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The union times., 1945-08-25
On TheScene
 In Washington
By Travis K. Hedrick

One compilation of figures on forthcoming jobIessness released here predicted 7 million out of work by Christmas in the transi- ton from war to peacetime employ ment.
 This million figure is the work of economists of separate agencies, and the men said they believed a figure of 8 or 9 million may be reached in I946.
 Against this official release filtered through the red tape of the OWI news desk, your reporter has seen a more complete set of figures made up by still another agency that must remain unmentioned which sets 1C million as the estimate for December l945 and says that four million oi these will be out of work by Septem- Der.
 Only Temporary
 The most re-assuring thing about both sets of statements is that they agree that this mass unemployment, Twill not be alarming" if it is only temporary.
 Sure to feel the impact of this wave of unemployment at full flood will be Detroit and Seattle among the larger cities-and such war boom towns as Pascagoula, Miss. with its giant shipyards, and Huntsville, Ala. witt its textilesI
 Overall, the unpleasant pros pect is that one in ten US. bread winners (nOt counting the tempor- ary workers, wives and transient emplOyes) will be looking for job by the end of the year. In some cities the figure will be higher.
 The total of 10 million is only 3 million short of the low point of the Hoover depression when we had l3 million jobless back in 1882.
 Now that the crisis has come. the various federal agencies are in a dither issuing anonymous estimates of the size of the army of unem-
The union times., 1945-08-25
CContinued from Page One) Citisen-DemOcrat, as shown in this
28 LOCAL YOKELS OFF TO THE WAR


 ''NO wonder we see only their heads," commented friend when he read the following note in the Jacksonville Florida Times:
 Speaking of tall folks-Alexis Smith has never worn anything but her stockings or ballet slippers for close-ups with her leading men,"
 WHEN polltaxer needs a friend, he can always count on the Ku Klux Klan to put in a kind word for him. Sen. Theodore BiIbo CD, Miss.), whose poison pen let ter writing campaign to supporters of FEPC has brought demands for his immediate impeachment, got a pat on the back at the last meeting of the XXX in Wichita, Kans.
 A resolution was unanimously adopted requesting ''all members to write letters of commendatiOn to him for his courageous behavior in behalf of true Americanism.'
 AT LEAST Is industrial com munitities throughout the country are on the brink of serious interra- cial clashes, according to recent studies made by the American Council on Race Relations. This was disclosed by Director A. A. Liveright in speech at the Univer- sity of Chicago in which he warned that increasing tensions in inter- group relations stress the need for new approach to race problems"
 The race relation question must be taken out of cIassrOoms and welfare agencies and must deal with neighborhood and street corner situations" he said.
 ''Bilbos, Gerald Smiths and Ran- kins must not be allowed to inf1u- ence the mass of people. We must bring about changes in attitudes to achieve the more practical and con- crete ends which we desire."
The union times., 1945-08-25
Carpenters Help
 Vets On Sit Do1Un

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-(FP) = Doubling its original goal of 25O units, Local 1900, United Bro. of Carpenters has completed a unique venture into the furni- ture-manufacturing business by producing more than 500 Cape Cod chairs for convalescent sol diers of the Mitchell army hos pital near here.
 Volunteers of the union de- voted all their weekends since June l to fabricating and as- sembling the outdoor-type chairs, using lumber donated by various local firms. San Diego's four major shipyards provided facilities for the project.
 Maj. Gen. Charles H. Lyman, retired Marine officer who heads the local Red Cross chapter which requested the unions aid, has expressed his official grati- tude at the efforts of the men.
The union times., 1945-08-25
New Haven To Hold Protest Meeting''
(Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One) cent J. McCovern, president of the N. H. Central Labor Council, and Edward J. McCrone, CLIO. direc- tor, associate chairman; Alfred Vigneault, Electricians Union, AFL, executive secretary; Nathan Sherman, editor of The Union Times, public relations secretary.
 Plans for the meeting were made at a meeting held Wednesday night, which, in addition to those above, was also attended by Richard Buckley, AFL; Joseph Ciazzi and William Skolnick, CIO; Mrs. Ruth Banks, president of the New Haven Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
 Program
 The legislative measure which the committee will present to the mass meeting for approval are:
 l. Murray Full Employment
 Z. Expansion of unemployment coVerage, as proposed by President Truman.
 5. The Wagner. Public HOus- ing Program.
 4. A National Medical Care Program, and expanded Social Se- curity Legislation (Murray-Wag- ner-Dingall Act).
 5. Agricultural legislation to help farmers in the postwar pe- riOd.
 6. Fair Employment Practices Act.
The union times., 1945-08-25

