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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-04-24
LABOR, INDUSTRY
And Government Join Drive
On SilicOsiS Peril

washington, u. u. (ILNS1-LaDof,
industry, medical associations and
state and national health and indus
trial authorities joined together at a
conference here sponsored by Secre
tary of Labor Frances Perkins to map
out more complete and successful
program of prevention of silicosis.
Employers, panic-stricken because
Of the awards which have been made
in silicosis deaths, were thoroughly
represented at the conference.
Labor, concerned not only because
Of the deaths of workers but because
of the discharge of workers who show
any signs of silicosis, was also well
represented. The following labor men
were appointed to permanent commit
tees:
Thomas Donnelly Estate Federation
Of Labor, Ohio)-Committee on the
prevention of silicosis through engi-
neering control
John P. Frey (American Federation
Of Labor)-Comnlittee on economic,
legal, and insurance phases of the
silicosis problem.
Robert j. Watt Massachusetts
Federation of Labor or)-Committee on
economic, legal and insurance phases
Of the silicosis problem.
Victor A. Olander (Secretary, Illi-
nois Federation of Labor or)-Commit-
tee on regulatory and administrative
phases of the silicosis problem.
Labor Stresses Prevention
Labor's position as presented by
Frey and others is that silicosis is
preventable. Labor is not seeking
compensation for silicotic injuries and
deaths so much as it seeks to have
proper methods of prevention estab
lished such as exhaust systems and
the wet drill process The cost of such
preventive measures TO the country
would be small compared to the cost
of insurance. For instance, the prov
ince of Ontario in Canada sets aside
$1,000 Immediately when silicosis
case is reported because it is their ex-
perience that the disease is not cur
able.
Another concern of the labor
spokesmen was that workers declared
silicotic are discharged and barred
from holding jobs afterward. Labor
spokesmen insisted that workers
should not be discharged nor should
they have their wages reduced, because
the worker was just as competent to
do his job as ever, and, therefore,
he should not be unnecessarily penal
lied by the employer for his neglect to
eliminate the danger of silicosis. With
this understanding established there
would be no reason for further re-
fusal of workers in silicotic industries
to undergo X-ray examinations.
Committees to Study Problem
Where such an industrial disease
as silicosis exists, no sane man can
question the necessity for prlieminary
and recurring X-ray examinations, "
said Mr.. Frey.
"Silieosis," he added, "is an indus
trial disease which can be eliminated
as effectively as typhoid germs can
be removed from a city's drinking
water"
The committees assigned to further
study of the problem will work four
or five months preparing reports,
after which another conference will
be held which should result in the
drafting of certain forms Of legisla-
ton, satisfactory both to labor and to
employers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-04-24
Sheriff Compared to Nabob

Sheriff Middleton and his deputies
are the nabobs of Harlan county" said
Townsend, in voice barely audible.
"The men in the Black Hole had more
room that those in these cells. 1t is my
firm belief that none of them would
have survived the night"
He told incidents showing how
homes were invaded, how the county
never polled more than 655 votes at
a primary until there seemed chance
of the nomination of Thomas Ray, who
openly sympathized with the coal min
ers. Then Harlan county rolled UP
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-04-24
KENTUCKY COUNTY UNDER DESPOTIC
EMPLOYER RULE, WITNESSES SWEAR
Deputy Sheriffs Paid By Coal Companies Chief
Agents of Tyranny, Union Attorney Declares
Arrested Workers Jammed in Cells Like
Prisoners of Black Hole of Calcutta.

