THE STALEY

SEPTEMBER, 1945 DECATUR, ILL.

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FEB 2 0 1984

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PRESIDENT TRUMAN SAYS'The work of the National War Fund is indispensable."

YES-It's a job that MUST and WILL be done!We're giving again and we're giving plenty]

C O N T E N T S

S E P T E M B E R , 1945Of Many Things 2

Steep Liquor's Role 5

Community And War Fund 12

Peace—And What It Means 14

Veterans Questions 16

Win City Softball Championship 17

Returning Veterans 19

Hebert and Doore Garden Winners 23

Rate And Hour Adjustment 24

Additional Insurance 25

Painesville Celebrates Sixth Anniversary 38

Published Monthly In The Interest Of The Employees Of

A . E . S T A L E Y M A N U F A C T U R I N G C O M P A N Y

Manufacturers of Corn and Soybean Product!

D E C A T U R , ILL.

Editor; Ruth E. Cade

Volume XXIX • Number 3

OF MANY THINGS

GOOD REASONS FOR BUYINGAND KEEPING WAR BONDS

Well, now that the war is over we (1) need not buy any morewar bonds and ( 2 ) we can cash in those that we have. Can we?Obviously we cannot, but it might surprise a lot of other justaverage citizens as it did me to learn that there are too manypeople who actually think both of those statements are correct.But Secretary of the Treasury Vinson explains much better thanI could why both statements are incorrecst, when he says:

"There are millions of our men overseas. Billions of dollarswill be needed to bring them home, to provide their musteringout pay, and to care for the disabled.

"Other billions will be required to provide for contract can-cellations and to meet other costs incident to the liquidation ofour war effort.

"All this will cost money. We should make the Victory Loanthe last of our organized drives, but for the benefit of the countryand for the benefit of its citizens, we should continue the sale ofUnited States Savings Bonds, especially under the payroll sav-ings plan.

"By buying bonds—and holding them—we will consolidatethe victory and sustain our economy."

A LETTER FROM HOLLANDOPENS ONE YANKEE'S EYES

If you are one of those persons who still thinks we are slow ingetting back on the good old peace days basis, you should readover my shoulder a letter I had from Holland the other day.The writer was a man of whom 1 had never heard IK-fore bulmany years ago he had heard of Staley's and this is what he wrote(liberally translated from his very liberal translation):

"A friend of mine presented me years ago a copy of your StaleyJournal (february 1929).

"As I am very much interested in such kind of literature, and

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as good recreation literature is hard to get (owing to lack ofpaper), and moreover we will now have electric current rationswhich will make it possible to read in spare night hours, I takethe liberty to ask you for some of your old, or used, copies. Per-haps you will be able to add some printed work of your variousdepartments, as pearl starch, gluten feeders, table syrups andsoybeans (a simple folder will do).

"Writing this it is our national holiday for the liberated world(it was written Aug. 18) and flags are flying at the roofs of everyhouse. Now that the world war is over 1 take this opportunityto express my heartfelt thanks for all you Yankees have done forus poor in Europe and the Pacific."

It takes more imagination than I have to put myself in theplace of those people. "Electric rations we will now have"—sohe can again read a little in the evening—and there never hasbeen a time when we have not been able to have all the electricitywe wanted. And there never has been a time when our papershortage was such that magazines were scarce. To be sure we gotall excited when we couldn't walk down and pick up all the maga-zines we wanted every day—but at that there were plenty.

And I liked particularly, and was most deeply touched by, hislast paragraph. \Ve "Yankees" do brag a lot but those of uswho stay home cannot realize how much, how very much, it musthave meant to the general run of people in countries like Hol-land, to know freedom again. It humbles me a lot to get letterssuch as this and, postal and state department regulations permit-ting he is going to get some reading matter and not just "usedcopies" either.

COMING SOON

The United War Fund DriveThe Victory Loan DriveThe Christmas Seal Sale

DO NOT MISS THEM!

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2 5 Y E A R SAGO 7H/S MONTH

The Staley company announced through the pages ofthe Staley Journal that it was opening a new refinery tomanufacture "the highest grade of glucose". An ancesterof today's "Sweetose"!

STEEP LIQ UOR'S R O L EIN PENICILLIN DEVELOPMENT

By W. F. ALLENManager, Development Division

Wars usually precipitate develop-ments which in peace times would nor-mally be considered impossible, un-economical, too hazardous, or unac-ceptable by the public. World War IIwas no exception and now, in this re-conversion period to peace and nor-malcy, we can look back on the majordevelopments of the recent war yearsand inventory these wonders.

In magnitude the atomic bombstands head and shoulders above allthe others. Its repercussions were not

confined to Hiroshima and Nagasaki—they reached into every nook andcrevice of the entire universe. In Hiro-shima and Nagasaki they createddeath and destruction—in the rest ofthe world people were fired with en-thusiastic wonder and amazement. To-day the principal question is—Can thepowers of atomic energy be turnedfrom death and destruction to peaceand a better and happier civilization?

Unlike the atomic bomb, the secondmajor development emerging from

This modern penicillin plant was built in Terre Haute, Ind. Visitors say it is evenmore immaculate than its pictures show.

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There is a battery of these 12,000 gal-lon fermentation tanks.

these years of turmoil and strife is onemuch different in characteristics. Itmay well be referred to as the anti-thesis of death and affliction. Thissecond important outgrowth of WorldWar II is penicillin, an antibacterialsubstance obtained from the motherculture liquor of a mold such as peni-cillum notatum.

Discovered In 1929Discovered in peace times (1929)

by Professor Alexander Fleming at St.Mary's Hospital in London, penicillinwas not given the impetus necessaryfor commerc ia l development until1940. The Battle of Britain intensi-fied the need for such an antibioticagent to the extent that the commer-cial production of penicillin had to beworked out at any cost. England'shands were tied—she had no man-power available to tackle such a prob-lem. As is usually the case when a bigjob is to be done, this problem was laidin the lap of the United States.

In 1941, Dr. Fleming came to thiscountry for conferences with members

of the National Research Council andthe U. S. Department of Agriculture.These conferences were instrumentalin the initiation of studies on the cul-tural characteristics of the mold andpurification methods by Doctors Cog-hill and A. J. Moyer at the NorthernRegional Research Laboratory atPeoria, Illinois. These men and theirassociates faced one of the most intri-cate problems ever known to science—but—they came up with a discoverywhich, in itself, did more to make pos-sible the development of penicillinthan any other thing. They found thatcorn steep liquor added to the culturebroth increased the yields of active ma-terial many many fold. By careful se-lection of molds and adjustments inbroth formulas the yield of penicillinbegan to climb from 10 to 20 to 30 to40 units per cc., all being attributableto the use of corn steep liquor, thatliquor in which corn is steeped for 40to 48 hours prior to grinding.

Commercial Units PlannedConcurrently with the work of Cog-

hill and Moyer and that being con-ducted at the University of Wisconsin,Penn State and other institutions, 21companies in the United States andtwo in Canada were laying the ground-work for commercial size productionunits. During the latter half of 1943,many of these plants went into produc-tion and penicillin was an actuality inquantities for treatment of war casual-ties, but not sufficient to meet the de-mands of our fighting forces.

At first the mold was Cultured inflasks of about one to two quarts ca-pacity containing a small amount(about 200 cc's.) of broth. The oper-ation was laborious and very expen-sive; however, much experience andknowledge was being acquired on theworkings of the mold and isolation and

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purification of the finished products.Small quantities were available to theArmy and Navy for field trials andsome clinical investigation. Then whenresults began to filter in and it wasfound that man after man was beingliterally snatched from the tenacles ofdeath by a few crystals of this wonderdrug, the "lid was really blown off".The Army and Navy was demanding200 billion units per month by July 1,1944—an unheard of quantity—but,it had to be produced.

From Flasks To Tanks

American ingenuity began to comeout. Not being satisfied with han-dling flasks containing cubic centi-meters of broth, the philosophy "if wecan do it in bottles containing cubiccentimeters, we can do it in tanks con-

taining thousands of gallons" becameforemost in everyone's mind. Today,tanks of 12,000 gallons capacity arecommonly used and, instead of 200 bil-lion units per month, the present pro-duction is about 600 billion units permonth and there are less productionunits in operation today than therewere in July, 1944.

