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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
UMSTEAD
Continued From Page One)

W. L. Hartzog, G. B. Byers, J. F.
Graham and w. Frank Burns.
According the Posts constitution
and bylaws nominations for the
above officers will remain open al
each meeting between the pres.
ent time and June 5th, when the
election of officers will be held.
]. Carl Seymour, chairman OF
the Boys State Committee, an.
nounced that five out of 10 eligi-
BILE high school students would be
selected to attend Boys State at
the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill in June. The list OF
boys selected will be announced
at the next regular meeting of the
post.
Commander Stewart announced
that two important measures would
be submitted on the floor of the
state convention to be held at
Carolina Beach commencing June
18th by the State Department OF
North Carolina.
One of these resolutions would
re-divide the department of North
Carolina into five Divisions and 81
Districts compared with the pres,
ent set-up of four Divisions an6
20 Districts. This appears to be
necessary on account of the ire
mendous expansion of Legion posts
throughout the State, Commander
Stewart said.
The second important measure
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"The building shook like jelly"
he replied to a question. A large
pine tree snapped about five feet
from the roots fell across the rear
Of the station.
The home of Dan Ford was COM
pletely demolished. Leila Ford,
sister of Dan, said she vas in the
house and tried desperately to
open the door, but the pressure Of
the wind was too much. Finally,
she said, the north side of the
house collapsed and she walked
out seconds before the entire build
ing fell to the ground.
Barns Leveled
Wiley Taylor, Fairmont bust
nessman conducted us on a tour
of the southwestern section of the
county and pointed out many
buildings, some completely demol
ished and others badly damaged.
The home of Peter Skipper was
blown to bits. Three tobacco barns,
just to the rear of the house were
also leveled. Skipper said six
persons were in the building, but
all escaped injuries.
F. D. Stria, who lives 3 miles
southeast of Fairmont, said his
home and his tenants house was
destroyed. Three tobacco barns,
located several hundred feet from
the houses were not touched by
the blasts of wind. MY wife had
Just gone into one of the tobacco
barns when the blow hit" he re-
marked. My chicken house was
hit hard and I could see chickens
flying through the air like BIRDS
Arthur Hunt and his wife, Bes-
sic. were taking an afternoon nap
when the tornado struck their four
room tenant house. Il heard a
funny fuss and when I looked up
the roof, she done blowed off the
house" he told us. He and his
wife dashed into the kitchen only
to find the roof and the walls blown
completely away.
Sitting on the table was a half
filled cup of coffee, that Hunt
said had been left there by him
several hours before the tornado
struck. The table cloth was not
disturbed, but the four walls and
roof was lying so yards from the
foundation.
Wind Watts Bricks
Bricks from the chimney were
hurled over 100 yards and a large
cured ham. which had been hang
ing in the kitchen. was found in
the field, 100 yards away. The
house was owned by Marshall An
drews. The tin roof had been dis
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TWISTER
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Early this morning the workers
reported that the situation was in
hand. Plans were being made to
house and feed the 200 homeless.
Already % families have been
registered here, and 10 at Dillon,
8. c., officials said.
I arrived on the scene at dawn
this morning and went directly to
the home of Earl Powell, one of
the hardest hit families. The five
room frame dwelling, which we
learned was recently paid for by
Powell, was completely demolish-
ed. The house had been thrown
about Is feet from its foundations.
Furniture was lying in all direc-
lions.
Bible Held Names
In the ruins I found a small
family Bibly and thumbing through
the pages discovered the names
and ages of the nine children of
Earl Powell.
Children's toys were strewn
about the ruins and glancing out
10 the barn, or where the barn
had been. 1t was a picture Of
complete destruction. The top and
sides had been blown rs feet away.
On the limbs of an uprooted tree
was a music sheet, ironically, the
title of the piece of music was
March" More than 700 feet
away timbers from the roof of
