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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUMA,
JANUARY S, lt48
NUMBER 42
^AceSays^
eticans Spend
Like Lunatics
t YiwIh Deacribea B«y-
OriT In New York
City.
[at Bmctt C. Welmark Is in th«
terrice and has been on a
Kf ^miulons from an EIngllsh
tow he is home on leaye.
Lake county, Florida,
his port of landing
jpped over to chat
Bonsai Rddy To
Can Defeie Umt
bito QaiclAction
Only Awnitaj
Stale
tequeat
fkct.
As yet Chaii
the Kershaw
fense has not
tiona from
preparatory
threat of long
Germans.
W. R. Bonsai of
ty Council of De-
»ived any Instrnc-
te office regarding
res relatlre to the
te bombing by the
nown in norida, fn North CarRa. eapeeiaQy la tha
Sdlng in Camden, tndnstrlal
)pa thh
long, long
^lag n
bedalg
w to be
[ad been In New
fore starting on
jnd he makes no
lat Yuletide sentl.
he has seen it,
IS of dollar signs.
touch seexns to
the most average
he said. “It’s
from what Is hap-
Here in America,
York, few gifts
the purse of him
lo warns
K was m
lihlast M
saw a ghrl
worker,
head
bei
ap a
pile#
tet, and
wanting
^Miak coal
shop girls,
worUag
I
horde
prl(
adver
<aw
vere wl^
who
tm foi
for a
those w
Jew York department
j (Dec. 18) and actu-
tater found was a de-
i98 for a pnrsa. A
salesman foond
when a customer
ilzed orlential rug,
thousand dollar
ced ‘Just the thing
the bath room.’
fCnnerly dreamed of
{olng to the affltiaiBt
I was told in many
handkerchiefs in store
at )100 each. They
1th Imported lace and
as ‘heirlooms.’
, who the sales gfrls
of defense plant oper-
id >32.50 for a real ellk
foontain pen set and
pin. Of course th«re
ctild pay IMO tor a
IS for a hoi told, $10'mark of
t pair of book ends|tlrst w
for a bottle of per* in ISth
of l.U.
these Items because I
at the easy flow of
may I say It was In
add, acnte contrast
ttw Just before I left
have arranged
ceive suggest!
defense autho:
combat the
many make
bomb A
The first re|
received with
on the part ol
try, as the
rected acroei
regarded as
This belief
decided cba
tary engine
such bomb!
view of the
the bombln
Mr. Bons
he is asked
defense wo:
so at once,
never dlsb
msnt for
ever to n
defense
The sslv
cll have
In the col
and tin.
also a d
died war
fut mannei
In the
waste pa;
ing to no
in
e defense groups
tings and will re*
from the national
as best how to
bombs should Ger-
on her threat to
of such threats was
dderable amusemMit
public in this coun-
of bombs being di-
Atlantic ocean was
extremely fantastic.
!ver has undergone a
Camden’s Future As Resort
Offers A Roseate Picture
Pompadour Hair
Cut Leads This
Negro In Jail
Corbett-Yates
Are Honored By
The Masonic Lodge
Many Families
Have Four Sons
In the Service
Prospects For Retom of Com
munity To Spodickt Are
Brifkt
Alonzo Could Not Resist Steel-
inf From His Latest Em
ployer.
Presented With Fifty Year
Continuous Serrice Pins.
Braaiafton, Houfh and ShirWy
Groups Ghren Much To
Country.
Kershaw county has many fami
In which three and many tbeps
SODS are serving their nation ta
ing the enemy on many fronts.
Mrs. W. J. Brasington, who resldtp
on route 2 out of Camden has fottr
sons who are wearing the unifortt
of their country in the greatest sf
word wars. They are St. Sgt WDlte
T, Brasington, 118th Infantry. U. ^
Amy, now stationed in North Ire*
land; Pvt. Homer E. Brasington, 91st
General hospital, somewhere in Ehif>
... ... .land; J. B. Brasington, in the Merds^
since American mill- Marine, and S. 2-c James HowasI
have declared that Brasington, U. S. Naval Training 8%,
tk>n, Newport, R. I.
Mrs. C. M. Hough, who is Kersbstk
county game warden, has four S(m
in unifom, they being Pvt. O. if.
