THE STALEYJOURNAL

APRIL, 1945 DECATUR, ILL.

DECATUR,PUBLIC US?'?ARY

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The Cover Design"This is a little drawing I made of

my laundry girl here on Luzon," writesPFC John Peter Richard, Jr., of theinteresting sketch on this month'sJournal cover. Before he took up sol-diering, Pvt. Richard was a free lanceartist and in that capacity sold manyexcellent designs for use as StaleyJournal covers. After he joined theArmy he had little time for drawing.Of that he writes from the Philippines:

"Outside of some rather dull sketch-es I've done for the Army and a 15 footmural for an officers' club in NewGuinea my regular duties have keptme too busy 1o attempt any outsidework. The time and ambition I havefound now. We are allowed lights atnight in some situations.

"Subject material here is unlimited—mountains, plains, farm or city, riv-er, ocean—all are home to us. Every-thing from monkeys and water buffaloto generals and banana trees are in

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great abundance. My duties take meeverywhere."

Like most other American boys Pvt.Richard had grave misgivings the firsttime he saw one of the native girls giv-ing his laundry the rock treatment—but he says the clothes come out clean.

C O N T E N T S

A P R I L , I S 4 5Of Many Things 2

Staleys During 1944 4

John Kuhns Dies 16

Glosser Wins Bowling Tournament 18

Commercial Art In Southwest 20

Club House To Re-open 22

Staley Boy Scouts Active 24

Fifteen Years Ago 26

Red Cross '45 Total Larger 31

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 Products

DECATUR, ILL.

Editor; Ruth E. Cade

Volume XXVIII • Number 10

OF MANY THINGS

Though 1 speak with the tongues oj men and oj angels, andhave not chanty, I am become as sounding brass, or atinkling cymbal.

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand allmysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith,so that 1 could remove mountains, and have not charity, Iam nothing.

And though 1 bestow all my goods to feed the poor, andthough I give my body to be burned, and have not charity,it profiteth me nothing.

Charity sufjereth long and is kind; charity envieth not;charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.

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Chanty never faileth.—I Corinthians 13.

DECATUR BOYS HELP TOFREE SLAVES IN GERMANY

It might happen. I hope it does—that by the time this littleeffort of ours gets into print organized resistance in Germany willhave ceased. That, Army men think, will be as near the officialend of the war with Germany as we will come for some time.But let the Journal add its weak voice to that strong chorus whichis protesting that the end of organized fighting in Germany mustnot mean the relaxing of our efforts here.

We have been warned not to expect a sudden and completereturn to peacetime status, but there are just far too many peoplewho will find reason for wondering why. No doubt there will befar too many grumbling about the condition, too. But Americanswho are bending every effort to get steaks and tires and gasoline,and who are saying they can't afford to buy Bonds, should read aletter written recently by a Decatur soldier to his mother.

His outfit had been advancing through a part of Germanywhere great damage had been done by our bombers, but in everytown, he wrote, he found the people well fed and their homes wellstocked with food. And in every one of these homes of ''goodGermans," he said, they found from one to three slave women,quite often Russians.

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To this American boy the realization that a so-called civilizedpeople in the 20th century would hold other humans in bondageseemed so shocking as to be almost unbelievable. These women,he wrote, were for the most part, kept to do only the hardest kindof labor. As a rule they lived—"if one can say they lived"—inthe sheds with the farm animals. ''And this, mind you," he wrote,"we found in the homes of so-called 'better class Germans'—so-called 'good Germans'."

This was not a rumor, nor some wild story circulating throughthe Army. This is a condition which dozens of our own Staleyboys have seen existing. It sickens them, and angers them—andmakes them realize that with such an enemy no sudden and com-plete peace can be expected. They do not like to write such lettershome, but they think we should know.

A FEW RANDOM THOUGHTSAS ANOTHER DRIVE LOOMS

In the mass of suggested publicity which comes to this deskevery day, there is often several pages about War Bond drives.Out of a recent welter we saw this suggestion:

"Too much emphasis is being placed on what people intend todo with their War Bonds after the war is over. People who hadnever thought of it in that light before are being led to think thatas soon as the war is ended they can cash in their bonds and startspending."

Then a chart came to light. If it is in any way a cross sectionof what we the people are planning to do with our War Bonds, Ibelieve we still have our feet on the ground. For instance, 52 percent of the people asked had no plans, which probably meant thatthey will hold their bonds until maturity and then reinvest themoney.

A large percentage of those persons who have plans for usingtheir bonds, are not planning to squander them because theywant to use the money to help educate their children or to payfor a home or farm. Actually that is simply a form of investment.

All of which led me to make a few telephone calls. Staley peo-ple, I knew, were buying Bonds, but what I did not know is that agreat many are buying considerably beyond their ten per centevery month. One of the company Bond salesmen says that moreoften than not, when she finds that people, whom she approachesabout buying an extra Bond, are already buying well over theirten per cent. As a rule though, these same people buy the extraone too, she has found. "And they never mention cashing them,"she adds.

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. .i) ii urn; 1944

Employees of the company whoworked long hours many weeks duringthe year were singled out for specialpraise by A. E. Staley, Jr., presidentof the company, in the 39th annual re-port to stockholders just issued. Whilethe production level for 1944 in bothcorn and soybean products declinedslightly from the all-time high of 1943,"The production volumes achievedduring the year were made possible bythe outstanding performance of ouremployees", said the president in hisreport.

"Many of the men in the plant," thereport continues, "worked an average

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of more than 56 hours per week, andthere were periods when many of themworked 64 and 72 hours. If it had notbeen for the willingness of employeesto work these long hours, productionwould have been much lower. To thosewho did their part and more, we ex-tend our thanks and appreciation."

While production levels were slight-ly below those of 1943, and net profitswere the lowest in four years, net sales,and salaries and wages reached a newhigh. Net profit for the year amountedto 2.30% of net sales as compared to2.79'A in 1943. The decline in cornproduction in 1944, which amounted

to 5% from 1943,was principally due,the report states, togovernmental re-o

s t r i c t i o n s on cornc o n s u m p t i o n thatprevailed during thes u m m e r m o n t h s .The4'/ soybean de-cline over 1943 wasbrought about chief-ly because equip-ment changes madeit possible to recovera greater percentageof soybean oil.

The Report Continues

Consolidated prof-it for 1944, after allcharges and beforepostwar refund on

excess profits taxes, was $1,599,337,compared with $1,862,355 in 1943.The postwar refund on excess profitstaxes amounted to $281,000, com-pared with $541,000 in 1943. In ac-cordance with the practice that wehave followed for the past two years,an amount equal to the postwar refundwas credited to the reserve for post-war adjustments and contingencies.The total reserve now amounts to $1,-422,000.

The charges for 1944 included taxesin the amount of $4,164,372, depre-ciation of $707,999, and bond interestand expense of $147,917. An abnor-mal and non-recurring charge was $1,-113,280 for the amortization of thesoy flour plant constructed under a cer-tificate of necessity.

The company's operations for 1943have been reviewed under the renego-tiation statute. The review resulted inan agreement whereby we paid thegovernment a net amount of $8,250.We do not expect a substantial liabil-ity as a result of ouroperations in 1944.

Price AdvanceEffective January

24, 1944, the Officeof Price Administra-tion permitted us toadvance the prices ofo u r i n d u s t r i a lstarches by 62c percwt., and effectiveMarch 14, 1944 per-mitted us to advancethe price of corn syr-up unmixed by 30cper cwt. This actionrestored our profitmargin in the cornrefining division tomore normal levels.Our margins are stillbelow those that pre-

vailed prior to the war, but with pres-ent volumes of production are reason-ably adequate to our needs.

Profit margins on our soy bean op-erations are fixed by the terms of ourcontract with Commodity Credit Cor-poration. They are somewhat belowthose that prevailed in 1943, but wethink that they are reasonable underthe circumstances.

During 1944 our company sold tothe Equitable Life Assurance Societyof New York $5,000,000 of 3 % 15 yeardebentures at a price of par to ourcompany. Part of the proceeds wereused to redeem $1,700,000 of out-standing 2% % debentures, and thebalance was added to working capital.

Under the terms of the new inden-ture, we will pay an annual sinkingfund of $225,000 beginning on April30, 1946. At our option, the sinkingfund can be increased to $500,000 inany one year with all sinking fundpayments to be made at par.

Certain provisions of the indenture

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relate to the pay-ment of dividends.Preferred dividendsmay be paid withoutrestriction. Commondividends may bepaid and preferredand common stockmay be purchased orredeemed so long asour net consolidatedworking capital re-mains above $7,-000,000 and so longas the total dividendpayments to pre-ferred and commonstockholders and thetotal purchases orredemptions of pre-ferred and commonstock are not in ex-cess of net earningssubsequent to December 31, 1943 plus$750,000. As of December 31, 1944the indenture would permit us to dis-tribute as much as $1,662,932 plus anyearnings subsequent to that date.

The indenture restricts the creationof additional funded debt. If we shoulddesire to borrow additional long termmoney, we would have two alterna-tives: (1) To redeem the present is-sue, or (2) under the indenture wecould sell up to $5,000,000 additionalfunded debt, but such action wouldcause the interest rate on the presentissue to advance to 3l/2%.

We believe that the present inden-ture is fair and reasonable, and thatthe sale of the new debentures was anadvisable step for us to take. The salehas enabled us to erect our new soy-bean plant and has increased our work-ing capital materially. We believe ourfinances are now in excellent condi-tion to meet whatever problems thepostwar period may bring.

CMPIOYK PAYMENTSDOLLARS IN MILLIONS

On December 31, 1944, the workingcapital of the company was $12,077,-222 as compared with $7,624,082 theprevious year. The increase in work-ing capital was largely due to the is-suance of the new debentures referredto above.

