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Evening star., 1944-01-16
Eastern Star Marion
Proposes Gift Of
Organ for Warship

Plans to present an electric organ
to the Secretary of the Navy for in
stallation on an aircraft carrier OF
battleship were proposed by Mrs
Elviria Magdeburger, newly elected
grand matron of the Districts Grand
Chapter of the Order of the Eastern
Star, after installation ceremonies
last night in the Masonic Temple
Mrs. Magdeburger said arrange
ments for acceptance of the gift had
been made with the Navy Depart
ment. She proposed that the organ
be obtained through voluntary SUBJ
scriptions by District OES members
officers installed, besides the
grand matron, included Herbert S
Middlemiss, grand patron; Mrs
Charlotte Spencer, associate grand
matron; Robert B. Riley, jr., associ-
ate grand patron; Mrs. Rose E. Yost
Grand secretary; Mrs. Lille McKen.
zic, grand treasurer; Mrs. Marie
rcal. grand conductress, and Mrs
Nora Riley, associate grand con.
ductress.
AppOintive Grand Officers.
The appointive grand officers are
Mrs. Alma w. Dorsey, chaplain;
Mrs. Mary Teachum, lecturer; Mrs
Ila McCandlish, marshal; Mrs. Irve,
Prospect, organist: Mrs. Emma A
Andreen, Adah; Mrs Alma T. Nor
gan. Ruth; Mrs. Carolyn U. Casey
Esther: Mrs. Alma E. Marshall
Martha; Mrs. D. Isabel Brenneman
Electa: Mrs. Glayds M. Tinelli, war
der, and Edward G. Comingore
sentinel.
Heads of committees on patriotic
and service activities were an
nounced as follows: Mrs. Hazel r
Engelbrecht, electric organ for the
Navy; Mrs. Ethel Johns, Red Cross
Mrs. Esther v. Lyvers, blood donors
chairman. with Miss Margaret
Hibble, vice chairman; Mrs. Iva H.
Toone, War Stamps and Bonds
chairman, with Roscoe Stevens, vice
chairman, and Mrs. Lillian E.
Baker, Masonic Service Center
chairman, with Mrs. Louise Heinz
man, vice chairman.
Mrs. Merritt Conducted Rites.
Installation ceremonies were con-
Quoted by Mrs. Katharine S.
Merritt. past grand matron, assisted
by Mrs. Helen D. Robbins. Mrs.
Ruth S. Mills. Harry j. Schmidt and
DR.. Charles c. Galloway. Theodore
c. Lewis served as grand organist,
assisted by Ludwig Manoly and
Chester Hutchinson. Mrs. Ruby
Arnold was soloist.
Special guests were the most
worthy grand matron of the Gen
eral Grand Chapter, Mrs. Mamie H
Landers of Florida, and the most
worthy grand patron, Harold Lam
dereau of Nebraska. The two ma
tional officers came to Washington
Thursday to install a local member
Mrs. Flora Campbell, as right
worthy grand treasurer of the Gen.
eral Grand Chapter
Active in number of organiza-
tions, Mrs. Mad2eburger was worthy
matron of Joppa Lodge Chapter in
1880 and 1884.
Evening star., 1944-01-16
! Judd to Be Speaker

Representative Judd Of Mime
sofa, who spent many years in
China as a medical missionary, will
be the guest speaker at meeting
lof the Brotherhood Club of the
Presbyterian Church at 8 pm. Tues
day at the church. Mr.. Judd was
in China when it was invaded by
the Japanese, and he will tell of
his experiences. Representative
Tibbett Of Pennsylvania will be the
SOlOiSt.
Evening star., 1944-01-16
Build Sturdy Health
- LII NAS.

Thousands and thousands Of users have
testified to the dement's SSS Tonic has
brought to them and scientific research
shows that 1t gets results-that's why so
many say SIS Tonic builds sturdy health
makes you feel like yourself again" At
drug stores in 10 and 20 o. sizes .CS SEQ.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28
oPA Pledge And
Price Control

