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Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
Hints For Hot
Weather Comfort


Everyone is unhappy about the
weather, except, perhaps, the per-
sons who operate our seashOre rel
sorts. Many of us would like to J
move further north, especially for
the summer months, but for var
ious and sundry reasons, this can
not be done. ID
Why not make the best of the
weather here? We have excessive1
heat to be sure, and the humidity
is something we don't care to dis-
cuss, but other sections of the
country have their trying seasons
too.
So far as health is concerned
there is a question of which type
of air is most beneficial. It is the
general opinion at present that
warm, dry air is less pleasant than
an air containing a moderate
amount of moisture, since 1t dries
the lining of the. nose and throat
and increases susceptibility to
colds and, hay fever. The satisfac-
tory range of relative humidity is
considered to be between 80 and
20 per cent. ~.'.
On occasion, Delaware humidity
far exceeds the desired range and
personal discomfort is increased
due to the inability of the body
to throw off moisture in the form
Iof perspiration. While excessive
perspiring lowers the salt content
fof the body, a small amount should
be encouraged. This may be ac-
complished by wearing such CLOTH
ing as will absorb Precipitation not
readily absorbed by the moist air.
According to DR.. Floyd l. Hud-
son, executive secretary of the
State Board of Health, the amount
of heat in the body may be reduc-
ed to some extent by eating only
| light, easily digested food in mod
crate amounts. Fats should be
, avoided and lesser amounts of meat
, and eggs than usual should be con-
, sumed. T.
J Contrary to general belief,
t plunging the body into cold water
} is not the way to get comfortable
: on a warm day. Slightly warm wa
) ter is much more refreshing and
+ does not subject the body to ex-
/, cessive change of temperature. Nc
' harm results when very cold wa.
4 ter is applied to the wrists, but
y immersing the head or neck ir
cold water should be avoided.
0 Hot weather demands. a cool
0 head. and the necessity for keep
S ing calm. Avoid excessive physi
}. cal exercise as a means Of for
s getting the heat. but keep busy a
: light tasks which are not likel!
a to cause fatigue. ..,S
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
Completing Plans For
Opener At Ocean
DOICnS On July Is
Continued from nrst passl

at Rosecroft Raceway and Laurel
will try the new strip and if Build
er J. S. Coates opinion of his new
est creation means anything. Mary
land trotting and. pacing records
are going to take a tumble. The
90-year-old native of Goshen, N. Y.
rates Ocean Downs among the
fastest he's constructed.
Joe Hylan will ship Buckshot p.
and Tompkins Hanover to Ocean
Downs. Both horses hold records
in Maryland. Buckshot B. set two
records in the same night at Rose
croft. trotting 2:O6 3I5 mile and
coming back two races later to step
off a 2:16 mile and a sixteenth
TOmpkins Hanover went a 2:07
mile at Laurel to clip fifth of a
second off the old mark.
William z. Miller will move in
with his 9-year-old PAGER, Henry
Volo. Henry Volo holds the mile
record for PAGERS at both Rose
croft and laurel. He did a 2:O5 All
at Rosecroft and a 2:O5 1i5 at Lau
rel.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
Home Sun Just AS
Good As SeashOre's

The State Board of Health says
that sunshine can be just as health
giving in your own backyard as in
some distant resort and, that just
because one does not have money
for a trip is no reason why folks
cannot have healthful, restful va
cation.
Vacation can be an attitude of
mind and, if one will cultivate the
holiday spirit, relaxation and the
building up of tired nerves can Of
ten be done very well in the COM
forts of home. Everyone should be
able to work much harder and feel
more fit if they have a week or
more of comparative leisure with
escape from routine.
Especially is this true of the
mothers of small children. But
when mothers are disappointed that
they cannot have a change of
scene for their vacation they
should remember that homes are
usually better equipped for the
needs of children than are strange
places.
The board suggests that mothers
who need a vacation land what mo-
ther doesnt?) can plan to let all
house work but the bare essentials
go and stay out-of-doors as much
as possible with the children sun
bathing, relaxing in the shade
reading. The suggestion is put
aside many of the usual duties fol
a period of rest. (Those extra jobs
would be left undone if one were
at the shore or visiting.)
Plan to serve the simplest meals
possible-lots of fresh fruits, veg.
etables and milk-little cooking
Use paper plates and picnic in the
back yard some times for a change
Dress in simple, cool clothes
Take a nap in the afternoon wheI
the children do.
Life can be simpler-for a Will,
. If one really decides that ont
must have a vacation. Pay som,
, one to come in and stay with tn,
children (or perhaps working on
: an exchange system with SOM
| other tied-down mother by pooling
the youngsters under one mother
( care, might allow the other mothe
2 to dress up and go out for a meal
l a movie, or a visit with friends nov
5 and then. Seeing other people is
Y vacation treat for mothers usual
] hemmed in with little. folk).
= Even more of a home vacatiO
y can be worked out by adults VIII
e do not have to consider the need
] of little folk. A vacation with sleel
: hobbies, friends. leisure, as we'll a
: fresh air and sunshine. can be az
g complished at home by many at
i. minimum cost but with great bent
fit to health says the State Boar
FOf Health.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
Baseball Excursion
Set For August Z

