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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-07-19
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PARALYSIS

~Infantile Paralysis or Poliomyelitis
is a much dreaded disease largely or
account of the deformity and Grip
pling which follows In Its wake. Sew
eral hundred years ago., nothing was
done to alleviate the condition OF the
victims of infantile paralysis; they
were looked upon as examples oil
Gods d~ispleasure upon whom He had
visited His punishment.
Today we know that infantile par
alysis is an infectious disease. which
chiefly attacks the spinal cord, which
is largely made up of nerves and
nerve cells.
Much research work has been done
TO discover the cause and cure of this
disease, but our knowledge is still
very imperfect. The causes should
be diagnosed early and every posi-
Bile effort made to prevent deformi-
ties and shrinkage Of muscles. This
is partly done by applying splints to
the affected parts. This lessons pain
and prevents gross changes in the
shape of the bones, or shortening OF
the muscles or ligaments. Plaster OF
Paris is considered the best splint
for these cases. The deformities are
frequently due to changes in the
shape OF the bones. An affected
muscle may shrink and become
flacid. the opposing muscles by con-
tracing, then drawing the bones out
OF shape Tie skillful application OF
splints prevents this.
When the acute stage of the dis
ease Is over. it is then very important
TO restore as far as possible the func-
tons OF the body. Just how much can
be accomplished depends to q large
degree upon the extent OF the dam
age that has been done to the spinal
The nerves and cells that are
destroyed by the poison that caused
The disease can never be restored.
They are a total loss. Here surgery
comes in. muscles that can still func-
tl0n may be implanted In place OF the
mes that are useless.
Much can be done to overcome dis
ability and paralysis by baths, prop
erfy applied massage, electricity and
In warm water. The latter
is most important.
The whole world knows that our
president was a victim OF infantile
paralysis. and that he received much
help at Warm Springs, Ga. A natural
body OF warm water has the advan-
Iage that the patients can have the
OF the outdoors which is very
important as the sunshine and fresh
air play an important part in restora-
ton OF health.
Under present methods the suf-
rerer from infantile paralysis has a
chance than ever before to
obtain the maximum amount of res
to normally which the ex-
OF his disabilities permits.
A helping hand is extended by
many benevolent organizations to
children.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-07-19
Six Years of Drouth

Northeastern Montana is experiencing Its sixth
successive season of drouth. 1t brings ever increas
ing and more serious problems. Since 1929. in every
year, large aresS>in this state have had insufficient
rainfall TO produce good crops. and when there did
seem a chance OF harvesting even a moderate yield.
the country was infested with grasshoppers which took
a heavy toll.
In most sections the present season is the most
severe Of all. The drouth and its effects are not only
more widespread. but reserves have been depleted to
a point where there are many who can no longer con-
tinue on their own resources. Furniture. household
articles such as bedding. rugs. and all utensils. with
which farmers have been determined 10 get along with
until the next CROP which would surely be next
year" have long served their usefulness.
Aside from some crop which will be harvested in
the western half of the county. there will be practical
" no small grain. The feed situation has long been
recognized as alarming. The livestock industry. built
up over a period of Is years. must suffer severely. 1t
will take years to replenish some of the herds now
about to be depleted through forced sale OF good cat
tie. The farmer has no other choice. He must let go.
The human relief problem for the next Il months
will be tremendous. It's extent can not be forecast.
These are facts that may as well be frankly faced
now.
To offset this drab picture is the faith of the peo-
pie. They believe in their state and in its future. There
is little complaint There is an honest effort to CO.
operate and 10 make the best of things as they are.
BAD as c0ndlli0ns are ID THIS Stale tneE arr worse
in both the nakotas this year. There people are be-
ing moved from lands where natural aater supplies
are depleted.
In Creston. Iowa, a city of $500 people. the water
supply Is entirely exhausted through the drying up or
two large lakes. Water is being shipped in by the
trainload each day from Council Bluffs. 10 miles dis
tant.
Thousands would leave the drouthstricken areas
Of the west If they were able 10 do so or knew where
to go, for individual initiative is not dead in this hard
stricken country.
OF change in these conditions there is only the
speculative theory of the scientists that the middle
west is at the bottom of a cyclic period of reduced
rainfall. Somebody predicts Is years OF plentiful rain
fall There is little concrete evidence to support the
theory.
Meantime the faith of the people Is q challenge
to the best minds of the nation. They must not suf-
fer. They must be assured. Their future must be
planned. They must be relieved OF the terrible ankle
ty they so braYely conceal.
May relief in the coming winter be on q more
generous basis than ever. May its administration be
more efficient, and may there be a relief OF the spirit
which will bring hope to thousands who merely hope
lessly and automatically gesture in the face OF facts
and conditions quite beyond their control.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-07-19
Do @ REMEMBER
News Hams TAhA kua E0mA
n P@1vwood HeEA1d Z
- YEARS G

