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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-03-29
BLOW TO SLAVE LABOR DRIVE

COME TWO WEEKS AGO International Labor
~ News Service and this paper raised the ques-
tion as to the purpose of the War ManpOwer Com
mission in seeking to impose compulsory labor
controls on workers of New Bedford Mass.
"Was somebody trying to stir up enough
trouble in New Bedford so that somebody might
have an excuse to give Congress for passing la
Dor draft law giving other VINO officials the
power to mess up things in other parts of the
country?" the editorial asked.
Now the manpower commissions National La
bor-Management Policy Committee has given an
emphatic eyes" to the question, flatly declaring
that the New Bedford plan undertaken for
the purpose Of forcing a compulsory work law
through Congress.
The committee ought to know what it is talk
ing about. 1t is part of the manpower commits
sions machinery, in close touch with it's activities
and in a position to know what is going in
the heads of top commission officials.
Agitation for compulsory labor service ought
to be ended by the committees charge, which re-
veas the lengths to which some advocates of slave
labor will go. The charge is serious but has every
evidence of being true. 1t shows that the man
power commission has been meddling in the field
of legislation, which is not its province. 1t should
bring a right-about-face the part of the com
mission, with new decision and determination
to make the voluntary system Of labor placement
work.
If the commission and every agency that hasl
to do with manpower will work whole -heartedlyl
with labor and the citizens generally principles
on which this nation founded can be preserv-
ed and the voluntary system Of labor allotment
can be made to work in manner far more eff
cient than any system of compulsory service.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-03-29
CHERRY Tree

Where With Our Little Hafchet
We Tell the Truth About
Many Things, Sometimes Pro-
fOundIy, Sometimes FIippanfiy
and Sometimes Recklessly.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-03-29
UNIONS JOIN TO PUT OUT
BRITISH COLUMBIA PAPER

Montreal (ILNS).-As an express
sion OF goodwill, All Alsgard, publish
er of the Powell River, British CO.
lumbia, Town Crier recently bowed
out of the picture and let members of
the international Brotherhood Of
Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Work
ers and the International Brother
hood of Paper Makers put out edi-
tions of the paper. The editions con-
tanned local news, feature articles
and editorials by union members.
In a statement as publishers, "a
union committee said:
Usually the press gives the great
est amount of publicity to division in
our ranks, unrest, and strikes, with
out much consideration for the whole
truth. This has led some to believe
that we are, generally, a group whose
justification for existence is self fin
terest alone. We trust that expert
ence here has shown this to be un-
true, and we are striving to prove it
So"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-03-29
LABOR PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY
SERVICES

PLANNING for the future is of the greatest i'm
portance. In the period following the war we
I'll will be facing complex problems of great mag
lltude. Adjustment of war veterans to civilian life
Will be of major concern. Unemployment, even OF
IA temporary nature will bring in it's wake many
Troublesome problems which can be solved only
through joint action. Mass migrations of workers
from war industries to peace-time occupations will
bring inevitable difficulties.
The Labor League for Human Rights is aware
hat no complete answer to afteT-the-war prob
ems can be evolved now, but believes that a
skeleton program should be formulated with
enough elasticity to embrace unforeseen develop
ments in the social field
Postwar planning committees have sprung
up all over the country. Many do not share Labors
viewpoints. 1t is important, therefore, that La
oorS voice be heard in places where it will result
N constructive action. Labor participation COM
nittees, working with Councils of Social Agencies
and towns where there is no Council of Social
Agencies, Labor should advise with Community
Chests or individual agencies.
The A. F. of LIS Labor League of Human
Rights strongly encourages union participation inI
solving social problems which require concerted
action by all progressive forces in the community
The interests of Councils of Social Agencies in
,lude housing, problems of health and welfare theI
Kind of schools and Fairgrounds we want for OurI
adequate facilities for adult recreationl
and cultural programs, broadening of clinic and
hospital services.
1t is Labors privilege, as well as Labor's duty
% actively function within the Councils OF Social
Agencies in order to promote a Well-rounded pro
gram of civic betterment in each and every COM
nunity in the country.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-03-29
Is THIS THE PAY OFF?

