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The sub., 1945-08-02
WLB Studies Postwur Wage Plans And May Modify Little Steel Formula

Washington D. C.-The National War Labor Board now has under consideration national policy designed to meet reconversion and postwar emergencies
 types of action being weighed by the board. They are:
 1-Legsation by Congress to raise the statutory mini wage from 40 cents hour to 50 55 cents This would simplify the NWLBs efforts to raise substandard pay rates.
 2-Development of a formula to supplement the Little Steel formula to grant wage increases to workers whose straight time average hourly earnings may fall result of reconverson developments Many wartime types of indirect wage designed to retain manpoWe and increase production expected fall by the waysde dur ing reconverson with consequent loss in take hone nges Many workers stand to be downgraded to owerpay ing jobs. Millions will lose overtime pay. An ndusryby industry approach may be used
 3-Revision of the so-caled wage bracket system to take account of industry wage factors The bracket system
 imposes area-Wde ceilings most wages banning increases above the minimum bracket of sound and tested going rates" in each community With reconvson restoring petition between areas the board plans to permit ad usment wages accordance with ndustrywde factors
 4-Development of plan to strip away unnecessary General regulations of the board be changed to grant employers greater fexibity in making individual wage adjustments looking toward eventual removal of all controls wage adjustments which do not involve saing price increases Here the main consideration is not to get ahead the situation and permit employers bid up the labor market while manpower remains
The sub., 1945-08-02
Your Postwar Job

other work clothes badly needed in war plants and on the farms. Full employment in this and all other branches of the apparel in. dustry depends on the maintenance of high wages and ample buying power among all workers after the war.
The sub., 1945-08-02

Board consideration of these four phases of wage policy is expected to take several weeks. Conclusions will be transmitted to Economic Stabilization Director William H. Davis for study preliminary to sub- mission to the White House. Some of the changes under consideration could be made by mere administra- tive action. Others would require changes in outstanding executive orders, while the attack on sub- standard wages would require leg islation.
 Organized 1abor's demand that 48 hours pay be povided for 40 hours work after hours are re- duced will be debated by the board.
The sub., 1945-08-02
The Man Behind
 The Bar
Author Unknown

He deserves a heros medal for. the
 many lives he's saved, And upon the Roll of Honor his
 name should be engraved. He serves a lot of credit for the
 way he stands the strain. - As the (bunD he has to swallow
 would drive most of us 1n-
 sane.
 He must pay the highest license,
 he must pay the highest rent. He must settle with the agents
 though he don't take in a
 cent.
 And when it comes to paying bills
 he is Johnny on the spot. He'll pay for what he sells you
 whether you pay him or not. And when you walk into his place
 he will greet you with a
 smile.
 Be your workers dressed in Over-
 alls or bankers dressed in
 style.
 Be you Irish, English, French or
 Dutch it does not matter
 what.
 He'll treat you like gentleman un-
 less you prove you are not. He must listen to your arguments
 that happen in the place. And show no partiality for any
 creed or race. The bunch outside can knock the
 King, Kaiser, or the Czar, But he has to be neutral, does the
 Man Behind the Bar. It matters not the aches and pains and the hardships he endures. He don't tell you his troubles,
 though you always tell him
 yours.
 And if the weather is hot or cold
 or turns to rain or snow. It's up to you to tell him so, he
 ain't supposed to know. Should he sit down to read the
 news some fool with half a
 jag.
 Pulls up chair beside him, and
 begins to chew the rag. Though Job, they say, had patience,
 a more patient man by far. Than Job could ever hope to be,
 Is The Man Behind the Bar. Yet the preacher in the pulpit and the lecturer in the hall Will tell you that the churches are
 against him, one and all. But when the church decides to
 hold fair or bazaar, They start in selling tickets to, The Man Behind the Bar. Yet the time will come when he
 must shuffle off this mortal
 soil,
 Hang up his coat and apron, no
 more on earth to toll. When St. Peter sees him coming
 he will leave the gates ajar. For he knows he has his Hell, and
 earth has The Man Behind
 the Bar.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24
MRS. STORY GIVEN
A SURPRISE SUPPER

