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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-04

Washington LPA) = The Int'l
Typographical Union-AFL headed
for showdown with publishers this
week in the unions greatest and
most crucial battle since the fight
for the eight-hour day years ago.
The ITU clashed with the publish
ers on many fronts. In Chicago, all
of the unions 1900 members on the
major daily papers were out on
strike. In Washington and Detroit,
controversies with the publishers
also headed toward the strike stage.
In number of other key points,
negotiations neared a breakdown.
Wage increases are one of the is
sues at stake. But the most i'm
portant question: life and death
matter for the union-is whether
publishers will succeed in their or
ganized attempt to force the
typos" to sign a Taft-Hartley
brand Of contract.
Such a contract, typo" leaders
say, would undermine the "closed
shop" wreck many union safe
guards secured after decades of
struggle, and subject the union to
the hazard of wholesale damage
suits.
Under the leadership of Presi-
dent Woodruff Randolph, the union
instead is insisting upon "condi-
tons of employment" to be posted
by the "typos," laying down the
wages and conditions under which
the members will work. Such COP
ditions would safeguard the "clos-
, ed shop"
So far, only one local-in Akron
has signed contract. lTU Off
GERS called that a "desertion Of
union principles" Regardless of the
Akron action and "of employer-in-
spired claims" the ITU declared
that "the facts show we are defi-
nitely succeeding in our policy"
Statistics soon to be released on
settlements reached so far will
prove that, the union said.
The ITU also declared that many
/, charges of unfair labor practices
filed by publishers all over the
country against the union, under
terms of the Taft Hartley Act, are
designed to "intimidate our men,
bers against striking"
"We do not scare so easily" the
union asserted. 1t added that mem
bers of the ITU "are not gullible." !"
In Chicago, members of Local 16
voted the strike against the dailies
by the landslide majority of 1880
to 81, after months of negotiations
got nowhere. Throughout, the pub
fishers insisted on a Taft Hartley
type of contract, and refused to
grant wage increases until the
union agreed to such contract.
So far, the Chicago dailies are
still publishing through use of a
special photo-engraving process.
News matter is typewriter by bat
teries of girl typists and then pho
tographed. Display advertisements
are EARNED out" to other print
shops for setting.
However, the strike has hobbled
the papers considerably. They are
operating under difficulties, and
editions are reaching the streets
late. And union spokesman limited
that they have several faces in the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-04
THE CHERRY TREE

viously. They fly in the face of
overwhelming evidence, pouring out
their stories after plush tours in
which they saw nothing except
their own well-covered tables. AL
ways there are such people.
II would be nice if all of the
food to be shipped could be shipped
via Friendship trains-people to
people. But such trains, over the
long period, could not be well en-
oughed timed or spaced. Nor could
so much be donated in the way of
service or food.
From here on it has to be an
operation on the grand scale, or
ganized, directed, paid for. All of
US, Of course, will pay the bill, as
is right and proper.
But we have had one Of the finest
demonstrations ever witnessed of
human understanding and Of hu-
man compassion. Strangely Tor is
it?), the supposedly isolationist
middle west, gave with freedom
and it gave abundantly. 1t poured
out its food.
Carload after carload Of wheat
was sent on its way from the mid
die west. As matter Of fact, every
section gave. Cities not on the
route Of the train sent money with
which to buy flour in New York
at ship-side.
Communities clamored to be al
lowed to share in the great gift.
No jurisdictional claims got in the
way. Nobody clamored for credit.
Nobody got selfish. Nobody argued
from a politically partisan point of
view.
The one job was to give food and
get it rolling.
This was one of the many, many
times when America becomes not
only wonderful, but truly magni-
ficent.
There could well be a song,
America the Bountiful, There real
ly coud be.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-04
Food. Clothing.
Fuel. 9 oing Up

