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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-28
Timely Hints
By RUTH CURRENT

Saving stockings has become 6
matter of serious concern tC
women generally in the present
hose shortage. Clothing special
lists offer some suggestions:
Washing care: Rayon stockings
survive longer if washed before
being Worn-and always washed
carefully. Use lukewarm suds
of mild soap and lukeWarm rims
ing water. Rayon is weak when
wet, so squeeze gently to remove
soil but avoid pulling, twisting
and wringing. Wait until hose
are thoroughly dry before put
ting them on.
Stored stockings: Hose held
over from one season to another
last longer if they are rinsed &C.
casionally during their wait.
Light-colored stockings put away
for next summer, for example,
should be rinsed out a few times
during the winter.
Hating a run: Stop runs or
snags on the run. Though easily
mended when small, a little
break can pull to impossible pro-
portions if allowed to 60 even a
few minutes. A snag can often
be stopped simply by pulling the
loop through to the underSide.
A run may be held by applying
a little paste, even tooth paste,
until it can be mended. The old
trick of moistening a break,
which stopped runs in silk hose,
does not work with rayons.
Mending: Runs in places that
will not show may be permanent
ly sealed by the "run-stop" prep
arations sold in stores. This may
be better than sewing because it
does not lessen the elasticity of
the stocking. Run-stop prepare
tons will not come out when
washed, so are not suitable for
temporary first aid on runs. to
be naended later. =
Runs may be mended by hand.
by fine Misunderstanding, or by
the. mending services now offer
ed by department stores and ev-
en- ''five-and-ten" stores. For
hand mending the best thread is
a travelling from an old stocking
of matching or slightly darker
shade. Stocking yarn is lighter
in weight so less conspicuous
than darning thread.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-28
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT

Mr.. and Mrs. George Koen
announce the arrival of daugh-
ter, Sandra Neal, on February IS
at $3.50 p. NJ, Norfolk Naval
Hospital, weight z Id. IL or. Mrs.
Koen is the former Miss Edith
Coward of Jefferson. Both
mother and daughter are getting
along nicely.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-28
Here Are Tips For
Handling Beef Calf

Noting that several thousand
baby beef calves are now being
fed out for spring and fall fat
stock shows by farm lads in ev-
cry section of the state, H. Bruce
Butler, assistant Wake County
farm agent, says that ''by this
time all calves should be on full
feed" using one of the home
mixed feeds such as the follow
ing:
Eight pounds of cracked corn,
two pounds cracked oats and one
pound of cotton seed meal.
The above ration mixture is
preferred, Butler reports, add
ing that the following may be
used if oats are not available:
Ten pounds of corn and cob
meal with one pound of cotton
seed meal.
Butler explained that "fulr"
feed means keeping feed before
the calf in a trough about IA in
ches above. the ground with a
box containing loose table salt
along side.
The calf should be taught to
walk slowly beside it's handler,
Butler continued, indicating that
rope. halter handled from the
calls left side is helpful teach
ing instrument.
The young animal should be
exercised and trained out of
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-28
Is Patients In
Ashe Hospital

The following are patients in
the Ashe Memorial hospital this
week:
Mrs. Flora Johnson, Jefferson,
operative; Mrs. Nettie Killen,
Treetop, treatment; Mrs. Matte
Mabe, Sparta, operative; Mrs.
LESSEE Perry, Apple Grove,
treatment; Mrs. Frances Good
man and son, Creston; Master C.
L. Barker, Grassy Creek, opera
tive; Logan Pugh, Lansing,
treatment; Mrs. Lena Black and
son, Jefferson; Mrs. John Wea-
yer, West Jefferson, treatment;
Mrs. Doris Sullivan and daugh-
ter, Tuckerdale; Mrs. Albert Ro-
ten, Sly, treatment; Mrs. Iona
Rutherford and daughter, Gras-
sy Creek.
Mrs. Edith Blevins, Grassy
Creek, treatment; Mrs. Margaret
Shoemaker, Laurel Springs,
treatment; Mrs. Irene Hash, West
Jefferson, treatment; Mrs. Paul
Davis, Lansing, treatment; Mrs.
Edith Edwards, West Jefferson,
treatment; Mrs. Roby Roark,
Clifton, operative; Miss Stella
Blevins, Crumpler, treatment;
Mary Ellen Osborne, Ashland,
treatment; Hilda Tuckwiller,
Jefferson, treatment.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-28

doors as the weather permits
the assistant agent said, and its
coat combed regularly to remove
dead hair. The calf should be
treated monthly with a sulphur
rotenone mixture to control lice
and MARBLES.
Neat, accurate records of the
animals growth and progress is
a vital part of production, But
Ter concluded.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-28
Open Forum
COLUMN
lr0R, THE VOICE OF THE
PEOPLE
AsHE THE FATHER

