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PAGE FOUR ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1944 ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH Published by Alton Telegraph Printing Company P. B. COUSLEY Managing Editor Entered AS second-claw matter at the pottofflw, at Alton, act of Congrert, March 3, 1879. 25 Years Ago KEMBEB Or TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS Tht Allocated fmt It tntUled to Uw UM for publication of til newi dUpntchn credited to It or not otherwlM credited to thin piper, uid to published hereto. Local and contract Information on application nt the Tclejraph office, 111 Broadway.

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Strikes for Trifling Excuses Some big strikes in war production pbiiti have been attracting much attention of late, the strikers paying no heed to the fact that our boys are fighting and dy ng in foreign lands and need the war materiel production which the strikers are holding up. One big plant in Detroit stopped work, throwing thousands of men out of employment, because a distributor of a popular drink was using a member of one union affiliate to drive the delivery truck and members of another union objected and started trouble which halted work. The soft drink vendor's work had nothing to do with the regular work in the plant, but that made no difference to the strikers. Another big plant (at Granite City,) engaged in making steel plates for war vessels, was shut down because machinists and mill wrights, belonging to different jurisdictions, demand the right to do certain work in the plant and it was impossible to placate them. In neither case could the strikers set up any claim to have in mind the winning of the war.

They could not even claim they had any motives that would help themselves. All they could get out of it would be the satisfaction of having had their own way, and enforced their opinions. We shudder to think of the reaction of the boys fighting in the jungles of South Pacific islands, or battling their way to Rome in Italy, or flying bombers and fighters over Europe, and what they would do if they could suddenly be transported back to Detroit and to Granite City and glaring at the strikers demand of them the answer to their question "WHY?" Of course the strikers could have no answer that would fit the question, and the boys who have been offering their lives in distant lands, and have seen thousands of their comrades die or be horribly mangled, would probably have, a lot of satisfaction in putting end to the work stoppages. May 24, 1919 The Big Four nt the Versailles peare conference were deridlnft to drop temporarily discussions on Premier Paderewskl's arrival. Herman to the altered thfir counter-proposals for Allirrl rifmands.

under pressure from the Berlin Soldiers and Sailors Council which urged Immediate signing of the peace treaty. Tn this country Representative Kahn, fresh home from Europe, was urging a 100.000 man army supported by universal military training system. He urged immediate evacuation of American forces from Germany because, he said, dissatisfaction was oris'ing between French, British and American soldiers there. So many were the protests entered against the College avenue paving project, at the morning hearing called by the board of local improvements, that If was necessary to adjourn the session to evening. Most objections centered on the complaint that property owners had not finished paying for their sewer Improvements, though some objected to materials.

Three out-of-town men were fined after a Sunday afternoon auto accident which entailed charges of reckless driving nnd drunkcness. Chief of Police Fitzgerald announced he was making an effort to obtain services of a motorcycle patrolman as a means of curbing reckless driving here. Wood River Branch of the American Red Cross was organized with Mayor S. A. Beach as chairman, Mrs.

M. F. Manning, vice-chairman; J. C. Hatrldge, treasurer; and G.

A. Smith, secretary. Mrs. Manning immediately was named chairman of a civilian relief committee. Fred A.

Buchholz, Industrial secretary of the YMCA, had been appointed to a "dollar a year" post as special agent in Alton for the state department of labor, to cooperate with the Illinois Free Employment Department. Buchholz had been pastor of the Grace Methodist Church. As a defense witness in a crossing accident suit In city court, the C. A. Railroad introduced en Alton blacksmith.

He testified that the bell on the train involved was ringing all the way through Alton, and the train had whistled for all crossings. He had been a passenger on the train, going to St. Louis for treatment of nervous prostration. Every toot of the whistle; every ring of the bell had been torture for him. The Rev.

Robert P. Hammond, former First Methodist pastor here, had died In Pasadena, Calif. W. D. W.

Barnard, Upper Alton horse-fancier of long standing who once had taken a team of plow horses to drive noted speed in them, and finally sold them to a New Yorker for $2400, finally had purchased an automobile. He had been several years without a horse. War Labor Board's Policy Favors Only SIDE GLANCES We'll Miss It The new simplified tax plan, recently passed by Congress, will relieve Albert Einstein and 30,000,000 other Americans of a lot of pencil-sharpening attendant to tlie Ides March, but it is a death-blow for carpobntsts, radio gag-men, and after-dinner speakers. Without the income-tax struggle to be amusing about, the funny-gentlemen will be forced back to such frayed and tarnished quips as "Who was that lady A few weeks of this, and the public will be begging Congress to revoke the law and substitute one twice as complicated. Even the taxpayers will suffer to some extent.

