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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-04

The transfer of the deed the acquisition of the
Bdgers residence by the Wilmington Post No TO- American
LEGION shown above Participating in the details the
left to right back Post adjutan Harry
Faes W. D. Hughes Norwood West
brook Commander NJ finance officer Kenneth
Marshall W. Rhodes r. present when the
picture
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
ODESSA CAPTURED
BY SOVIET ARMIES
Continued From Page one)

ed up IS miles since Saturday,
said the Moscow bulletin. It's up
per wing was within IS miles OF
Hungarian-held Pennsylvania with
the capture of Solca, 10 miles
northwest of Suceava, whose fall
also was reported.
These troops were striking west
ward ON both sides of the Darma.
nesti-Budapest railway leading tc
Campulung and over the Carpa.
THAN mountains into Hungary, Ra.
dauti, another of Bucovina's largest
cities, also was among the $50
seized on a 50-mile front between
Radauti and Liteni, which is l.
miles southeast of Suceava.
Konev's lower group, which ha:
half-encircled the Romanian raj
city of Iasi, overran 80 more 10.
calities, including Targu-Frumos
station q miles west of Iasi ano
l6 miles from Pacsani, where the
line meets the Cernauti-Buchares
trunk railway.
Vulturu, four miles northwest Of
imperilled Iasi, also was seized
and in the wheeling movement
southwark toward the Danube the
Russians also took Goesti, 20 miles
west of 1asi and four miles south
of the broken east-west Axis com.
munlcations between Iasi and Pac.
SAM
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
labor ELECTION
IS ORDERED FOR
PHONE employees

WASHINGTON, April TO- Up -
~" National Labor Relations
Gard Do today ordered collective
tp.orgaining elections held within As
a as among the non supervisory
W. .n,nIoves of the Southern Bell Tel
' nhone and Telegraph company on
egI svstem-wide basis and declined
., give place on the ballot to
.So AFL electrical workers. The
". will choose between the
s c Federation Of Telephone
T-orkers independently and no
union.
This is the largest unit which
no board ever has found appro-
.riate for bargaining purposes. The
snit embraces about 10000 en-
,loves working about 1000 ex-
.hanges scattered over 100000
'n~are miles in nine states. The
,tates are Alabama, Florida, Geor-
ia Kentucky, Louisiana, Missfs-
sinni North Carolina, South Caro-
Ina and Tennessee.
The AFL electrical workers had
.sked that the elections be con-
lncted in smaller units than the
vstem-wide one.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11

Williamson, Robersonville, Bethel
and Tarboro; Greensboro-Rocky
Mount, through Gibsonville, Bur-
lington, Chapel Hill, Durham, Ca
ry, Raleigh, Clayton, Selma, Colds
boro, La Grange, Kinston, New
Bern, Vanceboro, Washington,
Greenville, Farmville, Wilson and
Elm City; Greensboro Columbia,
High Point, Randleman, Asheboro,
Hemp. Carthage, Pinehurst, Fay
etteville, Hope Mills, Red Springs,
and Maxton; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
burg, through Kennersville, Wins
ton-Salem, Thomasville, Lexington,
Salisbury, China Grove, Kama
polls, Concord, Davidson, Moores-
vile, Statesville, Concord, Hicko-
ry, Newton, Maiden, Lincolnton,
Stanley, Mount Holly, Cramerton,
Gastonia, Kings Mountain, Shelby,
Spindale and Clifford; Charlotte
Spartanburg, through Pineville,
and several South Carolina towns;
also proposes auto pickup from
about so towns near routes.
Arthur w. Glose-(freighD Non
scheduled freight service from
New England, through Southeast,
into South.
Automobile Air Freight Corpor-
alton - Would blanket continental
! U. S.
| B. M. Stuart and Sons-)freight
and express) Would blanket entire
country, with one route from Ashe-
vile to Montgomery, Ala.
Freight Flight, Inc - freight)
Boston to New Orleans, through
Charlotte and Raleigh.
P. & B. Transfer and Storage
Company - Greight would blan-
ket country.
Producers Airlines-f reight and
express) would blanket country.
Southeastern Air Express-( ex-
press and freight) Proposes Sa-
vannah circle route that would in
clude Charlotte, Concord, Sails
bury, Raleigh, Southern Pines,
Fayetteville, Lumberton and sew
eral South Carolina and Georgia
cities.
Thalheimer Brothers - (feeder)
freight and express) Richmond
Charlotte and Richmond-Beaufor
routes that would serve Oxford,
Durham, Chapel Hill, Greensboro,
High Point, Salisbury, Winston-Sa-
lem, Statesville, Henderson, Fay
etteville, Southern Pines, Laurin-
burg, Lumberton, Weldon, Rocky
Mount, Wilson, Goldsboro, New
Bern, Elizabeth City, Edenton, Will
liamston and Washington.
Regards, Slim Suttle.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
CC AUXILIARY
IS COMMENDED

