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Laurel outlook., 1947-02-12
The Outlook Says:

The O-Da-Ko Camp Fire girls al
the meeting Feb. 8 made valentine;
which were sent to an orphanage
in Helena. At their meeting Feb
10 they received instruction on first
aid to the injured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Bice of Lau-
rel and Mr.. and Mrs. Lorin Bice
of Billings will leave Thursday for
an extended visit in California.
At a meeting of Zidonian chapter
No. so, o. E. S., Thursday evening,
the program had to do with land
marks of the order and basic prin-
ciples, with Mrs. Ann Hageman, as
s~ociate matron, in charge. A re-
quired lecture on Eastern Star his
tory was given by Campbell Calvert.
Mrs. Beulah Hartley, worthy ma
tron, presided at the session. Hos
tesses serving refreshments after
the meeting were Mrs. Ruth Wilcox,
Mrs. Evelyn Richardson and Mrs.
Sadie Hafer.
Laurel outlook., 1947-02-12
LAUREL
BIO LING
By ORIN D. PRICE

During the past week the loca
keglers cooled off somewhat, al.
though some very good series We're
posted. The only kegler to top the
200 mark in league play was Freddie
Feuerbacher of the Sticks Inn team
with a POI score. DR.. Mccormick
had two good games of 1873 and 189,
for Prices Pharmacy. For high
series during the week, A. Henry
and DIR. Mccormick tied with 511
each, followed by Mike Brano with
$40, Zimmerman 507 and Benin SOB.
Monday, Feb. g., in C league play,
the DeMolays downed the league
leaders, Frank'h Grocery, two out
of three games and total pins,
2,226-2,117. Yung Hageman led
his mates to victory by shooting a
435 series. The Independents won
two out of three games and total
pins, 1926 to 2,158, from the Farm
ers Union. Zimmerman, for the
Farmers Union, had high series but
his Teammates fell down.
Tuesday night, Feb. A, in B league
play, Prices Pharmacy won four
points on a forfeit from the Palace
Bar entry who have failed to have
a sufficient number of bowlers pres
ent for the last four weeks. With
DR.. Mccormick leading the way the
drug keglers fired 1901 for total
pins. Sticks Inn downed the Laur-
ell Trading Co., two out of three
games and total pins, 2287 to 2144.
Thursday night Feb. 6, in ladies'
A league, the Board of Trade down.
ed the Farmers Union two out of
three games and total pins, 1887
to 1923. Laurel Alleys won two
of three games and total pins from
the Vaughn-Ragsdale team, 1854 to
1776.
Friday night, Feb. 7, in mems A
league competition, the Laurel Al
leys won two of three games from
the V. F. W. No. 1 team, also to
total pins, 1868 to 22O5. The match
between Greening Chevrolet and the
V. F. w. No. 2 entry was postponed
until a later date.
Standing Feb. Z.
Laurel outlook., 1947-02-12
Uncover Japan
Diamond Cache
Estimated to Be tn Greatest
Assortment Ever Seen
In Modem Times.

American occu
patton forces uncovered in Japan {
hoard of hundreds of thousands O.
cut diamonds, probably the Creates
assortment ever assembled in mod
ern times.
Government officials said the Jap
anese government collected the
treasure from the japanese people
as a war financing measure. APP
parently the intention was to sell
the gems for foreign exchange and
purchase munitions and raw materi-
ais.
The gems are valued at between
20 and 25 million dollars. But gem
experts with knowledge of the hoard
said the army undoubtedly was
speaking conServatively.
"They represent the entire dia-
mond resources of the whole nation"
Edward Henderson of Smithsonian
institution said. "This undoubtedly
is a situation unique in history. I
know of no other time when virtual
ly every diamond owned by every
individual in a nation was assembled
at one place"
Held i'm Bank Vaults.
The gems now r in vaults of the
Bank of Japan in Tokyo.
Officials here said one box of gems
was located in Tokyo after a jap
anese reported he knew of a place
where diamonds are scattered all
over"
u. S. army intelligence then un-
covered other hiding places, which
yielded gallons of diamonds, often
in flimsy containers such as shoe
boxes.
The gems were Gin a confused
condition, dirty and mixed with
worthless DEBRIS" the army said.
Henderson and DR.. William H.
Foshag, curator of minerals at the
Smithsonian, were called to Tokyo
to classify and appraise the "collec-
ton"
eff they had been piled in one
heap, I don't suppose you could have
stretched your arms around the bot
tom of the pile" Henderson said.
G.I.s Kept Bug-Eyed.
1t took Henderson and DR.. Foshag,
working with four Japs, five months
to count and classify them.
G.I.s assigned to watch over the
room where the diamonds were kept
were bug-eyed when they saw the
display. Later they were bored by
the monotony of the count.
eff I ever marry a girl, I'll never
give her a diamond" one CT. said.
II hate the sight of them"
No famous individual diamonds !
turned up, and apparently none from
the Jap crown jewels. The three
heaviest weighed a total of 100
This compares favorably
106 carats for the Kohinoor dia-
mond of the British crown jewels.
Government officials expect the
diamonds to become Preparations for
payment to the Allies who fought
Japan.
Laurel outlook., 1947-02-12

