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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-06-27
GENERAL EMPLOYMENT

GENERAL EMPLOYMENT !. !. !. j.
TRIPLE COLUMN HEAD 80 -. -.
Washington. ILNS)-Reports for
May, made by the bureau of labor
statistics and the employment serv-
ice, both of the Z. S. department of
labor, show no material Improvement
in the unemployment situation. The
report of the bureau Of labor statistics
in fact shows a decrease for the thir-
teen industrial groups surveyed,
though the bureau says that reports
indicate an improvement in building
conditions, which are not covered in
the bureaus figures Federal, state
and municipal construction work has
increased steadily under the current
program of expansion.
Following a conference with Presi-
/ dent Hoover, President William
Green of the American Federation of
Labor expressed the view that the un-
employment situation is decidedly en-
couraging now. "There is every evi-
dence," he said "that we are reaching
the point of improvement in the un-
employment situation. | am rather
of the opinion that the census bureau
report will show the number Of un-
employed will not be as great as some
have predicted
Mr. Green urged the President to
expedite the report of the census
bureau on unemployment.
May ordinarily shows little net
change in employment in the IL in
dustrial groups surveyed by the bu-
reau. Excluding manufacturing the
total for the remaining II groups
shows an increase of one-tenth of l
per cent in employment and a gain of
per cent in payroll totals. Manu-
featuring industries, which have
shown declines from April to May in
five of the seven years preceding
1880, reported a decrease of 1.6 per
cent in employment and loss of "a
per cent in earnings. The combined
total for the 13 groups, covering 49,
422 establishments with 5,063,416
workers, shows 90 per cent fewer en-.
ployes and a decrease of 1.2 per cent
in payroll totals in May.
Six of the 13 individual groups re-
ported increased employment in May
anthracite mining, quarrying, cleo
trio railroads, telephone and tele
graph, power-light-water plants, and
crude petroleum production.
Seven Groups Show Losses
The seven groups reporting de-
creased employment were IT manufac-
turing, bituminous coal mining, met
alliferous mining, wholesale and re-
tail trade, hotels, and canning.
The per cents of change in May in
employment and payroll totals in in
dustries are based upon returns made
by 1888 establishments in 81 of the
principal manufacturing industries.
These establishments in May, 1880,
had 3,271 ,015 employees.
Fifteen of the 81 separate indus
tries had more employees in May
than in April, the greatest gains hav
ing been in the ice cream, woolen
goods, cement, brick, rubber tire, and
slaughtering industries. The automo-
bile industry reported an increase of
1.5 per cent in employment and a gain
of 0.8 per cent in earnings.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-06-27

-Four groups of industries food
tobacco, stone-clay-glass, and ve-
hicles showed employment gains in
May, the food and tobacco groups
also reporting increased earnings.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-06-27

The basis of the suit was that Stein
was causing irreparable damage to
the interests of the members of the
various associations when he, as a
member of the Merchants Ladies
Garment association, which has
agreements with the International
Ladies' Garment Workers union and
with the American Cloak and Suit
Manufacturers association, persisted
in sending out work to non-union
shops in violation of the agreement,
Following settlement of the case,
the injunction suit was discontinued.
Morris Hillquit and Emil Schlesinger
were attorneys for the union.
Stein applied for readmission to
the Merchants association and was
reinstated after paying fine of $3.50
and assessments which had accrued
since his expulsion, and after paying
the counsel fees of the plaintiff. He
also signed a pledge to abide by his
contract with the association.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-06-27

