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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-05-13

New York City (ILNS)-Some
$4,000 building trades workers are on
strike here mainly to combat wage
reduction averaging 25 per cent.
Building Trades Council affiliates
were assumed ready to sign an agree
ment taking the cut, but at the last
moment it became known that the ele-
vator constructors had the verbal as
surance of their employers that a
higher scale would be paid workers
in that trade.
Thereupon all decided to walk out
and fight the slash. They are out
solid.
Arbitration Demanded
The Bricklayers', Masons' and Plas-
terers' international Union, not in the
Building Trades Council, is demand
ing arbitration of the wage issue
pointing to a record of 48 years OF
arbitration, broken only by one six.
week period, holding that this estab.
lished practice should now be main
tanned.
Employers have stated that they
are faced with the demands of finan-
cial interests that wages must be cut
and the union reply that if money
kings are in the background let them
stand forth and be known.
Radio City Silent
The big Rockefeller project, Radio
City, is silent as a tomb, with inter.
est charges piling up at a rate that
will soon equal any difference in wage
rates that might be paid. John D
Rockefeller, who has posed as some
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-05-13

Hagerstown, Md. ILNS) Because
Of the unemployment situation, con-
victs viii not be used on the construc-
tion Of state highways this summer,
the Hagerstown Chamber of Com
merce has been informed by Col. Stu
art S. Janney, chairman Of the Mary
land Board of Welfare.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-05-13

81 need hardly to recall to your
mind the fact that the American Fed
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-05-13
Ready to Push Pending Measure, Mrs. Sabin Says
Labors National Committee Urges Congressman to
Sign Petition to Bring O'Connor-Hull Proposal to
Vote.

Washington, ID. C. ILNS)-The
Women's Organization for National
Prohibition Reform has Joined with
organized labor in an appeal to the
| membership of the house of repre-
sentatives to permit of rollcall vote
On the O'Connor-H beer bill, which
| legalizes the manufacture and sale Of
2.75 beer. If enacted into law this
bill will make possible the immediate
employment of hundreds of thousands
| of unemployed American workers, and
will add hundreds of millions of dol
lars in taxes to depleted national
state and city treasures, labor con-
tends.
Matthew Woll, vice president
American Federation Of Labor, and
president, labor's national committee
for modification of the Volstead act
made known this new alliance to bat
| tie for modification of the Volstead
act when he made public extracts
from correspondence between him.
self, representing the American Fed.
Grafton of Labor, and Mrs. Sabin
president, Women's Organization fol
| National Prohibition Reform.
Mrs. Sabin, in letter to Mr.. Woll
in part, said:
"a national emergency exists
today. Approximately eight mil
lion people are unemployed and
the national treasury faces de-
ficit of two billion dollars. In or
i der to meet this deficit the con-
gress has threatened luxury and
super-income taxes, such as to
cripple further the buying power
of the great body of the people.
Ready to Aid Labor
therefore, the Women's Or
ganization for National Prohibi-
ton Reform wishes to reaffirm its
position that, without in any way
altering it's ultimate objective
the repeal of the eighteenth
amendment-it stands ready to
cooperate with you to bring
about the passage of the O'Con-
nor-Hull bill, legalizing 2.75 per
cent beer, the enactment of which
will give employment to hundreds
of thousands of men and produce
an estimated annual revenue of
many millions of dollars"
"We believe and trust that thos
groups favoring this measure will, i
| turn, cooperate with us in workin
for the repeal of the eighteent
amendment"
' President Woll, in a letter to Mr.:
E Sabin, in part, wrote:
"Your letter advising labor's ns
tional committee for modification c
the Volstead act that your organizs
.. tion stands ready to cooperate wit
organized labor to bring about tn
passage of the Hull-O' 'Connor bill
legalizing 2.75 per cent beer, withor
in any way altering your ultimat
objective-the repeal of the eigf
teenth amendment was receive
with extreme qualification and d,
light.
Gain from Cooperation
81 need hardly to recall to yor
l mind the fact that the American Fec
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-05-13

Mrs. Charles S. Sabin, president OF
that organization, in a letter to me
states:
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-05-13
Support is Needed

