Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 November 1939 — Page 9

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Mo. C Cause for Alarm

# we became Tather good friends. . :

"& he's got every ‘hair he: ever had.

w hingt + WASHINGTON, Nov. 8—Now that we have passed “a Neutrality Act in order to help the British and French obtain airplanes, someone comes along with on upsetting thought that possibly Germany may

~pecome a real beneficiary also. The idea is that she may be able to avail herself of

By Ernie Pyle

When we entered the room, Sunset jumped out of bed, jumped here and jumped there, ran out in the hall and dragged in ‘chairs, all the time rattling off his amazing delight at merely being in this wonderful place. «Ohhh, » he said, “you don’t know. This is the most wonderful place. Am I lucky to be here! This is one of the Veterans Administration showplaces. There's a nurse for every two patients. We get the best of everything. The doctors are fine. And just 100k at those mountains out my window. Aren't they beautiful?” To our surprise, Sunset isn’t the least bit homesick for China. Hasn't had time to think about it, I

guess. He has heard his first baseball ‘game by radio, and his first football game, since coming' here. He listens to the war broadcasts, cuts out all the maps, Sunset has had an odd career. even makes maps of his own. He went out to the Philippines “And say,” says Sunset, “they've got food here in 1898 as a sergeant in the Regular Army. When (hat I had forgotten existed. Things like fried corn‘the soldiers came back, Sunset stayed on. For 40 meal mush. And what kick it is to eat green vegears. he has-lJjved in China and the, Philippines. He... tables without out hyving to wonder it they came from. an 3 "been a sort” of adventuring: ‘mewepaperat-=: inspected g arden.” Hig ro ie

nes working straight jobs, . sometimes: > . Studies Birds and. Tres

is own little sheets, sorhetimes straying into . the ysterious world of Oriental" “advisership. i . In all those 40 years he came back to the States % Some men lying in bed at. 67 would gaze out the fonly orice. In 1929 he was back for a few months. “window with melancholy, and see nothing but gray. He spent some time in Washington, and it was there But not” Sunset. He thinks the mountains ‘are so wonderful he has pictures’ taken from his window and sends them to friends. He has bought a book: on fir trees, so he can

.- SAN FERNANDO, Cal.,, Nov. 6.—Sunset Cox never was like the usual run of men. For 50 years he lived his own free life, doing as he pleased, not working too hard;—keeping mildly adventuresome, delving with ‘an immense interest into everything in sight. And today at 67 he lies in the U. 8. Veterans Hospital here with tuberculosis, and -thinks it’s the Juiost wonderful experience of his ® I don’t mean he’s a Pollyanna. Far from it. He simply has such a gnawing curosity that no matter what happens to him, he enjoys experiencing it. Everything is wonderful to him. It always has been, and I suppose it always will be.

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Still Full of Pops

Sunset is about my height. and size: Which means ; he's medium ‘tall and very thin. He's old enough to be my father, bat, I never think of any difference in

' on California missions. And he has ordered one on ¢ birds, so_he can: identify all’ the:birds he:sees out|: the window. A” "couple of weeks ago they operated on’ him. And Sunset was sore as a boil because they covered up his eyes, He wanted to watch his own operation and write a story about it. . “No sickroom despondent is Sunset Cox. If you're iin his room an hour, he won't be still three seconds. ‘If death ever does. come to him, he will ‘despise it only pase he can’t stay on to tell ‘people what it was like, ‘

$2 © He Is straight, and walks with. a little swagger, $f and his graVying hair is parted in the ‘middle, and" His - face is ruddy | 2° and” “his, intellect is buzz-like.. iy 3 Sunset wrote us as soon as he landed~in the hos- | B pital Here this summer. from China.” So we stopped & by to see him,

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our Town By Anton Scherrer

.. THIS IS AMERICAN ART WEEK. To celebrate the event Wilbur Peat, up at the Herron, got busy and organized a collection of something like 7 . pictures, every one of which was painted by George =: Winter, the first professional painter to practice in 1 _ Indiana. It’s going. ‘miles: to see if for mo other ‘reason: than to have a look at the yery tired "expression in. Frances Slocum'’s: face. =: ~ ‘Nobody knows why George Winter, a born and bred. Eng- , . sishman, came fo. America in 1830; to Indiana in 1837. "Asa kid gave evidence of & ie +; for pictures. - Quick to sense.if, “His parents encouraged him. Indeed, his parents had leanings in that direction, too. His father, for instance, in- . vested in so many pictures that he had to . build : an addition to his home. At an early age, George Honeyburn and Charles . Ambron, portrait painters in Portsea and neighbors _ of the Winters, took charge of George: Giving him . ~ all they could, they advised him t0:7go, fo the Royal ~ Academy in’ London. Arriving there he was tfught “by Arnold, a painter; by Bailey, a sculptor. Two “miniature ‘painters, Luinel and.Robertson by name, = Put the finishing touches to his education. 2 = =

