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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-28

rally, Richard Lawry, the famous radical burgess (mayor) Of West FEomestead, stood grinning with an offer to entertain tho meeting In hiS bailiwick if there was tho least effort to suppress 1t in Homestead. There was none. Lawry Is an ex- ception, of course, among local of- nclals in the steel area, but the fact that he exists at oil Is Sig- nlhcant.
 one news photographer was haul- cd before the mayor in McKeesport on June 6 for taking pictures in the streets and cautioned, Don't you know that when you come to Q town it's customary to report to the mayor and police chief and toll
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-28

Fire Headquarters has large turtle, green one, they say which has been slaughtered for soup some one of these fine days Private James Flynn was the official slaughter master but he worked under the supervision of Captain Joseph Kelley known to the Towers friend from his great baseball days as Shooty The claim IS
 made that the turtle weighed 200 pounds It had head that stuck out like the head of snake and snapped at everything in sight The reptile fought hard for his life, but lost out in the end Turtle soup will probably be the official for Headquarters some of these days The turtle was the gift of of Captn Keeys close friends up New Boston way bgosh, where Joe occasion ally visits and where he is as well known as he was when he was active on the baseball field.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-28

them what you're going to dop"
 But union officials were joined by not Q few steel plant managerl in hooting at this foolishness, anS tho writer toeS photographs al' over Clarlton, Homestead, McKeeA Rocks, Pittsburgh, Allqulppa, AEn- bridge, Newcastle, and Youngstown without anyone saying "boo" to him. Everything, the NRA and the Wagner Act, the mere passage Of time, have consplred to dilute tho straight feudalism in which steel men lived in 1902, or even In 1919.
 NEXT. The Iron and Steel In- stltute, the "emplyOers' uniOn"-- what it is and what it isn't.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-28

Cleaning a cuff! Dr. Francis P. Barnes in company with his dad, Patrick F., and brother Harold of Fox street showed off Sunday for an extended auto at st. Bonaventure's College Olean N. Y, where the Bank street dentist maored before entering George town Dental college Tony Delmonaco enjoyed his make him wild He sailed on the Richard Peck from Bridgeport to New York. Frank "Siddle" Dillon came near losing finger Saturday when he caught his hand in thrashing machine in WolCott.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-28
Little Kick About Wages

You hear little complain about wages throughout the steel district.
 An, strangely enough, most Of the complaint about hours is that they aren't long enough.
 Work. .starIng plans throughout the industry, which kept thousands on the payroll on . partstinie pasis. still leave some men working 50 hours, though the buster plants are now on the three shifts-in-24.hours basis.
 The basic wage rate in the Pitts burgh ares is now N 1.2 cents an hour for inside work. But that 'S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-28


 steel organization drive comes to . crisis, but right now the fr1efacing air that once hung about the plants it fairly clear and helpful.
 Yes, the steel towns have changed from the days when union organ izers were jailed on sight in Du- quesne.
 They have changed from the days when the coal and iron police swept the streets of Homestead on their horses. There aren't any coal and iron police any more, for one thing.
 But the steel workers themselves also have changed with the times. one who had read of steel work. CTS only in the. Interchurch World Movement report on the strike Of 1919 would never recognize them today.
 The swart, inarticulate imrnis grant worker from Yugo.eiayIa, with i1andiebar ffIustaches and c yearning to make enough to get back home to ekopiJe, b gone. New Type of Toiler
 Here b claiFton on . Sunday af- ternoor. You drop down out of the mountainous reads winding through the green hills to see the murk Of i,4O0 coke ovens and the long black bulk of the Carnegie.Iilinob steel mil.
 The town of 1O,0o0 perches on the steep hills along the river. It is c type of oil the steel towns.
 Who gre these young fellows iFl white pants and white shoes iounging about the main street? Who are those in the clean blue shirts open ct the threat riding about in groups in secondhand cars9 Who are these women, young and older, in nest print dresses? ,..
 They gre the employees in mill
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-28
Picked LID at random.