WE NEED YOUR CO-OPERA-
TION AND SUPPORT, in the way of
your signature, to permit this meri-
torious measure to be placed before
the house of representatives for a
ROLLCALL VOTE. This bill will
permit every member of the house of
representatives to align himself or
herself with or against the wishes of
the majority of the American people,
yes, with or against the wishes of the
majority of the people Of your dis
trict.
WE APPEAL TO YOUR FAIR
NESS, YOUR AMERICANISM, to
join with the other members of the
HOUSE to make possible a rollcall
on this measure.
Our appeal for MODIFICATION of
the VOLSTEAD ACT and ROLL
CALL VOTE at this time on the
O'Connor- beer bill has the un-
qualified support of that courageous
and noble body of American women,
some 100000 in number, the WO-
MEMS ORGANIZATION FOR MA
TIONAL PROHIBITION REFORM
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-05-13
No Wonder

Peters-Jackson says nothing wor-
ries him.
Meters-That's right; his wife is
still working.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-12-09
Interest in Universal
Language Not Lasting

Johann NJ. Schleyer invented a uni
versal language In 1879 which he
called Volapuk. meaning worldspeech.
He taught It in Paris in 1886. It ere
ated much interest and for a time was
used in commercial correspondence.
Its adoption in diplomacy and science
was urged but it failed to last and
now is a thing of the past.
Its roots are principally borrowed
from the Latin, German and English.
The photography is strictly phonetic
The alphabet had q letters, novels
and 10 consonants. Each letter had
but one sound. Consonants were
sounded as in English except the let
tiers and j; g was hard and h as
pirate. The accent was invariably on
the last syllable. There was only
one conjugation and no irregular
verbs. All the word forms and inflec-
tons were regular. The letter W be-
came v, and the letter was substi-
tuted for the letter r. Almost all the
words were one syllable. Nouns had
one declension and four cases. Adjec-
tives were formed by adding TX to the
substantive, and adverbs by adding
the letter to the adjective. For ex-
ample the word fam, which in volapuk
was glory; famik, glorious; and fam
iko, gloriously.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-12-09
Period of Pueblo Home
Revealed by Tree Rings

An ancient tragedy resulted in the
discovery by a Smithsonian institu-
ton expedition of what is probably
the oldest known inhabited site north
Of Mexico which can be positively
dated, says the Pathfinder Magazine.
More than 1000 years ago an early
Americans family fed from Its burn
ing home and lost everything. The
fire which destroyed the home for the
family preserved 1t for posterity. DR..
Frank 81. 81. Roberts, Jr.. institution
archeologist. found the charred re-
mains of the home while excavating
an ancient site on a low mesa over
looking the Puerco river valley in
eastern Arizona. The flames caused
the roof to cave in, pinning down all
the household equipment, including
clay pots and corn grinding utensils,
Just as the family had left them.
Some of the timbers, the archeologist
reported, were charred but not de-
stroyed and thus preserved from rot
ting. The ancient tree rings on these
timbers are still clear. By checking
them with the Douglass tree-ring cal
endar the building was dated exact
ly at 100 A. D. This old structure
was of the pit house type and dates
from the Pueblo period.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-12-09
GAITHERSBURG

A turkey dinner will be served
under the auspices of the Parent
Teacher Association in the Gathers
burg High School building on Thurs
day evening, Dec. Is, according to an
announcement by Mrs. Lawson King,
president. Come prepared to enjoy a
good dinner at a minimum cost.
Pentalpha Chapter o. E. S., at its
last regular meeting in the Chapter
Room, Masonic Hall, on Friday even
ing, December 2, elected the following
to serve as officers for 1888: Worthy
Matron, Helen Etchison; Associate
Matron, Nellie Wachter; Secretary,
Emma A. Becker; Treasurer, Helen
Selby; Conductress, Ethlene Reed;
Associate conductress, Lillian Robert
son; Worthy Patron Thomas W. Trox-
ell; Associate Patron, Bates Etchison.
The initiation of two new members
into the Order will feature at the next
regular meeting of the Chapter to be
held in the Chapter Room, Masonic
Hall, on Friday evening, December 16
at 8 o'clock. Worthy Matron, Laura
E. Walker, presided.
The Gaithersburg Thursday Even
ing Bridge Club was entertained by
Mrs. Alfred Richards, Washington,
D. c., on December /, when the reg
ular club members in attendance from
Gaithersburg included the following:
Mrs. Lewis Reed, Mrs. Merle Jacobs,
Mrs. G. w. Bell, Mrs. Clyde Thomas,
Mrs. George Darby, Miss Lena Rick
etts and Mrs. William Cooley. Prizes
for the evening We're won by Mrs. G..
W. Bell, high score; Mrs. William
Cooley, consolation and Mrs. Merle
Jacobs, low score.
The serving of turkey dinner
sometime in January at the church
was the main feature of the business
session of the Ladies' Aid of Grace. M.
E. Church, Gaithersburg, which met
at the home of the president, Mrs.
Marshall Walker, on Thursday Decem-
Der 1, with twenty seven members in
attendance. The program, which was
in charge of Mrs. Mildred Towner,
who also conducted the devotional SER
vice, had a number of entertainment
features, consisting of an instrument
al solo by Mrs. Clyde Thomas, Read
ing by Mrs. w. D. Robertson and a
duet by Mrs. Sprigg Ward and Mrs.
Charles Phoebus. The usual social
hour and refreshments were enjoyed.
Mrs. Norman Jacobs, Mrs. Granville
Kinsey, Mrs. W. o. Dosh, Mrs. Harry
Kanode, Mrs. Charles Starner and
Mrs. Walter Reinhart were hostesses
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-12-09
Look. Bad, Smell. Bad