Refund on Taxes

The Congress in 1942 increased theexcess profits tax from 60% to 90%and at the same time added a post-warrefund feature. This feature providesthat 10% of the excess profits tax shallbe refunded to the taxpayer in thepost-war period. The theory behindthe refund was that the governmentwould have the use of the money dur-ing the war and that corporationswould need the refund to provide em-ployment, to finance reconversion, andto meet the various problems or con-tingencies of the post-war period.

The accounting method we haveused in handling the post-war credit

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is in accord with this theory. We havenot considered the credit as a reduc-tion of our current tax liability norhave we included it in income. We haveshown the amount at the end of ourprofit and loss statement offset by acharge to a provision for post-war ad-justments and contingencies. On ourbalance sheet of December 31, 1944appears an asset entitled "Post-warRefund of Excess Profits Tax—esti-mated" in the amount of $1,422,000offset on the liability side by the "Re-serve for Post-war Adjustments andContingencies".

We do not have a difficult reconver-sion problem and the reserve is not in-tended for any specific use, but it willbe available for the general purposesthat Congress had in mind. \Vhen a re-fund is received we intend to includeit in income in the year we receive it,and to reduce the reserve by thatamount.

Corn Situation

In our annual report for 1943 wecommented at some length on the eco-nomic trends which were at work, af-fecting the supply of corn availablefor processing. It is not necessary torepeat the details, but, briefly, theceiling price of corn during 1943 wasmaintained at a level below the valueof corn for the feeding of hogs andother livestock. The raising and feed-ing of hogs was quite profitable, andthe livestock population of the coun-try increased until a shortage of cornand other feed grains resulted.

By the spring of 1944, the corn wasin such short supply that it was almostimpossible to buy, and many process-ors began to curtail or suspend opera-tions. Since many of the products ofthe corn refining industry are vital towar production, both the War FoodAdministration and the War Produc-tion Board became alarmed. The quan-

tity of corn in terminal and subter-minal elevators was inadequate to meetthe need, and if war production was tobe maintained, corn had to be securedfrom the reserves held on the farmsof the corn belt.

Prompt Action

Faced with this situation, the WarFood Administration, acting throughthe Agricultural Adjustment Adminis-tration, took prompt and effective ac-tion. The farmers were told of the im-portance of corn in war production,were asked to sign a contract for thedelivery of corn at the ceiling price,and in addition the government madean incentive payment to the cooperat-ing farmers of Sc per bushel to coverthe shelling and delivery costs. Theelevators receiving the grain were in-structed to deliver or sell it only toprocessors designated by the govern-ment, and our Company was one ofthose designated. In order to stretchthe supply until a new corn crop be-came available, processors were or-dered to reduce their production byabout 209o, and were requested to di-rect the reduced output into the mostessential channels of war production.

The task undertaken by the WarFood Administration was very diffi-cult. It required a great deal of pub-licity, it was necessary to explain theproblem to the farmers, and it was nec-essary to reach and contract with farm-ers numbering into the tens of thou-sands. The job was well and effective-ly done, and the desired quantity ofcorn was secured. It was an unusualexample'of a government agency ableand willing to move swiftly and effi-ciently to solve a pressing problem.

Good Buying Job

Our company usually maintains asubstantial inventory of corn and helda larger supply than our competitors

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The extraction building of the new soybean plant.

did when the shortage occurred. Thisfact, aided by an excellent buying per-formance by our grain department,enabled us to keep operating. Ourcompany was the only corn refinerwhich at no time was compelled tosuspend operations. We did, of course,curtail our production during themonths of May through Septemberwhile the government order restrict-ing our corn usage was in effect.

The shortage of corn ended with theharvesting of the 1944 crop, which was

the largest in the history of the coun-try, amounting to 3,228,361,000 bush-els. The ratio between the price ofcorn and hogs is now at a much morenormal level, and the depleted stockof feed grains has been replenished. Ifwe have normal growing weather dur-ing the summer of 1945, we shouldhave no difficulty in obtaining all thecorn we will need in 1945.

Soybean Contract

Our soybean operations continue to

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be controlled by the terms of a con-tract with the government, which con-tract runs until October 10,1945. Thecontract terms are substantially thesame as those that we operated underduring 1943 and 1944. The presentcontract provides for a higher supportprice for soybeans, the new price be-ing $2.04 a bushel, as compared to$1.80 a bushel a year ago. The in-creased price to the grower was grant-ed to encourage more acreage, a largercrop, and hence a larger production ofsoybean oil.

Under the terms of the agreement,we purchase soybeans at not less thanthe support price, sell them to the gov-ernment at the support price, and thenrepurchase them at a lower figure. Thisresults in a reduction in the cost ofsoybeans to us. The margin betweenour final cost and the sales price ofproducts allows a normal and reason-able operating profit.

Early Marketing

The government's program provideslittle incentive for farmers to hold orstore their soybeans on the farm. Thishas resulted in an abnormally highpercentage of the total crop being mar-keted during the harvest months ofOctober and November. Any processorwho expected to maintain full opera-tions during this year had to purchasethe largest portion of his requirementsat harvest time. The rapidity withwhich the 1944 crop was marketed,coupled with the high price for soy-beans, required very large expendi-tures during October and November.On September 30 our company had$10,251,905 in cash on deposit withits banks. At the end of October wehad borrowed $13,600,000 from ourbanks and at the end of November$16,000,000.

Our soybean inventory is not a spec-

ulative commitment. The contractwith the Commodity Credit Corpora-tion protects us against any loss result-ing from a decline in the price of soy-beans or the prices of soybean prod-ucts.

The government has already an-nounced its intention of conducting asoybean program for the crop yearbeginning in October of 1945 that willbe almost identical with the currentprogram.

In spite of the fact that our profitshave not suffered as a result of govern-ment control of soybean processing, welook forward to the time when the pro-gram may be terminated and the exer-cise of private enterprise and initiativeresumed.

Building New Plant

In 1944 we received a priority per-mitting us to erect a soybean plantusing the solvent extraction methodand having a capacity of 550 tons perday. Construction of the plant wasstarted in June of 1944 and should becompleted by late Spring. The plantis located in Decatur adjacent to our5,500,000 bushel elevator.

The solvent extraction method ofprocessing soybeans has been devel-oped rapidly in the past few years, andis now, in our opinion, much more ef-ficient than the expeller method whichwe have used up to the present time.The products produced by the expellermethod are preferred by some buyers,which will keep some expeller plantsin operation. We believe that the newplant will be the most modern andmost efficient soybean processing plantin the world. During the war years, itwill represent an expansion of our pro-ductive facilities, although it is possi-ble that in the postwar years we willcurtail the operation of our older andless efficient expeller plants.

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The preparation building of the new soybean plant, which was put up during 1944.

Research Department Grows

Many years ago we decided thatchemical research was essential to ourgrowth and development. Our first re-search grew out of the work of ourroutine control laboratory. In 1928 weinstalled a small research laboratoryon the top floor of one of our factorybuildings, and increased our staff ofresearch chemists. By 1937 this labor-atory was inadequate and we erectedour present laboratory. Since that timewe have continued to increase our re-search program until we have out-grown our present quarters. In orderto provide facilities for a still largerresearch program, we have applied forpriorities which will enable us to adaptpart of the space in our administrationbuilding to a research laboratory. Pri-orities have not yet been received, norare we likely to obtain them until thepresent manpower shortage is eased,but whenever we are permitted to doso, we expect to proceed with the ad-dition.

Our research has been successful.We are receiving profits from the saleof some new products and we have oth-ers we hope to develop in the postwaryears. While present products shouldcontinue in demand, our future growthand progress are apt to be directly pro-portionate to the success of our re-search efforts.

Penicillin Nutrient

The production of penicillin re-quires a by-product of the corn refin-ing industry which is known as steep-water. This is the water in which thecorn is soaked for about 48 hours, andcontains most of the soluble constitu-ents of the grain. Because of its im-portance in producing greater quan-tities of much-needed penicillin, weundertook the research program of de-veloping a better penicillin nutrientfrom steepwater. A considerable por-tion of our research staff was engagedin this project throughout part of 1943and all of 1944. Successful results wereachieved in 1944.

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We are now offering to the penicillinmanufacturers a product which wecall Special Nutrient. When used inthe place of ordinary corn steepwater,the penicillin manufacturers report in-creased yields of the drug.

We have provided production facili-ties for the manufacture of the nutri-ent, and we believe that we will be ableto supply the full demand of the peni-cillin industry for this new product.It should prove to be a profitable oper-ation for us, with some postwar value,but, more important, it is an outstand-ing contribution to the war effort.

Sell Tank Cars

Until May 1, 1944, our company,for the transportation of vegetable oilsand corn syrup, owned its own fleet of88 tank cars, and in addition leasedapproximately 168 tank cars from oneof the tank car companies. Early in1944 we negotiated a sale of our tankcars to the North American Tank CarCorporation.

Simultaneously with the sale of thecars, we negotiated a lease agreementwith the North American Tank CarCorporation whereby they supply uswith such cars as we may require. Theterms of the lease are favorable to us,since the tank car company can main-tain the cars at a lower cost than weincurred when they were owned by us.

Our operations result in the produc-tion of very large tonnages, and trans-portation is of vital interest to us. In1944 our total payments for in and outbound freight amounted to approxi-mately $7,000,000 and represented re-ceiving and shipping approximately58,000 carloads of freight. For thepast two years, tank cars have been inrather short supply, and box cars arenow approaching the status of being inshort supply.