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“She result of | an “this learning was a smooth and sensitive style full ‘of meticulous: detail and drawing: “Just the thing with which to portray the. American . Indians, although it is questionable whether? anything ~ so fantastic entered his head at.the time. iy When he was 20, George Winter arrived in America. He lingered several years in New York spending his - spare time at the Academy of Design which was then - five years old. Seven years later, in 1837, he came to Indiana by way of Cincinnati. It is generally believed that he was drawn to the West by the pro- - migrations of the Indians at the request of Government. =

Be that as it may, we next find ‘Mr.-Winter at the council in the Indian village, Kuwau-Nay, conducted by Col. Abel C. Pepper which was called to consider the possibility of sending the Pottawattoniies west Ro the Mississippi. :: as the start of; Winter’ s significant contribu. : tom 8. to idiana history &nd, “ maybe, even Indiana ‘art—to say nothing of American art—for it was here that he made his first sketches of the Indians. To this day they remain the most authentic documents we have. George Winter's most exciting experience—certainly the most pathetic—came with the painting of

years. Which is to say until she died. 8 5 = 1

A Popular Subject

Frances was stolen by the Indians in 1777.from the home of her Quaker parents living in Wyoming, Pa. at the time. Everybody searched for her. but to¥no avail. . Finally, after 60 years of constant hunting, she was found in Indiana—the wife of She-buck-o-wah, chief of ‘an Indian village.. ~In. 1838, just two . syears ‘after she was found, Gearge Winter" at the-request of the Slocum family visited the Indian . ‘village .to paint a portrait of _.Qtie of her three Indian-sired Jaush rs 0 Watch the painting ‘of the ~mpoum looked .very,. very tired, | Even ed eo. leaye the Indians. 2 T'll have to put: you on: your guard, howevers. The picture exhibited at the Herron is not the one painted for the Slocum family: back home in Pennsylvania: i Mr. Peat did his level best to dig up that. .gne, "but the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, ithe |, present trustees of the picture, said it was: fioo frail to sen Just the same, the Slocum portrait now on view at the “Herron, and belonging to" the Tippecanoe Historical", ciety, ‘is an’ original} painted by George Winter. ems he sketched it ‘repeatedly after he ran across: her. It's a kind: of : habit painters. have when they. hit on a good thing.

submarine fleet based at’ Vikgivostok and" “sine nasy large interests in the Pacific.’ When the President moved ‘fate the negotiations between Moscow and Finland, it Seemed on the surface something addressed entirely to the European situation. However, it is possible: that one thought behind this sudden American interest in Russia had to do not primarily with Europe but with the Pacific. Russia—aside from Mexico. and Canada— is our nearest neighbor. Russian-soil lies practically within gunshot of American territory.

: ss = Russia a Pacific Power

This is not to read any portentous meaning into what is going on, not to minimize’ our desire to see Finland enjoy a fair break at the hands of Moscow, «but only to stress what one of my widely traveled friends sees, namely. that most of us completely overlook the importance of Russia as a Pacific power, and therefore “overlook ~the direct interest which we have in Russian policy, Recently this Government has manifested an:unusual interest in Russian policies, and is critical of them to an extent that cannot be entirely accounted for on the basis of European affairs. This Government appears to be reacting to Moscow more quickly and with more vigor than toward Berlin, and with more heat.

Molotov almost purred. when he mentioned the Japanese. If Moscow and Tokio succeed in forming some working arrangement the balance in the Western Pacific will be drastically altered and our problem in the Far East will become more difficult. Perhaps that possibility is in the back of official minds here as ‘they take swings now at Moscow; and, plus the immediate chance that Russia may try to operate as a backdoor procurement agency for Gerpany.

the arms-embargo repeal by using the Pacific route, with the assistance of Soviet Russia and possibly Japan. With the aid of Russia’s trans-Siberian Railroad, Japan’s shipping, and the naval protection of ‘Soviet. submarines in the Pacific, Germany might’ have access to the Pacific Coast aviation industry’s output. She probably would have, to obtain the cash through. Moscow.

