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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-06
JOB-MAKINC
Project Launched By Elec.
tricians and Employers

Washington, d. c. GLNS)-An
| employer-labo plan to relieve unem-
ployment in the electrical construc-
tion industry, it is announced. has
been launched by the Electrical Guild
of North America and the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Electrical
! Workers. Together the two organi-
cations, comprising contractors and
workers, propose to create business
and work in the industry by mod
ernizing American homes, stores and
buildings, equipped before the era of
rapid electrical development and
known to be inadequately wired. 1t
will be the case of skilled electricians
acting as statesmen for their employ
ers to make the jobs by which they
earn their livelihood.
The project, according to the out.
line furnished by Louis K. Comstock,
president of the guild, and H. H.
Broach, president of the Electrical
Workers Union, will be carried out
in nearly 600 cities and towns in the
United States and Canada 1t is
known as the "Co-Operative Work
Plan" and involves the coordination
of efforts of electrical contractors,
central stations, labor organizations,
civic groups including central labor
unions, inspection department of mu-
inequalities, churches and posts of the
American Legion.
If only per cent of the potential
market in the United States for re-
pairs, extensions and wiring for new
equipment is reached, it is estimated
| that the expenditure will amount to
$780, 100000, divided roughly int
S50000,000 in wages, and $76,000,0
for materials, which, in turn, gets
into wages.
The business managers of 60 local
unions, accountable to the headquar-
| U0TS VI IHS DIOLuGIUOOQ VI LISCIIlCd
Workers, have been supplied with g
handbook of the plan and called upor
to furnish the names of all electrical
contractors in their districts who are
equipped to install repairs and exten-
sions to existing household and busi-
ness electrical equipments. With the
aid of the unions headquarters staff
idle electricians will be put into {
house-to-house canvass under the di
rection of the local electrical contrac
tors. Householders, it is believed
will buy electrical improvements tt
their property more willingly thar
they will contribute money for i'm
personal unemployment relief.
This picked corps of statesmen will
work on a small commission basis IL
4 the interest of unemployment relief
The real incentive will be ultimate
employment in their trade when thu
contractor gets new business requir
ing the services of skilled electricians
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-06
SHORTER HOURS FOR
JOBLESS RELIEF
By CHAS. F. HOHMANN

Editor of the Bakers Journal, the
official organ of the Bakery and
Confectionery Workers Union of
America.
The increase of labor-saving ma
chinery and the process of mass pro-
duction have made the problem of
unemployment one of ever-increasing
social Importance. The productivity
of man has increased rapidly in the
last decade with no corresponding
increase in inc, me per man. Nor has
there been any marked reduction in
the hours of labor. Organized labor
has offered for permanent solution
of the unemployment situation the
shortening of the work week to five
days of six hours each.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-06
WHAT NEXT?

New high-speed aluminium electric
cars, just built for the Indiana rail-
road system, an electric line which
operates more than 5000 miles of
track, weigh 25 tons each instead of
the normal As. Twenty tons is cut
from each car by building it of alumni
mum alloy. The cars are capable of
making more than 20 miles an hour
are provided with low stream-line
bodies and oval roofs. Fourteen OF
the 35 cars purchased have observa-
tion-lounge compartments.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-06

A Scotch vacation staying at
home and letting your mind wander.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-06

States, under this plan is asked to
give at least one special extra per-
formance, the proceeds of which will
be donated to local relief agencies for
local use; the district committees pur-
pose endeavoring to designate a suit
able definite day in each district for
such performances, to be known as
Motion Picture Day.
As our share toward making this
plan success, / would earnestly rec
ommend that all our local unions do
nate the services of their members
for such benefit performances"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-06
DAVIS ATTACKS WAGE
CUTS

Pittsburgh, Pa. (ILNS) = Glow
wages are not the solution of the
problems before u.s." Senator James
j. Davis said in addressing the
Sheardon Board of Trade here. "No
nation has ever prospered on the low
wage theory The employer who uses
labor saving machinery and depres-
sion as excuses to reduce wages to
an unreasonably low standard is do
ing a criminal wrong"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-06
Sees Example Followed

Woll declared that the example set
by San Francisco will be followed
elsewhere. The wage boards action,
he said, typifes the steady develop
ment of better relations between in
dustry and its employees.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-06
Hosiery Workers and Pennsylvania State FEEDER
alton Of Labor Urge Governor Pinchot to In
clude Outlawing Of "Slave" Contract in Busi
ness Before Special Legislative Session.

