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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-01-31
Messages Without Wires

The radio or wireless" telegraph
was first used commercially less than
half a century ago. YET. the research
which led to this service began as
early as 1912, when Joseph Henry
demonstrated the oscillatory character
Of Leyden jar discharges and detected
the impulses in isolated receiving cir
cults several hundred feet away. In
1879 D. E. Hughes found that such 4
discharge would cause iron filings,
though not physically connected with
the Jar, to "cohere," but failed to ap-
preciate the Importance OF his discov-
cry and did not then publish 1t. In
1887 Heinrich Rudolf Hertz produced
and detected electromagnetic waves,
since then known as Hertzian waves.
Upon these foundations Marconi de
yeloped the wireless telegraph. To
these pioneer efforts, other engineers
and scientists have added long years
Of labor Ia order to create the far
reaching systems Of radio telegraph and
telephone facilities which serve the
world today.
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Frederick ii, Prussia,
Good Example for Bows

History Is filled with the plots and
intrigues Of those who tried to gain
a throne, but here's case OF prince
who ran away from one He was
Frederick the Great, and he ran away
from the power, the riches, Of his fu-
ture position, just like any boy who
feels himself abused at home, says a
writer in the Washington Post.
Frederick was fond OF music and
llterature-he wanted to become a
poet. But his Father, Frederick Will
liam /, did not sympathize with these
classical likings-he wished the heir
to tho throne to be a great soldier.
SO he subjected the young prince to
very harsh, narrow, and severe mil
itary training. Finally Frederick be-
came SO fed up with this sort Of life
that he laid plans to run away, with
two chums who sympathized with his
desires.
It was fortunate for Prussia that
Frederick did not succeed In getting
away. For he became one of the
greatest rulers the German state ever
had. He abolished torture, granted
freedom of the press and religion, and
built many good roads-all rather ad-
yanced policies for the Eighteenth cen
tury In which he lived.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-01-31
Tenant Farmers Ask
Protection From Mob

Memphis (ILNS)-The Southern
Tenant Farmers Union appealed to
President Roosevelt Ito protect our
constitutional guarantees of freedom
of speech and the right to assemble
peaceably'' after angry citizens had
broken up union meeting in
Negro church near Earle, Ark.
The message charged that Howard
Kester, socialist party organizer and
union official, was dragged from the
church and threatened with lynching
by an angry mob of plantation own
ers.' 1t requested the president to
send personal representative or a
congressional committee to investi-
gate.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-01-31
LABOR TO ASK
CONGRESS
To Investigate Displacement
of Workers by Machinery

Miami ILNS)-The American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor executive council, at
its mid-winter meeting here, voted to
ask congress to appropriate funds for
congressional investigation to deter
mine how many workers have been
thrown out of employment by auto
matte machinery. The council itself
will conduct a similar investigation.
"The executive council realizes that
chronological unemployment is very
serious problem and calls for serious
consideration by labor and possibly
for congressional action" President
William Green said in announcing the
councils action.
To obtain information from varied
fields on the subject committee of
Is was appointed by President Green
to study the displacement of labor by
machinery and processes of ration
alization" and "speed up The com
mittee consists of the fifteen vice
presidents whose fields include music,
railroads, garment manufacturing,
government work, street car and bus
employees, building trades and print
ing.
Each member of the committee will
furnish his report to the council when
it is completed, and the results will
be collated for use by the congress
sional committee if one is designated,
or for such other use as the fedora
tion may decide.
The executive council authorized
Green to call a special conference
soon of the leading officials of the 10
national and international unions to
acquaint them with the program and
to request their assistance in the in
quiry into the amount of unemploy-
ment that may be ascribed to the
introduction of new machinery on
"labor-saving Devices" as we'll as the
increased naturalization" of manu-
| featuring.
The council elected Felix H.
Knight president of the Brotherhood
of Railway Carmen of America, vice
president in place of John L. Lewis,
resigned.
Labor's legislative program was
discussed and it was agreed that the
three leading measures to be pushed
will be the Black 30-hour week bill,
the Walsh bill providing that all con-
Germs doing business with the gov
ernment must conform to certain
specified standards of wages and
hours and the O'Mahoney corporation
1 licensing bill
President Green announced that a
union shop in the production division
of the motion picture industry has
been agreed to by the producers and
that inter-union conferences had re
suited in an agreement on all but one
of the jurisdictional disputes. This
agreement was made by the carpen-
tiers, stage hands, motion picture op-
orators, electricians and teamsters
The sole remaining dispute, he adj
ded, was that between the stage
hands and the electricians concern
ing jurisdiction over sound-recordine
equipment in the studios. Each OF
the contenders for this class of work
will select man for committee ano
an impartial chairman will be added
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-01-31
LETTER CARRIERS
AUXILIARY INSTALL

Branch 426, National Association
of Letter Carriers and Ladies Aux
iliary No. 298, held joint installa
ton Saturday evening at the Hamil-
ton Y. w. G. A. A banquet was serv-
ed at $50 o'clock and Immediately
following this the installation of the
ladies was held. Park Cast was the
installing officer and his assistant
was Allen Linn.
The following officers were install
ed: President, Mrs Edna Snow;
vice president, Mrs. Edna Westrick
secretary, Mrs. Marine Wear; finan-
cial secretary, Mrs. Muriel Stillwaugh;
treasurer, Mrs. Mabel Inloes; mis-
tress alarms, Mrs. Ruby Wehr;
chaplain, Mrs. Matilda Saurer; color
bearer, Mrs. Hazel Linn; trustees
Mrs. Edna Cast, Mrs. Clara Bowman
and Mrs. Thelma Newton.
These officers of Branch 426 Were
then installed by Clarence Roth and
his assistant, Arthur Schmitt: Presi.
dent, Clyde w. Stillwaugh; vice presi-
dent, Dale Minter; secretary, join
Westrick; financial secretary ane
treasurer, William Biddinger; ser.
geant-at-arms, Russell Wear; trustee
Oscar Eads; N. S. B. A. collector, Will
/ liam Biddinger; M. B. A. collector
| Park CAST.
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TRADES COUNCIL

