 of the 1,000,-
900 servicemen to vote in the
elections.
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WPB Announces New
Housing Program

WASHINGTON, July 20 (FP)
Needs of essential migrant
war workers for decent hous-
ing will be met in a new con-
struction program jointly an
nounced by the War Production
Board and the National Hous-
ing Administration July 18.
1t calls for the construction
of several thousand housing
units by the end of this year
and 100000 more in 1945. The
new houses. which will be
either privately or publicly
financed, will sell for maxi
mum of $4,000, while rentals
will go as high as $50 month.
Only essential war workers will
be eligible as tenants and pur-
chasers.
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July 20 at the Commodore
Perry Hotel.
Telling his listeners that, "we
in Australia ara not apprentices
in the labor movement, " Mr..
Thornton said that he had seen
unions in the United States
which could not be surpassed
for service to their members
and the educational work they
are doing to lift the workers to
higher economic levels.
Makes Comparisons
Most of the Australian labor
leaders talk was devoted to
making comparisons between
the labor movement in his own
country and that of the United
States. He spoke of labor as
being united into one organiza-
ton in his country and express
ed the hope that unity would
eventually be achieved in this
country.
"Unskilled workers in Amer
lea have had worse life than
the same group in Australia.
We are not so much concerned
with constantly seeking to raise
the wage level, as we are in
providing security" he said. He
told of the advances made in
providing more adequate medi-
cal care and disqualification for
the workers, which, he said, !
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cIO Heads Okay
Trum0n

CHICAGO, July 24-(FP) -
Expressing eminent satisfac-
ton" over the choice of Senator
Harry S. Truman as President
RooseVelt's running mate, CIO
Pres Philip Murray and Chair
man Sidney Hillman of the CIO
Political Action Committee de-
clared that labor is deeply
conscious of the fast that liberal
elements within the Democratic
party have made splendid pro-
gress in the Democratic Nation
al Convention
The Democratic party" they
declared in a joint statement,
is presenting TO the people of
the u. S. two liberal candidates
in the persons of Franklin D.
Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.
1t shall be the avowed purpose
Of the Go to lend every pos
sible support to their election"
Asked if Truman had been
the CIO second choice, Murray
said that the CIO had only one
choice for the Vice-Presidercy,
Henry A. WalAce. Truman's
labor record in the senate has
been excellent, Murray added.
Hillman declared the newly
National Citizens
PAC vii meet in New York ear
ly in August to formulate a nro-
gram. Regional offices win be
set up independently of the
CIO-PAC. he said.
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Clare Luce

CHICAGO, July "a (FP)-A
sprarkling-eyed Irish girl who
follows the pattern of her native
land enough to love a roaring
good fight is out to take the
political measure of the rich
and wisecracking Rep. Clare
Booth Luce (R., Comm.
The black haired woman with
political ambitions is Margaret
E. Connors of Bridgeport, Conn.
Miss Connors is a lawyer and
hopes to oppose Clare in No
vember if she wins the Demo
cratic primary Aug. 7.
Not only has Miss Connors
a wealth of legal training. but
she stands foursquare with or
ganized labor. Here's what she
said: 1T looks to me like I'll be
nominated on the Democratic
ticket from Connecticut's fourth
congressional district come next
Aug. 7 and when l am, no Clare
Boothe Luce is going to whip
NE. I'm Irish and l believe in
the working people. That's
more than she can say"
Not Afraid
In answer to a question she
said: mo, l don't mind Mrs
Luce as an opponent. I'm not
afraid of her or anybody else.
She's anti-labor and anti-every-
thing else that the common
people might want.
Just 20, Miss Connors is the
women's tennis singles cham
pion of Bridgeport, a graduate
Of Wellesley College and Yale
University law school. She was
president of her class at Welles-
ey and practices law at Bridge
port.
n
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-07-28
Court Says Bon On
Negroes Is Illegal

ALBANY, N. Y, (FP)-Up-
holding a lower court decision,
the New Yorl; state court of
appeals ruled that the Railway
Mail Assn. (AFL) violated
state laws by barring Negroes
from membership. The ruling
came in a case brought by the
RMA after its New York City
branch allowed Negroes to join.
A clause in the international
unions constitution limits men,
bership to members of the
Caucasian race of native Amer
ican Indians"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-07-28
Abolish
Jobs, s,Avoid
Raises