In this American ingenuity there isa lot of Staley ingenuity. In the fall of1943, A. E. Staley, Jr., became inter-ested in this big problem confrontingAmerican industry, offering as Staley'scontribution the able facilities of ourresearch department under the direc-tion of Dr. W. W. Moyer and the su-pervision of Howard File, technicaldirector. With the same determinationas that displayed earlier by Doctors.Goghill and A. J. Moyer at Peoria, Dr.

Water and amyl acetate emulsion containing penicillin are separated in these supercentrifuges.

Every precaution is taken to preserve sterile conditions, as this close up of anoperator filling a vial will show.

In these vacuum dehydrators moistureis removed by sublimation of the ice un-der high vacuum.

W. W. Moyer and his staff at Staley'sbegan grappling with the problem ofproducing an improved, more activematerial from corn steep liquor forpenicillin fermentation. Corn steepliquor being as variable in compositionas it is and, also, somewhat of an un-known quantity, our Moyer and hisco-workers experienced months ofheadaches and heartaches but in theend they came through. In May, 1944,we announced Special Nutrient No. 14to the trade.

At first there Was some hesitancy onthe part of the producers, which ap-parently was prompted by the memoryof many former headaches experiencedin working out such a process. Then aslight adjustment in formulation ofother broth constituents was developedby Moyer et al and this, in conjunc-

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tion with Special Nutrient Xo. 14, be-gan to click. One producer reported100 per cent increase over former pro-cedure and Special Nutrient No. 14became practically synonymous withsurface (flask) culture production—and, up went the monthly output sourgently needed by our Armed Forces.

Back To New StartThis was not the end of our research

problems, for now it was found thatSpecial Nutrient No. 14 did not givethe added boost to submerged (tank)culture production as it did to surfaceculture. The process of refining steepliquor had to be changed to meet someunknown difference in the two typesof fermentation. They were back upfor a new start and came out with Spe-cial Nutrient No. 22, which is now be-ing put through its paces. Results?They look good. There still may be

In this completely sterile room vialsare filled and capped.

some further details to adjust, but weare well on our way.

More than 30,000 vials each day can be moved over this packaging line.

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\ is the single vial with the syringe as the physician sees it. Below—rabbits are

inoculated in the ear vein to test for pyrogens in the penicillin.

There is no need to elaborate on the day had heard of the wonderful ac-many wonderful attributes of penicil- complishments made possible throughlin. Every man, woman and child to- its use. We are proud to have had

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Mice are inoculated in testing for toxicity of penicillin.

such an opportunity of assisting thefurtherance of this development—onewhich is so admirably serving man-kind.

The photographs included with thisarticle were supplied through the cour-tesy of Commercial Solvents Corpora-tion, Terre Haute, Indiana. Commer-cial Solvents is one of the largest pro-ducers of penicillin in this country to-day, having been an integral part ofthe pioneer group.

These are actual photographs oftheir production operation, illustratingthe magnitude and complexity of theprocess, the overall development ofwhich ran into millions and millionsof dollars. Was it worth it? Ask anywounded veteran. Hundreds of thou-sands owe their return home to a littleyellow powder, a part of which wasonce corn steep liquor from Staley's.

Soldier Voted ForDecatur As Best

Writes Pvt. Carl Smith, on leavefrom the packing house:

"I just want to put in my two centsworth and tell you that I really do en-joy reading the Journal.

"I am now a guard at the ThomasEngland General hospital, in AtlanticCity. This is a swell place to stay—just like a big carnival all the time.In spite of that fact I can hardly waitto get back to Decatur and start workagain.

"I ran into Joe Pollock, Jr., the oth-er day. He is here in the 1214 S. C. U.We really did take Decatur apart andput it together again.

"Say hello to the packing houseloading gang for me."

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C O M M U N I T Y AND WAR FUNDDRIVE TO START SOO\. #. Walmsley, production superin-

tendent, is assistant chairman in chargeof the local drive.

Three Staley men are among theleaders selected to head the MaconCounty War Fund drive this year. W.H. Walmsley is assistant campaignchairman of the entire campaign, Nor-man Lents is on the committee respon-sible for labor solicitations, and PaulDoolen is on the board of directors.The drive opens the last of September.

The goal this year for Macon Coun-ty is $254,200. Of that amount only$42,875 goes to national fund. The re-mainder— more than $200,000 — isdistributed among the 17 local agen-cies in the Community Chest. Lastyear Staley's gave almost $47,000 ofthe $296,000 county quota.

The National War Fund is a feder-

ation of the leading war-related ap-peals, with the exception of the RedCross, for providing comforts, hospi-tality and entertainment for our armedforces and merchant marine, recrea-tional and educational materials forprisoners of war, and supplementaryemergency war relief to the people ofour Allies and to refugees from Axisoppression.

In October, 1945, the National WarFund's joint appeal for its twenty-twomember agencies will be presented forthe third successive year to the Amer-ican public through community warfunds, linked in Community Chestcities with campaigns for establishedlocal services for health and welfare.

Included in the agencies in the Na-tional War Fund are the United Serv-ice Organizations, United Seamen'sService, War Prisoners' Aid, American

Norman Lents, president of Local 837,U.A.W.A. (AFL), is on the general com-mittee in charge of the drive.

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Paul Doolen, company attorney, is adirector of the local organization.

Field Service, United Nations Reliefand Refugee Relief.

To aid our Allies and friends over-seas, member agencies of the NationalWar Fund provide urgently-neededassistance in many different forms forchildren, for the sick and aged, forthose who have been bombed out oftheir homes, livelihood and life sav-ings. Medical supplies, food, clothingand other materials are shipped in ac-cordance with predetermined needs toareas where they will do the mostgood. National War Fund relief sup-plements, but does not duplicate thework of UNRRA, Lend-Lease, RedCross and other agencies, private andgovernmental. The relief afforded byNational War Fund agencies is a partof our total war effort. It must andwill continue for security as well ashumanitarian reasons.

•Gasoline BoardDuties About Finished

One sign of returning peace is seenin the announcements of the dissolu-tion of various war boards and groups.One such group at Staley's which has

passed into a rather inactive state, isthe company gasoline board. Organ-ized when gasoline rationing went intoeffect, this Staley group functionedmost effectively and sa t i s f ac to r i lythroughout the war. Through thisboard all Staley people made applica-tion for gasoline rationing books. Theboard not only saved time and troublefor Staley people, but worked withthem to determine just how much gas-oline they needed.

The Staley board was organized atthe request of the local war board.During the entire period of the war,all Staley people applying for gas,either A, B or C books, did so throughthe Staley board. The recommenda-tions of the group were recognized bythe downtown board as being entirelyfair, and neither that board, nor Staleyindividuals questioned the decisions.The board members, on the otherhand, found that with very few excep-tions, Staley people were honest intheir requests for extra gasoline. As theboard also sent in recommendations fornew tires for Staley people, it will con-tinue to exist as long as tires are ra-tioned, but will have little to do.

During its existence the personnelof the board changed entirely, as someof the original members left the com-pany, or found other duties too press-ing. The only one of the originalgroup who served during the entirewar period was Syl Ivens, who waschairman of the board, and a tirelessworker. Others who were on the orig-inal board but for various reasons, re-signed, were Frank Moore, W. G.Reynolds, Van Wasson and HarleyStrohl. Home Boyer was later ap-pointed, but left the company. Thoseserving at the end of the war were,with Mr. Ivens, Katherine Wagensel-ler, Mac Jagusch, Cy Martin, FrankLewis and Peggy Edwards.

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P E A C E -And What It Means at Staley's

By A. E. STALEY, J r . , President

A. E. STALEY, JR.

With the proclamation of V-J Day,the war has ended, and we must nowface the problems of reconversion andpeace.

The Staley Company is in a fortu-nate position. We have no reconver-sion problems, and we will continueproducing the same products we madebefore and during the war. Our pro-duction was essential to the war effort,and it will continue to be essential toour peacetime economy. Our productsare no longer needed for munitions,but they are required for food, cloth-ing, and similar necessities. Thus, al-though our wartime job has ended,

there are many who are dependingupon us to maintain our production.