Washington, ID. C.--Prices still
continued to advance for retail
goods and services purchased by
moderate-income families in large
cities from mid-August to mid
September, according to the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, U. S. Depart
ment of Labor.
The overall increase was %
per cent for this period and the
consumers price index for Septem-
Der l947 was 1873 per cent higher
than year ago, 22.9 per cent above
June 1916, and 66.1 per cent over
the August 1889 level.
Prices Of all major groups of
items advanced. Foods were up 3.6
per cent with meats advancing 5.3
per cent, dairy products 60 per
cent, eggs Ill per cent, beverages
20 per cent, cereals and bakery
products 1.3 per cent, and sugar
and sweets OF per cent. Fruits and
vegetables moved down 0.8 per
cent, and fats and oils decreased
IL per cent, with a seasonal rise
Of per cent in the price of lard.
Apparel prices in large cities av-
eraged 90 per cent higher in Sep
temper than in August. Higher
prices were reported for mems and
women's woolen clothing and chill
dren's cotton and wool items. Prices
were higher for rayon dresses and
slips and cotton yard goods. In
creases in the apparel group over
the last months ranged from 5
per cent in Memphis to less than
l per cent in Mobile and Philadel-
phia.
Higher prices for both anthracite
and bituminous coal and fuel oil
continued to be reported in some
cities, with fuels and ice showing
an 0.6 per cent increase. There were
also scattered increases in gas and
electric rates resulting from the
increased cost of coal.
Rents were up % per cent under
the modified controls of the Hous-
ing and Rent Act.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-04
AFL's ASBESTOS WORKERS
TO OBEY TAFT-HARTLY LAW

Chicago - The AFL's Asbestos
Workers Union, in convention here,
pledged conformance with the Taft
Hartley law and revised its own
union law for that purpose.
Delegates authorized the chang
ing of contracts with employers
to delete closed shop provisions in
order to comply with the new laws
bar on the closed shop.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-04

The Friendship train has rolled
its dramatic way across the conti-
nent and the food collected thereby
is on its way to starving people in
Europe.
1t has been an amazing thing,
this Friendship train.
All services rendered in connec-
tion with the train have been given.
The railroads paid the freight. The
Brotherhoods provided the train
crews. Loading and unloading was
donated.
Everybody gave and nobody even
thought of making anything. 1t
was one Of those magnificent ges-
lures that warns the heart, just as
the food will warm and fill the in
sides of those in Europe who need
food so badly.
| There is starvation in Europe
not just hunger, but gaunt, sinis-
ter, frightening starvation.
The Friendship train, inspired by
Columnist Drew Pearson, was a
gesture from people to people
not from government to govern
ments. That's what makes it so
magnificent.
But the Friendship train is just
a starter. We shall have to ship
load after load after load-and for
more than this year.
First, the temporary relief with
which Congress is struggling now.
Then the long-range Marshall plan.
The victors pay for wars now-a-
days-and there is no help for it.
Only by paying the cost of victory
can the victory be kept. Only that
way can we stand a chance to main
tain peace. Maybe we can't have
peace anyway, but we know we
can't have it unless we help to sta
bilize the territory Of victory,
which is western Europe.
Why is there so much starvation? +?
The answer is so simple that it
sounds a bit fantastic. First, long
drought, following freeze. Then,
and maybe more important, the
Eastern Europe bread basket is
under soviet control and the SOW
lets are simply not letting that
bread basket do its normal job.
The soviets, now as always, play
for keeps. Human life means moth
ing, from the compassion view
point.
Then, too, a lot of land is still
mined and untillable. A lot of peo-
pie, also, are not around to do the
tilling. The whole economy is up
set. Starvation is rampant.
Those few Americans who have
come home to say there is no
hunger are peculiar persons, OBJ
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-04
Comment On
World Events

