4C RECORDS/NEWS TEXARKANA GAZETTE ✯ SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 2021 erasing H&M from internet amid backlash The peared from app stores. Rein said the outpour- over a year earlier as con- also is known as Victoria H&M’s announcement — H&M It wasn’t clear whether ing of anger at H&M is sumer demand rebounded Song, and actor Huang last year that it no longer disappeared from the inter- companies received orders the harshest he has seen from the coronavirus, while Xuan announced earlier would use Xinjiang cotton net in China as the gov- to erase H&M’s online pres- against a foreign brand. He North American sales fell they were ending endorse- cited the BCI’s move to stop ernment raised pressure on ence, but Chinese enter- said companies are espe- 10%. ment deals with H&M. licensing cotton from the shoe and clothing brands prises are expected to fall cially sensitive because An H&M outlet in In Hong Kong, pro- region because it was dif- and announced sanctions in line without being told. this comes at a time when had only a hand- lawmaker Regina Ip said in a ficult to trace how it was Friday against British offi- Regulators have broad pow- Chinese anti-monopoly and ful of customers on Friday Twitter post that she would produced. cials in a spiraling fight ers to punish companies other regulators are step- afternoon. stop buying Burberry, one It was unclear why the over complaints of abuses that fail to support official ping up scrutiny of internet “I wasn’t aware of the of her favorite brands. party targeted H&M, whose in the Xinjiang region. policy. operators. backlash. I came here to buy “I stand with my coun- expression of concern about H&M products were miss- The ruling Communist “If they don’t try to criti- a coat for spring because try in boycotting compa- Xinjiang was similar to that ing from major e-commerce Party’s Youth League cize, they’ll also get in trou- H&M is reasonably priced nies that spread lies about of other companies. But its platforms including Alibaba launched attacks ble,” Rein said. and fashionable,” said Wang Xinjiang,” she said. home country of Sweden and JD.com following calls Wednesday on H&M fol- In Washington, State Yuying, a 52-year-old retir- Not all brands have might be seen by Chinese by state media for a boy- lowing the European Department spokesperson ee who was shopping at the shunned Xinjiang sourcing. leaders as more susceptible cott over the Swedish retail- Union’s decision to join condemned China’s state- store. South Korean athlet- to pressure due to its small er’s decision to stop buy- the United States, Britain led social media campaign “I’ll still buy something ic shoe brand FILA said size. ing cotton from Xinjiang. and in imposing and corporate and consum- since I’m already here, but Friday the company buys Relations between Beijing That hurts H&M’s ability to sanctions on Chinese offi- er boycott against compa- if this backlash lasts for a cotton from Xinjiang and and Stockholm have been reach customers in a coun- cials blamed for abuses in nies. really long time, I will buy will keep doing so. strained since 2015 when try where more than a fifth Xinjiang. “We commend and stand less from this brand.” On its social media a Chinese-born Swedish On Friday, the Chinese with companies that adhere A salesman, who asked of shopping is online. account, FILA China said publisher disappeared from government announced to the U.S. laws and ensure not to be identified by name Shockwaves spread to it has started the process Thailand and surfaced in other brands as dozens penalties against nine products we’re consuming due to the sensitivity of the Britons and four insti- are not made with forced matter, said there were far of withdrawing from the China. The Chinese ambas- of celebrities called off Better Cotton Initiative, an sador angered the Swedish endorsement deals with tutions. They are banned labor,” deputy spokesperson fewer shoppers than on a from visiting China or hav- Jalina Porter told reporters. normal Friday. The sales- industry group that pro- government by referring to Nike, Adidas, Burberry, motes environmental and it in a TV interview as a Uniqlo and Lacoste after ing financial transactions “We continue to support man said he understood with its citizens and insti- and encourage businesses why consumers were angry labor standards. “lightweight boxer.” state media criticized the tutions. to respect human rights in but said if the backlash con- brands for expressing con- More than 1 million line with the U.N. guiding tinues, it will hurt the liveli- cern about Xinjiang. members of the Uyghur principles on business and hoods of local employees of Brands are struggling to RALPH W. MILLER and other predominant- human rights in the OECD the brands targeted. respond to pressure abroad ly Muslim ethnic minori- guidelines for multinational Two Burberry-designed to distance themselves from ties have been confined enterprises.” character outfits in abuses without triggering to detention camps in The Communist Party Tencent’s popular Honor Chinese retaliation and los- Xinjiang, according to for- often pressures foreign of Kings mobile game ing access to one of the eign governments and clothing, travel and other were removed, the game’s biggest and fastest-growing researchers. Authorities brands over actions by their social media account said markets. That pressure is there are accused of impos- governments or in an effort Thursday. It gave no reason. rising as human rights activ- ing forced labor and coer- to compel them to adopt its Celebrities includ- ists are lobbying sponsors cive birth control measures. positions on , Tibet ing at least one Uyghur to pull out of the Beijing The Chinese government and other sensitive issues. announced they were end- Winter Olympics planned rejects complaints of abus- Most comply because ing endorsement deals with for February 2022. es and says the camps are China is one of the biggest, foreign shoe and clothing Tencent, which operates for job