Hough, with the air corps in IndMu
Pvt. Ogbum M. Hough, signal coriljh
Fort Monmoutb. N. j., Pvt L. v
was a possibility in
ess that has attended
the British Isles,
ates that in the event
the state to call his
-s together, he will do
) local defense unit has
d, but has been dor-
time. Prepared faow-
mble and re.«ngage in
ties.
units of the local ooon-
doing an excellent job
ng of waste paper, uUs
block leaders group,
council unit, has ban-
sales, etc., In a master-
Editor’a note: The following
article was prepared for national
magaslne release by the Camden
News Bureau.
The Kirkwood hotel, famed for
many decades as dominant among the
bostleries of the mld-eouth and the
mecca of many distingnlahed guests
during its career, is in the hands of
wreckers. '
Today—passengers on the Seaboard
Air Line stream liners, whissing past
the historic structure, gase in amaxe-
ment and sorrow at the gaunt skeleton
of the once famous hotel.
Tomorrow—What a change! A
graceful colonial structure of red
brick with massive white pilasters, set
in an attractive area atop Kirkwood
Heights, greets the eyes of passengers
on the Seaboard New York to Florida
trains.
The purchasers of the old Kirkwood,
realizing the ancient and outmoded
building had served its day, and an
ticipating the return of gayety and
sports events to this historic com
munity, have already made their plans
for the erection of a New Kirkwood.
A Kirkwood that will feature all the
innovations i^d conveniences to be
tb« hotels of this age of
fire proof air-conditioned
IJzfter recreation and sport, an ideal
I hoi
here in the States do
re it a wsr g<
1 ksvp heiftf
because of gas, butter
ing. When I return
Troup and relate
e boys over there
look at me In amaze-
I’ll admit it is hard to be-
ve, but I sar it all and if you aA
, I sure aai di.ogusted."
er of the state report on
collections It is interest-
hat Sumter county is now
secoD#;>lace with a per capita
S. Greenville county is
.89. Kershaw county is
with a per capita mark
Mr.
now in
for Cl
al states that Camden is
[midst of the harvest time
wsste paper.
Hough, Evacuation hospital corpi, toun4 in tb
European war theater, and Pvt Si^tMradtoa. A ^
by Hough. Marine corps, San DWiq {structure that will offer the se^M-
Cal., who Is awaiting reassignnAiil
after IS months of active duty In
Pacific as a gunner on an a
carrier.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Shirley who ru^
side at 907 Fair street, this city;
hare four sons in the service. loliis
nle (Blease) Shirley was for ten yeeto
before enterln# the service, with tito
Camden post office department ^
attended the Camden schools and
married to the former Mabel BSenaMf
of Columbia. She Is now maldnf Mk
home in Camden with her two little The Kirkwood polo field, with Ita
sons, Jackie and Johnnie, 2nd. 81^ fine peensward is still there. So are
Shirley is now stationed at Cecil Fleld« the many miles of exquisite bridle
Jacksonville, Fla. -
This is the story of Alonzo, the
colored youth with the pompadout
haircut. In fact, it was duo to Alonzo’s
wearing his hair with the pompadour
cut that landed him back in the cus
tody of state farm officials following
his escape from the Boykin institu
tion last Wednesday.
And it was the kedb memory of a
Richland county sheriff that halted
the freedom episode of Alonzo. Now
for the story of Alonso, the negro with
the pompadour haircut
Alonzo is about 20 years of age
and hu been confined at the stale
farm at Boykin since September 28,
1943, after being sentenced for four
years and one month following his
conviction in a Charleston court of
house brecJcing and larceny.
It now appears that after escaping
from the state farm last Wednesday
week. Alonso walked the railroad
tracks to Columbia and last Saturday
be went to work at the Lane Drug
store in that city. He worked that
^ay and Sunday, but Sunday after
noon be left the store, carrying a
parcel, under his arm. A store em
ploye noted the package and directed
another young negro employee to fol
low Alonzo. Alonso walk^ down a
side street and then passed the court
bouse. Here' a deputy. Informed-.of
the suspected laroeny from the Lane
oi'. hoST'4a;s*~a.. ‘S.”* JiS**
mid-south tourist season
Camden’s fine Kirkwood golf course
is still in existence and under the
ma^ of skilled landscape artists and
golf course speclallata, has taken rank
as one of the ootatandlng In the mid
south. Owned by a group of Camden
residents as well ss winter, residents,
the course bq^ts of perfect greens
and fairways that are a delight to
the moat exacting golfer.
paths through - the undulating conn-
Gilbert Lee Shirley was a gradnatii try-side. The fine tennis courts are
of the Camden High school and
still available.
