Negro Dining Car Workers Want Living Wage
New York, (NNS) Latest strug
gle of honest Negro labor to get
its just due centers about the cur
rent plight of Dining Car employ
ees.
Much has been written and said
about the difficulties of working
conditions encountered by sleep
ing car porters, but little has come
to light of the struggles of rail
road cooks and waijters. These
men serve passengers faithfully
and untiringly render the thous
and and one little courtesies that
help to make a railroad trip more
livable and comfortable.
They must prepare delicious,
appetizing meals to satisfy pas
sengers at all hours of the night
or day. These dining car em
ployees work under a plan called
the ‘‘basic month,” an arrange
ment Which usually guarantees
240 hours pay for regular em
ployees even if the exigencies of
railroading make it impossible
for a man actually to work that
many hours. Dining car workers
on railroad trains don’t stay in
one place. They are constantly
on trains speeding from one city
to another. In many cases after
they have completed a trip in one
direction, there may be no more
work for them so they must trav
el back home on their own time
without any pay. This arrange
ment is less expensive for the
railroads who don’t like to pay
regular salaries.
The workers’ union known as
Local 370, Dining Car Employees,
AFL have been unsuccessful in
their efforts to negotiate with the
New York Central. An appeal
made several Weeks ago to the Na
tionol Mediation Board has not
been answered- The demands of
the union are as follows:
1. It wants the basic month to
be about 200 hours, not 240.
2. On this basis, it wants time
and a half for overtime work.
3. It wants vacations with pay
(which railroads have never giv
en.)
4. When employees have to
ride around in “bunk cars’ ’to get
to the place from which their
train-job starts, the union wants
that time paid for
Sleeping car porters have got
ten some concessions in their new
agreement, but the dining car
workers have received no consid
eration whatsoever. It is the
general opinion that . unless 1he
mediation board or the railroad
does something definite about the
situation in short order, the union
will inevitably vote on a strike.
Reputation
Builders
By Trances Lee Barton ——
TO those who wish a reputation
as a cook and hostess, I submil
the following recipe. It may call
ior a mue ume
and effort, but it
pays enormous
' dividends to its
followers.
Individual
Lemon Rolls
% cup sifted
cake flour; \
I teaspoon double
acting baking powder; *4 teaspoon
salt; 4 eggs; % cup sifted sugar;
1 teaspoon vanilla.
Sift flour once and measure.
Combine baking powder, salt, and
eggs in bowl Place over smaller
bowl of hot water and beat with
rotary egg beater, adding sugai
gradually until mixture becomes
thick and light-colored. Remove
bowl from hot water. Fold in flour
and vanilla. Turn into two 15 x 10
inch pans which have been greased,
lined with paper to within % inch
of edge, and again greased. Bake
in hot oven (400° F.) 10 minutes.
Quickly cut off crisp edges of cake.
Turn out on cloth covered with
powdered sugar; remove paper. Cut
each cake into six pieces of equal
size, spread thinly with lemon
filling and roll. Wrap in cloth and
cool on rack. Before serving,
decorate rolls with rosettes and
borders of sweetened whipped
cream, using pastry tube. Makes
12 rolls.
For tea roll slices, cut individual
lemon rolls in % inch slices. Makes
9 dozen slices.
Lemon Filling
1 cup sugar; 5 tablespoons cake
flour; dash of salt; 2 egg yolks,
slightly beaten; ^ cup water;
cup lemon juice; 1 teaspoon grated
lemon rind; 2 teaspoons butter.
Combine sugar, flour, and salt in
top of double boiler; add egg yolks,
water, and lemon juice, mixing
thoroughly. Place over boiling
water and cook 10 minutes, stirring
constantly. Add lemon rind and
butter. Cool. Makes about 1% cups
filling, or enough for two or three
9-inch layers, or two 8 x 8-inch
layers (generously).
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GIRLS ON THE 1
STREETS..... j
And now, we find ourselves I
getting out of a United Cab right
in front of the Fontenelle hotel—
Of course, its the night of the
Tech Senior Banquet. With pencil
and paper, we’ll get the inside
dope. Viewing the class, there
seems to be about twenty-five
Negroes. They are all formally
dressed and most of them are es
corted—The boy of last week Har
vey Bridges escorted Viola Little
john.—James Mosely ,draped in
black peg pants and a white 24 in.
draped coat, escorted Venila
Swancey—John Hamilton, one of
our well known athletes, escorted
Lyndell Partridge, who thought
garduation day would never ccme.