Mrs. James Story was honored
with a surprise birthday supper,
given by the Rev. and Mrs. John
S. Jordan, Monday evening at the
parsonage. Following delicious
meal, the honoree cut a large
birthday cake which was baked
for the occasion. After cutting
the cake, the honoree passed
slices to the group present, and
delicious jello was served.
The dining room was uniquely
decorated and the meal was en-
joyed by candlelight.
Those enjoying the surprise
party were: Mr.. and Mrs. Levern
johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. Sharpe S.
Shoemaker and daughter, Anne;
the Rev. and Mrs. John S. Jor-
dan and MIR. and Mrs. James I
Story.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24
Chestnut Hill News

Mrs. Chester Jones, of Laurel
Springs, spent the week end with
her sister, Mrs. Glenn Sheets.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Coward
and children, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Sheets.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn
Sheets, on May II, a daughter,
Sharian Elane. Both mother and
daughter are doing fine.
Mr.. Ralph Marsh, of the navy,
expects to get an honorable dis
charge the first of June.
Miss Bobbie Dare and Myrtle
Jene Sheets spent Sunday night
with their aunt, Mrs. Chester
Jones, of Laurel Springs.
Mrs. Mollie Weaver visited Mr..
and Mrs. Kemper Douglass on
Sunday.
Mrs Kemper Douglass visited
Mrs. Glenn Sheets Monday after
noon.
Miss Wilma Jones, of Laurel
Springs, visited Misses Helen and
Bobbie Sheets, Monday night.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24
Crumpler News

A large crowd attended the
baptizing and preaching services
at the New River Baptist church,
Sunday. The Rev. Herbert Cald-
well, pastor, was in charge of the
services.
Mrs. B. H. Shepherd has re-
turned home from the Ashe Hos
pital, where she received treat
ment. She is improving. =,
Mrs. M. Gaultney, who has
been ill for the past two months,
is now improving.
Mrs. E. T. Wyatt, Piney Creek,
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
M. Gaultney, recently.
Mr.. Max Barton spent Satur-
day night with Mr.. and Mrs
Bryant Barton.
Mrs. Marvin Fawlkes and SON.
Richard, and Mrs. Ralph Grouse
and son, Jerry, visited Mrs. M
Gaultney and Mrs. A. F. Rogers
recently.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24
ROtaria1ls See
Picture, Thurs.

An interesting program was
given at the regular meeting of
the Jeffersons Rotary Club last
Thursday night when E. P. Ken
ney, commercial agent of the N.
& w. Railway, and MIR. Glasgow,
of Roanoke, Va, entertained them
with two fine moving pictures.
The first picture showed the
great past that coal played in in
dustry and the aid of transporta-
ton in the war effort. The other
was a war picture, Target for
Tonight"
P. G. Wright, program chair
man, was in charge of the meet
ing.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24
Mrs. Hudler Is
Hostess To Group

The Grassy Creek Woman's
Society of Christian Service met
in the home of Mrs. Lula Hud1er,
Thursday afternoon, May II.
Mrs. L. K. Halsey, assisted by
other members of the society,
gave an interesting program on
"The Sanctity of the Christian
Home"
During the social hour, dainty
refreshments were served by the
hostess and her daughter, Marie
The June meeting will be held
in the home of Mrs. Paul Gray
beal with Mrs. r. G. Pierce as
joint hostess.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24
MAXINE ALEXANDER rs
MAKING GOOD RECORD

Miss Iona Maxine Alexander,
daughter of Mr.. ard Mrs. S. v.
Alexander, of Crumpler, has been
made member of the Sigma Pi
Alpha, a National Sorority. Miss
Alexander, who is completing her
first year at Peace College, in
Raleigh, was one of the six girls
in the college making the neces-
sary grades to gain admission to
the honor society.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24
ASHE METHODIST WOMEN
ATTEND ZONE MEETING