We regret to do SO, but we
will have to give Ashe county
credit for being the Father of the
Statewide epidemic of mud and
saiiscontent. Until recently, the
Father and few other Western
'hrethren had to suffer and en-
sssdure most of the. pain, misery,
. discomfort and handicaps caus-
ss<aed by this terrible disease" cal
/ Eed mud alone.
Well. this mountain region got
tass full of moisture that it simply
soaked through and penetrated
7ahe lower regions (below the
4nOuntains) so that it has them
,ts4n the same devil-of-a-fix as we
jHnountain folks have been in so
long.
: { As is known, water has ten
eaency to run down hill. Had
1hese mud-holes been plugged
with rock and gravel this predic-
lament might not have happened
20 ollr good Southerners" Glow
seG1own neighbors). This state
ment has reference to altitude
alone and not to people who live
either in or out Of the noun
TGains.
While 1 regret very much to see
our Southern children and neigh
joOrs in the same fix we, are in.
still I am glad that they now
know how to sympathize with us.
Lin5ted we stand; divided we
-EaU-in the MUD. Possibly by
combining efforts we may be
liable to lick this dreadful disease
called mud" I would much
rather have a six or seven
aalonths school operated over
good, safe roads than to have the
sSo-called nine-months term that
we are pretending to run. If we
consider the extra time it takes
TO operate the buses going to and
drnm the schools, I doubt if we
: are getting more now than six
months term.
y H&sides, It would eliminate a
great deal of the exposure the
children are subjected to while
waiting along the roads for a
azEuken down bog down bus.
How can a child concentrate on
fAakNkS under these conditions
aaRsn ahey are shook up, shook
e I0Rn, s$hook in, shook out, jam
''zzl1kE SIG, damned out, froze up,
I dFuxe Ein ,sand dEoze out? BY the
&izae they go through. a mental
and physical examination, they
elTeadyl togo Through the same
aESs6zA Un their respective homes
,S8 that the good mother can
gently put them to bed and ad-
HzaEzlster the necessary amount of
Szsaeigh2s salue and IMMINENT
a and send them to heamland for
the remainder eof the night.
In conclusion, the exhaust
system should be considered as
well as the acceleration.
- W. ~. Dickson,
s-Si1as mrk,. N c.
February rs, Y946.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-28

The nations total cropland
rose only about one per cent
from 1910 until 1914.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-28

North Cardinals 1916 egg pro-
duction goal is 8O,935, 900 dozen.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-10-25
Ga. CIO Hits
White Primary

ATLANTA, Oct. % (LPA)-
Pledging continuous fight to
keep for its Negro members the
democratic right to vote, the
Georgia CIO Industrial Union
Council last week denounced
Democratic Party efforts to
bring the white primary back
and demanded stern justice for
lynchers.
Meanwhile Aurelius Scott,
Negro candidate for Coroner of
Fulton County, (Atlanta) stated
that he had retained counsel to
retrieve a hand-scrawled state
ment in which he had with
drawn his candidacy as result
of pressure placed on him.
After Mr.. Scott had been fore
ed to withdraw by the Fulton
County Democratic Committee
from the 24-man race for cor
oner, % of the candidates being
white, the committee reversed
itself and ordered the entire pro-
cedure stricken from its records.
The committee took this action
to prevent the election of Mr..
Scott who might conceivably
have been elected by a solid
Negro vote.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-10-25
Union Leaders
Form NAACP
Labor Committee