training to support fastest-growing markets for brands. games and the popular economic development and global fashion, electronics Gulnazar, an actress from WeChat message service, combat Islamic radicalism. and other consumer brands. Xinjiang, said she was Indianapolis, where he met announced it was remov- Ralph W. Miller passed State media accused H&M China is H&M’s breaking ties with Puma. On away peacefully on the a beautiful cadet nurse, ing Burberry-designed and other brands of improp- fourth-largest market her social media account, morning of March 18, 2021. Betty. Ralph and Betty costumes from a popular erly profiting from China behind Germany, the Gulnazar said she “reso- Ralph was loved by all married in September, mobile phone game. while criticizing it. That United States and Britain lutely resists all attempts to who knew him, and was 1947, and began their mar- In a high-tech version of prompted Chinese retailers and accounted about 5% of discredit China.” an inspiration to family, ried life together in Indiana. the airbrushing used by and internet companies to 2020 revenue. Singers and friends and anyone who From Indiana, Ralph and China and other authoritar- distance themselves from Greater China is Nike of Hong Kong heard his life story. Betty moved to Florida for ian regimes to delete polit- the Swedish retailer, though Inc.’s third-largest market announced they were On November 26, 1919, a few years, and then to ical enemies from historic other brands still were after North America and breaking ties with Adidas. Ralph was born in Kokomo, Texarkana in the Fall of photos, H&M’s approxi- available on e-commerce . Actress split Indiana, the second of 1950. mately 500 stores in China platforms. Greater China account- from Burberry. Actors eight children of Ernest During the 1950s, Ralph didn’t show up on ride-hail- “It’s a form of self-pres- ed for 23% of Nike’s global and Jing Boran broke with M. & Susie B. Miller. He and Betty welcomed Janet, ing app Didi Chuxing or ervation,” said Shaun Rein, sales in the quarter ending Uniqlo. treasured his years grow- Linda and Susan. After a map services operated ing up on the family farm few years working at the managing director of China in February, compared with Song Qian, a and electric company, Ralph by Alibaba and Baidu. Its Market Research Group in 36.5% for North America. former member of the in Fulton County, Indiana. Family and friends have helped open Wadley smartphone app disap- Shanghai. But China revenue rose 51% Korean pop group f(x) who often said, “Ralph’s the Hospital, serving as the strongest man” they have Business Office Manager ever known. Strong, kind, and Purchasing Agent for generous, courageous, lov- several years. He retired in ing, witty, determined and 1977 with a perfect atten- brilliant — Ralph was all of dance record, and pursued these and more! his hobbies of fishing, card From an early age, Ralph games, home improve- dreamed of flying. Before he ments, and travel. The eviction moratorium is was old enough to enlist in During his 70-plus years the U.S. Army, he asked his as a Texarkana resident, mother to sign for him, so Ralph was a generous con- he could pursue his dream tributor to the community. of flying. He was trained as He volunteered with the expiring. What will Biden do? an airplane mechanic and Bowie County Child Welfare sent to Panama in 1941. On Board, the March of Dimes, The Associated Press to a letter to Biden and new HUD One of the biggest changes being his own time, he studied Texarkana Little Theatre, WASHINGTON — President Joe Secretary Marcia Fudge urging them advocated is for Biden to make the and exercised late at night, and donated more than Biden’s administration has less than to extend the ban via executive order ban’s protection’s automatic and uni- so that he would be men- 114 pints of his O-negative a week to decide on extending the and also “address the moratorium’s versal. Currently, tenants have to take tally and physically pre- (universal donor) blood. One donation occurred nationwide eviction moratorium, a shortcomings by improving and active steps to invoke the ban’s pro- pared for flight training. In June, 1942, his application during emergency surgery measure that housing advocates say enforcing the order.” tections — which leads to exploita- Implemented in September by the was approved, and eight at Wadley Hospital, when has helped keep most cash-strapped tion of the uniformed. a surgeon-friend asked U.S. Centers for Disease Control months later, he graduat- tenants across the country in their “It’s often the most vulnerable that ed as a Flight Officer from Ralph to meet him in sur- homes during the pandemic. and Prevention, President Donald don’t have the information they need Blackland Army Flying gery, where Ralph provided Housing advocates are confident Trump’s directive was extended until to be protected,” said Diane Yentel, School, Class 43-B. a direct transfusion to help the ban, due to expire March 31, will the end of January. Biden extended it president of the National Low Income From February, 1943 save an infant’s life. With his be extended for several months and until March 31. Housing Coalition, citing recent until September, 1944, complex medical history, it possibly even strengthened. Still, they The rationale for the moratorium immigrants and the elderly as those Flight Officer Miller was was important for Ralph to argue the existing moratorium hasn’t was that having families lose their least likely to know their full rights. an instructor pilot at bases “give back” even after his been a blanket protection and say homes and move into shelters or “It’s really been left to organizations in Louisiana and Florida, death. He was accepted by thousands of families have been evict- share crowded conditions with rel- like ours to get the word out,” she where his students includ- the Willed Body Program ed for other reasons beyond nonpay- atives or friends during a pandemic said. ed superior officers. In at UT