Picked up at random John Bozzuto, genial Brooklyn fruit and vegetable king has left on few weeks cruise to Havana, Cuba. Nicolina Flammia informs that Mrs Gene Markey, Joan Bennett to you local manufacturing concern Mrs. Louis Dreher wife of the Largay fermenter, Is postcarding her friends from Germany where she is the guest Of her ss- ter Mrs Dreher left here last month and despses the thought of returning her vacatonng abroad has been SO pleasant William Hasslinger, formerly Of The Democrat circulation staff is renewing acquaintances Tn town He is affiliated in similar capacity with the Daytona Beach Sun-Record in Florida.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-28
Seen in passing,

Seen in passing. Joey Callahan shaking hands with one of the new police "sargents. Harry Put ney looking at '36 Plymouth Any ideas Harry? =. Dave Dillon trying out new accordion. John "BIOndie" Bowling pushing them across the counter i'm his new job at the Brass Rail- Cliff Clayton heading for the depot. Bobby MOrrissey all excited over his new position. Patrick COOgan in shirt sleeves moving his Town Plot cstate Danny Lucas, North End amateur boxer, entering the Y for work out. t. Billy GOrden singing his latest favorte for addition. Jack DriscOll, the gypsy vOlinist from the North End, in music store looking over latest ScOringS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-28

LandOn Can't Be Blamed for Lobbying Activities of His Uncle Roper Looks After His Friends . Strike Gives Insight Into Bitter Feeling of Labor Factions (. /. Nazis on Their Best Behavior for Olympic Games.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-28
BY WILLIS THORNTON

 fTTeHURo July the mk of smoke ard fog hangs over the rivers again. plants three eghthour shifts production around 70 cent of capacity easier to breathe in the steel towng than t used to Do back in 1ei0
 the atmosphere of suspicion and thickon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-28
Stern Repression Of Other Days Is Missing
 As Steel UniOnizatiOn Drive Is Pushed
Organizers Work Halted Violently in Past; Now They Are UnmOIested as
 They Sound Out Mill Workers

EDrToRg NOTE. This is the second oganse the steel industry The first fOur stories written by Wg te ground m the steel ceeFS The last written by Rodney Duche at the focal point Of the situation in Washington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-28
Many Far fin Debt

There gre other things, Johnny Mullen, c cleaflscut, blueeyed Irish led who left the Clairton company union to become ail active worker in the ArnaIgamated drive, will tell you nc knows steel workers who owe the company ag much aS Sl," 800 in back rent, which t will take years to pay of ct 420 to 424 2 week wage for ungkilled labor, @S0 for skilled. ..
 "IEs no better than peonage," says Mullen.
 r suppose we could have thrown them out in the street." retorb . Carnegie executive.
 Mullen will tell you of . system of withholding payment for labor in manufacturing steel products which are put into stock until they gre sold, c system 50 complicated that no man knows how much iS coming to him in any one week. Plant officials snort and say that any such arrangement has long since been discontinued. .
 Any and oil the steel towns, like most other towns, can show rows and rows of antiquated and dingy hougeg that ought to Do torn down and pushed into the river. Many of the houses, huddiing in the shadow of the mills, nave been teFanted by guccessiors of people who were themselvcs the story Of steel labor.
 First the Welsh and the English, when the houses were new. Then Germans, Poles and Russians, and last of oil the negroes from the south.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-28

