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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-04-26
NeDs Of Service Men e Women

Headquarters as we advised in ouI
April 9Th issue.
End. 1t. Caroline E. Jones, Rock
vile, has reported for duty at
Indiantown Gap Military Reserva-
tons Station Hospital, after milit-
airy training at Ft. George Meade,
Maryland. She is a graduate OF
the George University Hospital,
Washington, D. C.
X
Pfc. Charles w. Ketterman, hus-
band of Mrs. Margaret Ketterman
of Rockville, is now fighting deep
in Germany. A member of the goth
Infantry Division, he has been over
seas for 80 months. The goth was
one of the first divisions to arrive
in the European Theater of Opera
tions. His regiment was recently
awarded the Presidential Unit Cit
alton for Valor on D-Day. In adj
dition, he wears THE Combat In
fantry's Badge and the E. T. o.
ribbon with three stars.
Sgt. George Connell, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Sidney S. Cornell of
Seneca, has returned from three
years in the Southwest Pacific and
is now at the Army Ground and
Service Forces Redistribution Sta
ton in Asheville, North Carolina.
He has been awarded the disting-
uished unit citation for the Buna
campaign in which he served with
the Combat Engineers. Three of
his brothers are also in the SER
vice. Pvt. Warner Cornell is in
Germany, Cpl. Peyton Connell in
Belgium, and Cpl. John Connell in
Bermuda.
Sgt. Stanley d. O'Neale, son of
Mrs. Nellie O'Neale of Ashton, is
now on duty with Services of Sup
ply in the China Theater of Opera
tons. Before entering the service
he was employed by the C. G. P.
Telephone Company at Laurel. He
is a graduate of Sherwood High
School.
John Federline, who was report.
ed as prisoner of war in our April
10th issue, has recently been lib,
Grated and is well, according to {
cablegram received by his mother
Mrs. Mary Federline of Washing
ton Grove.
Lieut.. John Howard Reed, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Reed of Gath
ersburg, who is stationed in Indii
has recently promoted from Is
Lieut.. to the rank of Captain. H
has been in a hospital there fol
lowing an operation but expects t
rejoin his squadron in a few days
k
Sgt. Courtney Priebe is nov
back in the States after 81 month
overseas. He called his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. August w. Priebs
from California to say that h
would be home on furlough some
time in May. He has been in ser
vice in Guadalcanal, Bougainvill
and other Pacific areas.
X
Staff Sgt. Joseph M. Howes, so
of Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Howe
of Laytonsville, was recently o
pass in Paris and met two boy
who are close neighbors of his o
Columbia Road, Ellicott City. TIL
| three bows had a big time talkin
The union times., 1945-03-10

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The union times., 1945-03-10
Court Reaf1rm1s Political Rights Of Organized Labo

dent Thomas Ranford of the Los Angeles Central Labor Council.
 ALBANY, N. Y.-The Ives Quinn bill setting up the nations first permanent State Fair Employ ment Practices Commission to fight job discrimination passed the Assembly by an overwhelming vote of lO9 to B despite st-ditch efforts to destroy it.
 LONDON-Greetings of l75 AFL officials to the World Trade Union Conference were given the continu- ations committee by Courtney Ward, Cleveland District Council 6, Brother hood of Painters (AFL), who said he would return to the U. S. to work untiringly to get the AFL to enter the new world labor organization.
 ST. PAUL, Minn.-Sen. w. Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel and the Chris tian American Association are the hidden packers of pending anti labor bills in the Minnesota legis- lature, uniOnists charged at hear ings held by the house labor com
The union times., 1945-03-10
Count Bonuses In
 Overtime Wages