A civilian international control
board to replace the zonal mill
tary governments in Germany has
been proposed by the American AS
sociation for a Democratic Ger
many, in a letter to Secretary of
State Marshall pointing out the
need for the u. S. to counter Soviet
propaganda. The control board
would serve during transitional
period, pending establishment of a
permanent German democratic gov
ernment. The proposal seems worth
study by all concerned with solu-
tion of the German problem"
The letter to Secretary Marshall,
signed by Maurice j. Goldbloom,
executive secretary of the associa-
ton, charged that the Soviet Union
had inspired rumors in London
that its representatives at the
Council of Foreign Ministers would
propose the immediate setting up
of a central government and evacu-
alton of all Allied troops.
although the U. S. S. r. has so
far obstructed every practical step
in the direction of German unity, it
has with some success sought to
create the impression in Germany
that the responsibility for division
lay with the Western powers" the
letter said, adding: "This impress
sion must not be permitted to per-
sist."
Recalling that the U. S. has re-
peatedly emphasized the evil re-
suits of a divided Germany, the
letter continued: "On the other
hand, it would be of little service
to democracy in Germany and the
world for the United States to ac-
cept proposals which conceal behind
fair words plan for the extension
of totalitarianism to all of Ger
many"
Declaring that the establishment
of a democratic control govern
ment involving free elections, which
were impossible as long as the
Social Democratic Party remained
illegal and conditions of terror pre-
vailed in the Soviet zone, it pro-
posed the replacement of the 4
zonal military governments by
one civilian international control
board. 1t urged that this authority
be under the control of the United
Nations and that it have as it's first
duty the restoration of full demo-
cratic rights throughout Germany.
The letter went on to urge that
there be clear boundary between
the functions of the international
control board and the new German
government, with the latter en-
powered to make it's own decisions
on all questions $50 long as those
do not contravene fundamental hu-
man rights, democratic procedures,
or Germany's international obliga-
tions."
In conclusion the letter said:
"There must be a clear boundary
between the functions of this in
ternational control body and the
German government set up with its
aid. The latter should be free to
make its own decision on all ques-
tions, so long as those do not con-
travene fundamental human rights,
democratic procedures, or Ger
many's international obligations.
"If the United States is to make
clear to the German people that
its aim is the protection and ex-
tension of freedom throughout the
world, that it is not using the Ger
man people as pawns in struggle
for world power, it must take the
initiative in proposing a positive
program of this nature"
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24
krug Says Eat More Fish

WASHINGTON (P)-With meat and egg prices soaring, secretary of interior Krug suggested yester- day eating more fish.
 Krug said fish production is now at it's peak for the year and that prices are about the same as last year with some popular items lower. He added in a statement:
 Fish and other seafood are among our most nutritionally val uable foods. Since this is so, house. wives, hotels, restaurants, and other food dispensing institutions would do we'll to look to the fish ing industry for an increasing part of their protein food needs"
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24
Oregon Fishermen Poach Washington Territory

SEATTLE, (P)-Oregon fisher men, using amphibious ducks and horses to pull theiE nets, are cross ing the centerline of the Columbia river and catching salmon on the Washington side, director Milo Moore of the state department of fisheries said yesterday.
 They just edge over far enough to get the fish, and yet be able to get back to their own side when our patrolmen approach" he said.
 Under these conditions, it is almost impossible to arrest man and get a case that will stand up in court"
 Washington's reward" for be- ing conservation-minded in ban ming fish traps and seining in state waters, Moore charged, is to watch Oregon fishermen take three-fourths of the total catch in the river each year.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24
Teacher "Kept After School"

PHILADELPHIA, (P) - Miss Betty Johnston, 38-year-old teach CT at the Taggart elementary school, was kept after school" for two hours and not one small fry was on hand to witness the situa- tion.
 Miss Johnston remained after classes Monday to mark papers and failed to notice the building custodian had locked all doors.
 The teacher telephoned police when she realized her predica- ment. Two patrolmen arrived and produced a ladder but Miss John- ston refused to make the 25foot descent from a first floor window.
 A search produced the janitor and his key.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24
STANLEY THOMPSON LEAVES FOR HARVARD UNIV.

Stanley Thompson departed TOT Harvard University where he will enroll in geology classes.
 Mrs. Thompson will leave soon for Seldovia where she will pick up her son Eric, who has been va cationing with his grandparents, MT. and Mrs. J. w. Thompson, formerly superintendent and teacher of Nome School. She plans to enter Radcliffe College near Harvard next year.
 Among the interesting things she saw while in the Noatak this summer were pack dogs which the natives use. Each dog carries on its back a small pack of sup plies and equipment necessary for the native summer camp. The mother dog carried her pups in this fashion. She stated that there were many wild sheep in this area on the slopes of the hills.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24
Scotch Can Be
 Made Anywhere

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. (P)- Good Scotch doesn't have to come from Scotland, the national alco- holic beverage control association was told yesterday. The U. s. yer sion of the whiskey, according to Lewis P. Weiner, is just as good.
 Weiner, a Peoria, H., distiller, told the associations convention that the vital grain, water and peat used in Scotland is being matched locally or duplicated chemically to produce a whiskey at least as good.
 Scottish distillers, Weiner said, have no secret formula that can surpass the U. s. product.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24
Portland May Lose Baseball For Year