You are still at war one year after
VI Day. That's putting it bluntly,
but l know from experience that
you like e-shoulder
talk. Initiation at home has yet to
surrender. United States Savings
Bonds are still ''War Bonds" in the
battle for Americas economic sta
bility. You can combat rising
prices by taking surplus dollars out
of the market place. Your govern
ment has provided a safe, profitable
vehicle for saving these extra dol
lars-United States Savings Bonds.
BY investing in Savings Bonds reg
ularly you are building a better
America and a better life for you
personally. US. Treasury Department
Laurel outlook., 1947-02-12
CALENDAR
looming Events ;.
Friday. Feb. Ii

Friday, Feb. ID
A valentine party and a general
school program will be held in the
evening at the Silesia school.
Laurel outlook., 1947-02-12
Monday. Feb. II

Monday, Feb. IL
Laurel Woman's club will meet
at Mrs. P. A. Johnston's home at
1 o'clock for a pot-luck luncheon
and valentine box.
Laurel outlook., 1947-02-12
Battery Check

An indicator for electric indus
trial trucks warns the operator by
means of a jeweled ruby light when
the battery is approaching dis
charge. The instrument was de-
veloped to insure longer battery life
and more dependable truck opera
ton.
Laurel outlook., 1947-02-12
HaIley'S Comet

Halley's comet has been tracked
back to 24O B. c. The appearance
of this comet in A. D. 1866 is re-
corded on the Bayeux tapestry.
The comet was named for Edmund
HALEY, the first astronomer to es-
tablish the fact of a comets period
ic return.
Laurel outlook., 1947-02-12
Risky Driving

Next to speed, driving on the
wrong side of the road, which in
cludes improper passing, was the
most frequent driver violation re-
ported to the National Safety Coun-
Gil in 1915.
Laurel outlook., 1947-02-12

INC F-30 tractor on
rubber, Overhauled Fall
of 1916
Laurel outlook., 1947-02-12
Red SuuilI Effective

Red squill is effective against
rats; relatively harmless to hui
mans, domestic animals and fowl.
When buying, specify oven-dried
red squill, made according to gov
eminent standards for rat control.
Laurel outlook., 1947-02-12
Monday, Feb. IL

Mrs. Gene Williams will be host
ess at her home to the Laurel Fed
Grated club with Mrs. Dorothy
Egnew as cohostess. Music will be
in charge of Mrs. Ora Barr, and
Mrs. Mary Duncan will discuss the
topic, "Easy-to-Get Meals"
The Rebekah business meeting, So
cial hour with refreshments and de-
gree practice will be at 1880 p. m.
at the L. l.. club. Visiting Rebekahs
are welcome.
The union times., 1947-05-10
British Unionist On Greece Mission

London (LPA) = General Secre- tary Vincent Tewson of the British Trades Union Congress has left for Greece on a mission for the World Federation of Trade Unions. Both the government-contro11ed union fedora tion and a rival body formed last year with British union guidance have been declared illegal by the Greek Supreme Court. Tewson is to help in the forma' ton of new federation.
The union times., 1947-05-10
Musicians Meet In Hartford