An Algerian centipede, recently
received at the London zoo, is a hor-
rid-looking creature, nearly 8 inches
in length, with a narrow. wOrm-like
body divided into about 10 or IL
rings, or portions, to each Of which is
attached a pair Of legs of bright or
ange-yellow. 1t has two small black
horns on its head. Not only mas the
centipede more than 20 legs, each
one of which leaves a poisonous trail
behind it as it passes over human
skin, but it is also armed with fangs
Just as sharp as those of the scor-
pion. If it is attacked this hateful
creature puts out an evil-smelling
fluid as a protection. In the tropics
centipedes grow much bigger, and
are as dangerous as certain poison
GUS snakes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-12-09

at the last joint session of the
Woman's Missionary Society and the
Ladies' Aid of Epworth Church which
met in the church building on Thurs
day, December l, and was presided
over by the respective presidents, Mrs.
Ray Wachter and Mrs. Norman
Jacobs. Mrs. Jarvis and Mrs. Burn
side, both presidents of Missionary
Societies in Washington, D. c., were
present as honor guests at the lunch
con and gave inspirational talks along
missionary lines with suggestive plans
for carrying out the missionary pro-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-12-09
England. Oldest Oak

Cowthorpe oak is said 10 be the old
est In England. Records say that 1t is
about 1000 years of age Taking root
near the great Roman road, some
three miles from wetherby, it became
one of the mightiest oaks in England
On one occasion 100 children gathered
in its hollow trunk. In 1912 the tree
was estimated to contain "a tons of
timber, the trunk was GO feet in cir
conference, II was Az feet high. and its
main branch so feet 6 inches long. But
where once lit is said) bnughs spread
over half an acre. there remain only
its huge gaunt limbs Every sDr,ng,
however. green leaves SIN appear
among the topmost branches, and
workmen are doing what they can te
keep the giant alive for few more
years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-12-09
pormou.. a European

Although the white-footed mouse Of
the United States is sometimes termed
the dormouse, the true dormice are in
habitants only Of the Old world The
dormouse is a sort of cross between
the real mouse and the squirrel. 1t
seems to have characteristics Of both.
1t usually lives in trees and bushes
and feeds freely on berries and nuts.
It is thoughtful of the future, like the
squirrel. and lays up good store Of
food for the winter and then curls up
to sleep during the cold months. On
warm days during the winter the DOR
mouse wakes up, eats bit and then
goes back to sleep.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-12-09
Girls

Some girls are like angel food cake
"a little bit Of sweetness pulled to
their seeming proportions by the good
old principle of the expansion Of hot
air. With either, If there is the least
slip In the making we have no use for
the result, but II done to the proper
turn we excuse the lack of substance
because of the smooth. delectable fiuf-
finess.--Indianapolis News.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-12-09
ser..eh Owl. "spell"

In neglected orchards, and often
close to the cities, you will find the
screech owl. 1t rarely stirs abroad be-
fore dark, being a nocturnal bird,
whose silent ghostly fight may account
somewhat for the superstitions that
surround 1t. In Louisiana, folks call
It the shivering owl, and in Misslssip-
pi, the superstitious among the darkies
turn their pockets inside out to avert
its evil spell when they hear its qua
vering voice. In South Carolina piece
Of iron is tossed into the fire to effect
the same release from the spell"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-12-09
"Amerind"

In general use the term American
Indian was frequently abbreviated to
Indian and this lead to confusion with
the Indian who lie inhabitant of the
East Indies. SO to designate the
American Indian the bureau of Amer.
lean ethnology authorized the word
Amerlnd or Amerindian which is a
combination of the two words Amer.
lean and Indian.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-12-09
Friday. December 9, 1882,
'ram for the coming year.

