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The Charlotte Labor Journal 1 AND DIXIE FARM NEWS__ M2 8oatk CoUogo Street—(Socowi Floor) PHONE MM4 Tm” ll' l**1* ,__ W. M. WITTER---“**•* ^ PoWiahor CLAUDE L. ALBEA_AaoodaU Bitter is an unfailing low of country, loyalty Is iU institutions and ideals, eagerness to defend it against ail —mi—, undivided allegiance to the flag, and a desire to se cure the bleeeinga of librty to ourselves and posterity. ^ „n,, ij j u'u~u~u~i~«~i~i~i~»~i~i~i~ ~~~ * CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1940 WHO GETS THE JOB? BY CHARLES STELZLE Unemployment is America’s most baffling problem. It will not be solved by the war, as some of us imag ine. War isn’t doing it in England. If unemployment is to be beaten it must be done through normal activi ties. We have reached, and in some cases passed 1929 production, but there are still about 8,000,000 workers out of jobs. While millions of adults have returned ot work, we have an nually been adding an average of 600,000 young people to the roll of the unemployed. The use of labor saving machinery and other improved methods of pro duction and distribution has re duced the number of workers needed in certain kinds of plants. The as sumption that no new methods of op eration should be employed, that no progress in production or distribu tion should be made because some workers might lose their jobs, is fu tile. We simply must face the facts. Changes would be made in spite of our objections. But it is inconceiv able that this country, in many ways the richest in the world, should go down to economic defeat. Who will get the jobs of the future? It is already obvious that the skilled worker will be in greater demand than ever before. Already it is being said that there is a scarcity of highly skilled craftsmen in America. An important factor which holds out promise for the future of industrial workers in this country is the cer tainty of new industries being estab lished which will require many kinds of specially trained mechanics, fore men and other supervisors. The heating, lighting, ventilation and sanitation of our homes, stores, factories, and other buildings is still very crude. The possibilities in the motion picture industry are limitless. The development of the automobile, »♦♦♦»<>♦♦♦»♦•♦♦♦♦»»•♦»♦♦♦#»< even in America, nas not reovueu end. We have scarcely touched avia tion. Radio has scarcely begun, and television will soon be made practical. These items are plainly on the sur face. Countless others are being worked out in the laboratories. Many who are now unemployed will find jobs in these new industries if they have the determination to master their technique, or if they will adapt themselves to the newer methods now being used in their old occupations. Without minimising the immediate and sometimes negative effect of tech nological progress upon employment, it must be obvious that in the long run, the number of jobs will be in creased through new processes, either directly or indirectly. In some cases it will be necessary to find “buffer” employment for certain workers, until adjustments have been made, but we may put it down as a fundamental fact that it will be the skilled worker who will always be in greater demand, in any economic situation, and for the most part such workers will be found in the trade unions because these unions are made up of experienced men and women. IT’S STILL TRUE Personal quarrels and national wars mean that somebody wasn’t big enough to live up to the Golden Rule. —Elbert Hubbard. Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.—John Oliver Hobbes. He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his own home.—Goethe. We often repent of what we have paid, but never, never of that which we have not.—Thomas Jefferson. Patronize Journal Advertisers CHARLOTTE THEATRE | Friday, Saturday Feb. 2nd, 3rd "VALLEY OF THE GIANTS” WAYNE MORRIS CLAIRE TREVOR CHARLES BICKFORD ALAN HALE A vital story of life among the lumberjacks of the California redwood country. Monday, Tuesday Feb. 5th, 6th "BEAU GESTE" With GARY COOPER Wednesday Only Feb. 7th “THE MAIN EVENT* ROBERT PAIGE JACQUELINE WELLS WHEN YOU NEED MONEY See Ua CITIZENS SAVINGS AND LOAN CO. 114 E. 4th St. For Quality Drugs and Sundries Visit the ' SELWYN CUT RATE DRUG STORE 129 W. Trade St TeL 14111 AND THE NANCE DRUG STORE 395 N. Caswell Road TeL Ml* "CbarkAte’s Friendly Drag Stares*' JOHN S. NANCE. Proprietor Pittsburgh CLEAN-UP AIDS DEALS OF WORK Work is a grand cure for all the naladies and miseries that ever beset nanldnd—honest work, which you in end getting done.—Thomas Carlyle. As a cure for worrying, work is >etter thns whiskey. — Thomas A. Edison. He that works after his own mau ler, his head aches not at the mat er.—George Herbert. Labor conquers everything.—Virgil The habit of toil renders the endur ance of pain easier.—Cicero. Give me plenty of work and that’s tbout all the tonic 1 want.—Philip Armour. The happiness of men Consists in life. And life is in labor—Tolstoy. mmwmmmmmmmmmmmwwwm SOUTHERN DAIRIES, Dir. •M Wart nfU Street CHARLOTTE, N. C. Telephone 3-1184 PATRONIZE THOSE WHO ADVERTISE IN THE JOURNAL North Carolinian Largest on Record Born in 1798, Giant Weighed 1,000 Pounds at Death. RALEIGH, N. C.