We are making every effort to util-ize the available transportation equip-

ment with the maximum efficiency,and are loading cars far in excess ofwhat was considered normal practiceprior to the war. Thus far, we havenot suffered from a shortage of trans-portation equipment, but if the situ-ation should become more acute dur-ing 1945 it could have an adverse ef-fect on our total operation.

Soy Flour Situation

In 1943 the War Food Administra-tion announced a program to increasethe production of soy flour from 300,-000,000 pounds to 1,500,000,000pounds a year. At that time, the gov-ernment feared that the nation wouldface a shortage of protein foods. Soyflour is highly nutritious, is an excel-lent source of protein, and was ex-pected to make up the protein short-age. The industry was asked to in-crease its production, and our com-pany designed a plant which wouldenable us to produce 500,000,000pounds of soy flour a year. This plantwas erected in 1943 under a certificateof war necessity, and started operatingin January 1944.

The protein shortage never devel-oped and consequently the demand forsoy flour for lend lease, for foreign re-lief and for domestic consumptionnever materialized. In December 1943we sold the government 47,000,000pounds of soy flour for delivery in thefirst quarter of 1944. Only a portionof this contract was delivered duringthe entire year, and, of the quantitydelivered, a large part was still in gov-ernment possession in January 1945.

By the end of 1944 there was no ex-pectation on the part of the govern-ment that large quantities of soy flourwould be purchased, and it was ob-vious that the new plant was no longerneeded. Therefore, in November 1944we filed an application for a certificate

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of non-necessity. Such a certificate,when granted, certifies that a facilityerected under a certificate of necessityis no longer needed for war production,and permits the amortization of thefacility over the period of time be-tween the effective dates of the cer-tificate of necessity and the certificateof non-necessity.

Cost Amortized

The certificate we applied for wasgranted, and permitted our companyto amortize virtually all of the cost ofthe soy flour plant during the year of1944.

The plant remains the property ofour company, but since the civilian de-mand for soy flour is far below its ca-pacity, it will probably never operateon the scale for which it was designed.We expect to dismantle and dispose ofpart of the equipment, and we believethat the salvage value will result in our

approximately breaking even on thetransaction.

Part of the government's programinvolved the marketing of packagedsoy flour to the consumers, therebymaking it available in the homes. Wealso participated in this phase of theprogram and offered soy flour underour brand "Stoy". The failure of theprotein shortage to develop as expect-ed had pronounced effects on the ac-ceptance of "Stoy'' by the consumingpublic, and we have reduced our ad-vertising expenditures and promotion-al efforts to a level commensurate withpresent consumer demand.

Retirement Plan Approved

The Treasury Department has ap-proved the retirement program that weplaced in effect in 1941. Details of theplan have been distributed to all em-ployees, and we will be glad to sendcopies to all interested stockholders.

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Our group life, health and accidentinsurance is handled through the Sta-ley Fellowship club. The club is anemployees' association and receiveshalf its income from its members andhalf from the company. During 1944the health and accident benefits wereincreased from $15 to a maximum (de-pendent on earnings) to $25 a week.The duration of benefits was increasedfrom 13 to 26 weeks, with the companycontinuing the payments up to 52weeks for those with long service rec-ords. The liberalized benefits and thelonger duration will add to the secur-ity and well being of our employees.

War Bond Program

Our employees have continued to dotheir full share in buying War Bonds.We continue to fly the pennant grant-ed to those concerns whose employeespurchased bonds in an amount equalto ten per cent or more of their income.We also received a citation from theSecretary of the Treasury.

At the annual stockholders' meetingheld in Decatur, Illinois, on March21, 1944, it was decided to change thedate of the annual meeting and to holdit on the third Tuesday in May insteadof the third Tuesday in March. Henceour annual meeting this year will beheld on May 15 instead of March 20.No changes were made during the yearin officers and directors of the com-pany.

Our Men and Women in Service

As of December 31, 1944, 550 men

and women had left the company'semploy to enter the armed forces. Ofthese, 35 had returned to work by theyear end. Our plans for the reemploy-inent of veterans are well advanced,and we hope that it will not be longbefore we may welcome them all back.

We have given serious attention tothe problem of placing those veteranswho may be disabled. We are glad toreport that the company and the Auto-mobile Workers of America (A. F. ofL.), who represent our Decatur em-ployees, have worked out a program.Such disabled veterans may be placedat work they can perform without re-gard to seniority, and we are nowstudying the various jobs so that wewill know in advance where we mayplace them.

The following men have given theirlives for their country:

GEORGE BROWNTHOMAS H. CASLEYFREDERICK G. CROCKERGERALD ENGLEKENNETH N. GREENWALTER F. LICHTENBERGERARCHIE L. MCCORMICKDONALD MULVIHILLGEORGE PETERSONLAWRENCE E. STRATTON

and the following are reported missingin action:

LLOYD BLANKENSHIPKENNETH KRUSEELDIN SCROGGINSROBERT CARL HACKERT

Our Work And SavingsThe total production of starches, syrups, oils, feeds and other products was

less in 1944 than in 1943; however, a greater number of hours of work wereperformed by a smaller number of employees. The increased hours for a lowerproduction was necessary because of restriction on supplies, deterioration of

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plant causing more repairs, and delays caused by shortages of workers at thetimes and places where they could be most effectively used.

The, total earnings of the reduced number of employees were higher in 1944than in 1943 both in averages per employee and total for all employees. Averageearnings and benefits were $3,032 as compared with $2,801.

Larger amounts were paid for grain, supplies, and services. Taxes were less,but the soyflour plant which we built at the Government's request to aid the wareffort was declared unneeded by the War Department and therefore, the cost,$1,113,280, was written off—a loss.

Payments to the owners whose savings are invested in the business were thesame in 1944 as in 1943.

The dividend returns were 3.66% on the average invested savings as com-pared with 3.89% in 1943 and 4.49% in 1942.

AverageAmounts Per Employee

1944 1943 1944 1943

Value of Products and Services Sold(Gross sales and other receipts)....

Distribution of Value:Sellers of corn, beans, mfg. sup-

plies, freight, and other services—purchases

Government for taxesReserved to restore and rebuild

buildings and machinery—depre-ciation

Loss on soyflour plant built onGovernment request

Employees for time, energy, andknow-how—wages, salaries, ben-efits, and retirement

Owners for use of their savings—dividends ...

$76,563,993 $74,152,298 $37.421 $35,513

62.776,0184,164.372

707,999

1,113,280

6,202,987

658,138

58,730,2326,975,462

735,353

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5,848,896

658,138

30,682 28,1282,035 3,340

346 352

544 —0—

3,032 2,801

322 315

Total of distributions .. $75.622,794 $72,948,081Retained by the Company to protect

jobs and savings...., $ 941,199 $ 1.204,217

$36,961 $34,936

$ 460 $ 577

What We Own And What We OweAt December 31, 1944

WE OWN:Total Amount Approximate

for the Amount perCompany Employee

Cash on deposit in various banks needed for the promptpayment of payrolls and purchases $ 2,875,743

Due from customers for merchandise delivered tothem and from other persons for various charges 2,944,775

Invested in corn, soybeans, manufacturing supplies •and finished products on hand 30,393,307

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$ 1,405

1,439

14,855

Plants:Total original cost of lands, buildings, and equipment.. 23,436,154 11,455

Less the amount that has been deducted for depre-ciation and reinvested in various assets...., 12,926,746 6,318

Net Book Value of Plants $10,509,408 $ 5,137

Cost of lands and other properties held for possibleuse or sale 379,187 185

Post-war refund from U. S. Treasury—available loradjustments and losses 1,422,000 695

Insurance, supplies and other expense paid in advance 510,526 250

Total Value of Things Owned $49,034,946 $23,966

WE OWE:

To employees for wages and salaries, to manufacturersand others for materials purchased from them, andto customers for amounts paid us in advance $ 5,312,809 $ 2,597

To government for taxes less tax notes purchased 2,638,794 1,290

Money Borrowed:

To purchase corn, beans, and materials (short termnotes) 16,000,000 7,820

To provide additional working capital (long termnotes) 5,000,000 2,444

Set aside for post-war contingencies and possiblelosses and for retirement of employees 1,607,000 785

Total We Owe $30,558,603 $14,936

SAVINGS OF OWNERS:

The total value owned less the total we owe leaves abalance representing the savings of our 2102 stock-holders invested in our company ,. ., $18,476,343 $ 9,030

Comparative Financial DataCondensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

Dec. 31,'40 Dec. 31,'41 Dec. 31, '42 Dec. 31, '43 Dec. 31,'44

Current AssetsCashAccounts ReceivableInventories

...$ 1,267,157 $ 1,015,309... 1,617,233 2,606,330... 4,496,179 12,234,348

2,177,5352,920,7067,056,144

$ 2,833,3802,676,159

20,137,586

Total Current Assets $ 7,380,569

457,593Investments and Other AssetsPost-War Refund of Excess Profits

Taxes—estimatedProperty, Plant and Kquipment at

Cost Less Reserves 10,329,577 9,842,221Deferred Charges 347,539 437.488

$ 2,875,7432,944,77530,393,307

$36,213,825

379,187

1,422,000

10,509,408510,526

$18,515,278 $26,568,386 $23,874,742 $38,399,187 $49,034,946

$15,856,187

432,490

$12,154,385

408,694

600,000

10,305,620406,043

$25,647,125

385.729

1,141,000

10,718,813506,520

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Current LiabilitiesNotes Payable $ 200,000Accounts Payable 596,439Accruals 265,327Federal Taxes on income - 497,447

$ 5,000,000 $ 200,000 $11,450,000 $16,000,0001,264,807 1,309,615 963,714 4,499,131

665,217 612,700 801,426 998,6782,064,447 2,921,500 4,807,903 2,638,794

Total Current Liabilities $ 1,559,213 $ 8,994,471 $ 5,043,815 $18,023,043 $24,136,603

Long-Term Debt 2,300,000 2,100,000 1,900,000Reserve 350,000 350,000 600,000Capital Stock 9,233,954 8,833,954 8,930,230Surplus 5,072,111 6,289,961 7,400,697

1,700,0001,141,0008,930,2308,604,914

5,000,0001,422,0008,930,2309,546,113

Total Capital and Surplus....$14,306,065 $15,123,915 $16,330,927 $17,535,144 $18,476,343

$18,515,278 $26,568,386 $23,874,742 $38,399,187 $49,034,946

Working Capital $ 5,821,356 $ 6,861,716 $ 7,110,570 $ 7,624,082 $12,077,222.

