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V* LXXI GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1945 No. 87 ?|
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Settlement of Oil Workers Pay
May Set Reconversion Pattern;
Ease Curbs on Consumer Credit
- Released by Western Newspaper Union ?
?? ? ? Mil: Whta opinions aro expressed In these columns, they are those of
Wantsnw ?ownpnsei Union's news analysts aai not noeossartly of this newspaper.)
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Their gams taken away, Jap naval shore patrolmen walk streets with
wooden staves U maintain order among disarmed sailors in Tokyo.
LABOR:
V. S. Acts
Acting energetically. Secretary of
Iwbar Levis Schwellenbach took
?v alt-important oil workers' wage
dhgnda rirtnally in his own hands
bp- transferring negotiations to
Washington, D. C., in an effort to
?Sect? a aettlement that was ex
pected to set a pattern for the re
cwiTFrsion pcnoQ.
With the Oil Workers' union de
aaand tor a 30 per cent wage in
eti sat embodying the program of
ether powerful CIO organizations,
and with the oil companies' offer of
? IS per cent boost representing
We aaual compromise, final disposi
San af the case would go far to
ward determining the amount of
Tahe-hetae" pay. for employees
dhmag We earning months.
SthweBerimch's decision to shift
She pat ley to Washington, D. C.,
Warn Chicago, 111., followed upon an
wmnj ockioci m me Dargaimng
?an Ok anion's insistence that the
dwpwle be settled on an industry
wide,basis and the companies' stand
fcteatacb should be signed by
Ml Mialiili. over 1,500,000 persons
MR affected by the strike ot AFL
drntor operators and building
nie employees in New York,
wff% hnrineas losses rupning over
MM* a day and production ot I
winter and summer garments vir
hmffy stopped. Balking at a war
Isbsr board award of $28.05 for a 44
boor week, the union asked $30.15
far a 4S hour week.
JAPAPt:
Historic Precedent
September 37, 1945, went down in
twswry as the red-letter day on
which a Japanese emperor, unbend
wg himself in defeat, made a per
janaf eaB upon a victorious U. S.
eenunander to break all precedent.
Gad to -Mb' people, small, wiry
Wo statu. M formal morning clothes
aad Mgh sSft top hat, was very
math man to Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, who, steeped in occupation
al duties, met him m informal mili
tary attire and without a tie.
Metering to the American embas
* m Tokyo for the visit, Hirohito
mode his call just as MacArthur set
afcnsM s4ianrwi? n1?n? 4kj> no />/]??
mi ti ie |/iaiia ivi uic ic-cuu
orfM at the Japanese people and
dri|fa| Nippon of all its war-mak
wg potentialities by an economic
|n recasting the Japanese mind,
lbr Arthur dune to pursue the
pnnent policy of working through
aSin personnel. Japanese press,
nAa, aaoiii a, government informa
tea banana, schools and various so
on! gimps would be used as me
*nss far the dissemination of
dmaeratic principles and ideals for
Mold CO operation
?a Japan's economic reformation,
?e 0. & wfll strive for the eradica
te si al potential war industry,
?oafcfag the Nipponese merely to
?*e*ao production. At the same
tee. efforts will be made to break
?p the haaineas monopoly of the four
yt hsaaeo of Mitsibushi, Mitsui,
teh, and Sumitomo, and pro
hade- Organization of Tabor and
Jpiudsril organizations also will
fteawhNe. " Japanese economic
1 ipuls caffed for a resumption at
tedr arte te n. SL to speed Nip
Ma's paatwar recovery and stave
^ hapaading privation. In return
to American cotton, wool, salt, oil,
??e pmpaaod?d >Mthcr J,P^
Mnhh warp and lacunar goods.
CREDIT:
Ease Controls
In a move hit by OPA because of
inflationary possibilities, but rapped
by finance companies because of its
restricted scope, the government
removed all credit controls over
building renovation and eased reg
ulations on loans for services or
non-essential purchases.
