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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-06

mond, Division Headquarters said:
"the hotter we can make our pro-
gram, the quicker this outfit will
realize that they have no place in
the supermarket in Richmond"
The Court of Appeals called this
"lethal competition" 1t warned
that if carried far enough, such
policies could drive every inde-
pendent retailer and even smaller
competing chains out of business,
No competitor can match the
APPS present resources in manu-
featuring, wholesaling and retail
ing. Profits from manufacturing
and wholesaling can be used to kill
off competition in the retail field.
But where would consumers be,
once the APP had killed off all
competitors 1t is one thing to take
business away from competitors
through low prices resulting from
efficiency, as the APP claimed to
have done in it's advertisements
But the court records are filled
with evidence Of A&P stores sell
ing at loss for years on end to
increase volume" which means
taking the business away from
competitors unfairly, at the ex-
pense of consumers elsewhere. II
APPS efficiency resulted in such
low prices, why did it have to sell
at loss to gain new business
Housewives and their husbands
would do well to consider another
angle in this A&P case. They are
not only consumers, they often are
fathers and mothers. Do they want
their children to have a chance to
work only as hired clerks or hired
store managers, or do they want
their children to have chance to
own their own businesses? p?
In the last case the Arp got a
fine of only $l75,000 for years of
illegal operations. That is a drop
in the bucket to such a large busi-
ness, only a fraction of what it
paid last week for single adver-
tising splurge. 1t has persisted in
its monopolistic practices in the
face of previous court suits and
prohibitory legislation. That is
why the government is now trying
to break it up into smaller units
not to destroy its efficiency, but to
destroy its power to harm COM
petitors and consumers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-06
Asked To Revoke
Charter of UPW

Washington (LPA) = The Dis
trict of Columbia Industrial Union
Council wants the national CIO to
revoke the charter of the United
Public Workers of America and
establish a new organizing COM
mittee for government workers.
The Council, at its monthly meet
ing, so voted, in supporting the
right-wing government workers in
their long fight to oust the UPW
from the field.
The resolution said: Because of
its Communist domination, its sab
otage of national policy, and its
slavish adherence to the Commun-
ist party line, the UPW has done
incalculable harm to it's loyal
members in the District of Colum-
bia. AS the purported spokesmen
for workers in the federal govern
ment in Washington the UPW has
brought the name of the entire
CIO into disrepute in this most
strategic area, the nationals capi-
tal."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-06
JOHN +. BRUNIE

Sebring, Ohio--John F. Brunie,
Sc, died September 20 at his home
on the Administering Road after
an illness of several months.
Mr.. Brunie who was born near
Alliance, spent all of his life in
this vicinity. He was employed last
at the Gem Clay Company and was
affiliated with Local Union SO, Ma
tional Brotherhood of Operative
Potters. He was a member of the
First Evangelical and Reformed
Church in Alliance and American
Legion Post 76.
Surviving are his wife, Iva; two
Douglas r. Malin at the
home and Harry S. Malin of Elsi-
more, Calf; five brothers, Will
liam of Alliance r. ID. 2; Fred,
Herman and Albert of Alliance
r. ID. and Edward of Sebring;
three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Aebi,
Mrs. Flora Harlan and Mrs. Hazel
Ellis of Alliance X. ID. A and two
grandchildren.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-06
Morcionfe Reelected For 10Th Term
TO Head Jersey Sfofe Labor Body

Atlantic City, N. j. (LPA) =
Louis P. Marciante, Trenton, was
reelected to his fifteenth term as
president of the New Jersey Fed
GRAFTON of Labor at the list annual
convention, attended by $50. Vim
cent j. Murphy, Newark, was re-
elected to his sixteenth term as
secretary treasurer. M C h a le F.
Condron, Orange, was reelected
first vice president; William Cart
er, Crawford, second vice president;
Sadie Reisch, Trenton, third vice
president. Terms of office were
extended from one year to two.
The salary of Mr.. Murphy, form
erly $1,000 a year, and which he
did not collect while he was Mayor
of Newark, was raised to $4,000.
AFL President William Green
told the delegates labor has had to
invade the political field because
1--WE have found we can win strikes
but we still have to win political
battles" He predicted the defeat
of Sen. Robert A. Taft Or, Ohio),
and pledged that the fight to re-
peal the Taft Hartley act will be
continued.
Tighe E. Woods, Federal Hous-
ing Expeditor, said that, since New
Jersey is an industrial state with
high concentration of population
in the industrial areas, "not many
communities in New Jersey now
under rent control are. ready for
decontrol." The average industrial
community, he said, still has
housing shortage and needs rent
control.
Secretary-treasurer Vincent j.
Murphy of Newark recommended
that the state federation employ a
full-time director of political acti-
witty to bring about desired labor
legislation.
President Marciante, who suffer
ed a heart attack before the con-
vention, was unable to attend. In
his annual report, read to the con-
vention by Michael F. Condron,
first vice president, he declared
that failure of Congress to repeal
the Taft-Hartley Act can have
only one effect-labor will go deep
er into politics.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-06
MICHAEL OCHS