Condensed Consolidated Profit And Loss StatementYear 1940 Year 1941 Year 1942 Year 1943 Year 1944

Net Sales $27,863,168 $36,190,287 $60,037,984 $66,654,160 $69,444,652Cost of Goods Sold 22,958,204 28,950,145 47,472,666 54,157,268 58,432,111

Gross Margin $ 4,904,964 $ 7,240,142 $12,565,318 $12,496,892 $11,012,541Expenses 2,891,381 3,032,913 3,618,949 3,998,086 4,393,527

Operating Margin $ 2,013,583 $ 4,207,229 $ 8,946,369 $ 8,498,806 $ 6,619,014Financial Costs—Net 263,432 248,675 57,485 86,451 106,397Emergency Facilities Written Off 1,113,280Federal Tax on Income 467,395 1,980,546 6,978,462 6,550,000 3,800,000

Net Profit $ 1,282,756 $ 1,978,008 $ 1,910,422 $ 1,862,355 $ 1,599,337Add—Post-War Refund Credit 600,000 541,000 281,000Deduct—Provision for Post-War

Contingencies 600,000 541,000 281,000

Profit Transferred toSurplus $ 1,282,756 $ 1,978,008 $ 1,910,422 $ 1,862,355 $ 1,599,337

JOHN KUHNS DIESPower Engineer Had Been WithThe Company More Than 20 Years

After an illness of more than a year,John C. Kuhns lost his valiant battlefor recovery, and died in Mines Vet-erans hospital, Hines, 111., April 10.Since he first came to the Staley com-pany in 1919, as electrical engineer,John Kuhns had won an enviable placenot only as a well informed technicalman, but as a friendly, likable personwho numbered his friends in the or-ganization by the hundred.

Born Jan. 2, 1890, in Oreana, hegrew up in that small community of"Penn Dutch" who had settled therea couple of generations before and es-tablished themselves in a prosperousfarming community. He attended the

John C. Kuhns is deeply mourned byhis Staley friends.

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village school, and then prepared forthe University of Illinois at the oldMillikin Academy. While a studentat the university, in 1916, he joinedthe Army and spent some time on theMexican border. When war with Ger-many was declared a year later he en-tered officers training, was commis-sioned a first lieutenant and servedwith a cavalry outfit. Later he held acommission as major in the OfficersReserves.

It was during World War I, in De-cember, 1917, that he and Ann Duvallwere married. After the armistice, inFebruary, 1919, he took his first civil-ian job, which was his first job withthe Staley company, and except fortwo years during 1920-1922, he hasbeen with the Staley company eversince. As he often summed it up, hehad held many jobs during his life buthad had only one boss through theyears—the Staley company.

Engineering Jobs

He held a position as an assistantforeman in the plant for a while, thenwhen the big drainage sewer was putin, was an inspector there. In 192S hewas put in charge of the power plant,and four years later was made powerengineer, a position he held at the timeof his death. Last year he was madeassistant chief engineer of the com-pany in addition to his other duties.

When the administration buildingwas put up in 1930, John worked withthe General Electric engineers on theplans for lighting the tower. It was tobe flooded with ever changing lightswhich painted the lacy stone, but theidea was new and the electric com-pany's engineers suggested that Mr.Kuhns work with them installing andtiming the lights. This lighted tower,dark since Pearl Harbor, was one ofthe sights of Decatur.

Until his health prevented, Johnplayed golf enthusiastically, and foryears the family lived from earlyspring until late fall at South SideCountry club so that they might benear the golf course. In later years hegave up golf, but went up to the northwoods to fish whenever it was possible.His enthusiasm for both of these sportswas shared by his wife.

During his last illness, when he en-entered Hines hospital, Mrs. Kuhnsclosed their home in Decatur and wentto Chicago to be with him as much aspossible. He entered the Veterans hos-pital last July.

He leaves his wife and three chil-dren. His son, John C. "Jack" Kuhns,Jr., is an electrical engineer, in Koko-mo, Ind. The oldest daughter, PFC.Dorothy Jane Kuhns, is with the Armyin the Philippines, and Joan is a seniorin Decatur High school. Jack and Joanwere with their mother at their father'sbedside at the time of his death.

He also leaves a grand-daughter,Terry Ann Kuhns, of Kokomo, and abrother, George Hiser Kuhns, of De-catur.

Mr. Kuhns was a member of TauKappa Epsilon fraternity, the Masoniclodge, the Illinois Society of Engineers,Staley Fellowship club, South SideCountry club and Decatur club.

L. R. Brown, director of the analyt-ical laboratory, and a close friend ofJohn's, went to Chicago when news ofJohn, went to Chicago when news ofhis death reached Decatuffand accom-panied the family home.

. •Fishing In Rhine

Pvt. Ellis Williams, on leave fromthe boiler room, writes his wife that hehas been fishing in the Rhine. Most ofthe time the men in Germany are toobusy to fish, he adds, but this was on adull day.

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GLOSSER WINS BOWLING TOURNAMENTExperts admitted they had seen bet-

ter bowling and smaller handicaps, buteveryone agreed they had never seenbowlers have a better time than theStaley girls did when they staged abowling tournament in March. Mostof the girls had bowled a few games atsome time, and a few of the 29 enteredbowl regularly, but with a few excep-tions handicaps were high.

Pauline Glosser walked off with firstprize, with Velma Daley running hera close second. Pauline, with a handi-cap of 159, had a grand total of 544,while Velma, with her 168 handicap,had a grand total of 533. Anna Cheyneand Pauline Cable tied for third, and

Lois Burgener and Peggy Collins forfourth. Anna and Pauline had grandtotals of 511, with Anna taking ahandicap of 147 and Pauline 72. Loisand Peggy each totaled 510. Lois hada handicap of 159 and Peggy 144.

Gertrude Hebert, one of the bestwomen bowlers in Decatur, took ahandicap of only 15 which put hercompletely out of the running for themoney. Gertrude scored 463, with agrand total of 478. Pauline Cable,also a good bowler, scored 429, whichher 72 handicap brought up to 511.Ruth Grider and Bernice Corbridgeeach scored 404. Ruth's 99 handicapbrought her total to 505 and Bernice,

Some of the bowlers rested between games.The girls themselves h(id a swell time.

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G A R D E N Smore necessary than ever

who took a handicap of 78, totaled482. Marie Wond had a 398 score anda total of 476 while Anna Cheyne hada 394 score and a total of 511.

The complete list of those who Vegetable gardens are going to bebowled together with their grand totals more necessary this year than ever be-(score plus handicap) follows: fore, but many Staley people have been

reluctant to sign up for a tract becauseName Grand Total they feel they will be too busy, working

Cable ... 511 longer hours in the plant. , HowardAlbert 489 Peverly, garden supervisor, has a solu-M. McEvoy 441 tion for those people. Get someone toGidel 481 share a garden tract with you. MostV. Daley 533 Of the Staley gardens are 50 by 150Long 368 feet, which is the accepted size for aGrider 503 family of five. However, a number ofElders 508 families find that they can raise all theP.Collins 510 vegetables they need and care for onTurner 448 less ground.Corbridge 482 Since most Staley people are work-Wond 476 ing longer hours in the plant, Mr. Pev-Bretz 438 erly feels that they can be accommo-Williams 314 dated this way. He does not feel thatSeelback 314 they can afford to give up their gar-Oyler 414 dens, but is sure that most of them willHebert 478 find the smaller tracts no hardship toD.Collins 481 work. The smaller tracts will limit theH. Davey 465 number of vegetables that can beCloney 443 grown, but he feels that the familiesGrove 442 that take them will be much better offBurgener 510 next winter, than if they had none.Glosser 544 Mr. Peverly is in the FellowshipCheyne 511 club office, in the administration build-Reese ! 413 ing, every afternoon, to sign up per-Henson 448 sons wanting gardens. As usual he mayBowers 459 be consulted on purchase of seeds,Ruffner 470 plants and garden tools, and will giveMartina 421 any needed advice on planting.

Re-elected .

Two Staley men were re-elected as-sistant supervisors in the townshipelection in April. They were GeorgeTruebe, foreman in the corn oil house,and Ray C. "Buster" Woodworth,

tool room. C. W. Kelly, elected asses-sor in the same election, is the fatherof four Staley men, all of whom are onmilitary leave just now. The four arePFC Edward, Cpl. Leo, Pvt. Robertand Ban S 2/c.

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Commercial art in the southwestWhen a young man with unusual

ideas gets started the world soon learnsthat he is working. Such has been thecase in the southwest, in and nearPhoenix, Ariz., where A. R. Staley hasset out to feature Staley products. Op-erating as the A. R. Staley Sales com-

pany, of Phoenix, he has started a pub-licity campaign for all of his princi-pals. The A. E. Staley Manufacturingcompany is one of that fortunat^group-

In the Phoenix area these billboardstell the Staley story. As in the case

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of the large board on page 20 they havebeen put up on attractive settingswhenever possible. In every case theyhave been made colorful and illustra-tive of the claims of advertising peoplethat art can be used in business effec-tively.