A SUBHEAD on the AP's Flashes of Life column recently startled many wide-awake copy reader. The item concerned ca plump, motherly-appearing woman'' who returned two ration books and con- fessed she had misrepresented her. self as mother of three. She was quoted as saying ''I'm unmarried and Heaven knows I have no chill dren." The subhead: ''Clean Breast"
 BACK in the Why-DOn't-We- Read-Fillers-More-CarefuIIy Depart ment, the Bridgeport (COnn.) Post reported; "A cold is about three-fourths its mature height at birth.''
 A RURAL correspondent of the Port Arthur (Tex.) Ne,Os has given the State Editor the idea for a "talkie edition." He submitted a
The union times., 1945-08-25
Hack Drivers Join Teamsters Union

WASHINGTON U (FP) ' Some 100 members of the Associated Taxi cab Operators, an independent organi- zation, have voted to affiliate with the Intl. Bro. of Teamsters.
 Sec. E. Erwin Dollar said the newly chartered A.FL. union would seek to keep 5000 Washington hack drivers from being caught "unorganized as the wind when the war ends."
The union times., 1945-08-25

pioyed. Those estimates were avail able, if they could be pried loose. months and months ago. But OWL the Natl. War Labor Board, the Stabilization Director and other key agencies and individuals felt it would mot be too good'' for the morale of the public to let them be printed.
 Had the figures been announced 1t IS possible that Congress could have been forced to remain in Wash lngton and do something about re- conversion, about unemployment com
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-10
Withdraw Navy,
Oil Locals Urge

The White House is being bom-
barded with appeals from locals of
the international OH Workers
Union (CIO) 20 avert a new Crisis
in the oil industry, Ivan b, Haven,
business agent OF Local 456 said
today.
Withdrawal Of the navy from
struck rcfncricS which ended a
three-weck strike, Oct. I and res
toration Of bargaining privileges
tor ttIC union tor a 81 PCT cent
increase m wages on an industry
wide basis was demanded.
Action follows a conference of
the union policy committee at Fort
Worth. which Haven attended He
said the Presidents address on
wages supported the unions claim.
The IOWU charges the navy Is
being used as a 'Strikc-breakInC
agency IN peaCctlme
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-10
Pressure Charged
For Full Employment

WASHINGTON, Nov. Q INS)
Rep. ManaSco Cd Of Alabama.
chairman of the House executive
expenditures committee, charged
today that his group was being
high prcSSured by every known
method" 10 approve fun employ
ment legislation,
ManaSco declared that tho leg
islation still required "a LOT of
study by both the full committee
and a five member group ap-
pointed 10 try TO draw up a COM
promise bill.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-10
Brain Game Answers
tQucstinns on Page lSl

Questions on Page isl
No. An aScetic is given 10
= severe Self-denial.
-fal False. IL was officially
announced recently that war
production never exceeded
two-6fthS of the total u. s.
production. tbl True. 4
dog whistle is an example Of
such a sound.
3-In the Bible Exodus III s.
4-John Stcinhcck.
5-lal is correct
6--An automatic pin setter.
The diameter Of the sun is
S66 600 miles
S NO. Figure for occupation
troops In the Pacific has
been set az 100000. IN Eu-
rope. $4,000.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-10
Connolly Answers

tQueStionS ON Page lS)
thl 2-tbl 3-ta), 4-(c);
5 -tbj, Is Ca Jacob: th)
Minnehaha: (c) ClaudiuS:
cd AbSalom. tcl MenelauS.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-10
Handbook Held Up

WAUKEGAN, H.. Nov. Q
GNS) Five bandits held UP
abouet = persons IN a handbook
and escaped with $4,000 in cash
and lewelry.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-22
Dying For A Cause