LONG BEACH, Calf, July
29-(FP)-Converting its huge
huge "blackout" plant here in
to a lockout plant for the time
being, Douglas Aircraft Corp.
management has abolished the
jobs of 81 women employed as
matrons rather than give them
proper classifications with 10c
to zoe hourly raises as ordered
by the regional War Labor
Board.
Following S. L. Avery's mud
dy footsteps, Douglas defied the
WLB order by informing the
matrons their former jobs were
nonexistant, firing some out
right and ordering others into
inferior jobs at lower wages.
Local 148, United Auto Work
ers (CIO), certified collective
bargaining representative of the
workers, is giving the utmost
backing TO the WLB's efforts
to bring Douglas to book. First
step taken by the regional board
was to submit the case to the
national WLB for issuance of
compliance order.
All the matrons in the plant
were classified as Matrons B
and paid 80c to Csc an hour.
This rating was noneXistent in
the job classification schedule,
which provides only Matrons A
at 90c to S105 an hour.
The local carried their cases
to the WLB, which ordered all
the matrons reclassified. The
company then declared the jobs
abolished. WLB ordered h e
company to show cause why the
matrons should not be re-
classified as ordered. The COM
pany failed to do so and per-
sisted in its lockout, which be-
gan July %.
Demanding that the WLB's
order be complied with, the
UAW charged that the com
pany's defiance of the govern
ment is provoking considerable
unrest among the Long Beach
engaged in critical
warplane production"
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came out of the tax money paid
the government.
Discussing the standard of
living of Australian and Ameri-
can workers, Mr.. Thornton said
that the Aust r a n S were
simpler in their tastes than
Americans, and that while they
did not enjoy the varieties of
f o d S which the American
workers have, they were healthy
and their children did not suf-
fer from malnutrition from i'm
proper or insufficient food.
He said that the Australian
workers are more for outdoor
living than Americans and add
ed, in Australia a window is
something to be opened.
Discusses Conscription
Referring to the Australian
war effort, Mr.. Thornton said
that his country had the largest
army in the world in relation
to the population of the coun-
try. He spoke of the conscrip-
ton of labor in Australia and
said that the labor government
called in the labor unions and
placed the problem squarely in
their hands. The result was a
conscription of labor, which, he
said, was under the control of
See TALK, Page 2
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Boiler Sfeoms;
So Did The
Engineer

ABOARD A COAST GUARD
ASSAULT TRANSPORT, SAL
PAN (Special) - The engine
room of this transport was hot,
humid and hellish as Chief
Water Tender James o. Brad
shaw, of 130 w. 195th Street,
Bronx, New York, struggled to
keep up steam so the ship could
keep its station while enroute
to Saipan.
He answered the engine room
phone and heard a surprised
voice ask, How do you manage
to get all that steam from one
boiler?"
Tired and exasperated from
his labors, Chief Bradshaw re-
piled, "Sir, we just got all we
could from her boiler, then we
cut in on the coffee pot" And
he hung up.
Later he learned the identity
of his caller. 1t was the admiral,
himself.
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Roosevelt and Truman Lead
Democrats to Political Battle
Brief Platform Standing
On Record Adopted

CHICAGO, July % LPA)-In speedy second ballot
which assured the hoty contested nomination of Senator
Harry Truman of Missouri rather than labo number
candidate Henry Wallace Franklin D. Roosevelts rum
ming mate the Democratic convention wound to close here
July Fl after three days of sessions Tumutuous dem
onsraon by the galleries greeting every appearance OF
Wallace the platform outstanding In the opinion OF
almost every newspaper and radio commentator here.
The convention adopted brief platform which stood
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and Jack Kroll, President of the
Ohio CIO Council.
Carolina has Sec. Mervyn
Rathborne of the State CIO
Council as a regular voting
delegate.
In the Connecticut group
there is Paul Mccarthy. lead
er of the UAW, among its del
egates at large.
New York, because of the
American Labor situation there.
was not so fully represented as
it would have been had labor
voting the straight Democratic
ticket, but the New York del
egates are thinking and voting
with the New York labor move
ment in mind.
One of the most striking in
stances of labor's importance at
this convention came with the
choice of President Daniel j.
Tobin of international Bro. of
Teamsters (A.F.L,) delegate
from Indiana, to make a second
ing speech for the nomination
of President Roosevelt.
Inside High Councils
Never before has Demo-
cratic convention spent so much
time on labor in the smoke
filled room" And never before
has labor had so many strong,
See CONVENTION, Page
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NEW ORLEANS (FP)-Rep.
Martin Dies Cd. Texas began
his farewell act in New Orleans
with an investigation of the
local CIO Political Action Com
mittee for its activities in or
ganizing white and Negro Loui-
sianians to oust bourbon con-
gresSmen of his stripe.