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The CIO news., 1944-05-22
Local 472
Personals

Mother and son doing very well,
thank you, at Maryland Fabrlcat-
ing Company. Josie stops In with
due regularity to sign the Unions
checks and Harold stays home to
look after the bay.
Landon Smart is really having
his troubles-piles Of them, in, fact.
Between hospital operations and
material shortages and getting
started on new war work, Mr..
Smart Is really doing q swell job.
We also sympathize with Ray
mond Bell, one of the contestants
for the handsomest foreman at the
shop. He is having his inspection
troubles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Hassett are
infanticipating mostly any day. II
Bill won't bring the baby down to
the shop, be sure he draws q car
toon for you. Life could be beau
tiful If Bill would only stop draw
ing cartoons.
Speaking of the Moller cam
paign puts US in mind Of Harry
Powell of Maryland Fab, who is
doing swell job for the Union.
Powell, you know. is one of the
oldest Union members in Hagers-
town, besides being charter men,
Der Of our Local. It's men like
Powell who build strong unions.
Get him to tell you about the time
he was on the railroad.
Meet Thelma Schildknecht, the
new chairman and of the S. & S.
Plant Committee. Thelma Is GER
tainly heavyweight when it comes
to demanding union rights for the
workers in her shop. She is back
working again and we bet you she'll
be Johnny-on-the-spot if the work.
ers need her help. She can't miss
with Rene Boward and Al Lapole
on her committee.
Did you read about Carrye Harris
in the local papers? Yes. President
Roosevelt sent her a beautiful
thank you" note for her work on
the OPA. That's how come they
took the ration points off the meat
recently. If you could only get US
tire
Glad to see the renewed interest
Stanley Hurd is showing in the
Union. Stanley. you remember, is
one of the Unions old stand-bys.
The CIO news., 1944-05-22
Tonnery Tons
Workers

WILLLAMSPORT, Md. May 13-David Byron's tannery In
Wiamspor operated as one little happy family for
Most seniority and were taught
by their boss that allegiance their Company superseded
everything in life.
Then the CIO organized the plant and the workers sat down
TO negotiate contract Byron They discovered to their
surprise that their layaly to the Company they were
offered conditions which would have brought them down to the
lowest level in the
year ago. Company gave the workers weeks vacation
with pay keep the CIO In contract negotiations
with the Uno Company gracousy proposed to trim the
weeks vacation three days.
The CIO news., 1944-05-22

The Union takes Its hat of to
Jim Mills, local president, and
Howard Smith, shop chairman, who
rolled up their sleeves and went
to work on the CIO Moller cam
paign. Believe II or not, Mills
has sworn off drinking the stun
from the brown bottles until the
CIO campaign at Moller's winds
up in victory.
Howard Smith (not the same guy
who gave birth to the Smith-Con-
nally bilD has done swell job for
the Local and is bidding US good
bye. The Doc has ordered him out
doors for a while. He'll soon be
planting pertaters and termaters,
but we'll be glad to see him back
real soon.
Harry Cover, Local vice presi-
dent, presents a real problem. He
has been running around with your
columnist all winter organizing the
shoe workers, and pops in the other
day with announcement that the
eleventh stranger at his home is
a blue-eyed baby girl, heavy
weight tipping the scales at 10
pounds. Harry. the government
thanks you. Hagerstown thanks
you and the Union thanks you for
the new members you are raising
to carry on for the CIO.
Leonard Davis, the local scribe,
is having secretary trouble. l move
we get him a blonde or brunette
because he already has the services
of a redhead in his home. We ap-
preciate your efforts, Leonard: we
know you are doing your darnedest
to do good job.
Last, but not least, the man I
married 10 years ago is also having
his troubles keeping the financial
records of the Union up-to-daate. II
that man of mine doesn't stop burn
ing the midnight oil doing Union
work, he will find himself having
a
secretarial trouble, too.-The $64
question-The president Of what
CIO Local escorted our treasurer
home?
A word about your boss Hershey
his attitude towards the Union
has changed for the better, and
from present indications we will
be able to negotiate q swell con-
tract as soon as Jack Fucker gets
into town. Your columnist Is hold
ing her breath until she sees the
wage structure MIR. Hershey prom
ised to bring i'm. 1t better be good.
EDNA RODGERS.
The CIO news., 1944-05-22