Miss Ethel Singleton is a guest at the VIM Erick-
son home.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Davis made an overland trip
to Scobey this week.
Henry Raaen has filed for the nomination Mt the
primaries for the office of county treasurer on thu
progressive ticket.
Attorney Alfred T. vollunn announced this week
There are five candidates out for this office
Westby, 1O4 miles from Kenmare and los miles
from the end Of the line. has been made a division
point on the new 500 extension
Brush Lake will hold a celebration Sunday. This
lake is northeast OF Medicine Lake and Is one Of the
beauty spots OF Sheridan county.
The stone decorations have come for the Ffst
State Bank OF Plentywood. They are some chssy
decorations and will help to make a beautiful looking
building.
George Munson was In town last Wednesday with
some fine samples Of wheat, lax and oats. 1t xoes
without saying that Mr.. Munson la one OF the real
farmers of this vicinity.
Andrew Gadness' irrigation dam which In locaten
on Nils Almberg's homestead, has been drained for thu
purpose Of repair. Its bottom Is to be graveaed ana
when filled with water 1t will again be instagnAted
with fish.
Charles Dahlin and Nora ZeTbarth were united In
marriage at Culbertson Thursday at the Catholic
church. Mr. Dahln has been employed At the Don.A-
son garage for the past year. The bride Is the dauxh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Zeibarth and IL vtde,v
known having lived In this vicinity for 1 number ~
years. O
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-07-19

You should not take anything for
granted The other fellow doesn't.
Some stores have too much stately
courtesy and too little business court
esy-
There is nothing undignified in
manual labor, but it would be diff
cult to convince the rising generation
ON this point Most OF them have
been educated to believe that a clerk
ship In some store or office Is infin-
itely preferable to any task which
entails shedding the coal and earn
ing a living by the sweat OF the brow.
A community divided against It.
self cannot get anywhere.
Public service companies are al
ways being shot at 1t seems to be
their lot in life.
The carelessness of some auto.
mobile drivers shows that they hold
human life at a very cheap price.
a lot OF members of the Brain Trust
not progressive builders; they are
just plain "windjammers" and should
take a long vacation.
A policy OF driving capital out of a
city or state by high taxes will not
only wreck the business. but also the
people living there.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-07-19

emergency purposes. Last year. the
income OF the Government was 49,
1I5, 554 ,049 and estimates for the
present year predict a credit In.
crease OF about fifty percent.
Significantly, income taxes are ex
pected to show a big gain over the
$8I7, DOO, 900 collected last year Ord.
mary expenditures will approximate
: 1900, 900 900 compared with an ex.
pected income of about the same
amount, not including anticipated
RFE refunds The deficit, therefore.
win about equal emergency expendi-
lures and while the President Is EN-
powered to spend around six billion
dollars, 1t may not be necessary to
use the fun amount
Readers may be interested In the
ALLEGATION OF the emergency fund,
which includes $4,000, OOO. 900 for the
RFC. 81. 750, 900 900 for the PWA, ST.
z75, 10000 for relief, $525, 0OO, 900 for
drought relief and $4,000. 900 for
other and miscellaneous purposes.
Ordinary expenditures are expected
to include $3.50. 0OO, 900 for interest,
$500, OOO. 900 debt payments. 1870.
DOO. 900 for veterans, $40, 0O0, 900 for
national defense. $40. 000. 900 for var
i0us departments and $29, O00, 900 for
other purposes Payments under the
AAA are expected to total $750,000,-
900 but win be largely offset by pro-
cessing taxes.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-07-19

Our people. On relief or or.
sould do xen not 10 be hasty In
passing judgment As . basis for
forming opinions Ee should all begin
sIth the one MAJOR premise-the
desire Of our national government to
provide adequately for every human
being Who is IN distress. Having
done that. il we all temper our
judgment with An unselfish attitude
OF actual human sympathy instead OF
individual greed. we shall be quite
certain 10 AFFORD every branch Of the
local administrators the kind of co
operation which all assure the most
effective results
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-07-19


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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-07-19

Contemplating the outlook for the
present fiscal year. which ends on
June 30 1s75. The si1e q the deficit
depends largely npon the use Of
something like xix baIlSon dollars I'm
der the eontr1 0f the President for
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-07-19