This may bean easy-chair dream but it is a possibility that has “een overlooked entirely .in: Congressional debate. If by any chance Germany should be able to work out some such procurement arrangement, this Govt would have a problem in its lap. Secretary oF State Hull put the squeeze on the American aviaon industry some time back and induced it to cease : lying planes to Japap for use against China. The #'same methods might be: used if Germany wished to i become a customer. Or the airplane industry fight be kept loaded with earlier orders for the British and %. French, not to mention’ our own Tequirements.

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Well, it’s nothing to become excited about as yet. The possibility is more interesting because it emphai sizes the importance of. Russia-in the Pacific. We “ordinarily do not regard Russia as a Pacific power set she is the third power; there. he has a heavy

By Eleanor Roosevelt

We then went to the Mexican community house called Guadalupe, where WPA workers were making it possible to have teachers for various crafts and supervised play and recreation. The community house was attractive and a group of young musicians played . really remarkably well. They were dressed in picturesue Mexican costumes. I was told that the young man who directed them, with a group of other young people, had succeeded in using their music in periods of unemployment as a means of support for their families. Some guests joined us for lunch and one or two people came during the afternoon. We made a dent in four large envelopes of mail from Washington which | had waited for us in Lincoln, Neb., on Friday evening, and “two more from Kansas City. Last night I did a thing for which I have been}, apologizing ever since. I completeiy forgot the hour at tives and there are only a certain which our hosts had said they were going to call for number of heurs in a day. us, and when they arrived I was still doing the mail. - The WPA people arrived at 11 o'clock and I Went I packed, shoved all the mail into my brief case and out with them to see a nursery school for colored chile dressed in 25 minutes. I shall never cease to be grateIt was situated on the second floor of a build- ful to Mrs. Stark, the Governor's wife, who for some reason was delayed also and arrived a few minutes after I did. There was no excuse I could offer. I

ST. LOUIS, Mo., St day —We~ are’ . becoming ..s0 ‘ f tamonar with Kansas. City, Mo., that. when we walked { into the hotel there yesterday ‘morning, I felt almost as though we were coming home. We started off with % pies couicrence and. then 1 had-a talk with the, + represeptatigé of the NYA, Mr. CE ~~ Sykes, who, was:anxious to have; B% me visit ‘their project where colored girls were being taught to . sew and were receiving other training which fitted them for a variety of work. He said this training had made it possible for a number of them to be placed in permanent positions. I should have liked to visit this project, but I had prom~ised to see the WPA representa-

. study ‘every tree on the hillside. He has another book |

the - portrait of Frances Slocum, the famous “lost| .% sister,” who lived -the life of an Indian squaw for 0 4

rin both aussl

PROBE MICHIGAN

By Raymond: Clapper :

of six long-term. co

: halt the convicts’ getaway car.

Gallup Poll—

Roosevelt

At Peak

By Dr. George Gallup

PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 6. —As the national spotlight begins to turn once more to the tug-of-war of party politics, a:nation-

‘ican’ Institute iof - Pub Opinion reveals two signifi-

day Democratic Party sen‘timent: First,

four Demdorats in every

Franklin D. Roosevelt as their choice for. the Presidency: in‘ 1940, The survey reflects a substantial increase in the demand for President Roosevelt following the outbreak of the European war, and parallels other Institute . tests’

which ‘have found: the President at a three-year peak in popularity. Second, decides not: to run for, re-election; A the leading popular choice is still Vice President ‘John N. Garner, who has led the Institute’s Democratic popularity surveys for the past. 16 months. After Mr. Garner in the Institute survey come four members of the President’s Cabinet—Social Security Administrator Paul V.

. McNutt, Secretary of State Cordell

Hull, Postmaster General James Al Farley and Attorney General Murphy. These men occupy front. ‘positions in the. field of ‘Democratic: ‘eligibles today, the survey shows that nearly twoscore other Democrats—many of them dark-Horses—are also receiving consideration from sections of the party rank-and-file at this Cy = os = : JN its study of Democratic attitudes the Institute put:-the fol“lowing questions to a nation-wide ‘éross-section ‘of those who voted forfRoosevelt in 1936 or who now

support hit. as President - 1. Whom: would you like to see elected President in 1940? 2. If Roosevelt is not a candis date, whom would you like to. see elected? stions the voter was ply the name of-his : favorite, 110° Yists or other suggestions: being put forward by the field’ ‘investigators. Interestingly ‘enough, more than half of those interviewed were unable to say who their choice would be if ‘President Roosevelt does not run,

PRISON BREAK

Guard Inspector Slain as Six Convicts Make Futile Freedom Dash.