the house were found in a freshly
plowed tobacco field.
Powell said he was standing on
his front porch when he heard q
noise like a train" And he saw
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saw huge trees snapped like match
sticks and sheets of metal roofing
grotesquely bent lying in fields,
yards from the barns and houses
they once protected.
Marshall Andrews, who resides
on the Lake View road, directly
across the street from the Calib
Bass Service station pointed out
the damage to his property. An
drews said the strong winds rip
ped the solid tin roof off his house
and hurled it into the woods, 500
yards away.
He said he was driving the last
nail in a new IA by IA foot out
building when the winds struck.
"My son, Raymond and my son
in-law, James Rogers, were work
ing on the building when the roof
of the house tore off," the aged
farmer said. He went on to say
that Raymond made a dash for
the house but was forced to take
hold of a disc harrow in the yard.
Rogers fell on his face behind a
wood pile and Andrews remained
in tae newly constructed building.
Building Vanishes
"All of a sudden, even less than
i. takes to tell it," he continued,
"the building we we're working on
had blown away and just left me
standing there" Andrews pointed
out the timbers and hardly more
than two boards remained nailed
together.
The Andrews barn was badly hit,
the roof was blown away, but
none of the livestock was injured.
He said his daughter and two chill
dren were in the house when the
roof blew off.
Calib Bass, operator of a filling
station on the Lake View road said
he tried to hold the door closed.
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tributed in the woods, 500 yards
away.
Early this morning Bessie Hunt
was brewing coffee over an i'm
provised stove. eve are lucky to
be alive" she smiled as she look
ed about the bricks and timbers.
The unfortunate farmers were
taking the disaster in stride and
many were working in the fields
as though nothing had happened.
The majority of the hardest hit
we're "share-cropper" farmers.
1T always happens like this" one
Fairmont businessman said. THE
ones that need help the most are
always the hardest hit"
Many OF the homes were recog-
nizable only by the debris that
Uttered the area and none caught
in the path of the tornado appear
ed to have escaped damage.
They're either minus e roof, side
or porch.
The tobacco crops suffered from
the recent cold weather and now
since the tornado has ripped away
the homes and tobacco barns OF
the farmers, it appears that the
output will be much less than in
previous years.
THE biggest problem facing the
farmers now, is the construction
of barns in time for the crops"
one spokesman said. "An the car
penters in this section are busy
and with all these barns to be re-
placed, l don't see how it can
be done in time to cure tobacco"
But the spirit Of these hearty
Robson county farmers is high
and all seemed determined to
make the best of the worst dis
aster to ever strike in this rich
farming section.
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a huge black cloud in the sky.
He ran through the house and
huddled his nine children, at the
back door Of his house. He said
he told them to lie down on the
ground.
The wind picked up his house
and moved it about 10 feet, let
ting it down hard on the earth,
completely shattering the walls
and roof. After the storm had
passed Powell found his three-year-
old daughter, Ann, under part Of
the fallen wall. AS he tried to
rescue her, a porch timber fell on
her. She was dead when neigh
bors arrived and helped the dazed
Negro extract his daughter from
the ruins.
Powell said he had spent his life
savings on the house. His wife
is a patient in a tuberculosis sana-
torium.
Father Confused
Later in the morning we ran
into Powell at the Red Cross
registration station, where he was
trying desperately to give the
names of ais children. He seemed
unable to remember the names Of
the nine children and was very
happy when we produced the copy
of names, copied from the family
hib1e. He said Simplv. "NoW I
amt got no home"
Late this afternoon Powell was
seen sitting among the ruins Of his
home, weeping silently. A number
of white persons walked over to
the SO year old Negro and handed
him money and assured him that
everything would come out al
right.
Making a survey of the area
struck by the freak tornado, we
ran across broken power lines,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
PRE-DAWN CYCLONE
SWEEPS TWO STATES