The Presidents budget message
which startled the nation last winter,
estimated a prospective outlay O
o than ten GIi0ns~ but actually
they we're 5-lAe. sl4534 for ordinary
expenditures and A~.e94-135-558 f0l
emergency purposes THUS actua
expenditures we're fAr under estlmAt
IS and the deficit wzs Shout hAI1
that predicted by Pres Roosevelt
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-05-25
Jobs For Strikers Won
By Shoe Workers Union

Milwaukee, Wis.-The five weeks
strike of the Boot and Shoe Workers
Union here against the B. B. Shoe
Co. was settled when the strikers vot-
ed to accept a compromise agreement
providing that all strikebreakers shall
be discharged, that 10 strikers en-
ployed in the main plant are to be en-
ployed in the main plant are to be
employed Immediately, and that 80
strikers in the second plant, now
closed, will be given preference in
employment as soon as the plant is
re-opened. Officials of the company
also agreed to meet with committees
of it's union employees to settle future
grievances.
An application by the company for
an injunction to stop picketing, pend
ing before Federal Judge F. A. Gel
ger, was withdrawn in view of The
fact that the strike had been settled
and picketing ended.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-05-25
"STRETCH OUT"
Forces Southern Mill Work
ers' Strike

Greenville, S. C. (ILNS)-A direct
result Of the stretch-out and the in
difference of the Cotton Textile In
dustrial Relations Board is the strike
at the plant of the Cowpens Manu-
featuring Company here, John Peel,
organizer of the United Textile Work
ers, declared. Blame for the strike
was laid squarely on the mill man.
agement.
Peel said that increases in the ma
chine load had been placed on oper-
atives by the mill management de-
spite the fact that the workers had
already filed a complaint with the
State Industrial Board.
"The complaints made by the work
ers," Peel said, tended in dismissals.
Others who made complaints were
placed on notice"
Peel has evidence, in the form OF
pay envelopes, that wages paid were
below the code minima, a violation
"Wages of loom fxers," Peel pointed
out, supposed to be higher ordinar-
lily, averaged $14.50 per week. Weav-
ers received from 81 to $12 per week
and few weavers, if any, were draw,
ing pay above the minimum"
"There have been no negotiations
as yet toward settlement of the diff.
ferences," Peel said, declaring the
strikers are ready to mediate-but
that the mill management is stub
born and defiant of the collective bar.
gaining provisions of the NRA.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-05-25
Congress Strikes Big Blows
At Privilege But Fails to
Pass Vital Labor Measures
Nova Scotia Miners
Vote to End Strike

st. John, N. S. (ILNS)-Two-thirds
of the membership of the United
Mine Workers in the soft coal mines
of the Acadia Coal Company in Pic
tou county, N. S., have voted to re-
turn to work, after idleness of about
three months. The miners struck
against a reduction of wages
instituted by the trustees of the coal
company, who claimed the cut was
necessary to continue operations as
the company was financially involved.
A proposal of the United Mine Work
ers for the district that weekly re-
bates from the miners to be applied
to the company deficit, was accepted
with some minor alterations to the
plan.
The resumption of work in the
mines is a big item to 1900 men and
their families.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-05-25
Police Kill Workers
For Protecting Jobs

Athens, Greece.-The determina-
ton of the government authorities in
Greece to kill workers who in the de-
sire to save their jobs go SO far as
to incapacitate labor-displacing ma
chinery was registered in the blood
Of the toilers in Kalamata Harbor
when police and troops opened a
scatbing machine gun fire on strikers
whom it was alleged were attempting
to dismantle the new grain-loading
devices installed in the harbor, which
would throw large number Of men
into the army of the unemployed.
The machine gun attack killed six
workers and injured an undetermin-
ed number. Despite the slaughter, the
strikers held their ground.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-05-25
PAPER WORKERS
WIN WAGE BOOST

Ottawa (ILNS) - Demanding
wages to bring them into "fair COM
petition with United States workers
under the NRA and with workers in
the nearby Gatineau, Que, plant of
International Paper Company, which
has been paying NRA rates, the In
ternational Brotherhood of Paper
Workers called for a showdown in the
paper mills Of j. R. Booth, Ottawa;
the E. B. Eddy Company, Hull, Que,
and the James MacLean Company Of
Masonville, Que.
Before strike notices became effec-
tive, the three companies entered into
agreements with the union officials.
The basis of settlement, it is said,
was the 1882 wage scales, with min
imum Of 40 cents an hour. Some rates
had fallen to 25 and 80 cents.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-05-25
PRISON-MADE
Goods Sale Banned in Rhode
Island

