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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-19
Wallace Asked If He
Accepts Red Support

New York City (ILNS)-Harry
Fleischman, national secretary of
the Socialist party, sent an open
letter to Henry Wallace asking the
self-proclaimed Presidential nomi-
nee how he could accept Communist
support and at the same time de-
clare that he would mot knowing
ly accept the support of any in
dividual or group advocating the
Limitation of democratic action" or
(which would restrict the civil lib
critics Of othersW
The Socialist official pointed to
the suppression Of civil liberties
and murders of political opponents
by Communists in countries where
they control the state, and to num-
erous Incidents in the United
States, where Communists have at
tempted physically to break up
meetings Of other groups and have
attempted to gag distribution of
anti-Communist papers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-19
Labor Educators
Discuss Labor'S
Foreign Policy

New York (LPA)-Highlight of
the traditional Washington's Birth
day conference of American Labor
Education Service this year will be
a discussion of methods and ma
terials which will implement Ia
boris foreign policy"
Leading the discussion will be
Alice Hanson Cook, Philadelphia
workers education expert who has
spent some time in Germany for
the War Dept making a study of
union education there. Participants
will include, besides a CIO repre-
sentative not yet announced, Finn
Moe, Norwegian delegate to the
United Nations, Tony Sender, con-
sultant for the AFL to the Eco
nomic & Social Council Of UN, and
probably Frank Fenton, who has
replaced the late Robert Watt as
AFL international representative.
Another major topic of discus
sion will be the Labor Extension
bill, with reports expected from
participants in the week-long hear
ings which end the day before the
conference begins, before the SEN
ate Labor Committee in Washing
ton.
The two-day conference, Feb. Il
and %, will be held at the New
School for Social Research.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-19
Accidental D e ofhs 100000 Last
Year, z Percent Above 7o46 Figure

Chicago 0LNS)-Killed, 100000;
injured, 10,500,C00; the cost, So
7O0, 900, 900.
That was the toll exacted from
America by accidents in 1947-a
year that brought a general in
crease in accidental deaths Of all
kinds except traffic fatalities. Traf-
fic-accidents' traditional No. kill
er-was deposed in 1947 by home
accidents. Deaths due to on-thejo job
accidents rose 3 per cent.
Auto~T0ll Reduced
The 1947 toll, reported by the
National Safety Council, is 2 per
cent above 1916. All accident class
ifications except traffic and mill
tary personnel showed increases,
but the overall increase was due
principally to sharp rise in pub
lie accidents other than motor We
hicle-notably drowning and dis
aster tolls.
The council pointed to a per
cent decrease in traffic deaths as
the most encouraging spot in the
accident picture. Headed for unpre-
cedented peaks when war restric-
tions ended, the motor vehicle toll
was controlled in 1916 and actual
ly reduced in 1947, despite 8 per
cent increase in travel.
Deaths from occupational acci-
dents in 1947 totaled 17,000-about
3 per cent more than in 1916. Total
all-industry employment increased
about 5 per cent, with manufac-
turing employment alone up 8 per-
cent.
Disabling injuries from work ac-
cidents numbered approximately
2,O50,0O0.
Economic loss from occupational
accidents totaled about $1,000, ,0O0,-
900.
Coal mine deaths totaled 1,039 in
the first IL months of 1947-22
per cent above the '46 figure. Rail
road employe fatalities were 632 in
the same period-an increase of a
per cent. Injuries in IL months were
down 7 per cent to a total of 3d.
642.
Huge Time Loss
Deaths to workers from all acci-
dent causes totaled 81 4,500-17,0O0
on the job and 37,500 off the job.
This is a per cent increase. In
juries were about 5,500C0. Total
time lost was 50,000,000 man-days,
equivalent to the shutdown of
plants with 100000 workers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-19
GEORGE MOUNTFORD

George Mountford, 50, honorary
member of the National Brother
hood of Operative Potters, died
Feb. 16 in his home, Ala Jeffer-
son street, following a long illness.
Mr.. Mountford, son of the late
George and Rebecca Hickim Mount
ford, was a turner by trade and last
employed by the Edwin M. Knowles
China Co. He was member of the
Methodist Church and the Power
Class.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Emily
Cartwright Mountford; daughter,
Helen r. Mountford at home; a
brother, William Mountford of East
Liverpool and two half sisters, Mrs.
Harry Larkins of East Liverpool,
and Mrs. Henry Greenwood of East
Liverpool.
Rites were held from the Dawson
Funeral Home by Rev. Stanley H.
Mullen, pastor of the First Meth
odist Church. Burial was in Riv-
erview Cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-19
JAMES f. RUNION

