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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-11-20
Paul E. Shelton Is
Awarded Air Medal

Lawrence U. Hardin, 1t Cg) HC,
USN, acting CO. us. Naval Unit,
Camp DERRICK, Frederick, presented
the Navy Air Medal to Paul Edward
Shelton, AOM &c, of 401 Brewer
Avenue, Hagrestown, at ceremonies
held at the camp on Friday, No
vember IA.
The award was given for series
of meritorious acts while participant
in aerial fight. Shelton was on a
VPB ZIG, operating from sea plane
tender in the Saipan area.
1t. Comdr. Cook was the COM
mander of the squadron.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-11-20

absolutely required to permit other
arrangements to be made. All the
usual essentials involved in doing
business such as money invested,
operating costs, reliability of service
and other normal considerations
have been totally disregarded.
l believe we are justified in ar
irving at the conclusion that the City
of Hagerstowh cannot do business
with The Potomac Edison Company
in satisfactory and business-like
manner. l fully appreciate the SER
iousness of the situation which the
City faces, but believe that one Of
the other suggested methods of solv-
ing the problem, even though more
expensive, would seem TO offer a
more popular solution. The gener-
ating capacity involved is needed
elsewhere and the recent expansion
of our Williamsport Plant was
planned four years ago, long be-
fore the present crisis arose or was
anticipated.
For all the years that / have SER
we'd as executive head of The Poto-
mac Edison Company, Hagerstown
has been our headquarters. The
homes of our officials, executive
staff, department heads and humid
reds of others of our employees have
been in this city and this group rep
resents a substantial part Of the
Company's payroll
During this entire time we have
tried to make ourselves acceptable
citizens of this community. We have
endeavored to carry a full share of
community responsibilities We
have tried to take our part in every
worthwhile community project,
whether it be in carrying share of
the work or giving full share of
the money. We all want to continue
to have our homes here. But our
position has already been made diff
ficult and unpleasant as result Of
the negotiations and it bears every
evidence of becoming still more ag-
gravated. Perhaps the service of
and citizenship of the Company and
I its employees warrants such an at
titude, but it is little difficult for
us to see it from that standpoint.
However, such being the circum-
stances, it seems as though the per-
I iod of interconnection can make lit
tie difference whether it be for one,
/ five or ten years.
In view Of the foregoing believe
/ it to be in the interest Of both the
City and The Potomac Edison Com
pany that these negotiations be ter
minated. Certainly the pros and
cons of the problem have been suf-
fciently discussed for everyone to be
familiar with them, and we assume
from the action taken at the last
Council meeting that the City is no
longer interested in our proposal.
If you will so advise me, we will
consider the matter closed
! assure you that it is with much
reluctance that | take this action.
/ / remain.
Yours very truly,
r. PAUL SMITH,
President.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-11-20
Navy Reserve Corps
To Hold Meeting

A meeting fthe Organized Navy
Reserve Corps will be held in the
Armory on North Potomac Street,
on Friday tomorrow night, at 2
p. m.
All ex-Navy pilots and ex-avia-
ton rate personnel are invited to
attend this meeting, at which a full
program of Flight Training is being
planned, designed to further ex-
navy mems knowledge of new de-
velopments in Aviation.
Many advantages as to regular
and specialized pay win be ex-
planned. ~
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-11-20
Around Town With
The Editor

When r. Paul Smith, president of
the Potomac Edison Company,
wrote to Mayor Sweeney last week,
suggesting that the negotiations for
a tie-in contract between his COM
pany and the Municipal Light Plant
be terminated, he released copies
of the letter to all the local papers
(the letter will be found in the
Light Plant story elsewhere on this
page.
But when the Mayor issued
public statement on Monday, ex-
planning his position in the matter,
he released his statement exclusive
ly to the Daily Mail.
In that statement the mayor said:
"a public official should serve and
protect his community =. =" Does
the Mayor call serving" his COM
munity releasing his statements, as
Mayor of Hagerstown, to just one
newspaper in the community?
And while am on the subject of
the Light Plant, let me congratulate
the writer of that engagement"
story in "Over The Coffee Cup" in
Tuesdays Morning Herald. That
was the cleverest bit of satire ! have
read in many a day.
The discussion between the SUI
perintendent of Schools and the
Board of County Commissioners on
the School Bond issue, scheduled for
Tuesday, had to be postponed, due
to the chairman of the Board, l. KEEL
Ter Shank, being out of town.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-11-20
To Hold Public Educational Meeting
On Alcoholism On Sunday Afternoon

