The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 199, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 2, 1944 Page: 3 of 30
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Sunday Morning, January 2, 1944
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DECORATIONS OF THREE HEROES Urgent Demand for
TO Dr AT DIP CDDINC Workers Reported
TO BE PRESENTED AI BIO SPRING By U. S. Service
BIG SPRING Jan 1—(Spd.)-
Hampers war
By The Associated Press
- WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 — Stif- .
fened laws to make wartime strikes
a crime were talked at the capltol
today in swift aftermath to an as-
sertion from a figure high in coun-T
of the United States and the ,
United Nations that recent labor
disputes may have delayed victory
over Germany.
Some legislators suggested, how-
ever, that it is up to President
Roosevelt to take the leadership
T the administration thinks new
statutes are needed, and others
were critical of White House hand-
ling of labor disputes.
Union men were indignant to
private conversations but for the
•me being were standing on the
public retorts already made by
rail and steel labor leaders.
The high figure singled out
particularly the rail and steel
n strike threats, saying the Nazis
• had seized upon them to broad-
cast throughout Europe that
the United States is in a con-
dition of chaos. He said the re-
sult had beep to strengthen
spirits of Axis satellites and
* probably delay revolts in sub-
▼ jugated countries.
It all added up, he said, to
a “great tragedy” and would
cool American lives.
. Three railroad men - D. B. Rob-
Drtson of the Firemen, H. W. Fra-
- ser of the Conductors, and T. C.
Cashen of the Switchmen — re-
plied that the unions were not to
blame.
"Had the administration permit-
ted this case to have taken its or-
Verly course,” they said in a state-
ment. “x x x in all' probability a
satisfactory settlement could have
been worked out. x x x If this sit-
uation has had any effect upon the
war or offers any phychological
comfort to Hitler the labor unions
are not responsible."
1 An official of the United
Steel Workers, declining use of
his name, called the whole
thing "a filthy propaganda
• story designed to arouse the
• American people against labor
unions dermte, their anustag
Rep Smith (D-Va), co-author of’
the Connally-Smith anti-strike law
d and Rep Manasco (D-Ala) were
7 among those who said the presi-
1 dent should initiate any new labor
* legislation.
One influential member of Con-
gress, however, said that regardless
of administration action he con-
Semplated offering an anti-strike
measure soon after the law makers
return on Jan. 10.
While declining use of his name
and saying that his proposal is still
in the formative stage, the legisla-
gor said that it would be a simple
"bill, invoking stern penalties
against any person who participat-
ed in a strike.
He declared that H would
cover employes working direct-
a ly for the government, those in
■ factories or mines taken over
by the government as a recall
of a wage dispute, common ear-
riers “and any other business
: essential to the war effort.”
9 Senator Johnson (D-Colo) was
. one of those critical of the admin-
1___istration.______3
“His seizure of the railroads cer-
j tainly is a severe blow to the war
effort of "the United Nations," he
maid, but responsibility for it
-must be squarely placed where It
belongs — on the shoulders of the
' administration This matter was
bungled by the administration as
was the recent coal miners' con-
,7 troversy.” -
• Senator Hatch (D-NM) said:
1 . ."I wish everyone, labor and oth-
ers. would realize that every strike,
involving railroads, coal or any-
—thing else, adds fuel to the enemy s
——morale, aside from the material loss
caused by the war stoppage.”
I w in some quarters, the statement
on the effect abroad of the strike
situation had the effect of .renew-
I ing interest in national service leg-
1 islation, a bill long pending In
Congress which would permit the
Government to use available labor
I where most needed
CHURCHILL CONVALESCENT — British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill, wrapped in a dressing gown, enjoys an
airing during his convalescence following a recent attack of
pneumonia. His whereabouts has not been discovered.
(AP Wirephoto by radio from London.)
PLEA FOR GREATER TOLERANCE
ON PART OF ROTARIANS MADE
A New Year's Eve plea for great-
er tolerance, appreciation and pa-
tience on the part of Rotarians and
others, as American citizens, was
made in an address Friday by Dr
W. Truett Walton to his fellow Re-
tartans at the Hilton hotel.
Dr Walton, acting dean and pro-
fessor of Bible and sociology st
Hardin-Simmons university, said
"If we are" true to what our men
are fighting for we will be more
tolerant, but. as Thomas Jefferson
said we will ‘show vengeance on
the altar of God on every tyranny
over the minds of men'." He declar-
ed that the tolerance that enabled
Americans to live together and be
reunited after the Civil War start-
ed not in the writings of Henry
W. Grady or m congress, but "at
Appatomatox, when Grant refused
to accept Lee s sword and when he
allowed the southerners - to keep
their horses for spring plowing at
home instead of taking them as
war booty " There began a simple,
sincere, man-to-man tolerance"
The next few months may be
tought for all of ns,” he continued.
Merkel Near Goal -
in McMurry Drive
MERKEL, Jan. 1— (HW) — or
its $5000 quota on the $1,750,000 en-
dowment and building fund for
McMurry college the Methodist
church here has secured In pledges,
but mostly In cash, the sum of.
- $4,162, and the remainder will be
forthcoming, says Rev. D. D. Deni- j
son, pastor.
The Merkel church led the disz
Triet last year, on professions of
faith The report shows 42 came
in that wise, while 40 joined on
certificates. Average Sunday school
attendance has been around 1N.
All finances were paid to full
/ Might service attendance is up
to 15 percent, the Rev. Mr Deni-
said said. Recently the church
raised $327 for the home for child-
ren at Waco Three-fourths of the
benevolence for 1943-44 have al-
rerny been pledged__________
$ Elte Green, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W H Green returned Satur-
’ day to Artesia. N M. where she
teaches in the city schools. She
had spent Christmas week with her
parents.