Providence, R. 1.-The legislature
of Rhode Island passed law which
was approved by the governor pre-
venting the sale Of products of penal
institutions on the open market and
implementing the federal Hawes-
Cooper law by providing that goods
made in penal institutions Of other
states, when transported into the
state, are subject to the same laws
as the products of the states own
penal institutions.
The section of the act of interest
to labor follows:
"Section 8. The sale on the open
market in this state of all goods,
wares or merchandise manufactured
or mined, wholly or in part, by con-
victs or prisoners Except prisoners
on parole or probation) or in any pc
nal and Corr reformatory institution
is hereby prohibited.
"The provisions of this act and all
other regulations and laws of this
state in effect at that time and not
inconsistent with this act, shall ap-
ply to all goods, wares and merchars
disc manufactured or mined, wholly
or in part, by convicts or prisoners
Except prisoners on parole or proba-
tion)) or in any penal and Corr re-
formatory institution and transported
into the state for use or distribution,
to the same extent and in the same
manner as if such goods and merchan-
disc were so manufactured,p d,produced
or mined in this state"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-05-25
President Green Denounces Apparent Determination OF
House and Senate Leaders to Block Approval of Wag
Disputes Bill and Other Bills of Great Importance
to Workers.

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-Five
smashing blows were struck at special
privilege and the forces of depression
in Washington this week.
1.-The president launched a tre-
mendous housing and house repair
program designed to help building
trades and small home owners.
2-The communications control bill
proceeded toward passage in the
senate.
3-The federal trade commission
took over control of radio advertise
ing in sweeping order to radio COM
panies.
4-NRA moved step nearer to-
ward imposing code on telegraphs,
which, if achieved, will strike at
Western Union monopoly.
5-The stock market control bill
went to conference, with early agree
ment indicated The bill is designed
to stop many dishonest stock ex-
change practices and curb gambling
by imposing stricter control and
higher margins.
These big moves partially answer
ed complaints that the administration
is tending toward a right turn.
At the same time, the Wagner la
Dor disputes bill and other legislation
of vital Importance to labor was
blocked, with no word from the
White House that would result in it's
passage before adjournment of con-
gress, now expected early in June.
American Federation of Labor
leaders are watching the situation
closely, with growing resentment at
the apparent determination of con-
gressional leaders to prevent passage
| of additional labor legislation. The
feeling was reflected in a vigorous
statement by President William
Green, of the federation, who charged
that the opposition to the Wagner
bill, Wagner-Lewis unemployment in
surance measure, the Connery 30-hour
| week bill, La Toilette public works
bill. and the amendment to the rail
way labor act was purely selfish and
that if congress failed to pay this
labor legislation it would mean sur
render to the enemies of the organized
workers.
Apparently those who are in
charge Of the legislative program in
congress have determined that the
measures sponsored by labor and in
which labor is deeply interested, shall
not pass" President Green said.
"These measures endorsed by labor
include the Wagner labor disputes
act, the Wagner-Lewis unemployment
measure, the Connery six-hour day
and thirty-hour work week bill, the
La Toilette ten million dollar appro.
priation for public works, and the
amendment to the railway labor act
"None Of these measures have beer
passed by either branch Of congress
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-05-25

They seem to be held up by those who
determine that measures shall or shall
not be acted upon by congress. There
is no doubt in the minds of labor that
these labor bills would be enacted into
law if the members of congress were
given an opportunity to vote upon
them.
"The representative of big busi-
ness, manufacturers associations,
employers of labor, who are uncom-
promising in their attitude toward or
ganized labor, centered their opposi-
ton in their opposition to this meas
ure they are fighting for the mainte-
nance and protection of their own or
ganized financed and fostered COM
pany unions.
'It seems inconceivable that con-
gress would yield to such opposition.
1t is purely selfish opposition. 1t
is based upon the determination of
employing corporations and manufac-
turers' associations to control and
dominate the economic life of the
workers.
"It is quite obvious that congress
will adjourn within the near future.
Unless action is tatken soon, the rec
ord will show that congress failed
labor, in that it refused to enact a
single measure sponsored by labor in
to law. Labor will study the recrod
made and will interpret the failure
of congress to pass the Wagner dis
putes act and the other measures
sponsored by labor as a surrender on
the part of congress to the enemies
of labor and to the representative OF
big business and vested interests"