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THE CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL AND DIXIE FARM NEWS matm • ' ttf*mtmammai*iim*a—>mmim*mmmmamammmmmammammmmmammma*mmmm m^^mamaaaamama^mammaaammaaaa^ammammammammammmmaamtmmrnmaaiam __ *»l»iN aa aaatmi mm iMtttr SwUakw 11. 1M1. at tk# Paat Offlaa at Charistts. N. C, tfcs As* af Marck 1. Mtt. LABOR JOURNAL PHONE—3-3094 302 Sooth CoMogo Street—ChoHotto 2, N. C. The Labor Joaraal ia La* to the American ideals at WAGE EARNERS; Men aad womea spend year wares ia the city where yea lire, always remem bering that “The Dollar That Goes the Farthest Is the Dollar That Stays at ■erne.1* The Labor Journal will not be roapou 'ible fpr opinions of correapondenta. If you do not yet youi paper drop a postal .< to the Editor and he will see that you do. We benere hi American basfaeao ana American Workers. We benere that a|oet share of the profits which the workers help produce should he giran the worker, for with oat this benefit, lasting prosperity cannot be asoared. OUR P.OLICY — Work - Fight - Sow To create a better under standing between Labor, r Industry and the Public. * OUR AIM Work - Fight - Save To influence Public Opinion in favor of the Organised Labor Movement. W. M. Witter-Editor and PubHokor Claude L. Albea---Aoooeiato Editor CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1944 WHAT DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE? By ROTH TAYLOR "DO YOU KNOW IT FOR SURE?" Remember Out phrase from you childhood—and how important it waa? It differentiated between the things we glibly said or repeated and those things which we knew from actual first hand knowledge. I wish we needn't have let politeness cause us to drop the phrase as we grew up. I wish it were still possible to say “Do yon bow it for sure?" to those people who are so prompt sad definite about every and all situations. Yse—I admit it—I’ve been listening to the radio again. But I’ve also bean reading columnists rad modern essayists—and Fve been listening to people talk on trains, in busses, in restaurants and homes! And it's been all I could do to keep from saying "Do you know it for sure?" There are the peeple who know aB about when the war will be ever, and what Eisenhower’s plans are and where the State Department is wrong and what is going to happen a week from next Tuesday. (The Gestapo smiles on them.) There are the people who know all the motives hack of everyone’s ac tions, who tell you glibly just what self-interest prompts each act, who must have X-Ray minds, for they see what goes on before it happens. (Geebhel’s friends they are.) There are the people who know all the had news, who can and do talk of the cost of battles, the mistakes of commanders, the waste in Hves, dol lars and supplies, who can tell all the details of the chaos to follow. (Goeriag finds them usefuL) There are the people who sow dissension by setting group against groups, exaggerating Labor’s shortcomings, pouncing on Industry’s mis deeds, accusing the farmer of selfishness, stirring up racial and religious hatreds by rank generalisations, judging the group by the sins of apostate members, preaching anti-Catholicism and anti-Semitism wholesale. (Herr Hitler has a special decoration for these.) There are the people who talk too freely, who boast of how they "got around” regulations, who try to outwit the censor, who brag of ‘inside knowledge, who tell of production, troop BMtvements, ship sailings, betraying their own for the chance of appearing smart. (The bells ring in Berlin over the deaths they cause.) TO ALL OF THEM — TO YOU — TO MY8ELF — I SAY, “DO YOU KNOW IT FOR SURE?" NO MO* TO ROAM Mom, an enlisted man, skivered as he paced his sentry beat on an Alaska airfield. A passing officer noticed him. “Mom,” said the officer, “where are yon from?” “Ah’s from Alabam, sub,” said More, “but when we wines out dem Japs an’ Ah gets back dar, Ah ain’t neveh gwine to be from dar no mo'.” -V There are certain consequences that follow certain