A continued large demand for theproducts of our corn plant is almostcertain, and we believe we will be ableto sell eve ry th ing we can makethroughout the balance of 1945 and in1946. The sugar shortage has createdan insatiable demand for "Sweetose"and corn syrups. A Congressional com-mittee headed by Clinton Anderson,before he became Secretary of Agricul-ture, recommended that the govern-ment encourage the maximum produc-tion of corn syrups in every way pos-sible. Most authorities do not expectsugar to be in abundant supply untillate in 1946 or in 1947. By that time,the Philippines and the Far Eastshould be back in production, and Eu-rope will have harvested the 1946sugar beet crop.

The release of the Far East fromJapanese domination will probablycause a resumption in the shipment oftapioca starches from Java to theUnited States. This factor, togetherwith some decline of general indus-trial activity, may cause the demandfor our industrial starches to recede,but we do not believe this recessionwill be severe enough substantially toaffect our production levels.

Corn Plant Outlook

Thus, from the demand standpoint,the prospects for full production in ourcorn plant are excellent. Corn supply

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is the principal problem that we willhave to face. Although the 1944 cropwas the largest in the history of theUnited States, corn is very hard to ob-tain, and, in fact, many of our com-petitors are operating intermittentlyfor lack of corn. Thus far, we have notbeen obliged to reduce production be-cause of the corn shortage, and we areexerting, and will continue to exert,every effort to insure an adequate sup-ply for our plant.

Our soybean division may also ex-pect an extended period of capacityoperation. The present shortage offats and oils, and the present demandfor soybean meal, should insure fulloperation of all of our soybean plantsthroughout 1945 and 1946. The ex-perts believe there will continue to bea shortage of fats and oils until thePhilippines and the Far East are backin full production, and they do notexpect this to occur until early 1947.

From the standpoint of the supplyof soybeans, the prospect is very good.The new crop is about the same as in1944, and we should be able to obtainan adequate supply to last until thefall of 1946. To do so, however, wewill undoubtedly have to buy a largepart of our needs at harvest time.

Re-employment Of Veterans

One of the problems that faces us,and one which we are very eager totackle, is the re-employment of menwho left us to join the service. Wehave their old jobs ready and waitingfor them. We believe we can re-em-ploy all of these servicemen withoutlaying off any men who are now withus.

Staley employees have every reasonto be proud of the production job theydid during the war. I am confidentour plants have operated at a higherpercentage of theoretical capacity than

any others in the industry. The creditfor this goes to each man and womanwho has been willing to sacrifice per-sonal convenience and work long hoursto make this record possible.

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YOUNG EMPLOYEESReturning To School

School bells did not actually ring,but some sort of magic called a numberof young people away from Staley jobsback to school and college this fall.Most of those who left were boys orgirls who had been graduated fromhigh school in the spring and hadplanned to work only for the summer.Two fairly old timers who left wereJack Miller and James Smith. Jackhad been with the company since Feb-ruary, 1943, and at the time he leftSept. 1, was in charge of paper sup-plies. He resigned to enter EasternIllinois State Teachers college, atCharleston.

Jim Smith, who came to the com-pany in July, 1943, was employed inthe cost division of the accounting de-partment at the time of his resignation.He left the company to enter JamesMillikin university in Decatur. Bar-bara Hinds, from personnel, and Mau-reen Elrod, from financial, both ofwhom came to the company from highschool last June, have left to registerat Millikin.

Bob Tille and Robert Napier leftthe messenger department to return toDecatur High school and Dean Bur-dick left the same department to enterCharleston (III.) High school.

Others who resigned expecting to goon to school, were Patricia Horton,messenger; Edgar Smallwood, messen-ger; Billy Ping, packinghouse; Thom-as Sisk, packing house; Stanley Reed-er, packing house; Keith Snelson, ex-tra board, and Walter Arendell, 48-49buildings.

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Veterans Questions-and Some AnswersSome of the questions which are

asked by returning veterans are givenhere, with the correct answers, as sentin by the U. S. Employment Serviceof the War Manpower Commission:

Question: If I continue my Nation-al Service Life Insurance after my dis-charge are there any restrictions byreason of residence, travel or occupa-tion?

Answer: There are no restrictionswhatsoever in these policies and theprocedures are entirely exempt fromtaxation or assignment.

Question: Will the permanent typesof policies of National Service LifeInsurance pay dividends?

Answer: Yes. If there are any sav-ings in mortality, or excess interestfrom invested funds.

Question: May dividend accumula-tions on the National Service Life In-surance be withdrawn by the insuredat anytime?

Answer: Yes, or the dividends maybe applied to reduce the premium.

Question: My husband, who is inthe Army, recently wrote telling methat he was depositing money everymonth in a special savings account.Can youabout this special account?

Answer: We assume your husbandrefers to the savings account open toany enlisted man of the army, whomay deposit his savings, in sums of not

give me any information

less than $5.00 with the Army Pay-master, who will give him a depositbook, in which shall be entered thenames of the paymaster, the soldier,the amount, date and place of deposit.This money is then deposited in theTreasury of the United States andkept as a separate fund, and is repay-able to the enlisted man or his heirs.It is not subject to forfeiture by court-martial and is exempt from liabilityfor soldiers' debts. Interest after sixmonths is paid at 4% per annum.

Question: What are the duties ofthe State and local United States Em-ployment Service Veterans' Employ-ment Representatives in Illinois?

Answer: They are responsible forthe registration and placement of vet-erans through local public employmentoffices; they endeavor to provide forveterans the maximum of job oppor-tunity in the field of gainful employ-ment by securing and maintainingcurrent information as to the varioustypes of available employment in pub-lic works and private industry or busi-ness, and by promoting the interest ofemployers in employing veterans; theyalso cooperate with veterans' organiza-tions in developing employment op-portunities for veterans and assist inevery possible way in the improvementof working conditions and the ad-vancement of employment of veterans.

To Conference

Four chemists attended the Starch Round Table in Nippersink Lodge, Wis.,in September. In the group were L. O. Gill, Dr. W. W. Moyer, Dr. David P.Langlois and Don Hansen. Once each year corn products companies chemistsmeet with men from government and university laboratories to discuss problemsand progress in starch research.

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WIN CITY SOFT-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Team members who were present had this group picture taken during the cham-pionship play. Missing were Paczak, Williams and Zienbowsky.

The mascots were Donald Siweck and Larry Smith.Seated in the front row are Veech, Hall, Ruthrauff, Siweck and I. Smith.Standing are Nixon, C. Smith, McCollom, Hilberling and Coulson.

Finishing what one fan called Sta-ley's best soft-ball season, the Staleyteam won the Industrial and CityChampionship in a three game play-offwith Moore Brothers. Moore Brotherswon the honors last year. During theseason just ended the Staley team won21 and lost 6 league games. In theplay-off the Staley team won two out ofthree games, played before an esti-mated total crowd of 14,000 people.

More than 5,000 cheering spectatorsjammed Hess park for the final game,played Sept. 6.

A Staley ruling allows only one out-sider to play under the Staley banner,and this year that outsider was CarrollVeech, a pitcher who is employed bythe Wabash. In the first game of theplay-off series he injured his wrist inthe second inning, but pitched theteam to victory even knocking one

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home run. At the end of the game itwas discovered that he had a brokenwrist.

Four Outstanding

While experts and regulars insist itwas hard to pick individual stars onthe Staley team, they agree that theback-bone of the team consists of fourplayers who are veteran Staley play-ers, although they are still too youngto be called old-timers. These four areBob Siweck, athletic director, Joe Hil-berling, playing manager, Bus Coulsonand Irv Smith. Siweck, Hilberling andCoulson all hit over 300. Siweck andSam Williams took over the pitchingafter Veech broke his wrist and whileVeech pitched the team into the win-ning series, Bob and Sam shared hon-ors of pitching it over the line to vic-tory. Bob, regular third baseman, wasvoted the outstanding player of theseason.

The team gives part of the credit forits success this season to the strong andenthusiastic support it has had fromStaley people. Interest in soft-ball hasbeen higher this year than it has beenfor several seasons, and the team mem-bers early got the feeling that severalhundred Staley people were interestedin seeing them play and in havingthem win.

Outside Games

While it did not count in leagueplay, the Staley record for outsidegames was as good as its league record.Games were scheduled with teams inmost of the surrounding towns, and inalmost every case the Staley team won.The only two games lost were the onesplayed in Chicago and Peoria. In Chi-cago Staley's met the Chicago MatchCorp. team and were defeated 3 to 0.This team, one of the strongest in thecountry, holds the Chicago champion-ship. In Peoria the Staley company

lost a 6-5 match with the strong Cater-pillar team.

