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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-09
BY FRANK KERN LEVIN

There was the sun in his eyes, bright and stringy, and he wrinkled his lids tight, blinking it away.
 'Where are you going, your lel- bows out at your shirt sleeves, and the patches on your trousers wear ing through" asked his mother, looking up at him from the win- dow of her basement.
 I'm going to the end of the street, and across the park, and from there I do not know. I am going to make my fortune, mother, and I won't be home till then" !" cried the youth.
 "You1l do middlin' fair to stay where you are, my boy. There's the fence Mrs. Thompson wants fixed, and she'll pay you 8 dime"
 "I1l not be fixing any fences for Mrs. Thompson this day or for many days to come," said the boy. I'm going to make my fortune and have fences of my own" He laughed then, and held his face to the sun, and blinked his eyes.
 And what will your father say when he comes home He'll want the dime you might have made if he did not sell many papers" His mother shook her head, and looked down at her hands, and her face was the face of sorrow.
 "Tell him, mother, I've gone to make my fortune, and I'll come back with it under my arms for you and for him. Tell him promise you won't have to live in 8 basement then, nor will he need sell papers My father standing on the street selling papers-it's boys work, not a man'S-and shame on the world!"
 "1t'S 8 mans work when there is no other" said his mother, and the boy came back and kissed her on the cheek, stopping low at the window. Then he strengthened and laughed.
 Don't you worry" he cried be- fore he turned to go. "Ill do mid- dlin' fair!"
 To the end of the street the boy walked, and across the park, and after hesitating for moment con- tinued on his way among people bustling into stores and out of them, buying and selling. Automobiles cut and streaked about the streets. When night came, the boy was far from home, and all around, flashing and dancing, were startling electric signs.
 "The world is a wonderful place" |" said the boy, but he was hungry, and had not penny in his pockets. So he found a dark place, behind some wooden stairs, where he might sleep, and after a while he did.
 He dreamed how he had lived in a basement all his life, and of his mother living there now; he dreamed of his father, selling papers on the street corner, and coming home with not half enough pennies for food. And he dreamed of himself, 16 years old and strong, and going to make his fortune to bring back to his mother and father.
 And he would have slept longer had not some one kicked him, who turned out to be the janitor on his early morning rounds; and who threatened him with the police il he did not in 8 hurry clear out.
 As the boy was walking down the street he felt the early morn ing air around his eyes and in his nostrils. Then suddenly, turning a corner, came an old man with white whiSkerS and violin case under his arm. The old man almost bumped into him.
 You almost bumped into me" said the old man.
 T am almost starving" said the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-09
DAILY SHORT STORY MIDDLIN' FAIR
  With Courage in His Heart He Left Home to Make His Fortune in the Big World.

boy. Give me a nickel, like a good old feIlowl"
 "No. I'll not give you e nickel. But come to my room and I'll have something there for you to eat"
 So the boy went with the old man to his room and there he ate; and afterward the boy sat back ill the musty garret room, still sleepy.
 I've gone to seek my fortune, said the boy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-09
GOOD HUSBAND IN MAKING

New Bedford, Mas.-UP)-Mar- tin H. Sullivan, 3rd, is only II years old, but in another 10 years he will make some girl an ideal husband. Adept at cooking, he won first jrize in the high school division for his jar of cranberry jelly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-09
WOMAN ATTENDS ssRD FAIR

Blair Station, Pa.-OP)-Fairs have held lasting attraction for 96--year-old Emma Kessler. She re- gently attended the nearby York fair. It was the 83rd fair sponsor ed by the city and attended by the aged livestock fancier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-09
CHINESE ATHELTE AT TULANE

New Orlenas-(UP)-Guy Cheng, g, member of China's 1885 Davis cup tennis team, has registered as special student in Tulanes univer- SityS school of art and sciences.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-09
STORE TO BECOME CHAPEL