Income tax time always made it feasible to tell the boss, "Gotta go down to the revenue office and see about my income tax," then slip away and take in a movie. The boss, peering over his own stack of scratch pads, usually didn't expect to see-the em- ploye back in less than a week, anyhow. And what's going to happen to all those nice men the government hired to help us with our annual enigma? Nice, honest, fellows, they invariably took the attitude: "Your guess is as good as mine, but take off your coat and we'll work it out together." Yep! Like a pet puppy, the old tax law was a nuisance, but in spite of it all we were kind of attached to it. And like the puppy, we'll miss it a little now that it's gone. 50 Years Ago Prelude, Only Like a gigantic the final drive against Hitler's Europe under way.

The first stirring notes sounded more than a week ago, with the general offense on the main front in Italy. Yesterday General Eisenhower flicked his baton again, and the beachhead exploded into action. While the Germans are being pushed back from the south, a major offensive south of Rome threatens to cut across the path of their retreat. The ambitious aim of the operation is no less than the destruction of the German army in Italy, Stirring as the action is, it is only a prelude. Soon, with an earth-shaking roll of drums, the full orchestra of United Nations' might will join in.

Armies that dwarf the forces employed in Italy are poised in England. Other tremendous forces, rested and re-equipped, await the signal in Poland, northern Russia, and Romania. And daily, 1500, 3000, 4200, 6000 bombers drone a terrible background accompaniment. As the victory symphony unfolds, we at home must not fall into the easy error of viewing ourselves as the audience. arc a p.irt of the whole complex orchestra, and not until the final crashing notes have died down are our responsibilities discharged.

There are no bystanders in total war. May blisses Record When J. Pluvius opened the floodgates, Monday noon, and sent a two-inch rain, then sent another downpour during the night, many of us had visions of another record rainfall. But this May is almost certain to fall far short of his sister month of last year, since only a week remains. List.

May, it will be recalled, the rainfall for the month was virtually an even dozen inches. And that rainfall, 11.9 inches, helped bring Alton highest river stage in 99 years, a flood that was exceeded only by the all- time high of 1844. The present month acting up, but must bow last May, since this month just missed the ikjgh point of the 1944 flood which came on April 30. May 24, 1894 Equipped with a new rotary engine, invented by C. F.

Sparks, the yacht, Rambler, had made a trial trip at 10 miles an hour. The new engine, noiseless in operation, was predicted to bring the originator a good reward for his ingenuity. An earth shock, shortly after mid-night, rattled windows and china dishes and aroused many Alton- lans from sleep. Temple Theater had been wired for Incandescent lighting, and Manager Sauvage had ordered a new drop-curtain from Cox who also were to do retouching of stage decorations. Neighbors with buckets of watery extinguished an afternoon fire discovered in the barn of W.

T. Burgess on Alby street. James T. Drummonri announced plans to erect a $300,000 hotel on lots at Sixteenth and Washington, St. Louis.

Thirty years after he had officiated at the marriage in Brighton of J. G. Hill and Jennie Weed, the Rev. J. A.

Scarrltt was called to St. Louis to perform the ceremony at the wedding of their daughter, Martha F. Hill to George H. Alexander. Mr.

and Mrs. Peter Hawkins had entertained at their home, 1039 Staunton, on occasion of their wedding anniversary, Violet Mandolin Club providing music. Alton Cycling Club members decided uniforms of gray trousers and blue caps, but the news reporter failed to state whether the trousers were to be long or short. Charles Parks suffered fracture of a knee cap in slipping from the sidewalk curb at Second and Henry. W.

D. W. Barnard's drug store in Upper Alton was being remodeled. Paul Maul, was seriously 111 in St. Joseph's Hospital.

The M. K. T. track between Texas Junction and New Franklin was menaced by the fast-rising Missouri. The replica of the Viking ship passed upstream in tow of the Jack Frost, and fired a salute to Alton as it left the harbor.

On arrival in Chicago, the craft was slated for preservation In Field museum. The Burlington set June 1 for opening its freight department here under George Slralton as agent, and was to have one train a day to connect with the Keokuk Northwestern and with the M. T. on the Point. Stratton also was to have jurisdiction over the Burlington's Illinois business, via Medora.

