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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-10-25

Toronto (ILNS) - Scripps- Howard
newspapers held the floor at the open
ing of the second week of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor convention
here while President Green and a
}oZen delegates refuted the Scripps-
Howard charges of miserable fail
ure" and ran the gamut from amaze
ment to bitter denunciation, this lat
ter tempered by pleas for some toll
erance on the ground that the ignor-
ance of an individual may have caused
the newspaper outburst.
The Scripps- Howard newspapers
published the hostile editorial on Oc-
tober 8. President Green wired Roy
0. Howard, president, asking him if
The editorial represented a change of
pClicy. He received an answer saying
Howard was in the Orient and plead
ing for the right of criticism, as we'll
as pointing to the record of friend
ship. The answer, however, said that
yesterday was not today, nor was it
morrow
Having read the communications
President Green launched into a refu-
tation. He read detailed list of ex-
penditures by national and interna-
ti1nal unions in the South, showing
literally millions of dollars poured
into the South, with the stream still
flowing. He said that in each South
ern state there is State Federation
OF Labor, set up by the American Fed
eration of Labor.
Scores Loose Taking
"We have never complained because
Of criticism" said President Green,
hut we do resent condemnation and
abuse" He termed the editorial
loose talking, loose thinking on the
part of ignorant editors who sit down
and pretend to write profoundly" in
flicting, "to say the least, great in7
jury to the American people" He
said the editorial followed the foot
steps of the communist charges.
"As | see it," he said, "the Scripps-
Howard papers have aligned them
selves definitely with the Daily Work
er, with the publications of the up
lift' and with the Los Angeles Times. u
He concluded, however, that he could
not believe the editorial represented
the position of the Scripps- Howard
executives, and that he intended to
find out by direct word from Roy
Howard
Some temper toward more energetic
denunciation was checked by Presi-
Cent Green, by Vice President Me
hugh of the Pressmen's Union, by
Victor A. Olander of the Seamen's
Union, and by President Howard of
the international Typographical Tn
ion.
Facts Refute Editorial
But the real answer delivered was
the showing of what labor has done
ir the South. Perhaps no individual
n the convention imagined the total
to be so large-money in the millions,
men sent to prison, men slain, pain
and effort and sacrifice, down through
thirty and more years and still flow
Continued on page four)
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-10-25

light plant is considered by experts
to be one of the most up-to-date and
finest electric generating plants of its
size in operation today, and as pro-
visions have been made to install new
units for generating purposes in the
future as needed, the citizens are as
sured of an ample supply of electric
current for all purposes.
(3) That the operating and main
tenance costs in the operation of the
municipal owned electric plant have
been and are now as low or lower than
estimated in the beginning, while the
standard of wages and working condi-
tions have been improved.
(4) Cost of operation and distribu-
ton of electrical energy of the NUM-
cipal power plant of the city of Ham
ilton, Ohio, from January /, 1929, to
September 80, 1929, show conclusively
the wisdom of the people in insisting
upon every opportunity that the city
own and operate electric utulty
Production cost (plant) ....$10 ,65S .O4
Distribution of CURRENT. 52,657.03
General expense ................ 27,O55.92
Total operating cost........,$189,37 370.99
Interest cost ......,.............S 25 5,O63.l
Sinking fund ..................... 37,601.10
Capital accounts ................. 27,257. .55
Total operating and
overhead .S279 ,292.75
Gross revenue (sale of cur
TelG) ..........pa .-JA.io
Total expense (as above)... 279,292.75
Net earnings ......................Sl92 ", ,293.4S
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-10-25
pps-Howard Papers Show
Ignorance, Green Declares

Labor Does Not Complain of Criticism But Resents Con-
demnaton Based Faseho0d Federation Head
Says, Termng Hostile Editorial Example of Loose
Thinking.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-10-25
BARRIERS ORGANIZE

indianapolis. Journeymen Bar
bers' international Union issued char
ters to locals in these cities; Med
ford, Ore. Detroit, Mich, and Colum-
bia, S. c.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-10-25

Unanimously adopted by the Hamil-
ton Cooperative Trades and Labor
Council, on this twenty-second (22nd)
day Of October 1929.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18
A DARING FEAT.