Bob Becher, chairman of the ex-
cursion committee of the Milford
Recreational Council, has announ-
ced that the local recreational
group is planning another baseball
excursion to Shibe Park, Philadel-
phia, for Sunday, August z, when a
bus load of local baseball enthus-
lasts will go to the Philadelphia
park to see a double header be-
tween two of the most highly re-
garded American League clubs,
those surprising Athletics and the
World Champion Cleveland In
dians.
Present plans call for the bus
to leave the Milford Bus Center at
nine o'clock the morning of August
z, so as to allow ample time for the
local fans to be comfortably seated
in Shibe Park before start of the
first game of the double bill al
1880 D. m. Chairman Becher has
announced that reservations fol
/ this excursion must be made vel
in advance of the August date in
order to insure procurement of &
sufficient number of tickets for thi:
double header between these two
outstanding teams; in order tha
everyone may be afforded an equa
opportunity to participate in this
baseball excursion, the COMMITTEES
has set Saturday, July %, as thu
deadline for acceptance of reserva
tions, and is urging local fans Il
contact Bob Becher, Herb Nichols
Barney Briggs, Dave Hugg or an.
other member of the RecreatiOna
Council prior to the 23rd.
The first baseball excursion o
the series being sponsored by tn
local recreatiOnal group was he'll
on Sunday, July 3, when local fan
journeyed to Shibe Park and say
! the Athletics defeat the Boston Re
Sox, 8 to 8. The Recreational Coun
Gill is also sponsoring Wednesda
afternoon excursions to Trapp
Pond and other nearby recreations
points, and is operating three play
grounds here, Monday through FIR
day, as we'll as beginners swimmin
classes at nearby Slaughter Beacl
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
Rice Deteriorates +
In Relief Work

BANGKOK = (AP) - Rice sent
for relief of suffering residents of
the southern provinces of Thail-
land (Siam) have undergone a cor
ruption process before reaching
the starving.
The rise has been changed from
300 to 500 broken grade. reported
Deputy Agriculture Minister Mai
Kitcha Vathanasilp after a tour of
the area.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
Loses Appetite After
Work

GALESBURG, Ill. =. (AP) :
The best way to get set for big
Sunday meal is do stint of out
door work. That may be a sure-ire
formula for others, but it backfirec
on Larry Guenther. Just before
lunch time, he turned crank OF
@ cement mixer. The crank slipped
and struck him on the lip. He los
two teeth and all interest in chic
ken dinner. @$s,f i."H"
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
Winner Has Twin
Handicaps

SYDNEY, Australia - (AP) =
D. Copper, a schoolteacher, carried
his twin sons in his arms to VIC
tory recently in a novelty event at
Bridgeport, Tasmania, Australia. A
condition of the footrace was that
each parent should carry his
youngest child in his arms. Obey
ing the rule to the letter, Copper
overcame a double handicap with
several yards to spare.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
Officers OF Lions
Club Are Installed
tcOnt,nueo rom nrss .so

seph Pearce, Jr., directors for two
year terms: Paul Monroe, Lion
Tanner, and Harry Eypel, Tail
Twister. These officers, together
with President Elect Baynum and
Retiring President Furniss will
constitute the Board of Directors
for the 1949-50 term.
Local Lions are completing plans
for having active representation at
the Annual Convention of Lions In
ternational, to be held in New
York. Delegates and alternates
from the Milford club will leave
for New York some time Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
Destroy Aphids