deeds. Mellon’s remains open 'dll 9 each t evening from Nov. 24 through Dec. 23. Ed Mellon Company "WOW IK a (BEAM YOU IAT * OUB PLEDGE OF QUALITY ON EACH PACEAHH , -• k*altk food~ PVT DAIRY PRODUCTS CORF. Pittsburgh Plate Glass So. Hie Army Flies Its 1,500,000th Sortie Nov. 18 WASHINGTON—On November 18, 1944, Army Air Forces flew its 1, 500,000th combat sortie against the enemy, the War Department an nounces. By type of aircraft, 1,381 sorties were flown in very heavy bombers; 390,562 in heavy, bombers, 238,042 by medium and light bombers, and 870,329 by fighter planes. Com bat sorties against the enemy since January 1 of this year now average TUBE SHORTAGE TO LAST WASHINGTON — Scarcely half enough radio receiving tubes have been available during the last two years to replace those worn out in civilian- receiving sets, and the short age is expected to continue until sev eral months after the defeat of Ger many and Japan, according to WPB. 3,432 per day. In IMS the average was 1,000 a day. From Pearl Har bor to December 31, 1942, the average flown per day was 7. Approximately 75 per cent of Army Air Force sorties have been made against the Ger mans; 25 per cent against the Japs. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO CHARLOTTE LABOR JOHNSON c. sjUith university COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Charlotte, North Carolina f • ’ . ♦ Do You Have Life Insurance That Pays DISABILITY INCOME beginning with the first day? OCCIDENTAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. 0 Raleigh, North Carolina ■ • - 220,000 WERE INVOLVED IN OCT. STRIKES —V— WASHINGTON.—Strikes in Octo ber, 1944 numbered 440, with 220,000 workers involved. Man-days of idle ness totalled 690,000 or 9/i00 of (me per cent of the available working time, according to preliminary esti mates of the Bureau of Labor Statis tics, Labor Department. Compared with October, 1943, there were 153 more strikes and 98,747 more workers involved. However, there were 322, 534 more man-days of idleness in Oc tober, 1943 with idleness amounting to 14/100 of one per cent of available working time. The greatest number of workers involved in a strike, and causing the most idleness during Oc tober, 1944, involved maintenance workers in a large number of Detroit plants. -V ICE BOXES ARE TO GO INTO STOCK PILE WASHINGTON. — Refrigerators made as a result of "spot authorisa tions" allowed by WPB will be added to the "frozen stockpile” and released only to essential users, like the Army and Navy hospitals and labora tories, WPB representatives told a meeting of the Mechanical House hold Refrigerators Industry Advisory Committee. CoaTMkat'TerM PARKER-GARDNER CO it* W. Tm* Pka M New end Reconditioned PIANOS fZiLnSJy t*1** *■ n** « "•oftiWwwd pianos, select yours nous oor stock of nearly 100 fa. •oromwito. Stein way, lfathuahek. “STEINWAV HEADQUARTERS" ANDREWS MUSIC CO. “Our list Tear* tSl N. Tryon St. SthhButHa ^6 ZORIC Dry Ctoning DOMESTIC LAUNDRY Phone 5173 DEMAND , C B. 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I hae also been keeping account, and I’ve been puttin’ doon your bad points. I hae 19 in my wee book already, and when it reaches the score I’m goin’ tae accept the blacksmith 1” -V The whiskey distillers made enough liquor during the month of August to last one year. i - IJjlLLiiiAJuiLfl SANITONE DRY CLEANING Ki::?S FABRICS BEAUTIFUL! Have You Tried It? Call Ut Today CHARLOTTE LAUNDRY. Inc. lit Bast 2ad St. ■mmm———a—sas—a—— Dial S-5191 SOME OF THE THINGS WE LEND MONEY ON INkaMMi WatrhM Jmm rjt Men* Ctthtag Taolu Sportin* flood* Stlvarwara Shot Gaaa Rtflaa PMah tiMhir MacOtaaa All tsasmeaa Htnetiy Confidential. When la Nal nt Money We Never Fab Yea tXf R. TRADR f*T. (Nest to BA's) ^RELIABLE LOAlTcb^ " Martin’s department Store RELIABLE MERCHANDISE ALWAYS AT LOW PRICES t ■— ■Ml. —I. ..■"■■Ml '■"'■■■»■■ ■*" 1 ^"ll " ' ■■ - • Shop at WahtinA and Soon SHOES-CLOTHING—FOR THE ENURE FAJCLY AT CORNER TRADE AND COLLEGE
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