Using ones head in a crisis is always highly COM
mendabe, for comparatively speaking, so few OF US
are able to do it..
Honors 90 to Bob Wark veteran Seattle plane pilot,
for using his head yesterday when his engine "froze
while making a flight the city with couple OF
Boy Scouts.
War took the boys aloft to see the city and thought
of their safety we'll his when the crisis boboea
up before him. or rather beneath him. Looking down
from his plane he could only the tops OF business
blocks and residences, with hope of gliding suf1i-
GENTLY far arrive at the landing field from which ne
took off or any other open space
With the precious seconds representing his margin
of safety rapidly fitting away Wark nosed down his
ship and picked out the roof of department store
BUILDING on which to land. Realizing that II his lana.
ing wheels caught in the coping wall about the roof
II would cause disaster, he ficked his plane slightly
and landed it upside down. He and his passengers
escaped with only minor cuts and bruises
II took plenty of considerable sklli to 90
what Wark did, Even under ordinary circumstances 1t
represents tremendous feat When to its natural haz
ard is added the short time allowed Wark for decision
plus the grown mans added weight of responsibility
for the of couple of juveniles Warks feat stands
cut as highly admirable
FLYING calls for particularly fearless and nerveess
nilot 1t is well that the government insists upon rlgid
examination for all those to whom human lives are en-
trusted in the air.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18
READ IT AND ACT

Those who feel that the other fellows msfortunes
are no concern of theirs had better time by not
reading this article, for it is appeal to citizens of
FL Centre to aid the annual Red Cross roll call, which
is started in this city today.
Ell Cenros quota for the Red Cross is $1,000, surely
not great sum to be divided among II 900 persons
There is no need to tell the thinking individual of
the good that the Red Cross does but there is need
prod his spirit of procrastinaon into immediate action
He means to give his contribution to the Greatest
Mother of ALL but he forgets.
The chairman of the general committee has pointed
out that obtaining Ell Centros quota is not Job for
any individual any particular organization. For
that matter it should not be task for any of US, for
should consider it privilege to have part in the
great work the Red Cross IS doing.
When we read OF great disaster of any kind, or
some minor ones always read of the Red Cross
jumping into immediate action. It does not delay or
wait until it finds out whether or not it should do It,
1t goes in first and swings into action at once.
Here in Imperial Valley, the organization has hopes
of extending its work, by of the contribution 1T
receives in the present drives 1t plans to have per-
manent worker here who aid in assisting the needy
transient and IN operating employment office.
We cannot get away from the INDECENT transient In
many they unworthy of assistance but all OF
us have at times come in contact with cases where
worthy men and women have been caught In net OF
circumstances beyond their CONTROL through fault
of their own and in need of immediate assistance
There present organization here to which they
go for relief If they get any at all 1t is from the
private citizen who digs down into his own pocket to
aid them. . ax.
1t is not fair that the individual should the
burden. 1t belongs to the community. The man or
woman who will deliberately allow human being to
suffer- is thank Heaven. comparatively If we
make mistakes and then, it is through the natural
impulse to avoid giving aid to who is too lazy to
look out for himself.
Mistakes of this kind can be avoided by having the
relief work in charge of person specially trained for
this line of work The Red Cross worker is taught to
distinguish between the worthy and unworthy and to
give relief in the best possible manner 1t does not
always follow that monetary relief the best wisest
Spreading quota of $500 city of this size
makes the burden of contribution unusually light for
all of us. Have your check ready now, so that when
you are solicited you will not take the time of the so
citor who like yourself is busy man. unselfishly de-
voting his time to aiding the campaign.
You cannot refuse to aid.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18

