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Milford chronicle., 1947-06-20

After weeks of negotiation, the
building trades unions, the con-
tractors and the federal cOncilia
tion board are still at variance on
questions of wage increases and
hours of work per week. The con-
tractors say that basic wages, by
means of wartime premiums, have
been increased 20 per cent since
1889 and that living costs have in
creased 55.4 per cent. The unions
answered that prewar wages in
building trades were mot a living
wage"
The conciliation board has sug-
gested slight wage increases which
the unions have rejected.
Threats of strikes in the build
ing trades have been alarming
because Switzerland, as many
other nations, has an acute, hous-
ing shortage.
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-20

Chambersburg, Pa, who was at
Ocean City on a party with a group
of school girl friends.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles W. Wilgus
and daughter, Mrs. Nettie West.
Mrs. w. A. Law and Miss Addie
Furman went to Frankford on Fri
day night to see Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
gar West of COllingsdale, Pa and
to view the body of Mrs. Vests
brother, Mr. Calvin Evans. prior To
the funeral services at Ocean View
on Saturday Mr.. Evans and Mrs.
West are brother and sister of the
late DR.. Horace +. Evans of Selby-
vile.
Mrs. Essie Murray has gone To
Llanerch, Pa. to join her son and
wife. Comm. and Mrs. A. Murray
and the latter's mother. Mrs. Eva
B. Moore on few weeks vacation
trip.
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-20
Australia to Train
Boy AviatOrs

CANBERRA, Australia up =
A plan to enlist youths of Ii or IA
years old into a permanent air
force as cadets is expected to be an
important new step in Australia S
postwar defenses. Air force authori-
ties consider that Australia's future
air force must be based on steady
training. The rush training of air
crews and ground organization
would be replaced by more COM
prehensive overall system.
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-20
SELBYVILLE

Our pastor, Rev. Charles S. JAR
Wis, is in the Methodist Hospital,
Philadelphia, for an operation. He
entered the hospital on Thursday
bat at the time of this writing, no
report has been made of the opera
ton, but it was probably performed
on Monday. His many friends are
hoping for an early and successful
recovery.
Our guest minister on Sunday
was the Rev. Vinal E. Hills of Will
mingtOn, former pastor here, and
the builder of the present church,
which is the fourth Salem Church.
Mr.. Hills has now retired from the
ministry after preaching for 5
years. He is still active, and de-
livered two very fine sermons. His
subject in the morning was the
Superiority of Love-" He said he
was going to use the longest text
he ever used in his life, which was
the whole of the 18th Chapter OF
First Corinthians. He told of many
things the power of love can &C.
cOmplish, and the sermon was
thoroughly enjoyed. His subject fol
the evening was Character Build
ing," and it too was full of inspira-
ton and helpful thought.
Mr.. Hills, who was 80 years oil,
the Goth of last December, was {
| guest of Mr.. G.. l.. McCabe, Sr.
through the weekend and unit
Tuesday of this week and called OF
many of his former friends. Visit
ing ministers will occupy the pul
pit until Mr.. Jarvis is able to TAX
up his work again.
The official board of the churcl
just recently had the kitchen of tn
parsonage remodelled and installer
a Bendix washer and also dis
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-20

o. Henry was Sidney w. Porter;
Mark Twain, Samuel l.. Clemens;
George Eliot, Mr.. Cross Evans;
Quiz. Charles Dickens and c.
EDGAR WOOD is the name to re-
member when you are looking for
dependable insurance agency to
advise you on insurance problems.
You will like our friendly. cour-
teous attention and the prompt and
careful manner in which our COM
panies pay claims.
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-20

Work among Zulu tribes is
strictly divided between men and
women. The men cut and set the
poles for houses but women weave
the mat coverings; the men carve
utensils from wood but women
make clay pots.
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-20

Tests indicate that an acre of
cotton can be produced with 81
hours labor with machines com
pared with 130 hours of hand la
Dor.
The union times., 1947-12-06

never intended to protect the work CTS during a major economic col lapse.
 If there were 12 million iobIess in the first year of another depres- sion, he said, only one-haIf would be eligible for any benefits what sOever. If the depression were to continue into second and third year, the great majority of those eligible would exhaust their wage credits and be forced to seek aid through relief, soup kitchens and work projects.
 He estimated that by the end of the third year of fu11-sca1e depression, only lO@o of the unemployed would be eligible to receive benefits, and even for these, benefits would range down from maximum of about $500 year.
 Asserting that no one solution could meet the problem of major depres- sion, Hirschfeld said possible measures to help the workers through an eco- homie collapse could include guaran- teed employment, new job-creating in- dustrieS, public works, private savings and severance pay.
The union times., 1947-12-06
Unions Take Strike Vote In
 Western Union