Mr. Staley does not depend entirelyupon outdoor advertising to drivehome the virtues of the products hesells. He also uses radio programs. Atpresent he has programs on two sta-tions advertising the products of hisprincipals. This is another form ofadvertising seldom tried by brokers,but according to Mr. Staley it is onewhich is proving highly profitable.

When Mr. Staley took over the brok-erage business in Phoenix last year, hesucceeded S. J. Dean company, a wellknown and well established Phoenixfirm. Previously, he had been for anumber of years in a sales executiveposition with the A. E. Staley Manu-facturing company, which his fatherfounded, and of which he is a director.

CLUB H O U S E to reopen this monthClosed since just after Pearl Har-

bor, the Staley Fellowship club houseis reopening this month. The clubhouse was closed when war was de-clared because it is located on the topfloor of the company pumping station,and at the government's orders powerplants and pumping stations wereclosed to the public. Now that restric-tions have been removed the club is be-ing reopened.

The club has been completely re-decorated, new furniture has beenpurchased for the lounge, the kitchenhas been rebuilt and enlarged, andchanges in cloak rooms have beenmade. Much of the original equip-ment, bought when the club wasopened late in 1921, is still in excel-lent condition and is not being re-placed. Most of the original furniturewas made by Albert Hoffman, then, asnow, company pattern maker.

None of the dining room furnitureis being replaced at this time, andneither is any of the kitchen equip-ment. The kitchen, however, has beenenlarged by taking into it part of alarge check room which adjoined it.Cupboards for dishes, silver, linensand cooking utensils have been builtinto the kitchen from floor to ceiling,and service counters, with sliding pan-els, now separate the dining room andkitchen. Ceilings have been sound-proofed.

Although dishes and silver are in ex-cellent condition, some pieces havebeen broken and lost, so enough newchina and silver have been purchasedto bring the service up to 1 SO again.

A Private Club

The club house is exclusively for

the use of Fellowship club members,as it always has been, and must be re-served at least 48 hours in advance.Reservations are made through theoffice of the club manager, L. W. Ruth-rauff, Staley branch 229, but are notvalid until the person reserving therooms calls in person and signs thepermit. This must be signed at least48 hours before the club is to be used.

The following set of rules has beenput into effect, so that all membersmay be accommodated fairly, and sothat the club house may best serve thegreatest number of members:

Set Of Rules

1. Read your permit for the ClubHouse. See that you have done every-thing that you have agreed to do.

2. The person making the reserva-tion must be actually present at theClub House for the duration of thetime specified in the permit. That per-son will be responsible to the custod-ian for the acts of his party. An ex-ception to this rule is where a wife ofan employee entertains and no men arepresent.

3. The Club House must be va-cated not later than 12 midnight. Thismeans that if you have cleaning, dish-washing, etc., to do it must be done sothat all will leave not later than mid-night.

4. Any complaints that are to bemade are to be presented by you, theperson making the reservation, andnot by your guests.

5. Reservations can be made withthe Fellowship Club Business Man-ager in person by the person seekingthe privilege.

6. No short time permits will be

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made except when you can be accom-modated without inconvenience to theClub House employees.

7. If you have reason to cancel yourreservation give 24 hours' notice ofsuch cancellation. (Call Staley's Ex-change 229.)

8. Do not occupy the club roomsexcept for the time specified in yourpermit. For instance, if your permitcalls for occupancy at 2 p. m., don'tgo at 10 a. m. On the other hand, ifyour permit calls for 10 a. m. don'tshow up at 2 p. m. Please make youroccupancy agree with the time of yourpermit.

9. Inform your guests that you haveonly certain reasonable rights in theClub House and that you are respon-sible for their conduct.

10. Further use of the Club Housewill be denied those who take privi-leges inconsistent to these rules.

11. Report to the custodian of theClub House immediately upon yourarrival. He will give you instructionsas to the care of the Club House andequipment during your occupancy.

12. For any information relative toreservations, cancellations, etc., callStaley's Exchange 229.

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EGLYS HONOREDAt Party In Paincsville

Henry D. Egly, who recently re-signed as manager of the StaleyPainesville plant, and Mrs. Egly, wereguests of honor at a dinner given latein March by the Fellowship club of thePainesville plant. The party was givenat Hevesy's, in Perry, Ohio, and wasattended by practically the entire per-sonnel of the plant. During the eve-ning Mr. Egly was presented with agift.

Howard Winings, traffic manager,acted as toastmaster during the eve-

Henry D. Egley, who resigned recentlyas general manager oj the Painesvilleplant, was guest of honor at a party givenby the Painesville Fellowship club.

ning, introducing some musical num-bers, and then the newly elected offi-cers of the club. They are Eugene Ker-ven, chairman, Joe Palmer, vice chair-man, Theodore C u r t i s , secretary,Thomas Longbons, treasurer, Cather-ine Clark, Floyd Lockwood and JamesCreel, committee chairmen.

Mr. Egly, who has been in chargeof the Staley plant in Painesville eversince it started operations in 1939, isresigning to take charge of a plant inToronto, Canada. He is being succeed-ed by Mr. Longbons.

•Doxsic In Buffalo

Lt. (j.g.) Louis Doxsie has beentransferred from New York City toBuffalo, N. Y. Before going into theNavy last autumn he was a divisionsuperintendent in charge of packingoperations.

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Staley Boy Scouts ActiveStaley Boy Scout troops are weath-

ering the war period by letting onetroop do the work of two. The excel-lent condition of Scouting is told in areport recently sent to the Staley Fel-lowship club Scout committee by G.Deibert, assistant Scout Master andadvancement officer. William Ryan,Scout Master, and J. A. Ewing, otherassistant, are both Staley men. Mr.Deibert, in the reclamation plant, saysin his report:

At this writing on March 24, 1945,we would like to inform the manymembers of the Staley Fellowship clubjust what their Troop of Boy Scoutsis doing, who the boys are and whotheir leaders are.

Troop 9 has taken over Troop 21,which is also sponsored by the Fellow-ship club, for the duration, mostly be-cause of lack of leadership. Lack ofleadership is being felt by every Troopin the country right now. By merg-ing the two Troops, Troop 21's equip-ment can be used. The club will retainthe Troop number and will use it later,when conditions are more favorable.

By the end of January, we had en-rolled 25 boys and as February ended38 boys' names were on the roster. Upto and including the March 20 meet-ing, we have 45 boys in Troop mem-bership. Of the 45 boys on the roster,4 are serving Uncle Sam. They areHarold Joynt, George Rethinger, BillyDeLaughter and Harry Witt. As longas these boys are in the service, theirmemberships are automatically takencare of by the organization.

The rest of the boys are divided upinto the following patrols: Wolf Patrol

—Donald Adcock, Robert Hess, JohnEhman, Deibert Smith, Eugene Gilli-land, Charles Meadors, Robert Wood-cock, Richard Haskell, and GeorgeHendrian; Eagle Patrol — GordonCheeley, Dwight and Duane Dobbs,Pat Kaiser, Jimmie Moore, ErnestMeador, David Latimore and MauriceBanks; Pine Tree Patrol—Ed. Ewing,Bob Ewing, Glen Minks, Gerald Ew-ing and Horace Dillinger; FlyingEagles—Eugene Burse, William Cle-ments, Robert Oak, Eddie and FrancisHeil; Lion Patrol—Jack Davidson,Donald Burgis, Bud Collins, RussellRavencraft, Jack \Valker, Jim Galli-van, Glen Crawley and Dale Riber;and Bat Patrol—R. L. Meadors, Billy\VilIis, Joe Pygman, Bobby Allen andJames Harris. John W. Tipsword isActing Senior Patrol Leader. WilliamRyan is their Scoutmaster and servingas his assistants are Harry G. Deibertand J. A. Ewing.

As near as can be tabulated at thistime, we have in the Troop, two hold-ing the rank of Life Scout, one StarScout, one First Class Scout, four Sec-ond Class Scouts, 23 TenderfootScouts and 11 new boys about readyfor Tenderfoot tests. Have not beenable to check the standings of the fourboys in Service up to this time. Sevenhave passed Tenderfoot rank, two havepassed Second Class and a total of 41requirements other than the abovehave been passed already this year.

Four Scout-Parent nights have beenheld and been fairly well attended,especially the meeting of all Troops atthe Masonic Temple in February inScout Week. Our Troop committee is

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a live one and attendance is excellent.We are in the third week of the

Scout's Paper Drive and will give adetailed account about it in a laterissue. I might say here, that the boysare doing a swell job so far.

Next month we will salute our ableand helpful Scout Committeemen ofTroop 9.

FITCH DECORATEDFor Bravery In Italy

T/S Chase A. Fitch, with the med-ical detachment at Billings Generalhospital, near Indianapolis, was re-cently awarded the Bronze Star. Theaward was made for heroic action inItaly last May. At that time a Ger-man tank opened fire on three Amer-ican officers, killing two and woundingthe third, an infantry captain. Underconstant fire Fitch went to the cap-tain's aid and administered plasma

T/5 Chase Fitch was recently dec-orated for bravery in action.

while the tank continued to shell them.Chase, on the extra board, has spent

much time as an assistant in the Staleylaboratory before his induction inJune, 1941. He served overseas 27months, taking part in both the Afri-can and Italian invasions. In additionto the Bronze Star just awarded himhe has won the infantry combat badge.His brother, Pvt. Charles Fitch, Jr., isan infantryman overseas.

The young men are sons of C. A.Fitch, foreman of the sheet metal shop.