—Milton Mallory, wearing his
honor roll pin, escorted Kathryn
Taylor, who recently played a
role in the senior play—Joe Cross
ley, who also had a part in the
senior play, escorted Nonice Wil
liams—Well, Calvin Hobbs No. 1
playboy escorted two girls, Claud
ia Seay, and Thelma Hicks—Jam
es Calhone, as usual was all al
one, his company, was, no doubt
in his back pocket.—Mildred Smith
styling in a pleated formal, await
ed her escort, John Frayer, who
was not a graduate but a steady
boy friend. He escorted her to
the dance after the banquet—Wal
terine Wright was with Percy
Byrd, the great jitterbug—Aud
rey Prestcn another jitterbug was
also present—I believe Gaine*
Partridge escorted Gladyce Tay
lor—Among the other many grad
uates were Percy Hudson, Mary
E. Johnson, Lilly Anderson, Ber
nard Grice and Willard Sullivan.
There are about fifty children
of our race graduating this June
from Tech, Central, North and
South high. We are very proud
and hope they have much success.
******
This is just the season—
many working grown-ups find
themselves broke. All of their
checks have ran out with the
horses—Because this is just the
time for the Big races, let’s follow
the crowd to the Ak-Sar-Ben and
join up wif them.
******
Spotted shaking hands with
friends along the stroll was Ray
mond Alexander, former Omahan,
now living in Waterloo, Iowa.
While in this fair city he has vis
ited many friends including the
old friends living on Lake street
******
GIRLS! give us your attention
for a few moments—have you seen
a boy lately wearing a big famil
iar smile? I’m sure you have for
he’s back again—Calvin Fradgers
******
Were you invited to the Sports
Prom—That Popularity Poll was
strictly the hit of the evening—
about 50 graduates were there—
very fine affair.
******
And Now for the Weekly Gossip—
FLASH! Most of the Cats
from the C’s are back— among
them is cool, calm and collective
“Push” as soon as he hit north
24th street, he was seen in Duffys
drugstore asking for information
for the phone number of 2624 N.
27th Street.
******
The Lone Ranger
Perry Harris has struck out of
Fort Riley to Fort Meade—not for
girls, he’s only in North Dakota.
Overheard Conversation
L- P. was telling M. N. quote:
“I wouldn’t feed hay to her if she
was a horse”.—that’s pretty bad
—eh!
******
William Wynn—
was at the dance the other
night. Our worry is: did he de
cide to go himself or did Mary
Jones decide for him?
******
Willa Mae Ross—
and Petie Allen; a certain queen
is awful worried about your trou
bles.
*****
Mary (Franklin) Gaskin—
is ossifying her time in a local
hospital, sick. Everyone of her
friends should try to their best to
cheer her up. We hope she has a
speedy recovery.
******
It’s More A mussing Than
Ccnfuzzing—
Maggie Johnson lost exactly $7
along the stroll—due drops of
tears flowed until—Well, ask her
the rest of it.
*****
The Bad Black Dispatch—
had a flat the other evening—
a group of studds was pinning
the scenes with their chics—
w-tyen—Boom! —nothing exciting
happened because they had a
spare.
Just wondering what happened
to the romance between Peter
Lorrie and N. L. S. Errol Flynn
isn’t satisfied with the single girls
—married ones is the stay.
*****
Dorothy Smith
left the scene for Minn. Friday
She didn’t worry much, for she
was only gone one or two days
and she Was with her mother—
She said she enjoyed the lakes—
We’re knowing she did.
******
Jesse MeCleton
, was seen, by the “Seeing Eye”
pushing a very fine roller. He
couldn’t honk his horn at old
friends—Mabee he didn’t want to
be bothered!
*****
May 30th at Elmwood Park—
Two “short cuts” were arguing
over which was the taller.
******
Rudolph Jones—
was passing poems around he
composed them himself!
*****
Eloise Frampton—
was wearing a fine pair of
shorts.
*****
Lenore West —
Was running around looking for
pins. Jack had accidently pulled
her hem out of her skirt.
******
•
James Allen—
was spending some of his spare
time with W .W.
******
•
Joe Brooks—
was very hungry—poor fellow,
his pocket wras full of money and
he was eating a group of girls’
lunch.
The Drum Bugle Corps—
will go to Waterloo, Iowa and
parade June 15th.