gram for the coming year.
Report of the financial success ~
the turkey supper served bv H.
Ladies' Aid was made, approximately
one hundred and fifty dollars beiro.
cleared. The last Thursday in JanuarH
was announced for the next Joint
meeting of the two societies.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-12-09

Luxurious Travelling
ID MADEIRA the tourist sits back rest
fully while natives rush a sledpe 'o o.
creased runners through the cohb,S
and steep streets.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-12-09

lighter yellow used for the center petals
Cup CENTER coppery orange
Green leaves and in outline stitch Three strand
excellent for this Did miss Block No paper? We
size transfer with carbon material Ebroider
each block in natural cOlOrs of the flowers
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
SENATE PROBES
D. {. RENTS

BY unanimous consent the Sen
ate today adopted a resolution
authorizing broad investigation
of the Washington rental situa-
ton by the Senate District Com
mittee.
The committee is authorized to
sit during the recess of Congress,
to call to its aid rent experts of
the Federal and District govern
ment, to compel the attendance
of witnesses, and to make a re-
port to the Senate next Decem-
ber regarding legislation neces-
sary to force down alleged high
rents on houses and apartments
in this city.
The sum of $2,500 is author
lied for expenses of the inquiry,
in accordance with recommends
tionS of Chairman Capper, of the
Senate District Committee.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
DE EMOGRAT|C
BAT TIE
LOOMS
Convention Gets Under Way
As Degree Of Wetness Also
Holds Attention
By GEORGE R. HOLMES

STADIUM, CHICAGO, June
81 QN.S.). - The Democrats
moved into Chicago's big sta
dunn today for a showdown
fight which they hope won't
prove as hurtful to the party
as some other historic conven-
tions-but which some of them
fear may prove to be just that.
They hold fights in this sta
dunn. And this week will see
series of them, with hard
blows sent and received. They
will battle over the presiden-
tial nomination. They will
battle over the degree of wet
ness to which the party is to
commit itself.
And equally as serious, if not
more so, they will battle bitterly
over whether the ultimate NOM
inee is to be selected by the ira
ditional two-thirds vote or
majority.
Scene Is Tense
There was electricity in the at
moSphere as the main body of
the delegates moved out of the
strife-filled hotels and into the
arena for the warm-up bout.
There were rumors afloat just
before the gavel that the Roose-
velt managers were considering
calling off their fight to abolish
the century-old two-thirds rule.
They stoutly denied it, but the
rumors persisted nevertheless. 1t
is pretty difficult for them to do
it at this late date, for they
went out far on the limb Satur-
day with the positive declaration
that "this thing (abrogation) has
got to be done now and it is
going to be DONE"
The Roosevelt leaders. however,
are finding they can't hold their
lines in the rules fight. Indiana
and Iowa furnished but two eX-
amples of this-both States are
predominantly for Roosevelt but
they are going to cast their bal
lots solidly for retention of the
two-thirds rule. There are nu-
merous other defections on this |
fight.
Take Time Arriving
AS usual, the stadium was slow
in filling. Realizing that today'S
program was largely perfunctory
and only to dispose of the neces-
sary preliminaries, the delegates
took their time about arriving.
Some of them cut it altogether.
When the solitary figure of
Gov. alfalfa Bill" Murray of
Oklahoma, himself a candidate,
stalked into the arena IS minutes
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The Washington times., 1932-06-27
OK.
PUBLIC WORKS

A public works building pro-
gram will be contained in the
compromise relief bill Senate and
House conferees are drafting,
Speaker John N. Garner was told
today.
He spent the morning with the
conferees and is understood to
have insisted the section of his
$4,000, 100000 measure, which in
creased the funds of the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation to
So, 900, ,000,0 900 and greatly broad
ems it's loaning power, should be
incorporated in the new bill. The
Speaker said:
"Under my bill, the corpora
tiOn would be directed to make
loans to any persons, corpora
tiOn, State, county or munich
pality which cam furnish ade-
pate security"
Under this provision Chicago
could borrow a maximum OF
$100,000,000 if it furnished ade-
quate security, Garner said.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
FAMOUS CRIME
RECALLED