Jaco, Mich, Nov. 8 (U. P.). —Officjals ofthe Southern Michigan oda; Advestigated the break noicts ‘fo % dom which cost the life" of at ‘inspector of the guards. Inspector Fred Boucher was shot in the chest when he attempted to

‘Overpower Guards

“Making their dash during the prison’s Sunday football game, the convicts overpowered two guards and several prison employees and slid down a rope attached to the top of the administration building. _ The first three to reach ground leaped into a guard’s automobile and -after shooting Boucher sped away. They were captured three miles north of the prison. Two others were caught in the parking

lot and the sixth, who remained on the top of the building, surrendered.

Take Weapons

The convicts’ only weapon was 8 knife “until they surprised Russel Day, a guard in the administration building watch tower. Theré they took a sub-machine gun, a shotgun and a revolver, The fugitives were Samuel Sawaya, 26, serving 17% to 30 years for armed robbery; Jobn L. Sullivan, 35, 17%» to 30 years, armed robbery; George Bodie, 28, 15 to 25 years for armed robbery; Malcom Stokes, 28, 121; to 20 years for rape; Paul Lawman, 33, 32 years, robbery; Leo Thifalt, 24, seven t0'39 years for armed robbery. :

Two Virginia Fugitives:

Taken, Hoosier at Yards RALEIGH, N. C., Nov. 6 (U.P) — Raleigh police today captured two of the eight Federal convicts who escaped last night ‘trot County Jail in Richmond, Va, The two men, Gerald: Montague

and James Gibson, were picked up by patrol cars on the city streets early today and quickly identified as two of the escapees, Montague was ‘one of seven prisoners who escaped from a Federal prison bus at Fredericksburg, Va. July 27, were ‘captured and then broke-out of the Richmond jail last night. : Gibson was awaiting trial on an assault charge in Richmond and joined .the Federal prisoners. in their second escape. “Robert Raymond Walker, ‘20, El-

but.

Popularity

-wide survey by the Amerlie “*

cant facts: about _DPresent- 4 Ydespite the tradition ? |, against: ‘third terms, more than

five with . .opinions-on - this subject named:

if President Roosevelt oA

or, were undecided, on the gues--tion. Only about a third. ‘sail they were undecided or without at opinion on the first question.’ The striking (degree to which President Roosevelt’s name dominates the thinking of ,rank-and-file Democrats at’ the present time is shown in the answers to the first question. The replies of per==sons ‘with opinions are : ‘Per Cent

1 Naming

LP President Roosevelt". . 83% 2. Vice: President Garner. «8 3. Paul V. McNutt. . devine 3% 4, Cordell Hull ........... 8% 5. James A. Farléy. vesesees I All Others 2 » wv NDEED the greatest 4 phenomenon of 1939 has p ably been the ‘tec ‘Yecoterydin.

oN cal b~

dent Roosevelt's popularity, Tol

lowing the war in Europe andthe” President’s assurances to: the nation that the United States: “must and can” stay out. In an Institu survey completed in late Augtist, before the war broke out, only two

Hobby, Mister, Or Just Upset?

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Nov. 6. —A 44-year-old parking lot oper--ator was in City Court here on a’ charge of having flattened 48 auto tires with an ice pick. The judge asxzed if he: “had picked the tires of: owners who

T wouldn’t park in his. lot. :

“No,” he said. “Then why did you do it?” 3 “I just didn’t know what else to do with myself, that’s all,” he said. 8 $. The “udge gave him a penal; *farm sentence.

REGULARS PACK UP FOR STAY IN SOUTH

With artiller§ contingents already gone, regular Army infantry troops packed . up today preparatory ‘to moving from Ft. Harrison to Alabama for winter training. Motorized units of the/1lth Infantry are scheduled to leave tomorrow, while foot troops will be transported by rail Thursday if railroad facilities. are made available, Lieut. Col. G. H. Davidson, post executive said. : While regular Army troops prepared to leave National Guard npn “took over” the reservation for winter training. The reservation is ‘being used by| National Guard units throughout the State to carry out the sevenday field exercises ordered recently. The reservation was dotted with field kitehens and tents yesterday while all personnel of the 38th Division special troops carried out prob- | lems over the post terrain.