SHIN GTON (FP) = Charging that the Western Union Telegraph Co. has said nothing but no" in conferences over their demand for 15c an hour wage increase, rep reSentatives of three AFL unions have ordered a nationwide strike vote of 50,000 workers.
 The balloting will close Dec. 4 and a strike date may be set unless Pres. Truman intervenes under the emergency clause in the Taft-Hart- ley act and sets up a board of in- quiry. Such action would delay the walkout and enable Truman to direct Atty. Gen. Tom Clark to get an injunction against the unions.
 Involved in the situation are the Commercial Photographers, represent ing 10000; Telegraph Emp1oyes with $500 and the Telegraph Workers with 4,0O0.
 The contract with WU does not ex- pire until April, 1948, but it contains wage reopening clause that became operative Oct. 1, 1947. Spokesmen for the unions said that since last springs wage increase of 5c an hour, WU had made an additional SIP million in profits.
The union times., 1947-12-06
Committee To Fight
 Jim Crow In Army

NEW YORK (LPA) "A cam paign to insure inclusion of amend ments barring Jim Crow from uni versal military training legislation was launched by the Committee Against Jim Crow. in Military Service and Training Charles J. Patterson of Fort Wayne, Ind, a disabled Negro war veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star medals is executive secretary of the committee and A.. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, AFL, its treasurer.
 The committee is chaired by Cap tain Grant Reynolds, N. Y. State Commissioner of Correction, and in cludes Joe Louis, worlds heavyweight champion, Dr. Charming Tobias and Mrs. Sadie Alexander who were mem bers of the Presidents Civil Rights Commission, Miss Layle Lane of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL, Maida C. Springer of the ILGWU-AFL and a number of out standing writers, clergymen, and uni versity professors.
The union times., 1947-12-06
U. (. Benefits No Protection In Depression

CHICAGO - (FP) - If new depression hits the U. S., the unem- ployment compensation system will not keep workers off bread1ines or home relief rolls.
 That's the conclusion of a study made by the Research Council for Economic Security, an employer sponsored group.
 The $7 billion total reserve ac- cumulated by the states in the 10 years that the unemployment com pensatiOn program has been Oper- ating would cover the benefits to U. 5. workers as a whole, the study found.
 But, it pointed out, industrial states like Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Michigan, Maryland and De1a- ware would be relatively hard hit, with their unemployment reserves facing exhaustion at the end of the period, while agricultural states like Iowa, Kansas and Mississippi would come out of the depression with a fairly large surplus still available.
 Research Dir. Gerhard Hirsch- field noted that the present unem- pIOyment compensation system was
The union times., 1947-12-06
Strikers Ask
 Gene Autry To Get Off Saddle

WACO, Tex. (FP)-Famous cow boy singer Gene Autry, who has a popular following of millions, rates as low as villain in a Hollywood west ern with strikers at the J. M. Wood Co. here, manufacturers of the Gene Autry Blue Jeans"
 Two hundred teen-age girls and widowed mothers, the entire work force, walked out in protest against 50 cents hourly wages at the Wood factory. The average wage in simi- lar plants under union contract is exactly double.
 The union charged that the plant making the Autry blue jeans recently rescinded 10c hourly increase granted last June. Individual wage cuts, ranging from 369o to 509o, also helped precipitate the walkout.
 The cowboy singer receives royal ty on every pair of blue jeans bearing his name. The purchaser gets free with every pair "a colored picture of the famous cowboy singer and his horse."
 A union committee protested to Autry at the Columbia Broadcast ing studios in Hollywood and urged him to use his influence with the Wood management in an attempt to improve wage and working con- ditiOns at the plant. Autry refused, declaring he received ''only small royalty'' from the product which sells under his autograph.
 The union has instituted series of lawsuits against the firm to recover various amounts owed to employees as a result of violations of the wage hour law, the Walsh-Hea1ey act and state wage payment laws. The 200 women struck only after weeks of futile efforts to negotiate with man. agement.
The union times., 1947-12-06
Postal Clerks Seek Permanent Increase