county. Organizers who come IN are
seized and deported; if they are lucky.
Ii not lucky, they are beaten or shot
at; and several of them have been
wounded
Townsend read into the record Sena
tor Kenyon's denunciation of the wi
cious system" of privately paid men
vested with the authority of officers
of the law.
In 1885, the U. NJ. W. made de-
termined effort to unionize Harlan
county. They planned meeting in
Cumberland, the one place in the
county not absolutely under the thumb
Of the coal companies. They sent out
men to spread the news of this meet
ing, and as an attraction, they sent
out a colored quartet. All were
promptly arrested.
Cells Barbarously Crowded
There are two cells in the Jail,
each foot by 61a by 6. There are four
hunks in each cell, so that the floor
space between the hunks is only two
feet wide. Sheriff Middletown and
his deputies, paid by the companies,
jammed % prisoners into those two
cells, IL to the cell. The cells had no
water, no toilet facilities, and little
ventilation These men were kept
there from the middle of the day till
late at night, when they were taken
in autos to the county jail.
'The only thing that | can compare
that horror to is the Black Hole of
Calcutta. | am going to read you Ma
caulay's description of what happen
ed there"
He read, in Macauley's ringing
prose, the story of the 146 prisoners
who were herded in a room 20 feet
square, in the heat of Bengal sum
mer. They were kept there all night,
and only % were alive in the morning.
The Nabob praised the soldiers who
: did this brutal work, and treated the
surviving prisoners cruelty.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
PLANE
EXHIBIT SET

Fifty future aviators and air
plane designers will exhibit their
models at the ninth annual
tournament of the District Model
Aircraft League at Fort Myer
drill field tomorrow morning at
1890 o'clock.
Sponsored by the department
of Fairgrounds of the District of
Columbia, the tournament will
be open to youthful competitors
showing stick models, fuselage
and glider types. Tomorrow's
tournament is the first half of
the competition to determine the
District champion. The tourna-
ment will be completed Novem-
ber 81 at Constitution Hall. when
the indoor events will be staged.
John Williams, Powell Junior
High School teacher. will have
charge. while Robert Wiehle,
three-time winner of the cham
pion trophy, will act as instruc-
tor. Roberts withdrawal from
the competition leaves the cham
pionShip open for newcomers.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
ID. e.. AutOiSt'S Permit
Revoked BY Board

The driving license of one local
resident was revoked and that of
another suspended for As days
by the Board of Revelations,
Suspensions and RestorationS to-
day. The permits of others were
suspended for periods of from Is
to 80 days.
The permit revoked was that
of Joseph Epps. 1877 Florida
Ave. N. E., charged with speed
ing at the rate of so miles an
hour.
The license of William F. Nc
Combs, 2138 Fourth ST. N. W.,
was suspended for As days for
second offense speeding. He was
charged with going AZ miles an
hour.
Suspended for 80 days:
Andrew L. Andrewles, 623 Fourth
St. N. W., second offenSe, 36 miles.
John P. Browning, 538 Madison
st. N. W., second offense, 38 miles.
David j. Byrd, 500 Ninth St.
S. W., 46 miles.
Charles F.. Daneri, ia Quincy
Pl. N. E., AZ miles.
Edward F. Debethizy, 224 Four
teenth st. S. E., second offenSe,
38 miles.
Joshua Evans, Sd, 3405 Lowell
st. N. w., second offense, 40 miles.
Walter S. Hall, Soldiers Home,
48 miles.
Gust Harmen, 1875 D st. N. E.,
so miles.
Victor Holt, 1418 South Caro-
lima Ave. S. E., IS miles.
John ]. Hunter, 1923 Columbia
Rd. N. w., As miles.
Charles Jones, Jr., 621 Nor
ton st. N. w., 48 miles.
Frank C. Leimbach, 1927
Quincy st. N. E., 48 miles
Jack Miller, 608 Ninth st. N.
W., second offense, 38 miles.
Claude E. Moran, 1910 Nine
teenth Pl. N. E., "A miles.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
4 WOMEN HURT
IN DISTRICT
TRAFFIC
Two Boys Injured In
"a Hours; Old Mishap
Just Reported