Philadelphia, Pa. (ILNS)-Forti-
fed by Supreme Court Justice
Maxeys dissenting opinion in the
Nazareth strike injunction case, the
American Federation of Full Fash
ioned Hosiery Workers will continue
its decade-long fight against the in
junction and yellow dog contract with
renewed, intense vigor.
The first step in an immediate cam
paign directed against the yellow dog
contracts declared incompatible with
the public good" by Justice Maxey, al
ready has been taken.
The Hosiery Workers Union and
the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
have urgently petitioned Governor
Pinchot to include the outlawing of
the 'yellow dog contract" and the
banning Of the sheriff's proclamation
for thc special session Of the legis-
lature to convene November 9.
So closely are these two questions
allied with the question of unemploy-
ment the workers believe it necessary
for the legislature to act upon them
at the earliest opportunity, the COVER
nor was told. The special session was
called to deal specifically with the un-
employment problem. The hosiery
union members and the State Fedora
ton of Labor believe the solution of
unemployment lies deeper than the
distribution of relief.
The socialist party of Pennsylvania
has joined in the appeal to the COVER
nor to place the yellow dog contract
before the special session for con-
demnation.
,, Courts Obstruct Organization
John Phillips, president of the State
Federation of Labor, declared: "The
State Federation of Labor has sup
ported the appeal of the Nazareth
strikers to the supreme court, hoping
thereby to nullify the yellow dog con-
tract in this commonwealth In view
of the fact that five states-Ohio,
Oregon, California, Arizona and Wis
consin, have passed laws declaring
these anti-union instruments against
public policy, we had expected that
| the Pennsylvania courts might liber-
| alize their views on this question No
/ substantial effort to alleviate the eco
nomic causes of the present distress
| can be made unless labor is organ
1 lied in this state more effectively than
| it is at present. The courts by OBJ
structing the opportunities of labor
to organize thereby simply obstruct
the possibility of return to prosperity.
1t has been found that efforts of en-
ployers to impose anti-union promises
on employees often lead to strikes with
| their unacceptable quota of unemploy-
/ ment."
Emil Rieve, president Of the Hos
! iery Workers Union, said: "Justice
| Maxey's opinion has already created a
deep impression throughout the state
and has provoked such widespread
discussion of the question that the
moment now seems peculiarly oppor-
tune for Gov Pinchot to include the
notification of the yellow dog as
part of the progress for the special
session of the legislature.
| Maxey Decision Helpful
1 "Gov. Pinchot is an outspoken foe
! of the yellow dog contract and spon
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-06
LABOR BACKS BAKERS DRIVE
TO ENFORCE BREAD ORDINANCE

New Orleans (ILNS)-Attempts Of
the Bakers and Confectioners' Local
No. 35 to enforce the six-day week
and no-Sunday bread ordinance in
New Orleans have been endorsed by
the Central Trades and Labor Council
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-06
Idle Home Owners Given
Mortgage Moratorium

Geneva, n Y.-The New York
State Savings and Loan Associations
at their annual conference here voted
to declare a moratorium on all mort
cages on homes whose unemployed
owners are paying for them through
loan associations and are unable to
meet the payments
George L. Bliss, of New York, pre-
ident of the association, said all mem
bers had pledged themselves to pro-
tect these homes to the limit of their
ability.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-06
San Francisco Labor Praises
Ruling Maintaining Pay Scale
Union Heads Call Impartial Boards Decision Distinct
Public Service as Employers and Workers Join in
Campaign Against wildcat Contractors Woll
LaudS Board