******
The Girl of the Week—
was a graduate of Howard Ken
nedy class in ’35. A graduate of
Technical high school 1939 and
will soon be back from Bennett
college in South Carolina. She
has a tan olive complexion, brown
long hair, brown eyes, medium
height, weighs about 129 lbs- She
has bee n a member of the North
side YWCA, for years. She took
the record in 1938 for being the
fastest typist in the high schools.
She is the cousin of Marion Wat
son, Roy Kelogg, Evelyn Stewart
and Marvin Kellogg. Her name
is Doris Irene Newland.
******
Some More Gossip —
Alyce Smart and her boy friend
will soon break their chain of
friendship and bind the knot of
matrimony—Anna declares that
she’s care less.
******
YES! last week we went to
the Fontenelle Park—It was the
night of the senior “Sport Prom”
given for the June grads. The
spotlight of the evening fell ac
ross the big popularity contest.
Everyone voted for the most pop
ular ones—And for all who wasn’t
there, The Most Popular Girl was
Betty Riggs—Best Personality,
Katherine Taylor—Most Romant
ic, Walterine Wright—Best Line,
Lavar Powell—Most likely to suc
ceed, Kathryn Taylror—Prettiest,
Johnice Harston,—Peppiest, Ven
eta Swhncey—Most Sophisticated,
Doris Southern,—Best Athlete,
Audrey Preston,—Best Artist,
Betty Riggs,—Best Dancer, Lillie
Anderson,—Wittiest girl was also
chosen.—Sweetest, Kathryn Tay
lor,—Most Bashful, Nonice Will
iams—Most Courteous, Leona Ed
wards.
Among the popular boys the
Most Popular was Hrvey Bridges,
Best Personlity, Milton Mallory—
Best Caveman, James Monday, —
Best Line, Hobert Ray,—Most
Likely to Succeed, Milton Mallory
—Handsomest, Calvin Hobbs, —
Worst Woman Hater, Percy Hud
son,—Best Athlete, Harvey Bridg
es—-Best Artist, Gaines Partridge,
—Best Musician, Bernard Grice,
—Wittiest, Joe Crossley,—Man a
bout Town, Kenneth Marooney,—
Most Bashful, Harvey Bridges,—
Most Courteous, Milton Malloi-v,
Mrs. Robbie Davis, Mrs. C
Crawford and Mrs. Nivens, were
the sponsors.
*****
“When A Girl Marries”
she not only takes his name, but
everything else he has”—K. M.
was giving the reasons he didn’t
take his girl to the Coronation
ball. The whole principal was
based on expenses—first he rent
ed the fact that the fare was a
buck, well that wasn’t bad—but
then the corsage would be about
four bits, if not more—of course
it wouldn’t do for her to walk to
the dance between showers and if
they carried an umbrella, it
sure would get misplaced in some
one elses belongings and her even
ing gown and his tails wouldn’t
mix with the rain—so that’s cab
fare for sure—Then after tney
get there—she feels her throat
getting dry—That’s a 10c bottle
of nickel pop—After dancing
from about 1:30 to 2 o’clock she
is tired and hungry. That’s more
cab fare—and a hash joint—If
she’s sort of sporty a couple of
drinks and a package of cigarett
es wouldn’t hurt—“With all that
money—I could get one good pint
and then have some change left”.
So you see now, don ’t you, why
I went as a stagg”, Girls are too
expensive!”
*****
G’Bye now, until then this is
your G. 0- T. S. Signin’ off.
MYRTLE M. GOODLOW
SOME CHOIR MEMBERS
(by Mytle M. Goodlow)
Some choir members are so steep
ep in sin,
It doesn’t mean a thing to hea’’
them sing,
And should put their hymnals
down,
Until God’s cleansing grace they
too have found—
For only the Lord c an forgive,
The raggedy way they live,
For they have a religious air on
Sunday,—
They cast aside on Monday.
Some c hoir members sing and
shout—
And can hardly wait til’ church
is out,
To be in some tavern swinging
out—
And g et so high t ill they get
low,
Asking sinner men to spend their
dough—
And foot the bill for drinks they
swill—
How can they look the sinner in
the face—
And sing “The Story Saved by
Grace”—
When they have told him with a
drunken grin,
They sing much better when they
are full of gin.