placed on furniture operations. and
I feel that this inter-plant seniority
agreement Is the best job protec-
ton In the entire area" said
Johnston.
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ing down the roofs to these build
ings, they glue them tightly with
tar and as old roofs wear out,
new ones are added until the build
ing is snug and warm under sue
cessive layers.
Poultry houses must be well-ven-
tilated in this country or the steady
heat of the sun will heat the houses
to such an extent that egg produc-
ion almost ceases. Currituck grow
ers have worked out building plans
that seem to fit this locality and,
as a result, their flocks are I'm
usually profitable.
Right now, Currituck landowners
along with those in Pasquotank,
Chowan, Perquimans, and Camden
counties are working together to
establish a Soil Conservation Dis
trict. The growers are not concern
ed about soil erosion but they do
need soil drainage.
Back in WPA days; the growers
succeeded in having much work
done in cleaning out and digging
drainage bitches. We were greatly
benefited by this work despite what
some may say about theh WPA, :"
said County Agent Powell. We had
some bitches cleaned out that had
not been touched since the slaves
of old time plantation owners had
dug them. We also had some. new
drainage bitches dug and many Of
our fields became fertile again. We
want to continue this work in our
Soil Conservation District because
the well-drained soil responds to
limestone and fertilizer"
Powell is proving his theory of
the value of drainage, limestone
and phosphate on some of the is
lands in Curritcuk Sound. Many of
these small islands are owned by
wealthy persons or groups who
maintain gun clubs on them.
The Bells Island Club is a good
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example. Here the original mem
hers of the club. have all been
bought OUT by one man who is
maintaining year around place of
residence. Not only is the place
beautified to satisfy the owner but
It has been made a. concrete de-
monstration in the production of
beef cattle.
Powell has cooperated with the
Superintendent. to seed several
acres. of a permanent pasture that
now maintains herd of Aberdeen
Angus breeding animals. The off
spring Of about 20 brood COWS are
sold locally at nominal prices and
is helping to start new farm
industry in this section.
All in all, the Albemarle people
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Roanoke Isle Has
Very Dry Season

when visitors from all part of North
Carolina and the nation came to
see how our forefathers struggled
to set up this Republic.
The small shipyard here in Man.
teo is closed temporarily and only
the Naval Air Base on the upper
part of Roanoke Island offers extra
employment. 1t is true that fishing
restrictions have been removed
and. quite large tonnage Of fresh
fish leaves here each night for in
land markets.
But it has been terribly dry on
Roanoke Island this year. County
Agent w. H. Shearin and H Gne
Agent Sadie Hendley started very
bravely this past spring to have
gardens in all parts of the county.
The civic clubs and county COM
missioners offered prizes for the
best gardens and, for a while, it
appeared tn Roanoke Island
would be one vast vegetable garden
from which food could be gather
ed for consumption and for can
ming. But the promise of spring was
blighted by the continuous dry
weather and now the Islanders are
planning for fall gardens.
1t has been dry all over the AL
bemarle country this season. I
Travelled one whole day over the
Currituck peninsula visiting the
poultry flocks that feed fresh eggs
into the nearby Norfolk market,
and the soy bean and corn fields.
Farmers said that their crops have
made great comeback since the
July rains and that young corn will
yield heavily.
The soybean and peanut fields
also look promising, but the water
melon crop was hurt badly as
was the production of early Irish
potatoes. The potato crop was cut
in half by low yield and small size
of the tubers but sold well. In
fact, many growers told me that
they sold out SO completely that
they left none at home for their
own use.
Now they are getting busy pre-
pairing to grow a fall crop. The
growers also had less trouble with
labor than in 1913. NeIghbor help
ed neighbor and with the aid of
transients who were housed irs.
conveniently located camp. the
labor situation was well handled.
All the crops appear to be well
cultivated and free from weeds and
grass. AS elsewhere over Mort h
Carolina, Currituck farmers tare
seeding more pastures and growing
more feed for livestock and poul-
try. Is, ..1s
This growing of green feed isaan
absolute necessity, the farmers
say. Poultry groWers4said that the
commercial feed which they are
able to buy now. does not contain
the vital elements. sogbadly need
ed by hens in heavy production,
and that if. some grazing crop is
not provided, I; the hens break
down. and fall off in egg produc-
ton.
AS a matter of fact, most Foul
trymen in this ALTERNATE country
are planning to hold their flocks
at the present level il possible,
without trying to increase. This,
actually is amounting to de-
crease because of the necessity for
constant culling.
Currituck growers also are solv-
ing the problem Of storm damag-
to their poultry houses by building
rather low-lying houses, wider; THAI
those ordinarily built where ocean
J winds do not blow. Instead OF nall
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Henderson Army Captain
Gets Oak Leaf Cluster