The trend toward apartment dwell
ing which has been apparent in cities
of the United States in recent years
shows slight falling off in the new
est housing data of the United States
labor department.
Of the total number of families
provided with new residential accom-
modations in 1929 approximately 48.G
per cent went MT o apartments
whereas in 1923 the proportion was
53.7 per cent. This was the first year
since 1924 that apartments failed to
represent a larger share of the new
housing than in the preceding year.
Single dwellings gained where
apartments lost, it is shown, the per
centage of families provided with
single homes amounting to 40.2, as
against 35.2 in 1923.
Fewer Families Housed
The proportion of two o-family dwell
ings remained practically unchanged
at 11.2 per cent.
Whether the shift in 1929 in the
relative proportions of homes and
apartments may be taken as evidence
of any real change in the housing
trend is to be doubted, inasmuch as
residential building was at sub-nor-
NAL levels during most of the year.
The total number of families pro
vided for by new construction in the
257 identical cities by the labor de-
partment was 81 per cent smaller
than in 1923 and 40 per cent less than
in 1927.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-06-27
BUILDING COST
RISE IS DUE TO
SHIFT in TYPES
Composite Figure Shows Price
OF S6.32 Per Square Foot.
Highest On Record, Because
Home Building Dropped To
20 Per Cent OF Total.
By RALPH H. COUCH

Washington, D. C. ILNS). - New
buildings are being erected in the
United States this year represent an
investment of approximately $6.32 for
each square foot of floor area planned
for the finished structure.
This figure is a composite of the
average contract price being paid per
unit of area for all types of construc-
ton exclusive of public works and
utilities.
The 1880 unit price represents u
distinct advance over the average for
the corresponding period of 1929,
which amounted to $5.68. 1t is, in
fact, the highest found for any year
covered by data of the F. w. Dodge
corporation, from whose records the
averages were computed.
In 1928 the price paid contractors
was $5.63 per square foot. In 1927
it was $6.O2, in 1926 it was $3.50, and
in 1925, $5.45.
The increase in this years price per
unit of space is seen as rejecting u
marked change in the proportions of
principal types of work undertaken,
rather than upward movement in con-
struction costs.
Home Building Drops
Residential building, which COM
monty is one of the lower-priced
classes of work in proportion to floor
area, amounts to little more than 20
per cent of this years investment as
compared with nearly 40 per cent in
1929 Office buildings, factories and
other business structures, which cost
more heavily in proportion to space,
make up larger proportion of the
building total than last year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-06-27

sions the present working hours from
Monday to Friday, but the informa-
ton secured indicates the employees
will welcome this decision in view of
the shortening of the aggregate week
ly hours and in view of the opportu-
nifty afforded them for longer week
end vacations"
The new order does not affect the
mail order plants at Seattle and Los
Angeles, Mr.. Carney says. Decision
as to the plants in those two cities is
under advisement, he says. The mail
order plants affected are located at
Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Bos-
ton, Kansas City, Dallas and Mime
apolis.
The employees of the 320 retail
stores of Sears, Roebuck & Co. will
get half day only off each week, the
time off to be designated by the store
manager, who will be guided by local
conditions, the announcement says. 1t
is claimed by Mr.. Carney that $4,000
employees are affected by the new
order.
The notoriously unfair R. R. DON
nelley & Sons company is busily en-
gagged trying to make good on sched-
ule time on the catalogues of Sears,
Roebuck & Co. which are now being
printed under strictly non-union con-
ditions covered by a $30,000,0OO con-
tract which became effective last
March and runs for ten-year period.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-06-27

with misleading statements in regard
to the revival of employment in Janu-
ary down to the presidents rosy
statement to the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States, we have
been authoritatively assured right
along that business has turned the
corner The last dose of 'hooey' was
too much even for the anticipatory
bent of the stock market. The good
news collided with what every man
knows, and the market rejected
mirages and bowed to facts.
"All danger of panicky state of
mind demoraEzing the business
world was put behind US months ago.
To blandly tell men sweating in the
muck of the struggle that their job
has eased may encourage a few but
it will only embitter the most of
them During the World War rosy
communiques came near wrecking the
morale of the soldiers"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-06-27
Actual Decrease Shown in
Thirteen Industrial Groups
Improvement in Some States But No Material Gains For
Nation Government Reports Indicate