II TNlON MEMBERS hundreds of thousands of
them-are among the $4,000 killed, 100000
Icrippled in some degree, and over 1000, 900 tenn
porarily disabled each year by industrial mishaps.
as This the Pay OFF," a recently published
folder of the u. S. Department of Labor chal-
lenges local unions to do some straight thinking
about these injured workers who lose much of the
opportunity and security gained through their
unions. 1t also points the way toward the solution
of the problem-a safety trained member in every
local to work with management in protecting the
life limb, and health of his fellow workers.
The Department of Labor in cooperation with
the u. S. Office Of Education is offering 61-hour
evening course in safety especially prepared for
union representatives so that the goal of safety
trained member in every local may be attained
Based upon Il longer course in which 10000 pro-
duction supervisors have been trained, the labor
course is packed with practical, fring-line nfor-
nation on accident and disease prevention. us
This the Pay OFF," introduces this course to
locals and explains how they may take advantage
of it.
Copies of the folder may be obtained by re-
quest to the Division of Labor Standards, u. ST.
Department of Labor, Washington, %, ID. C.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-03-29
THIS CONGRESSMAN KNOWS

I .E1'S NOT get the idea that all Congressman
- favor ordering working people into voluntary
servitude by means of the May Bill A lot of our
representatives know the facts and are unwilling
to go for the forced draft scheme. One such Con
gressman is Gordon l.. McDonough, of Los
Angeles.
Congressman McDonouGh has five sons in the
uniform of their country. Yet, he says:
81 don't the American people need be harness
ed and compelled under threat of reprisal to man
the jobs and keep our fighting men supplied The
American people do not respond to force or
threats. No liberty-loving people will. The we'll
being of our fighting men comes close to me- !
would have five of the best reasons in the world
for voting for this bill if | thought for one mo-
ment it would help in the slightest way my five
sons who are in the armed forces, or assist in
bringing them home sooner. ! do not think it will
do that. Why choose the way of our enemies
Germany and Japan"
No one can question this mans sincerity, nor
the wisdom of his position
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-03-29
PUBLIC FRIENDLY TO COS

New York City (ILNS).-A series
of three surveys by DR.. Leo p. Crespi
of Princeton University's psychology
department, finds the American pub
lie far more tolerant of conscientious
objectors than it thinks it is, and the
majority is friendly toward COS. DR..
Crespi warned that the discrepancy
between the public's real attitude and
what it thinks it's attitude is may be
damaging to COS, because of the
tendency of individuals to accept
what they. think others believe.
Three-fourths of the public think the
government should provide wages,
and family allotments for COS.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-03-29
TAKE 1T EASY, BROTHER!

WHEN THE FIRST fine Sunday of the spring
" rolls round and the itch to dig becomes un-
bearable, start that Victory Garden-but take it
easy, Brother! Reports to the National Safety
Council indicate that one of the causes OF work
absenteeism in the spring is over-zealous week
end gardening.
The major gardening ailment is over-exposure
TO the sun. Fifteen minutes exposure the first
few days will keep YOU from becoming toasted to
a turn. Wear protective clothes the rest of the
time.
Don't let the prospect of tossed salad from
your own garden patch throw YOU. Those winter
bound muscles may rebel against too much early
spade work with distressing results.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-03-29
ANOTHER WHITE RABBIT?

ANOTHER vi te rabbit popped out of the VILE
hat in Washington last week. 1t is called the
guide rate" Whatever it is, the technicians who
approach to the problem of wage stabilizaton
than the use Of brackets" What the new little
bunny" will mean to working people remains to
be seen 1t is interesting TO note that the board in
approving the guide rate" idea for men en-
ployed in the woods, also set the date of retro
active pay back to the date the dispute case in
which the new term was evolved to the time of
certificaton. You guessed it: the workers lost a
months retroactive pay!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-03-29
WORKERS DUTY TO ORGANIZE

T'lIE TRADE unions are Of, by and for the wage
workers primarily, but there is no effort which
we in our movement can make but what will have
its beneficent salutary influence upon all oui
people. The misery of the past the struggles of
the present, and the duty for the future, demand
that effort be left unried to organize the toll
ers of our country upon the broad platform of the
trade union, in full afliliation with the American
Federation Of Labor.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-03-29
HITS "SNOBBISH" SOCIETIES

Mrs Glenn widow of
abolish
Woodrow Wilson took the position
State
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-03-29