and coke plant, and their wives, sisters, and mothers. They are second.generaticn Americans at least. Many of them have been through high school or even farther. Ali of them are Ameri- cars who intend to make their livingg and build their lives in this country.
 Big Issue--UniOnizatiOn
 What is at stake, then, among these English-speaking, serii-Skilled, youthful workfnen, aB the Q. I. o. organizers 90 among them? Wages? Working condition? Housing2 All these things, of course. But most of ell only one thing: the right to organize a1 independent union and use it for their better. nent in keeping and improving their jobs.
 charles echarbo, a squat and square pipesntter, directly arrived iti blue shirt from his job in the mills, stood on the platform at HomStead and dOggediy req q through c "steel Works Declars" ton of Independence" helping to launch the 0. I. O. drive.
 we shall exercise our inalienable rights to organize into Q great inc diigtriai union, through this union, we shall win higher wages, shorter hours, and Q better stand. ard of living. We shall win leisure for ourselves, and oppor- tunity for our children. Together with OUT union brothers in other industries, we shali abolish indus. triai despotiSn1.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-28
. BEHIND "| THE SCENES WASHINGTON
aY R0DNEV ouToH S-

Democrat Washington Cofrs.
 spOndent
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05
YUKON BRINGS
 30 PASSENGERS
 FOR THIS PORT
Steamer Arrives This Morn ing and Leaves Early
 Tn Afternoon

Steamer Yukon from Seattle berthed at Pacific Coast Dock this morning with thirty passenger for Juneau, and sailed for the Vest ward during the early afternoon Capt c. A. Glasscock is master of the Yukon and Larry McNamee is purser.
 Passengers for Juneau were:
 From Seattle-J. A. Hill, Mrs. J A. Hill, Veva Haviland, Elizabeth Haviland, Mrs. D. H. Konichek, Peter Konichek, C. E. Lochine, Mrs c. E. Lochine, Jack Match. A. H Nordale, Mrs. A. H. Nordale, Mrs. L. c. Pratt, R. H. Sargent, J Simpson, Mrs. Hugh Whiteside, c. Anderson, George w. Woodbury Mrs George w Woodbury, Willard Baslington, Edgar Borseth. George H. Cameron, David R. Hill, P J. Hanan, D. F. Kelly, F. H. Kline, F. F. Powell, M. Rakosky, Johnny s haefer. Karl Seegert Gene reague.
 From Ketchikan-J. M. Read, E. J. Daly, H. C. Nunan, A. H. ziegler.
 From Wrangell-Ray Hill. From Petersburg Sam Light, Paul w. Jones.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05
Marine News
Steamer Movements
NORTHBOUND

Zapora due Thursday. Northland scheduled to arrive late Friday night. Northwestern scheduled to ar . . rive Saturday. SCHEDULED SAILINGS Princess Louise scheduled to [ sail from Vancouver May 2 | at 9 p. m. Alaska scheduled to sail from . Seattle May g at 9 a. m. . North Sea scheduled to sail .
 from Seattle May II at g . D. m. . Victoria scheduled to sail from . Seattle May 12 at g a. m.
 SOU1HbOUAD SAiLINGS Yukon scheduled to arrive . southbound Monday.
 LOCAL SAILINGS . t.stebeLh leaves every Wednes- .
 day cIght at 6 pm, for .
 Sitke and wayports. .
 Dart leaves every Fridi 7 at .
 am. rcr Petersburg, kake .
 and wayports. .
 . .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05
CCC MEN GET JOBS ELSEWHERE, CAMP
 FORCED TO CLOSE

The CCC camp at Herbert River was closed Friday night due to lack of personnel, it was announced to- day by the U. S. Forest Service. The camp with quota of 20 men had gradually dropped off to seven due to the men getting more lucra- tive employment elsewhere and it was decided to cease operations until enrolment is built up.
 The CCC enrolment in the Ter ritory is now more than 125 men under the 325-man quota, it was stated. It is reported by officials to be due to the opening up of employment generally in private industry.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05
COUSINS OF BARROW
 ON YUKON FOR VISIT

E. A. Barrows, and Dr. w T. Bar rows, cousins of w. J. Barrows, Division Engineer for the PAA., are passengers aboard the Yukon enroute from their home in Los An geles to Fairbanks for a visit They were met at the steamer this morn- ing by w. J. Barrows who arrived from Fairbanks last Sunday on the PA Lockheed Electra for a stay ot a week or ten days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05
MRS. H. FAULKNER
 IS VISITOR HERE