In a recent communication to the Sec
rotary of Navy Forrestal, Secretary OF
War Stimson congratulates the marine
corps on it's conquest of Two Jfma and
stresses the fact that this feat "has brought
closer the day of our final victory in the
Pacific" This announcement is encourag-
ing and should be of some comfort to those
whose friends and loved ones lost their
lives or were injured there. It is always
sad when death comes to the young. But
the valiant dead, who lost their lives at
Two Jima, fought glorious fight and help
ed win this vital victory.
Secretary Stimson's letter, which we
quote in part, tells just how important this
victory is:
"The announcement that all organized
Japanese resistance on Two Jima ceased
last evening has brought to close one OF
the most brilliant and decisive campaigns
in the entire history of the marine corps.
This mission was given the highest inpor-
lance by our chiefs of staff in the scheme
of operations planned to bring us within
striking distance of the Japanese home
land. This island bastion across the route
to Tokyo was vital to provide us with for
ward bases from which to procedure with
the greatest intensity our assault on japan
itself. Never has the marine corps been
called upon to overcome an enemy en-
trenched in such well-placed and stubborn
Notifications Never has the corps acted
more heroically.
"I extend to you and to the gallant men,
bers of the marine corps who took part in
this campaign my personal congratula-
tons and the congratulations of the entire
army. The price has been heavy but the
military value of Two Jima is inestimable.
Its conquest has brought closer the day of
our final victory in the Pacific"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-22
BuylEaster Seals

The Easter Seal Sale Drive is on. When
you purchase these attractive seals you are
helping some crippled child. Your pur-
chase may be the means of some less for
tunate child to receive brace or some 9TH
e aao. = ~ j.
It is fitting that at Easter time we think
Of the less fortunate children. Christ loved
the children and He was ever ready to help
the afflicted Do your part in this drive
to raise funds to help Ashe countys Grip
pied children.
The drive lis being sponsored by the
Rotary Club and deserves the support of
everyone. There are many children in the
county that have been aided through this
fund in the past and there are number
that need aid now. Remember them.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-22
A War OF Wood

According to historical records, gigan-
tic wooden horse once played strategic
part in war, long ago. Wars have changed
since that time. They have become global
in scope and mechanical in equipment;
but with all of the modern machinery,
wood still plays vital part in the struggle.
And we believe that when the final score of
Ashe county farmers contribution to the
victory is added up, along with those
throughout the nation, a substantial por-
ton of the tally will be listed in the wood
for-war" column.
Without the flow of sawlogs, pulpwood,
poles, veneer blocks, extract wood and
naval stores from the nations woodlands,
our waging of total war would have been
critically handicapped. Because of the
necessity of quantities of this wood, there
is a shortage of this, shortage so acute
that it is noticeable everywhere wooden
containers were formerly used.
From now on, farmers are going to be
busy most of the time with necessary food
production. But on wet days or on any
other slack period, they are urged to cut
and sell products from their woodlands
and thus hit additional ticks in the war eff
fort.
Besides the satisfaction of producing a
raw material classified by the WPB as a
No. critical war material the farm wood
land owner also can realize substantial
cash profits from timber crop harvest.
Stumpage prices are at the highest figure
in many years. And if the owner can use
his own labor and equipment to cut timber
and haul it he can boost his profit material
~.
Still another benefit is to be derived
from cutting his woodland selectively, to
leave it in thrifty growing condition. Of
ten it remains in better condition than be-
fore the cutting because of removal of de-
fective and undesirable trees and the ope-
ing up of growth opportunity for the re-
naming healthier and more valuable trees.
The county agent or the soil conserva-
ton district representative will be glad to
advise farmers relative to getting the max
imum benefit from timber harvest.
If you have extra wood and any extra
time, don't fail to put in that extra lick in
the war effort by cutting all you can.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-22
HEMLOCK MAN is ON
TWO JIMA BEACH

Continued from Page One)
are having a hard time finding a
clear place to get in. And the
salvage boats don't dare stay in
there long enough to clear the
mess out"
On return trips from the beach,
Robinson's boat has been carry
ing casualties out to the transport
area.
TT makes it that much harder
to go into the beach the next time
when you see what has happened
to some of the Marines you took
in a few hours ago." Robinson
said.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. G..
Robinson, of Hemlock, Coast
Guardsman Robinson is former
Berry College student.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-22
SIX WAR CASUALTIES
REPORTED FROM ASHE

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later missing and finally killed in
action.
Pfc. Cecil J. Harris, of the Ma
rine Corps, was wounded in &C
ton on Two Jima, volcanic is
land in the Pacific on March 1,
according to information receiv-
ed by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. A. Harris, formerly of Jeffer-
son. No details as to how seri-
ously he was wounded were re-
ceived. Pfc. Harris has been in
service for two years and over
seas for a year.
Pfc. Robert L. Pugh, son of
Mrs. Matte A. Pugh, of Lansing,
was seriously wounded recently
in action somewhere in Germany.
Pfc. Pugh entered service in Mo-
vember, 1943, and has been over
seas for sometime.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-22
JAP FLEET HARD
HIT BY AMERICANS