San Francisco, Calf. (lLNS)-As
union labor officials, representing 85
per cent of the skilled laborers in the
Bay district, today were praising the
1882 wage scale established by the
Impartial Wage Board, workers and
employers alike declared war on
wildcat contractors
After two weeks Of deliberation the
board announced the new wage scale,
beginning January /, maintaining the
same pay for all building trades with
out reduction. At the same time,
the board established five-day week
and urged employers to begin a six
hour day as soon as possible.
Officials of a half dozen. unions
signed point statement in praising
the stand taken by the wage board.
"The decision of the board to make
no changes in the wage scales at the
present time and to recommend
shorter hours to relieve unemploy-
ment, WILL in our opinion, meet with
general approval" the statement
said.
Public Service Performed
"We believe that the board has per-
formed a distinct public service that
our participation in formation of the
board will be approved by practically
every building trades mechanic con-
cerned."
The statement came from officials
of the carpenters, bricklayers, paint
ers, plumbers, plasterers and other
union officials.
At the same time Frank c. Mac
Donald, president of the California
State Building Trades Council, an
nounced opening of the war on the
wildcat contractors"
Unions Pledge Aid
"The council will make study of
the situation with view of deter
ming the most effective way OF
curbing the wildcat contractors" he
said. "We will also seek means tc
stamp out unfair competition to whit
fair contractors are subjected"
All of the building crafts, repre-
sented by D. H. Ryan, pledged aid t
Macdonald in the drive to eliminate
unfair competition. 1t was planned to
seek aid of banks and surety bond
officials to force the "wildcatters" in
to line.
Qualification over the action of the
Impartial Wage Board was voiced by
Matthew Woll, vice president OF the
American Federation of Labor, vice
president of the International Photo
Engravers' Union and president OF
the Union Labor Life Insurance Com
pany.
Woll was returning to New York
from the A. F. of l.. convention IN
Vancouver, B. c. A guest for day
in San Francisco, he took occasion to
point out that any suggestion that la
Dor be dictated" is based upon ar
unsound idea.
The Washington times., 1931-05-20
BEAUTY FREED
IN KILLING

NICE, France, May 20 ON.SO.
Charlotte Nixon -Nirdlinger, former
beauty contest winner of st.
Louis, was acquitted at AIKEN
Provence today of charges of
murder with provocation" in con-
nection with the fatal shooting
of her husband, Fred G.. Nixon
Nirdlinger, Philadelphia theatri-
cal magnate, in their luxurious
apartment here six weeks ago.
The jury deliberated only 10
minutes. ...-.. >.. . ..--
In his closing argument, the
prosecutor demanded a verdict of
guilty and a two to five-year sen.
tence.
Mrs. Nixon n;NirdIinger burst into
tears when the acquittal was an.
nOunced.
Weeping Historically, Mrs. Nix
on-Nirdlinger collapsed in the pris-
oner's box at the opening of her
trial today.
Grilled by Magistrate
The former queen of beauty
gave way to emotion while recount.
ing how she fired the shots that
ended her husbands life in their
apartment on the fashionable
Promenade Des Anglais here six
weeks ago.
II can't remember what did
happen when my husband grasped
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The Washington times., 1931-05-20
! D j 7 H KILLS.
GIRL, SELF

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May 20
GN.S0.-The unrequited love of
Earle Everett Ritchie, %, for
Miss Myrtle Crocker, 1S, had
ended in death for both today.
Ritchie had brOOded over the
termination last September Of his
friendship with Miss Crocker, and
is alleged by Miss CrOcker's
parents to have threatened the
girls and their own lives on sew
eraI occasions.
Last night, Miss Crocker was
walking along Massachusetts, Ave
nue. accompanied by her two
sisters, Doris and Irene, and
Harold Aston.
Suddenly an automobile drew
alongside the mand Ritchie leaped
out with As caliber pistol in his
hand. witnesses told police
he took a calm and deliberate
aim and fired four shots at Miss
Crocker, killing her instantly.
Then he turned the gun on him
self and collapsed. Ritchie lived
a few moments after shooting him
self, but made no statement.
The Washington times., 1931-05-20

NEW YORK, May 20.-Ralph
Barton, 80, noted caricaturist
and restless spirit of the art
world, today committed suicide
in his penthouse apartment-be-
cause he was broke" in i'll
health and feared insanity.
Once he had said:
"New York is a crazy city
and America is a mad house."
Americans are crazy. L find
am crazy, too. We're all
crazy"
Barton left several notes.
He Feared Insanity
One explained his fear of in
sanity, declaring he had heart
attack six months ago, had been
advised to stop work, but couldn t
because he needed the money.
Another note contained self
written obituary.
A third was left for the maid
of his apartment. 1t contained
$35 and an apology for the small
amount. He wrote: ......
That's all 1 have"
Freed One Month
Today was the anniversary of
the failure of Barton's fourth and
last marital adventure. One month
ago to the day Germaine Tale.
ferre, Partisan artist, divorced him.
His first wife was Mary Jen-
nings. They were divorced in
1917. Then he married Agnes
Bolton under a strange contract.
They agreed that if a new love
came into the life of either, the
other would seek a divorce. They
were divorced in 1925.
This happened when Ca.olotta
The Washington times., 1931-05-20
HEARING SHOWS
BUS LINE STILL
UNPAID FOR
Wilson Made Down Payment
But No Others, North Amer
iCan Quiz Here Reveals