Bonuses must be included in the regular rate of pay when overtime wages are computed, employers en- gagged i'll interstate commerce were instructed i'll a decision rendered by Judge Harold M. Kennedy of Brook lyn U. s. district court.
 "The importance of this decision cannot be over emphasized" said Re- gional Wage-Hour Director Arthur J. White. Our inspectors are finding that more and more employers are resorting to bonuses as additional compensation to employees but do not include these bonuses in the regular rate of pay when computing overtime and are, therefore, found in violation. This decision should clarify this is- sue and, we hope, eliminate any further misunderstanding regarding bonuses"
 The decision was made in a civil action brought by the wage-hour di- vision against the Richmond Screw & Anchor Co. of Brooklyn. The govern ment contended that since the bonus had been systematically paid by the company since l942, it was part of the employees actual and regular com pensation. Two types of bonuses were involved in the case. One was a flat 10ao of the weekly base salary, paid in the form of war stamps, and the other was the ordinary production bonus.
The union times., 1945-03-10
RealNewsIfTrue: Bowles Promises Consumer Relief
O. P. A. Chieftain Declares Distributors Must Absorb
 All Price Increases

As every housewife can testify, the consumer up to this time has been the goat of the war effort. When manufacturers demanded and obtained higher prices the in- crease was promptly added to the price of the goods.
 Now this rule is to be changed, according to Chester Bowles, OPA chieftain. He told gathering of middlemen this week that here after wholesalers and retailers will be compelled to absorb all price hikes.
 Bowles declared he did not feel it necessary to apologize for this policy because the operations of retailers, wholesalers and other distributors have been very profitable during the war period"
 He revealed that department stores are making dollar profits much more than 10 times their 1936-l939 earn ings.
 All that Bowles promised the mid dlemen was that he would not permit their profits to drop below peacetime levels.
 Suiting action to word, Bowles authorized boosts in manufacturers prices of four popular types of bed linens, napkins and towels and ruled that wholesalers should absorb 30 per cent and retailers 70 per cent of the increase. Consumers prices must re- main unchanged, Bowles warned.
 He also promised greater volume of lOw-cOst garments by directing the suspension of the production of luxury items. Half of the country's rayOn spinning capacity may be converted to the production of cotton goods. from which can be turned out chiIdren's dresses, mems shiEts and shorts and other adult garments, BOwIes indicated.
 Finally, Bowles and the War Pro- duction Board agreed on a program calling for reduction of about or / per cent in the current prices oi clothing, They also said every efforr would be made to improve quality.
 The program was hailed by tho Railway Labor Executives Associa. tion. It said it is just what the OPA labor policy committee and many other labor and consumer groups have long been urging.
 If the program is enforced with vigor, the association said, it will bring real relief to consumers.
The union times., 1945-03-10
Amazing Strides
 MadelnProgram IBEW Launched
Back To-School Movement Spreads To Locals In All
 Parts Of Country

A ''back- to- schools movement, launched by President Ed J. Brown of the Electrical Workers, to fla miliarize members with the intri- cacies of electronics-the science of control of machinery by radio tubes-has made amazing strides, the union revealed this week.
 The movement was started last year with the establishment of an cleo tronics school at Marquette Univer- sity, in Milwaukee, for I.B.E.W members. It was endowed by the union. A series of eight intensive six week courses were arrangedCfor 85 unionists at time.
 This program was undertaken be- cause of the extraordinary develop ment of the electronics industry dur ing the war and the prospect that it will result in revolutionary industrial changes after the war. Brown felt that the Brotherhood's members should become thoroughly acquainted with the new industry so that they may be in a position to install and maintain all such equipment.
 Not only have the Marquette classes, which are still under way, been unusually successful, but nearly 100 other similar courses have been set up around the coun- try, many within local unions and others through joint arrangement with colleges and trade schools. Connecticut unions have been especially active in this field.
 Brown predicted the number will continue to grow as more union mem bers graduate" from the Marquette school and return to establish classes in their home towns. Eventually, he said, knowledge about the new field of electronics will be carried even tc the smallest of the unions locals.
The union times., 1945-03-10
Assessments To
 Fight Laws Are OK.