Sebring, Ohio - James Edward
Runion, 70, an employee at the
Royal China, Inc, died Feb. l6 at
his home, Ohio Ave. and 18th
streets, following a two-weeks ill
ness.
Mr.. Runion came to Sebring eight
years ago from East Liverpool. He
was member of Local Union 50,
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Anna
Runion; three sons, Everett A.
Runion of Sebring, Daniel Runion
of New Brighton, Pa, and Bert
Runion of Rosemeade, Calf; five
daughters, Mrs. Alma Masternick
and Mrs. Mary Dawson of Youngs-
town, Mrs. Margaret Williams of
Sebring, Mrs. Phyllis Moderelli of
Struthers and Mrs. Isabelle Martin
of Rosemeade, Calf; three step
daughters, Mrs. Catherine Pinker-
ton and Mrs. Freda Harton of East
Liverpool and Mrs. Agnes O'Reilly
of East Liverpool; l8 grandchil-
dren, and four great grandchil-
dren.
Services were held from the Mar
tin Funeral Home in East Liverpool
by Rev. d. Park Chapman, pastor
of the First Church of Christ. Bur-
ial was in Riverview Cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-19
McDevitt Rejects Bid
TO Democrats COnclave

Harrisburg, Pa.-James l.. Nc
Dewitt, president of the Pennsyl-
vania State Federation of Labor,
declined nomination as a delegate
at-large to the Democratic Nation
al Convention.
McDevitt rejected the bid from
State democratic leaders on the
ground that his organizations poll
teal activity this year would be
conducted on a non-partisan course
with the traditional AFL policy Of
supporting friends and fighting
foes, irrespective of party affilia-
tion
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-19
AFL's Auto Workers
Will Aid Political Unit

Milwaukee, Wis.-The executive
board of the AFL's United Auto
Workers pledged the union to co
operate with the program of La
bor's League for Political Educa-
ton which was authorized by the
AFL annual convention held last
October.
Lester Washburn, president of
the JAW, announced that union
are being set up to CO.
ordinate its activities with those of
the national league.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-19
Ohio Lobor Sets Up Political Arm;
Stresses Role Of AFL M e m b ers

Columbus. Ohio-The most am
bilious political program ever un-
dertaken by labor in Ohio took de-
finite shape here as more than p
eco representatives of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor met and
set up machinery for the Ohio Fed
Grafton of Labor's Educational and
Political League.
Phil Hannah, secretary-treasureT
of the Ohio State Federation of
Labor, was named secretary of the
new organization. Michael j. Ly-
den, president of the Ohio State
Federation Of Labor, was named
statewide chairman, and the z
vice presidents of the federation
win serve as vice-chairmen.
Hannah opened the meeting by
outlining the need for the estab-
lishment of Labor's Educational and
Political League, and later submit
ted a declaration of principles and
plan of operation throughout the
state.
In his address he denounced a
third-party movement in America,
and advised AFL members to repu-
diate it. Henry Wallace and his
third party are betraying the lib
eral cause in America, and playing
into the hands of reactionary and
Tory elements" he declared.
Lyden told the meeting that Ohio
AFL organizations were taking a
leading part in the nationwide po-
litical program, and predicted the
workers in this state would show
a demonstration of voting strength
next fall never before witnessed.
The statement of principles and
methods of operation adopted at the
meeting emphasized the great inn
portance of every AFL member in
making the political drive an out
standing success. The statement
said in part:
at is, therefore, of utmost inn
portance that the men and women
who make up the mass membership
of the American Federation of La
Dor in Ohio recognize the tremen-
dous importance of their individual
status. Each member should resolve
himself or herself into a committee
of one to carry forth our program
for his own welfare and for the
welfare of all working people in the
state and nation.
"The charge has been erroneous
ly made that rank-and-file member
of labor is not interested in the
onslaught against his union; that
he has no confidence i'm his duly
elected officers; that he is on the
side of the 'open-shoppers' in Con
gress and the General Assembly.
Through the program Of Labor's
Educational and Political League
he can soundly repudiate these evil
insinuations. He can demonstrate,
once and for all, his loyalty to the
basic principles of trade unionism,
and to the organizations which
have, through unified action,
brought to the working man and
his family better standard of Iiv-
ing, and the full dignity to which
they are so rightfully entitled"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-19
Offers Time Mag
Story On Henry
Luce And Staff