—Largest human of which there is any authentic rec ord was none of the famous freaks of history, but a relatively obscure North Carolinian, according to be lief here. Miles Darden, who weighed over 1,000 pounds at his death, was born in North Carolina in 1798 and died in Henderson county, Tennessee, January 23, 1857. Such a creature must have been a sensation in the South at that time, but little is known of Darden in this state now, though his existence is mentioned in "The North Carolina Historical Review" of October, 1926. Therein F. A. Sondley referred skeptics to Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography (Vol. 2, P. 77) “and other authorities." No other authorities were uncovered by a superficial search, though contemporary Ten nessee newspaper accounts of such a marvel must be extant. Appleton’s Cyclopedia notes that “Miles Darden, giant,—was 7 feet 6 inches in height, and at his death weighed more than one thousand pounds. Until 1853 he was active, energetic, and able to labor, but from that time was obligated to re main at home, or be moved about in a wagon. In 1850 it required 13% yards of cloth, one yard wide, to make him a coat. His coffin was eight feet long, 35 inches deep," etc. Nearest rival to such corpulency was the giant Daniel Lambert (1770 1809), an Englishman who weighed 739 pounds. Darden was a third again larger, and it is said of him that in 1839 his coat was buttoned around three men, each of them 200-pounders, who thus pm-umbered Make Her Household Burdens Lighter—with ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES .... and keep Her young and charming! la these enlightened times, everyone knows that fatigue and monotonous drudgery are the swiftest enemies of a woman’s youth and happy dispo sition. So . . . with the dozens of clean, quick, easy, economical elec* trical appliances at her disposal, don't let this “enemy” take its toll. En able your wife to have these appli ances which make her work easy and cost only a few cents a day to oper ate! 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Some swimmers had ventured as far as the corridors in the nude; others were scampering about the locker room in various stages of attire. A third group was at the bottom of the pool, holding their breaths and figuring they were safe as anything from fire. Fire Laddies See Red For This False Alarm TITUSVILLE. FLA—Hearing the fire-alarm siren’s long bleat, Titusville firemen dashed inside the station to jump into their f gs. , As each entered he was handed a brush and rag. and told to get busy on a job they had bean put ting off for a month—giving the fire truck a new coat of paint. IF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION IS IN ARREARS SEND IN A CHECK Valentine’s Qay Dainties By BETTY BARCLAY Valentine’s Day arrives while parties ot all kinds are in fqjl swing. _ It does. not_call for the » creaking dinner tables of Thanks giving and Christmas but it does demand unusual and delicious dishes that will delight guests. ' Here are a few ideas for this year: Celebration Salad 2 Vi cups cold diced chicken, marinated Vi hour in S tablespoons Lemon French dressing Combine with: 1 Vi cups diced celery 1 cup seedless grape halves % cup mayonnaise Serve in lettuce cups or cream puff shells. Garnish with lemon quarters. Veal may be substituted for chicken. Serves 6. Limas with Sausage 1 cup cooked, dried Llmaa •i pound sausage 1 medium sized onion 1 cup tomatoes Vi teaspoon chili Vi teaspoon salt Fry onion and sausage until well done. Add other „ ingredients and simmer for 30 minutes. Apricot Presto , 1 package chocolate rennet powder 1 pint milk (not canned or soft curd) 1 cup apricot puree (cooked apricots which have been put through a strainer) Cookies or wafers Make rennet-custard according to directions on package. When Ailing dessert glasses All within Vi inch from top. When ready to serve, spread the aprioot puree lightly over the top of each rennet-custard. Garnish with crash ed cookies or wafers. Magic Valentine Cup Cakes 1 cup ground shelled peanuts Vi cup sweetened condensed milk 1 egg, separated 1 teaspoon baking powder Shell peanuts, remove brown skins, and put through a food chopper. To ground peanuts add sweetened condensed milk, egg valk end baking powder. Blend thoroughly. Fold in stiffly beaten egg white. Drop by sroonf> 1& ' i small-sized buttered cup c. 'c<s Bake in moderate oveu (« - . i about 20 minutes. Makes 12 i : '1 cup cakes. Maui Ice Box Cake 1 tablespoon gelatin hi, cup cold water 1 cup syrup, drained from g n heated Vi cup sugar , H teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon grated lt-iuon rlml 1 tablespoon lemon j;‘!ee 2 egg whites M cup whipping cream Sliced; sponge cake or 2 n lady fingers 1% cups jfcanned Haws Man j. apple gems Maraschino cherries Soak gelatin In wate.-. a Dissolve in hot pincap..- t... . add sugar and salt, and stir u:: .1 dissolved. Add lemon rind a 1 juice. Chill until jelly stni.s to thicken, then told in Btilfly nc.’n egg whites and whipped cream. Line sides of an oblong mold with sponge cake or lady lingers. Fill mold with alternate layers of pine apple mixture and sponge cake or lady fingers. Chill until firm. Un mold and serve garnished with the pineapple gems, cherries, and addi tional whipped cream slightly sweetened, tinted a pale green and put on the cake with a pastry tube. Yield: S servings. •west Dreams Coffelats Hen's a refreshing party bever age, made with chocolate and de caffeinated coffee, so everybody can enjoy extra cups without count ing sheep later on. Add 4 table spoons ground decaffeinated coffee, 3 squares unsweetened chocolate, eat In pieces, • cloves, 4-inch piece at stick cinnamon and dash of salt to 4 eaps milk, and heat in double boiler until chocolate is melted. Strain Immediately. Combine 1 tablespoon of flour and K cup sugar. Add liquid and cook 15 minutes, or until thickened, stirring constantly. Remove from fire, cool slightly and pour over 1 egg, well beaten. Chill. Serve ice cold with whipped cream if desired. Makes 1 quart ooflolata# Journal Readers Co-operate With Those Who Advertise In It FOREMOST MILK M'jl dtaalihfyuL FOREMOST DAIRIES, INC. PbooM 7111—7117 *s Dept.g>Store, RELIABLE MERCHANDISE ALWAYS AT LOW PRICES OUR NEW STORE NOW OPEN FOR 'BUSINESS WITH A COMPLETE STOCK OP SPRING AND SUMMER ME8CHANDHR. Martin i
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