wished for one and, perhaps, have
had it fly into his paw.
$50 the next best thing to do"
said Uncle Wiggilv, 'is to look for
some place where can go in until
this snow storm is over. For think
it isn't going to last very long"
Well, he happened to be standing
near one of the little corn houses, so
he looked at it and, seeing an open
ing between the stalks. he said:
an go in one of these funny little
houses and wait until the snow storm
passes. No one lives in it. so it will
be all right for me to go in"
No sooner said than done. lnto
the corn house hoped the rabbit gem
tleman. making the dried stalks rat
tie as if a strong wind were blowing
them. And, once inside, Uncle Wig,
sily made himself comfortable sit
ting down on a stone which happen
ed to be in the middle of the ground
floor of the place.
Then it grew very stiIl and quiet
inside. and the only noise outside
was the rustling of the wind and
the tiny scratching sound of the
snowfalkes lightly falling on the
corn, stalks. Uncle Wiggily was al
most asleep when, all of a sudden,
he heard noise inside the funny
little house. Yes, indeed, Right in
side.
"Ha! This is queer!" said Uncle
Wiggily, suddenly rousing himself.
at sounds as if some one were in
! this house besides myself" He
! looked all around, but he could sec
no one. Then he listened and heard
voice saying:
"Who ISL" Before he could an
swer another voice said:
''I don't know who came in, but
I'll look"
"See if it's anything good to eat!"
/ spoke the first voice.
"Oh, my, goodness" thought the
rabbit. "Can it be. that there is f,
/ Bob Cat or Fox living in this corn
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18


house? If so, | made mistake by
coming in, even to save my red neck
tie"
Uncle Wiggily was just going to
jump out of the funny house, think
ing il better to have the snow spoil
his new tie than to have his ears
nibbled when, all Of sudden, out
from under a stalk crept little field
mouse lady.
"Oh, why it's Uncle Wiggily!"
squeaked the mouse.
"Ha! Hal" laughed the rabbit.
"Was that you talking, Mrs. Meuse9' ~
eyes, Uncle Wiggily. You see, !
and nay children live in this corn
stalk house. One of my little one
heard you come in and, not knowing
who it was, we thought it might be
a Cat. But I'm glad it's you"
''Is it anything good to eat, Ma p
asked a little mouse boy.
Then Uncle Wiggily laughed and.
having some peanuts in his pocket,
gave them to the little mouse lad,
who was glad to get them. Then,
when the snow storm was over, the
rabbit hoped out of the funny
house and went home. And if the
salt will let the lump of sugar have
a merry-go-round ride on the egg
beater, I'll tell you about Uncle Wig
gily and the Gobble-Up.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18
FAMOUS MARINE
PICTURE
HERE FOUR DAYS

Movie fans Of this city. and IN
the entire valley for that matter,
will be heading to Fox Imperial The
atre for the next four nights to see
two of the most famous characters
on the screen, Sergeant Quirt ana
Top Sergeant Fiagg of the United
States Marines.
These two characters, who made
"What Price Glory, one OF the non-
forgetablc pictures, arc back again
in their love wars as the leading men
in "The Cock Eyed World", con-
tinuation Of "What Price Glory.
Edmund Lowe is Sergeant Quirt
and Victor MacLaglcn is Top Ser
geant Flagg, two marines who hate
each other from the ground up and
down, who love the same women,
and even while fighting battles for
their country side by side, cannot
forget their antagonism.
There is world ct comedy n
"The Cock Eyed Worid", which diff.
fcrs from "What Price Glory III
many respects. The latter depicted
ono of the most tragic incidents IN
history, the World War. "Thc Cock
Eyed World', tells the experience OF
Uncle Sans lcathernecks since the
World War, as they were sent to
keep the peace in Nicaragua, China,
the South Sea Islands an! other Gus
of the way places
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18
THE MEXICAN ELECTION

Americans generally will unite in hoping that the
result of Yesterdays election in Mexico Will not be Io
lowed bv anv political disturbances, and that the Mex
icar people will be able continue under President
elect Rubo the march of progress which has been the
rule under Presidents Gales and Gill
Even while they hope Americans particularly those
rg the border fear that these hopes may be dasheo
THE defeated candidate Jose Vasconceos, charged IN
last night that the Rubio victory was won
h trckerv and force used by their workers at the polls
v;lad hints before the election that in the event OF
aafsat yasconcelos' followers would seek other means
f nutting their candidate into office seem onous at
this time . r,;n
.Ilv and in the political eyes OF the world another
~~voit would we we'll nigh disastrous to the southern
republic Little is known of Rublo IN TINS country, Du
az man Mexico needs keep her out OF trouble ana
bsy IN the multitude of important tasks that CONFRONT
Lei. ---,---- ~--.----- ---~--~--.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18
BORDER ELECTION
CUTS DOWN WORK
OF VALLEY COPS