Ml
'.re
Tives
os ave
i Camden Child
4wr.to Jeseph of Bfonz, Doea
His Daily Good Deed. .
Stoi
19451s
Widi
Weather
emidoyed at the Railway Frjriid War caused a cessation of sport
agency here before entering the glHi^actlvltles in Camden. But there still
loe August IL 1941. He flalshei Ifhjremains golf and shooting. And dtooU
fore Sheriff T. Alex Heiee.
Sheriff Heiee noted the pompedour
style of Alonso’s hair and onto his
mind’s eye came a viskm. Where
has he seen such a pompadonr betom?
The sheriff started to pore over rec
ords on his desk and low and behold—
up popped a picture of Alonso. It
was on a bnlletln Issued by the peni
tentiary officials at the time Alonso
departed from the state farm.
Well, anyhow to make this story
brief, state farm guards went to Go*
lumbla, took Alqnso in charge and
started beok to B^kin. But they left
behind the package that Alonso was
carrying whmt he was nabbed on a
petty/ larceny cherife. ~ And In the
package were five boxes of face pow
der, a fountain pen and a key chain.
Dr. J. W Corbett and C H. Yates,
who became members of the Masonic
order in 1894, were presented with 60
year continuous service pins at a
regular meeting of Kershaw Lodge
No. 29. held Tueaday evening at the
Masonic Temple.
Presentation of the pins was made
by the Grand Master of South Caro-
lina Masons, Rev. Henry I... Collins,
pastor of the Lyttleton Street Metho
dist church. Both recipients respond
ed to the remarks of Mr. Collins in
an appropriate manner.
Regular business of Lodge 29 was
suspended in order that the program
of presentation might be carried out..
L. H. Jones, recently elected Lodge
Master, presided at me affair.
A number of distinguished visitors
were present at the meeting. One
was Amlle E. Eurvard, an outstanding
Mason from Sharon, Conn. Also pres
ent was William N. Northrop, father
of Mrs. John Wall of this city, who
has been a Mason for 66 years and is
one of the 26 S3rd degree Masons now
In the United states. Mr. Northrop
is from Boise, Idaho.
Grand Matter Henry L. Collins ex-
hibitsd a distinguished servlc.e medal
which bad been awarded to him by a
Boston Masonic lodge, one of the old
est if not the oldest In the nation.
The medal waa presented to Mr. Ool-
lins when he waa present at a meet
ing of the Boston lodgn.
FoRewrlng flta presentation of the
contlnnona eerviee fins to Dr. Ooititt
and Mr. Tntsa, refreahiMnts
served members and viaitors.
haste training at JncknozTiUa irss^nersy beltsv thaz now In ' /wm s
hi'the I llanl^.^hRN||ius.tBted area of fhs sdathland. | F wlr wT NVArRlI
t rUsM Alfotr^ aiilr.1 Mn.- r>aMllna AAW* VV • Aw* XvACaa Okl
Dies of Wounds
Gnlna,]
and Fof Udter In
iNew Year Monday
In Camden.
Mast
hist
elemi
fog ai
gales
Moni
drivini
day tl
of
start<
H.
states
Tueedi
above
wais
When Ptivald J, Joseph of the
tnmx New York, and attached to the
hadruartew company of the 113th'n^AaJoo“'5nr
■» MiJTr at Ion Jackson, heard Police
icer Dtias Mahoney mention that
»1ood donor with A-type blood was
ng sought to aid in the recovery of
e >.y€\ar-old Kay Powell, daughter of
41 . a.Jd Mrs. Earl C. Powell of this
1 y, the-doughboy spoke, to the offl-'
and iald he would be glad to
T e bis hlood. Private Joseph was
n a onvoy that had stopped in Cam-
ien eit route to Fort Jackson.
Upon arrival at the Fort,' Private
Jmeph requested permission of his
sommondtag officer, Col. Dawlne. to
x>|de to Camden and give his hood
Tb' commanding officer checked on
his story and finding It to be okeh
Best the soldier here last Saturday
Th tranifuslon took place that after.!
nocn. On Christmas day the dough
boy rkarned to Camden and had
llmier at the Powell home A few
lays Uter he was on hU way to the
elsewhere.