Temporarily the Burlington would use the Bluff Line freight house. Plans of the Burlington were seen as affording a great new market for Illinois coal in Missouri. The Y.M.C.A. athletic grounds near the glass works was opened with ft ball game in which the High School nine defeated the Association team, 8 to 5. Pfeiffenberger and Freark for the Y.M.C.A., and LaPelle and McKinney for the students were the opposing batteries.

Pending expected maintenance being taken over by the federal government, members of the Jersey- vill camp of United Confederate Veterans voted to undertake reconditioning the Confederate Cemetery in North Alton. Joseph Carr, Col. Fulkerson, and Capt. W. J.

Campbell were to make plans. WASHINGTON, May 24 Chairman Davis of the War Labor 3oard says that it is necessary seize plants in order to prevent the 'no-strike from being ignored by labor itself, he is in fact sayinc that, is necessary to put pressure on the employer in order lo win over the employes. For in ninny cases the employe unions have maneuvered the situation into ono where, after they have called 8 strike, the War bor BiKircl has been Unable lo get jurisdiction the strikers except by seizing the plant. The administration has never recommended the of any penaltie-' for striking labor unions, and the; idea that the no-strike pledge been kep? Is bnsed upon the equiv- ocal statement that strikes which 1 are "unauthorized" do not count in the tally. As a matter of fact, labor union leaders frequently maneuver the war labor hoard into the position of seizing a property in order to prove to their constituent members that they ore "doing something" to justify their positions.

The War Labor Board has recently awakened to this tendency and has started to apply some sanctions to striking unions. The National Labor Relations Board has assisted in the process only to receive the condemnation of labor unions. The "tact is that as long as the labor unions can get favorable decisions from the War Labor Board and the National Labor Relations Board, they support these decisions, but once the decisions go against them, they assail the members and eliher withdraw from participation in the boards or ignore the hearings. The real reason for this is that labor unions have not really appreciated the fact which employers have already recognized, namely, that the War Labor Board has taken unto itself the power of compulsory arbitration. No labor leader in his right mind will accept government compulsion in peacetime and very few of them have been willing to accept com- arbitration in wartime.

The truth is that every suggestion or proposal to legislate compulsory arbitration has been rebuffed by the labor leaders. The idea that a government tribunal can order a settlement is not relished by labor unions when the orders are unfavorable to the em- ploye, but most of the orders of the War Labor Board, without any authority from Congress, has ordered "maintenance-of-membership" contracts. The War Labor Board consists of three labor representatives, management representatives, and so-called public representatives. The public representatives, as reflected in their decisions, are in Ihe main favorable to the labor unions. The policy of ordering the "maintenance-of- membership" clauses in union contracts has been consistently supported by the three public members of the labor boards.

The theory behind the "maintenance-of-membership" clause is that the labor unions should be given some sort of reward for then loyalty in not indulging in strikes It is contended that labor unions are unable, on account of wage stabilization, to get much for their members, and this would result in Answers To Questions Mall Inquiries to Information Bureau, Haskin Service, 316 Eye N. Washington, D. C. Enclose 3 cents for r'eturn postage. Q.

What was the bloodiest day in American history? T. T. A. The second day of the battle of Antletam, September 17, 1862, has been pronounced the bloodiest day In American history. Q.

How many times has the Bible been translated Into English? H. B. A. The whole Bible has been translated into English, or revised, fifty times. Q.

What is meant by G. I. talk? C. H. L.

A. The War Department says that the use of the initials meaning Government Issue, has been broadened to pertain to the Army In general Including the soldier himself. Therefore, G. I. talk refers to the conversation-of soldiers.

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MERRY-GO-ROUND ORIW MAKSON Many Former New Dealers Now in Lush Utilities Jobs Q. Why is the "Madonna of the Harpies" so called? L. E. D. A.

This painting is one of the finest examples of Andrea del Sarto's art. The Mandonna stands on a pedestal decorated with harpies, from which comes the name of the picture. Name Street or Rural Route City State (Mall to Washington, a drop-off of members, and hence in the amounts of labor dues, un less the government put into effec the "malntenance-of-membershlp 1 clause requiring members to stay in the union once they join. There is no such reward for the employer who fails to lock out em ployes in wartime, or maintain; his plant even at a loss in order to keep going in the hope of even tually getting into the black. There is no reward for I lie employer is the victim of dis putcs between employes.

