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ber 31, 1943
Friday Evening, December 31, 1943
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
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EARLY SETTLEMENT ON WAGES
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During his 11 years as Presi-
dent, Mr. Roosevelt has traveled
almost 300,000 miles, mere
than the mean distance of
238,857 miles between the
earth and moon. Chart shows
the annual mileage he has
logged in this country and
abroad. War conference trips
ore included.
An AP FEATURES PICTOGRAPH
Senator Asks Congress, States
To
Way for Soldier Ballot
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31-(PP)—Co-
■ operation between congress and the
state legislatures to open the way
for service men and women to vote
In primaries as well as the Novem-
ber general election was urged to-
day by Senator George (D-Ga).
The Georgia senator, one of the
leaders in the senate fight which
resulted in the substitution of a
“states rights" measure for an ad-
ministration-supported federal bal-
lot bill, told a reporter he believed
“embers of the fighting forces are
as interested in voting for sheriff
and governor in their home states
as they are in the presidential elec-
tion.
Pointing out that in several sou-
thern states nomination in the
Democratic primary is tantamount
to election. George said the provi-
sions of the original federal ballot
bill limiting such absentee voting
to the November contest constituted
little more than a "gesture” as far
as uniform personnel from those
states is concerned.
. “I have no objection,” he said, "to
ballots being distributed and col-
lected by any federal agency con-
Midland Officer
Gets Promotion
WASHINGTON, ■ Dec. 31—)-
The War department yesterday an-
nounced temporary promotions of
the following Texas officers:
Maj to Lt. Col.
Midland—John Marshall Kender-
dine, 601 Cuthbert.
Whopper Baby!
KNOXVILLE. Tenn. Dec. 31-
d A boy weighing 18 pounds. 10
1-2 ounces was born Thursday to
Mrs George Esslinger, 26-year-old
wife of warplant worker
Physicians said it was the largest
recorded birth in medical history.
The Esslinger boy was 31 Inches
kg height and iu head measurement
was 15 1-1 inches.
Denies Charges
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31—(P-
Kalmar Procope. Finnish minister
to the United States, today denied as
“completely unfounded" charges
made through the Soviet Informa-
tion bulletin issued by the Russian
embassy that the Finns had burned
Petrozavodsk, capital of the Kar-
Ain-Finnish republic.
gress might see fit to designate.
Everyone wants to see the service
men and women vote and it is
difficult to imagine why that can
not be done through the prepara-
tion of ballots by the states and
their transmission to and from the
service personnel by federal agen-
cies."
In this connection, George dis-
closed that he had written Gov.
Ellis Arnell of Georgia suggesting
that a special session of the legis-
lature be called to authorise the
printing of ballots and to waive for
service personnel all technicalities
of voting, such as registration and
payment of poll tax. The governor
replied that such a session would be
called.
His chief objection to the plan of-
fered in the administration bill.
George said, was to the proposal
thst service personnel be furnished
with blank ballots on which they
either could write in the name of
the candidate of their choice for
president and congressional offices,
or mark a party designation.
“We must not open an opportun-
ity for wholesale frauds in elec-
tions,” he declared. "The officials in |
the states charged with holding fair
elections must determine finally
whether the applicant is entitled to
vote."
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31-(P)-
Army control of the railroads for
the indefinite future appeared like-
ly today in view of the darkening
prospects of an early wage settle-
ment.
President Roosevelt advised the
IS nonoperating unions he is ready
to make a final decision in their
case, but he stipulated a basis of
arbitration which the union chiefs
say is unacceptable.
The War department said it
wanted to return the rail sys-
tem to private management but
could not because at least two
unions—the firemen and con-
ductors—instead of concelling
■trike orders, had merely post-
poned them for the period of
government operation.
The union chiefs, after lashing
the administration in one state-
ment, asserted in reply to the War
department that they had done all
they had agreed to do and were
empowered to do. They said a strike
voted by the membership can not
be cancelled by the officers while
the issue which precipitated it is
still alive.
The latent bitterness of the con-
troversy emerged in the statement
issued by D. B. Robertson of the
firemen, H M. Fraser of the con-
ductors, and T. C. Cashen of the
switchmen, who accused the admin-
istration of bungling, delay, and of
straying from the processes of the
railway labor act which they, the
unions, said they "scrupulously fol-
lowed" during the controversy.
The President's letter to the "non-
ops" laid open the fight over the
scope of what he is authorized to
arbitrate. In agreeing to arbitration
last Monday, the 15 unions, repre-
senting over a million office, shop,
and track workers, said they ac-
cepted the sliding scale increases
of 4 to 10 cents and that only over-
time, therefore, was left to be ar-
bitrated.
The President said he understood
that the carriers contend that the
10 cents was approved by Stabili-
zation Director Fred M. Vinson to
and would not have been necessary
if payments were to be made for
overtime. The issue of overtime was
injected after the 4 to 10-cent
award. The unions contend the lat-
ter can not be arbitrated. They are
apprehensive lest the award or the
overtime be reduced if the two are
considered together
eliminate su b standard conditions
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For Your
Chief of Police
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NEW BRITAIN, U. s. A. — This map above, showing the
island of New Britain superimposed on one showing Illinois.
Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, give you an idea of the compar-
ative sixe of this Jap-held isle, where U. S. Invasion forces are
making their drive toward Rabaul. From Cape Gloucester
on the west to Rabaul is about the same distance as from
WASHINGTON, Dec 31—P-1
There will be a total eclipse of
the sun next month, but because
of the war it looks as if astron-
omers in the United States will.
have to sit this one out.