The following from the West
Jefferson and Jefferson Method
list churches attended zone meet
ing of the Woman's Society of
Christian Service and the Wesle-
yam Guild, in North Wilkesboro,
on Tuesday:
Mrs. James McLaurin, Mrs.
James Story, Mrs. c. R. Eller,
Mrs. Levern Johnson, Mrs. Sharpe
S. Shoemaker and the Rev. and
Mrs. John S. Jordan, of West JEFF
ferson; Mrs. Ira T. Johnston, Mrs.
Charles Smithey, Mrs. Lynch
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24
ANNOUNCE SERVICES

The Rev. Herman Gentry will
fill the regular appointment of
the Rev. S. S. GRAPHICAL at the
Old Fields Church, Saturday and
Sunday, May rs and q, as the
Rev. Mr.. GRAPHICAL is conducting
a series of revival services at a
church in Bristol, Tenn.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the services at Old
Fields church.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24
SERVICES ANNOUNCED

A special prayer service in hon.
or of men in service will be held
at the Three Fork Baptist church
each Wednesday evening hereaf-
ter, it has been announced. ~
eve shall appreciate the CO.
operation of the people in the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24

1t. Bertrand Winkler, son of
the Rev. and Mrs. H. M. Winkler,
of Todd, is now stationed some
where in Germany, from where
he writes that he is getting along
fine. 1t. Winkler wrote that he
had visited the company of his
brother, Cpl. John d. Winkler,
only to find that Cpl. Winkler
had been sent back to France for
hospital treatment after being
wounded when driving a jeep
during blackout.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24

Dent, Mrs. Lawson Logan, Mrs.
Bruce Porter and the Rev. r. G.
Wagner, of Jefferson.
Some other churches in the
county were also represented.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24

E-Sgt. John Clyde Wilson, son
OF Dir. and Mrs. A. G. Wilson, of
Sutherland, is now spending a
forty-f1ve day furlough at his
home, after spending 80 months
I'm service with the Quartermas-
ter depot in Iran, India and Chi
IA Sgt. Wilson received the
GOod Conduct Medal for out
standing service on the famous
Burma road.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24

D1Aert C. Miller, SIC, has no
tsfsed his parents, 1:aand Mrs.
Eaxny Fl. Miller. Of Glendale
$Ew7ngS, OF his safe arrival some
where In the Philippine Islands.
Seamxn Miller has been in sery-
iee fGw the past ten months.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24
BILLIE ANDERSON HIT
BY TRUCK HERE MONDAY

Billie Anderson, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed M. Anderson, is
recuperating at her home here
from injuries sustained when
struck by a truck on Monday af-
ternoon. The accident occurred
in front of Graybeal's drug store
in West jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24
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HONORED AT PARTY

Mr.. Harvey Payne was honored
at party given by Mrs. Payne
at their home here on Wednesday
evening, when a number of
friends were invited.
Mr.. Payne expects to leave soon
to enter military service.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24
ANNOUNCE SERVICE

The Rev. Grady Handy, of
Boone, will conduct special
service at the home of Mr.. San
ford Wyatt, on Saturday night,
May rs, at eight o'clock. Every
one is cordially invited to attend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24

Pfc. william C. Mullis, who is
now stationed in Germany, writes
that he hopes to be home by sum-
mer. He entered service in Feb
ruary, 1914, and has been over
seas for seven months.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24
Pxt Burl G.. Waddell, son 9

PVt Bur1 G.. Waddell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. E.aA:A Waddell, of
Jefferson, recentlys entered serv-
ICE and has been assigned to a
regiment at the Field Artillery
Replacement Training Center, at
Fort Bragg, for basic training,
after which he will be transferred
tn field organization.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24
ANNOUNCE SERVICE

The Rev. S. S. Graphical will
preach at the Obids Baptist
church on Saturday night, May
rs. The public is cordially invit-
ed to attend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24

Burl C. Pierce, B. M. &c, who
has had 20 months of sea duty, is
now on shore patrol in Brooklyn,
N. Y, for a few weeks. He is
spending few days leave with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. c.
Pierce.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24

communicated elsewl1eresi in car
rying the services on" one mem
Der of the church said.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24
Classified Ads