NAMED HATTER EDITOR Julian Ann Fcnnington, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Walter E. Pennington, 4420 N. Meridian St., has been appointed organization editor of the 1940 “Hatter,” student yearbook at Stetson Univers ‘DeLand, | Fla. +o

Four Youths ‘Sand- Lot’

end football games.

Park.

Ave., was treated at City Hospital |* when he broke his right shoulder at Marion and Burch Sts. Raymond Wiggins, 20, of 2327 Pernway

St... Brookside Park. He was Sreated at’

, have been able thus far wy A the Shiri] just had a mental blind for the way time their for this nursery school. was passing. Spot 2

ain

City Hospital. : Four-year-0lc ‘Norma. Jean Bas-

fractured his right ankle at|North- St., was pla

Democrats in three, approximate«ly, said they would vote for him if he ran for a third term. The pre-war political situation was reflected in the confidence of Republican voters that they would elect a G. O. P. candidate in 1940 and in the belief of the majority that President Roosevelt could not be re-elected. As the results of another Institute survey, published for the first time today, reveal, however, the country’s ‘thinking on both. these points has apparently undergone a change. : - . But it must.be emphasized that President Roosevelt's gains have been registered during a period in’ which domestic politics have been virtually suspended. The opposition—including Republicans and - aniti-New. Dealers — have been _

holding their fire,sand it remains’

be seen whether the President will retain his present dominating" position ‘in ‘party and national

. politics now that Neutrality Law:

* revisions ‘have been disposed of

and the attention of the: pais

DEBATING TEAM TOFAGE 15 FOES

Butler Schedule Includes Franklin, Indiana U. and 4 Hanover College.

Butler University's debating team i. meet 15 other college debate squads during the present season, Prof, C. H. Walters, debate coach, announced today. - The schedule includes. Franklin | College at Franklin, Jan. 11; a tri“kangle debate between ‘Butler, An'derson College and Taylor University at Anderson, Jan. 12, a novice: debate tournament at Indiana University, Feb. 10; Hanover College here, Feb, 17, ‘and varsity debate: tournament at Manchester College, : Feb. 23-24. Arrangements are being made for debates with Washington ‘State, Louisville, Cincinnati, : Marquette, Xavier, Northwestern, Chicago, John

{Marshall Law School, and: Loyola

University teams. The proposition for the Butler | team this year will be, “Resolved: That the United States should fol- | low a ‘policy of strict (economic! and military) isolation toward all nations outside the Western hemis- |,

phere engaged in armed interna- |

tional or civil. conflict.”

DATES OF CHRISTIAN SESSIONS 'ARE SET

The . Indiana Student Christian Association will hold its fall conference “at Indiana Central College Nov. 10-12, “The theme of the conference will be “Christian Fellowship—the Key to Conflict Solving.” Speakers will include Dan West of the Church of the Brethren and former director of the Spanish Child Feeding Mission | of the American Friends Service Committee in Spain, William MecFadden of Purdue University, and Dr. John J. Haramy of Indiana Central College. 3

Injured i in “ootball Tilts

lik * por youths. were - ‘recovering today from injuries received in week-

Fourteen-year-old ‘Charles Shambaugh, 833 Bates St. pupil at School 8, broke his right 'arm and was treated at City Hospital. . Edward Fleeman, 15, of 413 S. Harding St., a pupil at School 47, is in City Hospital with a fractured right hip recéived while playing in Rhodius

James Mann, 20, of. 532 Warren |arm when she fell off while riding

“piggy back”. on the shoulders of an older brother. She was treated at City Hospital. : ‘John Floyd Collins, 8, of 445 W. ying in a swing at his home yesterday afternoon, when he fell and broke his right wrist. He was treated at City E j i

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turned toward domestic issues again, War in Europe has apparently united the Democrats in Congress and divided the Republicans, exactly reversing the situation that existed at the end of the regular session last. summer. ® » ” ILL the Democratic truce hold? That is one of the imponderables in the present situation. : Vice President Garner, whose friends have opened offices for him in- several states and coined the ‘slogan, “Go With Garner, the - American Way,’ still retains an impressive lead among rank-and-file Democrats if F. D. R. does not run. The Vice President is the leading Democratic choice’ among _ voters reached in.mll sections of “the: country and in ‘all income groups in the event that Mr. Roosevelt steps asigle, the Instivile survey shows. In the past two months, Mr, Garner has maintained. his posi-

tion while other leading Demo- . crats—including McNutt and Farley—have declined somewhat.