Washington (LPA)-A running
verbal battle has been going on for
some time now between Il represen-
tative of Time magazine and an
AFL man from Silver Spring, Md.
The AFL mans letter, criticizing
an article on William Green which
appeared in Time last October,
never made the Letters to the Edi-
tor column.
This wasn't because they were
poorly written and as proof here
are few excerpts from them:
1t seems that the same day our
man read the William Green piece
he received a form letter from
Time asking him to subscribe. He
was all ready to, until he perused
the gem of the AFL head, but then
decided against it, telling the Luce
editors that the AFL was a sub
iect he knew something about and
if they could be that inaccurate on
something he knew about how could
he trust them on all the things he
didn't know about.
The Time people wrote back say
ing they wanted to know on what
specific points he found their ac-
count inaccurate. He had to leave
out a lot in his answer in order to
hold it down to 5000 words, but
he thought he managed to make
his point.
Suppose should write an arti-
Gle on Henry r. Luce" he wrote,
ain the same manner as you wrote
about William Green. should re-
fer to his romping around the coun-
try and the world-he loves that.
should pick out all his unpleasant
traits, and stress them. | should
mention the fact that his name ap-
pears on his publications. should
stress above all else, his Salaries
and Expenses And in addition,
suppose | reverted to some gos-
sip?
"You quote John l.. Lewis on
Mr.. Green always-never anyone
else. In the same way, suppose in
my article on Henry r. Luce, |
should quote Stain on the scound-
rels of the pen, the imperialist
and the prostitutes
the correspondents, researchers,
writes and editors, all in the Daily
Worker and Pravda manner?
Would you think it fair and OBJ
jective? Would Henry r. Luce like
it? You wouldn't think that Luce
deserved it, of course? Why does
William Green or a Labor leader
of his stamp?"
Our boy proceeded to give them
the same treatment on the rest OF
the article ending up with ref
erence to the flat statement, 1T
is the AFL's belief that salvation
could be summed up in one word;
wages" A few of the things the
AFL is interested in, he points out,
are: social security, the Marshall
plan, legislation, education, and the
many progressive community and
government committees on which
the AFL has representatives.
"You pick out just what suits
you," he concludes, "just as Stalin's
writer's pick out what suits the
big boss and the party line. Well,
that's your line, and it's an anti
labor and anti-AFL line"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-19

Salesman: "See there, mister,
that hat fits perfectly. How does
it feel 2"
Buyer: "Okey, unless my ears
get tired"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-19
SIS
MRS. AUGUSTA NJ. GEORGE

Mrs. Augusta M. George, 68, died
Feb. l6 at the home of her broth
er, John Bradley, 200 Union street.
She had been i'll since last Septem-
ber.. " l
Mrs. George was born near Cal
cutta. She was employed for l5
years in the decorating department
at the Hall China Company and
was affiliated with Local Union
124, National Brotherhood of Oper-
ative Potters. She attended the
First Presbyterian Church.
She leaves another brother,
Joseph Bradley of East Liverpool,
a niece and a nephew.
Rites were held from the Mar
tin Funeral Home by Rev. M. Ru-
dolph Miller, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church. Burial was
in Spring Grove Cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-19
OBITUARIES
MASON H. RIEL

Mason H. Riel of Sebring, form
er East Liverpool resident, died
suddenly Feb. IA of a heart attack,
while waiting in the Bus Terminal
in Alliance to take bus to Can
ton.
Mr.. Riel was a kilnman by trade
and was employed in a pottery in
Sebring. He formerly worked in
Wellsville and East Liverpool pot
teries. He was a member of Lo-
cal Union SO, National Brotherhood
of Operative Potters.
Surviving are son, Lawrence
Riel of Clarksburg, w. Va; a
daughter, Mrs. Pauline Escola of
New York City; four brothers,
John Riel of Wellsville, James Riel
of East Liverpool, Charles Riel of
Akron, and Earl Riel of Slate, W..
Va, and two sisters, Mrs. Maude
Deem and Mrs. Anna Curry of
Parkersburg, w. Va.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-19

There ought to be a course in
school that teaches people to read
the handwriting on the wall.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-19

You got to expect some poor
fruit on every family tree.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-19

Very often it's the mink coat in
the closet that is responsible for
the wolf at the door!
Evening star., 1948-03-07
NuWsee M 5Ws: MzM
enar cane 5aanthay BRIGHT!