Sebring, Michael Ochs, 70,
of LAG West Pennsylvania Avenue,
a native of Austria, Hungary, last
employed at the Royal China Com
pany, died September 80 at his
home after an illness of four years.
Ochs, with his wife, Anna, had
lived in this vicinity 32 years. He
was member of Local Union a.,
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters, Trinity Lutheran Church,
and Alliance Saxon Lodge, Branch
S.
In addition to his wife, Mr.
Ochs is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Katherine Kristel and Mrs.
Anna Schoppel of Europe; one
aunt, Rose Rermesch of Wiscon-
sin, and two nephews, Andrew
Zeides of Sebring and John Zeides
of Alliance.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-06
First Big Rise
In Jobs Reported

Washington, d. C. QLNS). -
Industrial jobs increased 100000
between July Is and Aug. Is, in
"the first significant rise in en-
ployment" this year, the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, U. S. Labor
Department reported.
The BIS data confirmed the
trends shown by other government
indices, such as the Federal Re-
serve Board Index of Industrial
Production and the Census Bureau
figures on overall employment.
The BIS figures are based on pay
roll data and do not include the
self-employed, domestics and farm
employers.
The report disclosed 43 million
persons were working in manufac-
turing trades and industries Aug.
15. 1t said this was about 100000
fewer than a year ago, but declar-
ed the August, 1913, total was
"abnormally high" The Census
Bureau recently reported total en-
ployment in mid-August was 58,-
947,000. The bureau placed unem-
ployment during August at $780,
900.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-06
JOHN JONES

John Jones, 500 Northside Ave,
died October 4 in City Hospital fol-
lowing a short illness. He was 6S.
Mr.. Jones was born in Saline
vile, a son of Enoch and Eliza
beth Jones, and came to East Liv-
erpool so years ago. He was en-
ployed as a night watchman at
the Edwin M. Knowles China Co.
and was a member Of Local Union
l4l, National Brotherhood of Oper-
ative Potters.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Newlen Jones; seven daugh-
terS, Mrs. j. Homer Smith, Mrs.
Mary Oliver, Mrs. Gwendolyn
Tullis and Mrs. Gail Johnson of
East Liverpool, Mrs. Paul Elliott
of Circleville, Mrs. Dorothy Flint
of Cabazon, Calf, and Mrs. Wayne
Zeitler of Marion, Ind; a son, Will
liam Jones at home; four brothers,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-06
Building Trades
Head Reports On
Housing Problem

st. Paul (LPA)-Housing is still
an acute problem for the nation,
particularly for low income famil-
les, President Richard j. Gray re-
ported to the AFL Building Trades
Department at the opening of its
convention here.
Close to a million homes were
built in 1913, and a million may be
put up in 1949, "but even this is
below the yearly average which
must be met if the housing pro-
blem is to be solved in the next 10
years." Gray said.
The nation needs at least an
average of 100000 new housing
units year if the existing housing
shortage is to be overcome and in
creased population is to be taken
care of, he stressed.
Gray described as a "hopeful
development" the increasing pro-
portion of new homes being built
for rental, but he declared these
won't ease the housing problems
for millions in the lower brackets
because rents in the new projects
are running from $75 to 500 a
month, or higher, "far above the
rent which the average working
man can afford to pay" Housing
Legislation to aid middle income"
families is still vitally needed, he
said.
Gray also deplored the under
mining Of rent controls over the
nation. Four states have abandon
ed Federal rent controls, along
with over 120 local communities,
with more to come.
Terrific increases in rents have
followed, as much as $50 per cent
in some instances, Gray declared.
The Building Trades leader
whacked the armed services
especially the Army Engineers
for attempting to evade the pre-
vailing wage provisions of the
Bacon-Davis Act on military con
struction projects. Widespread
wage-cutting has resulted, he said
eve must ask ourselves, when
we see this kind of action on the
part of the armed services, wheth-
er or not we are heading for mill
taristic government" Gray assert
ed.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-06
OBITUARIES
DEWITT ID. IRWIN

