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The union times., 1944-06-24
Survey Made Of
 S5O,OOO Workers

When American and British troops hit the Normandie beaches of France they not only opened the long awaited Second Front, but a WPB sur. vey released today shows they also drew the American work. CTS closer to the war.
 The WIPE survey, covering a sampling of 85O,OOO work. CTS throughout the nation, showed 10 major benefits.
 First was a "new invasion spirit on the home front. With the ending of the tension of wait ing, nervous strain was eased with a beneficial result in war production.
 Next came the boost in morale and production from front line stories telling of specific equip nlent in action on the beach heads :. landing craft, tanks, planes and skytrains. Plant work CTS are reported confident that their products are now "in on the invasion and all workers are proud.
 Another interesting reaction re- ported by WIPE was that when the invasion of Sicily and Italy was re- ported there was a let-down reac- tion. It wasn't the ''real thing". Today, however, there is an up- surge that the federal agency says 'sshould be reflected soon in meet ing production schedules
 There has been a marked drop in absenteeism, with many labor man agement committees of the country reporting specific cuts ranging as high as 5O9o.
 There are specific examples of a lessening in the labor turnover prcb- lem. Fewer workers are asking for releases, but WIPE said this is too early to judge whether this is an in dicative trend.
 Other gains reported have been a greater willingness by non-workers, particularly women, 10 seek jobs in war production factories; the iss.- ance of war bulletins throughout most plants during the work day. In most plants plans were developed for the 5th War Loan Drive and the arrival Of ID Day" caused workers to jump the gun. In every region reported pur- chases of bonds rose, sometimes doub- ling previous records.
 The Red Cross blood donor cam paign was helped and here, too, there was a tremendous increase in interest. Goals were met quickly, then surpassed.
The union times., 1944-06-24
Decision By VILE. Is Unprecedented
Orders Automatic Pay Raises By Grades, Maintenance Of Membership Dues Check Off, And Seniority
 System For Higher Paid Workers

In a precedent-making decision for aircraft workers, the regional War Labor Board in California has ordered automatic pay raises by grades, maintenance of member ship, dues checkOff and seniority system for higher-paid workers at the Douglas Aircraft Corps Yer non plant, organized by United Auto Workers.
 Effect of the decision, which is the first of its kind on the west coast, is expected to be felt at the North American Aviation Co. plant, where UAWmanagement negotiations are about to open. It will also undoubtedly influence the JAW case now before the WLB on the Douglas Long Beach plant, where 10000 workers have been denied similar benefits.
 The decision awards automatic increases of Sc and 1Oc to workers at the Vernon plant when their work reaches a certain standard and establishes a uniform proceed ure of judging their output. Com menting on this, union officials said that in the past promotions at Vernon were made a political footbaIl.''
 The WLB ruling also forbids man. agement to hire outside help when there are qualified workers within the plant and grants a military leave bonus of 80 hours pay in addition to accumulated overtime and sick leave for workers entering the armed forces.
The union times., 1944-06-24

Dead dollars are dangerous. They damage democracy. Make your dollars live by buying War Bonds this week, next week and the weeks leading to victory.
The union times., 1944-06-24
Fewer Workers Making
 More Material Of War

A survey by the ''WaH Street Jour- naI among the nations leading in- dustrialists shows that manpower shortages are being licked by amaz- ing increases i'll the productivity of their workers.
 Almost everywhere the answer was the same," the conservative f. nancial paper reported. Production per employe is on the rise. In many cases output is running ahead of a year ago even where the number of workers is less"
The union times., 1944-06-24
ening Second Front CutAbsenteeis Reduced Tr1over

trOl of the state Democratic party to throw Texas 2S votes away from President Roosevelt at the national nominating convention.
 A letter sent from A.F.L. head quarters in Austin by Exec. Sec. Harry w. Acreman told all\afi1iates of the coup by which nti-Roosevelt forces captured control of the state convention and succeeded in choosing uninstructed electors.
 "This means that, even though the state voted for Roosevelt, the electors might vote for anyone they wished to, even the Republi- can nominee," Acreman explained. From the personnel selected by the anti-ROosevelt forces it would not be surprising if they did bolt the party, and thus virtually dis franchise the whole state of Texas,
The union times., 1944-06-24
Wartime Profits Of Banks Highest History Of US.
But Majority of Bankers Will Vote Against New
 Deal Bureaucracy"