Dinitro used as a dormant. spray
on fruit trees or oruamentals (not
evergreens) infested with eggs Of
aphids or plant lice will destroy
these pests before they have q
chance to hatch. informs ]. o. Pep.
per, Penn. State extension entom.
rio gist.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
Dollar Days In
Dover, July 22-23
CONTINUED from nrss pager

watch for this insignia: Bata Shoe
Store, Fishman's, McCrory's. Dunn
Shoe Store. Clark and Mcdaniel
Lewis Clearance Store (109 Loock-
erman ST. Emanuel's Ladies Shop
Jacks Shoe Store. Grants. j. G
Penney Co, Aileen Ladies Store
Maag's Sporting Good Store and
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
Blue Hen Post TO
Meet Next Monday
lconlInusd ir0n nr.s 30,

held in the downstate sector, pos
sibly here at Milford with Blue
Hen Post as the host post.
Blue Hen Post currently has an
active membership of 1876 dues
paying members, thereby retaining
its position as the largest v. F. w.
post in lower Delaware, and the
fourth largest among the states
thirty-two posts.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-08

FOR RENT Furnished room for
couple, no children. He-0904.
t45
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-08

FOR RENT / large room apt
couple or 2 girls. 118 E. Third
st. Mr.. Fishman. t-244
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-08

j. Butler, has been helping him to
improve and expand his pasture.
Now Mr.. Magee is growing lesped-
eza, Dallis grass, and White Dutch
clover for his herd. And he is
building up the productivity Of his
land with such winter legumes as
Austrian Winter peas, vetch, and
crimson clover.
The dairyman is renting some
pasture land now, but plans to buy
80 acres for pasture next year. He
figures that as his eight children
grow older they will be able to
help him expand his dairy enter
prise.
His oldest son, who is now 16,
at the recent parish fair for
calves he raised as a All project.
The youth plans to be a dairy
farmer.
In fact, the whole .Magee fam
lily likes dairying because it has
brought them a better living.
Three years ago Mr.. Magee built
a new home. He used timber off
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-08

his own land, and did most of the
work himself.
Mrs. Magee is proud Of her new
kitchen, gas stove, electric refri-
gerator, sink and hot and cold
running water. "The REA brought
us electricity" she says smiling.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-19

Be patient with children and old
people, and, if possible, with every
body else.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-19
OBITUARIES
HARRY F. MEHLMAN

Camden, N. J.-Harry F. Mehl-
man, So, widely known potter
throughout the trade, died April
20, following a short illness.
Mr.. Mehlman started to work in
the pottery when he was IL years
old and throughout the years has
worked in the sanitary and gener-
alware branches of the trade.
Mr.. Mehlman was last employed
at the Camden Pottery, going there
in 1914 from New Castle, Pa. He
previously had worked in East
Liverpool, X ok mo, Evansville,
Wheeling and Warrington, w. Va.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-19
McGowan Drafted
By BoiIermakers
For Another Term

Montreal, Canada (LPA)-Pres-
ident Charles j. MacGowan and all
other officers, except for one vice
president, were reelected at the
closing sessions here of the con-
vention of the International Bro
therhood of Boilermakers-AFL.
in remaining MacGowan, the
convention downed his plea that he
be relieved of the presidency. He
declared that at his age, 62, he
wanted to "slow down a bit" and
he urged that a successor be
chosen.
However, the unions executive
council and the 800 delegates in
sisted on drafting him to stay in
harness. They reelected him un-
animously and topped off the vote
with big demonstration.
"It's a grand feeling to have
such demonstration of loyalty"
MacGowan told the convention, 81
accept the draft l am battling with
you for the duration"
Other officers renamed were
Secretary Treasurer William J..
Buckley; Earl B. Ashbrook, editor
of the "Boilermakers' Journal" and
vice presidents d. w. Mursener,
Thomas Grove, Russell X. Berg,
John H. Winger, Joseph P. McCol-
lum, Joseph A. Grant, William G..
Pendergast, Arthur P. Smith, Cecil
S. Massey, Sam Finlay, and A. M.
Milligan.
The new vice president is Homer
Patton, who will have charge of
the north Pacific Coast area. Pat
ton an international representative
of the union and an alumnus of
Harvard University's labor classes,
succeeds William Williams, who did
not run again.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-19
JOSEPH NJ. KENNEDY