Barnstable, Mass.-(UP)-Under the terms of the will of Miss Flora E. Hurd, her millinery store will be converted into chapel and placed in the Orleans cemetery where her father and mother are buried.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-10-25

clothes for the winter months. The
st. Paul Catholic Orphan Asylum,
933 Carroll avenue, wishes to ex-
press their thanks and appreciation
for your kindness. Women's study
club will meet every Monday night
in the church rectory at 1880
o'clock. Their leader and director
is Mrs. Roach of st. Marks parish.
The chosen Saints name is st.
Stephen of the Rosary.
Play
The Sodalities will present
play November Is in John Mar
shall Junior High School Audi
forum, Grotto and Ashland ave-
nues. The title is Contents I'm
known" Leading feminine ac-
tresses are Misses Hortense Oden,
Adell Graham, and Billie Rita
Rhodes. The play is under the di-
rection of Rev. Father Charles J.
Keefe. Admission tickets can be
bought from the ticket chairman
in this parish.
The Lady of our Rosary Study
Club will hold their weekly meet
ing at the home of Miss Adelaide
Sykes, $50 Rondo street. For fur
Their information call publicity
chairman.
The Minnesota Council of Cath
Ole Women will hold their yearly
conference in the Hotel Lowry, be-
ginning Wednesday evening, Oct.
%. Rev. Father Charles J. Keefe,
pastor of this parish, will be the
principal speaker of the evening.
Delegates are kindly asked to in
vite their friends.
ST. PAUL URBAN LEAGUE
WOMAN'S AUXILIARY
NOTES
The Woman's Auxiliary of the
Urban League met on Thursday,
October 8, at the home of Mrs.
Hattie Bell Smith, 1920 Rondo
street, at which time the annual
election of officers was held. The
following were elected: President,
Mrs. Hattie Bell Smith; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Edith Williams; secre-
tary, Miss Ruth Brown; assistant
secretary, Mrs. Birdie High; treas
urer, Mrs. Carrie Lindsay.
On last Thursday the meeting
was held at the home of Miss Ruth
Brown, 455 st. Anthony avenue.
Annual reports Of the years work
were given by the officers and
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-10-25
STUDENTS GIVE LESSONS TO
TEACHERS

Barring of students of Negro extraction of Minnesota
from student domtoes the University Minnesota
President Lotus D. Can supported according schools
board of regents disgrace and blot this
Contrast President Comans
and the suggestion of the student controlled AUnversy
which advocated the accommodation Negro
Hall and will the strange of undergraduates giving
university president lessons in farpay and tolerance
Lotus D. Cofman has been he
Tuskegee Institute several years ago.
APPARENT
Noticeable to the casual
the Negro people the evident
those who be termed
people"
Numerous abortive attempts
permanently organization Some of the efforts
worthwhile long they lasted That
permanently successful reflection
movements but rather
business and folk who did
the white people with their highly developed business
fessonal circles feel the need
reason that members of this struggling would
seriously the feasibility of such groupings
We aggressive womens organization in
this city.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-10-25
BORDER BRIEFS"

Sunday, October 20, Rev. D. P.
Young completed his sixth month
as pastor of Border M. E. Church.
The church has made much prog
ress under his pastorate.
Next Thursday evening a sane
Halloween celebration has been
arranged at the Church. Children,
5:3O-7:45; young people and
adults, 8:O0-10:30. Lots of fun
for all,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-10-25

plans for the fall work were made.
Mrs. Gladys James made an in
teresting talk on the work of the
Auxiliary and of the League, hav-
ing served as secretary of the
board for a number of years.
The next meeting will be held on
Thursday, November z, at the
H. @. Brown Community House.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-10-25
ELITES HAVE MONTHLY
MEETING

Elites will have their semi
monthly meeting at the home of
Miss Bessie Powell, 979 Charles
St., Tuesday, October 20, 1885.
It is to be a business meeting.
Mr.. Robert (Bob) Gardner is
president.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-10-25
Health and
Hygiene
By DR.. w. D. Brown
COD LIVER OIL