Clean-Up Week

Maybe you can not build anew house now, but you canspruce up the one you have.This is the idea behind nationalClean-Up Week set for the firstweek in May. The Association ofCommerce, which heads themovement in Decatur, suggeststhat householders set aside thatweek for taking care of all theodd jobs which do so much togive a place a w e l l - c a r e d - f o rlook. Yards can be raked andc l e a n e d , fences repaired andpainted, screens pa inted andmended and rubbish clearedaway.

While clearing out rubbish itis suggested that war needs bekept in mind. Paper, card-board,fiber board, tin cans and all oldmetal can be used again andshould be sold as salvage.

The Decatur Clean-Up com-mittee suggests that a good wayto start the week on Sunday,April 29, is to go to church.

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Dressed for the part and loving it were these office men. In the group are FrankKekeisen, Russell Devore, Dick Ryan, Bernard Riddle, Clarence Bowers, Paid Rol-lins, Earl Bailey, with Bill Storks burdened down with typewriters.

"74 U A^J~irteen (/ears _ywz</ _/ d WE MOVED

Just 15 years ago this month Staleypeople were in the midst of movinginto the new office building, a proceed-ing which occupied the time and atten-tion of practically everyone connectedwith the company. For at least a yeareveryone had been building up to themove, but when the time actually ar-rived the move was accomplished suc-cessfully if none too smoothly.

No furniture was to be moved—butthat did not mean that there was noth-ing to bring over. There were actuallyfreight car loads of stuff to be trans-ferred. To accomplish this most easilyspur track were laid and most of thebulky things and valuables were load-ed into freight cars at the old two storyframe building, and switched over tothe new 12 story stone building.

Those persons who went throughthat move look back on it now, not asthe night-mare it might have been, but

as a rather gay few days. Everyoneworked—cleared out and packed andlabeled his own belongings, and inmost cases carried them over to thenew building. People came to the officein old clothes or overalls—and by theend of the first day discovered long-unused muscles that complained bit-terly.

The building was completed to besure, but neither inside nor out did itpresent the finished appearance it hastoday. No smooth green lawn norspreading trees, shrubs nor flowerssoftened the lines of the building. In-stead heaps of muddy clay,.ungraded,furnished the only setting. Drives hadnot been laid out, and the only walkswere precarious duck-boards. Insidethe shades were up and most of thefurniture in, but none of the curtainswere up and only a very few rugs hadarrived. They trickled in for months,

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Kermit Shively and Carl W aliens are being serious and funny in the picture at thetop left while next to that is Bill Fenton working hard. The three young things belowwaited until all the work was done then walked over. They are Marge White, Ger-trude Hebert and Mary Heffernan, no longer with the company.

At lower right Rol Staley is being given a supporting hand by one Karl Pansch, ayoung German who later repaid Decatur friends by returning to his home country andwriting enthusiastic letters about the Nazi party.

and the arrival of each was the signalfor a steady stream of visitors to theoffice to view the new carpet.

That summer was a busy and inter-esting one for all Staley people be-cause almost like magic the now lovelypark took place. The lawn was gradedand sown, drives and walks were com-pleted, and shrubs and large forest

trees moved in. Skeptics were sure thetrees would never live, because onedoes not move trees that large—butthey did, and are.

And now, after IS years, those Sta-ley people who made the move fromthe old frame building, or one of thelittle manufacturing department of-fices, wonder how they ever worked insuch cramped quarters.

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A small group of salesmen in Decatur recently had this 'picture taken. Seated atthe desk are R. E. Baer, assistant sales manager, and L. E. Trempel, chief bakerytechnician. Others, left to right, are 0. H. Griner, W. V. Hall, Philip Gill, Neil Mor-gan and A. N. Kress. The latter two are bakery technicians.

Salesmen In Conference

In March a group of salesmen andsales department technicians met for atwo day conference in the main officesin Decatur. R. E. Baer, assistant salesmanager, had charge of the sessionsTwo technicians who were unable tobe present were William Keenan andW. E. Rockhill. Those who were herewere N. J. Morgan, A. N. Kress, O. H.Greiner, W. V. Hall and Phil Gill. L.E. Trempel, whose home is in Decatur,also attended.

•A letter from Clifton Brown recent-

ly was brief, he said, because "youcan't write much in a fox hole and any-way the Japs are on our tails." He is aboatswains mate, second class. He wasemployed in the soybean plant beforeenlisting.

Kay, 4, and Sue, 2, are the daughtersof Mr. and Mrs. B. /. "Bud" Bresnan,and nieces of Carolyn Christman, mailingroom. Their mother, the former LuellaChristman, formerly was secretary to thepersonnel director, and several years agotheir father was in the purchasing office.Both girls have their birthdays on Febru-ary 17.'

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Jack Honk, S 2/c, aboard an LSM, issomewhere in the Pacific. Before goinginto the Navy a year ago he was in themailing room. His sister Marjorie, is inthe Credit Union office, and a brother,Cpl. Robert Houk, is in England.

We occupied a town just taken by ourtroops and our squad of twelve mentook over a six room house. We ate outof dishes and slept in beds that night.For supper we had stewed chicken,peas, mashed potatoes, apple sauceand coffee. We cooked on a cook stovetoo. This town hadn't been touchedmuch with fire and everything was ingood shape. All we lacked was electriclights and a telephone.

"Of course we ran the civilians outbecause a G.I. and Germans can't sleepunder the same roof. There were a cou-ple of good-looking babes there, butyou can't say they're good-lookingover here because they are Germans.

"At present I am writing in the cel-lar of a railroad station we are occupy-ing. We hope to get relieved soon sowe can go to the rear. It certainlywould feel good to take a bath again.Coming over here it was six weeks be-fore I got a bath and clean clothes."

No Easy Life ForG. I. In Germany

From "somewhere in Germany" Pvt.Herbert Nichols, late of the account-ing department, writes:

"My mail is catching up with me—received IS letters from home thisweek. Thank the lord, I haven't beenat the immediate front yet. We cameup this time and our company waskept in reserve and we have had tosweat out a lot of artillery fire but nodirect fire. I have been in Germanysince late in February.

"We have been living in cellars, fox-holes, trenches and houses, and eatingK rations. We have moved every dayuntil yesterday and this is the firstchance I have had to do any writing.

"One night we certainly had it nice.

Dennis In England

PFC Rudy Dennis, Painesville salesmanager now on military leave, wroterecently from England:

"While on a seven day furlough (inEngland) I visited my brother who iswith the 8th Air Corps. I flew withhim on a practice mission. A chance tofly over Germany on a real bombingmission did not appeal to one who hasseen enough of Germany from theground, so I refused the invitation."

Rudy had just been released froman Army hospital in England when hewrote this above, in March. He hadbeen hospitalized for several weeks be-cause of bad feet. Now he has beenput into limited service and assignedto a hospital staff in England, in chargeof medical supplies.

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Verna Jean Evans, of the Painesvilleoffice, became the bride of Frank E. Cro-foot Feb. 24.

Evans-Crofoot

Verna Jean Evans, a messenger inthe Painesville plant office, and FrankE. Crofoot were married in the Metho-dist church in Painesville, Feb. 24. Theceremony, at 7:30 in the evening, wasperformed by Rev. Paul Hollingshead,pastor of the church, and Rev. ArthurC. Decker, pastor of the Congregation-al church. Before the ceremony HelenMae Cole sang, and Evangeline Mitch-ell, organist, played.

The bride wore white satin, with acourt train and her veil was fastenedwith orange blossoms. Her maid ofhonor, Mary Greig, wore a gown oforchid velvet and taffeta while theflower girl, Maria Jean Webster, woreyellow organdie. Peter Knutsson, ofSweden and South Africa, was bestman and ushers were Charles Evans,George E. Evans and Melvin Evans,brothers of the bride, and Jack Sturm.A reception followed the ceremony.

The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.George Evans, of Richmond, was grad-uated from Harvey High school andattended Ohio State university. Thebridegroom, son o f Mr. and Mrs.Maynard Crofoot of Painesville, wasgraduated from Kent State universityand is now attending Drew universityand he and his wife will make theirhome in Livingston, N. J. She alsowill enter Drew.

•Contest Winners GetFive Dollars As Prize

Since the first of the year the safetydepartment has been waving five dol-lar bills around, ready to drop theminto the laps of the persons who win acontest each month. In January Ray-mond Reinhold, sheet metal worker atElevator C, was the winner. In Feb-ruary Ollis Owens of the feed elevatorwalked off with the money.

The contest is simple—it takes aquick eye that is trained to see unsafeconditions. It is open not only to Sta-ley employees but to their immediatefamilies. Persons who have not doneso are urged to get a Safety calendar inthe safety director's office, and thenfollow the rules printed there.

GREAT AMERICAN GAME

Courtesy Appreciate America. Inc

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Layton Sees WorldWith Several Armies

Sgt. James Layton, on leave fromthe packing house, writes that he hasbeen traveling about Europe with va-rious outfits but when he wrote was inBelgium with the First Army.

"I have been around since I left theStaley company. Have been in fivedifferent countries—England, France,Holland, Germany and Belgium—andI expect to be back in Germany again.At present I am with the First Army.I came across France with Patton'sThird and then alternately joined theBritish Second and then the U. S.Ninth. Have been in many a battleand came through with good results.As you know from reading the papers,these battle fronts are usually a toughstruggle. With all the snow and coldwe had this winter it made it rough go-ing. In the past few weeks a lot of rainhas fallen and there is plenty of mud.

"I will be glad when the day comesthat I can trade my present job forthe old one back in the packing housewith Jim Rickey and the gang. I no-tice the Journal has an old address soI am sending a new one. My presentjob is that of a tank commander withan armored division."