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. -(R)-
The War Department today an
nounced the award of the Oak Leaf
Cluster to the Silver Star to Rob
e1t B. Pridgen, Capt, Infantry, 19
Main ST., Henderson, N. c., for:
ignoring enemy mortar fire which
fell within ~, yards of him as he
moved up a ditch in Italy on March
II, 1914.
He ran 100 yards across flat,
open terrain under direct enemy
observation to occupy house
where a fierce fight had taken
place short time before. His fear
less action secured this strong :
point for American troops.
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are up and coming. It has been
dry here, terribly dry, but as these
folks say, ''More farmers have
been ruined by too much rain than
by too little.'' Crops look good now
and the winter will not be so hard
after ALL
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The Gutenberg Bible, in the pos
session of Yale University,
has been in an underground vault
since war began.
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Within miles of Wilmington the Columbus
field cigareetype
auctioned this
shown Wilmington business and Blake Appewhe
his oang 800 Appewhe
shown pulling the small sucker leaves tobacco stalk that
the fertilizer
joyed
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BY F. H. JETER

MANTEO, Aug. 10 Dare County
is not the hustling, busy place it
was during pre-war, pageant days
Evening star., 1944-01-30

MEET THE MIxARIUM-
Reminiscent Of your attempts to
solve mysteries in the chemical
lab Is the mixarium, a beaker with
a round base (oh, yes, Emen-
trude, it's fattened on the bot
tom so it will stand and the long
neck, bent at the top, is equipped
with a tight-fitting cap. Mix
lures placed in 1t are swirled to
reach perfection.
BE MY VALENTINE-The SEN
timental day is not far oil, now,
and with Leap Year in full swing,
the ladies will probably be more
than usually interested in buying
and sending messages of luff to
the gentlemen. However, should
the gentlemen wish to beat them
to 1t, we suggest a novelty hand
kerchief, regulation size, folded to
fit in a wee box, 2 inches square.
This is embellished with hearts
and frills, and the handkerchiefs
have hearts and flowers and even
cute CD sayings on them.
Also, wonder of wonders, you
can still find pretty good as
sortment Of cadies, packed in the
traditional red heart-shaped
boxes-in this year of grace made
Of woven paper fiber, as a rule.
But sh! Some of the stores still
have few Of the red satin boxes
left over from happier times il
you must have one!
Evening star., 1944-01-30

Connecticut avenue Is q daily
fashion parade especially
around the luncheon hour, when
Washington's smartest wend their
way to the chic hotels and restau-
rants for a little time OF pleasant
chat with congenial friends.
Glimpsed in the throng one
day this week was Mrs. Warren
Robbins, in a black suit, black
Persian lamb coat and black hat
banded with Persian, all q per-
feet background for her lovely
gold and topaz clip and brace
let's Mrs. Leland Harrison
wearing a leopard coat over her
slim dark frock and a tiny hat
OF leopard on her curls {.
Geraldine Matheson in q pin
striped suit Of black and white
with a superb silver fox stole and
a hat frothing red roses &.
Polly Greenville and her twin,
Mary, In identical costumes Of
pale-blue tweed, kolinsky scarfs
and warm brown berets and ac-
cessortes.
Very smart and soignee on
another occasion was Representa-
tive Winifred Stanley Of New
Evening star., 1944-01-30

Frederic's staff. looked anything
but dog-eared in what she calls
her spaniel hat"-a cuffed calot
with shower Of black silk fringe
falling almost to her shoulder.
One Of the smart exceptions to
the rule Of the calot was Greta
Garbo (did we say that casually
enough?), who was seen (by your
reporter herselD lunching at the
Hotel st. Regis in a brown and
white striped tailored suit with
a Liberty silk scarf knotted at
her throat. On her head was
one of John Frederic's deep
crown hats with roll-up brim in
rust shirred skrting felt with
surprise string ties under her
chin. You and would look
distinctly unattractive in said
: homeland definitely too clut-
tered around the chin-but the
Beauteous One only looked more
beauteous-and-she was Not
Alone.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Shopping Around Town

