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Evening star., 1932-04-03
Y. nj. C.. A. News

A free moving picture show will be
given in the lobby Monday at tbs
pm.
President Z. H. DeGroot, jr.. has
called a meeting Of the Executive Com
mittee Of the Sunday School Associa-
ton for Monday at pm. in room 2le,
Y. NJ C. A.
The Orators Forum will meet Mon
day at $50 pm, under the leadership
of Carl King. The general public may
attend these meetings.
The Dramatic Club will meet in the
assembly hall Tuesday evening. Re-
hearsals will be started on a new plav.
Glenn Wagner will speak to the
Friendly Bible Hour group Tuesday at
8:45 pm. Charles Keifer will lead the
singing, assisted by James T. Jameson
at the piano.
The Phalanx Fraternity will meet In
room 219 at 8 pm. Wednesday.
The Glee Club will rehearse In room
PIT at BIS pm. Wednesday, under
the direction of j. Nelson Anderson.
Capt. Gordon-Smith, military at
tache Of the Jugoslavia legation. will
give an illustrated lecture Wednesday
at $40 pm. in the assembly hall. on
Prom Servia to Jugoslavia." An tn
vitation Is extended to both men and
women.
The weekly feature Of educational
movies will be shown In the lobby at
7:15 pm. Friday.
The District of Columbia A. A. q.
hand ball championships finals, doubles
Evening star., 1932-04-03
d. c.. Naval Reserve

The 1st Battalion, United States
Naval Reserves of the District of Co.
1umola, will go on parade again next
Wednesday, when it will be in the
column which will march On Army day
feature of the Bicentennial cere-
monies here. The organization paraded
IN Alexandria at the opening of the BIZ
centennial ceremonies there on George
Washington'S birthday anniversary, and
as result received a highly commen-
datory letter from Capt. Osterhaus,
Navy Department.
The officers and enlisted men have
been instructed to report at the Elev-
enth Street Armory at HAS O'Clock
Wednesday morning, In order to make
preparations for the march, during
which they will be commanded by Lieut..
Harold e! Richardson, comm ander of
the local battalion.
Edwin H. McDuftie, 11s North Caro-
lima avenue southeast, was enlisted in
the Aviation Division during the week
as seaman, second class. He has
neen assigned to the Volunteer Reserve.
The appointment of Lieut. (Junior
Grade Leon A. Shearer in the Chap
lain'S Corps has been announced. He
resides at 82l Sixteenth street.
Lieut.. Junior Grade Henry B. Hodg-
kins, Chaplain's Corps, having been
transferred to st. Peters Church at
Columbia, Tenn, has had his records
transferred to the headquarters Of the
9th Naval District.
Lieut.. c. A. Briggs, in command OF
the Communication Reserve Division
here, visited the Communication Re-
serve organization in Richmond last
week.
Technical information concerning ra-
dio was explained TO the nembels @.
the Naval Communication Reserve a;
the session last THURSDAY al the Eley.
enth Street Armory These classe:
which have been inaUgurated in radio
technology are being conducted by
Lieut.. (Junior Grade) r. c. Corderman
who is said to have had considerable
experience In instruction work. Com
munication Reseryists are urged to bt
present at all Of the lectures.
A cipher code has been prepared b!
Ensign M. Weinstock It VIII be USED
by the Communication Reservists
Evening star., 1932-04-03