•PFC Clifford Wilson is back in this

country from the European theaterand at present is in an Army hospitalin Michigan. He was in the yard de-partment before induction.

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Now a Lieutenant

Jimmy Robbins is now Lieut. JamesRobbins, with an armored signal com-pany, in Europe. Before induction hewas in the industrial sales department.In the Army his promotion has beenrapid. He went to England more thana year ago, as a warrant officer. Thislast promotion was made recently.

Sgt. James Layton has seen muchcountry—and action—since he left thepacking house for the Army three yearsago.

RED CROSS1945 total larger

A total of more than $21,000.00 wasturned over to the American RedCross in March as the contribution ofthe Staley company and employees inthe annual drive. This was an 18 percent increase over last year's contribu-tions from the same group, an increasemade possible chiefly by larger contri-butions from the company and fromthe hourly employees. The company'scheck of $12,500.00 this year was 25per cent larger than its gift to the samecause last year, and the hourly em-ployees, in giving $2,202.45, increasedtheir contribution over last year's 9.5per cent.

In general charge of the drive at theStaley plant was H. W. Galley, whowas assisted by various people respon-sible for their own departments. A. E.Staley, Jr., was general chairman forDecatur and Macon County.

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Peter Finnegan is one oj tin- Bostonwarehouse boys who is now serving in theNavy. He has written glowing lettersback to the girls in the Boston office, anddeclares he likes the Navy so well he evenenjoyed boot.

BUY IN SEVENTHChart Gives Aid In FiguringIndividual Quota

To put the Seventh War Loan over,Staley people will have to do theirusual best. The quota for the threemonths of April, May and June is$225,000.00 which means that forthose three months Staley people mustput $75,000.00 a month into bonds in-stead of $50,000.00 a month as theyhave been doing.

Figured down to the individual lev-el, R. S. Bass, treasurer, says it meansthat an average $15 of his pay mustbe put in by each Staley person forthose three months.

"We suggest," Mr. Bass says, "thateveryone who can buy more than the15 per cent. This will make up for

those persons who, for reasons beyondtheir control, cannot buy beyond theirregular 10 per cent. The combined ef-forts .of everyone is necessary to makethis drive a success."

Staley people will be able to buybonds in this drive as they have in allothers. They may either authorize thecashier's office to increase their deduc-tions, or they may pay cash for them.The treasurer's office has compiled thefollowing table which makes it easy todetermine the amount each personshould buy to meet the quota:

AverageAverage

SubscriptionNeeded$ 18.75

37.5075.0093.75

112.50131.25150.00168.75206.25243.75281.25318.75

AverageWage

Per MonthUnder $100$100-$140$140-$180$180-$200$200-$210$210-$225$225-$250$250-$300$300-$350$350-$400$400-$450$450-$500

Semi-Monthly

Allotment*$ 3.13

6.2512.5015.6318.7521.8825.0028.1334.3840.6346.8853.13

* This would include present allot-ments plus extra special 7th War LoanAllotment or cash purchases (for six payperiods in April, May and June).

Virginia Goff Returns

When her new husband was unex-pectedly ordered overseas in March,just six weeks after their marriage, Vir-ginia Carver Goff returned to her oldjob in the accounting department. Vir-ginia and Sgt. William Goff were mar-ried in February and were living inPampa, Texas, where he had been sta-tioned for a long time. Bill was also inthe accounting department before hewent into the Army in 1942.

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Hanna Compliments Report

The annual report of the A. E.Staley Mfg. Co., came in for a pat onthe back from Phil S. Hanna, whosefamous column "Everybody's Busi-ness" is a financial page feature of theChicago Daily News. This column onMarch 22 was devoted to the discus-sion of what an annual report shouldbe, from the stockholders' viewpoint,and the reports of the InternationalHarvester company and the Staleycompany were cited as "of equal com-mendability". Said Mr. Hanna:

"A reading of the first eight pages(of the Staley report) is like interview-ing the board on the year's accom-plishments and problems.

"The discussion of profit margins,renegotiation, reasons for borrowing,the corn supply problem and soybeanoperations treat the stockholder as apartner (which he is) in the business.

"An unusual feature of the Staleyreport is the 'Per employe' breakdownof income and balance sheet items."

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One of those letters the Journallikes to get came the other day fromCpl. Cloyd Merle Blair, watchman onleave. With the air forces he is nowstationed in Florida, but writes thateven in this country a soldier can feela long way from home. For that rea-son, he wrote, his Christmas checkfrom the company, as well as othercompany mail, are doubly appreciated.

Early in April Ralph Blair, officemessenger, visited with his brother athis Florida post, and the two had agrand time swimming in the ocean.

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Volle-Buth

Mable Voile and Victor Buth weremarried in St. Johannes Lutheranchurch Easter afternoon. The bride isemployed in the personnel office.

Earl E. Chrisman, Jr., SC 2/c, CoastGuard, was married in February to Milli-cent Winsor.

Winsor-Chrisman

Announcement has been made of themarriage of Millicent Winsor and EarlE. Chrisman, Jr., SC 2/c, which tookplace in the Methodist church in SaultSainte Marie, Mich., Feb. 10. Thebride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Quincy J. Winsor, of Elyria, Ohio. Thebridegroom, son of Mr. and Mrs. EarlChrisman of Mentor Headlands, Ohio,was employed in the offices of thePainesville plant until he enlisted inthe Coast Guard. He has had two yearsforeign duty, but is now stationed atSault Sainte Marie.

Both families attended the marriageceremony, for which the bride wore asuit of olive green. The bridegroom'ssister, Marilyn, and Lowell O'Connorwere the attendants.

The bride is a graduate of OhioState university.

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Rosemary Advey is the first Painesvilleplant girl to enter service.

ADVEY JOINS WACPainesville Office Girl Enlists

Miss Rosemary Advey, who hasbeen a stenographer and switchboardoperator at the Painesville Plant sinceAugust 17, 1942, enlisted in the WACMarch 12, for service as a medicaltechnician.

Miss Advey's resignation becameeffective March 24, and she expects toleave early in April for 10 weeks ofbasic training at Ft. Ogle thorpe ,Georgia. Upon completing her basictraining, she will go to Letterman Gen-eral hospital at San Francisco.

Rosemary is the daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Joseph Advey of Painesville,Ohio. She was graduated from HarveyHigh school in the class of 1941. Sheis the third member of the family toenter the armed forces. Captain JamesAdvey, a brother, is in the A.A.F. andat the present time is in this countrywaiting re-assignment after a tour of

duty as a fighter pilot on the Italianfront. Another brother, Robert, whowas formerly employed in the Paines-ville plant, is a Machinist Mate, ThirdClass, in the Navy.

When Rosemary left the Painesvillegroup presented her with a going awaygift.

•Pvt. Blankenship IsGerman War Prisoner

Pvt. Lloyd Blankenship, Staley tin-ner, is a German prisoner of war ac-cording to a message recently receivedby his family. He was reported miss-ing in action in January, but word ofhis capture was received in April. Pvt.Blankenship, with the 232nd Infantry,had been overseas since November. Hehas been employed by the Staley com-pany since 1939. A brother, Vorris, isa Staley millwright.

•JAY BROWN DIESAfter Long Illness

Jay G. Brown, who had been in theemploy of the Staley company most ofthe time since 1919, died in ChicagoApril 8. He had been in poor healthfor some time, and had been on sickleave for several weeks.

Born in Fort Wayne, Ind., March22, 1878, as a young man he servedin the Spanish-American war. In 1919he was employed for a short time inthe Staley plant, but left, only to re-turn in September, 1921, to the tablehouse, where he spent most of next23 years. He was made an assistantforeman there in 1929 and in 1941 hewas made foreman.

When his health failed last year hewas transferred to the watchmen's de-partment, but in February he wasforced to take sick leave. Later he andhis wife went to Chicago to make theirhome with a daughter but his condi-tion continued to grow worse.

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Jay and Agatha Smothers were mar-ried in Springfield, 111., in September,1920, and have lived most of theirmarried life in Decatur. In addition tohis widow he leaves three step-daugh-ters. They are Mrs. Frank Szabo,with whom they were living in Chi-cago, Mrs. Walter Bowan, of Decatur.and Mrs. Henry Corey, of Detroit.

Funeral services were held in Brint-linger's chapel in Decatur.

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Walter McClure Dies

Walter N. McClure, who had been aStaley employee for 19 years, took hisown life March 12. He had been inpoor health for about two months, andunable to work most of that time. Fora number of years he was in the Staleyprint shop, but recently he had beenemployed in the laboratory.

Born in Dana, Ind., 48 years ago,he and Iva Williams were married inDecatur in 1918. In addition to hiswife he leaves his step-daughter, Mrs.Delores Phillips, of Decatur, a step-son, Sgt. Howard Foster, with theArmy air forces in Panama, a brother,O. C. McClure, and a sister, Mrs.Harry Casley, whose husband is fore-man in Elevator A.

He was a member of the Masoniclodge and the Elks club.

Funeral services were conductedfrom Brintlinger's chapel.

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First Lieutenant

Frederick David is now a first lieu-tenant in the Army according to mes-sages received by his parents, Mr. andMrs. E. W. David. His father is em-ployed in 13 and 21 buildings. Hiswife's father is W. H. Broadbear, elec-trician foreman. Lt. David is stationedon the west coast.

LENTS RE-ELECTEDStaley Local No. 837 Names Officers

Norman Lents, electrician gang, wasre-elected president of Staley LocalNo. 837, United Automobile Workersof America, A. F. of L., in the annualelection in March. Velma Daley, pack-ing house, was re-elected recording sec-retary, and Gilbert Boren was againelected finanqal secretary and treas-urer. New officers elected were:

John Talley, 16 building, vice presi-dent.