The new training program for
members of the Coast Guard
Auxiliary, who are members of
the Temporary Reserve while on
active duty, is now well under
way in the Sixth Naval district
with the auxiliarists (TR) carry
ing out their duties on a high
plane of efficiency, Lieut.. Louis
Hanson, USCGR, of Charleston, di-
rector of the auxiliary for the dis
trict, said here Monday.
Lieut.. Hanson said he had just
completed an inspection of units
OF the organization at Jacksonville,
Fla, Savannah, Ca, Brunswick,
Ga, and Wilmington. He commend
er the officers and men of each
unit for their good work and the
especially high interest they are
taking in the program.
Under the plan now being fol-
lowed, the auxiliarists (TR) are
doing tours Of duty on various
regular Coast Guard craft. In addi-
oltlon to receiving valuable train
ing they are also relieving regu-
lar members of the service for
overseas assignments.
'This is a definite opportunity
for the auxiliarists (TR) to free
men for the war fronts,' he said.
and they are doing it well %
he pointed out that during the
past week, 342 members of the
auxiliary have performed 1875
man-hours of duty in the district.
OF this, 574 man-hours were serv-
ed in the Wilmington area and this
figure is expected to be increased
weekly.
The program, termed the best
training opportunity ever offered
the auxiliary, was started in Jack
sonvllle on March and got under
way here on April 1. Here two craft
are now being operated on harbor
patrol and another in the inland
waterway.
The Cape Fear division of the
auxiliary is commanded by Lieut..
Tom Murrell. Vice commander is
Lieut.. Earl Goodwin and junior COM
mander is Lieut.. Albert Perry. The
Wrightsville flotilla is headed by
Ensign dubrutz Poisson, vice
commander now acting as COM
mander. Warrant Officer j. Knight
Davis is junior commander, now
acting as vice commander. Ensign
J. K. Taylor, Jr., was commander
Of this flotila but was recently
called into active service. The Will
mington flotilla's commander is
Ensign Robert Williams, Ensign j.
Walter Webb is vice commander
and Warrant Officer Garland Pal
mer is JUNO commander.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
Wilmington has Good
Location For Many
Postwar Air Lines
CONTINUED from Page One)