Al new England locals represented by III delegates comprising the New England and Connecticut conferences convened for their joint semi-annual meeting at the Hotel Bond on Sunday April 27th.
 Harry F. Sleeper representing Ma tional President James C. Petrillo was the guest for the day and addressed the meeting with particular remarks on the American Federation of Music ians' plan for national distribution of the fund accrued from the tax on photograph and transcription records to be a1located to local unions for financing the cost of presentations of free musical events i'll public institu- tions and communities throughout the country in an effort to encourage a greater amount of musical education and appreciation.
 Reports from the New England area showed no trend of an increase in the existing wage-scale and small upturn in employment
 Leonard Reed and John Cain of Local 486, and Edward Wittstein, Harry L. Benson and Robert Schecter, who has recently been re-appointed Business Agent of Local 234, were the delegates from this city.
The union times., 1947-05-10
Unity Rejected, But A.F.L.,C.L.O. Slate New Talks
AFL Proposed CIO Come In Now With Their Full
 Membership

WASHINGTON (LPA) = AFL and CIO peace committees, after two days here last week, agreed unanim- ously on the need for organic unity, but rejected, for the present, each others proposals for achieving such unity.
 However, the committees kep, the door open to an ultimate un. derstanding by announcing tha, further unity negotiations will be held.
 The committee wound up the two day barley with the following joint statement:
 Tt is the unanimous opinion of the representatives of the CIO and the AFL that organic unity should be established within the American labor movement. We are firmly convinced that the economic, social and indus trial interests of labor can be best served through the establishment of a united labor movement This decision is based upon the modern trend of economic, social and industrial life. It now becomes our duty to lay a sound foundation upon which super struc- ture of organic unity can be erected.
 FUTURE MEETINGS
 Tn order to accomplish this pur- pose we will now proceed to deal with the details incidental to the formation and establishment of strong united labor movement in the United States We will deal with this and other mutual problems at future meetings of the representatives of the two or
The union times., 1947-05-10

ganizations herein named. We shall devote our energies and purpose to- ward the realization of the common objective.
 ''1n the meantime, we shall con- tinue our efforts to prevent the enactment of highly objectionable anti-labor legislation now being considered in the Congress of the United States.''
 Of the peace plans proposed, the AFL's was the shortest. Its commit tee suggested simply that the CLOS af- filiates come in as they "are now or ganized with their full membership" in the same manner that the United Mine Workers reaffiliated some time ago.
 The UNIV was taken back Gas is'', leaving all jurisdictional differ ences with other AFL unions to be ironed out after utilization. The same plan was proposed for the CIO.
 Also, the AFL suggested that the merger become formally effective at the time of the next AFL cOnven- tion in San Francisco in October, ''with full privileged participation by the delegates from the now existent CIO national unions.''
 In addition, the AFL proposed that the joint peace committee continue functioning to work out the details of the amalgamation and also join hands ln fighting anti-labor legislation.
The union times., 1947-05-10
Free Enterprise Not Always Free

Useful improvements in tele- phone service were suppressed for l2 to 30 years by the American Telephone X Telegraph Co.,, the phone trust which has been balk- ing settlement of the nationwide strike for decent wages. According to the United Bro. of Telephone Workers, thousands of subscribers still are forced to use instruments that were obsolete 20 years ago.
 The brotherhood cites a federal communications commission report which found that the monopoly re- tarded use of improved equipment and SO cost subscribers hundreds of millions of dollars. Cited are those examples of delayed use by the AT&T:
 Desk handset, available 1907 but not adopted until 20 years later; combination hand set delayed 12 years, anti-sidetone circuit delayed 30 years.
The union times., 1947-05-10
Co. Union In
 Baseball Cited

New York (LPA)-Uniomzation of baseball players, an issue which club owners thought they had buried when the Pittsburgh Pirates voted IS to 5 last August against collective bargain ing, reared back last week in com plaint issued by the N. Y. State Labor Relations Board.
 The complaint, issued at the request of the American Baseball Guild, charged the N. Y. Yankees, Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers with company unionism and interference" Rev. Will liam J. Kelley, SLRR chairman, scheduled a hearing for June 4. There were no reports on the ABG's mem bership gains this year although it was announced last fall that organizing ef- forts would start during the spring training season.
The union times., 1947-05-10
No Compulsion About Giving To
 ConnunityChest
Labor And Chest Officials In Warm Accord On
 Joint Program