Nobodj has even suggested that he, too, compensated for the loss he incur while unions fight it out. Indeed there is no fairness in the veil administration policies wher the employer is concerned. To argue, therefore, that it I necessary to seize plants in orde to prevent, nn epidemic of strikes 1 merely to scratch the surface an ignore the fundamentals. If th War Labor Board had a policy tha applied equally between the err ployers and employes, there woul have been very little clamor ove the seizure of the property of em ployers who were recalcitrant. (Reproduction Rights Reserved) WASHINGTON, May of ex-Senator from Michigan, ex-OPA Administrator Prentiss Brown as chairman of the giant Detroit Edison started tine people checking on the num- of other New Dealers who live stepped out of the Roosevelt dministration to join big utilities urporations.

Also, it has made some people why the business of join- ig utility companies doesn't work oth ways. In other words, when rentiss Brown steps out of the overnment to head Detroit Edion, why should. Wendell Wlllkie in criticized for stepping out of Jommonwealth Southern to run or President? Here is a list of former office- loldors under Roosevelt who have topped into lush utility jobs: William Hickey, former chief of he registration division of the Securities Exchange Commis- ion, now president of the powerful United backed by J. P. Morgan.

John Burns, former counsel of the SEC, now a director of. United iorp. William Yeager, former Reconstruction Finance Corp. official, now president of International Utilities, a director of Dominion as Electric and vice- president of General Water, Gas Electric Co. George Mat hews, former commissioner of the SEC, now vice- president of Northwestern States Power Co.

1 became head of Standard Gas Electric, but continued as head of Federal Deposit Insurance, and now also as foreign economic administrator. Ladles of Congress No matter what happens next November whether FDR is re 1 elected or whether the House Representatives goes GOP 1 looks as if more ladies would graci the next Congress. It also looks if the Democrats would treble their number of congresswomen. Most of the female glamor in th House today is furnished by Re publicans. As against the sole wo man Democrat, hard-working Mrs Mary Norton of New Jersey, ther are five Repubs: scintillatin Clare Luce of Connecticut, rell able Mrs.

Edith Nourse Roger of Massachusetts, genial Miss Jes sie Sunnier of Illinois, fastidiou Margaret Chase Smith of Maine and Winifred C. Stanley of Nev York, who will not stand for reelection because her district has been redistricted. Probable additions to the ladies of Congress will be two named Mrs. Douglas, both Democrats. Mrs.

Douglas No. 1 is Mrs. Melvin Douglas, wife of the movie actor who has now fought in two wars. She became famous on the stage as Helen Gahagan and, campaigning under that name, she won the Democratic nomination in California's Fourteenth district last week. Mrs.

Douglas No. 2 is Mrs. Paul ouglas, wife of the well-known rofessor at University Chicago nd daughter of Chicago's famous culptor, the late Lorado Taft. 'rof. Douglas, who ran for the in 1940, later enlisted as a rivate in the Marine Corps, hough he was 50 years old, and fter about one year of training, iecame a lieutenant.

He is now in he South Pacific. Mrs. Paul Douglas, an alert lady, vill run against the Chicago Trib- ne's candidate," Representative Stephen A. Day, who in 1933 sent a telegram to Hitler congratulat- What Latin American countries were once empires? J. D.

G. A. Brazil, Mexico and Haiti. Q. Do parachutes vary in size with the individual? M.

C. Y. A. The same size parachute Is used for all Army personnel. The harness is adjustable to fit the individual.

Who originated Queensware? L. C. M. A. Josiah Wedgewood presented the first of his work, a breakfast set, to Queen Charlotte in 1762.

The Queen ordered a dinner set. At once the ware became fashionable and, by permission, was named Queensware. suspended bridge across the Lchlgh River below Lehigh Gap, a er 108 years, and an 8-inch water line that supplied water to the city of Longmont, Colorado, in service for 52 years. Q. What is the derivation of the word zebra? R.

R. B. A. Zebra is an Ethiopian word meaning "of a black and white stripe." Q. What is the official insignia of U.

S. Army vehicles? W. A. A white star is the authorized marking on Army vehicles, Q. Does the Pope speak many foreign languages? E.

V. A. Pope Pius XII talks fluently in eight languages. Q. Why is an actor called a Thespian? E.

N. N. A. The word derives 'from Thespic, a Greek poet of the sixth century B. who is generally considered the inventor or father of tragedy.