Not only do grayed things turn
sparklingwhite again-yourw wash
able colors will come sparkling
bright. Proof positive that life
time Oxydol performs this mira
Gle safely! It's tomorrow's wash
dav wonder. And it's here today!
Evening star., 1948-03-07
MaIvuWsee yuuv GbHes
KEEP q nor sy5HI6neSS/

Know how your husbands best
shirts, your fine linens, turn grad
ually gray, dull, yellow from re-
peated washlngs? Just use life
time Oxydol and - watch those
same clothes turn sparkling white
and bright again. And stay white
and bright for life! Truly life
time Sparkle!
Evening star., 1948-03-07
MVSee Antilles Mks a7
an @nAzly new M11sne<s/

You'll see towels you thought
we're white as white could be turn
whittier still-sparkLNg white. Yes,
right before your own eyes you'll
see how this wonderful lifetime
Oxydol brings new whiteness to
shirts and sheets-all your white
things. And the amazing thing is:
Your clothes will stay sparkling
white, washing after washing.
, 1948-08-07

The Company Has Served It's Purpose

EVE now and again the Virgin Islands Company has
come in for peculiar criticism. 1t has been accused Of waste,
OF not being able to balance its books, and Of being a relief
project. When the charter of the Virgin Islands Company was
granted in 1882, it was, as we understood il, an attempt to
help get the Island Of ST. Croix on itssfeet, or partly 50. Those
who planned it saw the situation, and knew that something
had to be done. Here was an island which in
its day, had produced some of the finest rum in the world,
and had exported sugar to Europe and America. There was a
time when we supported a population of $4,000, and did it
fairly well Then the turn of the century with its declining
sugar and rum markets. Competition Of new areas took us
from our place of prominence as a rum producing area, and
the economy floundered. ST. Thomas, with its excellent har-
Dor also began to suffer from the change, as ships shifted from
coal to oil, and frequent refuelng was no longer necessary.
THOSE who would study the economic conditions in the
Virgin Islands need to remind themselves of these changes,
and what it means to have such an area wTest itself from Al
situation which was not of its own making. When the old
sugar companies pulled up stakes, they put out of employ
ment hundreds land made idle thousands Of acres Of cane
producing lands. To those who planned, a company which
would give employment, and heIpsreturn confidence to the
smallfarmer would serve a twofold purpose. And So the Vir-i
gin Islands Company was started. Everyone knew that with
sugar at the price ii was. the Company would not be able tol
turn up mountainous profits, and that if it could onIykeepl
itself alive, or even operate at a slight defcity, it will have
population on direct relief, or providing some method where
Furnish employment to hundreds.
n THE Virgin Islands Company has not been able 70
, 1948-08-07

show glorious results the Is
land of St. Croix should not
be penalized for it. Hundreds
have been employed, and sim
liar hundreds Of small farmers
have been able to keep their
heads above water. Whatever.
mismanagement there might
have been before Mr. Olson
took over eonnot be blamed
on the inhabitants of the Is
lands. There have been many.
presidents and other officials,
many Of whom had never seen
a sugar mill in their lives, and
it was not strange to hear that
a new president or other high
ranking official was appoint
ed, whose term of office was
marked by a'flying trip to the
Islands. In converting the fac
tories contracts were drawn
up which produced little or
nothing, and the work had to
be done over. And it was for
a native son, Mario Daniel,
trained in the college of en-
cheering in Puerto Rico, and
former president Gilbert Pace,
who made the wheels at Beth
lelemfacteryturn.
NOR were politics com
, 1948-08-07

Pletely ruled out, for many IN
appointment came via the po-
political route. In all Of these
years, with their gsucling {
perienoes the Islands suffered,
yet it was their blame when
things did not go as well as
they might.
LOOKING over the years
we must say that the Com
Fany has done fairly well, and
under its new president, Nor
man Olson. it shows signs Of
raising its head, and getting
off to a new, more effective
start. But the question is, how
long win he be permitted to
remain and carry on the good
work. This is our last chance,
and we should be given a
chance to hold it and use it.
II THE taxpayers money
Of America is being wasted, it
might be well to look closer
home, for certainly not all Of
the funds appropriated ever
reach these shores. While we
appreciate all that is being
done, it should be fefnember-
ed that we are also the vic
Tins of circumstances not Of
our own making.
, 1948-08-07
NOTICE OF sHERlFF.s SALE