The Labor Unity Conference,
through continuous support OF
OPA regulations, has been instru-
mental in keeping some semblance
of price control prevalent In Cum
berland. Through the efforts OF
the LUG group, several members
of labor unions have been placed
on the price panel. The latter
group interested thousands of local
citizens i'm taking the pledge: Il
will not pay over ceiling prices for
merchandise. and I will not accept
any goods without giving up ration
stamps when required"
The entire body Of the present
City Council took that pledge, and
Is recorded by picture in doing so.
Now, when the same LUG asks for
something besides gestures in max
ing price control a reality, the
city fathers run and hide behind
the skirts of Mayor Ccnlon.
The Feb. Ia session of the Mayor
and Council showed conclusively
that several members Of the pres
ent regime are afraid Of the Mayor,
or at least that they me too"
Conlon in his every action.
Regardless of what method Con-
lon uses TO hamstring the repre-
sentatives of workers, nearly all
the members of the present fac
ton, either through clam-like 81
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28

Ience, OF q nod Of the head &C
quiesce.
The defeat OF the oPA price
control ordinance was caused by
the Mayor waving a red flag and
calling the legislation red activity.
Nothing could be farther from the
truth. Letters from the LUG and
the Rubber Workers exposed the
exaggerations OF the Mayor; yet
after such exposure, only one Com
missioner, William Edwards, had
the courage 10 ask for reconsider
alton. The others gave lame ex-
cuses for non-concurrence. So the
matter rests.
The saving Of thousands OF
dollars to the housewives Of
Cumberland, through effective
price control. by q law that would
snake II q misden,ean0r to charge
over ceiling prices, Il thrown out
the window. not because the bill
does not have merit, but because
of the persona Ia nimosity of the
Mayor for one member Of the
working masses. Three members
OF the Council approve of such
underhanded actions.
The refusal of the city officials
TO listen 10 hte true side of the
controversy, stamps them really as
dual personages. They hold up
their hand and pledge with one
hand, for public recognition, and
then when called upon TO lend a
helping hand to make the pledge
stick, cry feebly that they don't
kno how to uphold the pledge.
Even the city solicitor is reported
as saying that he doubted whether
the city has authority to enforce
such legislation as maintaining CELL
ing prices.
Cumberland already has uncon-
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28
GRAPE VINE
Polly Ticks
BY MARY LU CON

would have made Il possible for
the average citizen 10 run for
Council? The present city authori-
ties kept mum publicly during the
time the bill was pending, but
House Leader Milton Dick visited
the City Hall every weekend, and
the rest can be surmised.
The Merit System now in effect
in Cumberland did not receive one
iota of support from the City Hall
crowd. Senator Robert B. Kimble,
acting with Benjamin O'Rourke,
spokesman for Maryland Labor
Unity Conference and legislative
chairman for the Brotherhood OF
Firemen and Enginemen, were the
powers behind the enactment OF this
very desirable legislation. The city
fathers did not know whether they
wanted the bill or not. The merit
system is working splendidly.
The present city regime has
crossed swords with the Fire
fighters local union; with the
Allegany Trades Council through
It's anti-picketing law, and with
the Maryland Labor Unity Con-
ference on price control legisla-
ton.
The last-named Is the Invest and
most recent, so we can elaborate
on the activities OF the Conlon ad-
ministration in sidetracking this
worthwhile and desirable legisla-
ton through exaggeration, subter-
fuge and evasion.
Right here, let me remind the
workers of this city that for the
past several years. when labor in.
terested itself in local elections. the
powers that be, bankers, officials,
etc, always invented some side
issue TO smear labor and local
union officials. The present Red
scare Is sequel to the previous
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28

stitutional ordinances IN the anti.
picketing ordinance and the hand
bill ordinance, not 10 say anything
about the property qualification
clause as a prerequisite for public
Office aspirants.
Then again remember the ordt-
nance adopted some time back
by the present group that forbade
the owners Of dogs to run at
large! For the city solicitors"
benefit we quote:
ORDINANCE 762-AN ORDE-
NANCE OF THE MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL OF CUMBER-
LAND, MARYLAND, ENTITLED,
IAN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT
THE OWNERS OF DOGS FROM
RUNNING AT LARGE WITHIN
THE LIMITS OF THE CITY or
CUMBERLAND AND FIXING
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION
OF THE SAME, TO BE DESIG-
MATED AS SECTION 10 OF
CHAPTER TWO OF THE CODE
OF GENERAL PUBLIC ORDI-
NANCES OF THE CITY OF
CUMBERLAND"
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28
Worthwhile Issues
Of City campuign