-Four groups of industries food,
tobacco, stone-clay-glass, and ve-
hicles showed employment gains in
May, the food and tobacco groups
also reporting increased earnings.
Big Fertilizer Seasonal Drop
The outstanding decrease in en-
ployment in May was a seasonal one
of Alt per cent in fertilizers, mark
ing the close of the spring shipping
season. Nine of the 10 industries of
the textile group had fewer employees
in May than in April an decreased
employment also occurred in the fol-
lowing important manufacturing in
dustries: Electrical machinery (3.8
per cent?, steam car building and re-
pairing (1.0 per cent?, foundries (2.5
per cent?. and boots and shoes (39
per cent? Employment in the iron and
steel industry remained practically
unchanged, decline Of one-tenth of
per cent in employment occurring be-
tween April and May
Decreased employment and earn
ings were shown in each geographic
division in May, with the exception of
the Mountain district, which showed a
gain in both items.
Per capita earnings in manufactur-
ing industries in May, 1890, were 90
per cent lower than in April, 1880
Gains, Losses, Reported
May, with few exceptions, showed
no material gains in employment, the
employment service, United States
department of labor, admits in its
latest industrial bulletin.
There was a noticeable improve
ment in employment conditions in
several states, but other states re-
ported recessions, the bulletin shows
While several reported that sur
plus of labor continued, the surplus
was being cut down in most instances.
Renewed activity in outdoor work,
such as road and highway construc-
ton, municipal improvement and sea-
sonal farming was improving the en-
ployment situation in May. Employ
ment, however, was somewhat ir-
regular in manufacturing industries
in some districts.
Some industries, such as coal min
ing, reduced both production and
forces to a seasonal summer basis in
several localities. Crop cultivation,
canning, and fruit harvesting, as well
as fishing, were expanding in various
localities, according to the bulletin.
A synopsis of the bulletin said:
1T is gratifying to note that the
shipbuilding industry, particularly
the yards along the eastern coast,
showed an upward trend in employ
ment. The granite quarries in New
England, engaged full forces, and the
outlook in this industry can be de-
scribed as satisfactory. The contin-
ued road expansion offered employ
ment for many additional laborers
and the demand for seasonal harvest
workers absorbed large numbers of
men. Heavy construction, such as
bridge and hydroelectric projects, en-
ployed additional workers. The month
of May, however, with few excep-
tions, did not register any material
employment gain"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-28
HANDSOME loving cup, emblem
I attic of the chess champion
. ship of the District, was pre-

A HANDSOME loving cup, emblem
~ attic of the chess champion
~ ship of the District, was pre-
sented in person last Saturday
night by the donor, I. S. Turnover, a
former District champion, to Frank B.
Walker, who won first place In a tour
nament recently completed. for the Dis
trict title. The trophy is inscribed: 1.-THE
I. S. Turnover Trophy. District Of Co
lumbia Chess Champion. 1880. F. B.
Walker"
Under the rules of the recent tourna-
ment, as modified by the vote Of ma
jority of the participants therein, the
cup remains In the possession of Walker
for year, or until It Is won by another
in a subsequent tournament. He Is not
subject to challenge for the title or cup.
1t is further provided that tournament
year. If won three times by the same
person, the cup becomes his permanent
possession.
This cup undoubtedly will furnish an
incentive for local players to improve
their chess playing. The thanks of chess
enthusiasts are due to Turnover for his
generous gift.
A COMMUNICATION has been re-
"A ceived from Capt. v. Sournin, for
mer District champion, now in the
United States Engineers Office, Vicks-
burg. Miss Capt. Sourrin spent
weeks sick leave in New orleans, La,
and incloses photos, one showing him
standing in front of the Paul Morphy
house on Royal street; another where
he is sitting under the same tree rising
from the interior of the house, where
Paul Morphy used to sit, and third
showing him at the tomb of the re-
nowned chess player.
Sournin writes that on February %
the chess players of Vicksburg went to
New Orleans and played the Paul Nor
ply Chess Club Of that city. He sent
the score Of his game with Prof G. Rel
del, which resulted in a draw, but did
not tell the. result of the match.
CONSIDERABLE comment is made of
~ the Whitaker-Thomas game in the
cable match with London. An effort is
made to find the reason for the sudden
loss by the Washington player of
what appeared to be a won game
It may be thst Whitaker's downfall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-28
CLUB WAS FIGURED
TO START WEAKLY
Wins Seven Straight Despite
Poor Training Breaks.
Old Record Tied.
BY HUGH s. FULLERTON, yR.,
Associated Press Sports writer.