Six persons were injured in traf,
fic miShapS during the past "a
hours, according to reports today
to police.
Two women, Mary GLADDEN., of
1545 Sixth st. N. W., and Erma
Nipper, colored, 20, of 1903 Twelfth
st. N. W., suffered lacerations
when a street car in which they
were riding was in collision with
an automobile at Third and H
SITS. N. w. last night. Both were
treated at Casualty Hospital.
Hit by Autos
Struck by an automobile at
Seventh and K Sts. S. w. last
night, Bernard F. Gallagher, II,
of 1920 Robinson St. S. w., was
treated at Emergency Hospital for
a fractured rib and face cuts.
Police report the auto was driven
by Charles w. Casey, 8l3 F st.
S. w.
Miss Mary Hakesly, so, of 1857
Thirteenth st. N. w., was in Emer-
gency Hospital today undergoing
treatment of head injuries. She
was struck last night by an auto
mobile police say was driven by
Ernest L. Perry, 36, soldier at
tached to the HeadG Quarters Com
pany, of 1900 C st. N. W., at Nine
teenth and K Streets Northwest.
Eight-year-old Buddy Joe KriSs,
of 7O4 Third St. N W., suffered
minor decorations when struck by
an auto at Third and G Streets
Northwest, and was treated at
Casualty Hospital.
Navy Officer Hurt
Police were informed for the
first time today that Comdr. j.
Howard Wellbrock, 40, attached
to the United States Navy Yard,
was undergoing treatment for a
fractured leg in Naval Hospital as
the result of being struck by an
auto October % at First and B
Streets Southeast.
When the auto in which she was
riding was in collision with an
other car last night, Charley May
Todd, colored, 20, employed at
3704 Thrty-third Pl. N. w., Suf-
fered a fractured knee. She is
in Gallinger Hospital.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06

Carsby Peterson, Rockville, Md,
IS miles.
Arthur E. Sixsmith, jr., Del
Ray, Va, 48 miles.
Addison Spell, 913 Sixth st. N.
w., As miles.
Suspended for Is days:
Phillip H. Budd, 3151 Mt. Pleas
ant st. N. w., 40 miles.
Preston M. Hawkins, 1880 C
St. S. E., 40 miles.
Henry U. Herbert, 1880 Kearney
st. N, E.. SO miles.
Jesse Humphries, 623 Second
st. N. E., 38 miles.
John R. Hunter, 1900 Second
st. S. E., 38 miles
John M. Johnston, 252 Tenth
st. N. E., 38 miles.
James R. Kelly, 1108 Twenty
second St. N. W., 40 miles.
William V. King, 2726 Olive
Ave. N. W., 38 miles.
Walter Koeneke, 420 C St. N.
E., SO miles.
Otto j. Koontz. 1906 Georgia
Ave. N. W., 40 miles.
Vannie Stewart, GA M st. S. E.,
40 miles.
Charles E. springfellow, PIG
Seaton Pl. N. E.. 40 miles.
Continued on Page 81, Col. g.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
D. {. OFFICIALS
TO JUSTIFY
EXPENSES
Committee on Fiscal
Relations to Hear
Them Tomorrow

Heads of major municipal de-
partments, prepared to defend
their office expenditures, will ap-
pear before President Roosevelt S
special committee on Federal-Dis-
trict fiscal relations tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock in the Com
mercial National Bank Building.
The hearing will be public and
the first two hours will be broad
cast by radio station WMAL,.
The department heads are armed
with comparable figures of cost
of similar departments in other
cities of the size of the Capital
to Justify their expenses. In
many instances attempts will be
made to show that certain activi-
tbs carried on by local depart
ments are financed in other cities
through State funds.
Among the department heads
who will appear before the special
committee are Auditor Daniel J.
Donovan, Welfare Director Elwood
Street, Highways Director H. c.
Whitehurst, Fire Chief Charles E.
Schrom, Refuse Superintendent
William Kanten and Police Chief
Ernest w. Brown.
The District Commissioners are
scheduled to appear before the
committee on November %. The
committee was appointed to work
out more equitable fiscal rela-
tionship between the two govern
ments, particularly in so far as
the annual Federal contribution to
the local budget is concerned.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
BOY, 13, HELD
IN CAR THEFT