Harry Farris Of Los Angeles was
fined $25 by Judge Perkins in court
this morning fW driving recklessly
on the. Calexico highway yesterday
afternoon. c. Schuster, also of Los
Angeles was relieved Of $15 for driv-
ing 35 miles an hour in the 20 mile
zone.
Traffic violations and arrests were
very few yesterday, especially on the
Calexico highway. The reason gwen
for this by traffic officials was the
fact that owing to the national elee-
ton in Mexico, Mexicali was closed
to visitors for the day.
Attorney Bitler appeared in police
court this morning for Harry kuni.
slii,na, arrested on a charge of 6fuAk.
enncss and of disturbing the peace.
Kunishima was assessed SO on the
first count, the second being dis.
missed.
Ed King, negro, and c. Beydstrum,
both claiming FL Centre as their
home, were held for further invcsti.
CATION when they were unable to
give satisfactory reasons for their
appearance on the streets during the
wee small hours of this morning.
Gee. kcslcr, G.. Garcia, ID. Sanches,
A. Vaskis and J. Singh were fined
So each ON drunkenness charges
while several vags were dismissed
on condition that they continue their
weary way out of town without any
delay.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18
Phone Exhibit
Here Wednesday

II. V. Michcner, general manager
of the supply department of the
Western Electric Company, will give
I'm an day exhibit and lecture on
modern telephone apparatus at the
local office of the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph Company. "Wednesday
\ cordial invitations is extended
by Manager l.. W. Pcttitt. TO resi-.
dents ef Imperial Valley. to- attend
the exhibit, which will be shown and
explained from.lo a. IN. to ) y. m.
Arrangements have been made to
show the exhibit to several classes
from the grammar and high schools.
The advances made in telephone
communication in the past few years
have revolutiotized this method of
communication and much OF II is un
known to the pubic. 1t is for the
purpose of aeqnainting them with
the improvements that the exhibit
has been arranged
In the evening Miebcner will give
p demonstration and lecture for EN-.
ployees of the telephone company.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD e. GARIS
Newspaper Syndicate
Con5right, 1928, BY Mcclure
UNCLE WIGGILY'S FUNNY
HOUSE.

Once upon time Uncle Wiggily
was hopping across 4 field where, in
the summer. "a farmer had planted
corn. But it was now nearly winter
in Woodland, where the rabbit gen
.leman lived in his hollow stump
bungalow below the Orange lee
Mountains. And, being so close to
winter, there was no green corn
growing in the field.
The farmer had cut down the corn
aud had piled the stalks here and
there in the field in bundles like
tents. These bundles of corn-stalks
were called "shocks," and Were
pointed in shape like the hat of a
jolly old Halloween witch, big at
the bottom and pointed at the top.
'.It looks" said Uncle Wiggily to
himself, as he hoped across the
corn field, "as if these shocks were
funny little houses where soldiers
might be camping. | wonder if there
is any one in these queer corn
houses ~
The rabbit gentleman looked first
into one, then two and then three of
the corn-stalk houses, as he hoped
past. The dried stalks rustled in
the wind and made Uncle Wiggily
think of Thanksgiving and pumpkin
pie and all things like that.
''Hello. Hello. Anybody home p
called the rabbit gentleman, as he
poked his pink, twinkling nose first
into one funny corn house and then
another. "Anybody home!"
But all he heard was the wind
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18
Poison Drinking
Yarn COllapses