TOONERVILLE FOLKS By FONTAINE FOX So They You have only to compare results In two major healers to realize the importance of heavy armament. In Burma, where we are properly equipped, we are more than holding our own. In Honan Province, where we have only light flrms, the recent ro- verses have taken place. But there is no chance of China's being knocked out of the Sliang Chen, chief of Chinese military mission to the U. S.

The invasion (tension) has added greatly to the strain of wartime living. The number of nervous breakdowns has increased Guy F. W1U. Dallas. MVChiatxist.

THE SKIPPER AT THE OPTICIANS Q. Does wrought iron resist corrosion? L. C. F. A.

Wrought iron has superior properties in this respect. Many examples of long life may be cited, for example, a chain link still in good condition taken from a chain Q. How Is it possible for the landing craft used by the Navy to come so close to shore? R. J. A.

The landing craft now used g- by the Navy were specially de- signed with shallow draft. A ramp is utilized to enable the cargo aboard to be discharged directly on the beach. Q. What Jewish feast commem- orates the hanging of Hamari? E. E.

A. Purim commemorates the deliverance from the plot of Haman. It is a secular rather than religious festival. 1 Who is the leading Russian T. F.

M. try, because Brewster will be the first big plane company to be turned loose on its own to manufacture commercial it can get priorities. If it can't get them, it will have to fold. The Chance Vought also making Corsairs (thel same type of plane as Brewster), will continue operation, largely because Uiey were the chief pioneers of Q. ace A.

Major Pokryshkin is probably the leading Soviet acl. He 1 has shot down 53 planes and has twice been named hero of the Soviet Union. ng him on his rise to power. She well-known in Illinois and has good chance to win. Miss Galagan is almost a sure bet in Cali- 'ornia.

End of Dies Committee The CIO's score 'against the Dies committee in recent primaries has several congressmen quaking in their boots. Reactionary moguls who thumbed their noses at CIO are now going home to cultivate ocal CIO leaders. At first, when Joe Starnes, ranking majority member of the Dies committee, was defeated in the Alabama primaries, Congress colleagues thought it was a fluke. Then, when Chairman Martin Dies himself quit cold, they got worried. Now, the defeat of California's Representative John M.

Costcllo, least active member of the committee, finally has convinced them that the CIO has an effective political organization. This, plus Dies' decision to retire, means the end of Dies committee. Representative Wirt Courtney of Tennessee, who will be the ranking member after Dies, Starnes and Costello have gone, voted against funds for the committee in February. Another member, Representative Herman Eberharter of Pennsylvania, has consistently opposed the committee majority. Important in the defeat of California's Costello was the fact that his opponent, Hal Styles, a Warner Brothers radio announcer, had conducted a radio program called "Help Thy Neighbor," as a part of which he had secured jobs for 35,000 people in seven years.

This is a job-getting record better thnn most congressmen have. The manager of the broadcasting station, Harry Maizlish, conceived the idea of running Styles for Congress and managed his campaign. Costello had been needling some of the motion-picture people and they felt they needed a new congressman. In Alabama also, Representative Starnes' defeat resulted partially from the one-man newspaper crusade of young newsman Carroll Kilpatrick of the Birmingham Age- Herald. Browser Axed The navy has decided that the' controversial Brewsler Aeronautical Corp.

will be lite first to feel the axe of discontinued war production. This is'good news for the country in that it means that war losses of airplanes are less than expected and that the navy will not need so many replacements. Actually out- losses in the Pacific have been about 50 percent less than estimated. Also, the news is extremely sig. 1 nifleant for the airplane Indus- Corsairs.

Also the Goodyear Co. will continue, being about to start on a big new navy plane. But Brewster will now have to fight either for new war contracts or else for priorities for commercial planes. It will be up uphill fight. NOTE: The Brewster plant near Philadelphia, built with U.

S. Government funds, will be taken over by the navy and will work on in other words, planes that need minor changes. The other Brewster plants around New York will finish up what they are working on and then fold. (Copyright 1044, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Q. Where is Brookwood Cemetery in England? J.

Z. A. The cemetery is located near the village of Brookwood about twenty-five miles southwest of London. It adjoins a British World War cemetery. In the center there is an ornamental flag pole from which the American flag flies every day in the year.

High above the altar in the chapel is an eagle carved in relief with the inscription "With God is Their Reward." Q. What type of vessel is indicated by the Initials LST? B. B. A. The initials stand for Landing Ship, Tank, -one of several types of landing craft in the Navy.

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