WASHINGTON, October %
(LPA)-Formation of national
labor committee of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People was announc-
ed this week by Clarence Nit
chell, NAACP Labor Secretary.
Members of this committee
are: Willard Townsend, Walter
Reuther and George Weaver of
the CIO; Boris Shishkin, Nelson
Cruikshank and Frank Fenton
of the AFL; Alfred Baker Lewis,
Attorney Charles Houston, Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt and Palmer
Weber of the NAACP executive
board, and Father Francis Gilli-
gan, Chairman of the Governor IS
Commission in Minnesota. Presi-
dent A. Philip Randolph of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters has also been invited to
serve on the committee.
Plans will be made at the first
meeting of the committee on
Thursday, Ocober "a, in New
York for the implementation of
the committees statement of pol
icy which calls for complete in
tegration of Negroes and other
minoriy group members into un-
ions. Discussion will also CEN
ter around the elimination of dis
elimination in industry.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-10-25
UNIV Wants FEPc

ATLANTIC CITY (LPA) -
Delegates to the 39th annual
convention of the United Mine
Workers of America AFL, un-
animously passed a. resolution
calling for fair employment
practice law. The convention
also voted for passage of a Fed
eral anti-lynching law, abolition
of the poll tax and for the out
laWing of the Ku Klux Klan.
Another resolution voted on fa-
vorably asked appointment of
colored doctors on all hospital
staffs to provide better hospit-
alization and medical care for
colored patients"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-10-25
RoiI Union Loses
Roci0I Decision

NORFOLK, VA, October %
(LPA)-The Brotherhood of Lo-
comotive Firemen and Engineers
has no right to enforce a collec-
tive bargaining agreement which
bars Negro firemen from promo
tion or favorable assignment
solely because of their race,
Judge Sterling Hutchinson of the
eastern Virginia district of the
U. S. District Court ruled last
week.
Tom Tunstall, locomotive fire
man, was granted a judgment "a
gainst the Brotherhood and the
Norfolk Southern Railway COM
.pany for damages, the amount to
be decided by jury, in this i'm
portant decision.
Tunstall brought suit when he
was fired in October 1941 from
his interstate passenger run be-
cause of a 500 Negro quota "a
greement entered into by the
Brotherhood and the railroad.
When he asked the Brotherhood,
the exclusive bargaining repre-
sentative, to get him reinstated
the union refused.
Judge Hutcheson stated that
he would grant permanent in
junction against the Brother
hoods acting for Negro firemen
if it persisted in its policy, and
that he was granting a perman-
ent injunction to prevent the
two defendants from enforcing
the 500 quota agreement.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-10-25
Vets Pay Is Higher

WASHINGTON (LPA)-More
than one-third of the nations q
100000 veterans employed in
manufacturing in July 1916
were employed in industries
where weekly earnings averaged
$50 or more, the Labor Depart.
ment announced last week. Av-
erage weekly earnings in manu-
featuring were S43.35 for all
workers. Veterans comprised
more than 18go of all workers in
manufacturing and almost 22%
of all employees in heavy goods
production. In soft-coal mining,
however, veterans represented
less than $50 of the workers,
and in hard coal 1917. The iron
steel and auto industries en-
ployed almost one-quarter of all
veterans in manufacturing
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-10-25
CIO Is Host To
British Women

PHILADELPHIA (LPA)-The
American Federation of Hosiery
Workers-CIO is among the union
hosts here this week of two Brit
ish workers, Miss Iris Martin
and Miss Betty Rhoades. Fol-
lowing a scholarship at the Hud-
son Shore Labor School, the
girls are learning the why's and
wherefores of the American la
Dor movement during their five
month stay by touring industrial
plants, meeting union officials
and attending union meetings. In
Philadelphia different AFL and
CIO unions will sponsor their
visit on successive days.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-10-25
PAC Explained To
Congress Committee
KroIl Draws Laugh Relating
Charge Made By Candidate

WASHINGTON, Oct. % QPA)-The CIO Political
Action Committee maintains purge list" and has nc
huge slush fund to defeat Congressional candidates
Friendly labor, the House Committee Campaign Ex-
penditures told last week by Jack Krol, CIO-PAC
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-10-25
AverageManS Story
Is Proved AMyth
Envied Man Doesn't Get
Enough Food to Consume
by Ben Dor
LPA CoIumnisf