Now that cool weather has ar
rived, mothers will begin to give
their babies and small children cod
liver oil. This they know is neces-
sary because the vitamins in this
substance are capable of making
the little growing bodies strong.
In the summer, cod liver oil was
not necessary because the sun
striking the skin of the babes and
children imbued them with this
same power.
That these vitamins as contained
in this oil are very active in the
body development has been proved
beyond any question experimental
ly. There is no excuse in this en-
ightened era for rickety children.
Bow-legs, knock-nees, peculiarly
shaped heads, deformed chests, alb
normal pelvises, spinal curvatures
may easily be avoided by the daily
ingestion of a little cod liver oil.
Most mothers know all this be-
cause it has been told them many
times over in conversations with
physicians. But the many cases of
ricketts, present show that large
proportion of these mothers either
do not believe it or think it refers
to someone else's child and not
theirs.
Abnormal pelvises in girls cause
in later life difficulty in giving
birth to babies because of a mar
rowing of the passageway. So
it is not just a problem of appear
ance but also one of function in
this case.
For your child's sake be thor
ough in giving this medication.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-10-25
ST. PETER CLAVER
By Blanche DeLois Stone

The charity chairman of the
Sodality wishes to thank those who
gave clothing and fuel to the needy
children. These things provided
many a little girl and boy with
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-09-27

cents to 73.1 cents in the same months.
These figures are not very significant,
however, without taking into consid-
GRAFTON the tremendous drop in enl-
ployment which has occurred in the
automobile plants since the summer.
For example the hourly earnings in
the automobile industry are the high
est of the ten different classifications
used in the Labor Information Bulle-
tin, but in weekly earnings the auto
mobile industry ranks sixth. And if
yearly earnings are estimated the
automobile industry is one of the low
es of all, since figures quoted by Presi-
dent Roosevelt indicate that the yearly
wage of the average automobile
worker is less than 5000 year.
1t is hard economic facts such as
these which are driving the automo-
bile workers into the American FEEDER
alton of Labor unions in ever increas-
ing numbers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-09-27
CENSUS OF AGED FOR PENSIONS

The announcement that the gederal
government will employ three thou
sand white collar jobless to compile
national census of persons eligible
for pensions under the old age pension
section of the social security act brings
to light certain aspects of the enor-
NOUS amoune of new work which the
pension system imposes on the federal
government.
The social security law stipulates
that the government shall assist the
states in providing pensions for per-
sons sixty-fve years Of age or older,
The courts accept Census Bureau rec
ords as proof Of age. The federal gov
ernment has therefore decided to use
the census records in determining the
age of persons who claim pensions.
Although the federal census is taken
every ten years, it is now revealed
that the 1900 census is the only one
which carried both the year and the
month of birth Of all persons. 1t con-
sequently includes alarge percentage
of those approaching the sixty-fve
year age limit upon which payments
will be determined, and will be used
as the basis for a national age file
which the Social Security Board will
require in its check list
Going through the census records
and making the age file necessitates
fling the names of all persons in al
phabetical order on cards with the age
stated. When this is done it will re-
quire but moments time TO ascer-
tain the age Of any person in the
United States.
The age record file viii be prepared
in st. Louis and will require ayeal
to complete. The wages Of the three
thousand white collar workers wht
will thumb over the records and write
the cards will be paid from the $4,000,
100000 work relief appropriation law
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-09-27
Judge Holds Oil Control
Law is Constitutional