PERTH, Australia, June q
NN.SO.-Miss Ethel Leneve, who
fled from England in 1910 with
DR.. Hawley H. Crippen, slayer of
his wife, was located here today,
living under an assumed name
and in direst poverty.
Miss Leneve was DR.. Crippen'S
secretary. She disappeared at
the time of his arrest.
The Crippen murder was one
of the most sensational in the all
mails of British crime. DR.. Grip
pen, native of Coldwater, MiGS.,
who had established a fashion
able practice in London, confessed
that he tired of his wife and
murdered her with a drug.
He diSmembered her body,
buried it in his cellar and then
fled the country with Miss Leneve,
who dressed herself i'll boys cloth
ing. He was apprehended on his
arrival at a Canadian port-the
first murderer ever to be taken
into custody through the medium
of wireless.
DR.. Crippen was tried and con-
yicted and hanged for his crime.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
PROSECUTION
WINS POINT
ON CURTIS
Judge Sustains Harry l. Stout
Charged With "ApproaCh-
ing" Hoaxer Ere Trial

FLEMINGTON, N. j., June
27 IN.S. 1.-THE prosecution
in the trial of John Hughes
Curtis, charged with cbstruct-
ing justice in connection with
his "negotiations" for the re-
turn of the kidnapped Lind
bergh baby, today scored a
point when the attempt of de-
fense counsel to out Harry L.
Stot from the prosecutor s
staff failed.
After a two-hour conference in
his private chambers with law.
yers for both sides, Judge Rob
bins denied the motion made by
defense counsel to bar Sount.
It was claimed by the defense
that Sount approached" Curtis
previous to the trial.
Lindny Awaits Call
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh,
father of the kidnapped and muir.
dered baby, and Col. H. Norman
Schwarzkopf, superintendent of
the New Jersey State police, were
among the witnesses waiting to
be called. Both Lindbergh and
Schwarzkopf have been called to
testify for the defense and and
prosecution.
Others present to testify in
Guided Betty Cow, the baby'S
nurse, and Ollie Wheatley, butler
in the Lindbergh household.
Defense counsel began arguing
a motion to quash the indictment
on the ground of lack of evidence.
Counsel for Curtis offered two
astonishing affidavits attacking
Stout, a member of the prosecu-
tors staff
Both affidavits stated that Stout
who talked to Curtis while he
was a prisoner, told the ship
builder that the charges were
"trumped up" and could not be
maintained by the State.
Charge Called bluff"
Curtis affidavit, sworn to on
June %. sets forth that Stout
told him the charge was "a
great big bluff; that if the court
was courageous, the case would
never get to a jury; that only
politics would permit it to-" that
Stout could do Curtis much
good on account of his relations
with Col. H. Norman Schwarz-
kopf, head of the State police,
and that it would be "a simple |
matter to get Curtis off with no
penalty"
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
GrGndi Has NeW Plan
To End War Debts

LAUSANNE, June 81 Q.N.SO.
Foreign Minister Dino Grandi of
italy today presented to Premiers
Macdonald and Herriot a new
plan for cancellation of repara-
tionS and war debts.
If cancellation is impossible,
Grandi said, Italy will claim a
share of the reparationS residue.
Grandi urged Europe to "clean
the slate" of postwar debts.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
REDS BEATEN,
DRIVEN OUT
Of CAMP
Two Are MauIed While Others
Are Rounded Up BY
Police; Funds Gone

The siege of Washington by
The Bonus Evolutionary Force,
now in it's fifth week, de-
veloped today along these
lines:
4 Two alleged Communists, Her
i bert Young. cf New York
city, and Joseph Vacilotti, Of
Passaic, N. j., were beaten up
and escorted to the District line
by a delegation of the veterans
army.
9 The last penny of the $13,-
a O53.12 of the B. E. F. fund
being administered by police was
expended today by Capt. w. G..
Stott, police commissary officer.
It provides sufficient food for to-
morrow.
. Resolution introduced in the
= Senate by Senator Royal S.
Copeland CD of New York to
provide 100000 for the veterans
was laid on the table temporarily.
The money would be used to feed
them while here and furnish
transportation for them when
they decide to go home.
A An increased guard at the
Il Senate Office Building was
ordered by police when each Of
10 precinct commanders were
ordered to send one man for duty
at the Senate Office Building.
hey will report each night at
midnight.
Nine alleged communistlc
agents were taken into custody
today by B. E. F. secret service
agents as they distributed litera-
ture in several camps, seeking to
align the veterans with "red"
organizations.
Herbert Young OF New York
city and Joseph Vacilotti OF
Passaic. N. j., alleged ringleaderS,
were beaten up and taken to the
District line in automobiles and
told not to return.
At B. E. F. headquarters, act
ing leaders said that this action
was not official but that they
would not under any circum-
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