JONESBORO, Ark. May 1-(P
AT least two persons were killed
and more than 20 others were in
jured today as pre-dawn cyclonic
winds tore across Northeast Arkan-
sas and Southeast Missouri leaving
thousands Of dollars of crop and
property damage in their wake.
More than 20 towns, largest Of
which was Jonesboro and Blyth-
vile, Ark, each with a population
of about $4,000 and an undetermin-
ed number OF farming sections
were hit by the storm. which
spread out in Arkansas over an
area of four counties and then
cut through the Southeast corner
Of Missouri.
Most damage was done to or
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02

chards, shade trees, roofs of build
ings and power and communica-
tons lines as the winds dipped
below tree-top level at only a few
points.
The Jonesboro Sun estimated
that damage in Craighead county
alone would amount to at least
5000, 900.
known dead were Roy Lee Hold
er, five-year-old son of MIR. and
Mrs. Leroy Holder of near Cara
way, Ark, and Dave Forsythe,
IS, a tenant farmer of near Tyler,
Mo.
Many Of the injured we're hos
pltalized at B%lytheville. Jonesboro,
Caraway and Paragould, Ark, and
at Memphis. Tenn.
Paragould, Marked Tree, Lech-
vile, Osceola. Manila, Bono, join
er, Keiser and Philadelphia in
Arkansas and Steele, Hayti, Ar
byrd and Holland, Mo-, are among
other damaged communities.
The storm, accompanied by
t%orrential rains, was the second
to strike Arkansas and Missouri
this week and the two states third
this year. A tornado Tuesday night
killed at least IS persons in Mis-.
souri, and nine in Northwest Arkan.
sas and injured many more. Five
persons were killed when a twiste1
dashed the two states in January.
The fall of water at Niagara
Falls represents an energy e.
quivalent to the burning Of a ton
OF coal aIorx canond
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would make certain amendments
to the State Department Constitu.
ton and Bylaws, which in turn
will make necessary the changing
OF a large number of local posts
constitution and bylaws to con-
form to the State constitution.
Commander Stewart then ap-
pointed a committee to study the
constitution and bylaws to con
mington Post No. 10 with a view
to making the necessary changes
If and when the State Constitution
and Bylaws are amended.
The following are members of
the committee: Addison Hewlett,
Jr.,Sol Sternberger, w. X. Rhoads,
Charles Foard and W. K. Stewart,
Jr., ex-officio member.
Commander Stewart announced
the total membership of the post
at 1920. This is 88 members short
of last years total of 1908, Com
mander Stewart said, in urging
all members to turn in as many
renewals and new members as
possible.
The meeting was presided over
by Commander Stewart, with Ray
Galloway as adjutant and Miss
Lois Cox, acting Chaplain. The
next regular meeting of the post
will be held May 18th.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-02-07
From The Deskt
Melvin Schultz
Local II, UAW-CIO
President,

There are so many problems which con-
front our Labor Movement today that it Is diff.
ficult to place them all before our member
ship even though it be in lengthy series of
articles as 1t is only human that by the tirne
the last article would be published, the first
one more than likely would be forgotten.
Isn't it quite true that little is heard Of the
City Payroll Tax, Yet, amost so per cent of
the people who participated in the voting,
voted against 1t. Other cities who were prob
ably as bad off as Toledo financially were
hesitant about moving in the direction of tax
ing their citizens Now, we find that the
new State Legislature is considering very seri-
ously the matter of allocatng a greater por-
ton of the sales tax collected back to the SUBJ
divisions of the State on per capita basis
The collecting of the Payroll Tax in Toledo
therefore lessons the amount of interest which
is shown by the people in this part of the
State on the proposed legislation
1t is a well-known fact that the State Of
Ohio has many millions of dollars of surplus
funds in its treasury. Undoubtedly, there
would be little common-sense in advocating
the spending of all of these funds just to pxA
the budget into a deficit. Yet, it seems OF -
common sense that these funds could haM
been and should have been used to help out
the subdivisions of the State carry on their
functions instead of having to resort to addi-
tional revenue raising measures.
l wonder what has happened to the pub.
licity we once heard about revising the COM
plete taxing system for the State of Ohio It
certainly would be to the advantage and the
satisfaction of the tax payers of our State to
have one-tax system which would be prop
erly budgeted to cover, not only the State
wide expenditures, but also the necessary ex-
penditures of all subdivisions of the State,
such as, Counties, Townships or Cities. Such
system could eliminate many thousands of
dollars in the cost of collection as we'll as
duplicate taxes
In addition to these tax arguments, every
interest should be shown by the members of
our Organization in regard to proposed Labor,
Legislation, as here again you may find ne@
hidden tax feature which will effect your
daily existence
may be biased, but l certainly feel that
the representatives in both our State and Ma
tional Legislatures should put more emphasis
on their studies for better standards of living
and greater social insurance instead of trying
to confuse issues and regulate each indivi-
duals life.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-02-07