Score-keeper and faithful fan at allof the games was Leek Ruthrauff, Fel-lowship club manager. Voted by theirfriends the two most rabid Staley fansare Glen Waddell and Louis Borchert.

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Bob Brix Is Back-Wed And Discharged

The week of Sept. 10 will always bea special one for Robert Brix, for itcontains not only his wedding day butthe day he returned to civilian life aft-er almost four years in the Army. OnSept. 10 he and Anna Marie Foersterwere married and at the end of thatweek he received his discharge.

The marriage took place in TrinityLutheran church, Battle Creek, Mich.,where Bob had been a patient in PercyJones Convalescent center for sometime. Rev. H. J. Fennig performed theceremony. After a short trip the youngpeople returned to Decatur, and onSept. 17, Bob donned civilian clothes.The following week he returned to hisold job in the chemical engineeringlaboratory.

His bride, daughter of Mrs. KatieKroger, 1212 East Cantrell street, hasbeen employed in the offices of the Illi-nois Terminal Railroad. Bob, son ofMr. and Mrs. A. C. Brix, returned tothe States last April after almost threeyears in the Pacific area. He was in theHawaiian islands for some time andthen in New Britain for a long timebefore he took part,in the Philippineinvasion in January. Because of an in-jury and also because he had malariahe was sent home in the spring andhas been in Army hospitals most of thetime since.

For the present the couple will livewith Mrs. Kroger.

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RETURNING VETERANS.C O M I N G B A C K T O O L D J O B S

When Chase Fitch and Roy Prittsreturned to their old jobs the thirdweek in August, that brought to 47 thetotal of Staley service men who havecome back to the jobs the war inter-rupted. Chase Fitch, returning to theextra board, comes from the Army andRoy Pritts from the Navy, is return-ing to his old job in the packing house.Chase was with the medical corps inthe African, Sicily and Italy invasionsand was decorated with the BronzeStar for heroic action. Roy, who wastaken ill soon after enlisting in theNavy, has been stationed at Glen viewXaval Air station.

The other men, the jobs they leftand are now on and the date of theirreturn, is given here:

H. C. Anthony, package divisionsales, returning Jan. 1; Elvin F. Bah-low, machine shop, July, 1944; FredG. Bahlow, machine shop, January,1944; Lyle Bauman, Elevator C, July,1945; Melvin Brandon, Elevator C,June, 1945; Thomas E. Bray, 48building, August, 1944; Carl K. Bron-son, M. & L., November, 1943; Wil-liam A. Carr, Laboratory, February,1944; Irven G. Cox, Power House, Oc-tober, 1943; Norvel Grain, feed sales,June, 1942; Joseph Creamer, 17 build-ing, July, 1945; Carroll H. Dant, 16building, March, 1943; J. R. DeLude,package sales, May, 1945; ClarenceW. Durbin, 13-21 building, August,1945; D. E. Durnil, extra board (nowmillwright shop), November, 1943;E. J. Eckart, 13-21 building, March,

1943; William L. Ellis,'extra board(now boiler shop), July, 1945; CharlesR. Emert, 47 building, August, 1945;John Albert Ewing, tin shop, April,1944; F. 0. Feltenberger, yards, Feb-ruary, 1943; Floyd D. Gasaway, Ma-chine Shop, February, 1943; E. L.Gass, Packing House, September,1942; T. G. Grabowski, yards, July,1945; C. W. Greenwood, Garage(now gateman), October, 1944; Nor-man P. Harlin, Packing House, April,1943; F. M. Harrison, Feed Elevator,June, 1944; Manus J. Heineman,sales, August, 1945; J. R. Jones, 47building, November , 1943; JohnKern, feed sales, June, 1943; JohnKnox, traffic, August, 1945; WilburR. Lewis, Feed Elevator, June, 1945;Otto S. McKee, Packing House, May,1945; Kenneth J. Mears, yards, De-cember, 1944; Delmar W. Osborn, 17building, December, 1943; Stephen F.Quinn, yards, February, 1944; JamesH. Sheehy, Boston Warehouse, Janu-ary, 1944; Charles J. Silkwood, Pack-ing House, April, 1945; William M.Smith, Boilermaker, March, 1943;Charles J. Stone, extra board (nowelectricians), October, 1944; PalmerTaylor, extra board (now machineshop), August, 1943; Raymond Toi-venan, Painesville; Fred Trimble,Packing House, December, 1943; Ver-non U. Van Hook, August, 1941;Thomas J. Walsh, pipe shop (nowelectricians), October, 1944; CliffordR. Wilson, yards (now boiler shop),July, 1945.

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C A N D I D VIEWS OF THE CHSome of Staley's famous sojtball players escaped Zea Birkhead's camera, but these

fellows were all caught in action. Clyde Smith is the only one who seems to knowwhat is happening but he says he never saw the camera.

The men in the top row are Irv Smith, picking up a low one; Nixon, daring thepitcher; Bob Siweck, proving he isn't so old; Bus Coulson, giving them that famoussmile ,and Mike Paczak, who seems to consider batting a serious business.

In the lower row Don Hall takes the proper stance, as does Joe Hilberling. Thencomes Clyde Smith, who may not have seen the camera, and then McCollom andZienbowsky, who evidently did not. Veech, the pitcher, was probably winding up.

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A M P I O N S O F T B A L L P L A Y E R S

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No German prison camp stories are overdrawn, according to the American soldierswho have visited them. These pictures of the famous Dachau prison were taken byLt. Col. A. B. Foley, Staley engineer, now stationed in Lauf, Germany. "I saw this onein operation—that is, right after we over-ran them, so I can vouch for the authenticityof press reports," he writes.

Upper left—Elaborate entrance with SS men, now prisoners of war, marchingthrough the gate.

Upper right—Camouflaged buildings with trees and shrubs planted on roofs. In theforeground is a modern gas station to supply SS guards gasoline for their cars.

Lower left—Old crematorium and gas chamber which proved too small to handlethe dead so the new building at the right was built.

Welker Improving

E. W. Welker is back in his office in Atlanta for a few hours each day.Early in the summer he was in an automobile accident and severely injured.While he has been away from the office his work as southeastern package divi-sion supervisor has been carried on part of the time by Dan Miller, whose terri-tory is in Florida, with the able assistance of Dorothy Collins, stenographer.

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Hebert and Doore Garden WinnersWith a season's average of 91.2 Ger-

trude Hebert, order department, waswinner of the McKeough store prizeoffered Staley gardeners. Gertrude wonfirst place in the first half judging andthird in the second half, but her all-season average gave her first place forthe year. Second prize winner in theMcKeough contest was Maurice Dap-pert, 17 building, whose average scorewas 90.7. J. Earl Beals, of 13-21buildings, took third place with 90.2and Bert Doore, shipping department,ranked fourth for the season with anaverage of 89. Prizes were merchan-dise.

In the second half of the Staley gar-den contest Bert Doore placed firstwith a score of 91, Maurice Dappertsecond with 90, Gertrude third with89, Earl Beals fourth with 88.5 and

Bert Doore won first honors in the sec-ond half of the garden season, while Ger-trude Hebert had the all-season highscore.

Russell Devore, sales, fifth with 85. Itwas these scores, averaged with thosefrom the first half scoring, that deter-mined the all-season winners. Cashprizes were given these winners.

PAINESVILLE PICNICenjoyable affair

Painesville employees and theirfamilies had their annual picnic inMentor Township park Aug. 7, withalmost 100 persons attending. Al-though a program of games was ar-ranged, the high point of the day wasthe baseball game between the vet-erans and the newer employees. Toqualify as a veteran a man must havebeen with the Painesville plant fiveyears. It was an exciting game, andthe veterans lost 7-8.

Ponies were brought in for the chil-dren to ride, and no other amusement

was necessary for them. They rode un-til both ponies and children were ex-hausted. For the women there was anexciting, and profitable, bingo game.

At dusk supper was served with theFellowship club furnishing hamburg-ers and wieners and coffee. Plenty ofother food was brought by the pic-nickers themselves. Later, to settle aheavy meal, there was more bingo, andbowling. The committee in charge wasmade up of Eugene Kerven, CatherineClark, Joseph Palmer and Floyd Lock-wood.

