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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-10-21

The National Council of American
Shipbuilders made every possible eff
fort to have the construction of these
ships done in privately owned yards
Protest against private construction
was made by the metal trades depart
ment of the American Federation of
Labor, and the decision just rendered
by the navy department supports the
labor position.
The yards of members Of the
National Council of American Ship
builders have just reduced wages.
Whether so intended or not, the navy
departments action in refusing to al
low construction of the destroyers in
such yards is a rebuke to wagecut-
ting employers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-10-21
PRISON HORRORS
In Two Southern States Elk.
posed in Trial and Book

New York City NS)-Southern
prison tortures have, during the past
two weeks, been coming in for ex-
posures that may force an end to
practices that can be called nothing
less than scandalous and inhuman.
While the trial of guards charged
with the killing of youthful Arthur
Maillefert in Florida prison camp
has revealed the most barbarous
methods of medieval torture, book
went on sale exposing conditions in
Georgia camps as bad or worse.
Hanged in Iron Collar
In the Maillefert case, repetition
of other Florida cases, it has been
shown that the prisoner was impris-
oned in the hideous sweat box, an
iron collar about his neck and shack
les on his ankles, and that he was
left thus bound without food or water,
finally falling from exhaustion and
suffocating as his weight sagged
against the iron collar.
Evidence of Georgia torture of
chain gang convicts is offered in the
form of photographs and official docu-
ments in the appendix of John l..
Spivak's novel, Georgia Niger,
just published by Brewer, Warren &
Putnam Of New York.
The startling Photographic record
of inhuman punishment inflicted by
Georgia was personally made by the
author during his Investigations in
1930-31 of peonage and convict camps
in Georgia. The documents are "a
few of the many gathering dust in
the state capitol in Atlanta" says
Spivak in his foreword to the appen-
dix.
Photos Show TOrtures
These official records reveal an
amazing group of tortures, heart
breaking scrawled pleas from con-
victs for mercy as you would ask on
the judgment day." death certificates
showing peculiar" deaths. such as
tubercular convict who should have
been in hospital, but who died in
camp, "heart-failures, "apoplexies,
etc.
Among the photographs taken by
Mr.. Spivak and reproduced in the
book, are (1) convict hanging un-
Evening star., 1932-06-19

year. It is estimated that for each years loss
of fertility through crop growing. that same
year takes 20 times much fertility by ero-
sion and not only takes fertility, but takes the
soil as we'll Ten years of unchecked erosion on
a steep hillside can easily remove what nature
spent 400 years producing.
Fully three quarters of the land under culti-
vation in this country is subject to erosion and
from that land billion and half tons of the
top soil is washing annually because no care
is taken to prevent the loss Much of the in
formation obtained by careful and painstaking
research to proper methods of ferthzlng,
cultivating and seed preparation has been offset
by the loss of SOIL The new developments,
which should increase farm yields and farm
profits, have in reality gone down the sewer
and have resulted merely in keeping step with
the yields of former days
The situation really is serious, not in the
sense that starvation is facing the land through
lack of crops, but in the sense that farmers
are faced with permanent impoverishment Of
its agricultural population. Any impoverished
rural life would probably be reflected in an
impoverished industrial life. 1t IS unnecessary
to look further than the present to see wha.
loss Of spending power on the farms can do
to the factory worker in the city. Between the
Mississippi flood and the drought and the re-
suk of lost foreign markets for wheat, the
farmer has been reduced to a hand mouth
form of buying. If on top of such condition
he were to be faced with an increasingly poor
soil year by year, and as matters now, that
is his situation, the future would call for seri-
GUS thought to guarantee the continuing pros
perity of the country.
The necessary steps to be taken to prevent
erosion are fairly simple and are we'll known TO
those interested in erosion prevention. The De-
partment of Agriculture engineers have worked
out feasible plans adaptable to the use of the
individual farmer from small scale to large scale
farming, and a campaign of education is under
way to bring the farmers to a realization of
the problem before the destructive wash of sur
face water has gone too far.
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had arrived in Washington to plead with
him for the release of their father, who
was charged with crime They were two
girls and a boy, aged 13, 9 and 7. Mr..
Hoover requested his staff to assemble
the data on this case at once and gave
orders that the children should be ad-
mitted.
This was not a supervised stunt, with
counsel in the background giving stage
directions. Some of the data had to be
obtained by long distance telephone.
When the children arrived in the PreSi-
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Top Soil Built Up an Inch in 400 Years

