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W. M. WITTER.. .Editor and Pobhaher
CLAUDE L. ALBEA..AaaaciaU Editor
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1940
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Every Day Is FLAG DAY
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LABOR REPRESENTATION
Labor representation on all boards and agencies dealing with wage
earners and their interests is a cardinal principle of the American La
bor movement. There can be no valid argument against the principle,
labor believes, pointing out that it is in line with democratic practices
and policies.
Conscription is certainly a matter that directly affects the wage
earners and their vital interests. Drafting of workers for military
training and possible service, calls for a labor voice in the process.4 Any
conscription act would be woefully lacking if it had no provision for
labor representation on national and local boards that select trainees
and fix policies.
Labor representation in governmental activities, to safeguard de
modcracy, was never more needed than at present. Labor hopes that
Congress fully realizes this and will be guided accordingaly.
A NATION
“A nation is made great, not by its fruitful acres, but by
the men who cultivate them; not by its great forests, but by
he men who u$e them; not by its mine*, but by the men
who work in them; not by its railways, but by the men who
build and run them. America was a great land when Colum
bus discovered it; Americans have made it a great nation.
He who looks with pride upon the history of this nation which
his fathers have written by their heroic deeds, and who re
solves to preserve this inheritance unimppaired and to pass
it on to his descendants and enlarged and enriched, is a
true American, be his birthplace or his parentage what it
, may.”—Rays of Sunshine.
LABOR DAY UNION LABEL BROADCAST
On Labor Day, I. M. Ornburn, Secretary-Treasurer,
Union Label Trades Department of the American Federation
of Labor, will speak on THE UNION LABEL AND DE
FENSE over the Blue network of the National Broadcast
ing Company from 6:45 to 7:00 p.m. (E.S.T.)) September 2.
The Union Label Trades Department urges all members
of Organized Labor, their families and friends to “listen in”
and to notify their friends about the broadcast.
UNION LABEL TRADES DEPARTMENT,
I. M. Ornburn, Se’y.-Treas.
CHARLOTTE
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“EDISON, THE MAN”
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Wednesday-Thursday
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Penny Singleton
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PATRONIZE JOURNAL ADVERTISERS
N. Y. A. GIVES N. C. YOUTH $715,497
Wc find in a recent report of the Federal Security Agency.
National Youth Administration that North Carolina was allocated
for the 1940-41 school year: School work program $338*47; col
tege and graduate work program, $376,650; a total of $715,407.
South Carolina received a smaller sum, totaling $401*15.
Women Carry the Nation’s Pocketbook
The women of America spend over seventy-five per cent
of our national income.
It is to the interest of all American business men to sup
port the MADE IN AMERICA CLUB in its endeavor to en
courage the housewives of America to give greater preference
to the things we make and grow in our own country, and
thereby provide jobs for our unemployed citizens.
The number of American women who are becoming BUY
AMERICA conscious is increasing daily as a result of our
campaign. Prefe.ence is being given to American china
ware, pottery, glassware, matches, toys, shoes, gloves, and
hundreds of other items that carry the label “Made in U.
S. A.”
Public sentiment is behind the MADE IN AMERICA
CLUB crusade. It was Lincoln who said “Public Sentiment
is everything. With it nothing can fail; without it noth
ing can succeed.”
The old saying that the “hand that rocks the cradle
rules the nation” has given way to the Made In America
Club slogan that the “hand that carries the pocketbook can
make or break the nation.”
Thoughtless spendin gon the part of the women of America
retards recovery. Wise and patriotic spending on the other
hand makes jobs for American workers.
The women of America can solve our RECOVERY prob
lem. The solution to RECOVERY is JOBS. The women of
America hold the KEY.
Own TrouWesAre Excuse
For Avoiding Jury Duty
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.—Under ■
new plan adopted this year, ques
tionnaires were sent to 1,800 pro
spective jurors in Fairfield county
asking, among other things, why
they should be exempted from jury
duty.
County Clerk Henry P. Lyons was
astonished at the number, and na
ture, of the excuses to avoid serv
ice, which pays |4 a day and trans
portation at 10 cents a mile.
Here are a few of the alibis:
I can’t sit still for pain.
I would be glad to serve except 1
work for a living.
I have enough troubles of my own
to decide.
With a 60-acre farm, four cows,
two horses, no car, no help, how
would you like to serve as a juror?
I have an exceptionally poor mem
ory.
It would be a waste of money to
call me in a criminal case. The
last times I have been called the
attorney for the state has excused
ms without asking any questions.