establishing the qualifications Of the
applicant. The requirements laid down,
| 1t was said, should not be construed as
qualifications per sc for appointment in
| the higher grades. In addition to the
minimum requirements, such appoint
| ments, it was added, will be governed
| to a large extent by the administrative
and technical ability Of the individual
and his experience in some particular
type Of flying or other aeronautical
work.
The department circular further says
that since 1t is probable that any Of
these pilots can satisfy the legal re-
quirements for designation as naval
aviator. the Bureau of Navigation will
at later date take appropriate action
with reference to certificates authoriz-
ing the holders to fly in naval aircraft
at naval air stations or Naval Reserve
aviation units. In the event that funds
become available. limited number Of
officers Of this class may be given sylla-
bus training and designated as naval
aviators. Such training. it was ex-
planned. is not contemplated for the
present. Attention is invited to the
fact that no officer of this class is au-
thorized to wear the insignia of naval
aviator unless specifically designated as
such.
Officers of the new class may be
associated with Naval Reserve aviation
squadrons and divisions as supernumer-
aries for volunteer training, or they
may be carried under the commandant
OF the district for general service upon
mobilization, subject to such further
training as may be deemed necessary.
Within limitations of present funds al
lotted for operations, it was said, off,
GERS Of this group who have been certi-
fed by the Bureau of Navigation may
be permitted to make flights in naval
aircraft at the convenience OF COM
manding officers.
Applicants for appointn in this
class must possess the following mini
mum requirements to establish their
eligibility for appointment:
For ensign-Should be between the
ages Of 81 and 81: must be a high
school graduate or possess an equiva
lent education; must hold a transport
Evening star., 1932-04-03

new class will be required to remain
licensed transport pilots in good stand
ing and to perform a minimum of 120
hours flying time per year. Upon
reaching the age Of AZ they may nor
mally expect to be separated from the
Naval Reserve.
Waivers for age and minor physical
defects will be made only by the Navy
Department, 1t was pointed out
A regular form has been provided for
the application for appointment, and
this must be accompanied by certified
statement of flight time in the follow
ing categories: Total time, time in
various types of aircraft, annual time
for each of the three years preceding
date of application, night flying expert
ence, experience in radio communica-
tions, experience in aerial navigation,
connection Of applicant with aviation,
statement from schools or colleges at
tended showing previous education; any
other pertinent information the appli-
cant may desire to submit, and three
letters of recommendation.
Further instructions governing pro-
motion, transfer and discharge will be
published at a later date, it was an
nounced.
The Bureau of Navigation announces
that it is desired that the practice of
addressing mail to the bureau for the
attention of particular division or in
dividual be discontinued. 1t Is pointed
out that the duties Of individuals may
change, or the individuals themselves
may leave the bureau without the
knowledge of the sender. The result. it
was added. Is confusion, loss of time
and unnecessary correspondence.
All commandants of naval districts,
1t was announced, have recently been
directed to encourage officers of the
Merchant Marine Reserve who are at
present unemployed or who otherwise
have time available to apply foe train
ing duty aboard ships in active con-
mission
In such connection, it was announced,
commandants also have been author
lied to issue orders to ships of the
Training Squadron which are con-
veniently located or to ships at a local
Evening star., 1932-04-03
Gigantic Weather Vanes.

On top of an ancient structure in
Ghent there is weather vane in the
shape Of a huge dragon, which has
been swinging around with the wind
so long that its history Is a matter of
speculation. This dragon is one of the
largest weather vanes In the world,
measuring 111a feet from the top of
its tongue to the end Of the crooked
tail, and weighing BIT pounds. 1t is
surpassed in size only by the vane on
the Berlin Cathedral-an angel blow
ing a trumpet-weighing 1,540 pounds,
and by the figure of Faith, 13 feet
high, weighing a ton and a quarter,
which surmounts the Giralda in Sc
ville-the largest vane In the world
Evening star., 1932-04-03
Hear Through Their Fingers.

A new device is being experimental
with for the purpose of enabling deaf
persons to hear through their fingers
Some little practice is required before
the feat is accomplished, but once IL
has been mastered the art is said TO
be great boon to the deaf. The
speaker talks into small microphone
and the vibrations are impaired 10 a
diaphragm on which the fingers Of the
deaf person are resting.
Evening star., 1932-04-03

and singles will be held at the
Y. M. c. A. Saturday.
Members Of the representative volley
ball team will go to Philadelphia to
witness the Penn State volley bah
championships.
Evening star., 1932-04-03

WASHINGTON
Semmes Motor Co, inc, 1914
New Hampshire Ave. NV.
Gardner Stuart Motor Co.,
go II St. NE.
Evening star., 1932-04-03

LA PLATA-Mitchell Motor
Co.
PRINCE FREDERICK
Lusby Motor Co.
SILVER SPRINC-Silver
Spring Motor Co.
Evening star., 1932-04-03