Chicago (LPA) A $1,OOO-a-year permanent salary increase for all post office clerks was proposed to Con- gress last week in resolution passed by 300 delegates to meeting of the Federation of Post Office Clerks-AFL. It was pointed out that post office sa1a- rleS are now so low that many of the clerks must take outside jobs to SUD- plement their wages.
The union times., 1947-12-06
Labor Political Strength Helps To Win Justice

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - CPD = LabOr's strong influence in winning the Kentucky general election has even made itself felt in the courts. Over the vigorous opposition of Republican authorities, a Democra- tic judge has agreed to treat trade union members as respectable citizens"
 The day the last ballots were count ed, Republican quarterly court judge Henry Thieman ordered Y members of the United Farm Equipment Work CTS held for grand jury action under bonds ranging up to $1 500 on charges growing out of the Intl. Harvester strike here in October.
 This placed them under the jurisdic- tion of criminal court judge Lorraine Mix, Democrat, who immediately sent deputy to bring the men before him. Quarterly court officers refused to turn the defendants over to the dep uty, claiming they were still in GUS tody of that court.
 Mix thereupon issued formal order which brought the men before him. He then freed IA of them without bond on their promise to appear if they were indicted. Three had made bond during the shufaing between courts.
 County attorney Sam Steinfeld, Republican, appeared before Mix to protest the procedure and was told that everything was entirely regular. The judge said it was not unusual to release respectable citi- zens on their own bonds.
 Not unrelated to this action, in the opinion of some observers, was the fact that democrats won almost all con- tested city, county and state offices ln the general election and that labor was given large share of credit for the victory.
 Among the most active workers at the polls were the former liar vester strikers who had vowed to get even with the Republicans for actions of the COP-controlIed county police force during the 4O- day strike.
The union times., 1947-12-06
borDocuments Still Missing In
 Freedom Train

WASHINGTON CPD - The Freedom Train with its priceless car go of documents outlining the devel- opment of American liberties was on exhibit in the nations capital last week, but the promised papers relat- ing to American labor freedom were still missing.
 The FeedOm Train project was originally the idea of Atty. Gen. Tom Clark but was taken up by the American Heritage Foundation for actual operation. When Rep. AdoIph Sabath (D., Ill.) late in August suggested to Clark that it was strange that documents refer ring to labor freedom had been omitted from the display, he was assured that the matter was being taken up with top AFL leaders and they would be included.
 On the road 21a months, having been shown in most of the northeast ern states, the Freedom Train docu- ments still have a gap between the 1919 constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote and the pa pers relating to World War II. Among the suggestions for inclusion have been the Wagner Act, the wage hour law, Pres. Roosevelt's wartime FEPC order, the Sherman and Clay ton antitrust laws and the Norris LaGuardia anti-injunction act.
 A high Justice Dept. spokesman, asked to comment on the lack of labor papers, said the American Heritage Foundation lis still working on that" but explained "they probably haven't had time to do anything on it.
The union times., 1947-12-06
Denham Meets First T-H Court Setback

Chattanooga, Tenn. (LPA)-NLRB General Counsel Robert Denham re- ceived his first major setback in the courts last week when US. District Court Justice Leslie R. Darr rejected an NLRB request here for an injunc- tion against the United Brotherhood of Carpenters.
 The court found that the unions alleged violations occurred the day before the Taft-Hartley law went into effect and that they did not have a continuing effect" nor indicate that future violations would happen, as the NLRB contended. On Aug. 21, the day before the law became effective, AFL carpenters here refused to work with non-union employees of speciality store when the latter arrived at a house to install floor covering.
 This refusal constituted a secondary boycott, according to the NLRB, and the continuing effect" was supposedly in the unions failure to withdraw in Structions to its members not to work with non-union men.
The union times., 1947-12-06
Hollander Named
 New BIS Price Chief

WASHINGTON, D. C. - Evan Clague, Commissioner of Labor Sta tlstlcs, named Edward D. Hol1ander to succeed Lester s. Kellogg as chief of the BIS Price and Cost of Living Branch.
 MT. Hollander, a former economist with the U. s. Employment Service and the War Manpower Commission, joined the Labor Department staff in l94o after serving with the Navy in World War II.
 MT. Kellogg is resigning from gov ernment service to accept private em- p1oyment.
The union times., 1947-12-06
T-HLaw Doesn't Cover Violence