Remaining unchanged in view of
popular demand and limited supply
was the 12 month credit repayment
for washing machines, vacuum
cleaners, bed linen, mattresses,
boats, watches, cameras, automo
biles, pianos and furniture.
Though OPA resisted the re
stricted easing of credit regulations
for fear of a scaling of prices up
ward in face of heavy buying, cer-.
tain financing groups declared that
continuing restrictions placed low
income classes at a disadvantage
and price control and rationing as
sured market stabilization.
ARGENTINA:
Buck Change
Problem center of South America,
Argentina was under another state
of siege as the_gov
eramem 01 h*re*.
Edelmiro Farrell,
? controlled by Col.
Juan Peron, round
ed up economic,
political and labor
- leaders following
an ill-fated attempt
I to overthrow the
present regime.
Shelve Bill
Declaring that the current wave
of strikes has confused the question
of whether a reqj need exists for
the lengthening of unemployment
compensation payments up to 28
weeks, the powerful house ways and
means committee held up a senate
bill providing federal aid for exten
sion of benefits.
By its action, the house group
dealt a body blow to President Tru
man's program for jobless aid, since
the senate in passing a modified bill
previously had refused to boost un
employment compensation up to a
maximum of (25 weekly. The sen
ate measure would have permitted
the federal government to advance
sufficient sums to the states to
spread jobless payments over it
House committee rejection of the
bill stirred labor's wrath, AFX. Pres.
William Green accusing the con
gressmen of "callous disregard of
human needs," and CIO Chieftain
Philip Murray calling upon the CIO
and its Political Action committee
for an all-out drive to "secure re
versal at this shameful act."
Colonel Peron "i extending mili
tary rule and sus
pending constitutional guarantees of
speech, press and assembly, the gov
ernment declared that it was forced
to move to stem "a growing cam
paign aimed at alteration of the
(existing) order and conducted by
the oligarchy (powerful interests)
..." Liberty would be restored
when the various groups would know
how to use it, Farrell added.
The abortive revolutionary at
tempt by two top Argentine generals
followed close upon the heels of
widespread demonstrations of demo
cratic elements against the pro-mil
itary Farrell-Peron regime, main
taining the present economic and so
cial setup in the face of persistent
demands for its liberalization.
TORIFSS RF.NF.FTTS
OIL:
U. S.-British Pact
Virtual monopolist! in oil, th?
U. S. and Britain came to an under
standing for the orderly develop
ment of petroleum trade in the post
war world in a pact fashioned in
London by Secretary of the Interior
Ickes and British officials and sub
ject to senate ratification.
Removing vigorous opposition to
any control over domestic produc
tion as envisaged in a previous
agreement later repudiated by the
U. S., the new pact only provides
for advisory regulation of American
and British operations overseas.
Both countries have extensive oil
holdings in foreign lands, notably in
the middle east, where deposits are
reportedly as great as in the U. S.
In drawing up the agreement,
Ickes and British Fuel Administra
tor Shinwell provided for mutual re
spect of all concessions and rights
obtained by either country, and also
pledged non-interference with oper
ations.
MEAT:'
More Available
Because-of the seasonal increase
in the marketings of range fed cat
tle, OPA removed point require
ments for lower grades of beef, veal
and lamb through most of October,
and also made hamburger, lamb and
veal patties, short ribs and brisket
of beef, breast and flank of lamb
and shank of veal ration-free.
In addition, poipts were lifted
from such low-grade meat products
as sausage, frankfurters, luncheon
variety and canned meats.
In contrast, however, the contin
ued tight supply of hogs and fin
ished cattle necessitated the reten
tion of current point values on pork
cuts, bacon and other cured meats,
and choice selections of beef, veal
and lamb. Though fats and oils
were kept on the rationing list, point
removal on cheaper meat will fur
nish additional stamps for these
items.
Henry II Takes Over
To husky, 28-year-old Henry Ford 11,
who in college displayed more of a pen
chant foe spcsolpgy than engineering, went
the presidency of the huge Pord -Motor
company, following the retirement of his
famed grandfather from active sarvsce-svith
the firm.