Sherman, Tex. (AFLNs)-The new
Connally oil act was held constitution
al in a decision here by the United
States District Judge Randolph Bry-
ant.
The measure was recently enacted
by congress to prevent oil operators
from shipping in interstate commerce
oil produced or withdrawn from stor-
age in excess of the amount permitted
by state laws.
Judge Bryant's decision was render
ed against the East Texas Refining
Company which was asking bids on
155,000 barrels of oil. The company
claimed the Connally law was uncon-
stitutional.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-09-27

are made; and most of these got into
trouble with the law before coming
out of their teens. Records show
pretty clearly that if boy does not
fracture the law rather seriously be-
fore he is Is years old, the chances
are strong that he never will commit
a grave offense.
The boys who get into juvenile
court are the raw material for the
men and older boys who pass through
the criminal court. Juvenile offenses
in one district on the west side of
Chicago dropped more than so per
cent in one year after the opening of
a boys club in that locality. Another
such club brought the lighting inspec-
tor hunting for reasons for the re-
markable decline in the breakage of
street lights. Crowded quarters where
sections of certain streets were roped
off at certain hours to serve as play
ground showed a distinct lessening
of youthful offenses.
The abolition of slums, the provi-
sion Of decent places for youngsters
to live and play, will prevent a large
share of our crime from developing.
If the Legion will turn its mind in
that direction, it should get results.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-09-27
WHAT NEXT?

A mechanical beach comber or
cleaner has been successfully tested
at Santa Barbara. California. Power
cd with a motor, the machine is driven
over the beach where it shaves off
sand to depth Of four inches, sits it
in a revolving hopper screen, removes
objects as small as pin or as big
as boulder and sprinkles the sand
back. The inventors say it will clean
an acre of beach in an hour.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-09-27
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1885
THE FOLLY OF SAVING

If all the people would go bare
footed instead Of spending their money
for shoes, 30 44-1oo per cent of all the
tanneries. shoe factories and shoe
stores would close their doors.
If all the people would dress them
selves in G-strings and sleep on grass
mattings, thereby saving the money
they formerly spent on clothing and
bedding, 80 44-100 per cent Of the cot
ton raisers, textile workers, and dry
goods dealers wouldn't earn enough
to buy G-strings.
If all the people who now spenc
their money on automobiles woule
save it BY hoofng it. half the stee
mills and 90 44-loo per cent Of tht
automobile and tire factories, garage.
and filing stations would be on tht
blink and their erstwhile owners anc
operators would be sleeping IN hay
stacks because too poor to buy gras.
mattings.
n other words, the fellow who ad
vocates saving as a remedy for hare
times is 80 44-1oO per cent insane
Ex.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-09-27
DAY OF TRAFFIC MONOPOLY

An unexpected and forceful blast
at present railroad management came
from General 7. Q. Ashburn. presi-
dent and chairman of the Inland
Waterways Corporation, in speaking
to the Traffic Club Of New York on
the transportation question.
The days Of transportation monop-
oily are at an end, and, Gen. Ashburn
declared. But rail executives fail to
see that IF any form Of transporta-
ton, under proper competitive con
ditions, cannot exist and prosper, then
it has no more place in our scheme
Of things than the horse and buggy"
General Ashburn said that Joseph
3. Eastman the best informed and
fairest minded transportation expert
in the United States has shown in
his traffic report that Of the overall
expenses of transportation BY iffer-
ent types, the cost Of cargo carriers
by water and pipelines is lowest, that
car lot carriage BY water and rail
ranks next, and that highway trans
portation is the most costly of all.
In the face of this report, Ashburn
asked, how could the railroads main
tain their position that there is in
this country no room for water car
riers.
General Ashburn reported that the
Inland Waterways Corporation, gov
ernment owned and managed, is en-.
tirely seIf-sustaining, and that for the
first seven months Of 1885, the casf
reserve, due to profits from operation
gained $150,ooo over the figures 0:
last December.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-09-27
Missouri Jobless Ask Work
And Larger Food Orders

Springfield, Mo. (AFLNS) Imme-
date work and larger grocery orders
and protection from threatened evic-
tions from their homes were among
the demands of 400 unemployed mer
who .sWarmed over the court house
lawn here just outside the windows
of the district headquarters of the
works progress administration.
Guy L. Wade, district WPA admin
istrator, told them WPA projects
would be started "as soon as possible, !
but referred them to FERA head
quarters on the question Of grocery
orders and rents.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-09-27
Concerning CURES FoR CRIME