Baltimore (LPA)-The Taft-Hart- ley Act does not apply to violence on a picket line, Federal Judge ruled here this week. Judge w. C. Chestnut upheld the unions argument that the I'll law does not cover simple as sault cases and dismissed a suit brought against the Marine & Ship building Workers-CIO by a ship yard worker who said he was beaten when he tried to cross a picket line at the strikebound Bethlehem Shipyard here.
The union times., 1947-12-06
Labor Broadcasts Football Games

WATERLOO, Ia. = (FP) = The gridiron battles of the Iowa Hawkeyes are being piped to radio audiences this year over Station KXEL, courtesy of two unions as part of a public service program which has brought high praise from farmers, office workers, small businessmen and nonunion working people,
 Behind the public relations idea are Local 46, United Westinghouse Work CTS and Local 838, United Auto Work CTS.
 Instead of getting spot announce ments about razors or beer, the radio audiences tuned into the football games get commercials" with real mes sage. A total of eight 1-minute spots plug such important matters to labor as high prices, community service of organized labor, anti-1abor laws and the need for their repeal, etc. In ad- d1tlon, a 3-minute neighbor1y talk is given by different member of the locals between halves of each game.
The union times., 1947-12-06

Barbara Jo Walker, Miss America l947, looks as we'll with clothes on, as she does in a bath ing suit. In case you're actually looking at the dress - it's a cot ton-taffeta ''everglaze'' affair that ''weaves magic into ordinary cot ton materials,'' according to the publicity blurb. Federated Pic tureS)
The union times., 1947-12-06
UNION GROCERY

St. Louis (LPA)-Another union grocery store was opened last week, this time in St. Louis. The store, run by the Retail, Wholesale and Dept Store Union, is stocked with staples which are being sold at cost to meet living expenses and force down prices generally in the area. Customers are invited to sign up for a projected CO., op store which would be a permanent replacement for the union grocery.
The union times., 1947-12-06

Mention The Union Times Whe1 Shopping.
The union times., 1947-12-06
KIDNAP WOMAN UNIONIsT

Atlanta, Ga. (LPA)-A volunteer organizer for the Textile Workers Union in Tal1apoosa last week was kidnapped, gagged, driven out of town and told Don't ever come back or you will be shot on sight" The textile union has filed with the NLRB charges that the American Thread Co.,, whose plant she was organizing, did "conspire and participate in the abduction.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
PRESS MEETING
OPENS TODAY
More Business For Eastern
North Carolina To
Be Subject

GOLDSBORO. May 15-P-The
Eastern Carolina Press assoeia-
ton, meeting here tomorrow night
and Saturday, will discuss how &c
attract more industries to the
Eastern part OF the state and such
newspaper problems as shortage
Of paper and mechanical Difficult.
ties.
Principal speeches viii be de
livered TOMORROW by Paul Kelly,
assistan. director of the state de-
partunent Of conservation and de.
veloprnent and Saturday afternoon
by Leon S. Dure, executive news
editor OF the Winston-Salem Jour
nal-Sennnel. Kelly will talk on
more industry for Eastern North
Carolina" and Dure viii discuss
the significance Of a free press.
President Henry Belk Of Colds
ooro said he expects rs delegates
viii answer his call to order to-
morrow. The Saturday session viii
be in charge OF D. j. Whichard Of
Greenvile, vice president.
Leslie Thompson of Whiteviue
will lead a discussion of mechani-
cal problems Saturday, and H. C.
Braxton Of Kinston will be leader
Of a forum on the newsprint out
look.
Also On the Saturday program is
q report from Mayor Parker OF
Ahoskie, secretary-treasurer; and
Prot. c. J. Coffin of the journalism
department OF the University of
North Carolina.
Plans for the summer meeting OF
the North Carolina press associa-
ton will be presented by President
Herbert Peele of Elizabeth City.
Committee reports viii follow
Dure's address.
A tour Of the State hospital at
Goldsboro will conclude the con.
vention Saturday afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16