Although they sing on Sunday
“Lord plant my feet on higher
ground”—
Some choir members on Monday
Are ratting around,
Like an old beagle hound—
Running some woman’s husband
down—
But they better beware—
Some man’s wife will rip up the
rags they w ear—
And leave them standing in '"ho
streets dead bare.
Not religion just on Sunday,
But Everyday.
The good old practical kind,
That makes us fair to all mankind
A Christian not only in name
But one truly bom again.
For a true Christian is Christlike
And will guide the sinners aright.
HERE‘S HOW TO GET PROOF
OF BIRTH
Washington, June 12 (ANP)—
Negroes desiring proof of birth
, and not having birth certificates
would do well to apply to the bur
eau of census in the department
of commerce, when the occasion a
rises demanding the birth proof.
Through census tracing, the de
partment upon application furn
ishes the applicant with the des
ired information, now so necess
ary in many instances.
A regular form letter has been
prepared by the census depart
ment to give the information nec
essary and is available upon ap
plication to that department.
However, it is necessary for the
person applying to know the exact
place of residence of the individ
ual on the date of a federal cen
sus. If living in a city, the name
of the street and number of the
house or the names of the cross
streets between which the house
was situated should be furnished.
If living in the country, the name
of the township, towln, village or
other minor civil division of the
county should be given. The lur
eau should be furnished also with
the names of the parents of the
individual or the persons with
whom he resided.
An application blank must be
completed and signed in accord
ance with instructions furnished
before an examination of the pop
ulation schedules of any census
can be made.
An exception is made in the
case of the 1890 census, the rec
ords of which were destroyed by
fire.
RADIO STATION BANS HENRY
ARMSTRONG WINE PROGRAM
New York, June 13 (ANP) The
W. 0. V. Broadcasting company
waited until the morning of the
initial broadcast to inform the
Henry Armstrong-Skouras Wine
Corp. that their program, a half
hour of entertainment featuring
leading Negro orchestras, would
not be aired Monday evening. Re
peated telephone calls to the sta
tion’s offices only brought the r< -
sponse that Paul Gerard, general
manager was “too busy” to speak
to this reporter, or to make any
comment cn the ban.
From other sources, however, it
was learned that the station drip
ped the program because of a
change in policy in which a stron
ger note for Americanism” is to
be emphasized. This is in defin
ite contrast to its policy hereto
fore when Italian language pro
grams had been a feature, so
much so that claims that it had
Facist leanings were frequently
levelled at it.
Nevertheless, it has been diffi
cult to see how such reasoning
could be applied to a program in
which the American Negro is the
focal point. The real objection is
said to be the fact that Henry
Armstrong’s name is so very clos
ely identified with the wine pro
duct, a thing new to commercial
broadcast.
This identification of the pr«
. duct had been made known to the
sales representative for WOV ear
ly last week when the program
was accepted. The objection is
a new development, according to
Ben Frankenstein, white manager
of the wine corporation. As a
matter of fact, he added, the pro
gram was to have been divided
between that company and the
Gramercy Chemical, Inc., makers
of a cleansing product. Joe Bos
tic, no stranger to radio, was to
have been the announcer for the
program.
Mr. Frankenstein further stat
ed: “It seems to me that because
we have the audacity to market a
vine wTith the name of a Negro,
we are being made to submit to
serious inconvenience and loss. It
definitely leaves us in a bad spot”
In order that dealers might be
well stocked with the company’s
product when the program start
ed, letters had been sent out to
the trade offering a substantial
discount to encourage purchases
to meet potential consumer dem
and. It is in this connection that
the loss is expected to be felt in
asmuch as the discount offered is
below the usual figure.
BISHOP RYAN ADMINISTERS
CONFIRMATION AT ST.
BENEDICT’S CHURCH
Sixty-nine members of the St.
Benedict’s Church received the Sa
crament of Confirmation on ihe
evening of May 25th.
The Confirmation was adminis
tered by Bishop Ryan of the Dio
cese of Omaha. The Bishop was
assisted by Monsignor Wegner.
Before Confirmation w as given, a
talk was given by the Bishop in
explanation of the meaning of
Confirmation. In explaining a
bout this ' Sacrament he brought
out the real fact that he Was mer
ely one of God’s instruments and
that he could not give the grace
to the people, and that it had to
come from God to every person
who wanted it and desired to have
it
There were four members of the
High school who received confirm
ation also. They were as follows:
Dolores Johnson, John Harrison,
William Harrison and Ann Whid
by. Then the Sacrament of the
Confirmation was closed by Bene
diction of the Blessed Sacrament
by Bishop Ryan.