\ dUCH has been written and much has been
W. said about the loss of soil fertility through
the washing action of unretarded rainfalls on
sloping land. Too often these facts have been
considered only as the theorizng of "cranks"
on the subject. case which takes the discus
sion out of the realm of theory into the realm
of hard and cold figures is cited at the Missouri
experimental station of the Department of Agri-
culture. The area tested is in a belt abound
ing in the so-caled Shelby loan.
A 1-inch rain fell over the area under OBJ
servation, slope 146 feet long. The result of
the rain was the loss of 40 per cent of the
water, which ran off instead of sinking into the
ground, and with the rain went 1912 tons Of top
soil per acre. Last year test was made on
adjacent plots of land, one of which had been
under cultivation for so years with no remedial
steps taken to prevent the washing effect OF the
rain and the other new ground broken out of
blue grass five years ago.
Identical seed and identical cultivation
methods were carried out. The new land pro-
duced 81 bushels of corn per acre, while that
which had been cultivated for so years
yielded IA.
Careless farming, which has gone on for gen.
erations in this country, the vastness OF the
agricultural resources being. conducive to the
carelessness has brought about a condition in
which many farmers already are "sub-soil farm
ers" and as such can hardly make paying
thing of their work even under the best Of price
conditions.
It has taken nature about 400 years to build
up single inch of good top soil. The average
depth in this country of the top soil is about
Z or inches In other words, it would take
around $500 years to build up the top soil
existing the farm land of this country by
natures method The top soil, then, would
appear to be a precious heritage that should
be guarded zealously.
1t is to be expected that growing crop would
take something frcm the fertility of the SOIL but
what growing corn for instance removes from
the soil each year isn't flea bite to what the
eroSiVe action OF rainfall robs the soil Of each
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may be pending at the moment. He
knows how to grab the necessary min
ute, and no doubt finds wholesome re-
taxation in these little excursions from
routine.
He also has the invaluable gift Of find
ing terminal facilities for an interview
without being brusque-a rare quality.
By contrast, this art remained mystery
to President William Howard Taft
throughout his tenure of office, with the
result that he frequently sent some one
hurrying out to get him an apple be-
cause he had no time left for luncheon.
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dents Office at AS o'clock he had gone
over the records in the case and then
asked the eldest girl to tell her story
She told it SO well that he was aston
ished and impressed, and told her that
such bright and we'll behaved youngsters
showing their measure of devotion to
their father must have a father who is
worthy of it.
He promised to use his good Offices in
behalf of their petition, and an hour
later the father was released from Gus
tody. Long before that, however, Mr..
Hoover was back at his routine. The
turning aside for an event of so much
moment in the lives of the children had
cost him less than half an hour, during
which he had both heard the petitioners
and examined the record. The Presi-
dents fondneSs for children, of course, is
well known, and these youngsters had
certainly shown remarkable initiative.
While Mr.. Hoover has had to cut down
the loss Of time that would result from
handshaking, he frequently answers q
letter from a child, regardless of what
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His callers had remained too long. Presi-
dent Roosevelt liked to talk to many per-
sons during the day, and knew how to
keep them going as we'll as coming, but
President Wilson was appalled, by the
demands of visitors and declined to re-
ceive more than three or four day. Few
Presidents have welcomed as many as
10, and no one has ever attempted Mr..
Hoover's daily stunt of 20 to 25 confer
ences during Office hours alone. They
didn't have to, of course, but the firing
line of this great battle against world
wide depression runs right across Mr..
Hoover's desk. Not only domestic affairs.
but the increasing gravity of the situa-
ton in Europe and Asia have added tre-
mendously to the pressure on the White
House
VERY few Presidents during the last
quarter of a century have done as
little travelling as Mr. Hoover. The rea-
son for his sticking on the job. of course,
Is obvious. There is an unprecedented
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A PPARENTLY he finds the necessary
~ mental relaxation in turning from
one subject to another. for certainly he
does not tire; nor does he find it i'm
possible to notice the minor events of the
day He was in the midst of the budget
balancing bout with Congress when the
The Washington times., 1932-07-09
"\WILD CARGO"
A Spine TinsIins Epic Of a
Game Hunter and His Prey