Upon assuming his pos:t Henry the II
declared his ambition was to return Ford
to leadership in sales again, the company
having trailed Chevrolet throughout most
of the decade preceding the war. On his
toes, young Ford had shown the new 1946
model last July, only two days after gov
ernment authorisation for resuming civil
ian production, and the firm was well off to
postwar output when impeded by strikes.
Retiring at 82 after having resumed the
presidency of his famed company in June
of 194.1 upon the death of his son, Edsel,
Ford declared that he would devote most
of his energies to his outside interests, chief
of which hqvp been utilisation of farm
products in utdustry.
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Occupation Problem
In war or in peace, old General
Patton, with a mind of hia own con
tinued to make news, the latest
ocasion being his clash with Gen
eral Eisenhower over the use of
competent former Nazi civil serv
ants for a restoration of German
economy to head off threatened
chads this winter.
Besides being asked for an imme
diate report on the number of for
mer Nazis still folding office hi 3rd
army territory, Patton also was di
rected to give Eisenhower a per
sonal accounting of his control over
the Bavarian region. For a hard
peace, Eisenhower favors a ruth
less denazification of Germany's
political, educational and economic
life, and an early establishment of a
Reich living standard no higher than
surrounding countries'
Though the first to be called on
the carpet, Patton's attitude is
known to be shared by other U. S.
officers seeking to avert starva
tion. frost suffering and epidemics
this winter in the shattered nation,
rip CACT.
I Alt JLiAJ X ,
Native Uprising
Even as Chinese and British
forces took over Indo-China, native
Annamites rose in rebellion at the
prospect of a return of French rule,
terrorizing the European population
of the state, which normally exports
much rice, rubber, high-grade coal,
spices and tin.
Frenchmen were the principal tar
gets of native wrath, since many,
under protection of Chinese and
British guns, have displaced Anna
mites holding public offices prelimi
nary to re-establishment of French
colonial rule.
Strangely enough, the Japanese,
who promised Indo - Chinese Inde
pendence during their military oc
cupation of the country and still re
main in force prior to their com
plete demobilization, have bean
called upon to help assist under
manned Allied units rs-estabilsb
pud.
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| Camp Fire Girls Inviting All
Jills Between 7 and 18 Years Old
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Fun-Filled Program Aims
At Development of Abilities
And Rounded Personality
By MARY E. PENNOCK
"So you're a Camp Fire execu
tive," people say to me when I an
swer their "what do you do" query.
"Let's see, aren't they the little girls
wno light fires with only one match
ana iry eggs on not rocks?" And I
smile indulgently and have to admit
that they have been known to do
both things, but that those two ex
amples hardly typify Camp Fire's
activities. It's like saying that the
Red Cross has "something to do
with bandages, doesn't it?"
Camp Fire's Held of activity is.
broad, seeking to give a girl an op
portunity to try many things and so
to find herself. The philosophy of
the program is that girls "learn by
doing," and if you were to glance
through the "Book of the Camp
Fire Girls," you would notice
the long list (1,300) of things that
girls may do to earn honors?notice
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
SEPT. IS TO NOV. SO
Annual membership drive of the
Camp Fire Girlt extendi from Sept. IS
to Nov. 30. Slogan this year it "There's
Fun lor Everyone in Camp Fire." A
summary of the organisation's aims:
"Camp Fire Girlt work for World
Friendship. Their program it bated on
democratic ideals. It builds for happy
home life, community service and bet
Mr citizenship. Through seven lively
crafts. Camp Fire Girls have fun, make
friendt, end develop their skills estd
talents."
the word "do" not "know." These
honors are grouped in seven differ
ent fields: home craft, health, camp,
nature, business, hand craft and
citizenship. Exploration into these
fields has meant the discovery of a
vocation to many girls. A star
study session of her nature group at
camp started one Minneapolis girl
qn a hobby that.finally led her to the
position of cufator at New York's
Hayden Planitorium.