TO cities passed up" by the trans
continental carriers.
America must not be short-cir-
culted IN the mad rush to circle
the globe by air." Gilbert declared
while attending final arguments be-
lore the Civil Aeronautics Board
on the applications of carriers,
small and large, for feeder line
certificates.
The job of rendering service to
those cities which the big airlines
nave passed up rightfully belongs
TO the smaller lines which have
oeen beating the bushes, such as
State Airlines."
He pointed out that, before trav-
Ell priorities eliminated pleasure
trips, Washington residents flew to
New York for cocktails and were
back home for dinner"
I'VE plan to set up schedules
whereby passengers may fly from
Charlotte to Greensboro, or Char
lotte to Wilmington, or to any 9TH
er city within a 200-mile flying dis
lance, and back in the same day."
he added.
State Alrlines is one of several
carriers with applications before
the CAB to serve the Carolinas
and Virginia, with connections to
other sections. Routes requested
would extend trunk lines from
P1ttsburg to Jacksonville, Louis
Vile to Wilmington, Detroit to Will
mington, Detroit to Jacksonville,
Cincinnati to Charleston and New
Bern to Columbus, Ga. North Car
DINA cities to which service is pro-
posed include Greensboro, Ashe-
vile, Charlotte, Raleigh, Colds
boro, Winston-Salem, Fayetteville,
Burlington, Salisbury and Southern
Pines. Gilbert seeks scheduled
routes fo1. both mail feeder and
stop service.
Undaunted by a White House re-
versal of a CAB decision which
would have granted a passenger
mail-express extension from New
York, along the Atlantic Coast, to
Nassau, in the British Bahamas,
with service to Norfolk, Elizabeth
City, New B ern, Wilmington,
Georgetown, Myrtle Beach,
Charleston and other coastal cities,
Colonial Airlines has asked the
board to reconsider the decision
granting line to National Airlines
from Jacksonville to New York
over the same route.
National Air Lines of Jackson
vile, Fla, has been granted ap.
proval by the CAB for a Miami
New York service, which would in
clude a stop at Wilmington. NAL
has said the only thing holding it
up is lack of equipment and that
as soon as planes are made avail
able, service will be started.)
A group of Carolinas and Vir-
gina congressman recently called
at the White House in support of
ColoniaIs application. The result
may be that both National and
Colonial will be given routes
through the Carolinas.
Other applications to serve Car
DINA cities have been filed with
the board as follows:
Eastern Airlines-A New York
Jacksonville coastal route that
would include, Elizabeth City, New
Bern and Wilmington, with posi-
BILE diversion through Wilmington
OF a daily round trip flight be-
tween Raleigh and Charleston;
Louisville Knoxville Savannah
route that would serve Asheville;
establish of new intermediate
points on the Observation-Disclosures
flights that would include green's
boro and Charlotte and a new De-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
ALLIES BATTLING
TO HOLD KOHIMA
Continued from Page One)

last Friday by Japanese forces
that invaded from the Burma Dor
der 30 miles eastward.
The invaders were closing stead
1v on Imphal from both east and
south. japanese pressure from the
south was increasing. There was
an indication that the Japanese,
reported west of the Tiddam-Im-
phal road for the first time, were
making an effort to sweep around
lmphal defenses from the south
west.
If the japanese figure on con-
soidating their position within In
dia they must take Kohima and
Imphal before the monsoons de-
LUCE the region about five weeks
hence.
British and Indian troops, in
fixed defense positions outside I'm
phal. at the edge of the rich I'm
phal plain, are said to be all set
to meet the Japanese with ample
ground power and overwhelming
air superiority.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11

ToIu-Coumbla route rnat would
serve Greensboro, Winston Sa1en1
and Charlotte.
American Airlines-A new De.
troit-Miami line that would serve
Winston-Salem and Charlotte.
Chicago and Southern Airlines-
A new Memphis-Greensboro-Wash .
ington extension.
Delta Airlines - Would include
new stops at Charlotte and Ashe.
vile on Col u m b a-Knoxville
flights; a new Columbia-Roanoke
route, with stops at Charlotte and
Wlnston-Salem, and an entry into
New York from Roanoke. through
Washington.
National Airlines-To inaugurate
service on Jacksonville-New York
coastal route including Whining.
ton; new Jacksonville Detroit,
Tampa-Chicago and Richmond Gin
clnnatti extensions t III a t would
serve Greensboro, Winston Salem
and Charlotte.
Seaboard Airways-New Boston.
New York-Florida and Boston-New
Orleans routes that would blanket
the East, Southeast and Deep
South, with service to Charlotte,
Raleigh and Wilmington.
Seaboard Air Transport-a new
Wilmington Knoxville route that
would serve Lumberton, Rocking.
ham, Charlotte and Asheville.
Carolina Scenic Coaches - Pro.
poses several routes, with south.
ern terminal at Columbus, Ca,
northern terminal at Asheville,
serving Wilmington, Charlotte and
Asheville, and extending into Ten.
nessee, South Carolina and Geor.
gia.
Greyhound Corporation - (pro.
posing both feeder and stop serv.
ice, blanketing the nation) Tole-
do-Savannah, Winchester-C Charles.
ton, acknowledgements, Raleigh.
Waycross, Raleigh-Augusta md
Norfolk Bristol extensions that
would serve Greensboro, Mount
Airy, Winston-Salem, Statesville,
Concord, Asheville, Asheboro, Lex.
ington, Fayetteville, Goldsboro and
Wilmington.
Southeast Airlines - New Knox
ville-Wilmington route, with stops
at Asheville, Charlotte. Greens
boro, Raleigh, Fayetteville, Colds
boro and New Bern.
Virginia Central Airlines-b Cloth
feeder and stop service) from New
York and Cincinnati, through
Southeast, to Atlanta, serving
Greensboro. Roxboro, Henderson,
Roanoke Rapids, Rocky Mount,
Tarboro, Greenville, Washington,
New Bern, Kinston, Goldsboro,
Kinston, Raleigh, Durham, Bur-
lington, Dunn, Fayetteville, Laur-
inburg, Lumberton, High Point,
Asheboro, Sanford, Hamlet, Sails
bury,~ Kannapolis, Concord, Char
tain, Shelby and Monroe.
Union Always - Service to
Pennsylvania, Maryland, District
of Columbia, Virginia and North
c IN Hagerston Raleigh
route, with stops at Winston-Salem,
Greensboro, Burlington and Dur
ham.
Angelina Harris (Feeder) -
Rutherfordton Union City, Tenn,
through Chimney Rock, Hender-
sonville, Brevard and Murphy;
Rutherfordton Raleigh, through
Shelby, Kings Mountain, several
South Carolina towns, Fayetteville
and Goldsboro; Rutherfordton cir
Gle, through Lincolnton. Kannapo-
lis, Salisbury, High Point, Burling-
ton, Greensboro, Chapel Hill, Ra-
leigh, Tarboro, Windsor, Edenton,
Elizabeth City, several Virginia
towns, Winston-Salem, Wilkesboro,
Lenoir and Morgantown.
Hawthorne Always - (feeder)
Greensboro Richmond, through
Reidsville and into Virginia; Rich
mond-Rocky Mount, through sew
eral Virginia cities and Elizabeth
City, Hartford, Edenton, Windsor,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
AUSTRALIAN ARMY
CUT IS DEFENDED
Continued from Page One)