Mrs. Harvey Faulkner is ? ra- cent arrival from Vancouver, B. C., and will remain until approximate ly May 2l, as the house guest of Mrs. Anna Webster. She will be &C., companied south by Mrs. Minnie Hurley and Mrs. Roy Carrigan, who will visit Sound cities for six weeks or two months
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05
NEW DELIVERY FOR
 AMERICAN MEAT AND
 HOME GROCERY NOW

To meet demands of increasing business, the joint homogeneous of the American Meat Company and the Home Grocery have augmented
 heir delivery service with the addi- ton of two new Dodge sedans, one purchased recently. and the othe arriving on a recent steamer from the South and delivered through the McCaul Motor Company. The lettering on the trucks was done by w. John Harris, sign painter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05
CUTTER SOLD;
 USED AS TUG

SEATTLE, May 5.-The Foss Com any is the high bidder at s2,555 or the decommissioned Coast Guard utter Arcata, retired last January after B years service.
 The company will place the ves- sel in the towing service.
 The Ketchikan Spruce Company submitted bid of s2,300, which was the second highest.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05
IA 14PASSENCERS ON NOR THLAND
 FOR THIS PORT

SEATTLE, May 5. = Motorship Northland sailed for Southeast AL aska ports at midnight last night. The following passengers are aboard for Juneau
 w. E. Collen, Mrs. David Houn, E. G. Sager, M P Skull, L. Louck, H. Fortier, F. Wolverton, MT. and Mrs L. F. Quinlan, MT. and Mrs. Lockie MacKinnon. MT. and Mrs. w A. Young.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05
OFF FOR ALBERTA

Mrs w. E. H e.n d r c kson and daughter Dorothea, left on the Prin- cess Norah for Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, where she will visit for several months with her brother whom she has not seen for many years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05

DELL E. SHERIFF, Alaska's Tuner, is now at the Gastineau Hotel. ---adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05
KIRK GOES TO SEAILLE

w. B. Kirk sailed for Seattle on the North Sea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05

THREE CHCS..... RANDY
 THREE CROW. BRANDY has oeen aged in the wood for two years! Ana the price is very low"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05

FOR RENT-Two-room duplex apt. Electric range, bath; $22.50. See Mrs. White, Bon Marche or Apt 10, Seaview.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05

FOR RENT-heated apartment, 3 rooms and bath. Klein Apart ments. Third and Gold Streets. Phone 1904.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05
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{ IFoR sA71 FOR SALE-193O Willys Knight roadster, Al condition, $1500O. See Bill Rudolph, Sanitary Groc. FOR SALE - 32 Model A Fordor sedan. Just overhauled, excellent rubber, 1886 license, brakes newly refined. SITS. Phone 4744. FOR SALE - Deagan professional xlophane and mallets. Al con- .dition. Very reasonable. Phone Byron Miller, 2254. FOR SALE-Talking parrot, 8 years old, $500 P. O. Box 332. FOR SALE - 1883 Plymouth De Luxe sedan. Excellent condition. S400 See at Service Motor Go. FOR SALE One banjo, electri iron, also guitar. Sc Bob Few at Capital Beer ParlorS. FOR SALE-Ove1s ssurred davenpor and two matching chairs, electric washing machine. dining room set. Telephone 491 Mrs. Guerin SMALL LUNCHkOOM for sale il Juneau. Fully equipped, down. town location. Good buy for cash Empire W1459. FOR SALE-6-room house with % concrete basement. Lot 50x100. Call Alstrom's News Stand. FOR SALE-Atwater- Kent combin- ation photograph and radio. $250 value, for $65 cash. Phone 393 after 6 pm.
 FOR SALE-A Broom well-built home, in one of the best resi- dential districts, full basement, oil burner, fireplace, modern in every respect, on terms. Phone G. E. krause, 439
 FOR SALE - Two residence view lots, reasonable. See Martin at light company.
 