LOS ANGLES - Another political anti-uniOn move bit the dust here when Superior Judge Henry M. Willis upheld the right of the Screen Office Employees Guild (AFL) to levy political assessments on its members.
 Four of the 2,70O members of the union, echoing movie pro- ducer Cecil B. DeMille, who re- gently lost a similar case against the American Federation of Radio Artists (AFL), brought the suit against the guild and de manded restoration of the assess ment to members.
 FIGHT LEGISLATION
 The assessment was levied dur ing the political campaign last November to fight Proposition 12, anti-labOr legislation on the ballot at that time. The protesting mem bers claimed that some of the $2,OOO collected in assessments had gone to support political can didates. This the union denied.
 Judge Willis, in denying the return of assessment money to members said: There is no expression in any of the provisions of the constitution of California !. which constitutes basis for declaring that it is contrary !. s. for a labor union organization to use its funds to support or oppose candidates or measures upon a ballot at any election held under state laws.
 But he further declared: "It must be found that none of the SOEG as- sessment fund was, in fact, used tc aid or support any candidate, but only to oppose Prop. F." Some candidates may have received benefits from use of funds when Prop. 12 literature was distributed along with their owr literature, the judge held, but "it was coincidental and not directly in tended"
The union times., 1945-03-10
Central Bodies
 Told To Assist
 Returning Vets
Organized Labor Will Do Utmost To Help-Plans
 Formulated

The AFL Executive Council this week called upon all local units of the federation to organize re-employment and rehabilitation centerS for return. ing war veterans. The councils rec laration follows:
 ''America's primary postwar re. sponsibility is to provide every Op. portunity for returning veterans tC make a new start in life.
 ''This obligation cannot be left entirely to government. The people of our country must help the gov. crnment do this job right-and that includes labor, industry, agri- culture and our educational sys. tenn. Nor can the problem be solved effectively at the national level. It will require strong pro. gressive and cooperative commun. ity action.
 Mindful of these facts and con scious of the mandate voted unani. mously at the last American Fedora ton of Labor convention for full la bor participation in all programs dealing with rehabilitation of veterans the Executive Council directs:
 'l-That the American Fedora ton of Labor take the lead in sponsoring and supporting legis' lation-national, state and local which will facilitate the return Oi veterans to civilian life.
 "2-That efforts be made tC work out agreements among labor industry and farm groups with veterans organizations and govern ment agencies on the proper kint of legislative and administrative action.
 "3-That the 900 central bodie. of the American Federation O1 Labor functiOning in every indus trial city and district of the nation form special committees to hell find jobs for returning veterans il their localities and to stimulate concerted action by all groups il each community along these lines.
 "The Executive Council takes prid in reporting that the unions affiliated with the American Federation of La bor have carefully protected the sen iority rights of their members nov serving in the armed forces so tha this army of more than l,500,0O workers in uniform will find it com paratively easy to get their old job back when the war ends.
 "The Executive Council also highl. comments the action of most affiliated organizations in waiving initiation fees for any qualified veteran of thi war who wishes to become a membe of the union when he gets back home
 Beyond this, labor must devot particular attention to the problem o rehabilitating the many thousands o disabled war veterans and war pin workers who have sustained perma nent injuries as a result of the wa effort.
 'sThese men must not be rele gated to the scrap heap. This is responsibility which labor and in dustry, working together, must as sume and can discharge. The Exec utive Council calls upon the specia veterans committee of affiliate' central bodies to concentrate thei efforts on the attainment of thi objective"
The union times., 1945-03-10

mlttee.
 DENER, Colo. - Despite solid labor opposition, the COP controlled Senate approved amendments to the so-called labor peace act to replace sections declared unconstitutional by the Colorado supreme court.
 WASHINCTON-RepOrt of the public members of the National War Labor Board recommending no change in the Little Steel for mula was assailed by AFL top leaders.
 WASHINGTON-Pres. Roosevelt placed responsibility for future world peace in the hands of Congress in personal bid for ratification of the de- cisions reached by the Big Three at Yalta.
 NEW YORK-James BOve re- signed his office as vice-president of the International HOd Carriers Building & Common LabOrers Union the same day his trial on charges of extOrtiOn opened in supreme court.
The union times., 1945-03-10
Covering
 -The - American Scene