Strong indications that organ ized labor and the New Haven Community Chest have ssjoined hands" to develop the Red Feather health and welfare services were revealed last week at a meeting of the Chest Labor Advisory Commit tee.
 Consisting of representatives from the A. F. of L., C. I. O., and Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen, the com mittee was called together by Robert C. Mix, Chest leader, to chart the way for close cooperation between local labor organizations and the Red Feather services.
 Attending the meeting were: Rose Brunswick, William P. En- right and Nathan Sherman, A.F.L.; William J. Hurley, and Patrick A. Flynn, CLIO. George Snow, Broth erhOod of Railroad Trainmen; Howard V. Krick, Chest president; Harold F. Woodcock, Chest direc- tor; and Mix.
 As one of the developments of a close Chest-iabor tie-up, plans for giv- ing union members complete, up-to- date information on available health and welfare services, as we'll as on the workings of the Chest, were dis cussed. The Chest officials again went on record as being opposed to any employer who forces his employees to contribute to the annual campaign. WELCOMES LABOR'S INTEREST
 Welcoming organized 1abor's inter est, Mix declared: "The Chest sym bolizes voluntary investment in the welfare of this conlmunity-and we want to emphasize that it is voluntary :; every Chest contributor invests his money because he wants this com nlunity to be better place in which to live.
 @As this organization develops it is necessary that we broaden the base of participation We must recognize more and more the responsibility of every individual to invest in the community of which he is part"
 The labor leaders present well comed Mix's statement and prom ised full cooperation in presenting the Red Feather story, which is that the Community Chest belongs to all the people of the community. R communications from Philip Murray, national CIO presi- dent and William Green. AFL lead- CT, have urged complete labor SUD- port of community services.
 Tn following out full information
The union times., 1947-05-10
Here's Where Your Money Goes

In 56 larg ecities the family food bill advanced 3o percent between mid February and mid-March, new peak in retail food prices, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Depart ment of Labor. These are the latest official figures available. The retail food price index for March Is was 2.4 percent higher than June 1920, the peak after World War I, rose to 1895 percent above the 1935-1o3o average, and was 10 percent above mid-Nov- ember average for 1946. A special sur vey made as of April Is of 17 foods in 12 cities indicates that food prices had declined about 1a of one percent from March IS, a period in which they usually increase
The union times., 1947-05-10

program, it was pointed out that meet ings will be held with labor locals and labor personnel will be given large responsibility for campaigning.
 Mix stated that "this has been one of the most heartening meetings the Chest has had this year and we are expecting that organized labor will reach full understanding of the Chest goals after the joint information pro- gram gets under way. Regular meet ings of the Labor Advisory Commit tee will be held to develop the pro gram.
 The basic function of the Labor Advisory Committee will be to de- velop close cooperation on fund raising between organized labor and the Chest, the information pro- gram being supplementary.
 As part of this approach, where possible, 1abor-management conn mittees will be set up in plants and shops to handle contributions dur ing the campaign.
The union times., 1947-05-10
Ford Gets Them Coming, Going

NEW YORK (LPA)-H Henry Ford II was sharply rebuked by the Workers Defense League last week because the Ford Motor Co. docked workers for the compulsory worthless day of mourning following the death of his grandfather. This action, wired WDL Chairman Donald Harrington, "does not constitute memorial to him which you would want your workers to remember.
The union times., 1947-05-10

When it's bread you want-say union label bread.
The union times., 1947-05-10

First permanent US. union was organized by Philadelphia shoe- makers in 1792 and lasted until 18O6.
The union times., 1947-05-10
Radio Station For Garment Workers

NEW YORK-(FP)-Permission to operate an FM radio station in New York has been granted the Int1. Ladies Garment Workers Union (AFL) by the Federal Comnnunica- tions Commission, it was learned here.
 At the same time the EGG overrode heated protests to approve a similar application by the New York Daily News. Unions and progressive groups opposed the News application on grounds that the newspaper has con- sistently demonstrated bias and hostil- ity against minority groups.
The union times., 1947-05-10
You Can't Fool The Voters Every Time They Vote

YPSILANTI, Mich. (FP).-This industrial and college town between Detroit and the state capital rebuked the Junior Chamber of Commerce in the city election by putting in the common council two Negro candidates and five whites. Amos Washington, Negro, received the highest vote of all candidates. John Burton, also Negro, was reelected
 The chamber had tried to finagle Burton out of the council by pushing through a citywide election plan in- stead of the former ward system. The citizens fooled it.
The union times., 1947-05-10
Students Approve Teacher Raises

New York (LPA)-Teachers de- serve higher pay, and there should be more federal funds set aside for schools, concluded seven teen-age stu dents who took part in a NeV Fork Times forum last week. The boys and girls, several of whom were from Norwalk, Conn, where their teach CTS conducted successful mo con- tract, no work demonstration last fall, agreed that strikes have been the teachers most effective method of bringing their problems to public at tention
The union times., 1947-05-10
SUGAR WORKERS BALLOT