 FOR SALE or LeaSe-Lunch count CT and equipment; new, modern Good location, reasonable rent Phone 173.
 FOR SALE house on 9th and Park. Reasonable.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05
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FOR RENT-Furnished room, $10 per month. Telephone 255l.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05

FOR SALE - 32 Model A Fordor sedan. Just overhauled, excellent rubber, 1886 license, brakes newly refined. SITS. Phone 4744.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05

FOR SALE-1930 Willys Knight roadster, Al condition, $150.0O
 See Bill Rudolph, Sanitary Groc.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05

FOR SALE - Deagan professional xlophane and mallets. Al con- dition. Very reasonable. Phone Byron Miller, 2254.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05

FOR SALE 1883 Plymouth De Luxe sedan. Excellent condition. S400. See at Service Motor Go.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05

vACANCY-Winter and Pond Apts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05

FOR SALE-Talking parrot, years old, $500. P. O. Box 332.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05

FOR SALE - One banjo, electri iron, also guitar. Sc Bob Tew at Capital Beer Parlors.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05

Tables Nos. and 2-Multimotored FLYING TIME SAVES VACATION TIME
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-05

FOR SALE or LeaSe-Lunch count CT and equipment; new, modern Good location, reasonable rent Phone IFS.
Evening star., 1936-02-20

eagerly to the week end of sport.
Many Virginia hunters are here and
their owners will ride them in the
hunter trials tomorrow.
The hunter trials are divided into
five classes-lightweight hunters. mid
dleweight hunters. heavyweight hunt
ers, working hunters and hunt, team.
The well-known and good hunters Gin
Quindade Chalice and an ther entry
owned by Mrs. Robert Winmill of
Warrenton. Va: Beo and DR.. Graves,
owner, Mr. Thomas Somerville of
Orange, Va; Merits and Flying Duce,
owner. j. North Fletcher, Warrenton,
Va: Pappy. owner. Thomas M. Waller.
Warrenton, Va; Lady Sears and Sky
raker, owners, Mr.. and Mrs. David r.
Williams: Master Eclipse, owner, D.
Walter Mabee: Royal Reveler, Easter
Morning, Beau, Santa Claus and entry,
owner, Miss Wilhelmin S. Kirby; Lon
don Bridge, owner, Alvin T. Unter-
meyer; Blue Admiral, owner, j. E.
Ryan; Escape I'd, owner, Richard K.
Mellon; King Cole and Drum Haven,
owner, w. c. Belcher: Caprice, Abo-
lir and entry. owner, Mrs. Carroll K.
Bassett: Frances Gray, owner, Miss
Frances Thord-Gray; Alhlacca and
Evening star., 1936-02-20
MIR. and Mrs. Burke
Hosts Monday

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Burke en-
tertained at tea Monday in their
charming apartment at 254o Massa-
chusetts avenue in honor of Mrs.
Burke's sister, senorita Fresia del
Pulgar. The hostess and honor guests
are sisters of Sonora de Azacarate.
wife of the military attache of the
Mexican Embassy. The party, in
addition. served to show the work
of the guest Of honor in the field
of art. Senorita del Pulgar being an
artist of no little ability. Her por-
trait of her sister. Sonora de Aza-
carate and one of their father, Senior
Santiago del Pulgar, done by himself,
were both on view, as well as various
other bits Of the visitors work.
The comfortably furnished, rather
cozy than formal. rooms off the apart
ment were lighted by candlelight, the
Evening star., 1936-02-20
Fort Myer
Drill for
Gen. Birnie
Exhibition Tomorrow
Attracting Many
in the Service.