10 boys weighing altogether
about 1900 pounds to hold his
mere 400 pounds Of bristling
muscle.
After working with him for
about two weeks we got Little
Tough Guy to the point where
he would submit-not too graci-
ously-to being led out Of his
stall. This was not a regular
box stall but one that was
merely marked off by a few
stout bamboo poles.
A Fine Buck
In one of the adjoining stalls
1 had a full-grown Indian
nilgai buck. a fine specimen Of
this largest of all Asiatic ante
lopes. Little Tough Guy de-
cided he didn't like this animal,
which, with its doe, shared the
fenced-in grazing ground with
him. Or perhaps my Celebes
roughneck resented the fact
that the antelopes were permit
ted to roam at will while he.
Little Tough Guy, was tied with
a heavy rope to a stake.
At any rate. more than once
l.. T. G., on being led out,
would lower his head as he
passed the buck and, edging
over. try to get at him. much
in the manner Of a scrappy
bantam cock looking for a fight.
This got to be such a habit
with L. T. G. that we had to
make a practice Of leading out
the buck and his doe first.
My rowdy from Celebes was
certainly willing to concede
plenty of height and weight to
the antelope. for this nilgai, IN
addition to towering over him
1T stood S feet at the shoul-
der.mark-weighed about $50
pounds. Little Tough Guy
looked ridiculous beside him, al
most giving the impression that
CONTINUED on End Comic Page
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CHAPTER VII

Shortly after my return to
Singapore, I turned Little Tough
Guy, our rarin', tearin,' midget
buffalo loose in a fenced en-
closure at the compound that /
used for grazing bovines. ante.
lopeS, deer and other grass
eating animals piece OF
ground covering about four
acres. Then 1 did a job Of
laSSoing on him. I got two sep
arate nooSes around his neck.
three boys grabbing one rope
and three grabbing the other.
Each gang pulled its rope out
straight until it was held taut
at right angles with the ami
mal's body. The two ropes,
stretched out in one long line,
prevented him from charging
at anyone and enabled the boys
to walk him up and down the
lot. The idea was to show him
who was boss and 20 tame him
down sufficiently so that he
could be led out into this en-
closure from his stall without a
riot resulting each morning.
These boys succeeded only for
o short time in manipulating
Little Tough Guy in this
fashion. Inside of is minutes
he was dragging all six Of them
all over the lot. It finally took
The Washington times., 1932-07-09
By Faith Baldwin

She was unwary enough to
remind him, But you didn't
know me then"
II knew I was going to know
you"
She flushed as she stepped
out Of the car.
The house was in the Amer
lean farmhouse style. Part Of it
was quite old. It was shingled,
painted white; it had blinds
that were neither green nor
blue but a faded, mellow mix
ture of both. There were wide
verandas and windows, and all
about it were gardens, and an
orchard ran down to the blue
water.
They went between low
hedges of box to the open door,
which boasted a fanlight OF
great beauty. The door opened
directly upon wide, long liv-
ing room, with furniture which
had achieved the right look OF
semi-shabbiness combined with
beauty and stability. There was
an enormous fireplace, and
there were many flowers. The
stairs leading upward were
slender and polished.
Sarah and Lynn. had connect
ing rooms, each with bath:
They looked on flowers and
trees and water.
"I've never been in lovelier
house. said Lynn, watching
Sarah unpack. "What'n I
wear?"
"He doesn't go in for formal
ity," Sarah told her vaguely.
Sports things. I guess. There
will be people for dinner. Well
change then.s Yes, the house is
lovely. Not, however, what I
would have expected of David"
you've never been here be-
fore?" Lynn asked her.
Sports Outfit
mo" Sarah realized with a
start and with a return OF
warning that she never had been
here before. Yet David had
had the place-how long?-five
years. once he'd had a place
in Maryland. She remembered
that, but she had never been
asked here. She'd seen MN all
these years, off and on. Lunch
con, dinner. a play, parties. But
e had never
Why had he-now?
A little later Lynn and Sarah
went downstairs.
Lynn wore a belted tennis frock
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The Washington times., 1932-07-09
"SKYSCRAPER"