Joseph Nj. Kennedy, II, retired
potter, died May II in his home
1703 Park Ave-, following a long
illness.
Mr.. Kennedy was born in Pitts
burgh and lived in East Liverpool
for so years. He was employed last
as warehouseman for the Hall
China Co.
Mr.. Kennedy leaves a daughter,
Mrs. Albert Birch; seven sons,
Harry H. Kennedy, Lester M.
Kennedy, Leland B. Kennedy,
Donald ID. Kennedy, Norman j.
Kennedy, Kenneth w. Kennedy,
and Richard G. Kennedy, and a
sister, Mrs. Sarah Brocker, all of
East Liverpool, and II grand
children and four great-grand-
children. His wife, Mrs. Annie
Kennedy, died in September, 1947.
Services were held from the
Dawson Funeral Home by Rev.
Paul G. Bailey, pastor of the Boyce
Methodist Church. Burial was in
Riverview Cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-19
Wont Mich. Probe
OF Insurance Co.
Discrimination

Lansing, Mich. (LPA)-A battle
is on here for state investigation
into charges that automobile and
life insurance companies in Mich
igan have been charging Negroes
higher premiums for policies than
whites.
Sen. Haggerty, Detroit, introduc-
ed a resolution proposing that a
five-member joint committee of
both houses of the legislature look
into the discrimination.
His resolution cited allegations
that Negroes have been compelled
to overpay millions of dollars in
premiums and that they have re-
ceived sub-standard policies COM
pared to those given whites.
This practice, said Haggerty, is
in outright violation of an old
state law and should be investigat
ed to determine the facts. The joint
committee would be empowered to
examine the books of insurance
companies and subpoena their Of
fcials.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-19
Convention Votes
To Reioin AFL

Milwaukee QLNS). The Am
erican Federation of Ho 81 er y
Workers, in annual convention
here, voted unanimously to return
to the American Federation of
Labor which it left Id years ago
to join in the formation of the CIO.
Action of the 200 delegates, repre-
senting $4,000 members, was on a
resolution introduced by the unions
executive board, recommending re-
affiliation with the AFL.
The vote followed plea for un-
animous approval made by the
union president, Alexander Nc
Keown of Philadelphia, who said
he expected to appear before the
AFL executive council at Cleveland
to present formally the hosiery
workers application for charter.
The union has been independent
for some time.
In the AFL, the hosiery workers
organization was a unit of the
United Garment Workers of Am
erica.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-19
Lubor-Bucked Coalition
Gusts Hague In New Jersey

Jersey City (LPA) - After 3Z
years of often criticized but seldom
seriously challenged rule, Frank
Hague's Jersey City machine last
week went down to defeat.
The ageing boss himself did not
appear on the ballot. Instead the
machine ticket was headed by his
nephew, Frank Hague Eggers. The
old boss blandly turning the may
or's job over to his nephew two
years ago affronted the voters and
was one of the many causes of the
machines defeat.
Organized labor played a big
part in the campaign which elected
a fusion slate of four Democrats
and one Republican to office as
Jersey City commissioners. Before
the vote, labor staged spectacular
two-hour parade thru the heart of
the business district. Most AFL
CIO and unaffiliated unions in the
city participated.
Banners read: Lets End the
Reign of the Royal Family" and
"This Is Labor's Answer to Phoney
Endorsements"
Despite Hague's autocratic rule
of the city he has backed Congress
men with consistently pro-labor
voting records. For many years he
insisted that local union leaders
help in his political campaigns in
return for this and denied protec-
tion of the law to unions which
wouldn't play ball. But as organ
ization in Jersey City increased,
labor decided that it was strong
enough to do without the old boss
benevolent despotism."
Leader of the coalition which
broke the long Hague rule is John
V. Kenny, once a Hague district
leader. He beat Eggers by 81,295
votes to 59,052. Kenny, the day
after the election, asked the state
supreme court to impound the re-
cords of the outgoing administra-
so that there'll be no chance of
their being destroyed. He says he's
got to study them if he's to get at
the deals which had given the city
administration the reputation, as
Kenny put it, of being "the most
corrupt in the world"
Last weeks elections brought
new faces into the government Of
the nearby city of Newark too.
Mayor Vincent j. Murphy, who is
also secretary of the New Jersey
Federation of Labor, was defeated
by ticket which included Pres
ident Leo p. Carlin of Local ATS Of
the Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters-
AFL.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-19
Garment Workers Union Charges Open
Shop Employers With Organizers Death