Maj. Gen. Upton Birnie, jr., chief
of Field Artillery, U. S. A., will be
the guest of honor at the exhibition
drill presented by the officers and
enlisted men of the Sd Cavalry and
18th Field Artillery in the riding hall
ct Fort Myer, Va, tomorrow.
Lieut.. Col. Jacob L. Devers, 10th
Field Artillery, commanding officer at
Fort Myer during the temporary ab-
sence of Col. Kenyon Joyce, has an
nounced that Gen. Birnie will receive
the customary 13-gun salute upon his
arrival on the post and will be es-
corted to the riding hall by specially
designated escort Of honor from the
Machine Gun Troop. 10th Cavalry.
Gen. Upton Birnie, jr, was born at
Carlisle, Pa. in 1877. He grad
uated from the United States Military
Academy in 1900 and was assigned
to the Field Artillery and joined his
regiment in Cuba. He was promoted
first lieutenant in 1901. After his
return from Cuba in 1901 he served
with the Artillery at various stations
until 1906, when he was detailed as
q student at the Infantry Cavalry
School at Fort Leavenworth, Kans.,
from which he graduated as dis
tinguished graduate in 1907. He was
promoted to captain the same year
and was graduated from the Army
Staff College in 1908. For the next
three years he served with the Field
Artillery. He graduated from the
Army War College in 1912 and, after
short tours in New York and Fort
Riley, Kans., he was sent to the Phil
ippine Islands, where he served until
1915, after which he served on the
Mexican border until 1917. He was
promoted major, Field Artillery, in
1917 and later the same year ad-
vanced to the rank of colonel, Field
Artillery. National Army.
During the World War he served
on the general staff at general head
quarters, American Expeditionary
Forces. He returned to the United
States in 1919 and was denoted to
his regular rank of lieutenant col
onel, Field Artillery. and after
short tour of duty on the general
staff at the End Corps Area he was,
detailed as a student to the Army
War College, from which he gradu-
ated in 1921 and continued on as an
instructor until 1925. After two years
service in the Field Artillery at Fort
Ethan Allen, VT, he was detailed on
the War Department general staff in
1927, where he served for four
years, being promoted to colonel, Field
Artillery in 1929. In 1881, Gen. Birnie
was ordered to Manila, P. l., to COM
mand the oath Field Artillery, from
which station he was transferred to
Washington and appointed chief of
Field Artillery with the rank of major
general, March 26, 1884.
Gen. Birnie has been awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal and nu-
merous foreign decorations.
Evening star., 1936-02-20
Seventy.third Club
Luncheon YESTERDAY

The Seventy-third Club, consisting
Of the wives of members of Congress
elected to the Seventy-third Congress,
entertained at luncheon yesterday in
honor of two Senate Brides" Mrs.
William Gibbs McAdoo of California,
and Mrs. Lewis B. Schwellenbach of
Washington, at the Shoreham Hotel.
Mrs. Isabella Greenway, who is a
member of the club, was present and
gave an interesting talk. Mrs. Pat
McCarran. wife of Senator McCarren,
spoke briefly about her State Of
Nevada.
Music was furnished during the
luncheon by an Hawaiian trio and the
soloist was Miss Maude Preece of
Washington, who gave two groups Of
songs, accompanied at the piano by
Mr.. McCarl Lanham of New York and
Washington.
The luncheon was presented under
the leadership of the ladies from the
various Western California,
Idaho, Washington, Montana, Utah,
Nevada, Wyoming, New Mexico,
Oregon, Colorado and Hawaii. Mrs.
Martin F. Smith Of Washington was
chairman.
Mrs. James P. Pope, wife of Senator
Pope of Idaho. read an original poem
about her State, and Mrs. John Graf
read group of poems written by Mrs.
Compton White, wife of Representa-
tive White of Idaho.
The tables were decorated with
various products produced by the
Western States. oranges and walnuts
from California, dates and grapefruit
from Arizona, applies from Wash
ington.