NEW ORLEANS (LPA)-More than 5000 workers in sugar refineries who are members of CIO local in- dustria1 unions will know this week the results of vote conducted by the CIO as to whether they should remain LIUs, or affiliated with the Brewery Workers, the Retail, Wholesale & Dept Store Employees, or the Pack inghouse Workers.
The union times., 1947-05-10
ADVERTISEMENT

"All the perplexities, con- fusion, and distress in America arise, not from want of honor or virtue, 90 much as from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation. John Adams.
 eff the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their money, first by imitation and then by defation, the banks and the corporations that will grow up around them will de- prive the people of their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers con- quered. ."-Thomas Jefferson.
The union times., 1947-05-10

Unionism Means Democracy.
Evening star., 1947-09-07
RAILROAD SLANG
by Lucius Beebe

has brought with it scarcely half
a dozen additions to railroad
vernacular. From the automobile
industry, the proper parent of
Diesel power, there have de-
rived only barrel" for cylinder,
bucket" for piston, "galloping
rod" for connectingrod, and sin
gle stick" for single carnshaft.
But the railroad industry it.
self was responsible for almost
every other phrase, usage and
synonym it uses.
The Glory Wagon
OF ALL the items of railroad
equipment. the one which
appeals most to the universal
imagination. the caboose, has
the most synonyms. Caboose
probably came from the French
cambnse or ships store room.
Since then it has been known
as crummy, way car, doghouse,
bouncer, 700, brain cage. peram-
bulator, chariot, glory wagon,
hack. go-cart, hut. monkey
wagon, cabin car. shanty and
brainbox. And once we over
heard a brakeman, probably
u Harvard man. refer to it AS
1.-The chateau"
1t is in pulp fiction and among
the amateurs of railroading, such
as model builders, that railroad
jargon flowers best. There. no
engineer can be anything but a
Casey JONES'" "grunt, high
ball artist" "hogger, eagle
eye" or throttle artist" and
no engine can be anything less
picturesque than a mill, hog"
kettle "battleship," hay
burner" or goat"
Don't try to tell rail fan any
thing different, or he will take a
powder on you - only he would
call it pulling the pin."
Evening star., 1947-09-07
StAgecoach Word

In COMPILING glossary of rail
slang for our forthcoming book,
Mixed Train Daily. A Book of
Short-Line Railroads." Charles
M. Clegg and | discovered that,
although railroading was evolved
directly from 'stagecoach travel,
only a single word, "hostler, "
was carried over. A hostler is
still a man who grooms. cleans
and conditions locomotives.
And the Diesel-electric engine
Evening star., 1947-09-07
What's "a pig and 40
reefers''? Any real
RR fan can tell you

GOO WE tied the pig onto
~ forty REFERS, the head
shack bent the iron into the
main and after the brains gave
ne highball from the straw
berry patch | pulled the plug
and we rolled out of the garden
on the advertised"
This in theory, and with a
nice regard for railroad vernacu-
lar, is how a freight-train engi-
neer might say: so we coupled
the locomotive onto train of
forty refrigerator cars, the front
end brakeman opened the switch
into Che through track. and after
the conductor gave me a 60
ahead from the caboose, we left
the yards on schedule" :"
More likely, however, it's
what you'd read in the pulp
magazines published for rail-
road fans. Few railroad men
: would express themselves in such
eloquent jargon. But the gaudy
lexicon of the high iron" has
enough foundation in fact to be
occasionally valid.
Evening star., 1947-09-07

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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-28
Speaking From Hearsay

The witness had been warned by
the court to make no statement ex-
cept as to what he knew from hav-
ing seen it. Tell nothing" said the
judge, that you have learned only
from hearsay."
The cross-examination began.
when were you born?" asked the
prosecuting attorney.
Il can't tell you that"
why not?" demanded the court
81 only know that by hearsay."
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-28
Just Whore was The wood?

Mr.. and Mrs Woggins had just re-
turned to their boarding house after
a few hours on the sands.
did you see that ventriloquist on
the beach?" asked another boarder.
do you mean the fellow sitting
on a ladder?" asked Mrs. Woggins.
eyes"
well, didn't think much of him, F"
said Mrs. Woggins, "but the boy sit
ting on his knee was awfully clever!"