(COuCluueQ from rage Oue)
eminent which is that Australia
shall do it's utmost on the fighting
front and in every other way she
cam"
A sympathetic expression for
Australia's manpoWer plight came
from Senator Thomas O.-Utah)
acting chairman of the Senate Mil
itary committee. He said the Unit
ed States has also made adjust
ments in our armed forces
ting the Army objective by 100000
and releasing 100000 average SOL
diers and 10000 limited service
men.
Colonel Lewis Sanders, the COM
mittee's consultant, estimated the
Australian reduction would amount
only to the release of 10000 to
30, 900 limited service men needed
in war production.
Evening star., 1944-05-23
D. T.. Mans Heroism
Brings Rare Citation
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
UNITED STATES ARMY HEAD.
QUARTERS IN THE SOUTH PA.
CIFIC Delayed First award oil
its kind in the South Pacific anc
the 11th in the world, an Oak Leai
Cluster in lieu of a second Soldier;
Medal was granted today to Tech.
nician Fourth Grade Judson Hurd
who formerly lived at 2410 Twen-
tieth street NV, Washington.
Twice Sergt. Hurd has rescued a
serviceman from drowning. Fol
these deeds, both the Soldiers Medal
the custmary award for heroisn
outside of combat-and the Oak
Leaf Cluster we're granted by 1t
Gen. Millard F. Harmon, com
manding United States Army forces
in the South Pacific area.
Sergt. Hurd, a cavalryman, pre-
vented fellow soldier from drown
ing off the shore of Fijian Island
March 8, 1943. For this he was
awarded the Soldiers Medal.
At Bougainville, on November IL,
1943, he saved the life of a marine
who had been knocked down by the
surf and swept ITO yards to sea by a
strong undertow, according to the
citation accompanying the award of
the Oak Leaf Cluster.
Evening star., 1944-05-23
John J. Quinn, 10, Retired
GP0 Printer, Dies Suddenly