WASHINCTON-Wartime bank ing is highly profitable, more than reasonably safe and isn't bothered with profit restrictions or the little steel formula. That conclusion is quite plain after most casual reading of report issued by chair man Leo T. Crowley of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
 After paying taxes that were the highest on record, the 13,274 commer- cial banks throughout the United States insured by FDIC reported net profits for 1943 that were 45 per cent more than the figure reached in 1o42.
 Net profits (what's left as gravy after all the bookkeeping, taxes, officers salaries, etc.) of these banks amounted to $638 million in l943. That is the highest profit recorded since FDIC was created in l93S. It also is $197 million more than the l942 figure.
 These bankers didn't put any more of their heavy sugar into dividend checks for their stockholders than ill 1942. Dividend payments were almost the same. But they did line the tills of their capital accounts with almost twice as much dough as they did the previous year. They put $4O5 million into capital accounts from profits. That is a tidy sum compared with the $213 million of 1942 and repre- sents a cool increase of 9O.1 per cent.
 Although Secretary of the Treas ury Henry Morgenthau put the touch on the banks for $228 mill lion, 28.8 pdr cent more than the previous year, and despite the fact that larger amounts of bank money were invested in United States se- curities with a fractiona1ly lower interest rate than the previous year, every other item of banking income except interest on loans, showed gains last year over 1942. The loan business was off 6.3 per cent be- cause more people acceptable as borrowers are in clover financially.
The union times., 1944-06-24
A.F.L. In Texas Out To Defeat Anti-F.D.R. Plot
State Federation Exposes Plan To Defeat Will
 Of People

The Texas Federation of Labor has S-O-Sed all A.F.L. locals to defeat the plot of the reactiona- ries and Republicans now in con-
The union times., 1944-06-24

Buying War Bonds means sav- ing lives and money; not buying War Bonds means squandering lives and wasting money. Ask the men at the front!
The union times., 1944-06-24

so far as the presidential election is concerned.
 "The unions and their membership should actively support the pro Roosevelt forces in getting the names of electors who favor the President placed on the ballot in the November elections. Unions should canvass the precincts at this time and nominate precinct chairmen by securing peti- tions with at least 25 signers in each precinct. Petitions when signed should be placed on the ballot at the Demo cratic primary The same procedure may be followed for nominations of county chairmen. It is not too late to help. It is hoped that all our or ganizations will get busy and active and carry out these suggestions.
The union times., 1944-06-24

Let your record speak for itself. Buy War Bonds regularly.
The union times., 1944-06-24
STAGGERING SUCCESSES,

Labor-management committees are the key to the staggering successes of the Higgins Shipyards in New Or leans, Andrew J. Higgins told a Chicago Rotary club meeting. Labor is entitled to decent living conditions and good working conditions as a right rather than paternalism," he de- clared.
The union times., 1944-06-24

BUY MORE WAR BONDS
Kodiak mirror., 1944-02-05
Shoe Shop Has Fire

Fire discovered about , 80 am Monday did about a hundred dollars damage to the Kodiak Shoe repair shop, located at the corner of Brooklyn avenue and Alaska way, in the building formerly occupied by retail liquor store.
 Smoke was discovered coming from the rear of the building near the caves by night patrol man George Slawson. Bremen pumped from the stream behind the Chicken Pie house and by ehopping through the wall had the fire out in a few minutes.
 Investigation disclosed that the fire started from defective chimney. The chimney was COZ structed of concrete blocks, and the concrete was of such poor quality that it had erumbled so badly as to leave a hole next to the wooden wall. The fire had  been put out in the stove early in the evening as the stove was cold and the wall smoldered for hours before gaining enough headway to be discovered.
 The shop is owned by Mike Gustitus.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-02-05

Gustitus.
 IN THE JUSTICES COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA-THIRD DIVISION, 1
 KODIAK, ALASKA w. J. ERSKINE COMANY, a corporation,
 Plaintiff, 1 TOM ELLIS,
 Defendant.
 Summons for Publication TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT, GREETING:
 You are hereby required to ap- pear in the Justlce's Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Division, Kodiak Precinct, with in Thirty Days after the last pulp lication of this summons, namely within thirty days after the 5th day of February, 1914, in case this summons is published, or within Forty days after the date of it's service upon you,in case this summons is served upon you per sonally, and answer the com- plaint of the above named Plaint- if on file in the said Court in the above entitled action,
 The said Plaintiff in said ac-. ton demands the following re- lief: Judgment against you in the eum of One Hundred Forty and
 DO ($14O.72) Dollars togeth- Fl 3th interest from August l5, BS, together with attorney'sl Aes in the amount of Twenty , ($2O.OO) Dollars, together with costs and that the indebtedness of Thrse Hundred ($300.00) Dol lars of the Parks Canning Comp any due you be paid oyer to sat isfy the sad judgment
 And in the event you fail to so appear and answer, the Plaintiff will take judgment against you for want thereof, and will apply to the Court for the relief de- manded in his Complaint and as hereinabove stated.
 WITNESS, THE HONOR ABLE CHARLES c. NAUGH- TON, Judge Of said Court, and the seal of said Court here unto affixed on this 18th day of Janu sry, 1914.
 CHARLES c NAUGHToN
 US. Commissioner and Ex-
 Oficio Justice of the Peace
Kodiak mirror., 1944-02-05
COUPON SELEcTION
 FOR JANUARY
, ,sd.o,.rA ADsI,.. Fo'