John McGRAW and his New
York Giants once more are
~ starting out to upset the
base ball dope. The Giants
suffered severely from bad Spring
training weather and seemed due
for a lot Of early beatings, where
upon they stepped to the front by
winning seven successive games,
and now are the only undefeated
team In either major league.
The Giants have shown everything o
club needs to win pennant. The first
three games were close, but effective
pitching and fine fielding gave them the
edge. Then they started hitting and
still retained the other points Of advan.
tage. -Four Giant pitchers have gone
the full distance In the seven games
while the other three could easily have
lasted.
Dodgers Easy Victims.
The Brooklyn Robins became the
seventh victims Of the Giants yesterday
as the New Workers hit the deliveries Of
Bill Clark and Johnny Morrison for II
solid blows which produced q 10-to-4
score. Andy Reese added the f1na.
touch to the triumph by hitting homo
run with the bases full In the ninth in
mug. rTeo rlIHS1IluloAlS WdS SAoS1AfC
except when Wright and Herman got
TO him for homers.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, chief threat
to Giant supremacy in the National
League, continued their brilliant prog
ress by defeating the champion Chicago
Cubs, 9 to 5, for their seventh straight
victory. Pittsburgh, so far, has lost but
one game Of nine. The Pirates hit Guy
Bush and his four successors yesterday
la 49, M for
while French and Swetonic kept dozen
Cub hits effectively scattered.
Braves Crash Pill.
The Boston Braves likewise broke out
as heavy hitters when Burleigh Grimes
made his debut as Hub pitcher ana
made II blows good for a l3-to-4 victory
over Philadelphia: Grimes received
great support from his mates at bat and
| in the field and earned 1t by limiting
the Phillies to nine hits.
The st. Louis Cardinals used their
blows effectively, combining them with
seven walks, to beat Cincinnati, 10 TO 8.
The Chicago White Sox and st.
Louis Browns produced some surprising
results in a hard-fought battle that
went to Chicago by a 2-to-1 score. A
record which had stood for 80 years
without being seriously threatened was
euualed in this game when Clancy,
White Sox first baseman, went through
nine innings without a putout or an
assisC.
The Detroit Tigers broke q LOSING
streak of seven games duration by
halnmering Yves Terrell Of Cleveland fol-
| five runs IN the first inning and taking
the last game of the series from the
Indians, Z to /. Nineteen hits by the
Boston Red Sox proved better thar
Babe Ruth's second home run Of the
year, although the homer came witt
| two on base in the ninth inning, anc
the Sox gained an 8-to-7 victory over
| the New York Yankees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-28
Along the Waterfront
PRINGp 80 far. in this column we
have not permitted ourselves to
sing any paeans Of delight over
By Carol Klotzbach,

- PRING? 80 far. in this column we
have not permitted ourselves to
= sing any paeans of delight over
the advent of Spring-our best
reason for this being that we have q
fear of ct told you sos" for surely as
we mention Spring, on the next day 1t
will freeze.
There have been various manifesto
lions that may not be overlooked, how
ever, all Of them being indicative that
Spring has surely arrived. F'rinstance.
Chan Mason, new owner Of Trinket, has
been seen sailing around the harbor all
dressed up in a pair Of white pants and
Katrina is again moored in the channel.
Here we may take our annual dig at
Steve Aubinoe, the owner-Steve ire
tired" from boating again Cthe seven
tenth or eighteenth time) last FAN.
We begin to suspect that retirement In
his case means retirement to q lair
somewhere, wherein he concocts new
schemes for the coming season. This
time Katrina is to have her rig changed,
the gaffs are to be removed and Mar
conf rig substituted.
That recent squall also might be con-
strued as another symptom, Spring
never really arriving until after one OF
these.
The Washington Club also held its
Spring elections recently. and named q
string of officers too big to be listed here.
Commodore Johnston was reelected, Of
course, and his staff Of assistants re-
manned practically the same. Curious
how little competition there is for the
Office of secretary-rnust be a lot Of
work attached to the job. Lyle Pursel is
on his third or fourth term for the club
and bids fair to become the permanent
secretary so long as Mrs. Pursel doesn't
let him down.
After the meeting the cap'ns ad-
journed to the grounds and off1cially
opened the season, raising the national
ensign and club burgee, Cap'n Kidd, jr.,
doing the honors on the bugle. Then
there was coffee and sandwiches to be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-28
PROGRAM
FOR CURRENT WEEP
TODAY.