ALEXANDRIA-Schooley
Motor Co.
CLARENDON-Kirby Service
FREDERICKSBURG
T. F. Cooke Motor Co.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08
Hostile Spirit Foiled
hv Use Of ssEIo0 IatinN


Perhaps the strangest language In
the world Is that adopted by natives
OF Johore, on the Malay peninsula,
and used by them only when they are
In search of camphor.
The camphor tree grows abundantly
In certain parts of the peninsula, but
not all Of them contain camphor crys-
tails and the product of these trees ID
OF much better quality than that OBJ
tanned from the camphor laurel of For
mosa and Japan. The latter produces
the more common commercial cam
phor.
There Is belief among the Malay
ans that each species Of the tree has
q spirit or divinity which presides over
1t. known as Bisan, which means liter
ally, "a woman" and this spirit Is sup
posed to jealously guard the tree from
those in search of 1t. They also be-
lieve that Bisan understands the Ian
guage Of both Malay and Jakun, so In
order to deceive her they have formu-
lated sort Of "hog Latin" q mixture
OF reversed native words. and with this
jargon, so they think, they are able to
completely confuse the spirit.
Incidentally, the Jakuns who hunt
camphor are one Of the widest peo-
pies, but are entirely inoffensive. They
live together with monkeys, dogs, cats,
and innumerable fowl. In perfect har-
mony. Their only unusual accomplish
ment Is the establishment OF the CAM
phor language.-Pathfinder Magazine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08
~" Not Sacred Number
Among the Babylonians

The number seven has been esps-
cially sacred, mystical and symbolical
since the dawn Of history. 1t is inter-
esting, therefore, to find at least one
ancient civilization which may not 10
have regarded 1t.
Recent archaeological finds In Baby
lonia include dice which, It is ssti-
mated, must have been made and used
5000 years ago. This establishes dice
as one OF the oldest and least changed
OF all ordinary things In human his
tory In common use today. These an
Client dice, however, differ from their
modern descendants in that the sum
OF the spots on two opposite sides
varies instead Of being always seven.
This probably means that the cult Of
seven as sacred number did not
prevail among the Babylonians. The
cult has fl0urished in succeeding CIV
ilizations. Among the Greeks seven
was sacred and In the Bible occur
many groups Of seven, az seven stars.
seven trumpets, seven spirits and the
seven horns and seven eyes of the
Lamb.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08

American Federation of Labor to pro-
mote the welfare of wage earners in
all Pan-American countries. We well
come all measures to elevate the
standards of the living conditions of
the masses Of the workers Of Cuba
and promote the prosperity and hap
piness of all the people and the coun-
try which you represent.
with assurances of highest per-
sonal consideration, and hoping that
the enactment of these laws will
meet your approval and favorable
action and that of congress, beg
to remain,
Respectfully yours, William Green,
president, Pan-American Federation
of Labor"
Dispatches from Havana on De-
cember % said that President Macha-
do looked with favor on the legisla-
tive program outlined by President
Green
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08
AS THE WORKER
Sees HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest Of
Important Events Of the
Week, Mere and Abroad

Expenditures of $29,375, ,456 are
listed in q construction program for
1928 submitted by the New Jersey
state highway department to Gov.
Larson. The amount to be spent is
approximately 100000 under the
1882 total of $36,5OO,O00.
AS the Southern Pacific railroad
notified maintenance of way employees
that their pay would be cut Is per
cent, effective in 80 days, $4,000 Of
the roads shop employees accepted
lO per cent reduction in wages.
John Draney, 70 years old, engineer
OF the Lackawanna Limited of the
Lackawanna railroad for AZ years, re-
Gently celebrated his retirement on q
pension after more than So years Of
railroading.
investigators recently reported to
Gov. Ruby Laffoon, of Kentucky, that
she condition of unemployed miners in
Doth the Eastern and Western Ken
lucky SOFT coal fields was desperate.
Opening demonstration cafeteria
where the unemployed may obtain
food at / cent dish and five-course
meal for a nickel, Bernarr McFad-
den, publisher and vegetarian, de-
clared that unemployment conditions
were the worst he had ever known.
From the standpoint Of employ
ment and treatment of officers and
crews, conditions in the shipping field
reached a new low in 1881, according
to Captain John F. Milliken, secre-
tary-treasurer Of the Neptune Asso-
citation of Licensed American Masters
and Deck Officers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08
CANADIAN RAILWAY
PAY CUT DECISION
DUE THIS MONTH
With Feeling Running High,
Y Mon Representatives
Will Meet to Decide Atti-
tude on Proposed Reduc-
tiOns.