Continued from Page One)
Contact between the two arm
les was made at point about "
miles west of Kaiserslautern by
elements of the seventh army's
sixth armored division and the
third army's 26th infantry divi-
sion.
Russian troops wiped out the
Germans powerful bridgehead
on the east bank of the Oder riv-
er opposite Stettin yesterday and
laid the flaming Pomeranian cap
ital open to a final assault by cap
turing it's last outpost of A1tdafn,
70 miles northeast of Berlin, Mos
cow announced last night.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-22
NEW CHARTS FOR
APPAREL MERCHANTS
Continued from Page one)

Continued from Page One)
Every clothing and house fur
nishings retailer is required to
prepare three copies of the pric-
ing chart. Two copies must be
filed with the OPA District Office,
Price Chart Section, 21O Law
Building, Charlotte, North Caro-
lima, on or before April co." Mr..
Coward explained. One copy of
the pricing chart must be kept in
each store.
I'VE here at the War Price and
Rationing Board want toIgive re-
tai1ers as much help as We posi-
bly, can. The Price Panel and the
Merchants Committee members
will be available to answer re-
tailers' questions about how pric-
ing charts are to be made.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-22
SUNDAY is RED CROSS
DAY FOR CHURCHES
(Cantinued FROM PAGE One,

Continued from PAGE Onel
Burl Jones, 6. B. Lyle, Troy Shat
ley, Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Ashley,
C. w. Phipps, Sherman Myers,
J. A. Garvey, Mrs. r. o. Sheets,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Church, Mr.,
and Mrs. D. r. Walters, G. D.
Cox, $500 each.
D. w. Miller, Mrs. Laura Wood
lie, Worth Knox, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
w. Poe, Mrs Emma V. Jones, D.
C. Goodman, Mrs. Dean Law
renee, Mrs. Alec Lawrence, Mrs.
Mamie Greer Goodman, Mrs.
Verona M. Witherspoon, J. A.
Weaver, Clyde Weaver, Dewey
B. Campbell, Margaret >Hafer,
Elizabeth S. Barlow, Mrs. C. P.
Mcmillan, Mrs. R. ]. Barnes, John
R. Long, Robert Glen Long, w.
H. Perkins, $500 each.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-22
MUST APPLY LATER
FOR CANNING SUGAR

Continued from Page Onel
1915 no stamps will be validated
for canning sugar Housewives
will be given sugar coupons for
home canning by their local
boards. Each housewives home
canning sugar allotment will be
based on the amount of canning
she did last year and the amount
she plans to do this year. She
will be allowed up to a maximum
of 20 pounds per person, or 100
pounds to a single family, even
though the family may contain
more than eight persons" an Of
fetal explained.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-22
IN. G.. LEGISLATURE
COMES TO AN END

Continued from Page One>
ment. Others being mentioned as
possible candidates are F. E. Wal
lace of Lenoir and Frank Taylor
of Wayne.
A bill providing that the state
become self insurant from fire
losses to buildings, furniture and
equipment also passed the house
after a two-hour debate. The
measure, which previously had
passed the calendar committee
without prejudice.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-22
SCOUT DIRECTOR IS
ROTARY CLUB SPEAKER

(gontinued from Page u
training, it was pointed out.
These plans will be discussed to-
night.
Following the Rotary program,
members of the district committee
and interested leaders from the
sections that do not now have
scouting, will discuss organiza-
ton plans.
An organization meeting for
the district was held last week
and committees named.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-22
WILL OPEN NEW ROOT
AND HERB PLACE HERE

C. r. jackson announced this
week that he would open a new
root and herb place here next
month and that this would be To-
Gated in the building next to the
City Barber Shop. The new es-
adjustment will be known as
Ashe Drug Company, it was an
nounced.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-22

The following were tried by
Mayor Chas. o. Parsons in May
or's Court here on Monday:
Woodrow Mullis, Jefferson, ar
rested for grand larceny, was
tried and bound over to court.
Willie Lambert, of West Jeffer-
son, arrested for fighting, was
taxed with the cost of the trial;
and Lee Ray, of Todd, arrested
for public drunkenness, was fined
$1,000 and cost.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-22

such moves by actively working for their
adoption, she will, indeed, be protecting
the nations future"
Let's all continue to make every effort
possible to hold the Presidents price line;
for initiation is threat to the entire econ
omy of our nation!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-22
Holding The Price Line

