The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Topics for Uncle SAM Workers
Government Printing
Office

The International Typographical
Union will hold its annual election
Of oficers Wednesday. Candidates
for local ofnces have been cam
paigning actively, and lively inter-
est Is being manifested.
The Metropolitan Players. a new
organization under the direction Of
william II. Bright Of the monotyps
section. assisted by well-known
amateur and semlprofessionsl tai
ent, will give a vaudeville per-
formance and dance, the entire pro-
ceeds to be devoted to the salvation
Army home service fund for 1890.
at Carroll Institute Hall, sIs Tenth
street. Thursday at Sis p. m.
Edward p. Murray. employe or
! the shop since 1898. died at his
home In Baltimore May IL. after
ray for several years had been q
copy editor of the spess section of
the proofroom. and had been in I'll
health for almost q year. He was
50 years old and q member Of the
typographical Union. He lie sur
viNed by a widow, a son, a daughter
ana brother. Harry Murray, OF
the keyboard room. Funeral ser
vices were held from the home,
21l5 North Calvert street; inter
ment in Lowden Park Cemetery.
Work has begun on the instaIla-
hon Of electric metal pots in the
linotype section. The iron platform
is being removed and the machine
will rest on the hardwood floor.
Overhead exhaust pipes, erected
several years ago to carry on the
gas and metal fumes. are being re-
moved
Miss Elsie Arnold. clerk in the
accounting section. was absent last
week for several days on account
OF malaria contracted while on a
canoe trip up the Potomac
About 20 ladies of the Govern
ment Printing once reported 10
Coach Roxey Roach Tuesday for a
try-out on the G. P. o. baseball
team. Fielding to batting practice
was INDUCED in. and Coach Roche
states that he has the nucleus OF
winning combination. Anyone
wishing to try for the team should
communicate with Secretary Bruce
Frtck, phone branch No. /.
A. Harry wendaIl Of the casting
room starts Monday on two
/ weeks stay in Soldiers Home Hos
! pital for treatment for torn nEa-
ments resulting from a strain.
Charles NJ. Flanagan of the limo
type section was elected treasurer
Of the Johnson-POw Community
Center Tuesday.
Bindery Union No. ~ was sd-
dressed Monday by President
Charles P. Miller Of Bookbinders-
Union No. 4. The bindery union
has been organizing workers in
OOWnfnNn LrH
meetings during the past two
weeks. Miss Anna Merry of Balti-
more, organizer for the American
Federation Of Labor. is assisting In
the work
Nathaniel G. Watts Of the mono
type section has returned from q
trip through the South and West
Chief Jack Dohoney of the ma
chine shop is in a local hospital
undergoing an operation. Casper
R Taylor is in charge of the shop,
assisted by Albert Whitaker.
Bruce FriCk. statistictan TO the
chief accountant, has been promot-
! ed to chief Of the allotment section.
Mr.. Frick was the compUter Of nu-
( merous statements during the hear
inGs before Congress and received
the congratulations of many Sena-
y n
Walter W. Haring Of the night
pressroom spent several days last
week at Chesapeake Beach over
hauling his cottage for the coming
/ season.
Peter W. Pritchett and Elmer 6
Jackson OF the electrotype foundry
I have been I'll several weeks
Linotype Machinist Robert A
/ Williams left last week to attend
the Republican convention in Chi
cago.
Frank Smith. linotype operator
! on the Record force for eleven
years. has resigned to go into busi-
ness in Cincinnati.
Robert S. Peterson. machine op-
orator in the pamphlet bindery. has
| been absent several weeks suffer
ing with injuries received in line
| of duty.
: Memorandum of appointments.
/ Government Printing ONCE for
week ending Wednesday. May Is.
1920:
Appointments-Tho B Walsh.
Jesse J. Butcher. Francis J Nc
! Carthy. Hubert l. Leathers. and
John Dempsey, skilled laborers:
/ Wilson c. Flake, probational mes
senger boy. Kendall T. Graham and
William {. Wylie, emergency mes
senCer boys: John T. Sullivan and
| Charles L. Johnson. emergency lin
otype operators.
Scparations-Miss Della F. Jen-
kins. Miss Mary y. Kuhn. Miss
Clara y. Rountree. Albert Helm.
! Tony Rosetta. Leon Austin. and
James c. Willis. skilled laborers.
I resigned; Frank Smith and FRANK
lin n. Crawford. linotype operators.
! resigned: Harry L. Cochran. helper.
resigned: Floyd r. Ferguson and
Ernest R. Humphrey. messenger
boys. resigned: Miss Annie Walters.
| sewing machine operator. resigned:
Albert D. Rust. Jr-. copy editor. re-
| signed: Fred A Minnigh. compost
/ tor, resigned; Dillon f. James,
wStchman, resigned; Herbert Dixon
and Raymond Moore. unskilled la
borers. resigned.
Promotions, etc. - William ".
clerk, $500 per annum: Miss Susan
A. Marshall. clerk, $1,000 per an
mum. to clerk, Sl,400 per annum;
Mrs. Mary H. Larkin. clerk. S1,4O0
per annum to clerk. S1.6OO per an
mum; Miss Mildred n. Healy, clerk,
$1,000 per annum, to clerk, $1,000
per annum: Miss Beulah V. Doug
lass, clerk, $500 per annum, TO
clerk. $1,000 per annum; Mrs. Retts
J. wandall, clerk, $50 per annum.
/ TO clerk. $500 per annum; Miss
Amelia c. Linton, clerk, $50 per
annum, TO clerk, $500 per anars--
Miss Caroline E. Barghausen.
! skilled laborer, 35c per hour, 20