Duffy p o. Box East Liverpool Ohio
l..
Bank Building, Trenton New Jersey
Second Vice PesdentFrank Hull Gill Pacific Bd Huntington
Park, Calf.
Ohio
New
Newbon, Meose Avenue Trenton
President-Georgs
Liverpool Ohio.
Presdent-Charlss Virginia
Sebring, Ohio
Chadwick, Newell
Virginia
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-02
Driver Held
|nBoysDedth

Harold Thomas, %. OF 22l1
Meldrum. was held today as the
driver OF a truck which struck and
killed S-year-old Jefferson Will
liams, 2210 Dubois, Saturday. The
boys body was found in a garbage
can at the rear OF 1868 f. La
fayette.
A companion on the truck, Leon
Williams, p. of 1740 Jos. Campau,
a DPW employe who allegedly
permitted Thomas 10 drive the
city vehicle, and admitted placing
the body in the refuse container,
was sentenced yesterday to three
and a half TO four years In prison
for parole violation by Recorders
Judge John =. Scallen.
Thomas, free only three days
on a writ of habeas corpus in a
gun carrying case, was arraigned
on the charge yesterday and
pleaded not guilty. Bond was set
at $500 by Judge John J. Maher.
Meanwhile, police continued
their search for a hit-and-run
driver in the death Of 4-year-old
Dorothy Louise David. 6528 St.
Clair, whose body was found
Saturday in an alley in the rear
OF 105l6 Harper.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-02
A Seized
AS Yeggs

-Four men, including an AWOL
soldier today were said by police
10 have confessed they looted
about 20 safes Of $4,000 since last
October. The money was squan-
dered on women and whisky they
said.
The four held are Vincent Yer
migilio, 25. of $3.50 Sheridan;
Anthony Assaro. %, OF 1924
Beals, who police say has been
AWOL from a point OF embarka-
,tion since May, l943: Leo Dilatta.
u, Of $40 Elmwood, and Joseph
Cracchialo, 29. of S941 Brinkett.
Detectives Amos Seiferiien and
Alfred Chapman of Hunt street
station, said the quartet were
trapped through two identical but
unusual screw drivers.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-02

All money sent at sender's risk DO not
send cash or stamps. All checks, drafts ana
money orders should be made payable 10 THE
THINKS PUBLISHING COMPANY
International News Service has the exclusive
wise credited m this papef.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-02
City Clerk Holds
.UAW-CO Votes

A CAW-CIO ballot box was
impounded and locked in a vault
by City Clerk Thomas D. Lead
better today at the request of
Ford Local 600.
Members of the local election
commission asked the box be inn
pounded pending outcome of dis
pute over the election of a factory
official.
At the local election on March
IL ballots we're cast for both local
and unit officers. Cleveland Peck
incumbent, and James Watts tied
for Craftsmanship. Later ballot
marked for Watts was found in
the local ballot box.
a new election was held yester-
day. The international executive
board is 10 decide whether the
new ballots are 10 be counted.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-02
Fleet Attacks
.Jdp-He|d Islands

NEW YORK. May ! HNS)-A
strong task force Of the British
Indian fleet attacked the Jap held
Car Nicobar and Andaman is
lands yesterday. the Domei
agency reported today.
The Japanese dispatch. re-
ported by the FEC. said that two
aircraft carriers, two battleships,
two cruisers and four destroyers,
believed to have Been part of the
attacking force at Car Nicobar,
also had shelled Port Blair in the
AndamanS1 TO the north.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-02
-House0pens
Treaty Debate

WASHINGTON. May l (INS)--
Opening historic debate in Con-
Aess on a proposed constitutional
|endment, Rep. SABBATH CD OF
illinois, rules committee chairman,
demanded today that the House
be given equal authority with the
Senate to ratify treaties.
The proposed amendment, pro-
voding for treaty approval by
majority vote of both houses, was
more in keeping with the times.
he told the lower chamber.
"I think ID would have a
wholesome effect on conditions
that affect u.s." SABBATH asserted.
SABBATH pointed out that il only
a majority vote had been required.
The Senate would have approved
the peace treaty after World
War l with its provision for a
League OF Nations. but this was
prevented by the requirement for
a two-thirdS vote
Rep. Michener (R) of Michigan
emphasized that two fundamental
issues were involved, whether the
house should participate in maxi
ing treaties and. If so, whether
Congress should approve treaties
by a majority vote or two thirds
vote.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-02
7 Freed on Charges
OF Posing as Citizens