Montreal Whether or not
the rail running trades brotherhoods
will fight the reduction of 10 per cent
in wage rates, recently approved by
a Dominion arbitration board, will
not be decided until after January Is.
The mems representatives, who went
to their homes for the holidays, will
return here on that date to consider
reports of district chairmen and the
future course of action. Developments
in the controversy over rail wages in
the United States are expected to
have an important influence on the
decision which will be made here.
Dependent on the reports of the
district chairmen, it will be up to the
schedules committees to assume the
responsibility of calling a strike, or
to pass it back to the unions by
ordering the taking of formal
strike vote.
Feeling runs high. The men resent
pelng MADE the goat OF the Oyer-am-
bilious schemes of the railways, which
during the boom period expended
great sums building steamships and
chains of luxurious hotels and financ-
ed extravagant colonization schemes,
nearly all of which have become gor-
geous white elephants. At the same
time the railways neglected their
proper function Of transportation to
the extent that they have lost great
amount of the best-paying traffic to
the motor trucks and busses. The
passion for building huge and over
expensive locomotives, to gain pres
tige or because the directors were in
terested in construction companies.
has blinded judgment to the service
requirements necessary to meet motor
vehicle competition.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08
Visit to HolSer Dansk.

Most foreign tourists are attracted
to Elsinore in Denmark, because Of its
literary, II not historic, associations
with Hamlet and Ophslia, Kronberg
castle having been used az the scene
by Shakespeare, Of that old tragedy.
A better claim for renown, however,
should be the huge sitting statue Of
Holger Danske in the deep, dark Kas-
senator Of that gloomy fortress. You
Will be given lighted tapers that you
may the better view the features OF
the sleeping giant. whose long beard
has grown to the table at which he
sits. He Is the tutelary genius Of Dem
mark, and when that country ID me-
naced, Holger Danske, 10 says the leg
end. will walk forth to protect the lit-
tie kingdom Of the Danes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08
Forced Farm Sales Rise;
Values Hit PreWar Level

Washington the year end
ing last March Is, forced sales of
farms through financial default rose
to 26.1 farms per 1000 compared to
2O.8 in 1929-1930, the U. S. Bureau
of Agricultural Economies stated in
its annual review of the farm real
estate situation. Farm land values,
the report said, have declined nearly
to the prewar level.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08

Labor is deeply interested in the dis
cussions which are taking place and
decisions which will be reached by the
congress tf Cuba with regard to the
measures favored by the organized
workers of Cuba; the bills creating
national labor department, under a
secretary, and the creation Of
national director Of labor; a bill
regulating land transportation, by
which the maximum working hours
and minimum wages Of the drivers
and conductors will be fixed, together
with other Improvement, and the bill
the manufacture of alco-
lol for fuel purposes because there
~ many hundreds Of men will find !!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08
Syracuse Mayor Cuts
City Employees Pay

Syracuse, N. Y.-Mayor Roland B.
Marvin, who recently banned all
women with husbands from city jobs,
decreed reduction Of 10 per cent in
the salaries of city employees earning
over $1,000 year. Marvin attributes
the city's present deficit of $4,000, 900
to funds advanced to the unemployed.
The wage cut will "save" Syracuse
about $4,000.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08
ASK MACHADO TO
BACK LABOR LAWS

Washington, D. C. ILNS)-Presi-
dent William Green, of the Pan
American Federation of Labor, has
just sent communication to Presi-
dent Gerardo Machado, of Cuba, ask
ing favorable consideration for meas
ures before the Cuban congress which
have the support of the Railroad
Brotherhood of Cuba and organized
labor in general.
The communication says:
1.-THE Pan-American Federation of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08
Test for the Lunxs