} Dwight, the polo gentleman,
politely bored, with Sarah in
the back. 1t was a warm day
and the Long Island roads were
crowded with cars, and dusty.
IT hope you brought bath
ing suit" said Dwight.
She assured him that she had.
He drove well, effortlesSly. He
was hatleSs and the faint wind
stirred by their passage ruffled
his thick gray nair.
"1'm glad you came" he told
her. II was afraid that young
man of yours wouldn't let you."
HE hasn't anything to say
about it,"
mo? And. he hadn't any
thing to say about the job I
offered you, either?"
She was silent a moment:
then she replied, "Of course
not" without conviction.
Dwight laughed. What a
poor witness you'd make!" he
mocked her. II could tie you
into knots on the stand. OF
courSe-yeS. OF course he said,
I'D rather have you starve than
work for that old reprobate!"
"He didn't say anything Of
the kind!"
We'll, perhaps he didn't put
1t quite so strongly. But what
ever he said, he was right"
agreed Dwight cheerfully. II
thought it over myself after
wards. was ready to stand
by my bargain, Of course.
but I realized that you are en-
tirely too distractiag to make
a good amanuenSiS."
She Is Warned
He had never spoken to her
in that way before, lightly,
caressingly. She rather liked
it; but was warned.
She said, with equal lightness,
"Well, you needn't worry, need
you, as the distraction never
materialized?"
II do worry" he said, lean
ing nearer.
In the back seat the polo
player, by way of making
idle conversation with Sarah,
growled, Looks like old David
was making a play for the
youngster. What did you say
her name waS?"
Sarah, her heart tightening,
replied, Lynn Harding. She's
my goddaughter."
"Bet Dave would like to be
her godfather" said the polo
player. Looks as if he were
offering her about half Of his
'lingdom this minute"
Sarah spoke of the scenery,
but she was not happy.
Was it possible that David
Dwight's kindness to Lynn
meant-anythinG?
It wasn't possible. Surely he
owed her, Sarah, too much.
What did he owe her, exactly?
The Washington times., 1932-07-09
WASHINGTON FASHIONS

For weeks we read about the
new beach dresses in fashion
magazines. Then we found
them in Washington. They
sounded SO smart and practical,
as indeed they are. On smart
beaches, especially in Europe,
they are rivaling pajamas in
favor. and though they have
been slow to arrive here, it looks
like they might make up for
their tardiness by great popu-
larity later on. They had their
origin in the great couture
houses, where the best clothes
are designed, and most Of them
seen here are copies Of the
Paris models.
Good for Boating
These clever dresses are not
only newer, but they are more
practical than pajamas, when
you think Of it. Instead Of pa
jamas, you slip them on over
your bathing suit to go down to
the beach. Come out Of the
water, sit in the sun long
enough to dry your suit a bit,
slip on one of these facile wap-
around dresses, Some sandals,
a beret, and you're dressed.
It's often inconvenient to have
to change before you go some
where else, but you can make
an appearance almost anywhere
around a club or beach in a
smart beach dress. Many Of
them are cut low in the back
like your bathing suit. so you
can still get your proper dose
of tan.
Jackets are Optional
The dress sketched is Of SUM-
flower yellow, made Of a cotton
material that looks like it might
be knitted, but isn't. It has
check for variety, and the sim.
pie dress wraps all the way
around, and ties on the side.
From the front, it looks like
any cotton sports dress. Others
are in white or pastelS, made
differently, but just as attrac-
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From Which Metro CoIdwyn-Mayer Has Made the
Thrilling Cosmopolitan Production, Skyscraper Souls

He wouldn't do that to her;
he wouldn't tamper with Lynn's
happiness. Thus she reassured
herself. But the chance re-
mark had put her on her guard.
Eventually they came to the
gateposts of Dwight's property
and drew up before the house.
Lynn took a deep breath.
"Glad you like it," said
Dwight. II had an idea it would
be becoming to you when I
built it."
The Washington times., 1932-07-09
By E. V. Shepard

Trick /. If B does not cover,
z discards the S of Hearts, and
the balance Of the tricks are in
sight.
Trick 2. Y must be out in the
lead, to lead a trump to rs
tenace. Obviously Y's Heart re-
entry cannot be used or the 10
Of Spades will not be made
later. z must lead his master
club for Y to ruff with the j.
Should Y ruff with the -
and lead the j. B would refuse
to cover, and the trumps could
not be pulled.
The problem is a simple one,
with few important points to
note. Opponents deviation from
the plays indicated will make
things easier for the declaring
side.
PROBLEM q
Hearts are trumpS. The open
ing lead is the Q of Diamonds.
How many tricks can z win
against any defense by A and
R2
The Washington times., 1932-07-09
Your Health
And Diet
BY LOGAN CLENDENING, MD.