Dewitt d. Irwin, president of the
Potters Supply Co. and promin-
ent figure in the ceramic industry
for so years, died September 27 in
his home, 1923 Thompson Ave-, fol-
lowing several years illness. He
was 73.
Mr.. Irwin had not been active
in his business during the greater
part of his illness. He was with
the Potters Supply Co. for SO
years.
A son of the late John M. and
Rebecca M. Patterson Irwin, he
was born in Salineville and came
to East Liverpool with his parents
in 1881 when he was 5.
He learned the trade of a pot
terry decorator, at which he work
ed until he became identified with
the Potters Supply Co. The COM
pany manufactures saggers, pins,
stills and other refractories, used
in the general and china ware in
dustries.
He was a member of the First
Methodist Church and Masonic
Lodge 681.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Nell
lie Welsh Irwin at home; two sons,
William w. Irwin and Phillip P.
Irwin, both of East Liverpool; two
daughters, Mrs. Esther Hooking
of East Liverpool, and Mrs. Ann
Hoffman of New Philadelphia; a
sister, Miss Mary G. Irwin of East
Liverpool, and 10 grandchildren.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-06
Western And Hard
Coal Miners
Back On The Job

Pittsburgh (LPA)-The United
Mine Workers ordered all bitum-
inous coal miners west of the Mis-
sissippi and all anthracite miners
to return to work after IL days of
being on strike.
The order was made public by
UNIV vice president Thomas Ken
Inedy. He said it applied to $4,000
coal diggers in nine western states
and to $4,000 hard coal miners in
northeastern Pennsylvania.
The telegram telling the affect
ed local unions to return to work
were signed by John l.. Lewis,
UNIV president, Kennedy and
John Owen, union secretary-trea-
surer.
However, nearly 100000 bitum-
inous miners remained on strike in
other areas. UNIV officials were
continuing negotiations at White
Sulphur Springs, w. Va, with
spokesmen. for northern and bitum-
inous operators. Negotiations at
Bluefield, Va, with southern oper-
ators were recessed until Tuesday,
Oct. A. Operators expressed optim-
ism on the outcome.
Kennedy said that the anthracite
diggers and the western soft coal
miners were being sent back to
avoid hardship in their respective
mining centers. He added that their
return to work would have no eff
feet on the negotiations in pro-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-06
Dock Union Votes
For Strike Delay

New York (LPA)-The 100-man
negotiating committee of the Int'l
Longshoremen's Ass'n-AFL voted
unanimously to postpone for 80
days the strike set for midnight
Sept. 80, if stevedoring companies
failed to offer acceptable wage and
welfare improvements. Action was
postponed at the request of US
Mediation Chief Cyrus S. Ching.
Last year the liza won a 13-cent
pay boost along with a welfare
plan after a three-week strike
tying up shipping from Portland,
Me-, to Hampton Roads, Va.
This year, employers answered
the unions initial demands by pro-
posing wage cut.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-06
Unions Turn Down
Harvester Offer

Chicago (LPA) - An offer by
Int'l Harvester Co. for a pension
plan requiring part payment by
the workers was disapproved this
week by United Auto Workers and
Farm Equipment Workers, the two
unions representing the $4,000
Harvester employees.
FE rejected the offer officially
on grounds that it ignored "pres-
idential fact-fnding formulas" and
union demands for wage and sal
airy boosts" UAW has not yet
taken official action on the pro-
posal but regional director Pat
Greathouse termed it "a phoney."
Harvester officials said the com
pany could contribute ten cents an
hour to welfare plans but added
that employees needs cannot be
provided" at that little cost, so
they thought the workers should
contribute an additional amount.
"Why does the company worry
how much the ten cents will buy 2"
Greathouse asked. "Why aren't
they willing to give the ten cents
and let the workers worry about
how much protection that will buy
them?"
The farm implement manufactur-
ing company admits that profits
last year were "the largest in it's
history" attributing the big take
to unusually high volume produc-
ton.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-06
Bombs Dropped On
Picket Line At
Bel! Aircraft Go.