We will buy the companion stub of the above coupon for the amount opposite respective numbers Remember we select five coupons each month and buy the companion stubs for mounts from S1OOO to S75OO give these coupons with each LOO purchase in Grocery Meat Department.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-09-01
The Ben Myers
Return Home to
Find Lieut.. Son

Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Myers,
proprietors of the Myers Tailor
Shop, 329 N. Dale, closed up their
business July "a and hied by train
for California where they expected
to visit relatives and meet their
soldier son, 1t. Maurice Myers, who
had been stationed in the South
Pacific for months.
They visited relatives all right
but their soldier son did not show
up. They returned home to St. Paul
this week much disappointed not
to have seen him.
When they got back here they
were overjoyed to find him back
home here and we'll. In the interim
between letters he had been trans
ferred back to an Alabama army
camp and did not get to stay in
California.
Papa and Mama Myers are happy
as they can be, of course. In addi-
ton they want to tell their patrons
through the columns of this paper
that they have reopened the tailor
shop and now are ready to serve
their customers.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-09-01

hailed the Grand Wizard before a
Congressional investigation. He
was clever enough to evade con-
viction, and the Khan thrived on
this publicity until financial scan
dals within it's ranks caused the
inevitable putrefaction. However,
the government profits from past
mistakes. In this war everything
is better organized, from the care
of wounded soldiers to the control
of imitation. The F.B.I. handled
espionage cases swiftly and COM
pletely. There were no witch
hunts" by patriots" accusing their
neighbors of being "pro-Hun." This
gives us confidence that the gov
eminent will have a frmer grip
on postwar conflicts than it had
last time.
When race riots break out every
one is on the receiving end. Their
prevention is everyone's concern,
and community leaders who are
smart begin to think about "pro-
tecting" themselves before the
brickbats start flying. The best
protection for all of US is still the
strong arm of the law. One small
committee of the N.A.A.C.P. pre-
senting the case by legal procedure
will accomplish more than ten mobs
bowling for justice. Minority
groups are stronger now than when
"Col." Simmons thirty years ago
dreamed up the Khan revival, and
the liberal groups among Cauca-
slams are working more closely
with minorities. If people of good
will stand together the Khan won't
ride very far.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-09-01
THE Able WALLACE SERVICE

CO this newspaper, 314 Third Ave. So.
Minneapolis Is, Minnesota

]. A. B.: I have a woman friend
who seems to give me the run
around but people will not tell me
about it. Give me guidance as to
what to do for the best?
Ans: This girl has Won dangling
on string and is not taking you
at all seriously. Her friends aren't
going to put you wise to her every
move, neither should you expect to
reach an understanding through
others. If you think you are being
fiim-fammed step out of the
picture for awhile and give her
something to worry about. Also
make it convenient to be seen with
some of her charming girl friends.
Then the fireworks will start which
will lead to a showdown.
P. F. c.: It gives me great
pleasure to write and compliment
you and to tell you that your brief
but broadly stated advice to prob
lens are indeed amazing and ap-
preciative. You have an amazing
sense of perception. Continue your
great work. A million thanks for
what you have done. Signed,
P. F. C.
D. j.: I am on the farm and since
I moved from the city to the farm
my wife left me. It is so hard to get
help that I am thinking about quit
ing the farm and getting divorce
so can marry a woman I have in
mind. Please answer my problem
soon.
Ans: Buddy, you're jumping
from the frying pan into the fire.
Hadn't you best coordinate your
plans? First, you moved from the
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-09-01
Birthday Best Wishes