PORTLAND, (P)-William Null ligan, vice president of the Port land Pacific Coast league baseball club, said today condemnation of the Beavers Vaughn street park would result either in all games being played on the road or in transfer of the Portland franchise to Vancouver, B. C., for one year.
 He added, however, that he did not expect the city to carry out it's threat.
 The oft-discussed condemnation came to the fore again this week after fire destroyed a portion of the center field bleachers early Sunday.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24
Taft Battles Dens. Over Labor Law
 And Social Welfare

Enroute with Taft to Seattle, (P) A sharply-worded debate with Democratic officials at long range yesterday enlivened new defense of the Taft Hartley law by Sena- tor Taft R.-Ohio).
 The Ohio Senator told report CT he plans to answer in Gear hart, Ore, speech later this week an assertion by Gael Sullivan, Democratic national committee dl- rector, that the next Republican Congress will do nothing about so- cial welfare legislation.
 This will provide new chapter in a continuing transcontinental battle of words between Taft and Democratic opponents since the Ohioan began a western sentl- ment-sounding tour 10 days ago.
 Travelling toward Seattle and a major speech on the labor law there last night, Taft accused sen ators Lucas D.-Ill0 and O'Ma- honey O.-WyoD in statement Monday night of "calling names instead of offering any solution to the high cost of living problem.
 Lucas, in a statement in which O'Mahoney joined, said Taft had led the fight in the 79th Congress to "wreck" price controls.
 The Ohioan, who heads the Sen- ate Policy committee, replied it was D. m O c atic Congress which refused to enact an OPA bill in exactly the form demanded by MT. (Chester) BoWles, MT. PauD Porter and the CIO."
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24
Butterfly Tips Ball, Decides Golf Match

PITTSBURGH, (P) - Attorney Charles K. Robinson is telling the story of "how a butterfly won a golf game"
 On the l7th hole with the match even Robinson says his ball stop ped and teetered at the very edge of the cup.
 A butterfly alighted on the ball, he tells. It landed on the side nearest the hole and was just heavy enough to tip the ball into the cup.
 Il got four on the hole and won the match" says Robinson.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24
Classified Ads

FOR SALE-One Emerson port able, battery electric radio, like new $40; one electric radio-pho- nograph combination with rec ords $50; one Hamden 17-jewel mans pocket watch, completely overhauled, S35; one new set power tools with case, (Casco)
 S25; one new Sessions electric
 aeroplane clock $2O; Thompson, The Eye-Glass Man, Nevada Building. ll4-tf
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24
TWO BABIES BORN SUNDAY AT HOSPITAL

Sunday morning was busy morning at the M. C. Hospital, with a new daughter arriving for MT. and Mrs. Dick Cornwell of the Dream Theater and a son for Mr. and Mrs. James Adams. MT. Adams, U. s. Commissioner, who has been in the States on business, arrived home yesterday.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24

There are more than 45,000 John Smiths who have wage accounts in the federal old-age and surviv- ors insurance system. Like other holders of social security cards, each Smith has his own individ- ual account number.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

The siren whistle of the Nome Fire Department shall be blown at noon each day as was custom arY before the war years.
 NOME COMMON COUNCIL.
 By Carrie M. McLain. Pub. Sept. "A and 26, 1947.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24
NOTICE

American Legion Post No. l9 meets Friday night. Sept. 26. at eight o'clock al inc City Hall.
 Nomination of officers for l948. Building committees approvals needed. please be present.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24
AXEL EDMAN SUFFERED EYE INJURY

AXel Edman is recovering from an eye injury caused while he was working on his dredge in Council. He plans to return to work tomorrow.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24

FOR SALE - 9-Room Residence and furniture, S3,OOO. Timbers and building sections, l5 percent below market. Also Trailer and
 Go-Devil. Edw. Horen. 114-2tp
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24

FOR SALE-Single garage, good
 condition. See Mrs. Emma Lyle, 569 King Place. 114-3t
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24

WANTED-Capt. and Mrs. Harry
 Strong are looking for a good. warm, 4-room house to rent for about two years. Will be entirely responsible for property. Call Nugget. l1l-3t
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24

FOR SALE-New, never used, 8
 NM Eastman with leather car rying case, one magazine film, used Kodascope Projector. Call
 Black l33 evenings. 112tf
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24