The trend of opinion among

those who have made up their minds on the subject has been:

TODAY’S SURVEY

Percent Favoring if E.D. R. Doesn’t Run 1. Vice President Garner.. 45% 2. Paul V. McNutt......... 18 3. Cordell Hull............ 13 4. James A. Farley.. 5. Frank Murphy....cc0000 6. Alfred E. Smith......... 9. Alben W. Barkley....... 8. Harold L. Ickes.... 9. Bennett Clark. .......... Others.........c..n.s

PREVIOUS SURVEY

. Vice Presideht Garner. . . Paul V. McNutt. Cannes Cordell Hull.. : ¥ 4, James A. Wye © 5. Frank Murphy. ..eeecees 6. Bennett ClarkK....ceee00 7. Harry L. Hopkins....ee. 8. Alben W. Barkley..eeees 9. Lloyd C. Stark....ee0e0s Ofhers...vccicveceseness

REA Project Officials To Confer Here Friday

More than 200 superintendents and officers of Rural Electrification

Administration projects in Indiana are expected to attend a conference

Friday at the Hotel Lincoln,

. The purpose of the meeting, according to E. PF. Hauser, assistant manager of the Indiana State-Wide Rural Electric Membership Corp., is to increase consumption of electricity on projects now in use.

Thirty established projects are to be represented. A representative from the REA office in. Washington is expected to attend. Others on the program include Prof. T. E. Heinton, S. A. Anderson and Thomas Coleman of Purdue University.

Emphasizes Three Aspects

The program will emphasize three different aspects of increasing consumption of electricity on the projects. These are: 1. Bineaiing customers of rural electric lines to Dew uses of elec-

tricity.

2. Developing new. territories to be Seived by the projects. Securing new members for projects in’ areas now being served. Mr. Hauser said charters have been granted for 43 REA projects in Indiana. There are 10,000 miles of ‘power lines in use and 6000 more ‘miles of lines are under construction. There are 30,000 farmers now - being served ‘and when the construction now under way is finished 17,000 more farmers will have electric. service. :

‘Indiana in Second Place Indiana has ‘climed. to second place in the total amount of money allotted, he revealed.§ The Government has granted * $16,725,000 to projects here since the program began in 1936. Texas is leading the states in the amount of money granted it, having approximately $1,000,000 migre, than - Indiana, Mr. Hauser said: © At the present time requests are pending for ‘allotments totaling $2,500,000 to build an additional 2200 miles of power lines, he said.

CATHEDRAL HONORS TOP RANKING PUPILS

Students whose sratles fing the first six weeks gave them “high

honors” ranking on the Cathedral]

High School honor roll were announced today by school | | officials. They are: Seniors—Leo - Rea, Paul Brink, Robert Ohleyer, Paul Larson and Thomas Beechem. Juniors—Charies Baker, | Herman Maher, Frank Weber, William Bachelder, James M y, John Samulowitz and Bernard Sifferlen. Sophomores— Sallee, David . Senefeld, William Steinmetz, Joseph Weiger ‘and Elmer, Rhodes. Freshmen—Robert Gavin, Herbert Jordan, Joseph Vie , Francis J. Curran, Edward Galm, Daniel Halloran, Raymond Parker, Leonard Quill, Joseph L. Miller, Michael Schaefer, George Sippel, Edward Suding, Leo Chrisman, Lawrence

Connors and - J

LAUDS NLRB RECORD IN AUTO INDUSTRY

Collective bargaining is beginning

to come of age in the automobile

industry, Robert H. Cowdrill, Na= tional: Labor Relations Board regional director here, said in a radio interview today. Speaking at WIBC on the “U. 8, Gove ent Reports” series, Mr. Cowdrill said that since August the Board has conducted elections in big automobile plants. The last monthly report of the Board showed that almost 2000 workers voted in ‘each of 87 elec

tions, the increase attributed the

elections in automobile plants.

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“The same report shows that 752

threatened strikes in industry have been averted during the four years

the Board has been functioning. Elections were the important factor

there,” Mr. Cowdrill asserted.

“Recognition by the employer of go

the winning representatives usually

results in negotiations for an agrees

ment between them, he said.

TEST YOUR iia

1-18 which sea is the island of

pa eS eclrioity travel as fast Wu

as light? 3—Who won the most valuable player award in the National League for 1939? 4—Has the United States ever been a member of the League of Nations? 4

5—In units of length, how many 5

yards are in one chain? 8 ” »

Answers Jase Sea.

s~wiam Henry (Bucky) Wale 4 TS. “ 4—No. _ —Twenty-two. 3 s a 8

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