III??” n f ^ transfusion, the
gM succumbed to the raaUdy
w •nffering with, death claim-
tag Sunday morning. The body
^ takm to Atlanta for Interment
1945 made his debut into
t the midst of a flury of
disturbances ranging from
rain' to sunshine and high
vind.
morning dawned with a
ain falling, but later in the
un came out but a high gale
set in and the temperature
Uling.
Irown. local weather recorder,
at the temperature reading
morning was 19 degrees
ifo. The forecast at that time
3Xff«mely coW weather Wed-
Boatsm&n First Clam Albert'Shir
ley, a Camden High graduate in 1940
and who wm connected with the Star
Taxi line here, is home on a furlough
after being stationed for some time
in the South Pacific theater of war.
Bobby Shirley, now a SeaMan First
clam, attended the Camden High
school and is now taking bis bmic
tralni^ at Camp Perry, Va.
The Chrontcle wriH be happy to
ceive information from all families
having four or more sons or daughters
in the uniformed service of the, na
tion. Address letter wHh full par
ticulars to the News Editor.
Blaney Soldier
Killed In Action
Mrs. Louise Timms Simpson of
Winnsboro, has received a mesrags'
trom.ihe war department announcing
Watts Dies
?rff
• Wat»v, gr., 6#, the form-
- >'^ ‘6, daughter of Mr.
.‘I'-"??™ »'
aftmiRn after a period of decllntag
Shs^^sui^lved by her husband, E.
*« foUowln* chlldi^:
K» ¥ . «o*borough and otia
i ***** Wads
i»**»*» » a and £1^
ing to records of the police
iff, the New Year celebration
mpllshed without any traffic
being reported. There were
minor auto accidents, hut no
injured so far as could be
led.
ie The tragedy of w.orld war,
unting toll of deaths, there
ty of celebrating of the Yule
a Camden. Cocktail parties,
, suppers and similar social
were a nightly occurence,
old year of 1944 pmsed out
that her husband, Gaptr -Aftbur T.a_ .v v m
Simpson, wM killed In action Novem-^*'hliitiw, Whethm theas horam will
with [Wn and wind. New Tears day
openejp dreary and cloudy but later
tbs v^ther cleared and bright sun-
v^1
shineLrevailed. Later in the after-
noonAhe temperature began to drop
and Iv evening ths cold wave had
enve|)^ the city, with the mercury
slldlQs down below the freezing mark.
her 38. She ha-j prevliwaly bcvn noti
fied that he was mlsfclng.
Captain Simpson was the son of
Mrs. Mary Morrison Slr.pson and the
late Arthur T. Simpson of Blaney.
He was educated in Blaney schools
and was graduated frem Clemson col-
lege In T94^. Prior to filtering the
service in February, 1942, he tamght
agriculture in the Lydia High schohl.
Going into the army m a secoad
lieutenant he served with the 86th
division, training at Fcnrt Banning, Ga.,
Camp Pickett, Va., Camp Blandlng,
Fla., Camp Howze. Texas and Camp
Livingston, La. Ha received two pro
motions, and served m company com
mander during two yeara in the
States.
Captain Simpson went overseas fa
July, 1944, as a replacement and was
Aiaual Meeting
Of Delegation
sutioned in England and fhnimoe until .**2 **?°*
The County LegUUtlve DslegatioB
jrill laid Its usnsl annual meeting at
ths County Court House In court room
at Csaden on Monday, Jan, 8, at 10:80
a. m., and will continue until sUch
hour and flme aa all business before
it Is flsposed of.
Tho hopes of the delegation hre
that all citizens, county <^cmw and
employees, representatives of puhllo
InztitQtlons and departments or organ-
isatlona and others who may with to
bring matters of pnhHc or private In-
terset to theta* attention will 00ms
before them on above mentloaed date.
assignment to the 26th division No-
vsmber 10.
Besides his mothsr sad wid<nr, he
is survived by two itttls sons. Tommy
and BlUy.
Kershaw P.CA. Will
Hold Annual Meeting
Receives Medal
The Kershaw Production Credit As
sociation. which makes agrtcnltaral
loans to farmers in Kershaw* sad Laa-
caster counties, will hold tts 11th sn-
nual meeting in Kershaw la the High
school andkorltm on Friday, January
12, at 19 o'clock, John C. (Mover, 8ec,-
Treas., announcM this week.