Wa have no promises, take no
oaths in Camp Fire, because we
know that promises are sometimes
broken. A girl expresses her desire
to follow the Camp Fire Law, which
is:
Worship God
Seek Beauty
? Give Service
Pursue Knowledge
Be Trustworthy
Hold on to Health
Glorify Work
Be Hefty
The Camp Fire Law ie really a
philosophy of life, and a beautiful
one, I think you will agree. A
Camp Fire Girl said to me re
cently, "Miss Pennock, the Camp
Fire Law is so lovely it is almost
like poetry."
They Join for the Fna.
Girls, of course, do not join Camp
Fire because it is good for them?
a "character building" agency.
They join because it is fun, because
it fills for them a need of belonging
to a group. Together with from ? to
20 other girls, they'Hve an oppor
tunity to do things which they can
not do alone. They make their own
plans, run their own meetings. I
have seen more than one president
of an adult group who could learn
something from a Camp Fire
group president about parliamen
tary procedure.
These days, when we are all
thinking so seriously about making
democracy work, Camp Fire groups
Minmit Mt.lt- It pi
By OABR CELLS
Rolling your eyes is excellent to
strengthen the eye muscles. Look
straight ahead. Mow lower and raise
the upper lids ten times. Then clodk
the eyes and count tea. Then do tt
all over ?s?t**
USsm fceSeew. WUU reams*.
A Camp Fire Girl (left) is (rem It te 15. Through the urn B?flj -
crafts she beeemes well equipped to handle varied situations. A Bine Bird
is a Junior member between 7 and 11 years eld. Through a program of |
games, story-telling, simple hand craft and war service. Bine Birds learn
to work and play with other children. They become reliable while having
fan. Horizon Clabbers (right), are of senior high and Jnnier college age
Personality development, vocational study and community service pro
pare Horizon Clobbers for adalt society.
are getting a first hand experience h
in democracy. "Workshops of De- '!
mocracy'.'. is a term that has been n
given to Camp Fire groups Girls h
are not dictated to by their leader, o
They learn to examine suggestions "
and ideas critically, to think things tl
through sensibly, to make their own 1
decisions. (
Credit to'Volunteer Leaders. s
We who work professionally in b
Camp Fire take little credit for its
accomplishments. All credit is due ii
to the tireless and loyal devotion of i
its thousands of volunteer leaders a
and the men and women in each y
community who make up its local y
councils. They serve the girls of 1
their community through the Camp t
Fire program because they believe I
in youth and because they, too, have p
fun. Do not think that all the bene- a
fits revert to the girls. A Minnesota 11
guardian, telling what grand times
she was having working with her n
group of Camp Fire Girls wrote, C
"My former classmates, now grown k
eavy and dull, look at me and lay.
My, but you get younger and
leer looking all the time.' I never
ave time to wonder about whether
r not it ii true that 'Life Begins at
'40".' Sometimes, the old woman
hat I really am stands aside and
ooks at me that is guardian of
lamp Fire, and I laugh until my
ides ache to think how Camp Fire
las cheated old age."
It sounds like fun, doesn't it? It
? fun, and there is a place for you
n the Camp Fire picture if you love
nd understand girls. Youth needs
ou now, and Camp Fire can give
ou the tools with which to serve,
four opportunity is as close as your
elephone?to call your local Camp
"ire office ? or your paper and
en, to write National Headquarters
t 88 Lexington avenue. New York
I, New York.
And about those eggs fried on hot
acks?you can be associated with
amp Fire a long time and never .
iarn that trick. I never have.
Common Sense Will Kill the Common Cold
"It takes a week to cure ? cold,
but it cures itself in seven days,"
runs an old saw. Though medical re
search is finding effective anti-cold
drugs, a cold is self-limiting and un
less complications set in, the suf
ferer gets well anyway.
We know that the cause of the
common cold is a (titrable virus, and
that the virus is highly contagious.