SWEETWATER, Jan. 1— (Spl)-
If it were a matter of decision, the
Sweetwater school district would
probably decide not to wreck any
more school buses for the duration,
after having learned first-hand all
about the problems of securing a
new bus in war-time.
Three awards, two of them made
posthumously, will be awarded to
relatives of Howard county service-
men in a special review at the Big
The district’s Ada-Cottonwood
bus was recently wrecked in the
first highway accident to befall
buses of the district in more than
nine years of bus operation Supt.
Ross Covey immediately began try-
ing to replace the demolished vehi-
cle, making trips to Fort Worth and
other points in that connection.
He learned that there .are no |
school buses available, and that an
Spring Bombardier- school here
Tuesday morning.
The Distinguished Service Cross
will be presented by Col. R. W.
Warren, commandant, to Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Appleton Sr., whose son,
J. H Appleton Jr, earned it by
sacrificing his life to save that of
a comrade during the North African
campaign. Mr. and Mrs E G.
Christensen Sr . will be awarded the
Air Medal and Oak Leaf- Cluster
earned by their son,-S-Sgt. Edward
Christensen Jr., who, was killed in
action’over Europe on Sept. 15.
One-month-old Edmond H Smith
Jr., will receive his father’s Dis-
tinguished Service Cross, the first
such award announced for a Howard
county.man and given for his he-
roic part In the Ploestic oilfield raid
Aug. 1. This award was to have been
.presented last week, but weather in-
‘terferred. Sgt. Smith, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W K Smith of this city,
is now a prisoner of war in Ru-
mania.
Demand for bookkeepers, steno-
graphers, posting clerks, -practical
nurses, waitresses, machinists, ma-
chinists helpers sign painters, elec-
tricians, heavy-duty mechanics.
welders and laborers is urgent. O R.
Rodden, manager of the United
States Employment Service, said
| Friday.
"All who are, interested in posi-
tions of this type, many of which
would be permanent, are urged to
Farm, Home Radio
Programs Are Set
The Farm and Home Radio pro- 0
grams will be represented on KRBO
from 1 to 1:15 p. m. dally Monday
through Thursday beginning to-
morrow, Elmo V Cook, Taylor
county farm demonstration agent,
announced. -
Agencies that will produce the
programs include: Mondays. A&M
College extension service and coun- f
ty agents; Tuesdays. Vocational
Agriculture teachers: Wednesdays,
Feders! Security administration,
and Thursdays, Agricultural Ad-
justment administration.
Visiting In the home of Mrs. Au- :
gusta Pye, 450%- Peach, is Ardie -
Thompson of Chicago, friend of !
Mrs Pye’s son, Lt. Malcolm Pye. -
call at the office here Rodden em- who is serving in the Army Air
force in Australia. - ,
phasized.
ODT purchase order is merely, in
his own words, “sort a hunting
license."
The problem has been solved
thusly for the time being: The
bus which has been transport-
tag Plum Creek and Stamper
scholastics has been transferred
to the Ada-Cottenwood run,
which has more students than
the Plum Creek-Stamper run. A
used station wagon has been
bought and is being used for
the Plum Creek-Stamper run.
Substitution of the station wagon
for a bus on the Plum CreekStimper
run, however, means that there Is
room for only scholastics living out-
side the limits of the Sweetwater
Independent school district. Supt.
Covey says. Heretofore the bus on
that run has been conveying a
number of pupils living on the east-
ern outskirts of Sweetwater and in
the area of the tl. S. Gyp mill.
These pupils must now look to pri-
vate conveyance, since they reside
In the Sweetwater district.
"We just load the station wagon
to the gills, and that’s as many as +
we can carry," Supt Covey says. .
"Many will lose loved.ones in this
war. We will be arch hypocrites
totally lacking appreciation if we
do not give the men who do come
back real comradship, a chance to
build homes and realize security."
"Let us be patient" Dr. Walton
counselled. “I am sick and tired
of a certain type of politician but
we need to be sympathetic toward
the burden that will be upon the
congress during and after the war.
If we’ll stop and consider the
things proposed .In times past that
we considered radical and socialis-
tic that now are accepted and call-
ed good, we will be able to be more
patient and tolerant. "He mention-
ed William Jennings Bryan’s pro-
posal of an income tax which once
was ruled unconstitutional, his
proposal for popular election of
United States senators and his sil-
ver platform as deemed radical
when proposed but now accepted
He also mentioned Theodore Roose-
velt of whom Mark Hanna said
while returning on the train from
President McKinley's funeral “Mce
Kinley is dead and now that damn-
Pfc. James W. Sarrells Jr., at-
tending an army special trainins
unit at the University of Manyland,
College Park. Is visiting his par-|
ents, Mr. and Mrs. James W Sar-
rells. 1M2 Chestnut, during the
holidays. He will report—for duty
Monday or Tuesday.
ed cowboy is president,” Teddy
Roosevelt had been vice president
and although leaders of his own
party thus characterized him he be-
came accepted as leader. In many
reforms now considered good
Entertainment for the Rotary
luncheon was by “Bunny” Scog-
gins, daughter of Rotarian George -
Scoggins. The 11-year-old girl
played, accordiona numbers and
sang and gave an accordion-tap
dance number Her mother also was
a special guest.——--
Other guests introduced Include
Rotarians Earle Ellis of Lima. Peru:
Larry Whitehead of Ban Antonio,
W C. Hogue of Cisco, J. K. Brady
of Stamford, and also Clyde Fulwil-
er, Curtis Cox and J. L. Warren Jr
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