On the grounds that one de-
fendant is in the army and the
other III, Federal Judge Ernest A.
O'Brien today dismissed indict-
mentS against Joseph Dowhan, 80,
OF 1888 Geimer and konStanty
Szlachta. Sc, of 473S f. Cooper,
who are charged with posing as
American citizens TO obtain war
jobs.
Dowhan Is in the army and
SZlachta is too i'll TO stand trial.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-02
Col. Hatcher
Freed by Patton

Col. William Hatcher was the
firstrDetroit man freed by Gen.
Pstj IONS >tropps when they overran
Stafag=A, German prison camp at
Mossburg. il was learned here
today.
Former commander OF a Flying
Fortress base in England. Col.
Hatcher was shot down over
France New Years Eve. 1943.
When the Allies advanced in Feb
ruary, he and fellow prisoners
made Seven-day march from
Sargan. near Bresslau, TO Sta
lag-A.
Col. Hatcher is a graduate Of
Northern High School and the
University Of Detroit. His wife,
the former Aileen Newcomb of
Detroit, and their two daughters
live in Spokane, Wash. He has
been decorated with the Silver
Star and the Oak Leaf Cluster for
raids over France.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-02
Elliott Plans Return
To Service in Europe

HOLLYWOOD, May ! CUPl--
Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt.
wearing a black band OF mourn
ing. said today that he hoped 10
return "aS soon as possible" 10
the reconnaissance group be left
in Europe.
Gen. Roosevelt was in Holly
wood for a reunion with his ac-
tress wife, Faye Emerson. and ap-
peared reluctant TO discuss plans
for the future.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-02

Son Of Mrs. Marjorie Mcleod
of 1883 Sharon, and Ronald r.
Thoms of 917l Montrose. young
Thoms was an infantry scout with
the Fourth Division. When he
was drafted he was head copy boy
for the Times editorial staff.
FURLoUGH BIGGEST THRILL
The l48-pound soldier carried
light tommy-gun and packed
heavy pack in that long drive
up to Cherbourg. Said Thoms:
"I'll never forget when my
co called me In before COblenz.
just a couple OF days before he'd
given me the Bronze Star cita-
tiOn. I wondered what I'd done
wrong. Then he said: You're
going home. Thoms.
~ just said, -'Yss, sir and
turned around. 1 thought IL was
some kind of a gag. He grinned
and said: Don't go, Thoms, I'm
not .kiddine. It's trusP I sat
down quick on a box and just
stared AT him.
"Not one of us could believe
II. not until we hung over the
rail OF n ship and saw Lib there
In New York Harbor. I had only
one regret. leaving my pal, T/5
Harvey Kahl. We'd been to-
gether from the Normandy
beachhead on"
Kahl lives al 1892 Garland.
TOUGHER AFTER D-DAY
THE landing on D-Day was
not bad. Afterward II was
tougher. We fought our way into
Cherbourg and out again, and
then went in TO ST. Lo. For our
outfit I guess the worst was the
Hurtgen Forest"
Thoms was wounded while
scouting over the Belgian border
but that kept him out OF combat
only q few weeks. He was hit on
his right hand with shrapnel.
First shot fired by Thoms with
his tommy-gun was on the Nor
many beachhead.
II met "A Heinie going the
wrong way. Toward us. That's
great little gun"
FloydS brother Bill is in the
navy in the south Pacific and he
hopes Bill will make that leave
before Floyd has TO 90 back
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-02
.overnor Signs Bill
Curling Saloons

LANSING, May IA revised
liquor control bill. which bans
women from becoming bartenders
and stipulates that bartenders be
licensed in cities over $4,000, be-
came effective TODAY
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-02
Times Boy Returns
With 2 Decorations

Pfc. Floyd Thoms 90 is home from Germany with Bronze
Star Purple Heart and memories OF that Normandy beachead
the battle of the Bulge and the Rhine Coblenz
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-02
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-01-04
Cherry Is Second Governor
To Take Office In Wartime