John j. Quinn, 10, of 1929 Shep-
herd street NV, retired printer
of the Government Printing Of
flee, died yesterday after suffering
heart attack on streetcar.
Mr.. Quinn, native of Washing
ton. was employed at the GPO more
than 80 years before his retirement
five years ago. Familiarly known
as Joe" Quinn, he was a member
of the typographical union here
He attended Gonzaga College.
Surviving are three sisters, Miss
Mary Agnes Quinn, attorney in the
Solicitor Generals Office, Justice De.
partment; Miss Veronica Quinn, as
sociated with the United States
Court of Claims, and Marie Lid
wine, Sister of Notre Dame, Trinity
College, and two brothers, Henry
Quinn, local attorney. and Robert
j. Quinn of Sprinfigeld, Ill.
Requiem mass will be celebrated
at 10 am. Thursday at St. Aloysiu,
Church. Burial will be in Noun
Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-05-23
Ii. Robert Cockre|I Killed
In Colorado Bomber Crash

1t. Robert Eugene Cockrell, "a
Army Air Forces, former General
Accounting Office employe, was
killed in plane crash April S nea1
Peterson Field, Colo, where he was
stationed, it has been learned here
Nephew of Rear Admiral D. E
Dismukes of Castine, Me, 1t. Cock
rell was one of five killed when the
four -motored Liberator burst into
flames after a forced landing dur
ling a final routine training fight
Three other crew members escaped
1t. Cockrell was graduated from
Central High School and worked at
the Post ONCE Department before
transferring to the GAO. He en-
tered the Air Forces two years age
and was commissioned a pilot at
Albany, Ca, in March.
A native of Macon, Miss, he was
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Scott B
Cockrell of that city. He made his
home here with sister, Mrs. Elmer
H. Dom of Seat Pleasant, Md. Also
surviving are brother, Sergt
Strong Cockrell. now overseas.
Funeral services and burial took
place at Macon.
Evening star., 1944-05-23
900 Workers Ordered Back
In Dispute Over Glasses
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANDERSON, Ind, May 23.-C. A.
Michel, general manager of the
General Motors guide lamp divi-
sion, said last night 900 employees
in the plants gun-barrel depart
ment who were sent home last week
as the result of dispute over safety
glasses have been called back to
work.
Mr.. Michel said the workers would
be given an opportunity to have
their eyes tested by a plant oculist
to see if safety glasses were detri-
mental to their vision.
The issue may be decided tomor-
row before Superior Court Judge
Harold Achor in hearing or
whether temporary order restrain.
ling management from enforcing ar
order that the workers must wear
the glasses shall be made perma-
nent.
The employees contended the
glasses caused headaches and uere
bad for their ewes.
Evening star., 1944-05-23
War Department Group
To Give Bond Dance

A War Bond and Stamp dance to
raise funds for Bailey bridge" q
sectional bridge Of British design
will be given at $3.50 pm. tomorrow
by the office of the chief Of engi-
neers of the War Department at the
Shoreham Hotel, it was announced
today. Music is being donated by
the Johnny White Orchestra, under
the direction of Vernon Carter
Officers and men of all branches of
service and those of all the United
Nations and South American ma
tions are invited.
A similar affair to raise money
for Landing craft" will be given
by the colored employees of the Bu-
reau of Ships of the Navy Depart
ment at $3.50 pm. tomorrow at Club
Bali, Fourteenth and T streets NV
The announcement said the dance
will continue to 2 am. so that night
shift workers may have an oppor-
tunity to participate.
Evening star., 1944-05-23
Postwar Activities
For Librarians Listed

Establishment Of reading circles
and distribution of educational
book lists through servicemen's re-
habilitation agencies, churches and
employment agencies were recon-
mended as postwar services today tc
an institute Of District branch L.
brarians by DR.. Cyril o. Houle, as
sistant professor Of education at the
University Of Chicago.
Saying that returned service men
and women probably win demand
considerable help from librarians In
attempting to continue their edu-
cation, DR.. Houle suggested that
library workers get the habit oi
thinking OF themselves as educators
rather than as simply curators.
Reading circles to discuss educa-
tional books, seldom organized ir
District libraries, and wide distri.
button Of reading lists through citi
Evening star., 1944-05-23

while en- route home A Civil Air
Patrol flyer spotted the wreckage
and the search and rescue section
of the ID Air Force located the
bodies.
1t. Beeson, %, son of Joseph Bee
son, Office of Price Administration
official, and Mrs. Beeson, 4607 Con-
necticut avenue NV, was pilot of
the plane.
A native of Salt Lake City Utah)
he was graduated from the Uni
versity of Utah in 1912 and received
his commission in the field artillery.
He transferred to the air force and
was awarded his wings at Maria
Field, Tex, in June, 1943.
Mr.. Beeson is associate chief of
premium administration for copper,
lead and zinc in OPA, and Mrs. Bee
son works as mining engineer for
the Foreign Economic Administra-
ton. Another son, 1t. Walter w.
Beeson, also pilot, is stationed at
Lubbock Field, Tex, and a son-in-
law, 1t William H. Burgin, is with
the 9th Air Force in England.
The body will be taken to Salt
Lake City for burial.
Evening star., 1944-05-23
Births Reported