What issues from the workers
standpoint should predominant In
the coming city election: The an
swer 10 this question has been the
topic of study by the Legislative
Committee of the Maryland Labor
Unity Conference. the only body
that speaks for all groups of labor.
The LUG committee will ques-
ton every announced candidate.
and at the proper time will submit
a list OF acceptable candidates that
will merit the support of all work.
ers.
During the past year or so, the
Maryland Labor Unity Conference
has had occasion to sound out the
present city officials on several
questions OF vital Importance 10
citizens as a whole. We will recite
the outcome of few in order 10
refresh the memory of our MEM
bers and fellow unionists.
AT the last session Of the Mary
land General Assembly. the local
branch OF Labor Unity Conference.
through its legislative representa-
tive. presented bill 10 repeal the
property ownership clause. as a
qualification for Office seekers in
Cumberland. This provision is prob
ably unconstitutional; ii has a tend
ency 10 limit the number OF aspi-
rants for city elective Offices.
What happened 10 the bill that
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28

Now that the city election Is
becoming the topic of the day here
abouts, 1t is time 10 discuss the
why's and wherefores Of the pres
ent City Hall crowd and where
they stand in the eyes of the union
workers.
True, there are in the present
administration a card holder and
one or two union sympathizers. But
being such does not make them
acceptable 10 the majority of union
workers. Action over the past two
years is the barometer by which
the incumbent city officials will
be judged by the officers and MEM
bers of Cumberland's labor unions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-16
|SPRUNT ELECTED
U.S.S. CHAIRMAN

Al the annual meeting of the
Wilmington branch of the United
Seamen's Service, Inc, on
Wednesday morning, all officers
were reelected. a budget for the
coming year approved and effort
to secure additional quarters 1or
officers and crews authorized.
The officers are: w. P. Sprunt,
chairman; W. S. Mcmahon, vice
chairman; w. H. King, treasurer,
and T. F. Wood, secretary.
The budget, originally providing
expenditures of $25, 300, W a
amended to include compensation
for an additional worker not to
exceed $1,000.
Arthur Bartel's, executive Off
Ger of the port for the national
Seamen's Service, explained that
the present quarters in Maffitt Vii.
1age are inadequate d urged
that provision be made for more
room. Paul A Allen, of the Will
mington Housing Authority. offer
ed larger unoccupied quarters ir
another section OF the Village. ano
added that to get more room If
the dormitory now used would de
pend upon the consent of present
tenants. 1t was the sense of the
committeeman that Mr.. Bartell
and Mr.. Ellis use their best ct
forts to obtain needed additiona,
quarters in the building now serv
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-16

preferable to the new once-a-weef
schedule. After desultory com
ments, it ' as decided to continue
the present practice for another
month.
City Manager A. c. Nichols re-
ported that the ordinance affect
ing the change in water rates as
of April l was not yet ready for
signing.
Fairchild AeriaI Surveys, Inc,
after re-study of their rates, was
awarded the contract to conduct
an aerial survey for t h e city,
should such survey be permit
ted.
The office of C. R. Morse, city
county tax collector, was desig-
mated as the place for the filing
of payments. on the part Of prop
erty owners, for rat control work
in effect here now.
At the suggestion of Councilman
r. R. Romeo, the council planned
to make trip to view the alley
back of Royal Bakery, 1906 Mar
ket street, the subject of some
discussion within recent weeks. A
report was made at the meeting
that all distractions on the alley
have been removed to allow fol
normal flow of traffic.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-16

ing the seamen before consider
ing a. move elsewhere.
It was decided to have quarter
". instead of annual meetings,
and that they be held at the Maj
fit Village cafeteria.
Mr.. Bartell's report OF operations
from last June l through Febru-
a-y 20 this year. revealed that 50
rooms, with toilet and shower IA
cilities and a recreation lounge
are included in the present plant;
that a library has been establish
ed, magazine subscriptions placed,
games provided and radio install.
ed. Canteen service has been add
ed, financial aid given needy sea-
men. and physical examination
provided for crews.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-16
1904 Liquor Books
Held By eople In
New Hanover County

Seven hundred and fifty persons
registered Tuesday tor whiskey
books, boosting the number OF
holders of ration books in New
Hanover county to 36,034.
It was lust an average regis
tration day." officials said. 1t was
expected that a greater number
would sign for liquor books Tues
day, since the registration is cut
to only one day each month.
The ABC board in this county
has received s9,00S.50 for the op
rortunity to buy whiskey, through
the sale of ration books.
The next registration date is SCI
for April II.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-16
LEHMAN IN ALGIERS

ALGIERS, March 15|RNHer-
bert H. Lehman, former governor
of New York and director OF the
United Nations Relief and RehlaDl'
litation Administration (UNhAA
arrived here today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-16
COUNCIL ENJOYS
A QUIET SESSION