Theoretically, the fellow with a cold
should isolate himself during the
acute two-day incubation period.
But most cold carriers consider
themselves too "Indispensable" to
stay hothe, and consequently the
rest of us are doomed to inherit
the virus and catch cold.
Specialists say that during the
first stage of an acute cold local
nasal treatment is of no value and
may produce uncomfortable sec
ondary reaction. The medical profes
sion is anxious to help the layman
c noose proper medication; Dec a use
of the hundreds available, most do
more harm than good. It la unfor
tunate that the alkalinity of certain
nasal preparations has been so ex
tolled over the radio. It is now
known that nosedrops should be
slightly acid. Of the available liquid
nasal preparations, antiseptics and
silvers are often more irritating than
helpful, while gargles are usually
ineffective in killing or even inhibit
ing bacteria, according to an article
in Coronet magazine.
Balfa Drags Useless.
While the sulfas have little or no
effect on the common cold virus,
they are effective against many
types of bacteria and consequently
may ? when sprayed or dropped
into the nose?serve a useful pur
pose in preventing the spread and
shortening the duration of infection
after the first acute stage of the
cold. But there's danger as well as
miracle in the sulfas and even these
?reparations should be used by the
layman only od the advice of
physician.
There are also a great many
nasal inhalers on sale. Yet, only
three of them contain a therapeutic
ingredient which actually shrinks
the nasal mucous membrane and
promotes ventilation and drainage.
Those inhalers which are advertised
to the public often claim to make
the bom feel clear in mxds. Be
cause of cooling menthol, they do
make the nose feel clearer, but
that's alL Actually, they irritate the
nasal membrane and are of no
medicinal value whatsoever.
The common cold must run Its
course. But its course can be fiort
ened and its potential dangers can be
minimized, and here's how: Make
the first sign of a cokl a slow down
signal. If you can't spend a day or
so in bed. get extra sleep. Keep
warm and dry. Don't over-indulge.
If the air in your house is too dry.
a copious Jet of steam flowing ft out
the kitchen kettle will help moisten
the dry mucous membrane.
Only when the later symptoms are
in evidence has the time come for
medication. Then it Is important to
get the right medication. It's easy
to telephone your doctor for advice. 1
"GAY GADGETS" I 1
AMdalad N?w*pap?r??ttflfU fialut
By NANCY PEPPER
CASBAH CUISINE * T||
What'* roar favorite Ask aha
you're cutting op at the Caikafc
wucn you re mu- r
tmg talk at the
marble slab? ?
What we meaa *
is, what it yea "
order at the eer- ^
aer soda low- *
tain? Do yea ,
whittle year r
waistline with a
lemon Has or do
yen crave these
cataclysmic eaionesT
Triple Threat?Three balls at as
sorted ice cream each one dripping
with another kind at too. The com
binations are gruesome.
Horse's Neck?That's what yaw
ask for when you want a coke with
ice cream. Ever try root beer with
ice cream? Lush Mush!
Maiden's Delight or Epicure Spe
cial?You have two names for tUs
concoction, but we caD it "Anything
Goes." The idea is for the soda
fountain jerher to use his own imagi
nation.
Dnsty Miller?Chocolate nisi*
mallow sundae with malt sprinkled
on the top. IkI
Telephone Special ? That's saw
name for vanilla cream, i Imi nlsOe
syrup, marahmallowr and penaots.
syrup.
HOumG *no
When she telephones you early?
As soon as it is fight?
And cannot wait to ask 70a.
"Did 70a has* fun last night?"
(SHE DID!)
If you try to change the subject
With "Oh. it was aO r*bt,"
And don't even want to know
If she had fiat last aighl
(YOU DIDNT!)
As far as we know Has is the anhf
newspaper reportage oa high adhaal
cheers. If we'd known bettor, ww
probably wouldn't have done it ee
ther?but it's too late now. Oar soda
fountain FBI is sending he chases
report them to yon. Sony?an not
effects!
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