Orvill Ladd reported to the sheriff
tale of having been forced to take
poison at Sccley by three boys. Mil.
toa Rodgers, Jack Stock ard Rucl
Miller, after which he was relieved
of $40 late Saturday night. He was
held on tho ground while the poison
WAS administered, the complaint
said. He made his way to the SccIey
dancc hall and tainted as soon Nv hc
entered the building.
Ladd was brought to the III Cen
t-o hospital by men from tho sl'cr-
iff's office. After medical attention
had been administered he admitted
ander questioning that he had drunk
some poisonous booze which made
hin, III AM in signed statenscst
cxenoiatcd the other boys ON the
poison charge. The money is still
however, with No trace Of its
present whereabouts.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18

rustling in the dried corn-stalks.
"Nobody home, l guess" said I'm
ele Wiggily. 'let these would be
jolly little houses for the animal
children to play in."
SO he hoped on little farther
until, all of sudden, it began to
snow quite hard.
Now Uncle Wigsiiy didn't much
mind the snow, for he wore warm
fur coat. But that day he happened
to be wearing new. red necktie.
and he didn't want to have any snow
flakes fall ON it,.
Because" said the rabbit gentle
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of I'm.
perial Valley for this Date
In Past Yc&re
TWENTY YEARS AGO
November Is. 1909

Governor GilTctt passed yesterday
N the valley as the guest of w. +.
Holt in an inspection of the country
below the Mexican line where Mr..
Holt and the Southern Pacific of
fieials have large interests it being
understood that Governor Gillctt is
III the syndicate. \ banquet was
given in RI Centre in honor of the
chief executive of the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
November l8. 1914

All the business houses Of FL Cen
tro will be closed today from to
/ for the coronation of Miss Helen
Shaw as queen of the county fair
The queens parade will start from
the Barbara Worth hotel, and will
proceed to the fair grounds where
the coronation will take place. To-
tLy, the first day, is the one that
imperial, Brawley, Dixieland, Seeley
and Heber are to consider as their
very own, and people from these
sections will make every effort to
be present for their day.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18
CARD OF THANKS

We desire to express our heartfelt
thanks for the many cxpressien. OF
sympathy and comfort given us in
the recent death of our husband
and father.
MRS. HERMAN RAU and family
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18

man, 'they might spot my red tie,
and make it look like a polka dot
one, which ! don't want. | wish
lad an umbrella to keep the snow
flakes off my red tie"
But lie had no umbrella, neither
did he have his lucky wishing stone
in his pocket, or he might have
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18
TEN YEARS AGO
November 18, 1919

Past Masters night at the Ma
sonic lodge last night was Crane
success, seven past masters being II
attendance: J. II. Patterson oi
San Diego, J. Stewart Ross, Majoi
Cook, Judge Phil ID. Swing, Mont }
Reid. Ii. L. Barker, {. n. Perry.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18
MARRIAGE LICENsEs

Delb~rt y. Ruston. -. and Doris
Nagger, IS, beth of Brawlcy, Chireh-
el Pennington, 40, and Florence Dun.
bar, 80, both Of Yuma.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18

The Herbert Hunt ranch, Areata,
Humboldt county, recently shipped
a carload of cured tobacco TO Rich
mond, Virginia.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-04-01
AMBASSADOR HERRICK

Myron d. Herrck during his years of service to
his country at Paris, something more than dlplo
mat content merely to uphold the social requirements
of international diplomacy for his country. He was
an institution.
His action in 1914 when he refused to leave Paris,
although other diplomats made haste to quit the capt.
tai before the Germans arrived there, the act of
courageous who refused to sidestep what he be-
lleved to be his duty to his country.
1t was this devotion to duty which ultimately
caused his death He seriously exposed himself in up
holding the prestige of the United States at the funeral
of Marshal Foch when despite his three-quarters OF
century, he trudged through the rain, like good sol
der, behind the bier of great soldier.
During the Ambassador HerrlckS duties were
such that many younger might have felt Justl-
fled in resgning under the strain. Instead he un
sefishly and Fundamentally thrust himself into the
arduous task of helping insane humanity catch hold OF
itself. Through the long postwar period OF readJust-
ment, he stayed the job and since that time he
abored INCREASINGLY to help heal the wounds which the
made
One cannot help but recall the fatherly way in
which he took Lindbergh under is wing, at time
when that young needed friend with level head,
more than he needed anything else. He found him in
Ambassador Herrick, and must give the tousel-
headed ambassador credit for much Cf the good sense
the touse-headed flyer showed during his triumphant
days in Paris and since then
Not even the strained relations which have existed
with France over the debt question: could change the
love of the French people for Herrick. To them ne
was a poilu = man who not afraid and who
served faithfully. Another difficult job facing Mr..
Hoover is to find man who can fill his role.