MOP IT UP-Catching on in
well-deserved popularity Is . new
type Of wet mop and drainer that
makes cleaning, II not . pleasure.
at least less Of q chore. To
wiring out the water, rest the mop
on the special drainer, press down
on the handle-and whooshl the
mop is wrung. The drainer Is
adjustable and will fit any pail.
Jot this one down on your memo
pad-spring cleaning Is just
around the corner!
\ X
BEAUTY IN BOWLS-The
subtle color tones of roseville pot
terry blend delightfully."- with most
decorative color schemes, particu-
larly the rosy and the blue-green
shades. There are softly-hued
bowls and vases Of all types to be
had, some Of them in the brand
Evening star., 1944-01-30

witnesses. I would suggest, there
fore, that the groom, II an ofiicer,
present himself for marriage in
hat and gloves; but that he re-
move both Immediately before the
commencement Of the ceremony.
He could hand them to the best
man to hold for him. Surely in
stinctive reverence and a sense
OF fitness would prompt the officer
to remove his gloves before plac-
ing the ring on the brides finger
and taking her hand in his in
token Of marriage.
Il should think, too, that
similar feelings should induce him
to remove his hat before receiving
the blessing Of holy church on
his marriage. Obviously the final
authority in the matter of cere-
monial at a church wedding is
the officiating clergyman. There
fore, in the absence of any explicit
Army regulations to the con-
trary. the bridegroom should fol-
low the clergyman's directions"
Evening star., 1944-01-30

til they are married. They may
have made mud pies together,
and gone to kindergarten to-
gether, and to school and college
together, and thought that they
knew each others every quirk Of
character and disposition; but
before their honeymoon is over
they discover that they are
united to perfect strangers, with
whom they are as little acquaint-
ed as If they were mail order
mates they had picked out of q
catalogue.
So, perhaps, when John marries
some girl whom he hasn't seen
more than dozen times, and
then only when she was all dolled
up and had her complexion on
and a fresh wave and was putting
her best foot foremost; and when
Annabelle walks down the church
aisle with a dashing soldier or
sailor whose acquaintance she
made a couple OF weeks before at
service dance, whose middle
name she doesn't even know, and
into whose background, character,
habits and ability to support q
wife she has never bothered to
inquire, it isn't quite as foolhardy
as 1t looks. At least, they have
the fun Of discovering each other,
But that it is a hazardous amuse-
ment is proven by the fact that
nearly half the marriages that
take place after short engage
ments end in divorce.
But the long drawnout engage
ments is no guarantee OF a happy
marriage, either. 1t is possible
for sweethearts to get 50 fed up
on making that they lose
their appetites for it. and to get
SO well acquainted with each
other that they perceive only
each others faults and peculiar
tiles and get on each Others
nerves.
In reality, q long engagement
Is an acid test Of human endur-
ance, for the engaged couple are
In an unnatural position toward
each other. They are neither
fish. nor flesh, nor good red
herring. They have neither the
freedom of the single, nor the
security of the married. Each
feels that he or she has the right
to boss the other. and the other
resents the authority, and so 1t is
a time Of quarrels and fights and
misunderstanding and jealousies
that is even stormier than wed.
lock.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Washington Wears

York in a beautifully tailored
gray suit with a turquoise feather
calot atop her snowy locks and
a matching frilly blouse. {.
Pauline Cheever also likes slim
gray suit, but usually wears
tangerine accessories with hers
Another gray tailleur is worn by
charming Mrs. Delavan Tomp-
kins, who matches the soft shade
exactly in severely tailored blouse,
fiaring felt hat, gloves and shoes.
Her handbag is a brilliant scarlet.
Preview Of spring was given us
when we saw Mrs. Gordon Fowler
on her way to pay neighborly
call in Alexandria. Her sweater
and skirt outfit was the loveliest
and subtlest shade Of green-en-
trancing with her red gold hair
and blue eyes. Her silver belt was
Of Indian make and she wore a
large shoulder pin and bracelets
set with jet, turquoise and coral.
Cam Motejzik, young Washing
ton designer dreamed up a suit Of
blue and white woods, used In
effective contrast for Mrs. Jose
phine CLAWS. Sharp accents of
bright red light up the ensemble.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Off Your
Hands!