Sponsored By Alcoholics Anonymous And Arranged BY A
Representative Citizens Committee Meeting VIII Be Ad-
dressed BY Leaders In The Fight To Cure The Deaseee
ing viii Be Educational And Inspiring And Should Not Be
Missed By Anyone.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-11-20
AeLOOKH&G
AND
A.lHSTEARAG
By Ellen Hagedorn

Isn't it fun to walk around
downtown and greet your
friends?
Perhaps you just smile and
wave, perhaps you call out a
CHEEKY "Hi!"
Perhaps you stop and chat
awhile. And when you walk
on there is a warm afterglow
in your heart.
Not only in your heart, tho;
it fingers in the light of your
eyes, in the soft smile about
your, mouth.
Hagerstown is friendly
town. Let's keep it so.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-11-20
No Action Taken By Mayor And Council
On PES Request That Negotiations End

Mayor Sweeney Still Hopeful That Council VIII Approve
Original Contract For Ten-President OF Potomac Edison
Puts Cards On Table In Letter To Mayor-Counc May Act
Before End OF Week
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-11-20

The moral factor is the basic fac
tor in all problems.
The union times., 1947-10-04
High Prices Not Fault Of Unions

THE and of unions the aims and o demo Secretary of Labor John w. Gibson sad week in important statement
 labor history Clb- Of their members in political and economic freedoms that freedom without that denied like all of the people, responsible only for the economic today highest standard of living in the world but for social reforms that the symbols of democracy the world over," he said.
 propaganda spread according Cibson that
 
 also held production could be and the law of supply and demand given opportunity to work
 "ctuay, production alime peak for of probably surpassed wartime production in volume o output did kind of justice that the weekly check should least weekly bill od loting and other necessities of life.
 reached time peak and still prices In order promised that the removal of would
  responsibility with the workers of America" Looking Gibson said that for the half of this year, corporation profits nearly twice they for l946 Also that the food prices have increased lO6H2 In order make both ends Gibson had their savings Yet people still place the blame for high prices organized labor
The union times., 1947-10-04
AS WE SEE IT

cret Life of Walter Nifty, Cross fire, Black Narcissus, Best Years of Our Lives, Henry V.
 It's impossible not to sympathize with the Ford Motor Co. emplOye in Detroit who, for a little time at least, found a method of beating the high cost of living. This enter. prising guy got on the payroll of a Ford foundry on the 10 pm. to 6 ann. shift, and then somehow got on the payroll in another Ford foundry from 6 am. to 2 p.m. Consequently, he worked l6 hours day. The whole thing might never have been discovered by the police if he hadn't tried to put in overtime holding up pawnshops.
 Don't get any ideas that Taft's 'seat less" formula was a slip of the tongue. Taft's brain always worked like that. Old-time Ohio unionists will tell you that the year 1921 was year like 1947--a post war year of horribly inflated prices. Taft was serving his first term in the Ohio legislature and a state rent control bill was introduced. Taft as chairman of the commit. tee fought successfully to keep the legislature from ever having g chance to vote on the bill. Why :? Here is Taft's explanation on April 26, 1921: ''The higher the rents. the more incentive there is for 8 man to own his own hOme."
 Bob Hawks jingle: Atoms to atoms, dust to dust; it looks from here like one world or bust. P enny (Blondie) Singleton's thought: The person you see in the mirror will make or break you. Happy Felton's fun: Many man keeps his nose to the grindstone SC his wife can turn hers up at the neighbors.
The union times., 1947-10-04

Being of an ordinarily cheerful dis position ( insist), today I want to continue some of my gripes. give you, ladies and gentlemen. the prob lem of how to judge whether or not moving picture is worth seeing.
 If you live in metropolitan city, the problem is simple You select the newspaper whose moving picture critic has about the same taste as yours, and follow his advice But what about people like us in the average Connecticut city, where the newspa- pers (inc1uding this one), don't have critics. We are at the mercy of the name of the picture, which doesn't mean thing; and the adjectives used in the advertisements. Gables back and Garson's got him. may be dis tinct contribution to the literary form of slogan so nimbly conceived by copy writers, but it doesn't tell us if the picture is worth damn. Outside of the area of envy, who cares if Gables got Carson? Who's got Lana Turner For that matter, and here's real re- search project: who's got Theda Bara?
 Isn't it about time the movies started to treat us as if we had some intelli- gence? We don't ask much. only that they stop telling us that each picture is phenomenal. Me, I'll settle for a good one. And never mind the double | feature.
The union times., 1947-10-04
Under The Nutmeg Tree
By Nathan Sherman