Home Stuart, yards, trustee forthree years.

J. C. Snelson, Elevator C, trusteefor two years.

Harry Deibert, reclamation, trusteefor one year.

Ralph Henderson, pipe shop, ser-geant at arms.

Earl Boose, round house, guide.Bargaining committee named were:

Process department, Bransford Beanand Richard Beal. Service depart-ment, John Wyant and Lloyd Cox.Mechanical department, Robert Si-week and George Raney. Committee-man-at-large, Dudley Boren.

The Fred A. E. Bessell family had thisgroup picture taken when he was homeon leave in the autumn. The children,shown with their parents, are Fred, Jr.,who is two and a half, and Sharon Rose,who is five and a half.

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S/Sgt. Richard C. Yarnell was killedin action.

Pvt. Cecil GrabeWounded In Action

Pvt. Cecil O. Grabe was with thefirst group of American infantrymento cross the Rhine into Germany, buthe paid for that honor by beingwounded. At present he is in a hospitalin England "seriously wounded" ac-cording to War Department messages,but in letters he has written from thehospital he made no mention of thenature of his wounds.

Cecil was employed in the refinerybefore going into the Army last June.He was sent overseas with an infantryoutfit early in 1945. His father, EarlGrabe, is employed in the refinery also.

Yarnell Son KilledIn Action In Germany

S/Sgt. Richard C. Yarnell was killedin action in Germany March 9, accord-ing to word received by his parents,Mr. and Mrs. Carl Yarnell. He waswith the Third Army. Sgt. Yarnell,who was an only child, was a painterin Decatur at the time of his induc-tion. He was 32 years old. His father,who has been with the Staley companymany years, is in the packing house.

McDonald Son Born

The son born to John and BlanchLongbons McDonald late in Marchcreated quite a stir in Staley circles forhe has many company connections.His father has been in the Staley lab-oratories for years, and his mother,who was secretary to Mr. Staley, re-signed last fall after 20 years with thecompany. Thomas Longbons, managerof the Painesville plant, Melvin Long-bons, assistant oil sales manager, andE. K. Scheiter, vice president of thecompany, are his uncles.

S/Sgt. Cletus Helm sent 'this picturehome from England recently. It was tak-en about the time he was awarded the AirMedal with oak leaf cluster. He is a waistgunner on a fortress. Before induction hehad been with the company ten years, andwas employed in the pipe shop.

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Sgt. Broeker German POWSgt. Byron Broeker, reported miss-

ing in action Dec. 22. is a prisoner ofwar in Germany. A card from himbrought the welcome news to his wife,Frances Mines Broeker, April 2. Hehad written the card early in January.Sgt. Broeker, with the 81st Engineers,106th Division, was caught in the Bel-gium bulge. On his card he wrote thathe was well and that the Red Crosswas doing all in its power for him.

Sgt. Broeker was not with the Staleycompany but Frances has been withthe company for several years, and forsome time has been secretary to R. C.Scherer, comptroller.

It is a far cry from the Staley soybeanmill to the south Pacific, as Frank Wake-field, S 2/c, has found out. Frank hasbeen in the Navy for almost a year. His•wife and two rliildren, Colleen, 8, andFrank, Jr., a year and a half, are remain-ing in their home in Decatur. His mother,Mrs. Mildred Wake field, also lives in De-catur.

Sgt. Robert Yobski was working at hisdesk some place in Belgium when thispicture was taken.

Although he writes his mother hecannot mention names, Sgt. RobertYobski is secretary to a general, and inthat capacity has traveled about Eng-land and the continent for the last twoyears. His mother is Florence Yobski,bag room. After Sgt. Yobski was grad-uated from Decatur High school, andbefore he went into the Army, he wasemployed in the Wabash offices in De-catur.

Mrs. Yobski's other son, Herman, isstill in Decatur High school.

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Husband Injured

Ik Bower, time office, has receivedseveral letters from her husband, Cpl.Thomas F,. Bower, s i n c e he waswounded in battle in Germany. Hewas with the famous Timberwolf di-vision. At piesent he has been movedfrom Paris to another hospital inFrance.

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Jack Walker is now at radar school atFt. Lauderdale, Fla. Jack was in the mail-ing room before enlisting last December.His father, Bernie Walker, accounting,has been with the company many years.

RAYMOND RIDLIN PROMOTEDFormer Plant ManNow Warrant Officer

Raymond Ridlin came back to De-catur for a visit in April wearing hisnewly acquired broken stripes of aNavy warrant officer. As chief car-penter he had recently been commis-sioned, after more than four years inthe Navy. Before enlisting in Novem-ber, 1940, he was employed on the ex-tra board. Since enlistment he hasspent most of his time in the southPacific and very little on land.

At the time of the Pearl Harbor at-tack he was stationed there but had hisgear packed in preparation for aChristmas trip home. Instead of com-ing home he was sent out on mine-lay-ing missions. Later he was for sometime aboard a hospital ship, but re-cently he has been assigned to a differ-

ent type vessel. He has been in onsome of the biggest engagements in thePacific area, and says that he is posi-tive that the Japs had a navy at onetime for he has seen it.

While in Decatur Mr. Ridlin visitedhis brother, Roscoe, of the refinery.

•Feed House EmployeeIs Missing In Action

Pvt. Eldin Scroggins was reportedmissing in action in Germany March15, according to word received by hiswife early in April. He is on leave fromthe feed house, having been employedby the company since 1936. He wasinducted into the Army in 1943.

First in the air corps, Pvt. Scrogginslater was transferred to the medicalcorps as an orderly and ambulancedriver but last November was put intoan infantry group and sent overseasin January.

•Staley Boy ScoutA Prisoner Of War

Sgt. Billy DeLaughter, recently re-leased from a German prison camp,was a member of Staley Boy ScoutTroop 9 not many years ago. In theair forces he was wounded just beforebeing captured and was one of the menbrought back to this country for treat-ment. He was in the same prison campin Germany in which Sgt. HaroldSmith is still a prisoner. Sgt. Smith isthe son of Ed Smith, time keeper, andMrs. Smith. Sgt. DeLaughter has beenable to bring the Smiths.a great deal ofcomforting news about the son whomhe knew when the two boys were inHigh school in Decatur.

•"Why did you hit your husband

with this baseball?""I couldn't find the bat."

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When this Pritts family group was takenPFC Pearl E. "Eddie" was home but is.now in France. His brother, Roy E."Shorty", seaman first class, is still atGlenview. The jour are the children ofWilliam Pritts, new solvent plant, andMrs. Pritts. Another son, T/5 Max, is inGermany. Eddie was employed in theplant before induction.

COX A PRISONER

Staley Basketball Player In Germany

PFC E. Delmar Cox, reported miss-ing Dec. 21, is a prisoner of war in Ger-many according to a very welcomecard his wife received April S. Fromthe wording of the card Mrs. Coxjudged it to be the second he had sent,but it was the first news she had re-ceived since being notified by the WarDepartment early in January that hewas missing in action.

Pvt. Cox, who had been with thecompany seven years, was inducted inJuly, 1943, and at the time he enteredservice was employed in the feed ele-vator. He is well known about theplant because he was a top flight bas-

ketball player and prominent in othersports. His wife, formerly Helen Bru-master, is with her parents in Decaturwhile he is away.

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An optimist is a man who marrieshis secretary, thinking that he'll beable to keep dictating to her.

•Pat: "Oi was born an Oirishman,

oi'm living an Oirishman and oi'll doian Oirishman."

Izzy: ''Ain't you got no ambition?"•

For Sale — Shoe coupons. Goingback to Kentucky.

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"From now on I'll go to a moviewhen I want to see a sarong," said thesoldier just back from 18 months inthe Pacific.

Madolyn Mack, Y 3/c, was chosen"Wave of the Week" at Farragut NavalTraining Center recently. Madolyn, whowas a stenographer in the purchasing of-fice before enlisting, has been in theWaves for a year. She has been stationedat Farragut for several months.

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6ETAdmiral Halsey hashis eye on a fine whitehorse called Shirayuki.

Some time ago, at apress conference, heexpressed the hopethat one day soon hecould ride it.

The chap now in Shirayuki's saddleis Japan's Emperor — Hirohito.

He is the ruler of as arrogant,treacherous, and vicious a bunch ofwould-be despots as this earth has

fflffo*$e/ever seen.

Well, it's high time we got the Em-peror off his high horse, and gaveAdmiral Halsey his ride.

The best way for us at home to havea hand in this clean-up is to supportthe 7th War Loan.

Your personal quota is big —biggerthan ever before. So big you may feelyou can't afford it.

But we can afford it —if Americansons, brothers, husbands can cheerfullyafford to die.

ALL OVT FOR THE MIGHT/ 7* WAR LOAN

STALEY JOURNAL

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

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Always • •

For many years the A. E. Staley Mfg. Co. has supplied a certificate of analysiswith every car of protein feed shipped from the plant . . . Proof that the actualanalysis always runs well above the guarantee shown on Staley's bags and tags.Staley's doesn't guess—nor ask their customers to guess. Here is what actuallyhappens: As a car of Soybean Oil Meal is being loaded, a continuous sample istaken. The sample is sent to the chemical laboratory at once, and the car isheld until the chemist has completed his analysis. The car is then released anda certificate is forwarded to the buyer showing the actual protein analysis ofthe particular car shipped to him.

Thus the buyer and his customers know the actual analysis of every car ofStaley's Feeds.

Staiey'sProtein Feeds

A. E. STALEY MFG. CO.(Feed Division)

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The Staley Customer NEVER GUESSES-He Knows!

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