ELMIRA, N. Y.-Ending two years of negotiations, Remington Rand Inc. and Local 826, Inter- national Association of Machinists (AFL) signed a 33-point contract providing payment of retroactive wages from August, l942 and guaranteeing the workers job in the postwar period.
 WASHINGTON-The Senate con- firmed President Roosevelts nomina- tion of Henry A. Wallace as Secre- tory of Commerce by a vote of 56 to B.
 ST. LOUIS, Mo.-A new con- stitutiOn containing a guarantee of labOr's rights to organize and bar gain collectively and giving com munities the right to establish inter-racial schools passed by a huge margin in a special state election.
 LOS ANGELES-A plea for a permanent Fair Employment Practice Committee was made here by Presi-
The union times., 1945-03-10
RUSSIAN WAR RELIEF

NEW YORK = The American people gave almost $23 million in cash and goods to Russian War Re- lief in 1914 making a total of $46.- 246,24O received by the relief gan- ization since 1t was formed little more than three years ago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-01

Profitable Art
No man but a blockhead ever
wrote except for money.-Samud
Johnson.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-01

to look into the matter of construc-
ting a shelter house at the north
end of the quarry before next
spring,
Deer Hunters Leave for Canada
The second party of Bluffton deer
hunters left for Canada Tuesday
morning. In the group were Emory
Benroth, Walter Benroth, Herman
Bosse and r. E. Griffith. The party
will enter Canada at Sault Ste.
Marie. They plan to hunt deer in
Ontario in the area frequented by
o. M. Fridell of Findlay who has
in past years shown some excellent
motion picture films to the Sports
mems Club of deer and other big
game bagged in that Canadian
province.
The group plans to stay for 10
days and will engage guides to as
sist them in hunting forays into tIfe
big woods.
The first group of hunters left last
Saturday night with ten men in
their party.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-01
Pirates Will Meet Bellefontaine
There In Last Game OF 1916 Season

Bluffton High gridders will end
their 1945 schedule next Friday in
a tilt with Bellefontaine's often
beaten eleven at Bellefontaine.
Except for the fact that the
Logan county outfit is playing on
their home field, Bluffton holds the
edge in most phases of pre-game
favoritism, for the Pirates defeated
Celina by three-touchdown margin,
and the Bulldogs in turn bested
Bellefontaine by one touchdown.
A victory over Bellefontaine would
give Buttons Pirates an even
break in season play, and enable
them to end Western Buckeye league
competition with a similar record.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-01
In Memoriam

A TRIBUTE TO MY SISTER
A part of my life has gone away
She is not dead-but will live alway.
The angels called her, she could not
stay.
And | know she'll be happier there.
Sister Nettie
THE DESERTED HOUSE
"Life and Thought have gone away
Side by side,
Leaving door and windows wide;
Careless tenants they!
All within is dark as night,
In the windows is no light;
And no murmur at the door,
So frequent on its hinge before.
Close the door, the shutters close,
Or thro' the windows we shall see
The nakedness and vacancy
Of the dark deserted house.
Come away; no more of mirth
Is here or merry-making sound.
The house was builded of the earth,
And shall fall again to ground.
Come away! for Life and Thought
Here no longer dwell;
But in a city glorious
A great distant city-have bought
A mansion incorruptible.
Would she could have stayed with
u.s."
Teanyson
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-01
In Menoriam