The American Legion's law and
order committee has written a pre-
scription for lessening crime. It calls
for establishment Of a national crime
institute, cooperation between state
and rational authorities, a model code
Of criminal procedure, a national law
regulating firearms, and
Continued support and develop
ment Of youth activities"
That last is the only subterfuge in
the prescription which gives any real
promise Of curing crime The other
schemes might-or might not-curb
crime, but they could hardly check
its development,
An enormous majority Of criminals
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-09-27
THE AUTO WORKERS WAGE

Government figures disclose that
weekly earnings in the automobile in
dustry have been decreasing substan-
TALLY in the past months, reaching an
average Of 1885 during September.
This was a decrease from an average
weekly wage Of $28o6 during August
and also a substantial decrease over
the figure for the same month year
ago.
This is revealed in the last issue
Of the Labor Information Bulletin, a
new service provided by the United
States Department Of Labor's Bureau
of Labor Statistics, which aims, in the
words Of Secretary Of Labor Perkins.
10 give workers, unbiased and scien-
tific information which covers not only
conditions in their own particular IN
dustry, but also on the larger issues
affecting the welfare of all labor and
the nation as whole"
Weekly hours in the automobile in
dustry have dropped from 319 in Au-
gust, to 25.7 in September, while
hourly earnings have risen from 72.7
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-09-27
Wage Increase Strike Won
By New York Chorus Girls

New York, N. X. tAFLNS)-Chorus
girls in New York city's burlesque
houses won their first strike for higher
wages after the walkout had shown
the managers the folly Of fighting the
organized artists.
Formerly they were paid $21 weekly
in stock houses here and $23.50 on
the road Under the new rates they
will be paid $22 so a week in New York
and s25 on the road. This is an IN
crease of $15o a week. Under the
agreement one day off in each four
teen days is also guaranteed. The
principals would receive minimum OF
$40 week
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-09-27

At the relief headquarters, Mary
Ellis Barbour, county relief director,
promised to write to the state relief
director and request a special allot-
ment of federal funds to pay rents for
families under threat of eviction. She
also said she would appeal to land
lords to be patient.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-09-27
WISDOM

It is a great indication of progress
in virtue to transfer our judgment to
action, and not let our words remain
merely words, but to make deeds of
Plutarch
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-09-27

Union workers spend approximate
ly 140 million dollars a week Just
think Of what would happen if every
one demanded union-made goods and
union services!
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Don't boycott the merchant who
does not sell union-made goods. Just
stop trading with him!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-09-27

The unions are not the only ones
which have jurisdictionary disputes
Witness Ickes and Hopkins
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-09-27

! Don't allow any merchant to hand
you a package" See that the goods
are marked with union label.
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This year there will be another
gathering Of unique character.
The international Labor Press Of
America will hold its twenty-fifth an
nual convention.
For a quarter Of century labor edi-
tors have met at time and place Of
the A. F. Of L. convention.
The turn Of a quarter century finds
the United States with more labor
publications than are to be found in
any other nation.
American labor values the printed
word
We need much Improvement, but
still the record stands, with more labor
magazine and papers than any other
country.
And for fourteen years American
labor has had international Labor
News Service, the only service Of it's
kind IN ANY COUNTRY.
Those critics who like TO hope that
American lbaor is backward" ought
to study the record.
In Atlantic City, when President
Green brings down the gavel to oper
the big convention it seems prob.
able more delegates than ever vii
be present.
They will have a big job.
/ There will be resolutions about
everything under the sun.
And there will be speeches ano
speeches and speeches.
Most of them will be of a high order
abler than you would hear in bank
ers' convention, ADLER than most mad,
in congress.
Those that want to see American
labor as it is, who want to get
good look at its hopes and aspirations
would do well to attend this conven
ton.
The weak spots will not be hidden
Everything is brought into the open
Out of it energies, each year, create.
strength, greater unity, sounde
foundation for progress for labor
And that means for America.