Nearly two years ago, President Roose-
welt issued Executive Order 1923 - the
sHold- the-lne- ORDER that capped series
of far-reaching official moves and regula-
lions in the program to prevent runaway
wartime initiation. Prompted by notice
able rise in the cost of living, after the
Pearl Harbor bombing, the President, in
q statement accompanying the order, said:
ITO hold the line we cannot tolerate
further increases in prices affecting the
cost of living or further increases in gen.
eral wage or salary rates except where
clearly necessary to correct substandard
living conditions"
When wesconsider the magnitude of the
war and the conditions resulting from it,
the tremendous pressure brought to bear
in some instances as well as other extern
uating circumstances, it can readily be con-
cluded that the line has been held far more
successfully than it was first imagined
possible.
It is true that some prices have crept up;
but considering everything, the program
has been and is still very worthwhile as
well as effective, Tie Bureau of Labor
Statistics shows a climb in overall cost of
living in septerhber, 1889 from 1905 to
127.1 in V1945. But the report
further shows that the rise from April 1913
to January, 1915, was very slight, climb
from 124.1 to@1271.t This proves the eff
fectiveness Of the holding the-line order.
We believe the credit for carrying out
the Presidents program must be given
largely to the good common sense and pa
triotisrn of the American people, the work
ers, businessmen, farmers, and housewives
alike. And~with~ their continued support,
prices can continue to be held down.
We are 1pasfeuIarly impressed with
what Mrs. LaFell Dickinson has to say
about the Importance of the housewife in
this program: r. asta
sThe housewives Importance in the anti
inflationary fight is as real as her interest:
she is the family purchasing agent, spend
ing IS per cent of the household budget. II
she buys only what her family really needs
adheres to the rationing regulations, and
makes no purchases at more than the cell
ing price, she will have gone long way
toward forestalling initiation. If, in addi-
ton, she follows the various official moves
to control the cost stt 81 living and supports
sssa-ss~pssss.sss
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-22
ANNOUNCE SERVICE

Rev. S. S. GRAPHICAL will preach
at the Obids Baptist Church next
Saturday night, March "a, at
which time a special singing
service will be held.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-22
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank everyone for
their kindness and help in our
time of sorrow.
Mrs. Georgia Bell and family
and Mrs. Tom Miller.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-06

Devetletna Marcia Marold,
hcerka Mr.. in Mrs. Stephan Ma
rold, 913 e. 20 St., DO v cetrtek
vecer nastopila ma programu v
Shaw Hi avditoriju, ma vogalu
Euclid Ave. in Shaw Ave. Pri-
eetek programa, kateri sc vrsi
pod vodstvom Carols School of
Dancing, 1922 St. Clair Ave.,
bo oh 8. uri. z malo Marcijo DO
nastopil Mervin Mcleod, 1543
Cleremont Ave. Marcia Sc vez-
ba v plesu Re dive lett in njeni
dosedanI nastopi kazejo, da DO
umetnica v tenn poklicu, ako bo
nadaljevala v vezbanju. Deklis-
ko ime njene matere je bilo
Fanny Stanonik.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-06

|"Da, bill so dnevi, ko sem incl
dosti skrbi. In Rozamarija je se
zelo nezna in slabotna, toda v
zadnjem casu je napredovala,
zelo napredovala!"
ze stojita v veil hotela, XII je
okrasena $ palmanni, in pray hi
tro potegne knee svojo zeno v
dvigalo. Zgoraj je videl mic slu-
teeega Harra, XII gre po stopni-
cab vejico cvetja v roki. Knez-
MIA ina hitre oci.
cali nj bill to Thorstein? Ka-
ko je to mogoce?" Toda knez
rajsi preslisi memo vprasanje,
in zdaj sta ze v sobah, XII jih je
narocil zanjo. MISC najboljse So
be, ker so te ze oddane, toda
kneznja je zadovoljna mimi.
Samo popotni plasc mora sle.
ci, ker Sc je oblekla "a druzbo
ze v spalnem vagonu.
"No, torej, Frid, kaj della da-
mes uboga Rozamarija?"
'Zelo Sc bos zacudila, ko jc
bos videla, Sarlota.
''Lahko ST ze mislim. Vecja be
! in bolj bleda kakor drugi lju
die. Ia nesrecna dolzina!"
''Zelo lepa je postala."
"Lepa? Rozamarija?"
"Cisto drugacna je kakor dru