LUCKEY ROBERS SYMPHONIC
SYNCOPATED ORCHESTRA
APPEARS IN TOWN HALL
CONCERT
New York, June 13 (ANP I.uck
ey Roberts, internationally fam
ous band leader, appeared in a
Town Hall concert Wednesday
with his internationally symphon
ic-syneopated orchestra. Only com
positions by Negro composers
were played.
The concert was given for the
joint benefit of the New York Ur
ban league, of which James H
Hubert is executive director, and
Bethune-Cookman college. Also
appearing on the program was
Plan Huge Women's
D.C. Conference
The All-Seeing
EYE..”
Lena Sanford Roberts and her
choral group directed by Sammy
Stewart.
BIRTHS AND DEATHS
For the Week of June 2-9
Births—
Bennie and Lila Brown, 2802
North 30th, son;
Allen and Alice Humphrey,
2874 Binney Street, daughter;
John and Lula Harrison, 14u6
North 23rd Plaza, son;
Otto and Fredericks Williams,
2927 North 28th street, son;
Leonard and Helen Enois, 2515
Caldwell Street, daughter;
Milton and Larita Howard,
2622 North 24th St., daughter,
Deaths—
Fred Wesson, 30, 2509 North
26th St.,
Hattie Irons, 55, 3018 Lindsay
avenue,
Harvey Smith, 24, 2518 Maple
street,
Mrs. Mary E. Payne, 2525 Char
les street.
OFFICIAL LAXITY CAUSES
NEGRO’S DEATH IN MINE
BLAST
Adamsville, Ala., (NNS> Three
miners, one a Negro and two
white, were killed here this week
in a gas explosion at the Docena
coal mine. Thirteen others were
seriously injured. The mine is
owned by the Tennessee Coal, lion
and Railroad Company. Adams
ville, the scene o f the tragedy, is
near Birmingham.
Although a federal mine safety
bill, authorizing federal inspect
ion of mines, and designed to a
vert such casualties as this was
signed by President Roosevelt and
went into effect May 7, the ap
propriation of funds necessary to
make federal coal mine inspection
a reality has not yet been made.
There is a tremendous annual
death toll among the miners of
our coal, both Negro and white,
and hundreds of children are
made fatherless and homes are
broken because of this deplorable
condition- The bill could be very
beneficial if it were properly and
Completely carried outy It is
claimed that the lack of funds
prevents this from being done.
NAACP. ASKS FOR STATE
MENT OF USO. POLICY
New York—When the campaign
for the United Service Organiz
ations opened last week, Thomas
E. Dewey, national chairman of
the USO. receive^ the following
telegram from the NAACP.
"The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo
ple is receiving inquiries from
branches over the country on the
program of the United Service
Organizations in relation to Ne
groes in the Armed forces, and
would appreciate a statement from
you on the plans of the USO in
this respect.”
The United Service Organizat
ions will collect funds to set up
recreational facilities for soldiers
in training camps, with especial
emphasis on those located near
small towns where entertainment
and amusement facilities are lim
ited.
READ The Q^JID£
& HI FOLKS! Here I am again
with a few items I observed last
week.
Gross Eickes
The party at Fontenelle Park
Wednesday night which was given
by the Gross Eickes was really on.
There were many fine draped
shieks and shebas out there.
S>ub Debs—
Are mighty fine girls. They
have many interesting and enter
taining plans anticipated for the
summer. Watch out for these
young Debutantes—because they
are coming on strong.
Glamour Girl of the Week—
Miss Mary Yancey.
Best Dresesd Girl of Week—
Miss Frieda Laurie wearing a
buff colored coat, and a buff col
ored redingote dress with a large
red purse.
School News—
Audrey Forrest, Josephine Mit
chell, Bertha Davis, Richard Mor
ris were promoted to the Central
High school A Capella choir.
Inez Upcher, Annalee Upchei’,
Shawn Edmondson, Bertha Davis,
will be majorettes in the Central
High School ROTC. band next
semester. These girls have been
with the Junior band and have
made A’s in baton twirling. The
All Seeing Eye, wjill be watching
these girls step high at football
games and other activities. Good
luck majorettes.
Feuds—
The locker-mates at Central
high school that I mentioned last
week, took my advice. They were
seen together Friday in the hails
at sclfool. That’s fine girls—
friendship toward all, malice to
ward none.