Call on salt to help remove that
chnging fish odor from hands or
cooking utensils, suggest home
economists of the United States
Department of Agriculture. After
handling fish wash hands in
strong salt water, then rinse
them we'll before washing in
warm, soapy water. The same
treatment removes fish odor from
dishes or cooking utensils.
AS for onion or garlic odor, rub
bing with an acidlike vinegar or
lemon juice seems to be the most
successful removal treatment.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
By Evelyn Hayes

rust accessories served with q
third suit of beige and rust
gabardine combined.
Indeed, gabardine was a IA
vorite choice with several of the
girls because it's such a wonder
full all-season fabric and travels
so well. One girl wore dark
brown gabardine with pale pink
blouse for a breath-of-spring
note, while coral-colored gabar-
dine was the choice of another.
This one was a knockout fly
front affair made of our IA
vorite superflne smooth h-as-silk
gabardine, worn with matching
hat.
Speaking Of hats, calots are
still big favorite in the big
city. Trimmed with flowers or
plastic sequins they lend a bright
note to any gathering. Ruth
French, chic member OF John
Evening star., 1944-01-30
By Emily Post

ranking Army officer who said
that an officer should remain
covered. The general opinion Of
the church has been expressed
with unusual clarity in this let
ter from a notable Episcopal
clergyman:
"As in the case Of the Army,
the church has no explicit
written ceremonial directions
covering this question. What I
have to offer, therefore, is only
my opinion based on some 3O-odd
years experience as a priest and
an interested student of liturgical
principles. Outdoor weddings are
rather the exception than the
rule, This makes it harder to say
just how far custom and prece-
dent have determined the prac-
tice.
"Of course, the sacrament of
holy matrimony is one which af-
fects the bride and groom alone,
the others present being merely
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Dorothy Dix Says

The question of how long an
engagement should last is one
that has been discussed to and
fro, and pro and con, ever since
the first boy met the first girl and
they fell in love with each other
and decided to take each other
Tor better or worse. But neither
the church, nor the law, nor EN-
lily Post has ever been able to
hand down an authentic opinion
on the subject.
For no prophet can put time
limit on how long a romance can
last, nor what strain it can en-
dure. Nor does anybody know
whether the marriage that is
cooked up on a slow fire, or on
a quick hot one, will make the
wedding cake for which a couple
will never lose their taste. Appar-
emily there is no surefire way Of
telling how any marriage will
turn out, and whether 1t is bet
ter to do it on the spur of the
moment, or to spend years study
Ing all OF the different angles and
disks of the proposition, is any
body's guess. We have seen both
plans work, and both plans fail.
But If the long engagement
versus the short engagement al
ways has been a subject Of inter-
est, 1t is a matter of vital impor-
tance right now, when so many
OF our young people have gone on
a romantic jag and are rushing
into a marriage after an engage
ment that has only lasted from
the last cocktail to the ONCE OF
the justice of the peace; while
others are not only putting mort
cages on their present but their
futures in the optimistic belief
that neither war, nor absence,
nor different experiences will
change them, or make their COM
mitments seem less desirable than
they are now.
Now, naturally, there are two
schools of thought on the en-
gagement proposition. The one
that favors the short-order be-
trothal contends that whether a
marriage is a success or a failure
is purely a matter of luck, so if
you marry on the grab-bag prin-
ciple, you are just as likely to
get the kind of wife or husband
you want as you would II you
spent years and years going
around with flash light hunting
for an ideal mate, as Diogenes
did seeking an honest man.
They say that no man and
woman ever know each other un-
Evening star., 1944-01-30
By Dorothy Bihlman

~ W vary DsNeVUOn
new magnolia bloom design, and
others, infinitely charming, in
flower and berry motifs.
A HOME SHRINE-A tiny
church altar, made of ply board,
surrounds a small glass holder
bearing . candle. A backdrop of
multicolored beads lends the illu-
sion Of stained glass.
IRON OUT THE KINKS-Plas-
tic cords for telephone wires will
eliminate those twists and bends
that prove so annoying when one
has q lot Of telephoning to do.
Easily attached, they come in diff
ferent gay colors for your home.
as well as in more somber hues
for your onice.