FOR SALE-Excellent Short
horn milk cow and six weeks old
bull calf. Mrs. c. R. Goswick,
West Jefferson, N. c. 5-24-2tc
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24

ceiving treatment for wounds in
action in Germany. He had been
overseas for nine months.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24

FOR SALE-1e2e Harley-Da-
wilson motorcycle, in good con-
dition, price, $500. See or
write William Galloway, West
Jefferson, N. c. 5-24-1tc
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24

FOR SALE-64 white leghorn
bullets about months old. See
Carl Pennington, Clifton, N. c.
5-24-2tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24

John Stump, Cox, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Stump, of Gras-
sy Creek, has spent more than
two years in the navy and is now
visiting his wife and other rela-
tives at Grassy Creek. He re-
Gently returned from a trip over
seas,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24

WANTED-Load of dry oak
stove wood, Skyland Post. West
Jefferson, N. G. 5-25-1tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24

Pvt Vance Rotten, formerly of
BAH, has arrived at Fort Bragg,
where he will receive basic mill
fary training.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-24

Pfc. Robert L. Church, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley E. Church,
Ut 1dIewild, has arrived at the
NsrfFnngton General Hospital, at
Tuscaloosa, Ala, where he is re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22
Wilhelm
 Back Home
By TOM YARBROUGH Representing the combined U. s.
 PreSS)

 Representing the combined U. s.
 Press)
 Distributed by The United Press) Eede, Holland, March-(UP)- Queen Wilhelmina returned to the Netherlands at this battle-ruined frontier village today for 1O-day visit, her first since she escaped from the Germans nearly five years ago. Gondon dispatches said Wilhel- nina had flown back to London after spending three days in Zee land Province, three in northern Brabant and three in Limburg. She visited flooded Walcheren Island in the Schelde estuary in an army duck.)
 Wherever the 4-year-old mon- arch went. she was loudly acclaimed. Villagers had less than a half days notice she was coming, but they hurried into their shabby best clothes and thronged around her limousine at every stop, waving flags, shouting, singing and clam oring for a glimpse of her. Most of the people wore wooden shoes.
 She stepped on Netherlands soil again in the Province of eZeland at 8 point only 12 miles from the coast. Her driver was U s Army Sgt. Steve Fischer of Great Falls, Mont, who had driven Prime Min ister Churchill, Gen. Dwight D. Ei- senhower and Gen. George c. Mar shall.
 The queen wore 8 brown tweed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22
PRIEST DESCRIBES
 JOY OF FREEDOM
ROsalind Russell Film Was Shown in Prison Camp
 Night Before Release

A letter written ten days after his liberation from Los Banos Jap pri- son camp has been received here from Rev. William (Rance) Mo- Carthy by his sister Miss Esther Mccarthy of Johnson street.
 The letter tells of movie shown the night before at the American relief camp which featured Rosa lind Russell, Waterbury's famed film star. Father Mccarthy who was a prisoner of the Japs for 30 months states that he expects to be home very soon and tells of the great re- lief in enjoying music. letters from home, real food and clothing after thirty months of boiled rice-and more boiled rice, and the stale drab- ness of prison life.
 The local priest again described the day of liberation when Amer ican P-38 planes appeared over the camp at a. m. soon followed by parachute troops and the fighting that took place. The prisoners lay huddled on the barracks floors won- dering If their fate was to be death at the hands of the Japs before the American forces overcame the enemy.
 That sound of an American off, cerS voice calling to us was music" he relates.
 The first actual word received of the local priests liberation was re- ceived by his sister, Mrs. Dennis Sullivan of Marion and Waterbury, Tuesday this week, as reported in The Democrat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22
Franco Asked To Quit Post