sought either q second degree mu'
der or manslaughter charge con
viction.
Principal witness in addition Il
the defendant IN the case was Sgt
E. 3. Murray. Wilmington police
officer who investigated Stukes
death.
Smith declared. in telling his
story:
When l went II the house,
Stukes vas sleeping on a couch.
Pretty soon he woke Up and started
70 curse me. He said I'll fz
you. Just wait here and I'll come
back and fix you"
In about five minutes he came
back with z pistol and pointed II
at me I couldn't get out because
Il back door was locked and
Stukes was blocking the front door.
Maggie and Raymond James tried
10 hold him away and tell him
hanon't done any harm.
When I saw he was going 10
shoot ne, I pulled my gun out Of
nv pocket and shot him. Then ]
broke the lock On the back door
and ran out. The next morning
u went into police headquarters
and told them what I did"
To Moore's question. WAS
stukes about 70 pull the trigger
Of his gun when you shot him."
Smith answered, 81 think so. II
don't take long TO pull a trigger"
Murray's testimony on the facts
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16

involved II the shooting confirm
ed those given by Smith. Dr.
A. Il. Elliott. county health off
Ger, testified that he conducted
postmortem on Stukes' body and
found that death was caused by
q bullet entering the left side 0!
his chest.
Other cases in court today II
Guided:
John Faux, 2O-year-old Whining
ton youth charged with store
breaking, larceny and receiving
Of S. in merchandise from a groc-
cry store Oh S. Second street, ed
tered a plea OF nolo contendere.
Homer Ellis, owner Of the store,
testified that he saw Faux when
he was apprehended by the police
in his store. The police said
Faux was inside the store about
II o'clock and was putting a car
ton Of ~cirgaretes in his hip pocket.
When the police broke a window
10 enter. Faux ran to Z back
store room and hid behind a meat
show case, police said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
SOLDIER DEATH STILL
CLOAKED In MYSTERY
Especial To The Starr

SOUTHPORT, May Is. - The
investigation into the mysterious
death of Sgt. David j. DevoI
former Myrtle Beach Army air
man, has been termed "heavily
cloaked," by Brunswick county
law enforcement officers.
Harry E. Fales, New Hanover
county Identification bureau heae
said he has turned over all the
information he gathered in the
case to the Army officials al
Myrtle Beach.
Attaches Of the Myrtle Beach all
base provost marshall's Office have
refused to confirm or deny that q
mystery man IS being held il
connection with the case.
DevoH's body was found with q
bullet wound in the neck, just
North Of the South Carolina line
last Friday. Since that time Bruins.
wick county officers and army in
vestigators have conducted an ex.
tensive investigation, but have MOI
reported any developments in the
case.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
SOLDIER GETS
SIX M HIS
Hawaiian Found Guilty OF
Assault On Young
Woman

Az Hawaiian soldier II Uncle
SANS army with an overseas rec
ord today faced 9 term OF SD
months work On the road for as
ssult On q young married woman
in New Hanover county.
He Is william P. Kanalu, Y,
found guilty by z jury ~yesteroa.
in Judge Clawson l. Williams
court. Kamalu told me court. stter
the jury returned It's verdict, that
be was drafted il Honolulu in 1915,
served IN Texas and New York'
was sent overseas, later o5scha1g-
ed and then re-enlisteo.
He admitted 1hat army authorl-
ties at Fort Bragg wanted him fo1
being AWCL.
Kana1u, Offering no defense,
was found gully after Mrs. Sarah
Long testified that last April u
ne entered the trailer in which
xne was living On Castle Hayne
road, jumped across q BED on
which she was lying and attempt
&c TO push her back when sae
r~e9ulseo his advances.
He was quoted by Mrs. Long as
saying, 81 am sorry and didn't
mean TO 90 it-d2n't tel anyone"
Sheriff Porter Davis told OF ar
resting and questioning Kamalu.
II took the jury IS minutes TO reach
. verdict.
Not guilty was the verdict re-
turned in the case Of Burney Smith
6 foot, 2 inch Negro, charged with
The murder Of Elmer Stukes. a
5 foot, 8 inch Negro, last Feb. l.
4 jury brought IN the verdict in
30 minutes after Smith had con-
tended he had shot Stukes in the
left temple in self-defense during
an alteration il the Brooklyn
section Of Wilmington.
Solicitor Clifton Moore had