The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-12-09
c.. P. o. NEWS NOTES

! poet another big rush in the Ruling
room At the present time. with our
limited force of rulers. we are hold
| ing down the work in fine shane,
There is no grass growing around
| this section"
since the passing of George A.
/ Whltford the Bindery has been I'M
able to find a match for Col Bcnja-
MIN l.. Entriken at the checker
BOARD. Messrs. Whitford and Entri-
Ken had played about 1000 games,
put the most ardent fans, including
Terry MahoneY. Arthur Denham
Dan Casey. Kirk Harrison and even
King SIRIUS, with the moral sup
port OF Bill Hope. hesitate to tackle
the colonel when he comes IN at
, lunch time.
Printers in Mexico City are on
strike for better conditions and higher
wages.
In Miami Okla. the printers scale
has been increased s. a week.
! Electrotypers in Boston have re-
ceived an increase OF $3.50 for molders
and finishcrs and 81 for other
branches. Foundry men in South
Bend, Ind. and Franklin. Pa, are re-
ceiving a war bonus OF g per week.
At the last meeting of the Printing
Pressmen's Union the following Off
GERS were elected for the ensuing
wear, Daniel l. Leane. president
Charles f. Thorne. vice president;
Bert f. Bair, seCrctary-treasurer
, Emil Peterson, secretary; Howard
Conlin. recording secretary. and
Joseph Norris. sergeant at arms. The
ABOVE, with n. c. Sprague, Robert
Frank and J. Whitley. constitute the
executive board.
Thomas J. Daily, makerup in charge
OF proof press in the Hand section
annex, has returned from twelve DAYS,
| leave
Mai. George l.. Berry. president of
the international Printing Pressmen
| and Assistants Union. sailed last
week for Europe with the Presidet's
peace party and will he one of the
| labor representatives at the confer
ence.
T f. w. asks how many bricks
there are in the new building. This
is an easy one. There are exactly
4, 299, 427. S33 There was originally one
more, but just behind the rostrum
where Foremen Mclean and Schin-
nerer preside in the Linotype section
there is one brick missing. II YOU
doubt these figures count them YOUR
self.
Joseph Williams, of the Monotype
keyboard section. fractured his right
wrist while cranking his car last
Thursday and will probably be dis
aoled for about six weeks.
Marsh A. Bodenhamer and John r.
furVis, G. p. o. printers. have COM
pIeted the compilation of the first
eoltlon of the Congressional Directory
for the third session of the Sixty
NTH Congress, and the directory is
being distributed to those interested
Printing pressmen in New York
City have been granted an increase
OF IS a week by the National War
Labor Board. This should be en-
couraging news for G. p. o. workers.
Tell it to Congress.
At the last meeting of the Press
mems Union c. II. Evans. the re-
tlring secretary. was presented with
handsome ring and a fountain pen.
James ]. Jones and Clifford L.
Plther. compositors in the Hand Sec
ton. have been detailed to the press
work division as press revisers.
The friends of Lafayette d. Weeks.
linotype operator, will regret to learn:
that Mrs. Weeks is in a serious con-
| diuon after an operation last Thurs
day.
John F. Turner has resigned his
position as linotype operator and
viii leave soon for Ashland. Ky.
William H. Evans. c. H. Evans. A,
A. Alderman, and Walter Whitaker,
OF the Pressroom division, are among
those pressmen who are taking an
active interest in farming.
Levi II. Patterson. a veteran en-
| ploye of the Hand section. as we'll
as a veteran of the civil war, has
! returned to his city residence, SOC G
street, for the winter.
Ernest r. Knapp, of the Proof
! room, says that G. p. o. workers liv-
ing north of U street on Georgia
avenue are anxious to know when
they will be able to transfer from