Observation:—
Joseph Wrjght was seen sever
al times up at Central looking for
Bertha Davis. And also walking
with her. He was also seen going
to church and also to the party at
Fontenelle park with iter- These
two are seen together quite a bit.
Donald Stanley has been seen
quite a -bit with Gwendolyn Davis
and he also goes to church. Are
you boys interested in the church
or the girls?
Gossip:—
At Fontenelle Park there were
a feW married boys. Why don’t
you boys take your wives out
sometime^? You wouldn’t want
your wives to snake on you—well
why don’t you show them some
courtesy.
noticed there were a few boys
and girls out at Fontenelle park
Wednesday night, who weren’t in
vited. Why don’t you kids wait
for an invitation?
There was also a crap game out
to Fontenelle park. Why can’t
you boys act like gentlemen some
time?
Some girls at the party Wednes
day night Who didn’t wear formals
—I know these girls have one—
If you were invited girls, why
didn’t you wear a formal?
Ettiquette:—
1. Don’t attend a party un
less you are invited.
2. Dress for the occasion.
3. Don’t go to a party, stag
) Washington, June 12 (ANP)—
Planning a huge conference of
women in this city for June 29, 30
and July 1, a group of women met
here to lay plans and discuss the
possibilities of such a meeting
winding up with participation in
the huge demonstration planned
by another group.
Responding to the call of the
Non-Partisan council of the AKA
Were representatives from Delta
Sigma Theta; the YWCA, the
Federal Council of Colored Wom
en’s Clubs; the National Counci
of Negro Women; the Women’s
auxiliary of the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters; the Chi Eta
Phi sorority of nurses; the Sigma
Gamma Rho; the Civic forum; the
Daughter Elks; Teachers union;
college Women’s clubs; Epsilon
Sgma Iota, the legal sorority; ar.d
Zeta Phi Beta.
In the initial meeting, the wom
en assembled at the YWCA and
heard the tentative plans. Mrs.
Mary McLeod Bethune endorsed
the idea and suggested that her
group would be pleased to work
with the women in this new move.
At present, it is planned to hold
panel discussions on the place of
Negro women in the defense plans
and outline a program to present
ed to the government asking for
fuller participation for Negroes in
this work and for the elimination
of the racial barriers that now
face Negroes in all walks of lif°.
Projecting their program be
yond the present emergency as
recently declared by the President
the women plan to present a long
range program for the future ben
efits of Negroes.
It is hoped thot women, young
and old from all walks of life will
take an active part in this conven
tion, which is to be held in Wash
ington- Representative women
from business, professional world
social workers, educators are all
asked to take part in the demon
stration so as to not make it top
heavy with women from any one
particular phase of life.
Organizations plans are under
way and a speedy fulfillment of
these is anticipated in order to
furnish a complete program for
the June dates.
you should be escorted.
4. Boys! Leave your craps at
home
Thank you for reading this col
umn. The ALL-SEEING EYE,—
is watching you.
—“CYCLOPS”
LABOR HONORS IWO PRES.
WITH DINNER
New York, June 11 (ANP) —
Paul Robeson, John P. Davis, ex
ecutive secretary of the National
Negro congress, and B. F. Mc
Laurin of the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters, were among
the honored guests who attended
the testimonial dinner given foi
William Weiner, president of the
International Workers Order, by
that organization- The affair
was held Sunday, June 8, at the
Manhatatn plaza and is intended
as one means of expressing the
“unshakeaJble solidarity’ with
their president, and of demonstra
ting their “profound appreciation
of the great contributions made by
him to the labor and progressive
movement during the past 26
years.”
The dinner has a double mean
ing since it follows closely on the
heels of the IWO membership
drive which ended June 2. Thus
the banquet was also a victory
dinner to celebrate the 1941 grow
th of ‘‘labor’s foremost fraternal
benefit society.”
MAP SHOWS STRAEGIC
SPOTS
This graphic map shows clear’y
the new stages in Europe’s thea
tre of war. Notice the long flight
necessary for Nazi planes, from
•
I the recently acquired island bases
in the Aegean (1)- The airdrome
(shown by planes ( in Syria, a
French mandate in the Near East
are reported to be under German
control. Mosul (2) and Baghad
(3) capital of Iraq, are surrounded
by extensive oil fields. A small
arms factory at Mussiyib in the
same area and barracks at Am
aran near the Port of Basra (4)