Horace and vaimae Ayres. boy.
Wesley and Mary Bjorkiund, sirl.
cari cam and amp katherine er s brsedon. girl.
Richard and June Brown. boy.
dSssRn deolse ana ana boroths s1ns % Charles boy
Frank and Ruth Cloudt,, boy
Robert and Mary Cornell. boy.
Eapa ana ana TTrnsss Eses E'eEsSSsss s
Arthur and Flora Field. boy.
Nathan and Helen Fireman; girl.
Fan and raS ssl1s esWfts s '0'
John and Mildred Hebrew, sirl.
T12hsRs aaa and aeSs jones'
Peter and Pauline Kanel.cos, boy.
Msm RfHn1a and and s:sm sfnnsss s0{ oy
taylor T sS and Mary Mary Mis- lRllHh' Girl. s'
sSEens gney snd sna Nancy nor 3D. boy
Victor and Fay osin, girl.
LsWrencs wsyra, and LoTralns o n,,In Purnell boy.
Gary and Rernadine sandlin, sirl
ohh hsshan ana snf hesn Fsnnls bSSmsnh boy
Herbert and Rae silverstone. boy
eofre ana ana Dorsa Iyae ssRsson sr ar
James snd ana kkststass ssslfsns r
RSSsrt RSSsrt and and GasGHsa GaGsse TS Tnses sT bdy
William and Ruth thomson, boy,
TFsnc,s beo ans snS wSenus MeFys yer boy
william and virsinls ward. s'' Sos. ''f''
aseSSegs seSegs snd snd nGra hrs WWh,iits, W,i;:, firl
Marion and Eleanor Wilson, girl.
Jesse and Bessie Brown, boy.
Evening star., 1944-05-23
40 Lumber Plants
In Northwest Closed
As Thousands Strike
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, May 23.-Produc-
ton of lumber supplies, listed by
the War Production Board as the
Nations foremost vital materials
shortage, was stalled in more
than 40 plants today in the great
Pacific Northwest lumber belt.
Thousands were idle: Estimates OF
the number eff duty ranged from
| $4,000 to $4,000; the walkouts-in
protest against wage increase de-
nial-were spreading rapidly and
more mills may close tomorrow in
Eastern Washington around Spokane
where mass meeting was sched-
uled tonight
ALI Tacoma Mills Close.
All mills in Tacoma, where around
4,500 are employed, were closed, in
cluding the st. Paul Tacoma Lum-
Der Co., one of the worlds largest
Douglas fir operators. About 800
workers suddenly picked up and left
their work to close tlnat mill.
In Seattle and Portland the situa-
tion was almost the same. Only
the United States Plywood Corp.
was running in Seattle; 1000 AF'L
members and 1900 CIO workers quit
in Portland. closing all but one plant
and leaving another running part
time.
Reports from Everett, Roy, Eaton
vile, Hoquiam and Aberdeen, Wash,
told the same story.
Unrest is rife among lumber
workers in Oregon and other mills
are likely to follow" declared John
Christensen, president of the North
west AF'L Lumber and Sawmill
Workers Union.
Walkouts Termed wildcat"
In Portland union spokesman
said, Men are walking out faster
than We can keep up with them"
The CIO rank and file in Port
land voted to "go fishing"
Union officials termed the walk
outs wildcat" and spokesmen issued
public statements in an attempt to
keep the men on the job.
The walkouts began after the War
Labor Board denied last week re-
quested wage increases. The AFL
union asked 15-cent hourly wage
increase to $l.05; the CIO lumber
union also asked an increase.
Thus far the walkout has affected
only mills; loggers are still on the
i0h