I am a night watchman, and I
could not be im all night and •»»» •
One prospective Juror, under the
heading “infirmities.” wrote- ‘ good
hon’l’’
Device on Skyscraper to
' Gauge Lightning Bolts
PITTSBURGH.—A new device de
signed to be hit by direct lightning
bolts has been installed atop the
University of Pittsburgh’s 42-story
Cathedral of Learning.
The mechanism—a newly invent
ed magnetic lightning surge record
er, called a “fullchronograph”—
measures magnitude of both current
and time. It represents, according
to engineers, the first successful
capture and complete diagnosis of
a lightning bolt.
By its use lightning is made to
leave a record of direct hits so that
engineers may add to the sum of
direct technical knowledge concern
ing this most spectacular of natural
phenomena. '
The cathedral lightning recording
station consists of a 50-f ot steel
mast, a lightning arrester connect
ed so that all lightning must pass
through it, and two recorders. The
latter were developed by Charles
P. Wagner, consulting engineer, who
is conducting the lightning investi
gations, and Gilbert D. McCann.
There are undoubtedly those who
need a stiff reminder of their present
obligations.
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Belgian Congo
Question Mark
Vast African Empire Now
Becomes Important
Side Issue.
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WASHINGTON.—The future of the '
vast African empire of the Belgian
Congo, one-third as large as the
United States and 80 times the area
of its mother country, is an impor
tant side issue of the rift between
the Belgian cabinet, now in France,
and King Leopold, a prisoner of the
Germans, says the National Geo
graphic society.
"Two districts formerly in Ger
man East Africa, Ruanda and |7run
di, were ceded to Belgium after the
World war of 1914-18 under mandate
from the League of Nations and are
united administratively with the
Congo," the bulletin points out.
Defense Force of 13,9M.
“The colony has a defense forte
of about 13,000 native troops with
330 European officers and non-com
missioned officers, including 4,400
territorial police.
“The Belgian Congo is a land of
steaming jungles and broad, park
like plains, home of the gorilla, ele
phant, giraffe and zebra, teeming
with more than 10,000,000 black na
tives, rich in ivory, gold, diamonds,
copper, and radium. Situated al
most in the center of the African
continent, it spreads fan-like inland
from the African west coast from a
coastline only 25 miles long to a
maximum north-and-south length of
1,200 miles in the interior. It is
drained by the mighty Congo river,
nearly 3,000 miles long.
"The Congo began its existence
55 years ago as a sort of private
empire administered by King Leo
pold II of Belgium, great uncle of
the present King Leopold m, and
some associates. Development of
the Congo basin was envisioned by
the king as a result of Henry M.
Stanley’s explorations in the. region.
In 1885 organization of the Congo
Free State was recognized by the
European powers and King Leopold
became its sovereign. In 1908 the
Congo was ceded to Belgium by
King Leopold and is now governed
by the Belgian parliament, though
native chiefs are allowed consid
erable authority.
Minerals Chief Wealth.
“Chief wealth of the Congo is in
minerals, which include gold, cop
per, diamonds, tin, cobalt, iron,
and uranium. Its radium mines
constitute one of the two great world
sources of this fabulously valuable
substance.
“Uhe colony produces rubber,
palm oil, palm nuts, cotton, rice,
coffee, cacao, copal gum, and sugar.
Cattle thrive in the highlands where
the tsetse fly is absent. The central
zone of the Congo consists of allu
vial plains, well-watered and some
of them heavily forested, but the
greatest area is covered by open
park-like savannas.
“Two large game refuges totaling
1.500.000 acres in extent, the Parc
Leopold and Parc Albert, provide
shelter for the gorilla, elephant,
and other types erf wild life where
they can’be studied by scientists un
der natural conditions and protect
ed against extinction.
“The Congo river, draining most
of the colony, is navigable for 95
miles from its mouth to Matadi.
From there freight moves by rail
past 250 miles of rapids to Stanley
pool, where the river again becomes
navigable for more than 1,000 miles
to Stanley falls. Above the falls
there are 585 more miles of navi
gable water, and 8,279 miles of the
Congo’s tributaries also are naviga
ble.
“The Congo has a population of
10.200.000 natives and 23,000 whites,
including 3,500 missionaries, accord
ing to latest available figures.
There are about 1,800 miles of air
lines, 3,000 miles of railroad, and
42,300 miles of highways."
DEMAND THE UNION LABEL
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Label in your shoes?
Label in your clothes?
Label on yoar printing?
Union barber share yoa?
Union carpenter build youd house?
Union painter paint it?
Union bricklayer put the foundation
■nder. it and the pillars in front of it?
Union plumber fit out your sanitary
-quipment?
A union elect* Man for your electri
»1 work?
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