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Rate and Hour Adjustment AnnouncedA rate change in the wage scale

among hourly employees announcedAug. 23, was followed by the an-nouncement of a new office scheduleand general salary increase for sal-aried employees, on Aug. 30. Thehourly rate change, retroactive to lastFebruary, became effective Aug. 26,while the monthly employees changebecame effective Sept. 1.

For hourly employees the new rateaffects all those above the minimumbase rate. A request to adjust the wagescale was made to the War LaborBoard some time ago but was turneddown. Now, through a recent change

in the policy of the Board, it is pos-sible to apply these new rates.

Permission to increase salaries formonthly employees was refused a yearago by the War Labor Board, but assoon as the controls were ended thisgeneral increase was announced. Atthe same time a new and shorter officeschedule became effective. The sched-ule has been cut from a 43 to a 39l/2hour week. Offices now open at 8:45instead of 8:15. Lunch hours are one-half hour long and the office day isover at 4:30. On Saturday the officehours are from 8:45 to 12 instead of8:15 to 12:30 as formerly.

He doesn't say where he is in this picture but W. K. Nation, AMM 3/c, does write:"This picture was taken when we crossed the Equator aboard the USS PocomokeFeb. 17, 1945. This is only part of what was going on that day. The water in thepool was not too clean and some of the clubs the boys are holding were plenty hard onthe ."

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A D D I T I O N A L I N S U R A N C EAt Small Cost

Just because some, forget and othersmay not know, the Fellowship club isurging again that all members, who donot have supplementary insurance, in-vestigate the plan at once. Under theStaley Fellowship club by-laws allmembers are eligible to $15.00 weeklyinsurance benefits if they elect to paythe $1.30 monthly premium. This isin addition to the club dues of 25 centsa month.

In addition to this $15 benefit, addi-

tional coverage is available to em-ployees on an hourly rate over 67.6cents or a monthly rate above $117.17.The amount for which a member iseligible is determined by his pay. Thisadditional coverage is optional withthose eligible, but no member maytake amounts above that to which hisearnings would entitle him.

Following is the table showing thetable of rates, eligibility and addi-tional cost.

Those who are paid

Hourly rates 0}Or monthly rates or

(40 hour basis)

Are At a cost toeligible for; the mem-

and extra weekly her perbenefits of month of

Atleast

67.6c78.1c88.5c

Sl.OO

But lessthan67 6c78. Ic88.5c

$1.00

Atleast

$117.17135.37153.38173.33

But lessthan

$117.17135.37153.38173.33

None$2.50

5.007.50

10.00

None14c27c41c54c

This additional coverage is subjectto the same conditions laid down inthe by-laws for the primary coverage.Members who are eligible and havenot availed themselves of this extracoverage are advised to get in touch

with Leek Ruthrauff, Fellowship clubmanager, as soon as possible. Too oft-en, Leek reports, members wait untilthey are ill and then regret that theyhave not taken the additional insur-ance.

Well Known OilBroker Drowns

John Lawrence, oil expert and wellknown to many Staley people, wasdrowned Aug. 18. He and his wife,visiting in Sikeston, Mo., were swim-ming when Mrs. Lawrence started tosink in a fast current and he went toher rescue. Before friends could reach

him he drowned but Mrs. Lawrencewas saved.

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence had beenin Decatur the day before, guests ofMr. and Mrs. E. K. Scheiter. Mr.Lawrence, with Zimmerman, Aldersonand Carr, in Memphis, had at onetime represented the Staley company,oil division, in Chicago.

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Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Piraino and their wedding party had this picture taken soonafter their marriage in St. James church last spring. Before her marriage the bride wasVirginia van Swearinger. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. van Swearinger.The bridegroom, now a first class petty officer, has taken part in six major battles dur-ing the 24 months he has been on sea duty in the Pacific. Until he went into the Navyhe was employed in the soybean warehouse where his father, Bruno, also works.

Others in the picture are Ruth Suhl, maid of honor, Mary Louise Piraino and HelenPiraino, cousin and sister of the bridegroom, Paul Quotient, best man, Jack McGrathand Donald Armbruster.

GUM IS PAYMENT

For Cover Model

PFC. John Peter Richard, Jr., re-cently sent the water color, which ap-pears on the cover, with this note:

'•It was not very difficult to con-vince the somewhat timid young ladyto pose. A package of chewing gum(some unheard-of Australian brand)and a few friendly words did the trick.

"During our conversation I discov-ered that like many Filipinos she hastwo first names. That nickname, orwhat is sometimes called 'my poorname' is Su-Ling. Her Christian titleis Emilia.

"The hay-like stalks of rice are themain food, stored for the long dry sea-son.

"In the foreground rice has beenspread to air and dry before poundingto break the husk. This process ofpounding is called bayo. The mildwinds quickly sift out the eppes anddirt, as the sun-bronzed girl shufflesthe rice in the air from a hand-wovenbasket.

"The ever-dominating white-hotsun gives warmth and life to these peo-ple, but slowly cooks the life out of usnorthern-bred G.I.s. The base color ofthis young woman's skin was a strongsolution of tea."

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DULANEY DECORATEDDistinguished On Flat-Top

Lt. Comdr. W. N. Dulaney was recent-ly decorated by the Navy.

Lt. Comdr. W. N. "Bill" Dulaneywas recently awarded the Navy BronzeStar. His citation read:

"As an Ordnance and Administra-tive officer of a carrier based torpedosquadron he contributed materially tothe successes of his squadron throughhis ceaseless supervision of the ord-nance equipment, keeping it in a high-ly efficient state of readiness. Hisflawless work has made it possible toinflict tremendous damage against theenemy. His untiring efforts as Admin-istration Officer made it possible forthe flight personnel to concentrate un-divided attention to the duties of de-stroying the enemy."

The award was made at a ceremonyat the Naval Air station in Miami,where Lt. Comdr. Dulaney is stationedat present, awaiting discharge. He ison leave from our industrial sales de-

partment. Before induction he repre-sented the company in Alabama, Mis-sissippi and western Tennessee, work-ing out of the Atlanta office. Possiblybefore this item reaches general cir-culation he will be back again callingon all his old customers in that ter-ritory.

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GIRLS IN ENGINEERINGAre Now Housewives

The two young women who haveworked in the field with the civil engi-neers during the war, have retired tokeep house for their husbands. Paul-ine Carter and Mary Helen Baumanresigned the middle of September afterseveral years with the company andtwo busy years with the engineeringdepartment, the first women to do thattype of work at Staley's. Both are mar-ried and are anxious, now that theemergency is over, to get back to theirhomes.

Pauline, who came to the companyfirst in 1922, was married 20 years agoand left the company, but more than12 years ago came back. Her daugh-ter was growing up then and Paulinehad a longing to get back with thegang. Now her daughter is marriedand has a small son, and Pauline andher husband have moved into a newhome. She is anxious to have the timeto devote to it which she did not havewhen she was working here.

Mary Helen, who came to the com-pany just 12 years to the day that sheresigned, is also anxious to have moretime to devote to her home. Since herhusband, Lyle Bauman, has receivedhis discharge from the Army, theyhave bought a new home. Both youngwomen expect to miss their associateshere, but they also expect to be vervbusy.

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LT. LAHNIERS DIESIn Bomber Collision

News of the death of Lt. Edward E.Larmiers in a B-29 collision in Texassaddened many Staley people, for theyoung officer was well known by doz-ens of Staley employees and his father,Ed Lahniers, has been in the Staley ac-counting department for 30 years. Lt.Lahniers was one of 18 airmen killedwhen two B-29s collided in the air overWeatherford, Texas, Aug. 17. He wasflight officer in one of the planes.

Born in Decatur March 22, 1922,Edward had lived here all of his life.He attended Decatur schools, gradu-ating from Decatur High school in1940, and later had a year in JamesMillikin university. While in thegrade schools and in High school hewas active in Boy Scout work and wasone of the prominent members of Sta-ley Troop No. 9. It was through hisScouting activities that many Staleypeople became so well acquainted withEdward, and these same friends fol-lowed his school and Army career withinterest.

In October, 1941, Edward andFrances Minor were married in Bowl-ing Green, Ky., but they returned toDecatur to live and until he went intothe Army in September, 1942, he wasemployed as a tool and die maker atOakes Products division of Houdaille-Hershey Corp. Last December he wascommissioned and won his pilot'swings in the Army and in March hecompleted his course as a flight engi-neer. He was stationed in Texas atthe time of his fatal accident.

