Farrar v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

The claimant, a boss carder at a woolen mill in Newton, became separated from his employment when the mill was destroyed by fire on October 3, 1946. He received unemployment benefits until on or about April 1, 1947, when said benefits based on the claimant’s earnings during the year 1945 were exhausted. He filed a new benefit year claim on April 8, 1947, based upon his earnings in 1946. This claim was accompanied by a written statement of facts, signed by the claimant, which disclosed that he had not applied at any mill for work as a boss carder as that would be “a violation of ethics” for…