There is peculiar situation deve1- oping around the 1ong-vs.- short dress controversy. Many women. my pri- vate poll shows, are opposed to the new styles, but can't do anything about it. If the designers and dress manufac- turers continue to put only long skirts on the market, what choice have the women but to buy them? What else are they going to buy when they need new clothes? I realize that I am way out of my depth in discussing this sub ject, but l want to find out if there's an answer.
 The International Ladies Garment Workers Union, it seems to me. could be of real service in this situation. One of the objections to the long skirt is the fact that cloth is being wasted at time when people all over the world have insufficient clothing. Why can't the IL.GW.U. ask the dress manufacturers to give the wo- men two styles-the long and the short type of dresses? By short, I mean not longer than halliday down the calf. At least that's what I heard on broadcast last week.
 In the mail: Question of the week If you're opposed to improved Social Security, slum-clearance and low-rent housing, a national health insurance plan, and decent minimum wages why don't you go back to the century you came from?
The union times., 1947-10-04
Apprentices At High Mark

WASHINGTON - (FP) = The number of apprentices in building trades set new alltime record at the end of August with about 104,00C young workers learning their skills on the job, the US. Apprentice Train ing Service said last week.
 Woodworking led the list with 38,- 500 apprentices, followed by 14,OOO ir trowel trades; pipe trades, 15,5O0; electrical, 15,500; painting, 5000; sheet metal, 7,50O and other trades 5000. More than 7596 of the nations apprentices are veterans of World War II.
The union times., 1947-10-04

Mention The Union Times when shopping, and help labor's own paper grow.
The union times., 1947-10-04
THE NEW FILMS

SONG OF LOVE: A beautiful story of the life of Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms, told in utmost good taste, with gorgeous score. Katherine Hepburn, Paul Henreid, Robert Walker. Don't miss it.
 HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS: An. other story about the guardian an. gel who comes down to earth to ge, things strengthened out for our hero. Some fairly funny situations. but definitely below average.
 DOWN TO EARTH: Rita Hay. worth is lovely, Larry Parks roman. tic and the Technicolor beautiful, but the story is generally boring and high-schoolish. Okay, if you can forget plot and characters and enjoy music and dancing.
 BEST BETS (previously re- viewed): Great Expectations, Se-
The union times., 1947-10-04
(Continued from Page One)

The Olympian New York Times sat on some very important news last week. The story came out of Nuremberg, Germany, where 2 di- rectors of the German cartel, l. C. Farben, are on trial before an American war crimes court.
 Evidence introduced by U. s. at torneys at the trial listed gifts which IC had made to Nazis and also listed American firms which had been associated with the Nazi outfit.
 Reporting this, the AP sent out a dispatch which also named s American firms as having been as- sociated with IC. The New York Times printed part of that AP dis patch but omitted mention of the firms which included Standard Oil of N. J., Bristol Myers, Eastman Kodak, Bayer Aspirin, etc.
Evening star., 1947-12-21
\XE;;:Ti W.; i g. 5:

DANCES.
Junior Hadassah donor dance. Amoas-
! sador Hotel, 8 o'clock tonight.
Crossroads Club charity dance; jewish
Community Center, O'CLOCK tonisht'
LECTURE.
italian Portraits" delivered by Andrew
s. Keck in the ground floor lecture hall
National Gallery Of Art. 5 pm. today. =
MUSIC.
YTez Sezs'%ss EssDtf ss5's snd se's
stevens Dsn1st in asieI1 5satsl IL IL
| Art, s O'Clock tonight.
SPECIAL EXHIBITS.
Artists COOPERATIVE, 1920 M street
NV, open 1870 to 8 pm; daily; Christ
mas sales exhibit, including paintings;
etehnes ceramic ieyelry snd ds6es nd y,s
| ity through December.
corcoran Galley of ra1ts Art; ssysnteensh ven ep.h
to 4sS tb4sb M0ndsy Srdsys % sn to sm 4ao 70
Sundays, and holidays Alexander James
Msm9rsI o ENhOt1n N th1onsh jan
uary IL; recent accesSions IN 1sth century
American drawings, through, Jannary 81;
srssbe SGcs srty 9y % for
an indefinite period.
Bush and Weeks Gallery, 2olo street
NV, open to pm daily: paintings oy
'01s. Barnet nsAtei Aden Gsiiers. ~ Randolph
s1afs pm sqnaszs Ths .s"}S;Ss NssTs
and graphic prints by Elizabeth catlett'
through January 20. A.. c.s.,+ut,.,
avenae Ma.0nal and Gsh' sixth street M NV open 10
am. to 5 pm. weekdays. to 10 pm: sun !.
days: PAINTINGS and sculpture, ,,, comprising SIN,
iections. d ' and nd gifts from other donors, for
an indefinite period: war portraits OIL per
sonneI of the naval service for an IN
Public LSTary, Art .12ta,a Division, Central onen
srs am boot to bIndnss p by Marian Lanes
'hfHssh Fish .nd peiIdhlif WiIdlife Service, under main
Foufteenth SSnH en- and E streets NV: open 9
and and fresh-water hsh. for an indefinite
Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Thirty-nrst
and R streets NV open -: an: ~ 70 1.,sted Pen
" n National Archives, exhibition hall, Con;
stitution avenue between. seventh sna
Ninth streets 5d qpen o s4b 81 SUNDAYS So .d
holidays exhibit of historical documents ,ieins
and World War II paintings on recrul1ihe
'nfSafH Sak ia Museum, Memorial Continental n, .
Hall, Seventeenth and D streets NV. open
10 am to 3 pm. weekdays: Album OF
Americana" exhibition and recent acces-
sions, through December.
washington Workshop Co-opefauve,
2o2o MASSACHUSETTS, avenue NV, open
to 4 pm. and to 8 pm. weekdayE ex-
hibition Of paintings by Jock Perlmutfer.
Jacob Kainen, Laura Douglas, WaNef
Carnelli and other WASHINGTON artlsts'
watkins Gallery, American University
campus, Nebraska and MASSACHUSETTS, aye.
nues NV, open am. to pm: daliS;
exhibition of oils, water colors and sculp-
ture by members of the Artists Gullo'
through January 4.
Library Of ConEress, First and East CAP
itol streets Sc, open am. to le pm
Saturdays and 2 to 10 pm. SUNDAYS;
original Lecock Abbey copy Of the Magna
Carta, on loan from the British govern,
ment until December Is, 1946; original
manuscript of Lincoln's three-page auto
biography" for an indefinite period; pho
tographs Of early Southern architecture.
by Frances B. johnson, through December
documents and correspondence OF Aprs
ham Lincoln, for an indefinite PERIOD
Some Aeronautics Experiments" an ad-
dress presented by Wilbur Wright before
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Science Calendar
Technical Society
Meetings Listed

These scientific and technical So
ciety meetings were announced for
the coming week by the Joint Com
mittee on Press Relations of the
District Council of Engineering and
Architectural Societies and the
Washington Academy of Sciences.
All meetings listed are open to the
public. Due to the Christmas holi-
day season, only one meeting Is
scheduled for this week.
Monday.
Smithsonian Institution-8 pm,
Auditorium United States National
Museum, Tenth and Constitution
avenue NV. Francis Hemming OF
London, Secretary of the Interna-
tional Commission on Geological
Nomenclature, geological Nom
enclature."
Evening star., 1947-12-21

western Society Of EnEineers in Chicaro.
1901. describing Wright Brothers' expert
ments, shown with early photographs; ex.
hibit. commemorating 50th anniyersary Of
opening Of main building. through pecem-
ber: Dayton c. Miller collection Of futes
and related materials, throush December;
Finnish books received on exchange from
University Of Helsinki through December;
exhibit marking centennial of settlement
Of Utah, through December; exhibit show.
world, through December: artistically
printed law books. through December' ana
early books and manuscripts In the Chi
nese collection, through December.
FOR sERvICEMEN.
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club
1918 L street NV. comfortable lounges
library, writing desks, billiard table. radio
entertainment, z o'clock; Christmas tree
decorating, 7:30 o'clock. and dance with
orchestra, 8 o'clock tonight, USo club, 1911
H street NV.
Coffee and cake, & O'Clock, and Christ
mas vespers. $50 o'clock tonight. Pent-
house USO, Seventeenth and X streets NV
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Son OF Firm S. Founder
To Head Trew Motor Co.