Wen let the daily press have its fun with
the union organization of teen age baby Sitters
in Newton, Mass, who got a contract calling
for 25c an hour up to midnight and 35c after
midnight. Wen even let pass without COM
ment he newspaper cracks about where will
San Francisco's newly organized professional
models pin their AFL buttons now that they've
decided to join Mr. Green's organization.
We're more interested in the five year con-
tract signed by the Toledo, Ohio Oil Workers
International Union-CIO with the United Of
flee g. Professional Workers-CIO. The
UOPWA's contract, covering the Oil Work
ers' office staff, calls for closed shop, 25%
pay increase, three weeks vacation, four
months severance pay and two months sick
leave. And by necessity the new agreement
carries probably the most ironclad seniority
provision in the country-because the office
staff consists of one person
One OF the most embarrassing days in the
life of Charles Z. Wilson, president of General
Motors came when he addressed the u. S.
Conference of Mayors in Washington recently
Detroits Mayor Jeffries inspired ripple Of
giggles when he introduced the head OF the
worlds richest and most powerful corpora
ton as "a typical representative of America"
Then in his mmeographed speech Wilson
started to read: Industry must always strike
for efficiency :" He stopped, started to read:
Industry must always strike for efficiency"
He stopped gulped bit, stared at the page
and hurriedly changed 1t to Industry must
always strive for efficiency"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-02-07
Regional
By Richard Gosser
Director Region 2B.. UAW-ClO

Sometimes we are rather late in expressing
things which we feel on occasions, but for
which we sometimes think we cannot firS
adequate words ~
This is my feeling about the Local IL
Christmas party which hope will be made
into an even better occasion this year by the
members and officers of Local IL.
l hope nobody misunderstands me, because
the party was wonderful and think it was a
toss up which had the best time, the kddies
or oldsters.
The work done by the Flying Squadrons
last Christmas was exceptional, and l hope
these groups will continue to give the same or
even better support than in the past
In thinking about the next Christmas
party, it occurred to me that if the party was
held some morning around Christmas time in
the Paramount Theatre, it would provide all
with better opportunity to see the show anff
would be better from a health standpoint
1t would cost little more to do this, but
believe it would be worth while Surely,
the members and officers of Local II could
make this possible.
Anyone who has attended the Local IL
Christmas parties, year after year, and watch
ed them outgrow every available hall in To-
ledo must share the view that l hold, that
the members of Local IL should begin now
to get ready for their next party and to plan
1t bigger and better than ever.
am looking forward to that next party,
and hope that I'll see you all next December
at the Paramount Theatre.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-02-07
lnquiring
Reporter