A 13-year-old colored boy was
being detained by police today at
the Receiving Home while his re-
cent activities with automobiles
we're being investigated.
Police said the boy drove off in
the automobile of Lew Carroll, of
1909 K st. N. w., about $50 p. m.
yesterday. A few minutes later
at Twentieth and F. st. IT'S North
west, the juvenile joyrider crashed
into a truck operated by Joseph
Patterson, colored, 412 N st. N. w.,
and then careened into another
car, police claim.
The boys troubles were reduced
a little when the woman in the
second car, which bore Arkansas
plates, discovered damage to her
car was slight and drove off with
out giving her name. Her parting
remark was she had no time to
waste in local courts over the case.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
BARBER SHOPS
IN BRICK WAR

Plate glass windows in five
barber shops have been smashed
to bits within the past two days
as the result of what police call
labor troubles"
Three or four men cruising
around the city in sedan hurled
the bricks from the fast moving
vehicle and escaped before they
could be stopped. One witness
teiephoned police headquarters
early today and gave a license
number of a suspected motorist,
but it proved incorrect.
Three barber shops were dam
aged by flying bricks Wednesday
and two were hit last night. With
underring accuracy, the vandals
demolished huge glass fronts Of
each shop.
Shops in the 1900 block Pennsyl-
vania Ave, S. E., 400 block 18th
st. S. E. and 400 block East Capitol
street were hit two nights ago.
Before dawn today the shops at
GIG 11th st. S. E. and 1917 18th
St.. N. w., were likewise pelted
with bricks.
Pressure has been brought for
the past month to force all shops
to charge a 50-cent flat rate for
hair cuts and to observe certain
closing hours, police said.
None of the five shops damaged
had been picketed by labor union
men, proprietors reported.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
Ken Murray
Says:

Mama! That mans here
again! Yes, sir, Franklin D.
Roosevelt has renewed his lease
on the White House for another
four years. and today a Sun
flower is as hard to find as q
Literary Digest fOrecaSter. The
Democratic donkey has never
been given credit for having a
wonderful shape, but this year
F.D.R. made it look like a per
feet '36.
From the way the New Deal
has swept the country, apparent
Iy those WPA workers must
have Swapped their ShOvels for
broOms. OF course, the result
was no surprise to Campaign
Manager Farley. Being also
the Postmaster General, Jim
naturally arranged that there
ahouId be no change in Frank.
Inns address.
So remember:
In the future. it will be "AS
Maine goes, SO goes the Literary
Digest"
Copyright, 1895, by McNaught
syndicate, Inc.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
Pilot Calm About
Jdmmed Elevator

There was confusion yesterday
when an elevator jammed between
floors in the Dupont Circle branch,
Riggs National Bank.
The calmest person of all was
the man Gagged, Edward Mitchell,
1912 Pennsylvania Ave. S. E., the
operator.
Alone in the lift, Mitchell non
chalantly drank beer and smoked
a pipe while the fire rescue squad
engineered his release. Then he
said:
do you suppose I'll get paid
for working an hour and half
Overtime?"
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
Auto Show TO Exhibit
New Cabin TraiIers

Twenty makes of cars and, for
the first time in the history of
annual auto shows, cabin trailers
representing a great new indus
try, will be shown at the seven
teenth annual auto show here.
The event, sponsored by the
Washington Automotive Trade
Association, will take place the
week of November IA to 81 at
Calvert Exhibit Hall, 2701 Cal
vert st. N. w. Cars of various
body types and displays by &C
cessory manufacturers and auto
mobile clubs will be at the show.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
Carnegie Science
Lecture TuesdaV

First in series of public lee
lures sponsored by the Carnegie
Institution will be given Tuesday
at 10 p. m. in the lecture hall,
Sixteenth and P SITS. N. w.
Speaker will be DR.. R. E. Gibson,
chemist at the Carnegie geophysi-
cal laboratory, who will talk on
"The Nature of Solutions and
Their Behavior Under High Press
ureS."
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
They Bring Home
BaCon---the Minks