Joseph B. Trew, founder Of the
Trew Motor Co., announced last
night that his son, Joseph r. Trew,
will succeed him Immediately as
president of the firm. The son has
been president of the Washington
Automotive Trade Association for
the last two years. The older Mr..
Trew will become chairman Of the
board of the company.
Announcement of the change was
made last night at a Christmas
dinner party held at the firms main
Evening star., 1947-12-21

the equivalent Of an extra two and
one-third months pay.
Other officers Of the firm, who
continue their present posts, are:
Fred r. Trew, vice president; DON
aid Nelson. vice president; Mrs.
Joseph B. Trew, treasurer, and Miss
Alice Thomas, secretary.
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Miss Russell Named to Post

Miss Marian E. Russell, who has
served for three years as medical
social consultant in the Federal Sc
curity Agency, has been appointed
director Of the social service depart
ment at the University of Illinois
hospitals, 1t was announced yester-
day.
Evening star., 1947-12-21

building, 1926 Fourteenth street
NV.
After the dinner, checks were dis
tributed to the 100 employees repre-
senting profit shares for the last
half OF the year. Off1cials said
these, added to checks distributed In
July, meant each employe received
Evening star., 1947-12-21

About IS per cent of the divorces
granted in the United States are un-
divorced parents.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-01-31

This base relief of Jacob H. Schiff, the
centennial of whose birth occurred January
10th, occupies place in the lobby OF the
o2nd Street YMHA in New York City as
a reminder of the debt which the jewish
center movement owes him. To the right
S a photo of the YMHAs first building
which was donated by the great patron OF
Jewish learning who was moi only one OF
the first to recognize the Importance of thu
h,,t who was the spiritual father of the
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-01-31
Letter BOX
AUTHORIZATION LEAGUE
of B'Nai Birth

|
The White House
Washington, D. c.
MY dear Mr.. President:
It was heartening to read your
inspiring and comprehensive mes
sage on the state Of the Union
to the new Congress, in which you
called attention to one of the ma
tons urgent problems: the efforts
of organized un-American bigots
to destroy the civil liberties OF
+, groups of citizens in the United
States by whipping up racial and
religious prejudice.
AS Chairman of the Anti-Defa-
nation League of B'nai Birth, an
organization of Americans of Jew
ish Faith, dedicated to the fuller
development of the ideals of de-
mocracy, I wish to express my
deep-felt thanks for focusing ma
tional attention on Gas you stated
in your TALK "the numerous at
tacks upon the constitutional
rights of individual citizens as a
result of racial and religious BIZ
gotry." We of this organization
hope that your message will spur
the Congress to renewed effort in
meeting this problem and that the
studies undertaken by the newly
established Committee on Civil
Rights, will lead to an ameliora-
ton of present conditions.
During 1916, the growth of the
Ku Klux Khan, the rise of the Col
umbians and other hate groups,
have demonstrated too wildly that
democracy is in constant danger
of fascist-inspired moves to dis
rupt the unity of our country by
whipping up race and religious
hatred. We believe that the Presi-
dents Committee can make a salu-
tary contribution by studying the
false front groups parading under
pseudo-religious and pseudo-pa-
triotic names. The vicious una
merican innuendoes and political
ly ambitious demagogues must be
carefully catalogued and evaluat-
ed, and the activities of groups
preaching discrimination against
minOritieS must be scrutinized
with infinite care. After all, in
some respect, every American is a
member of a minority. Only in
this way can race bias in any form
and in any field be fought quick
ly and determinedly. Half-hearted
action will mean that our demo-
cratic system and not merely the
happiness of minority groups is
endangered. It will mean a contin-
uation of discrimination in our COL
leges and universities, in our econ
omic life and in such elementary
human needs as housing and recre-
alton.
We believe that the Presidents
Committee in this way can make
an important contribution toward
the goal of providing all Ameri-
cans with equal opportunity to de-
velop their talents and personal
tiles in free society. A hard and
long fight is still ahead of all of
us and it is heart-warming TO
know that we have your great
strength and wise craftsmanship
to lead us.
Very respectfully yours,
MEIR sTEINBRINK
National Chairman