In memory Of our beloved, Treva
Schmidt.
"THE ROSE STILL GROWS
BEYOND THE WALL"
Near shady wall a rose once grew,
Budded and blossomed in Gods
free light,
Watered and fed by morning dew,
Shedding its sweetness day and
night.
As it grew and blossomed fair and
tall,
Slowly rising to loftier height,
1t came to a crevice in the wall,
Through which there shone a
beam of light.
Onward it crept with added strength,
With never thought of fear or
pride
1t followed the light through the
crevice-length
And unfolded itself on the other
side.
The light, the dew, the broadening
view,
Were found the same as they were
before;
And it lost itself in beauties new,
Breathing its fragrance more and
more.
Shall claim of death cause us to
grieve,
And make our courage faint or
fall?
Nay, let US faith and hope receive
The rose, still grows beyond the
wall.
Scattering fragrance far and wide,
Just as it did in days of yore,
Just as it did on the other side,
Just as it will forevermore.
Ella McHenry and Daughters
Everett Schmidt and Son
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-01
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation to our
friends and neighbors in Arlington,
Findlay and Bluffton for their SYM
pathy and thoughtfulness shown US
in the loss of our dear one.
We also wish to thank Revs. Weed
and Grant for their comforting
words, the singers, pail bearers, and
our wonderful hospital nurses, also
Mrs. Whistler, Mrs. Corson and Mrs.
Frankhouser who kept watch over
Ettie until she went away.
Thanks to all who sent flowers
and in any way shed one ray of
light through our darkest hours.
Johnnie, Will and Nettie.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-01
Ask State For Roadside Park
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Two local organizations to date
have backed the council in asking
the state highway department for a
roadside park to be located at site
on north Main street adjacent to
the Buckeye quarry.
The Bluffton Community Sports
mems Club and the Federation of
Women's Clubs have endorsed the
proposal and along with the town
council have sent in petitions to
Perry Ford, state highway director
citing advantages of having park
here and urging the state to take
action on the matter. Other organ
izations plan to discuss the park
proposition and will also send petit
tions to the department. The Lions
club and Saddle club will take UP
the matter at their next meetings.
The proposed park will be located
on the strip of land between the
former Faze filling station and Riley
creek. 1t will be separated from the
present Buckeye picnic grounds by
the Marsh run ditch and will front
on Main street.
Willingness of the state to have
a park located here has been COM
municated to Bluffton officials and
there is every likelihood the park
will be built next spring.
The Sportsmen's Club will continue
their program of landscaping and
park construction around the quarry
and at the last meeting of the
directors a committee was formed
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-01
BlufftOn High Eleven Loses To
Wapakoneta Friday, 40 Score

Wapakoneta, beaten only once so
far this season, showed strength in
the first half last Friday night to
defeat Bluffton Pirates, IA to 0.
After the visitors had struck for
their two first-half touchdowns,
Bluffton's defense rallied to hold
their opponents scoreless the rest of
the way, and charging offensive
maneuvers actually took the initia-
tive away from the visitors in the
last two quarters.
The necessary scoring strength
just wasn't there, however, so far
as the Pirates were concerned, and
as a result the Burckymen never
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-01

succeeded IN crossing the goal, altho
at one time they penetrated as far
as the Wapakoneta one-yard line.
Last Fridays reversal at the
hands of Wapakoneta eliminated the
Pirates from any hope of sharing
in the Western Buckeye league title,
for it marked the eleven's third set
back in comparison with two wins.
Only Van Vert has beaten Wa
pakoneta SO far this year, and last
Friday the Indians had sufficient
staying power to edge Bluffton in
what had previously been a close
race for runnerup spot in the league
championship race.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-01
First u. s. Mines

In America the first mention OF
coal was made by the French mis-
sionary Father Hennepin, who saw
1t along the Illinois river in 1879.
In 1850 the first mines were started
in Virginia; and in 1855 coal was
discovered in Ohio. Anthracite was
discovered in Rhode Island in 1760,
and about 1890 in Pennsylvania.