Raleigh = r. Gregg Cherry of
Gastonia, lawyer, legislator and
ex-soldier, will become North
Cardinals second governor to
take oath in wartime at Inaugural
ton ceremonies today. Zeb
Vance took his oath during the
Civil war.
The inauguration will follow
by one day the formal opening
OF the 1915 bienniel general as
sembly which faces the task of
handling an unprecedented gen.
efal fund surplus expected to
reach $70,000,000 by the end OF
the present fiscal year.
The oath 6f office also will be
administered to L. Y. Ba1lentine,
dairyman and legislator, of Flu
quay arina, as lieutenant gov
ernor; eight constitutional Off
GERS and two associate justices of
the state supreme court.
~ leg =
The constitutional officers are
Charles M. johnson, treasurer;
Clyde A. Erwin, superintendent
Of public instruction; George Ross
Pou, auditor; Thad Eure, secre-
tary of state; Harry Mcmillan,
attorney general; w. Kerr Scott,
commissioner of agriculture; For
rest Shuford, commissioner of
labor; and William P. Hodges,
commissioner of insurance.
The associate pustices are A. A.
F. Seawel1 and w. A. Devin.
The oaths of office will be adj
ministered by Chief Justice Wal
ter P. Stacy of the state supreme
court. The ceremonies will take
place in Memorial auditorium
where the new governor will de-
liver his inaugural address.
Preceding the formal opening
Of the general assembly at noon
Wednesday, house and senate
members held caucus Tuesday
night.
Meanwhile, Adjt. Gen. J. Van
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-01-04
New Years Day Ante
dates the Birth of
Christ by 452 Years

The celebration of New Years on
January began in 452 B. c.. ana
therefore. contrary to logical reason
ing, had nothing whatsoever to do
with the birth of Christ.
The ancient Roman calendar be-
gan in, and with, the month Of
March: there were ten months, the
last six of which were named Quin-
tilis, Sextilis, September, October,
November, and December-or, the
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth. Ninth
and Tenth months respectively. Nu-
ma added two months, January and
February, placing the former at the
beginning Of the year and February
1T the end. In 452 B. c., February
was placed between January and
March: thus establishing the order
Of months as Of today. The ancient
calendar year did not correspond to
the solar year and by the time the
days of Julius Caesar rolled around
the actual and calendar equinoxes
were months apart: a situation
which Caesar set out to remedy.
Caesars astronomers and calen-
dar experts fixed the calendar year
at 365 days-and because. they est.
mated the solar year as Of 365M
days--an extra day was to be add
ed every fourth year. This Julian
calendar was effective, by decree
Of Caesar, on January /, 46 B. c.
Actually, the earth goes around
the sun in 1865 days, hours, 48 min
utes, and as seconds: and by 1882
A. D.. the Julian calendar was 10
days behind the sun. Pope Gregory
XIII remedied the situation by or.
dering that the calendar play leap
frog and the intervening days be-
tween October and October IS,
1882, were lost forever.
In order to prevent repetitions Of
the sun running away from the cal
endar and vice versa. Pope Gregory
decided that leap year should be
omitted now and then: hence only
those years Invisible by four-ex.
elusive Of years numbering the cen.
turies-should have A366 days, and
the century-marking years shall be
leap years only if divisible by four
after the ciphers have been omitted.
The Gregorian calendar has been
officially adopted in most countries
Of the civilized world: however,
many creeds and peoples still cele.
brate their religious and traditional
festivals in accordance with ancient
calendars.
Pre-Christian Roman inaugurated
the new year by offering sacrifices
to the gods. exchanging greetings,
and bestowing gifts. During the
early Christian centuries, New
Years festivities persisted and be-.
came so boisterous that the faithful
were forbidden to participate there.
in.
After December Is had been es.
tablished as the day Of nativity, the
church made January / religious
festival honoring the circumcision Of
Jesus: the day being thus observed
in the Roman church since 4s7, and
in the Anglican church since 1549.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-01-04

B. Nets, in general charge of ar
rangements for the inaugural
ceremonies with the help of a
joint committee from the house
and senate and a committee from
the Raleigh chamber of COM
merce, has completed plans for
the parade which precedes the
inaugural ceremonies.
Troops from Fort Bragg, and
Camp Butner, and the overseas
replacement depot at Greensboro
will participate in the parade,
scheduled to be as colorful as in
prewar years. Bands from the
Ord, Fort Bragg, Camp LeJeune,
Lenoir high school, and A. and T,
college, additional marching units
from State college, the state
guard, and Cherry's old World
war battalion, the lis machine
gun section of the 30th division,
will participate.
Ceremonies in which Cover
nor Broughton officially turns
over his offices in the capitol and
the keys to the governors man.
son will follow a review of the
military units of the parade i'm
mediately after the inaugural
speech.