In one Of the quietest sessions
in months, the City council mem
hers considered routine matters
. Wednesday morning and wound up
their official business within 81
minutes.
Councilman Garland S. Currin
asked for reconsideration OF the
time for meeting, and offered an
oninion that the old secondhand
fourth Wednesday schedule " a s
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-16
NEW POSITION

WMSTON-SALEM. March 15-R
MI !. Marjorie Knox today an
noun I'd she had resigned as bust
ness hanager Of the Young Wo-
mems Christian Association here
to accept a position as general
secretary of the Y. W. c. A. at
Sumter, S. C. Her resignation is
offoctive Nav /
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-16

Attendance during the above Pc
r;od has totaIed 1874.
A Attending. the meeting were: J.
= THORNTON. Arthur Bartells, Har-
" M Wellott, Paul A. Allen. John
carter. Alex Sprunt, W. S. Nc
Mahon. Walter P. Sprunt, 7. F.
WOOD and John E. Hope.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15
UNIV Scans
Political
BottIeIine

CINCINNATI, Sept. 15-(P
The United Mine Workers
convention moved on to political
issues today after giving John
L. Lewis an overwhelming vote
of confidence in his administra-
ton of the union.
The nature of the political
proposals to be submitted to the
delegates by Lewis forces was
not made known.
Autonomy advocates, seeking
the right to elect the principal
officers in the q districts now
considered provisional" did not
seek a rollcall yesterday. ESti-
mates of those who rose to OPP
pose the resolution in a standing
vote ranged from rs to $50.
Ray Edmundson, autonomy
leader from Illinois, was unable
to take the floor because his Gre
dentials were challenged. He
said he was not giving up the
autonomy fight among the rank
and file.
The results Of the fight were
a personal tribute TO Lewis. The
ratio Of delegates who spoke on,
the issue was 3 to 2 in support
of present praCtises. Even those
demanding change did not
criticize Lewis and some of them
praised him.
Lewis terminated debate with
a 45-minute talk declaring au-
tonomy was "a cold, mathemati-
cal business proposition. He re-
cited case after case of the fail
ures of elected district officers
and said that when districts
demonstrate they are capable of
electing men who are both COM
petent and honest the interna-
tlonal executive, board would be
happy 10 extend autonomy TO
those districts as provided by
the constitution.
The. UNIV chief said coal op-
orators were encouraging the
autonomy movement to weaken
the union and stated that certain
autonomy leaders had asked the
U. S. attorney general to prose
cute him on civil liberties
, charges. He said he expected to
determine who these members
were and pointed out that they
may face expulsion charges
under a constitutional provision
forbidding appeals to the courts
until all union procedures have
been exhausted.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15
BombersAgain
Lash Germany
Italy Based Fleet
Rokes Athens Airport

LONDON, Sept. IS - (FO -
Allied bombers attacked north
western Germany again today,
the enemy asserted, after a night
of Weather-enforced idleneSS.
Planes from Italy, however,
bombed three airdromes near
Athens burning out numerous
Junkers = So transports which
were on the fields apparently
ready to evacuate key German
pers sonnet from outflanked
Greece.
A supply ship was sunk off
the Greek west coast and an
other 1000 tonner was sent
down in the upper Adriatic.
Raj Beaufighters and Mos
quitoS from Britain blew up an
escort vessel and set afire three
merchant ships in a German
convoy surprised off Kristian
sand in southern Norway early
last night.
Lancasters pinpointed their
bombs on an ammunition depot
in Holland in the only heavy
bomber operation from Britain
yesterday.
U. S. Ninth Air Force Thun-
derbolts and Lightnings bagged
IA locomotives, seven Rhine
barges and 20 horse-drawn troop
wagons.
Other divebombers worked
over 10 German troop trains be-
hind the Siegfried Line east of
Aachen, where horsedrawn re-
Inducements were also shot up.
Col. Howard F. Nichols, Grand
Rapids, Mich, led other P-38's
in an attack on a afctory east
of Aachen. Eight direct hits
were observed.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15