Birthday greetings in Minneapolis: Sept.
A. S. Barnett, 1920 Clinton Ave. So. !;
Giovanni Alexander; Sept. 6-Theo.
Vaughn, Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Renfroe, 1927
E. 29th ST.; Sept. MARY L. Cannon,
1882 9Th Ave. So, Richard Ross, 532 Al
drich Ave. No., c. r. Mendoza, 538 Girard,
Matte bearing, Charlene M. Noble 3732
4th Ave. So.y Mary Edith Lee. 1928 Clinton
Ave. So; Sept. Blaine T. Ash, Rte. Z
Hyland Station, W. T. Dodson, 1920 SHELL
ing.
In St. Paul: Sept. 4-Delores Rivers, 71s
Iglehart.
Out of town: Sept. Mrs. Henry Kirt-
ley, Kansas City, Mo. Sept. 7-Jeanette
Dorsey, Somewhere in India Sept 8-Roy
a. Ellis, Washington, D. c., Bernadine
Hall, Des Moines, Iowa.
Belated greetings to Mrs. Emily Vaughn,
1884 18th Ave. So, Aug. "a; Mrs. Beatrice
Nash, 725 Kingston, Aug. %; Mrs. Mar
garet Davis, $50 St. Anthony, Aug. 28 ::
+. N. Martin, 927 st. Anthony, Aug. 29.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-09-01

city to the farm against your wife's
wishes knowing she would leave
you second, you are ready to
give up your farm and move back
to the city third, you want to
divorce your wife and marry an
other woman. You're getting be-
hind the eight-ball by acting so
impulsive. If you are convinced
you cannot succeed there, establish
yourself in the city. AS for divorce,
don't rush it. Get your wits to-
gether and make a permanent deci-
sion. You will probably find that
your wife was a swell gal after all.
M. L. B.: I wrote you a few
weeks ago and thank you so much
for everything. My husband and I
came to New York to work. We
sold our furniture and broke up and
came to New York to get ahead. I
went to work while he was waiting
for his release. Shortly after we
were here his folks sent him a
ticket from home and he went back
home. He wants me to come home
but 1 don't see how can. If 1
went back, would have to start all
over again. Must 1 send for him
or go home to him? His people
were always nagging US to death.
Ans: Now that your husbands
release is about due it would be
logical time to send him a ticket.
1t was mighty hard for him to feel
cOntented in New York when you
were working and he was idle. Once
your husband gets employment
there in the city, he will fall right
into your plans. The change will
do both of you good.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-09-01
Barbecue & Chicken
at Pilgrim Rest
Labor Day

Bring your family and eat at
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, 800
James Avenue North, Labor Day.
They will have barbecue and
chicken for sale, beginning at 10
a. m.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-09-01

family. Mrs. Carmichael, one of
the hostesses, is known for her
constant attractive attire, but be-
lieve me the lovely dinner she gave
was just as fine as her attire.
Among the guests at the dinner
were: MISS LORRAINE HORRIS,
MISS BETTY ANNE CAR
MICHAEL, MRS. ROBERT MAR
SHALL, Jr. (Millicent Burgess;
MRS. WILLIAM F. WHITESIDE
(Your Pal SaD; MRS. MICHAEL
MARMON Crystal Burgess);
MISS ANNE PEARL HORRIS and
MISS ANDREA SKINNER. The
guests enjoyed gay evening of
playing pokeno with Mrs. Robert
Marshall and Mrs. VIM. Whiteside
winning the prizes of the evening.
LATEST SOLDIER DOPE:
ROBERT WHITAKER, a for
mer Minneapolis lad, is dropping
letters from overseas-Italy to be
exact. He says he and his bat
talon are living in hotels that used
to be quarters for italian soldiers.
He has also been lucky enough to
run into few other Twin City
boys stationed nearby and he says
it's really a thrill to run into a
hometown boy. Some of the boys
he's seen are: LEONARD SMITH,
HENRY BOWMAN, LLOYD
SMALLEY, FELIX CLARDY,
ROLAND JOHNSON and CHAS.
MCDONALD. =. Received a breezy
letter from LIEUT.. JIMMY
BRADFORD, a former St. Paul
lad, out in Australia. Jimmy says
he's still kicking and would like
more mail from home. He's hoping
to be back in the states on fur
Tough very soon. PFC. FRED
(Mpls.) KANE, dropped a newsy
letter from Somewhere in Italy,"
Fred says he's just about mastered
the Italian language which makes
him quite popular guy as far as
the chicks are concerned. (Smiles)
LIEUT.. MALLALIEU WOOL
FOLK, former U. of M. student,
is in the same camp with Fred and
he sends his best regards to Sal.
LIEUT.. BENJAMIN SMITH,
who visited in Minneapolis and St..
Paul about a year ago, sent an
interesting letter to Sal from
France where he is now stationed.
Benjamin says it is heart-break-
ing when you look around and see
the destruction which is every
where and see the haunted look on
so many faces of innocent people
who hardly know what this war is
all about. MELVIN THOMAS,
of the U. S. Navy, another former
Mpls. lad dropped a few jottings
from Great Lakes, Illinois. Mel
vim says he sure wishes he were
back in the good OF Twin Cities.
Was glad to hear from CPL.
PRINCE TYLER, who dropped a
lovely set of post cards from beau
tiful Hawaii. Prince says it's beau
tiful out on the islands but he'd
give anything to be back home with
his recent bride, IONA LANGUMS
TYLER. Another interesting
letter in the mail box was from
CPL. OSCAR GRISSOM, who is
way out in Burma. Oscar says he
and some other Twin City boys
have a gang of fun hunting "big
game" in their spare time. Some
of the boys in Oscars battalion
are: S/SGT. JOSEPH DOBBINS of
st. Paul; LIEUT.. REGINALD
HARRIS of st. Paul; and PVT.
JOHN HARPER of Mpls. Oscar
also told Sal that he and Sgt. Dob
bins shot big jungle cat and was
that ever a thrill. The boys have
the jungle cats hide but they don't
know how they'll get it back to the
states. (Smiles.) The boys also
have a Jap skull which they got
while near the front lines.
Well, until we meet again next
week, be sweet and don't take any
wooden nickels.
YOI1r Pal
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-09-01
NQUISITIVE SAL
BY HELEN SCOTT WHITESIDE