Harley P. Wilson, Nestor of the
traction-merger plan in Washing.
ton, has made a 100000 down
payment" in his purchase of the
Washington Rapid Transit Com
pany from the North American,
but, in the past three years, has
paid no further instalments on
his buy.
This was brought out in the
North American hearings of the
Federal Trade Commission today.
Sale Cut Legal Knots
The North American Company
purchased the local bus line at a
cast of $515, ,966 in 1927, and since
the collapse of the merger plan
has carried the purchase price
on its books as 3 Contingent
loss" the commissions report re-
veals.
The sale to Mr.. wilson was ef.
fected AS a means of cutting Ger.
tain legal knots in connection
with the LaFollette act, the re.
port states. A cash payment of
500, 900 was made by the former.
The sale agreement is still in
force, so far as the Federal Trade
Commission is informed, but the
balance of $415,966 owing it is
carried on the North Americans
books "as though it were a con-
tingent loss rather than a con-
tingent asset"
No Financial Juggling
The report makes no comment
on the economics of the transac-
tion, nor does it show any "finan-
cial juggling" in the holding
company's local operations.
A complete account of the pur-
chase of SIS per cent of the stock
of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company by the North
American Company was presented
to the Federal Trade Commission
today.
Despite reports, it does not in
dicate any "pyramiding" or ir-
regular high finance" practices
by the various syndicateS which
participated in the transaction,
according to Federal Trade Com.
mission experts.
The Washington times., 1931-05-20
EMPT|ES GUN
IN CROWD
At LUNCH
Frank E. Langdon May Die
After Stopping Bullet Fired
BY Unknown Man in 0veralIS

Frank E. Langdon, assistant to
the general secretary Of the In
ternational Union Ct Operating
Engineers, was shot Ind probably
fatally wounded early this after
noon as he ate Ii hch at the
Robin and Coffee shop at GAS K
st. N. w. by an iveralled man
who escaped.
Langdon was shit twice. in the
head. He was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital, where little hope
is held for Shis 1Stovery.
Shos Him Deliberately
A man In overalls entered the
lunchroom, ordered his, lunch,
placed 1t on the table, and then
opened fire on Langdon, who was
seated with Arthur M. Huddell,
general preSideA.t of the union,
and John Posseal. general secre-
tary.
After emptying one gun, the
man pulled another and fired two
shots before being chased from
the lunchroom by Mr.. Possehl,
who tried to capture him.
AS MIR. POSSehl chased the man
on Tenth Street, across X Street,
the man fired several shots, which
barely missed motorists and pedeS-
trians.
The lunchroom was crowded
and disorder reigned for a time.
Police who Investigated were in
clined to believe that the motive
for the shooting could be traced
directly to labor trouble, despite
the fact that both Mr.. Huddell
and Mr.. Possehl declare they
never saw the man before.
This view is strengthened by
reports of witnesses that the over
allied man fired at Mr.. Huddell
before turning the gun on
Langdon.
Fled in Automobile
People on the street who fol.
lowed the overalled man told
police he escaped in an auto
mobile parked on Massachusetts,
Avenue, near Tenth Street.
Police found several bullets in
tables and walls and fixtures in
the restaurant. All were of 32-
calibre, steel jacketed. They also
found one of the revolvers.
The assailant is described as
tall, about so years old. and
welded his gun with his left hand.
The Washington times., 1931-05-20
GEN. DUNLAP'S
BODY FOUND

CINQ MARS LA PILE, France,
May 20 G.N.S0.-Buried for more
than "a hours by the collapse Of
a wall that killed her husband
and Brig. Gen. Robert H. Dunlap,
of the United States Marine
Corps, Nine. Denis BRAND, a do
mestie. was found alive by rescue
workers at the Chateau Farniere
today.
Although General Dunlap and
BRAND were instantly killed,
Mime. BRAND was believed to have
escaped with only minor injuries.
General Rushed to Her Aid
General Dunlap's body and
that Of BRAND were found after
an all-night search by battalion
of French engineers, aided by
tanks and tractors.
Voice Heard All Night
Throughout the night the voice
Of Mime. BRAND was heard at in
tervaIs, spurring the searchers
to renewed efforts. She did not
realize, rescue workers said, that
the courageous general and her
husband were dead beneath the
rock and earth only a few feet
away from where she lay.
The body of General Dunlap,
the youngest brigadier in the U.
s. M. c., was taken to Tours i'm
mediately after its recovery.
Mrs. Dunlap, who witnessed he r
husbands death and stood vigil
throughout the night while work
ers labored to extricate the vic
tins, vas Frustrated with grief.
The Washington times., 1931-05-20
Barber Jake Surrenders,
Tells of Meeting Prince