Surich, March 22-CUP)-Don Juan, pretender to the Spanish throne, denounced the government of Oeneralissimo Francisco Franco today and called on him to resign in favor of a monarchy.
 The exiled son of the late King Alfonso issued a manifesto saying that Spain was on the brink of a new civil war which the restoration of the traditional regime" could avert.
 "Six years after the end of the civil war, Franco's regime, which Is modelled on totalitarian Axis sys- tems and is contrary to Spanish character ana traditions, is funda- - mentally inconsistent with world conditions prevailing as result of the present war;" Don Juan said.
 Moreover, the foreign policy pur- sued compromises the nations fu- ture. Spain is in danger of becom- ing involved in a new fratricidal struggle and finding herself com pletely isolated from the rest of the world"
 Don Juan said 8 new republic. even if moderate, could soon move to extremes, resulting in a new civil war.
 "The traditional monarchy IS therefore the sole instrument cap able of reconciling all Spaniards, he said.
 He pledged the monarchy to im- mediate adoption of constitution of popular vote, protection of indi- vidual rights, political liberty, es- tablishment of a legislative assem- bly, political amnesty and equitable distribution of wealth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22

ensemble and brown boots. She stood straight as she stepped from the army car and walked deliber- ately across the border. She ex- tended her hand proudly to her commissioner in the Provicne of Zealand, Jonhkeer J. w. Quarles Van Ufford. and several British Army officers.
 A big Dutch flag rippled in the breeze at the border. Every build ing in sight had been shattered by shells and bombs of a five-week battle that ended late in October. when the Canadians pushed the Germans back.
 There wasn't a flower in sight but there was brilliant sunshine. There is an old Dutch saying that when the queen appears in public, the sun shines.
 The crowds, mostly very old or very young, stood in orderly rows and thick groups on stony crags. The queen moved fast, spending only few minutes in each little town, but she talked with many persons, seeking out especially rel attveS of war victims and members of the underground.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22
COPS s Blaming OPA
 For Meat Shortage

called back before the Senate bank ing committee today to defend his agency and answer accusations that he was violating both the price con- trol act and the constitution. The committee is considering legislation to extend the price act.
 The examination of the meat price situation was merely one phase of the congressional inquiry into the overall food supply. The Senate al- ready hos authorized an agriculture subcommittee to conduct $50,000 investigation of the food problem in general. The House rules committee yesterday sent to the floor a resolu- tion for $1O,OO0 inquiry by the | House.
 Bowles told the senate committee yesterday that the American Meat Packers Institute was causing news paper headlines of famine and that the facts did not justly them.
 Bowles said civilian meat 'cer- tainly" will be shorter than at any time curing the war, but only be- cause of "the extraordinary needs" of the war effort.
 The shortage would not be re- lieved in any degree by higher re- turns to meat packers" he said, "OPA will not be stampeded into giving price increases"
 Taft told Bowles the largest meat packer in Cincinnati was losing $50,000 a month" He said othe: packers had closed down because they could not afford to take the loss"
 Either the OPA will have to raise the price of meat, Taft said, or the government will have to renegotiate its meat purchases from July to assure packers enough money to cover their costs and provide them "a fair margin of profit
 Tn the House, Rep. Frank Sund- strom, R., N. J., called an informal meeting of congressman and gov ernment officials to diSlcss the meat shortage.
 The price increase on poultry, re- portedly little more than one cent pound, will be offered to farmers as an incentive to produce more broilers' friers and other meat chickens, now extremely scarce on metropolitan markets. Officials hoped farmers would be encouraged to buy baby checks now for market ing late this summer when the meat chor+oon ic exnnntpd tO he mOSt severe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22
HEARINGS SCHEDULED
 ON FORFEITED RIGHTS

A Bill on restoration of forfeited rights for Jack Creaven this city will be heard before the commit tee on April 5. Sen. Patrick Wal lace CD has introduced the Bill.
 Similar hearings will be held next week March 29 for Thomas Shana- han and John Crary this city. The formers bill was introduced by Sen- ator Wallace and the latter by Senator Edward P. Egan CD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22

according to public FsiatiOns cfa- cers. At the present time. besides Mrs. Beers. there are 2 Of her sons. l daughter, 1 son-in-law, 2 daugh- ters-in-law, and 1 grand-daughter working on the plant productlon lines.