FOUND-Pair glasses in case near
 west end of town. Call at Mug get office and identify. 111-tf
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-24

FOR SALE D-4 Caterpillar Dozer.
 See Grover Andre at Glacier Creek. 112-6tp
Smyrna times., 1947-02-13

students and of meeting all other
student needs.
Mrs. Ethel Powell gave a COM
prehensive view of problems of
correcting reading difficulties and
described in detail all of the ma
terials which have been developed
as aids to the teachers of correc-
tive reading. Mrs. Powell, also
pointed out the desirability of
checking the hearing abilities of
children, declaring that from 10
percent to 20 percent of students
have impairment of hearing to
some extent, and that from 2 per-
cent to 5 percent have serious
hearing difficulties.
Members of the Shorthand II
and Typing II clalsses accompanied
by Miss Mary Petruska were the
guests on Friday of the Interna-
tional Latex Corporation at dem
onstration of the latest business
machines and equipment. Gwen
Smith represented the Smyrna
School in typewriting contest and
was the recipient of a prize.
Smyrna times., 1947-02-13
Your School Reporter
NEWS
JOHN BASSETT MOORE SCHOOL
JOHN BASSETT MOORE SCHOOL

first school day after Washing
tons birthday, will be in charge
of Mrs. O'Neill's homeroom.
The fourth grade, section 2, pre-
sented a Lincoln phogram in the
assembly on Wednesday morning,
February IL, 1947.
There was singing accompanied
by Mr.. Osbon, musical director,
poems, and play entitled, "a Song
For Lincoln" Those taking part
were Elizabeth Truax, Thomas
Colder, Betty Travis, Theodore
Pappas, Hal Bodley, Margaret
O'Neal, Doris Smith, Nancy Pryor,
Gerald Mood, Idella Everett, James
Gray, Roy Donovan, Violet Mar
shall, Clark David, Louise Mayber-
rie, Dorothy Fortner, Howard
Brown, Earl Francis, Sammy
Jacobs, Alice Cole, John Everett,
Lester Savin, Donald Ebright,
Charles Fortner and Harry Nc
Matt. The teacher of this group is
Mrs. Julia Slaughter.
Miss Stats, Mrs. King, Mrs.
Powell, Mrs. Slaughter, and Miss
Scout comprise a committee of
teachers from the elementary
grades for the purpose Of selecting
and producing an operetta by the
elementary school in the spring
/ The date has not been definitely Sc
lected, but survey of tentative
operetts will be made soon.
Miss Mary Petruska, head OF the
department of business training, in
an address before the Faculty Club
of John Bassett Moore School here
on February 5, gave a thorough re-
view of all practical means OF de-
yeloping emotional maturity IN
Smyrna times., 1947-02-13

orous growth and what foods will
furnish these elemets in large
quantities. Also they have been
following Admiral Byrd's Expedi-
tion to the Antarctic and compar-
ing it to his previous expedition.
They were very glad to see Mary
Louise Tucker after three weeks
of illness, back in school.
GRADE VIII
Perfect attendance-Evans Cole,
Kenneth Hudson, Richard Rogers,
Kenneth Thorpe, Kurt zippe, Hyn-
son Cole, Thomas Robinson, Betty
Sue Jarman, Addie Marie Tribbitt,
Ruth KINNEY, Betty Anne Kim
tmey, Nellie Daniels, June Cooke,
Deborah Ballard, Janet Ayres.
The graduation class decided
that the class color, flower and
motto shall be as follows: Color,
blue and gold; Motto, On To the
Future; Flower, red rose.
The pupils of Clayton School dur
ing the March of Dimes campaign
donated SPOTS.
Very attractive platters are be-
ing served for lunch in the cafe
terra.
AS a result of the essay and
poster contest sponsored by the
Clayton Fire Company during Fire
Prevention Week, the following
awards were made by the Com
pany: Posters, best in each grade:
Grade 1, Albert Guessford; 2. Nor
wood Shahan; 3, Dawson Shahan;
A. Virginia Johnson; Essays, best
in each gade; 5, Nancy Lee Davis;
6, Richard Comegys; z George
Council; s, Martha Hurd. Special
mention for poster: Grade 6, Rich
ard Comegys.