ny LOOAN OLENDENANOS M.Os
The nature of pain is still
q great mystery. No physiolo
gist knows what causes the
difference between a pain and
q feeling. or say between itch
ing and pain. Whether it Is
q special set Of nerves which
carry pain impulses, or whether
pain impulses are simply strong
er than impulses of feeling,
has not been determined.
A most valuable advance in
medicine would consist in some
instrument or test to determine
the amount of pain a person
has. We can tell how much
fever you have, but if you
say you have a pain in a
certain spot there is no way
for your doctor to determine
whether 1t is there or not.
Some people evidently bear
pain better than others. Is
1t because the stole type does
not 1eel so much pain CnaC ne
can bear it better? Or Is it
that certain peoples minds
are so sensitive that pain
makes a greater physiological
commotion in them than in
their normal brethren and sis
tren, and hence a small pain
results in as much disturbance
as a large pain in others?
We do not know and it
would be delightful to find out.
Think of being able to say to
the constantly complaining
member of the family, Let me
take your algature. as we
say, Let me take your tenn
perature." AnT then after we
have taken 1t, why you have
hardly half a degree Of pain
and you've been grabbing all
morning
The Washington times., 1932-07-09
The Rhymins
Optimist
Mans Work

Mans Work
A man may hide himself in
many ways.
So secret and deceptive life
may be:
Down avenues ungueSSed the
spirit StrayS
And dwellS in fastneSseS no
eye can see.
Most honorable. brave and kind
of heart
The world may deem some
man of lofty place;
Yet he, in labyrinthine gloom
apart,
A Sinking brother to the
beasts may pace.
BY word, by silence is the
thought concealed.
BY many moods that mask
tie soul within;
But in his work mans self
must stand revealed:
It shouts his virtue, heraldS
+ his sin.
Be it in filmy lace or lasting
stone.
BY a mans work the truth Of
him Is known,
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to Tom Shepard for loving
Lynn; for being loved by her.
Why had she been so blind
if she had been blind? Was it
because she saw David Dwight
through the eyes of 20 years
ago? Saw him, perhaps. with
out love but still with illusion?
He night do as he wished,
possess a hundred women. cast
them aside. and she would still
regard him with condoning
eyes.
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A little belated loyalty, perhaps;
certainly, a sense Of decency.
She felt herself flushing with
anger.
David liked pretty girls.
Shed always known that. But
Lynn!
No, he wouldn't. he couldn't,
he dared not use her, Sarah,
as a screen. as a convenience.
Besides. Lynn had no interest
in him. For the first time
Sarah felt a definite gratitude
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had ehewed the cud Of bitterness since. won
der did it worry the glOrioustOpped?
We have all known girls with the hair of glory.
Whether they be unusually hot-headed do not know
girl 1 knew had hair like polished copper with
glow of top.
The most beautiful hair in the wOrd-red hair can
be. And one thing l do believe Whatever else goes
with it, there to be strength and hardi'
hood. The very hair itself is vigorous and alive.
NEIL BRINKLEY.
The Washington times., 1932-07-09
CHAPTER %

Dwight drove them down
himself in his small open car.
There was another man with
him, a polo player. Lynn found
herself in the front seat with
The Washington times., 1932-07-09

"SkyscrGper Souls" the
big Cosmopolitan PrOdue-
tions film from Uhich Faith
BGIdwin's serial, "Sky-
scvaper" wGs adapted, WiH
be Shown on the screen at
LOew's Fox TheGter, be-
ginning July IS.
The Washington times., 1932-07-09

"So," chirrrps ROsamOnd Redhead, ESQ l am a
menacel Up until now have had cheerful notion
that the ruddy color Of my locks a subject of
argument. Hope told m a flatterng tale knew
that there were men in the world whose born weak
ne1s red hair. knew that artists appreciated my
ncarnadne head. Certain romance writers have
of glory. l knew there was talk of the red
head being significant. But always the blOnde-the
blonde-stood in my path. The accepted menace
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golden. Red heads called carrot or copper
according the state Of mind of the speaker-and
then put upon the shelf while the world argued about
which was the Loreei-BLONDE BRUNETTE!
But, when a body Of Of America petition for
protection by law from the rubfied lady-she step.
to the head Of the class Of The Fairs siren of
What the resolution drawn up by these fearful
Adams proclaimed to be the characteristics peculiar
the red-hared smacked strongly of the
feelings Of a man who had loved and lost one! And