Editors Note: The JOUR-
NAILS new feature was In
augurated by visiting Acklin
Stamping Co. where everyone
was busily engaged. Each
week different shop will be
visited and rank and file en-
ployes given an opportunity
to express their opinion on
important current labor ques-
tions. The questions asked
Acklin workers we're:
/. What do you think of the
JOURNAL. Do you read
it? How can we improve
the paper?
2. What should be done to
improve the Union?
The answers are below:
Walter Kazela: Il think
the JOURNALS all right. 1
read 1t, but / don't think
many of the people at Acklin
do. Maybe more would read
it out here if you would give
something away for free"
There's nothing wrong
with the union. 1t isn't the
unions fault if some of the
people try to kill themselves
working, l believe in doing a
good days work, but / don't
think that its necessary to kill
yourself to earn a living. The
people at Acklin should help
the union and the union
would be able to help them"
Woman machine operator:
I'm too busy to talk right
now"
= X X
Tony baniak: "The
JOURNALS okay. l read it
whenever l can. l don't al
ways read it all, but l read
the shop news about Acklin
and some of the other plants.
l don't know how many
people out here read it, but l
know a lot of them read our
news. | don't know much
about newspapers, but l guess
everybody likes to read about
themselves"
I'VE could do a lot to i'm
prove the union in our shop,
but l don't want to talk about
that now or everybody will
accuse me of being a politi-
clan. think they ought to
cut out so much shop politics
and really try and get the
people TO quit working so
hard. You saw our plant. Now
tell me if you ever saw a shop
where the people work as
hard as they do at Acklin?
That's whats wrong. Our
people work too hard"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-02-07


If there's ever a going
third party in this country it
ought to reserve a spot in its
hall of fame for Rep. E. E.
Cox Cd. Ga.) Starting his
18th term in Congress, the
Georgia Democrat patted the
Republicans fondly on their
collective heads and asserted
that "Since the election of
last fall their behavior has
been as nearly perfect in my
judgment as is possible for
human conduct to be. y" (Les
Finnigan).
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-02-07

The funniest coincidence of
the month involved the Cars
son brothers and former Rep.
Anrew May Cd. Kay), all of
whom were indicted in Wash
ington for conspiracy to de-
fraud the government in con-
nection with huge war con-
tracts. They arrived in Wash
ington on different days but
both told reporters that they
had come to the city for
vacation" Swell sense of
humor, those boys! Maybe the
jury will recommend that
they spend their winters in
Atlanta and their summers in
Alcatraz. (Les Finnigan).
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-02-07
Misery And Politics

Misery And Politics
Sixty thousand persons now unem'
ployed in Ohio, as well as those who may
become unemployed in the future, are
about TO feel the economic squeeze that
is going to occur because the Federai
Bureau of the Budget has chosen to play
politics with human misery.
Because the Bureau of the Budget has
curtailed the allotment of funds whlch
navs the administration of the unemploy-
ment compensation in the various states'
unemployed who are now receiving bene-
fits will be paid every two weeks IN the
future instead of once a week as has been
the practice ever since the unemploy-
ment compensation law became efiectlVe'
But il is mostly the newly unemployed
who will feel the pinch because OF the
new regulations made necessary by the
so per cent reduction in BUC personnel
Those who become unemployed In the
future, and there is grave danger tnat
there may be several thousand due to the
cold SMELL which has forced local indus
tries to lay off several thousand employees
this week, will be forced TO wait for their
first check a minimum of seven weeks,
which may easily lengthen into nine or
ten weeks due to the lack of help in the
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
offices.
In NUnrkerS
who, when they are employed receive S44
or less each week and most OF whom have
families % support, to be forced to wait Tor
two months before getting their first un'
employment compensation check?
Workers who live on hand to mouth
existance, and by far the larger majority
are living that way because of high prices
and inadequate wages, will find them
selves facing a situation where many OF
them will be forced to demand relief.
Forcing the workers of Ohio into such
a deplorable situation will bring about
conditions where our cities and political
subdivisions will again be forced to renew
large scale public relief That such
situation would constitute an unneces-
sary drain upon a majority of the cities
and towns of Ohio, most of which are not
in financial condition to shoulder the re-
sponsibility which properly belongs to
the state and federal government, goes
without saying.
II is too early for the people Of Ohio
TO recognize the implications contained
in the federal economy move, but ii is
certainty that when the full force of its
significance is brought home to them,
when they become unemployed, they will
rise in their wrath and demand that fed
eraI economy be turned in some other di-
rection, rather than against the very lives
of those, who through no fault of their
own, are forced TO seek unemployment
compensation.
Let thu Republicans and Democrats
play politics to their hearts desire, but
let them play il with something else other
than mass misery. The false economy of
saving at the expense of thousands of un-
employed workers must and shall be
stopped.