Buffalo LPA)-The sheriff of
Niagara County dropped tear gas
and smoke bombs on a picket line
of United Auto Workers members
and their wives this week at the
Bell Aircraft Corp, in Niagara
Falls. The bombs were dropped
from helicopter which was gift
from Bell to the sheriff.
Violence started when scabs tried
to cross an all-woman picket line
during the 18th week Of the strike.
Following the incident, JAW sub
regional director Edward F. Gray
asked strikers to post only two
pickets at each gate as a protest
against the deliberate and brutal
attack of Niagara County police
upon workers and their wives"
"The action of plant guards in
using tear gas upon the strikers,
said Gray, land the random beat
ing and arrest of union members
and their wives, brings the terror
of the police state to niagara
County," Fifteen pickets, includ=
ing six women, were arrested and
jailed during the melee.
When reports of the violence
were brought to the attention of
New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
who was visiting relatives in
Owossa, Mich, he replied that he
is keeping "close watch on develop
ments."
Requests by State and Federal
mediators that negotiations re-
sumo Sept. 80 were accepted by
the union but flatly turned down
by the company.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-06
Labor Leaders Greet Jewry

Washington (LPA) = Greetings
to Jewry on the occasion of Rosh
Hashonah, the Jewish New Year
Sept. "a and 25, were sent by
William Green, AFL President
Philip Murray, CIO president, and
Maurice j. Tobin, Secretary of
Labor. The message pledged sup
port to Israel and to the eradica-
tion of racial and religious pre-
judice in the United States.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-06
GOING WAS TOUGH BUT DETROIT
COOP is ON THE WAY
BY FRANKLIN wALLICK

Detroit (LPA) - Inc gong Is
tough, and you have to fight not
only the real estate lobby, but gov
emment agencies. But if you fight
it out, you'll have cooperative hous-
ing as the AFL and CIO here have
shown.
Ground will be broken next
month for the Schoolcraft Gardens
Cooperative project, and construc-
tion of the first of 500 cooperative
apartments will begin this fall,
with occupancy of the first 60 units
expected next spring.
But it took a year of battling
with the Federal Housing Admin
istration before the way was clear
ed.
The project was started with the
encouragement of Michigan iiber-
ais, including Gov. G.. Mennen
Williams. cooperative housing" !"
he said ''is a fine manifestation of
the American way of doing things,
of the capacity of our people to
get together and help themselves
meet their own needs"
Endorsement and help also came
from Finlay C. Allen, the building
trades secretary, and Victor c..
Reuther, JAW education director.
The cooperators bought a 70-acre
tract near a city park, set to work
with an architect on plans for two,
three and four-bedroom apart
ments. When the figuring ended,
they had an attractive offering for
prospective home buyers.
Then the FILA started making
trouble. 1t raised one legal obstacle
after another. The cost of the CO.
op apartments is estimated at $9.9C
per square foot; the cost for com
parable private industry building
averages $12.05. Yet the FILA,
under prodding from the real
estate lobby, kept hemming and
having about financing.
The coop group met disappoint-
ment after disappointment, and
many times the project seemed
doomed. But finally, after a year of
haggling, the FILA has virtually
consented to mortgage loan COW
ering 80 to 50 percent of the con
struction costs.
The fight has been won, but it
has demonstrated that cooperative
housing has no real legal status
under government financing plans.
The Sparkman-Spence bill, in Con-
gress now, would make cooperative
housing easier.
Monthly payments for School
crafts first units will range from
$58 to SIS, considerably under
privately-built homes of the same
size. Under the Sparkman-Spence
bill, two-bedroom unit in the
Detroit project could be financed
over a 50-year period for only
5000.
Credit Union To Aid
Credit unions in AFL and CIO
unions are offering to TAX e
union members to the $1,000 to
$1,000 down payments required by
the Schoolcraft Gardens Co-opera-
tive. Monthly payments average
from $58 to $75. No brokers or
hidden costs are included in coop
erative housing, the Schoolcraft
directors point out. While govern
ment financial backing could inn
prove cooperative housing, it still
is the best buy for the type of
housing.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-06

Enoch Jones, Charles Jones, Isaac
Jones and Louis Jones of East Liv-
two sisters, Mrs. Charles
Shaffer of East Liverpool, and
Mrs. Raymond Wise of Rogers,
and II grandchildren.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-06
WHAT NEXT?