The total blackout will be
South America and West Af-
rica. and there are no known
plans for expeditions by scient-
ists from this country.
cial equipment needed.
Various parts of Peru and Brazil
, will offer the best vantage points,
with the total eclipse lasting about
. four .minutes over Therezina,
Brazil.
Chicago to Detroit.
AT CAMP WOLTERS SUNDAY-
The president’s letter said:
‘The granting of overtime or a
payment in lieu of overtime from AT1 K1
now on, as was done for the oper- ( dot Dacoricio ACnIVO 1 11 ITV
ating group naturally would not UOOCT KOSCIVISIS O ACTIVE Duly
in any event reduce what the non- '
operating employes would be en-
titled to under Judge Vinson’s or-
der. But if I am to arbitrate the
question of what should be given
for overtime in the future, I could
not be debarred in advance from
considering whether or not there
is merit in the carriers' contention.
"I say this in order that there
be no misunderstanding on your
part or on the part of the car-
riers of the scope of the issue to
be arbitrated by me.
■ Five Abilene boys who enlisted in
the Alr Force Reserve last Febru-
ary have received their orders to
report to active duty 6 a. m. Sun-
day at Camp Wolters, Mineral
Wells.
They are Rob W Henderson, son
of Mr. and Mrs W W. Henderson.
725 Peach: Mack S. Hobbs, son of
Mr and Mrs, O. K. Hobbs, 1525
Orange: J. L. Warren Jr., son of
Mr and Mrs J. L. Warren, 226
Orange: David H. Webster, Baird;
and Neill C Burnett. 2526 Cedar.
Mack S. Hobbs and J. L. Warren
Jr , were seniors in high school and
will receive their diplomas before
their departure. Rob W Henderson
was a student in Abilene Christian
Colleagues in South America wil:
have their telescopes trained en
the sun, however, and r party
o Mexican scientists will also be
on the lookout in Peru
The eclipse which takes place
on Jan 25, will be the first total
one over land areas east, ac-
cessible to American astronomers I
since 1940, when South America
also was scheduled to be a good
bet for observation. Clouds ham-
pered a good view at that time,
however. .
A spokesman for the National
in West Africa the maximum
duration of totality will be just'
a little over two minutes.
The eclipse will appear as
partial in the Mulhern United
States.
In southern Texas, Louisiana and
Florids, the moon will appear to
have taken a little chunk out of
the sun at 9 a m (Central War
Time), says Sky and Telescope,
the astronomical journal publish-
ed at Harvard.
Nose News
TWIN FALL. Dec 31——The
fall has ended, but the sneezes
linger on.
One hundred petietioners, declar-
ing it's still hay fever season in
Twin Falls, have asked officials to
“Assuming, as I do, that both you
and the carriers are willing, that I
should arbitrate the overtime issue .... .
as I have defined it, I shall con- Weekly Editor Says
sider the issue and announce my 1 ■ e -
decision. If either you or the car-
riers are not willing that I should
proceed to arbitrate on this basis,
I hope you will advise me by 10
o'clock a. m. Friday, December 31."
• • •
No apparent progress was being
made toward settlement of the case
of the three operating unions The
other two operating brotherhoods,
trainmen and engineers, accepted
arbitration and obtained 5 cents aa
overtime (a total of 9 cents) and a
week's vacation. Chiefs of the fire-
men. conductors and switchmen
considered the action of the other
two "a stab in the back" and so In-
formed their membership in a cir-
cular.
New French Leader
NEW YORK, Dec. 31—()—CGS
reported from Algiers today that
Labor Is Scarce
Geographic society who declared
that “in the past we’ve covered —--------------------—
eclipses mighty thoroughly," said ment is installed to control the
the society wasn’t going to try amount of alfalfa dust blowing into
I to make it this year. He added, the air
he knew of no other scientific —--—— ----t
group from this country that was. Some of the pre-historic Indian
MH APAN"LEPLLE - ..-.---* 2 ----- - *
training, th* difficulties of getting the spe- petrified wood.-
close a new alfalfa mill until equip-
college and David H. Webster was
employed at the Elliott Funeral
home
After their induction
at Camp
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RESOLUTION
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in good repair.
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We wish for you
a Happy Now Year...
a year that bringg
peace to all. •
BRITT MORGAN
Lot Your Choice for Chief of
Folice on Jen. 11 Be e Men
Qualified by Both Experi-
ence end Special Training!
Fifteen years of service on the
Abilene Police Department speaks
for Britt Morgan as a police of-
ficer of qualification and de-
pendability
He has added much special po-
lice study and training to his
years of work, holding certifi-
cates from the Texas A. & M.
Traffic Control school—from the
Texas A & M. Industrial Plant
Protection school — from the
State Department of Public Safe-
ty Traffic Officers school held
In Austin by the International
Association of Chiefs of Police-
from the Abilene Police Training
school sponsored by the Texas
League of Municipalities.
Yea will not go wrong voting for
BRITT MORGAN
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MERKEL Dec. 31-< HW 1 —"It's
hard to operate a weekly newspap-
er now." declared C. J. Glover, pub-
lisher and editor of the Merkel
Mail "We have no trouble getting
paper and other material, but la-
bor is just not available."
Henry Clay West, of the West
Company, and also longtime mayor,
says business is good, but goods are
hard to get. "Many things needed
are just not available," he com-
plained.
Gen. Jean Dea Lattre De Tassigny
had been named by Gen. Henri
Giraud to head French forces in
North Africa.
The appointment awaits the ap-
proval of the French Committee of
National Liberation, said CBS.
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