Lt. Lahniers leaves his wife and twosmall children, Kathryn Sue and Car-roll Edward, his parents, Mr. and Mrs.Ed Lahniers, three brothers, Pfc. LyleLahniers, stationed at Harlingen, Tex.,Don Carroll and Maurice Paul athome, and two sisters, Mrs. Velma

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Ware and Helen Lahniers, Decatur.Funeral services were conducted in

Moran's chapel, and a full militaryburial service was conducted by theAmerican Legion.

Tom Tackleton ToRetire On Oct. 1

After the first of October TomTackleton will lose all interest in alarmclocks and working hours, for Tom isretiring. He is retiring, he says, whilehis health is still good, so that he canenjoy life, but up to date he has notdecided just what he will do to occupyhis time.

For the last 27 years that has notbeen one of his problems for duringthat time he has been employed in theStaley plant. He came to Staley's inAugust, 1918, to work in the old pack-ing house and has worked there or in16 building practically ever since.Most of that time he has packed ortrucked starch—and he never has tiredof his job.

He started life on a farm in Menardcounty, northwest of Springfield, andfarmed there until he moved to Deca-tur in 1904. From that time until hecame to the Staley company in 1918Tom was employed by the Lyon Lum-ber company.

Around the plant, and particularlyin 16 building, Tom's quick smile andsoft voice will be missed, but he haspromised to hunt up his Staley friendsoften and visit with them. The rest ofthe time he and his wife will take lifeeasy at the home they own at 1636East Grand avenue. Their only child,a daughter, lives in Chicago.

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"But, Judge, I'm a very sick man. Ican't do a forty-year sentence!"

"Well, do what you can."

Martin Trolia, of the refinery, and Mrs. Trolia had their children all togetherrecently so they had a picture taken. Mrs. Trolia has the baby of the family with her—Tommy—while his next older brother—Leroy—stands by Martin. In the centeris Lawrence, an electrician's mate who has seen considerable service. Standing areMary (now Mrs. Johnson), Norman and Arline.

A. B. Foley Is NowLieutenant Colonel

Alden B. Foley, on leave from theengineering department, is now a lieu-tenant colonel. A reserve officer, hewent into the Army in May, 1941, asa second lieutenant. He was soon at-tached to ordnance, and it was withsuch an outfit that he was sent to Eu-rope two years ago. At that time hewas already a major.

He has been in France, Belgiumand Germany most of the time that hehas been overseas. At present he is inGermany.

His aunt, Mary Brun, is assistantto Eugene Rhodes in the financial de-partment.

Earl Clark, Jr., Staley broker in Miami,proudly displays his twin daughters bornthis summer. They are Jane and Susanbut do not expect us to tell you which iswhich.

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Fred Klumpp DiesDuring His Sleep

Head miller at Staley's for almost 20years, Fred Klumpp was well knownthroughout the starch industry.

Fred Klumpp, head miller in theStaley plant for 17 years before he re-signed in 1933, died in his sleep in hishome in Jacksonville, 111., Sept. 13.Mr. Klumpp, who started to work in amill in his native Germany when stilla small boy, continued at that tradeuntil he resigned from the Staley com-pany. After leaving the company heand his brother John, also a formerStaley employee, formed an oil com-pany with headquarters in Jackson-ville, and made that town their home.Fred had other business interests inDecatur and on his frequent visits tothe city, generally called on some ofhis many old Staley friends.

Funeral services were conducted inJacksonville and on Sept. 17 the bodywas brought to Greenwood cemeteryin Decatur where short burial services

were conducted. Active pallbearerswere all men with whom he had workedat the plant. The list included W. J."Red" Thornborough, C. A. Keck,Frank Moore, C. A. Fitch, Carl Klaus,Joe Polluck, H. J. Casley, and J. J.Johnson. Honorary pallbearers, mostof whom were also from the company,were Dr. W. A. Kutsch, Ed. Lashinski,K. D. Sherman, Harry Walmsley, W.H. Broadbear, Claude Thornborough,C. A. West, P. E. Wills and James Rat-ton.

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We are unable to put into words ourdeep and sincere thanks to all theStaley friends who did so much to helpus at the time of Edward's death. Yoursympathy, expressed in words anddeeds, was deeply appreciated and willbe long remembered.

Frances Lahniers and FamilyEd Lahniers and FamilyC. C. Minor and FamilyRalph Ware and Family.

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I wish to thank the men in the feedhouse, the Staley Fellowship club andall other Staley groups and individualswho were so kind at the time of myhusband's death.

Mrs. Lester Ward.

We want to express our sincerethanks to all Staley friends, the Fel-lowship club and individual groups fortheir kindness and for the beautifulflowers sent during our recent sorrow.

Mrs.-R. F. (Jack) Hessand Family.

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I want to thank the watchmen andothers in the plant who rememberedme with cigarettes and other giftswhile I was recovering from injuriesrecently. Charlie Hood.

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Painesville Men Here

When Eugene "Red" Kerven, su-perintendent of the Painesville plant,came to the Decatur plant for a fewdays in September he brought withhim Ed Gabor, one of the plant fore-men. The two men, who came primar-ily to look over expeller operations,also saw the new extraction plant, andvisited with Decatur Staley friends.

•Dorothy Jane Shyer is now at Hunt-

er College in boot training for - theNavy hospital corps. Until her enlist-ment in the Waves, she was employedin the laboratory. Her father, JohnShyer, is a Staley electrician.

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S/Sgt. Michael Griffin was awarded theBronze Star for initiative, efficiency anddevotion to duty. The award was madein connection with military operations inFrance, Belgium, Luxembourg and Ger-many. On leave from the extra board hewas inducted in September, 1941. He isthe son of Mr. and Mrs. William Griffin,R. R. 5. His wife is making her home inDecatur while he is awav.

Lt. R. K. Leonard, son of GeorgeLeonard, fire chief, is back in Texas afteran exciting career during the war in Eu-rope. On his twenty-first birthday lastyear he was reported missing, but, al-though the plane of which he was navi-gator was shot down in Germany, theymanaged to land in France. He completed35 missions with the 8th Air Force beforebeing sent back to this country lastwinter.

Troxell DecoratedFor Action In Italy

Pvt. Paul Troxell, on leave from theextra board, came home in Septemberon a 30 day furlough, wearing the Dis-tinguished Unit badge won in action inItaly. With the Powder River divisionof the Fifth Army, he saw severe fight-ing in Italy. He was also in the Africaninvasion.

Pvt. Troxell spent his furlough withhis mother, Mrs. Ella Troxell, in De-catur, and expected to get his dis-charge in October.

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Ronny, June and Lucky Lewis recentlyposed for this family group. Ronny,grandson of Fred Myer of the engineroom, recently celebrated his first birth-day. His mother formerly was employedon the clean-up gang. His father was inthe Navy three years.

BRONZE STAR ISAwarded Capt. O'Riley

Capt. Lester A. O'Riley, awardedthe Bronze Star medal several monthsago, was presented with it recently inGermany. Capt. O'Riley, son of Mr.and Mrs. Harry O'Riley, was em-ployed with his father and brotherJerry in starch loading before goinginto service. The medal was awardedbecause of services rendered while hewas commanding a service companywith the 712th Tank Bn., 90th Infan-try Division. Capt. O'Riley, commis-sioned at Fort Knox in 1942, servedwith Gen. Patton's army in Nor-mandy, France and the Central Euro-pean campaigns.

Capt. O'Riley, a graduate of De-

catur High school in 1935, has beenemployed in the Staley company mostof the time since then, until he wentinto the Army in 1941. He has beenoverseas for more than two years, butexpects to be home for at least a 30 dayleave soon.

Another son of the O'Rileys, Jerry,a seaman second class in the Navy,recently arrived in Tokyo aboard theUSS Sibley. He had been in Manilafor some time.

Short's Talks AreEnjoyed By Hundreds

For six evenings during Septemberseveral hundred Staley people listenedintently and approvingly to a series ofdiscussions and talks by Victor I.Short. President of the Institute ofHuman Science, Mr. Short gave histhree-part program on the science ofhuman relations early in the monthand because the group which attendedliked it so well, he was asked to repeatfor a second group the following week.