70 be sold for and on behalf Of r.. H. Amphlett Leader"
Esq Attorney for complainant, Robert L. Merwin &
Company.
There will be offered for sale at a Public Auction to be
held on Monday, August 8, 1913, at 200 O'clock PM, in the
tort yard OF Christiansted, stheefonowing articles:
Viz: 1 Ten QOl Sewing Machines Singer, Model 31l5l
2 Three 80 Tins 5 gal Paint Gray
G. "A. Matthias
Acting Sheriff
lnthe District Court Of the Virgin Islands Of the United States
Division Of s.. CFoi< at Christiansted
IN H MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
4. VENETIA IMMONDS PRENTICE.
DECEASED RoBAT No. 1s. ls7
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNTING
Persuant to an Order of the District Court Of the Virgin
Islands, Dated July 18th, 1913, the undersigned Administra-
tor hereby gives notice that he will render his Final Account
in the above entitled case at 1000 am on September 30th.
1888, at the Office of the Clerk of the District Court, in Chris
tlansted. anyone having objections thereto should then and
there appear and show cause why said accounting should not
be approved August 2, 1913
William +. MoOrhsad VERNON GORDON
Attorney Administrator
, 1948-08-07

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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-16
oW Jacket Cagrs Take Both Ends Of Twin Bill From Weldon High
to common draft with the All

to common draft with the All
American Conference.
"Either that or some other
sensible solution to the fantas-
tic situation that finds me with
a championship football team
that will lose close to $32, 1000
this year"
The NFL and AAC have been
at loggerheads for three years
and the only result has been
high salaries and money losing
franchises. It's this condition
Thompson is anxious to find a
cure for.
"Td like to make some Sense
and cents out of this muddled
pro-football business" Thomp-
son explained.
"Please understand, I'm not
the kind that changes his mind
on this subject every "a hours.
I'm 100 per cent in back of any
policy the league decides on but
I'd be a fool if I didn't try and
resolve a situation in which
most of us are losing money"
Thompson continued.
The Eagle owner is determin-
ed to try and make other NFL
owners see the light at the draft
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-16
Fielding Marks
Are Broken In
American Loop

Chicago, Dec. 1e-(P)-Ameri-
can League players set three
new major league fielding re-
cords and tied five others dur
ing the 1948 baseball season.
Cleveland's World Champions
fielded 1892 to lead the circuit
the American League ser
vice bureau statistics disclosed.
The Indians missed by a single
point of tieing the major league
mark they established in 1947.
In addition the champions also
boasted three players who were
the best defensively at their re-
spective positions. i.
Lou Boudreau, Cleveland
manager-shortstop, topped the
shortstops with .975, while Ed
Robinson, traded by the Indians
this week to Washington, led the
first basemen with a 1895 mark.
Dale Mitchell captured the top
mark for outfielders with .991.
The official averages show
that George Stirnweiss of New
York was the best fielding Sc
cond baseman with 1893 in 14l
games. Hank Majeski of Phil
adelphia led the third basemer
with .975, and Bob Swift of De-
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-16
Grid Lor Will
Have Th> : Bowl

Alice, Tex, Dec. 16-(AP)-De-
parting with a crash from tradi-
ton, the Alice post of the Am
erican Legion today announced
organization of the Reprieve
Bowl the first game of which
will be played here Dec. 20, 1949.
Instead of selecting teams
which have won all their games,
college teams which have lost all
their games will be invited to
take part. Cliff Floyd. legion
commander, explains it this way.
Everybody is after the guys
who have won all their games.
The guys who play just as hard
but don't win never have a
chance to play in a bowl game.
We are going to give them that
chance.
''We are going to give them
one last chance-hence the name
reprieve bowl. And we are going
to see that somebody wins"
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-16
Poland Will
Explore Soil

WARSAW-(AP)-The state
geological institute announced a
biz six-year plan for exploring
the soil. 1t plans to make AGO.
900 deep drillings throughout
Poland. Drilling tools and
equipment are to come from
Polish factories, the Soviet Un-
ion, Sweden, Denmark, Great
Britain and the United States.
troit was the highest ranking
catcher with a 1891 percentage.
Stirnweiss shattered two ma
jor league marks in leading the
circuits second basemen. His
1898 percentage erased the old
mark of 1892 and his five errors
in handling 715 chances was a
new season low for miscues.