TODAY.
FEMINIST. Johns VS.. Gonzaga on
Monument courts (Prep School League
match).
Tennis-St. Adams VS.. Friends at
Friends (Prep School League MATCH.
TOMORROW.
Base ban-Tech VS.. Western, Contra,
Stadium, 3:45 o'clock (public high
school championship game).
Tennis-Tech VS.. Western, Sixteenth
Street Reservoir courts, 3:45 o'clocl
public high school championship
match).
Base ball-Emerson VS.. Central on
Monument Grounds.
Base ball-Business VS.. GonZaga on
Gonzaga field.
Base ball-Leonard Hall vs.. Dewitt
on the Monument Grounds.
Tennis-Devitt vs.. st. Adams at st.
Adams (Prep School League match).
WEDNESDAY.
Base ball-Devitt W. Georgetown
Prep at Garrett Park, Md.
Base ball-Alexandria High VS.. Wood
ward on Monument Grounds.
Tennis-Episcopal w. Friends ut
Friends.
lie courts.
THURSDAY.
Base ball-CentrA VS.. Catholic UNI
versity freshmen at Brookland.
Base ball-WeStern VS.. Maryland
freshmen at College Park.
Base ball-Tech VS.. Georgetown Prep
at Garrett Park.
Tennis - Gonzaga vs.. Georgetown
Prep at Garrett Park CPrep School
League MATCH.
FRIDAY.
Base ball-Central VS.. Business, Gen.
trail Stadium, 3:45 o'clock public high
school championship camel.
Tennis-Central VS.. Business, Six
teenth Street Reservoir courts, 3:45
o'clock public high school champion
ship MATCH.
Base ball-Rockville High VS.. Wood
ward on Monument Grounds.
Tennis-Tech VS.. Maryland freshmen
at College Park.
Tennis-western VS.. Severn School at
Severna Park, Md.
Tennis-st. Adams VS.. Friends at
Friends prep School League match.
lie courts (Prep School League matchD.
SATURDAY.
Track-University Of Maryland In
terschoiastics, College Park, / 80 o'clock.
Base ball-Episcopal Academy Of
Philadelphia VS.. st. Adams at st.
Adams.
Base ball-Tech VS.. Quantico Marines
at Quantico.
Tennis-Baltimore Poly VS.. Western
at Western.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-28
World Vault Record
Predicted for Warne
BY FRANCIS J. POWERS.

DIES MONIES, April 28.-Track
coaches at the Drake relay games
were quite unanimous in the opinion
that Tom Warne of Northwestern
would break the world pole vault
record before the end of the current
season. Sabin Cars world mark
was the only one that came near be-
ing shattered in the games Saturday,
although nine meet records fell and
Maj. John L. Griffith, who founded
the Drake event 81 years ago, de-
clared it was by far the best Of all
the meet.
No sooner had warne won the
pole vault at 10 feet and IL inches
than he had the bar hoisted to IA 2;
one-half inch above Cars top
height. Despite a bad pull up he
had the height on his second vault
and again on the third he made 1t,
but both times the standards were
too far removed from the take off
and Warne displaced the bar as he
was coming down.
Warne, junior, has increased his
vault more than full foot since en-
tering Northwestern and Frank Hill,
the Purple coach, believes he is good
for IA before he finishes collegiate
competition.