‘At this meeting,’’ Mr. Stover said,
*^0 dhrsetort will bs elected by the
stockholders.
-We era easMttes .a larst .attead-
ii^. 'Utere ii atways a gr
^ McCalllitS
of Columbia, three
Cecil and
low of Coluaihia, and 11
the war departmeat Dec. 24, the
I(eart, awarded to her
C. Sayder, who wea kflled
la France.
great dial
of iatereet In oar ananal
partiralarly ta the reporta oa the
atlene and aoeowpllahmeata of
aeeoelatkm dnriiig
wrvloas ware Jkeld at I'le
•ftoinooa at thel^ Jah^
^ Lageft
illy--8svd m Ufg.
NOTICE .
Amerteaa Legtea Anxttlary will
Mrs. W. U Qoodale at her
_ 11 Ihir elreet. Drlday^ Jan.
at 4 a’RiMk- 41 rnmhrn are
49 be
Mr. Stover ateo poMpAoiMJbat ibe
BandMw Prodaettea Crete Aitoeia-
ttea li a eeoperaitlre crate
ttea whteh
taraL teane pa aS typM'
' “ * Igr
9t
The intmmatkmally famous Carolina
Cup Race, the Virginians Horse Show,
the Camden. Horse Show, Hunter
TilMs, the Camden Hunts, etc., are
all ia abeyance during the war. But
Camden is propping for a resumption
pf these activities when the war is
over. The bracing and invigorating
South Carpliaa climate, the pinVsceqt-
ed forests, the ever-present hospitality
of the southland, are still here.
~CamdeTrs wtar^ colony Ja still ex-
istant. Barring a number of changes
in tbf ownership of some of the
estates, the care-free life of the colony
finds practically all of the familiar
faces here this year. Famous old
southern homes, modernized and with
beautifully landscaped grounds, areas
hallowed by the spirit of American
valor and heroism during the Revolu
tionary days, still lift their aristocratic
gables and facades to the blue of the
southern sky.
Horses, some of the finest Jumpers
in ths nation, are here for winter
see action over the circuit next spring
Is a mooted question among owners
and trainers. Recent announcement
from Washington Indicates that trans
portation of horses will not be,jper-
mitted except to take them home. If
the order Isn’t softened between now
and next spring, there will not he any
racing anywhere near larger cities
until after the war.
MlssiDg in Camden, after three
years of feverish wsr activities, are
the many hundreds ^f khaki-clsd fly
ing. cadets, who learned their art at
the big primary f1y[ng base at the
Woodward airport This base with
scores of others, was closed last Au-
gost. But the tine sir field Is still
there and offara air travelere and
oonsBiatcra aa opportunity to use their
after the war [n eomaHittac
Its wide, well-
Mved streets, fine churches, shaded
avenues, modern stores and
vanues, modern stores and shops,
easy of access by train, bus or pisne,
was nsver more attractive than at
present. And Camden is already pre-
pared to retura to its rUhtful iriaoe
aa the leading resort and sport center
of ^e mM-south.
Stream-lined trains between New
York and Florida pass through tha
outsktata of the city to discharge and
taka cm passengers at the Colonial
station, attractively located In Sea
board Park.
PUet-war plans of this resort cltv
Indnde construction of additional
aimltary and storm water sewage dto-
jpoaal units, construction of a fine
opmmsmtty building, improvement of
aauty additional streets and provision
tor additional recreational facilities.
Balk Stiwe Has
teie Neon
; Mt tetetial towe
kas just
a laatooaii amr Nepa alga
9f Ita bestto tert ou Broad
sf Sm aprliht type
feet Ugh aad One Jaa4 li
te efaia
aBi''iaa be
SiSU the
latMt Meoa type
Moseley To Attend
Meeting of Highwuy
Feb. 20th
tkmUk CaroBMi Aiasriatitei d
Cosmtp Road Officials
To Mote -
Received In Action
Warn Son of Mr. and
Edgar Marah.
Mrs.
The community was greatly sad
dened last week _wben the news waa
E. L. Moaeley, Kerahaw county road
superinteadent, will attssid the aanaal
■istleg et the Soetfi CaroHna Asso'
elation of County Road officials, to
be held St the Jefferson hotel In Co
lumbia . Thursdby, Feb. 16.