New York UPA) - President
David Dubinsky Of the Int'l Ladies
Garment Workers Union-AFL, and
chiefs of the unions New York
Dress Joint Board, charged last
week that open shop employers
were behind the brutal Staying of
organizer William Lurye.
Speaking at Lurye's funeral
Dubinsky implied that the union
has suspicious of exactly who was
the instigator of the crime that
has shocked all New York.
Lurye, an ILGWU local union
executive board member who quit
a $180-a-week job in the dress in
dustry to work for $50 a week in
the campaign to organize the open
shops in the industry, was fatally
stabbed in a phone booth last week.
He had just visited several shops,
calling on the workers to strike
for union recognition.
Talking to police before he died
Lurye was unable to identify his
assailants. Before he was attacked,
however, Lurye told ILGWU Vice
President Charles Zimmerman that
an employer was "out to get him."
President Dubinsky stated that the
murderers have fled the city, but
vowed that the union would appre-
hend them, "no matter what the
police department and the district
attorney do or do not do" A $685.
900 reward is offered by the
ILGWU for information leading to
the arrest of the murderers and
those who hired them.
Last fall hoodlums attacked
ILGWU pickets and raided one of
the unions offices. No arrests have
yet been made.
Over $4,000 dressmakers quit
work for four hours last week in a
tribute to the martyred organizer.
About 10000 of them paraded thru
the garment district in his funeral
procession.
AFL Vice President Matthew
Woll and New York Central Trades
& Labor Council Secretary James
Quinn joined ILGWU leaders in
paying tribute to Lurye.
Dress Joint Board Chairman
Julius Hochman declared that hon
est employers are as shocked as is
the union by the crime. Isidore
Agree, executive director of the
Natl Dress Manufacturers Asso-
citation said that he personally SYM
pathizes with the unions resolve to
purge the industry of racketeering
employers.
The ILGWU estimates that only
about 5000 workers are employed
in unorganized dress shops in New
York today. Since the current drive
started last fall &C of about $50
open shops have been brought
under union contract.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-05-19
a** ***
Predicts Government Figures Will Show
Productivity Facts Refute Employers

mark-unless we suddenly make up
for lost time. The figures that will
come from the 1947 census of man
ufacturers should show how close
ly we are hewing to the standard
our economists have set for us
though they will still reflect some
of the postwar distortions in our
economy.
The figures also will provide
much ammunition for labor and
management in collective bargain
ing negotiations. Industries which
show high increases in productivity
will find labor demanding bigger
wage increases. Industries which
reflect small increases, or de-
creases, will find employers fight
ing against wage increases.
Actually, of course, productivity
is not the determining factor in
labor-management negotiations. 1t
is used chiefly for propaganda
purposes. What really counts is
the power of the two conflicting
parties, and competitive conditions.
Even where increases in productiv-
ity are law, management will have
to keep up with prevailing stand
ards of pay in other industries in
order to maintain labor supply.
Otherwise, workers will shift from
industries where wages are stand
ing still to industries where they
are rising.
Labor-baiting arrangements have
tended to blame labor whenever
they could muster figures indicat-
ing low productivity. Productivity
experts, of course, laugh at this.
They say productivity is a respon-
sibility of management at least as
much as of labor. Good manage
ment means good labor relations,
contented workers, efficient mach
ines, and steady supplies of mater
ials. Bad management means dis
couraged workers, old machinery,
and long waits for materials which
prevent the best workmanship from
showing efficient production.
Special studies by the Labor
Department, for instance, show
that productivity in the rayon
manufacturing industry has vir-
tuallY doubled since before the war.
The average worker, in other
words, turns out twice as much
for each hour of work as
he did before the war. But this does
not mean the worker is more eff
cient, or is trying any harder. 1t
means greater efficiencies in pro-
duction processes, better machines,
and more than anything else high
er volume of production, which by
itself results in higher production
per manhour of labor.
In other industries such as ma
chine tools, for instance, productiv- |
ity is lower than during the war
and before. This is partly due to
postwar conditions over which
neither management nor labor have
any control-such as diminished
demand, change over from war to
peace-time products, and shortages
of raw materials. Some may be
iue to labor's dissatisfaction with
the prehistoric attitude of employ
ers on working conditions. But re-
gardless of the outcome of produc-
tivity studies, labor will continue
to demand higher wages so long as
the cost of living continues to
pinch and profits remain so high
that wages could be increased with
out increasing prices. Whether
productivity is high or low, labor
will demand a fair share of the
split in returns to the industry.