Poor Mr. Average Man. Half the people in the coun-
try envy him. the other half is doggone glad
body else And the people who write stuff for newspapers
spend half their time making up trick about him.
For instance little while ago the papers carried
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-10-25

is .. Hardly enough for these
days. Suppose we let him get
/ reckless and spend half his mon
ey on food. His wife will then
have an average of $3.50 a day
to spend on providing three
square meals for four hungry
people.
On that basis the scraps from
the feast aren't going to be
worth waiting for.
And the people who made
$1,000 in 1945 (20ss of the
American people made less than
thaD - spending half their in
come on food would give them
S1.35 per day. Even if you're
willing to cheer about the aver.
age man and his banquet Of
$3.50 a day, how do you feel
about this guy and his S1.35?
Where does this confusion a.
bout the average man and his
diet come from?
Comes rom Pretending
It comes from pretending that
all of the food to be eaten in
1916 will be divided up evenly
among all of the people. If you
did it that way, the newspaper
people might be right. But try
ing to pretend that that's going
to happen to the food-or money
or anything else-Would wreck
my pretender all to blazes. I
know l could never make it.
For example, if you could pre-
tend that the savings we had in
1945 were evenly distributed,
you could say that the average
man had saved up $3.50 by the
end of 1945. We'd all be well
fixed in that case. But we
know that half the people had
less than S400. Knowing that,
makes it hard for me to tune in
my pretender on the right wave
length.
So, instead of kidding our
selves, let's remember that for
the average man, and the half
of the population worse off than
he is, it's plenty tough. And IN
isn't going to make him feel any
better to read. a lot of CUFF in
the papers about how well off
he and the missus and kids are
really, honest and truly, going
to be in 1916.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-10-25

"a AAADNAAA~~g q AAhhA~ W.
story about how well the
average American and his
family are going to eat this
year.
In l946, the average man will
spend smaller part of his in
come for food than he did be-
fore the war. He will eat about
15%e more than before the war.
Food prices will remain moder-
ate because of price controls and
subsidies. That's what it says
here, in black and white.
But before you all gather a.
round the average mans dinner
table to grab some of the scraps
from his feast, you had better
take another look at this average
man, and his great all-American
A few months ago the Agri-
culture Department sent out
some Investigators to shake
hands with the American people,
and to try to find the average
American. When they located
him, they found that he had
earned about $4,000 in the year
1945. That's little less than
$40 per week, including the
money to pay for the newspapers
in which to read about how well
off he is.
Looks Pretty Good
That's the average. To half
of the American people, that
must have looked pretty good.
Because half the people made
less than that amount during the
year 1945.
But to a lot of other Amefi-
cans that 40 bucks week didn' t
look so good. Suppose you were
part of the 500 of the people
who made more than $1,000 in
1945, and somebody tried to cut
you back to $40 per each seven
days. How you would have
screamed!
Now, whether you envied him
or pitied him, that's the situation
that the average man was in,
back in 1945. He hasn't gotten
much better since then either. In
the wage drive that took place
between VJ-Day and May of this
year, 219o of the workers in
manufacturing industries got no
wage increases. Of those who
got them, half of the workers
food budget of 1946.
got less than 16c an hour. Non
manufacturing employees were
much worse off. And prices are
still going up.
Well, that's a lot of figures, so
'feS.s get back to food, and the
rosy dreams of the newspaper
writers.
Spends For Food
Before the war, a man who
made $40 a week, and had a
wife and two kids to spend it on,
might expect to spend as high as
800 or $50 of his money just
for food. Let's see, SO9o of $40
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-10-25

been avoided. Before 1912
things looked pretty dark for
the e e e cti on of President
Roosevelt and that had as much
to do with the formation of PAC
as anything"
PAC acts in an advisory ca
pacity and 'does not make pol
ICY" said Kroll. "We follow
such policies as are laid down
by CIO on the issues"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-10-25
CHICAGO LPA)-The trend

CHICAGO (LPA)-The trend
to shorter union names was evil
denced again at the AFL con-
vention here last week. Two
changes were approved:
The International Ladies'
Handbag, Luggage, Belt and
Novelty Workers Union will
henceforth be know as Interna-
tional Handbag, Luggage, Belt
and Novelty Workers Union.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-10-25