The two charming daughters of Mr.and Mrs. Forrest Tucker recently hadtheir pictures taken. Joan, 12, in JohnsHill school, is working up quite a businesstaking care of children. Shirley, 8, is inWashington school. Their father is on theelectrical gang.

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Baumans Buy HomeNear Golf Course

Lyle Bauman, recently returned tocivilian life after two years in the southPacific, is actually doing what most ofthe men in service have said theywanted to do. He has returned to hisold job in Elevator C, and just recent-ly he and his wife, the former MaryHelen Grant, have bought a home andmoved into it.

When they bought they had severalthings in mind. They wanted a housethat would be near the plant, and alsonot too far from a golf course. Theyfound it in an attractive place in South23rd street, just a step from NelsonPark golf course, and just a few blocksfrom the plant.

Mary Helen, who has been with thecompany several years herself, hasbeen employed as a rodman with thecivil engineers during the war, and iscontinuing her work there.

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A young mother had just unbur-dened herself and told her son thefacts of life. At the end she said, "Now,if you want to know anything, askme."

The boy appeared in seriousthought, then gravely turned to hismother and said, "How do they get theSaturday Evening Post out on Wednes-days?"—Between Calls.

T/5 Freda Wonn is now stationed atDewitt General hospital in Auburn, Calif.She was employed in the packing housebefore her enlistment last year. Her fa-ther, Carl, is in the mill house, and twosisters, Marie Wonn and Margaret Klaus,are employed in the plant.

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Back home and delighted to get hereis Carl Jeschawitz, who has been inthe Army four years and in Englandalmost half of that time. As soon asCarl had got back into civies he cameout to Staley's to see old friends. Hewas in the yard department before in-duction.

Leeks to California

Earl Leek, engine room foreman, and Mrs. Leek returned the middle of Sep-tember from Redding, Calif., where they went for the avowed purpose of seeingtheir grand-daughter, Susan Marie Kilpatrick. They had never seen her, al-though she is now almost a year old, but they found her well worth the trip.Susan Marie is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Kilpatrick. Mrs. Kilpatrick isthe former Dorothy Leek, who at one time was a stenographer in the Staleylaboratory.

The Leeks made the trip to the coast by automobile and experienced nodifficulties.

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Audrey Wood, a cadet nurse, was grad-uated from Decatur and Macon Countyhospital school of nursing in September.For the last six months she had been tak-ing special work at the Merchant Marinehospital in Norfolk, Va., and she plans toreturn to that city to take up publichealth work. She is the daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Sam Wood, her father being em-ployed in the engine room. Until she tookup nursing, Audrey was in our accountingdepartment.

Carter Family HasReunion Coming Up

It looks as if there would be a familyreunion in the Noah Carter home be-fore long. Two sons and a son-in-law,who have been overseas for manymonths, are either in the States orheaded this way. Pvt. Lester Carterarrived home from the European the-ater in September, while Cpl. JamesCarter and the son-in-law, PFC Rob-ert Hays, have both written that theyare heading this way. Jim is cominghome from the Philippines and hisbrother-in-law from the C-B-I theater.

Noah Carter is employed in the re-finery, Lester is on leave from thepacking house and Jim from the mill-wright shop. Two other brothers inthe plant are Bert, in the table house,and Cager, shipping inspector. PFCHays is the son of Pat Hays, millhouse.

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Out of uniform but still not back atwork is Rudy Dennis, who visited inthe office recently. Rudy was on leavefrom feed sales, and at the time of hisinduction was sales manager in thePainesville plant.

After three months, spent in the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago, and laterrecuperating at his father's home in Johnstown, Pa., Robert Murray is backin the advertising department. He has been suffering with a back ailment forsome time, but since his last hospital visit is greatly improved.

Why Margie!

Big cities are hard on country girls, it seems. At any rate, Marge White,secretary to Mr. Davidson, found that the case. Marge had worked hard duringthe war, so with peace and the Labor Day holiday all coming about the sametime, she decided to take a short vacation in St. Louis. She did—and it was toomuch for her. She topped the busy holiday by going to the Chase roof to dine-—and promptly fainted. She says it was the extreme cool air in the restaurantcontrasted with the extreme hot air out of doors. But some thought maybe shewas simply overwhelmed. Anyway she fainted—and how did the Journalknow it?

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Having finished a lesson on theFeast of the Passover, a church-schoolteacher asked, "Now, why was it thatMary and Joseph took Jesus withthem to Jerusalem?"

Mary, aged four, smiled under-standingly. "I guess," she ventured,"they didn't have a sitter."

•Red Cross workers are telling of

man who gave two answers in a firstaid course to the question: "Whatwould you do if you came upon a manwho had collapsed at the wheel of hiscar?"

Answer No. 1: "If we was conscious,I would treat him."

Answer No. 2: "If he was uncon-scious, I'd jack up his car and take thetires."

•Three salesmen were sitting in a

tavern, having a few rounds of beer."I hate to see a woman drink alone,"

said the liquor salesman."I hate to see a woman eat alone,"

added the grocery salesman.The mattress salesman remained

quiet, like a gentleman.

IS THIS WHAT HE FOUGHT FOR?

Courtesy Appreciate America. Inc.

In his announcements one Sundaymorning, the pastor regretted thatmoney was not coming in quicklyenough—but he was no pessimist.

"We have tried," he said, "to raisethe necessary money in the usual man-ner. We have tried honestly. Now weare going to see what a bazaar will do."

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What a man needs in gardening is acast-iron back, with a hinge in it.-D. Warner.

PFC Gehl Tucker was all smiles when he called on friends in the office earlyin September. He was back in the States after more than a year in Europe, andwas just getting acquainted with his young daughter. Gehl is on leave from thepaymaster's office.

Paul Morrison, PhM 3/c, writes from Oceanside, Calif., "Everything is OKhere. I am barbering now, and waiting patiently for that little slip of paper."Paul is on leave from the packing house.

William K. Nation, AMM 3/c, on leave from the extra board, writes fromthe Philippines that he is ready to come home any time now—in fact he says hehas been ready a long time, but the Navy still wants him. He says no truerwords were ever spoken by him than—"I just want to get back to Staley's."

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i •Maurice Leonard, youngest son of

George Leonard, fire chiej, entered GreatLakes for boot framing soon after hisgraduation from St. Teresa's High schoolin the spring. He is now on the westcoast.

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A young man went to join the Army.He gave the recruiting sergeant fullparticulars of his life history and final-ly he was asked: "Now, who is yournext of kin?"

"Miss Mary Smith, sir.""And what is her address?""Oh-ho, no," came the recruit's in-

dignant reply. "You don't catch megiving you that."—G. E. News.

When Doyle joined the police force,the sergeant told him: "You're on thenight beat—from here to that red lightand back."

They didn't hear from Doyle for twodays. Finally he showed up at the sta-tion-house.

"Where have you been?" thunderedthe sergeant. "I told you your beatwas from here to that red light."

"Yeah," said Doyle ruefully, "butthat red light was on the back ofa truck."

•A farmer, paying his first visit to the

seashore, asked a boatman if he couldbuy some of the water to take home toshow to his wife.

The boatman assented and chargedthe farmer a quarter.

A few hours later the visitor re-turned to the shore. By now the tidehad gone out, and the man gazed open-mouthed at the spectacle.

"By cracky , mister," he said,"you've done a good business today."

—The Kablegram.•

Mildred Minick returned to her jobon the switchboard in September afterhaving been away for several weeks onsick leave. She says she suddenly re-covered her health when the war in thePacific ended and she knew it wouldnot be too long before her husbandDale came home.

Allen Fuller, chemist, who has been ill for many months, has improved suffi-ciently to return to the laboratory part of each day.

Beg Your Pardon

Three hard-working committee members were not mentioned in recent Jour-nal stories about two different Fellowship parties. Ralph Henderson, whoworked hard on the men's party, Larry Trempel, who devoted a great deal oftime in preparation for the girls' party, and Cecil Taylor, who worked veryhard on both, more than deserved the mention they did not get.

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Staley golfers may not have had or-ganized play under the company flagthis year, but they have been busy justthe same. Joe Hilberling, for instance,was runner-up in the Nelson Park as-sociation championship play. At SouthSide club 7,ea Birkhead and Bill Bis-hop were both shooting low scores insemi-finals.

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PFC Allen Clore, on leave fromplant protection, came home from theEuropean theater in September andwhile he was on furlough, worked onthe extra board.