CHICAGO, May 20 G.N.S).-
John Factor surrendered to Fed
eral authorities today on the
charge that he duped British in
vestors out of $7.000,000 in a
huge stock Swnidle.
He announced he would plead
not guilty and fight extradition
to London.
Won $65O,OOO
,as Barber" who sup
JC.,, ii been sought by
her .nen of Jack Legs" Dia-
me d. New York gangster. as well
as 'by Federal detectives and
operatives of Scotland Yard, was
glad to tell how he met the Prince
of Wales.
He said:
ION August 16. last year, l
The Washington times., 1931-05-20

won $65O,0O0 playing Chemin de
fer in the Casino at LIE TOQuet,
near Deauville. A few nights
later the management of the
Casino called me at my hotel.
They said the prince was going
to play that night and asked II
1 would like to participate also.
Prince Buys Drink
81 sat at the table beside the
prince that evening, but didn't
play with or against him.
"T talked with the prince for
sometime. He asked me how /
won the S65O,OOO and I told him
in detail the plays / had made.
When he got up from the table,
he took me out to the bar and
bought me q drink"
The Washington times., 1931-05-20
WIFE AND COP
FACE GRILL
IN RACKET
KILLING
Wallace ]. Middleton Held
After Dying Man Declares
Against Him in Last Words

Jack Cunningham, underworld
character, who was put ION the
spot" early yesterday morning in
an alley in the rear of his home
at 1406 I st. N. W., definitely
linked a Washington policeman in
the shooting in a death-bed state
ment made last night shortly be-
fore he died at Emergency Hos
pital.
W1llace J. Middleton, the pO-
liceman, was taken into custody
yesterday afternoon and is being
held in connection with the case.
Middleton. formerly attached to
the First pl ecinct, was transferred
some time ago to the Twelfth pre-
cinct "fOr the good of the serv-
ice."
Statements Damaging
Police also learned of hijack-
ing venture pulled off. it is said,
by Middleton AMI Cunningham
in bootleg joint on I Street, near
Twelfth Northwest, a few weeks
ago.
Middleton was named by Cum
ningham in reply to a question
asked the dying man by Captain
of Detectives Edward j. Kelly.
Captain Kelly asked:
did Middleton shoot yOu?"
The reply was:
Fright through the guts?"
The captain again asked:
'But did Middleton shoot
yOu?"
This question was parried by
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The Washington times., 1931-05-20

Ithe song must be bOOtleggcd. A
microphOne will be concealed in
the tree where the nightingale
has built his ingenious nest.
Miss Beatrice Harrison, fan Gus
musician, is to play the cello in
the vicinity of the nightingale.
If the songbird is down-hearted,
it is expected that the strains
from the cello will lure his Sere-
made from him.
The experiment will take place
Friday between 4:30 and 5 p. m.
washington time).
The Washington times., 1931-05-20
TUO Shocks Recorded
3.OOO Miles From NY.

NEW YORK, May 20 N.N.S0.-
Severe shocks" on the Fordham
University seismograph were re-
corded last night, according to
announcement by university Of
ficialS today.
The shocks. which occurred at
1921 and 10:37, EDIT, last
night, indicated an earthquake
about 5000 miles from New York.
The direction was not known. =
The Washington times., 1931-05-20
Diamond Merchant
Robbed of $4,000

DETROIT, May 20 G.N.S0.-
Abner Shaw, prominent and
wealthy New York diamond mer-
chant, reported to police on his
arrival here today that he was
robbed of $4,000 worth of gems,
while he slept aboard a fast pas
senger train enroute here last
night.
Shaw told police that a satchel
containing the gems had been
slashed with a razor and the
diamonds scooped from the bag.
The Washington times., 1931-05-20
Portuguese in Panic
From Earth Shocks

LISBON. May 20 QN.S.E.-The
capital of Portugal today was
severely shaken by two earth
shocks that threw the populace
In a panic.
Buildings quivered and walls
cracked in the first shock, which
occurred about 800 a. IN. The
second shock followed a few min
uteS later and lasted for several
seconds, chirnneys falling under
the jar. The tremors were ac-
companied by loud rumblings that
brought the people frcM their
beds into the streets and cellars.