Mink In Glacier National Park
are believed to have developed a
taste for bacon and eggs.
A report to the National Park
Service yesterday said the little
fur bearing animals have raided
larders of several labor crews and
carried off whole slabs of bacon.
They have long been notorious
stealerS of eggs.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
ILLEGAL CHASE
CHARGED IN
AFFIDAVIT
Motorist Says Local
Man Arrested Him
In HyattsviIIe

A member Of the Washington
Police Department was dragged
into the current investigation Of
alleged irregularities by Prince
Georges county police.
The name of C. H. Gould, a
private attached to the Twelfth
precinct, came into the investiga.
ton today when Maynard W. Hol-
landsworth, %, of 735 N. Capitol
St., made an affidavit before
Harvey L. Cobb, attorney for the
Keystone Automobile Club, in
which he said that Gould had
arrested him early Tuesday morn.
ing in HyattsVille and had taken
him to the HyattSville Police Sta
ton, where he was kept in Jail
until his case was called in the
Prince Georges County Police
Court, in HyattSville.
Hollandsworth said in the affi-
davit that Gould told him that
he Could had pursued the Wash.
ington motoriSt from within the
District to a point two blocks be-
yond the Hyattsville Police Sta
tion at speed as high as so miles
an hour.
He Denies Chase
The motorlSt, however, SWore
there had been no pursuit and de-
clared he had stopped but few
blocks from the place where he was
arrested at a gasoline station and
had put six gallons of gasoline in
his automobile.
HollandsWorth said he did not
learn Gould's true identity until
he was in the Hyattsville Police
Station when the latter opened
his overcoat and he saw his uni
form, At that time in the lighted
room he was able to read the
markings on the policeman's uni
form cap and until that time had
supposed he was a county officer.
The affidavit further charged that
Gould was riding in green sedan
bearing Maryland license tags.
Hollandsworth was held from
one a. m. Tuesday until his case
was called Wednesday. he said,
adding that at no time did he know
what charges were placed against
him nor would his jailors allow
him to make telephone call nor
would they call for him.
Under Maryland law it was
pointed out, the warrant under
which Hollandsworth was held
should have been read to him be-
fore he was put in a cell so that
he might know the charges and
be able to arrange bond.
Case Continued
Counsel for HollandSworth OBJ
tanned continuance for two
two weeks when the case was called
Wednesday and HollandsWorth is
now at liberty under 5000 bond.
A copy of the affidavit was to
be forwarded to Major Ernest w.
Brown, Superintendent of Police,
today. There is some question in
the minds of attorneys as to
Gould's right to make arrest in
Maryland on a misdemeanor.
Police Suspended
Meanwhile, the Prince Georges
County Board of Commissioners,
after twice refusing to investigate
alleged corrupt practices Of the
CONTINUED on Page 30, Col. A.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
Advertising Talk
Arranged Tonight

Ralph L. Goldsmith, general
manager of LanSburgh's, will speak
on Merchandising Advertising
at 8:15 p. M, today in the Willard
Hotel. The lecture is the second
in a series sponsored by the Ad
vertising Club of washington.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
ID. G.. Policeman Named LIN County Probe
WELCOME FOR DELEGATES TO COED CONVENT(
MARYLAND T.. Students HOsteSSeS

GOODS OF the University
of Maryland hold a tea for
delegates to the Women's In
tercollegiate Association for
Student Government at Col
lege Park, with campus lead
ers acting as hostesses. Above
Cleft to rightly ar e Jerry
Schuh, president of the Nor
tar Board, and Bee Crisp,
vice president of Women's
League, with Sally Newton,
Western Reserve delegate,
and Ruth Wilson, of Alfred
University, New York.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
Air Mechanic Examination

November II will be the closing
day for applications for aviation
mechanics positions at the Nor.
folk Navy Yard, the Civil Service
Commission announced yester-
day. The jobs pay $8.44 per day
on a 40-hour week basis.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06