•May Bowl Yet

Staley bowlers still have a chance ofbelonging to a Staley league this win-ter. Because pin boys still "ain't"league bowling is not being encour-aged but alley managers are hopingthe situation will ease. Staley bowlersare waiting poised to start rolling.

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A political boss wished to show hisappreciation of the services of a col-ored man who possessed considerableinfluence. He suggested to the darkyfor a Christmas present the choice be-tween a ton of coal and a jug of whis-key.

The colored man spoke to the point:"Ah burns wood.'1

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PFC Ezra H. Welton recently wrotesending his best regards to all of Sta-ley's. He is on leave from the feedhouse.

•Many a man wouldn't mind his wife

having the last word if she wouldn'tgo on repeating i t .

Back From Germany

Sgt. Arnold Kubow dropped in theother day, just home from Germany.For some time, he says, he has beenone of a group of American soldierswho have been inspecting war dam-aged Germany factories, estimatingthe amount of damage and the timeand money needed to put them backinto production again. Arnold was inthe Staley offices before going into theArmy, and is anxious to get back tothe company again.

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A blond messenger who has beenmaking the rounds of the offices latelyis Ruth Louise Brand, whose father,Louis Brand, has been Staley pay-master for many years. She was grad-uated from High school in 1944 andlast year took some work at JamesMillikin university.

Reads Staley NewsIn Hawaiian Islands

When Cora Jane Wasson, Y 3/c,picked up her copy of Stars and Stripesone September morning in Hawaii, sheread it with more than usual interest,for it contained a story about the Sta-ley company. The story was the onewhich told of the agreement betweenthe company and the union to advancepay rates for persons on military leaveas others in their same level were ad-vanced while they were away.

Cora Jane has been in the Navy formore than a year and has been over-seas for several months. Before enlist-ing she was in the package department,and hopes to return to the companywhen she gets her discharge.

Geriy Horton, superintendent's representative, is back in his office againaf ter an illness of a month.

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PAINESVILLE CELEBRATESSIXTH ANNIVERSARY

William A. Fogle, first Staley em-ployee to return from military leave tothe Painesville plant, was guest ofhonor at a dinner Sept. 24. The datealso marked the sixth anniversary ofthe opening of the plant in Ohio, andmany of those present were in thatoriginal group which struggled longweeks back in September, 1939, to getthe new mill going.

The dinner was given in RichmondValley Inn, with 50 employees andtheir guests attending. Many of thenon-employee guests present were menfrom other Painesville plants who hadworked on a part time basis at the newStaley plant in those hectic early days.The plant, a soybean processing plant,has been greatly increased in capacityin the last few years.

Tom Longbons, who went from theDecatur plant to be office manager ofthe new plant in that summer of 1939,is now general manager there, and wasone of the interesting speakers. Al-though no notice was taken of the factby him or anyone else, this yearmarked the 26th anniversary of hiscoming to the Staley company.

William Fogle, the returned vet-eran, is an operator in the plant andrecently returned to that job after al-most three years in the Army. Hefought in Germany with the 14th Ar-mored division. During the evening hemade an informal talk, answering someof the questions the men put to himabout army experiences.

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Irate Wife: "I want an explanationand I want the truth."

Hubby: ''Well, make up your mind.You can't have both."

PAY RATE ADVANCEApplies To Veterans

When the Staley company an-nounced its wage policy for returningservice men, newspapers all over thecountry carried the story. The com-pany and the union—Local 837 UAW(A. F. of L.)—agreed that the pay rateof a man on military leave should bemaintained or enhanced during theirabsence. When men of his rank wereadvanced to a higher pay bracket, thename of the man on military leave wasalso advanced.

Early in the war the company an-nounced that it hoped to re-employ allmen who left to join the service. When-ever possible those men are returnedto their old jobs, but if they are physic-ally unable to carry on that job, everyeffort is being made to fit that job, orsome other job, to their capabilities. Inmost cases it has been found that themen who have returned have gone backto their old jobs. Also those men havegone back in most cases, at a ratewhich is advanced over the one theywere receiving when they lef t .

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Radar Operator On

New Medium Carrier

John B. Walker, S 2/c, who is JackWalker on leave from the mailingroom, recently sent home a booklettelling of the commissioning of theL'SS Saidor, the new carrier to whichhe is assigned. Jack is a radar operatoron the ship, which carries a crew ofmore than a thousand. It is in themedium carrier class. Jack is the sonof Bernard Walker, accounting, andMrs. Walker.

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DON'T USE A LADDERWITH MISSING RUNGSOR BROKEN STEPS 'OR SIDE RAILS

DON'T PUCE LADDERAGAINST SHAFTING ORMOVING MACHINERY

DON'T LEAVE TOOLSON TOP OF A STEP-LADDER

DO NT OVERREACHMOVE LADDER INSTEAD

FACE LADDER ANDHOLD ON WHILEASCENDING ORDESCENDING

WHEN POSSIBLELASH TOP IN PLACE

OPEN STEPLAODERFULL LENGTH OFLIMIT STRAPS

PLACE BOTTOM END ONEFOURTH OF THE LADDER'SLENGTH FROM THE WALL

EQUIP WITHSAFETY FEETOR SPIKES

Returned VeteranOpens Fruit Store

Staley people who stop at the recent-ly opened Green Valley fruit market,in downtown Merchant street, mayt h i n k t h a t John Talley, of 16 building,is waiting on them. Actually it will IK-his son, John Talley, Jr., recently re-turni-d from almost five years in theArmy. When he returned from over-seas recently, and received his dis-charge, he went into partnership with

an experienced fruit market man—aveteran of World War I—and togetherthey opened this new market.

Plumber, arriving six hours aftercall: "How's things, Mr. Brown?"

The Knglish language is very funny.Tell her that time stands still whenyou look into her eyes, and she'll adoreyou—but try telling her that her facewould stop a clock—Oh! boy!

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What, Why, How, When, Who

of

V I C T O R Y L O A N D R I V EWhat is the Victory Loan Drive?

The Victory Loan Drive will be America's gigantic windup of warfinancing. It will commemorate that Victory in which all Americanshave shared a part. At the same time it will be a supreme effort on thepart of the entire home front to FINISH THE JOB.

Why is it called the Victory Loan Drive?The men and women of industry have, through their combined

energy and initiative, produced the greatest number of the most effectiveweapons in the history of the world. Through those efforts, and numer-ous sacrifices, we have won the world's greatest Victory. But the jobis not quite complete. Although our men no longer face death, andproduction for war ceases, the cost of the war in money will continuefor some time.

HoiV will the money be used?The Victory Bonds that America buys during the Victory Loan Drive,

and through payroll savings after that, will serve several vitally impor-tant financial purposes. These include the following: bringing our fight-ing men back as quickly and as safely as possible; mustering-out pay,the rehabilitation of the wounded; veterans' benefits, such as the well-known "Bill of Rights''; expenditures necessary to the solution of recon-version problems; and the cost of maintaining occupational forces inliberated countries.

When will the drive begin?On October 29, the drive will begin simultaneously throughout the

United States. It will close officially on the evening of December 8.(The accounting j>enod will run from October 29 to December 31.)Our "E" Bond quota has been set at TWO BILLION DOLLARS, and.our over-all national quota will be eleven billion dollars.

Who will take part?Every man, woman, and child in the United States who has the price

of one Victory Bond—or more. Or, those who have a steady income andcan increase their payroll savings deductions to include a Victory Bond

more—during the period of the Victory Loan Drive.

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Then ate flw tinny tf/tifsabouttfi/mer

The first is Wilmer's getup.

The second is that he doesn't care if he does looklike a castoff scarecrow.

Because Wilmer's a lot smarter than he looks.While he's making more than he's ever madebefore—he's doing right by his country. Thedough he'd spend for a fancy wardrobe goes rightsmack into War Bonds . . . and for this UncleSam is mighty proud of him.

Naturally, you don't have to look like Wilmer. . . or tramp around in rags . . . to make yourcountry proud of you, and your own future awhole lot more secure.

All you have to do is keep getting those WarBonds—and then forget them till they come due.Remember—it's four dollars for every three, andthe safest investment in the world!

Why not get an extra War Bond today?

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A. E. STALEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY

This is an official U. S. Treasury advertisement—prepared under auspices ofTreasury Department and War Advertising Council

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