At this meeting members of tha
general assembly will he guests of
the road officials group. A floor
show of 17 performers with their own
orchestra has been engaged for the
evening.
S. B. Sapp of Lancaster county,
is president of the South Carolina
Association of County Road officials.
D. D. MacKenzle of Williamsburg
received here of the desHTou Dec. Ur vice president, E. L.
in Holland, of Second Lt. William R
Marsh, 21, the son of Mr. and Mrs.^
Edgar Marsh, routs I. Camden.
He bad previously been reported
wounded in action in Germany on
Dec. 3. Lt Marsh received hla edu
cation at the Antioch school, Kershaw
county, and was graduated with hon
ors from Clemson college in the clsaa
of 1948. He was a young man at <mU
standing ability and many tine trilts
of character which endeared him to
all who knew him. He wag a member
of Jdanhalls_Methodist church.
Lt Marsh compifted offieers^traln-
tug course at Fort Benning, Ga.. in
April, 1944. He received further train
ing at Camp Claiborne, La., and Fewt
Sam Houston, Texas. He had,been
overseas since October.
Besides his parents be is survived,
by three brothers. Edgar M. Marsh,
Jr. Sl-c USNR, and Robert and Sam
my Marsh of Camden, and one sister,
Ektoer Blarah -of XIamdqn,
Sixth War Loaii
Bond Drive Is
Well Over Quota
Top# tea Atewgiifjil Figm Bj
Owar liO Fur Cant.
Camden and Kershaw county really
rang the bell oa the sixth war loan
drive, the total bonds sold up to last
Monday aggrogatlng ever $660,009
which In aay man’# language is a bit
over half a mfllkm.
This repreaents an over the top
percentage of some 160 per cent as the
qnota assigned to the county was
$880,000.
Chairman Hejrman and his co-work-
srs in this bond drive are receiving
the plaudits of the public for a Job
well done.
Cut Rate Drug
Store Is Mov^
The Cut Bgta Drug store, wbidi tor
the post tew nunSu baa beta located
la the Clarksoa bullttaig jatt eoatk
of Tba Cbnateto grtatlas tCftee. bat
mortd ta tef But Tartemt
oa Bstt DtKalbjtrttt
As ttta 609 lot awvlai
ttmpteMI tad tet ffartarsi tastaOed
ths drug ttert wil Ibt prtptrtd to
stnrt tba fsMte with a eomjBtte ntw
llM of dnw gad drug ttort sappUts.
Moseley of Kershaw county is second
vice president, and F. H. Wilson of
York county, is third vice president
Price Baby Is
Hrst Entry In
The 1945 Derby
Little Mitfy Jiarrfaliwt Price
Bowt Into World At
’The first 1946 white baby reported
to The Chronlrie was Mary Jacqueline
Price, who was born at the Camden
hospital at 18:17 o’clock on the afte^
noon of New Tears day.
Ths little miss is the daughter of
Private and Mrs. H. J. Price of Du-
Bose Park. Mrs. Price was the former
Miss~ Etta Blackwell;- Private. Prtee
has been In training In Georgia jtot la'
now overseas. The baby weighed 7
pounds and" 6 oimoea at bfrtk.
The Prtos tiahy te tbAfIrut aatry-to
be registerad in Tha Chrcatele’i Oni
luia Baby Derby. CateriRu itoroa
in cooperatten with The Cbrootele
have promieed gifts for the first White
baby born in (ha pmatr in 1941.
v:
Sumter Merdumts
Lose Out In Move
To Qose IShNTes
War Lalor Boarl Owtii St.
qiwa For Mid-Wadi
Cladag.
Sumter merchants proposed a plan
whereby the midweek closing (Wed
nesday aftemooif) would beeome
effactive tha first week In Januaqr
and oonttaina for tbrea moatks. them
lapse until May 1, and reauaM tor tha
summer months.
Whllo the Irian reeeived aliMat
unanimous endorsmaaat of die Bub-
ter merchaats. it dM aot meet with
the approval of the War labor beard,
whteh p^pCly frowind It down.
The Board’s aettea waa amde kaowm
la a letter le 4|m Sateter Merehaata
aasociatlQa.bp Utelart T. 8agruit»
regteaal dtesater of Wage StebOlaa
tlaa, who said dealal to baaed
ua the toot that iito prdetiee te sag
typteal in the industry aad
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