Postwar planning for reha-
bilitation of its $500 Michigan
members now in the armed fore
es will be the keynote of the
SIND annual convention of the
Michigan District Of the Walther
Leagues, now being held in this
city.
Franklin w. Schmidt, presi-
dent Of the state group, who
will give his annual convention
message Saturday, includes in it
an urge to leaguers to be their
"brother's keepers" in fact.
His message Saturday, in part,
will stale:
To-day we begin what all of
us hope will be the last wartime
Convention of our district. We
are meeting here under the mot
to, The Lord Is Thy Keeper
a motto that is significant be-
cause we kow it to be a fact.
Our very presence here today as
members of a League which has
not been stopped by the war is
personal proof to us that the
Lord is indeed "Our Keeper"
and that he is doing a good job
of it.
"HoWever, at this convention
we will not only remember the
strong and steady hand of the
Lord that is keeping us; we will
also remember that we our
selves have a keeping job to do
that we are our brothers
keepers. The brothers and Sis
tiers about whom we are most
concerned are not with us to-
day. Our prayer is that the Lord
is keeping them wherever they
are now. 1t is also our determi-
nation that when they return to
us that they will find a Walther
League that has not only held
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15
Soldiers Rehabilitation
Lutheran ConcIove Theme

its own in wartime, but that it
has expanded its borders and
extended its program of serv-
ice.
Everyone is thinking in
terms of the postwar era nova
days. AS Leaguers we also have
a postwar job to do. At this
convention we will discuss ways
of helping our brothers and sis
tiers in the Service to re-enter
our ranks and again take up the
task of building the Kingdom of
God in civilian society. That
will not always be an easy adj
justment to make. 1t is your and
my solemn obligation and priv
ilege TO bring into play all the
forces of Christian love we have
to help bring that adjustment
about.
II can report to you that the
past year of the Michigan Dis
trict has been a very successful
one. You will be happy that our
Districts Wartime Service coll
lection of more than $500 was
the highest in the International;
that the sale of Wheat Ridge
Seals in our District reached the
all-time high Of $4,000; that
during the past year 81 new So
cieties and one new zone have
been added to our District
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15
500 Maquis; Two Yanks
Capture City Of Dion

DION, France, Sept. IA
(Delayed)-(P - Five hundred
Maquis and two American para
chutists captured the industrial
city of Dion, it was learned to-
day, although its seizure had
been announced previously as
having been accomplished by
French armored forces.
Capt. William H. Pietsch, a
West Point graduate from Peach
Lake, Westchester County, N.
Y, and Master Sgt. Robert
Baird, l72 North 18th Street,
West New York, N. j. had been
dropped two weeks previously
with French captain and arms
for 800 Maquis on a mission
which had been completed be-
fore the taking of Dion.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15

More than $6O,OOO,OOO has
been spent in dredging the nav
igable reaches of the Thames
river, England, in the last quar-
ter century.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15
Denied Lesser Charge;
Goes 10 the Chair

CHICAGO, Sept. 15-[P)-
Alvin Krause, 20, who spurned
an offer to plead guilty to a sec
ond murder charge in exchange
for an additional life sentence,
died in the electric chair in the
Cook County Jail today.
Krause, sentenced to death for
the murder of a currency ex-
change manager in a robbery,
was pronounced dead nine min
utes after the current was turn
ed on.
His execution cancelled a life
sentence imposed by an all-wo-
man jury which convicted him
Of the murder of A. currency ex-
change cashier.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15
AVAST

SAN FRANCISCO - Ship
lookouts usually relax when
their vessels enter the Golden
Gate. Now their weather eyes
are peeled wider than ever.
The Coast Guard has issued
warning that 20 cases OF dyna-
mite recently washed off the
deck of an army barge.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15
Buzz-Bomb Attacks
Delayed Champ TILT
But British Fons
Await Clash Tonight

MANCHESTER, Eng land,
Sept. Is (P) - A one-time
county fair boxer, and a balding
giant with a 35-pound weight
advantage, battle over the IS
round route tonight for the va
cant British and British empire
heavyweight titles but the
crowd won't believe II until the
fight starts.
This clash between the favor
ed Freddie Mills, the Bourne
mouth bomber" and Jack Lon
don, has the dubious distinction
Of being probably the most
postponed title fight of all time.
This is the fifth attempt to
stage it after a series of set
backs ranging from training in
juries to buzz-bomb attacks.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15
Sieqfried Line Honors
Killers Own Hero

LONDON, Sept. IS - (H0 -
American doughboys cracking
the Siegfried line are tearing
down the monument raised by
Hitler to the legendary figure
he adopted as his own idol.
Hitler's love for Wagner's
music is believed to have in
spired him to name the German
defense wall for Siegfried, the
original Teutonic "superman"
who came to an untimely end.
Siegfried was stabbed fatally by
his brother-in-laW.