Southwestern, and ment of rent. would further spread the highly con- Another flaw: Landlords in some September, 1944, he eager- was very pleased to have “The key to restoring and strength- tagious coronavirus. jurisdictions have been initiating ly left on a troop ship out of a plan of “going to medical school” after his death. To be eligible for protection, renters eviction proceedings in court, a tactic New York, to serve in the ening our economy is defeating WWII European Theater of Ralph’s love of travel COVID-19. To do that, we must keep must earn $198,000 or less for couples the Trump administration opened the filing jointly, or $99,000 for single fil- Operations (ETO). was a gift for his family. people safely housed as we work door to in a much derided amend- Once in Europe, Flight The family traveled to the towards vaccinating more people. ers; demonstrate that they’ve sought ment to the ban. government help to pay the rent; Officer Miller was recog- Seattle World’s Fair in 1962, This is what the American Rescue “It has allowed landlords to have nized as an exceptional to Big Bend National Park Plan does,” Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., declare that they can’t pay because these evictions just teed up and ready of COVID-19 hardships; and affirm B-26 pilot, and was trans- in 1964, to Europe for an said in a statement. “But for now, an to go,” Dunn said. up-close and personal his- they are likely to become homeless ferred to detached service extension of the moratorium is clear- Many families have chosen to leave as a Pathfinder pilot. He tory lesson in 1969, and to if evicted. their homes at the first threat of legal led groups of the 9th Air Indiana as frequently as ly warranted until more people are Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief vaccinated, more supportive housing proceedings, fearing that the evic- Force, flying 55 missions, possible, to attend Miller package included more than $25 bil- to support the liberation of Family get-togethers. programs come on line, and more lion in emergency rental assistance, tion — even one still in the courts help is deployed.” — would be a stain on their record France, the Netherlands, “Uncle Ralph” was a favor- plus more to help tenants who were and Belgium. In the win- ite of nieces and nephews, The White House has indicated it is behind on their utilities, but no exten- that would make finding a home chal- weighing an extension of the ban. The lenging. ter of 1944-1945, Ralph led and everyone loved listen- sion of the eviction moratorium. groups to provide air sup- ing to his stories, told as Department of Housing and Urban And while that money works its Not everyone supports keeping the port for the Battle of the only he could tell them. Development did not respond to a way out to citizens, the need for relief moratorium in place. Landlords in Bulge, and was promoted Ralph is survived by his request for comment on the issue. remains dire. several states have sued to scrap the to Captain in the Spring of daughter, Susan Miller Eric Dunn, director of litigation for John Pollock, coordinator of the order, arguing it was causing them 1945. For his service to his Harris; two sons-in-law, the National Housing Law Project, National Coalition for a Civil Right to financial hardship and infringing on country, he received numer- Richard W. Harris and Dr. noted signs that a decision has already Counsel, said current surveys show their property rights. ous decorations, citations C. Jack Smith; one sister, quietly been made. Last week, Dunn that 18.4% of all tenants owe back There are at least six prominent and awards. Those include Millie Bemenderfer. He was said, a HUD official conducted a call rent. That number also revealed sig- lawsuits challenging the authority of the Distinguished Flying predeceased by his wife, with housing advocates to field opin- nificant racial disparity; the percent- the CDC ban; so far three judges have Cross, WWII Victory Medal, Betty, and two daughters, ions on a new, streamlined form that age of Black tenants behind on their sided with the ban and three have American Theater Service Linda Miller Smith and tenants can use in order to gain pro- rent was 32.9%. ruled against, with all cases currently Medal, several Air Medals, Janet Miller Bedford. He is tection from eviction. Pollack called the ban “the only going through appeals. One judge in Distinguished Unit Badge, also survived by a num- Pre-Pearl Harbor Ribbon ber of nieces and nephews, “Why would they be doing that if thing holding back the flood” of evic- Memphis declared the CDC order they didn’t plan to continue this for unenforceable in the entire Western and the European-African- one grandson and four tions that would spiral through the Middle Eastern Service great-grandchildren. a while longer?” Dunn asked. “The still shaky American economy. “That District of Tennessee. Medal. In 2012, Ralph was A Celebration of Ralph’s question is: What is the extension kind of wave won’t just affect the “Individual eviction cases are still appointed a “Chevalier” Life will be led by Rev. Sherri going to look like?” renters themselves; it will devastate heard by state court judges far and of the Legion of Honor Waters-Clem at Williams Dunn and others would like to communities, much as the 2008 mort- wide — many of who never liked the by decree of President Memorial United Methodist see the moratorium extended and gage foreclosure crisis did,” he said. CDC halt order to begin with and Hollande of France. Church in Texarkana, TX; improved. Last week, more than 2,000 But simply extending the moratori- were just itching for ways to circum- In January 1946, Ralph Saturday, April 10, 2021 at advocacy organizations signed on um is not enough, advocates said. vent it or disregard it,” Dunn said. received his commercial 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the pilot rating, to continue family suggests donations his flying dream. 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