national director.
In January this year, Kroll
testified, PAC has $213,000 in
its treasury. CIO unions since
then have contributed about
$4,000 and individual contribu-
tions have added $50, 900 more.
The national PAC, Kroll said,
gets soc of every dollar collect
ed with the remaining soc re-
naming in treasures of local
organizations.
Kroll drew laughter when he
said that one Congressman had
sent out literature charging that
the CIO was spending $4,000, 900
to defeat him. eve didn't spend
a dime in that campaign" said
Kroll. "We contributed effort
and work to help defeat him."
Endorsements of candidates
are always made on a local or
state level, Kroll testified. c. B.
Baldwin, testifying for the Ma
ional Ciizens Political Action
Committee, said that NCPAC
had received $4,000 from May
through August and had spent
$4,000.
''It was the conviction of a
lot of u.s." said Kroll, that in
1920 if Woodrow Wilson had had
the support of a group such as
PAC, World War II or the de-
preston of 1929 might have
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-04-01
"Fattv" Had A System A Passover Tale

FarbSte1n.
"And the honey that wa ii,
on Rosh Hashana symbolizee ~ r.
sweetness which we hope for ths
new year. The poppy seeds II
the hamentashen, I suppose. !.
just to make the cakes bptto.
tasting, which goes with tha
happy spirit of Purim."
eyes, you have the idea" do.
clared Mr.. FarbStein, but d
you suppose you could address
yourself more particularly to ths
Passover holiday? That is ths
holiday, as you know, which ws
are studying just now"
WELL" replied Fatty. 81 ex.
planned the reason for the mat.
zoths. In addition to that. tbere
are the bitter herbs which ara
eaten at the Seder to remind Us
of Egypt and the "Charoseth" II
recall the bricks which our an.
cestors made when they were
slaves of Pharaoh. There is The
wine too, which is poured sym.
bolically for the various plag.
ues."
Excellent" pronounced the
teacher. did you hear that
boys? Mr.. Solnik has really re.
duced it to a system. You can
tell the whole story of the hol.
days by the foods. And by the
way" Mr.. Farbstein smiled at
Fatty, what is the symbolism Of
that apple which you are MUNICH.
ing now?"
WELL" replied Fatty, accord
ing to the Bible, the apple is Of
the tree of wisdom"
That's right, said the teach
en-" and 1 think you ought to
give some of it to Abe Shindline
and Sam Rosen and some o.
your other class mates"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-04-01

ton Secretary Arthur A. Calwell
announced.
The permits, he explained, will
be given to former inmates Of
Nazi concentration camps who
are close relatives to Jews now
in Australia. This is a human
itarian GESTURE he said. ION the
part OF Australia in recognition
of the suffering these people
have undergone in Europe"
These permits will enable the
recipients, now on the Continent.
to proceed to Britain whence
they will await transportation to
Australia. Officials point out,
however. that it may be two
years before these Jews can get
accommodations, since there is a
priority list of more than 5000
cases, which include the wives
of Australian soldiers who will
be brought to this country first.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-04-01

stein. but l want something
more concrete. Solnik, perhaps
you can give US the answer.
Fatty took last bite OF his
apple and rose. We'll, teacher,
would say that on Passover we
eat unleavened bread"
Fine"
And on Purim." continued
Fatty. I'VE eat hamentashen."
Excellent, go on"
And on Rosh Hashana we eat
a little honey with our meal"
That's right"
And on Yom Ripper = well,
we don't eat at all"
Splendid. 1 see you have re-
duced it all to eating and l must
say it does give a vivid picture
of the holidays = just what l
want"
What about Succoth," Abe
Shindling asked m o ckin gly.
What do you eat then?"
Fatty glanced at the ceiling be-
fore he replied. I'VE always have
lot of fruit on that holiday.
Papa said it represented the har-
vest. Besides. just after Succoth,
we ate the esrogim."
You don't eat the esrog."
shouted Shindling, THE esrog
and lulav are used in the pray
erS. No one ever eats them"
7 know it, returned Fatty,
but when Succoth is over, moth
er always cooked the esrogim.
They're delicious"
That's bunk laughed Abe.
No" Mr.. Farbstein put in.
''Solnik is right. It is quite COM
mon to eat the esrog after the
holiday. When it is well fried, it
makes an excellent dish. I think
Solnik," continued the teacher,
you have begun splendidly, but
the question is, how do you rel
ate these particular foods to the
holidays. That is important"
That's easy" Fatty began
I'VE eat the unleavened bread,
because in their hurry to get out
of Egypt, the Jews did not have
time to sour the dough. They
were about to become refugees,
and refugees can't delay"
That's right" prompted Mr.