M. w a t S o n,
military aide to
Mr.. Roosevelt.
All in the
& r o u p ar e
laughing a n d
talking and as
happy as crick.
cts.
Mr.. Hopkins
has a tall glass
of milk in his
right hand. Be
tween sips he
l a u G his a n d
chuckleS a n d
makes gestures
without spill
ino tho noi1k
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
NOW
Victory Train
Scenario
JUST A JOKE
BY HELEN ESSARY

Scene-Compartment on New
York-Washington train, Capital
bound.
Time-The day after election.
Outside the compartment a
Jubilant male voice is heard:
Bright and early this morn
ing the phone rang. And there
was Rex! Hello Harry he
said. 1T looks like you and l
didn't do So much harm to the
President after ALL"
Inside the compartment-WPA
Administrator Harry Hopkins and
Mrs. HOPKINS and Colonel Edwin
The Washington times., 1936-11-06

Mixed with his "Ha ha has"
and "Ho no hos" are these re-
marks:
what a day this is! What
day! / tell you I'm the
happiest man in the world. l
was supposed to be the mill
stone about the Presidents
neck. Am l rejoicing? Am L."
He takes another sip of milk.
GrinS at the compartment in gen.
eral, and at the beaming Colonel
Watson in particular.
LET me tell you. The best
part of the whole victory is this
the President did it all him.
self. Naturally organization
helped. But he himself won the
election. He owes nothing to
anybody. That's what makes
me feel so good"
you're right, Harry, you're
right"
And Barbara Hopkins. looking
extremely smart in a red wool suit
with a tricky red hat on her mar
velous white hair. smiles under
standingly. Mrs. WatSon-you
know she is Florence Nash, the
brilliant pianist-smileS. And I
smile.
The occasion. is completely
unanimous. And very, very sooth,
ing.
Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, jr., was
half doing with her hat on in
q chair in another car of the
washington express. Small won
der she was tired. She worked
like seven Trojans during the
campaign. She was radio chair
man and managed the Democratic
women's broadcasts.
Her Women of SO" was clever
professional job.
The women's division of the
Democratic National Committee,
which has been functioning in the
National Press Building in Wash
ington under the wing Of Mr..
Farley, will continue its work but
will be reduced in size.
Mrs. James H. Wolfe, director
Of the women's division, will re-
turn in about a fortnight to her
home in Utah. Mrs. Wolfe left
Salt Lake City, where she had been
active in political and social work,
and came to Washington because
Molly Dewson, the feminine Jim
Farley, begged for her assistance.
She set up her desk with the un-
derStanding that she would be per
mitted to return home at the end
Of the election.
Mrs. Wolfe has been one of the
most splendid women in the pres
ent Administration. She has done
a remarkable job of organization.
/ speak from personal association.
She has wisdom and executive
ability and calm and dimples. and
also five children. Her husband
Is a judge of the Supreme Court
In Utah.
The Democratic Digest, issued
monthly by the women'S division
of the Democratic National Com
mittee, will carry on in its past
role as the national Democratic
publication devoted to women's in
terests.
At the present moment the
editors of the Digest are chuckling
as heartily as Harry Hopkins. One
OF their small, lighthearted para
graphs in the March issue pro-
vided the enemy with a des-
perately sustained theme.
The editors of the Digest were
enchanted at such an honor piled
upon their provincial heads. They
had suggested that, since the
French guillotine had recently
been sold so cheaply, that it was
a pity it couldn't have been set
up opposite the Supreme Court,
where it might take off the heads
of some of the Government agen-
cies-eaSily.
Senator Vandenberg used this
remark in two laundering
speeches.
During the last week of the
campaign Senator Reed used it in
another speech and Landon used
the subject for his Baltimore ad-
dress.
The paragraph was put in the
Continued on Page 30, Col. 81
Evening star., 1936-06-10

Is a member of the Tau Phi Sorority.