A good test that is believed to indi-
cate the efficiency Of the respiratory
system, including the lungs, the nerves
which control them and the blood CIR
culation maintained by the heart il
to hold the breath for 80 seconds. II
the individual has poor respiratory
system or II his heart Is not able to
circulate the blood properly or If the
blood Is insufficient. says DR.. q. d.
Free, the person thus handicapped will
not be able to hold his breath az long
as 80 seconds. This test Ia frequently
given In selecting airplane pilots be-
cause 1t is believed to indicate the
stability OF the nervous system under
flying conditions at high altitudes-
Pathfinder Magazine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08
25,OOo,Oo JOBLEss

Geneva, Switzerland.-The Interna-
tional Labor Office made an estimate
of at least 25,OO0,0O0 unemployed
workers throughout the world. On
the basis Of four to a family, this
means, the report said, that 100,-
100000 people are directly suffering
from the bread winners lack Of work.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08
Beautiful Old Cathedral

The cathedral at Rouen. France,
which is Of the Thirteenth century pe-
riod, Is one Of the most impressive In
existence. It once possessed the heart
OF Richard Occur de Lion, which IL
now In museum. It Is AT feet loi z,
the nave Is 81 feet high. and a tower.
built to replace an old one struck
by lightning, is Of iron, 500 feet high.
The front varies from RomanesQue to
the Flamboyant. The fine rose win.
dows and the sculpture about the rich
gabled portals are noteworthy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08
work in the distilleries.
w Ould Aid Workers

The creation of a department of
labor by your government | believe
Will be favorably accepted by the toll
ers and producers of your country,
and will not be antagonized by capt.
tai. 1t will signify the recognition of
the dignity of labor and the rights of
the wage earners to have their own
government directly interested in the
general welfare of the men and
women of labor.
"The enactment of these laws will
serve to foster, promote and develop
the welfare of the wage earners of
your country, to improve their work
ing conditions and to advance their
opportunities for profitable employ
ment. They will also promote CO.
operation and good will among the
working people, and as result the
relationship between employers and
employees and between the working
people and those charged with the
possibilities of the government
will be promoted and advanced.
OF Benefit to Ali
II am confident that favorable con-
sideration of the creation of de-
oartment of labor and the enactment
If these laws by you and the Cuban
congress will greatly benefit not only
'our republic but your people in
General.
1T is the purpose of the Pan
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08
ROSTER OF ORGANIZATIONS


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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08

The reason the nations have not
agreed enough is that each has a
greed too great.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08

Q.-Who said: Il regard it as the
imperative duty of all members of or
ganized labor to give their moral and
financial support to the labor press
of the country?"
A.-Samuel Gompers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08
Labor Queries

Questions and Answers on La.
Dor: What It Has Done; Where
1t Stands on Problems Of the
Day; Its Aim and Program:
Who's Who in the Ranks Of
the Organized Toilsrs, etc.. ste,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08

Q.-How did organized labor state
its stand as regards representation
on public bodies?
A.-The American Federation Of
Labor said: Labor has right to
representation on all agencies that
control or determine public policies
or matters of general concern"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08

Q.-Has organized labor endorsed
the effort of the firemen of New York
city to secure the eight-hour day?
A.-Yes. The Vancouver conven-
ton Of the A. F. of L. instructed the
officers to cooperate with the Inter-
national Association of Fire Fighters
in winning legislation providing the
eight-hour day for the New York
firemen.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-01-08

Stanley Ogg, 1899 Hamilton Ave.
Robert j. Danford, 1888 McGlynn st.
=. r. Legg, 227 South 7th St.
Ray Mefford, GOT So. End st.
ards, Box 80, r. R. 5, Camden, Ohio
Martin Philebaum, 1869 Freeman ave.
Don A. Howard, P. O. Box 3A2.
Robert J. Getz, 766 Fairview Ave.
Robert Mick, 500 So. Front st.
John E. Wanamaker, Labor Temple
VIM. A. Biddinger, S3S Ludlow st.
le....Karl Brown, 822 Buckeye st.
Edgar Smith, 638 Chestnut St
&c. BRANDED, 1888 Pleasant Ave.