BY HELEN SCOTT WHITEsIDE
Hi Everyone:
With Labor Day rolling round
this weekend, lot of picnics and
fishing trips have been planned for
this big day. The State Fair also
holds a great fascination for many.
In fact, four members of the
"Gray Book Society" (gals who
have pledged to wait for the re-
turn of certain army lads) have
been seen on the Fair Grounds,
four nights in succession despite the
rain. (Wonder what the interest
can be?) =. Most of US at home
are day dreaming of the day that
peace is declared and our boys are
all returned home. Well have our
serious moments won't we folks,
but oh what celebrations we'll
have. 1 bet our own Twin City
American Legion Posts will have
a number of exciting events and
programs with "our boys" partici-
pating as the main characters and
heroes of the day. Don't forget
our many social clubs and frater-
mites that are still carrying on
despite the temporary loss of so
many of their men to the armed
forces. We know these groups will
come across with some gay parties
and proms like we had before the
war. AS I've stated before, some
of the big-wigs around town have
discussed favorably the idea of
having a big "Victory Ball" at one
of our swank local bathrooms and
the talk of importing a name band
to play for the evening has been
suggested. The service men are to
be guests of honor. Until then
we're all living in great hopes for
that big day.
BRAIN TEASER OF
THE WEEK:
Did you know that a certain
group of married women who had
formed a club to "discuss ways
and means of holding. their men
during this man shortage" has dis
banded for the duration? Do you
know why the club was discon-
tinued?
It seems that the wives decided
there was no more need for the
club since so many of their hub
bies have suddenly begun to stay
home.
Me-thinks that this new impor-
tation of young, interesting sailors
has caused the sudden lack of in
terest in other women's husbands.
After all it should be much more
fun chasing a sailor with the in
tention of getting a husband of
your own than it is to be chasing
someone else's property.
DELIGHTFUL DINNER PARTY:
Charming MRS. BURIE CAR
MICHAEL and her popular daugh-
ter, MISS BETTY ANNE CAR
MICHAEL, entertained at a din
ner in their beautiful home last
Saturday evening in honor of their
attractive niece and cousin, MISS
LORRAINE HORRIS. Miss Hor-
ris, Cadet Nurse in Student
Training at billiard University, La,
is in town visiting her parents and
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-09-01

Mrs. Anna Ashby, Des Moines,
Iowa, was honoree at luncheon
at the Dreamland Cafe, given by
Mrs. Anna Bannarn. Other guests
were Mines. Edna Russell, Helen
Phillips, Minnie Rhodes, Lucille Nc
Adams, Allie Wilson, Gertrude
Banks, Minneapolis and Mrs. Irene
Jones, Kansas City, Kans. The
guests played games throughout
the evening,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-09-01
Able Wallace
Problems of Humunit

FIOU1SL1lS OF I1un1Qn1Ty
A HUMAN RELATION COLUMN WHEREIN THE TROUBLED
IN MIND AND HEART CAN SEEK COUNSEL GUIDANCE
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