The Air Force will soon be using
a high-speed radar device that
photographs images of sky traffic
and A seconds later projects them
on a large screen.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-10-06

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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-06-30
. Irwin
BY MRS. MILTON PETERS

Mrs. Lucy Gorton and daugh-
ter, Helen, enjoyed a picnic sup
per with friends at West Liberty,
Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Prince and
children, of billiards, spent Sun
day at the Peters home.
The Irwin w. S. c. S. was en-
tertained Thursday at the home of
Mrs. Kate Davis, Milford Center.
After the program and business
meeting, a delicious two-course
lunch was served by the hostess
and her assistant hostess, Mrs.
Chas Woodwork.
Milton Peters is spending the
week with his son and daughter
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Peters Jr., in Northern Michigan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Daum and
daughter, Kathaleen,, spent Sun
day afternoon with their son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Faust and their new
baby, Rebecca Ann, of Plain City.
Visitors at the Sewell home,
Sunday, were Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Minturn, of Springfield; Mr..
and Mrs. Bozman and family, of
Ashville; and Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Sewell, of Marysville. Mrs. Eva
Sewell is quite i'll of heart
trouble.
Helen Gorton was in Column
bus Monday.
Mrs. Josephine Smith, of Rich
wood, is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Joseph Pullins.
Mrs. Wanda German spent last
week at the home of her son,
Bob, at Monroe.
Rev. Gambill is still preaching
those fine sermons at $50 every
Sabbath morning. Why not plan
to worship at the Irwin church
next Sabbath? You are always
welcome.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-06-30
BY LENA M. HILL
Funeral Services

Funeral Services
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
j. Wilson, 81, were held in Fresh
waters funeral home, Monday
afternoon. Burial was made jim
Raymond cemetery. Rev. Homer
Gleason, of Woodstock, conducted
the services.
Mrs. Wilson, widow of Thomas
A. Wilson, passed away last Sat
urday morning in the home of her
son, Lawrence Crowder, near
Union Chapel, where she had re-
sided for several years. She was
born in Union County, the daugh-
ter of David and Jemina Clark
Bowersmith.
Also surviving are two other
sons, Lewis Crowder, of North
Lewisburg, and Ivan Wilson, of
Marysville Rt. 1; daughter, Mrs.
Iva McAdams, of Mechanicsburg;
one sister, Mrs. Dora Andrews,
Marysville, Rt. 4; and one
Peoria.
Sisters Married
Friends will be interested in
the marriage of two former local
girls, Mary Ella, and Esther Mae
Wheeler, daughters of Maurice
Wheeler, now of Bellefontaine.
Miss Mary Ella was married to
Harold DubbS local young man, in
the afternoon, of June 18, in Ken
ton.
Miss Esther Mae was married
to Philip Harvey, of Urbana, Rt. 3,
in the evening of June 18, in the
Kingscreek Baptist Church.
Both young ladies attended the
local school and are sisters of
Mrs. George Barnes.
Attending Camp
Sydne Ann Louden, Rose Mary
Westfall, Judy Turner, and Judy
Spain, are attending the Al
camp at Camp Clifton, this week
w. S. c. S. to Meet
w. S. c. S. will hold their next
meeting, July 6, in the church
parlors with Mrs. Margaret
Trout and Mrs. Ruth Lee as hos
tesses.
Visit Relatives
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-06-30
North LewiSburg

Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper Black ac-
companied their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Tarbutton, of Mechanicsburg, to
Delphos and Lima, Sunday, where
they visited Mrs. Mary Musser
and daughter.
Recent Visitors
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Bates had
as recent house-guests, 1t. and
Mrs. r. T. Gregory and son,
Stephen, of San Diago, Calf.
Last Tuesday they left for Wash
ington d. c.
From Texas
Mrs. Chas Townsend, of Amor
lila, Texas, is visiting friends in
this vicinity.
Visiting Relatives
Mrs. Chester Immell and son,
of Corpus Christie, Texas, arrived
Sunday, for visit with relatives
and friends.
Visit in FindlaY
Sydne Ann and Jimmy Louden
spent last week with Mary Eta
Fout, of Findlay.
Recovering from Mumps
Shirley Hill, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. B. B. Hill, and Roger
West, son of Mr.. and Mrs Owen
West, are recovering from the
mumpS.
Moving
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Curry will
move from the McColly apart
ment to the residence of the late
Robert Eason.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tomlin Jr.
will move into the McColly apart.
ment, vacated by Mr.. and Mrs.
Curry.
House Guests
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tomlin and
family had as their house guests
last week, Mr.. and Mrs. James
LambuSon and family, of Har-