The COOPERATIVE Trades and Labor
Council met Tuesday night, January
21, in regular session. President
Charles Hosea presided, and twenty
five delegates answered the roll call.
Letters from VIM. Green, president
of the A. F. of L., regarding the
Presidents Ball were, on motion,
turned over to President Hosea.
Legislature Letters Nos. 20 and 81,
of the Ohio State Federation of Labor
were read. On motion the council con-
Cured in the action of the secretary
in writing letters to the members of
the legislature.
Jeff Davis, king of hoboes, was a
visitor to the meeting and spoke in
behalf of union-made tobacco, and es-
pecially urged the purchase of Mail
Pouch tobacco.
All crafts reporting stated unions
in good shape, but with little i'm
provement in employment.
The truck drivers requested COM
mittee be appointed to meet with
the Duersch Coal Company manage
ment. Gallager, Smith and Brown
were appointed on the committee.
There was not much business trans
acted and the meeting was adjourned.
The next meeting will be held on Feb
ruary a, when all delegates are ex-
pected to be in attendance.
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Ellis Island Once Gay,
and Named Oyster Island

In the days when New York was
Amsterdam in the Seventeenth CEN
tury-Ellis island, the famous immi-
grant station, was called Oyster island,
and was "gay and exclusive re-
sort"
'For almost 80 years Oyster island
continued to be New Amsterdam's
favorite resort for picnics, oyster
roasts, clam bakes, and fishing par
ties" says Edward Corsi, former
United States commissioner of immi-
grafton at Ellis island in mis- valuable
book I'm the Shadow Of Liberty: The
Chronicle Of Ellis Island" 1T passed
finally into the hands of Samuel Ellis,
farmer OF Bergen county, New Jer-
sey.
1T later became the property of
the state Of New York chow, not clear)
and in 1903. New York ceded the island
to the federal government. 1t was
then used as powder magazine and
arsenal and after various uses by the
government. in 1890. 1t was designated
as an immigrant station"
Mr.. Corsi notes that during his ad-
ministration--in 1927 was TO wit
ness the actual changing Of the tide,
the first In more than hundred years
when more people had left our shores
than were arriving. The changing tide
Of immigration was brought about by
the depression"
In that year-1932-35,57e persons
were admitted, while 103295 left. II
1923 the figures were: admitted, 307,
255; left, 77,457.--Kansas City Star.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-01-31
Compensation Laws O. KID

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-The
Social Security Board on January Ia
approved the unemployment compen-
sation laws of Alabama, California,
New Hampshire, Oregon, Wisconsin
and the District of Columbia. The
board had under consideration SINH
lar laws Of Massachusetts, New York
and Washington. Approval of laws
in the five states acted upon meant
that employers who are required to
pay a federal payroll tax may Offset
against it, up to 80 per cent of the
total, the amount of their contribution
to their state unemployment compen-
sation funds.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-01-31
India One of Oldest

India Is one of the longest settled
Of the large areas of the world. Prob
ably the arst systematic mining for the
more valuable minerals took place there.
It was only recently when It's name was
superseded by that of America as q
synonym for golden wealth and 1t was
the source Of some Of the most famous
gems A fifth of its lands are still
covered by forests and numbering is
important and hundreds OF thousands
are engaged in cotton and jute and
other mills and in foundries. It has
coal and iron and lead and zinc and
its oil output is increasing.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-01-31
Presidential Succession

The order of succession established
by act of congress in 1886 provides
for the secretary OF state to succeed
in the event of the death OF both the
President and the Vice President /;
after him, in order. are the secretary
Of the treasury, secretary of war, at
torney general, postmaster general,
secretary Of the navy, secretary Of the
interior. There is no provision for the
election Of new President to fill a
vacancy The retiring President re-
mains President until his successor has
been inaugurated.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-01-31
Cork Legs

The so-called cork legs are named
for the inventor Of artificial legs, q
DR.. Richard Cork, according to one
authority. Other writer's attribute the
name to the fact that these limbs were
first made In Cork street, London, or
in Cork, Ireland. Though cork is not
used for this purpose at the present
time, 1t appears that at one time it
was employed to give residence 10
steel or other solid material In their
construction.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-01-31
FIT. HAMILTON HOSPIT-
AL ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of Ft. Ham
ilton Hospital Association was held
Friday night, at the Presbyterian
Church, South Front street.
Clinton L. Gebhart, president of
the Ft. Hamilton Hospital Associa-
tion, presided at the meeting.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-01-31

Subsidize your union-earned money
and win better conditions through
buying under the union label, shop
card and button.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-01-31

Make your pay envelope a dictator
in the market place by spending its
contents for union-made goods.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-01-31

The supreme purpose OF union label
buying is to increase the amount Of
the union workers payroll.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-01-31

The next election will turn upon
the state Of the American pocketbook
# there is a sense of security and
well-being on the part Of the country
ten months from now; if the belief
prevails that the depression is past
and that substantial recovery has
come, President Roosevelt will win.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-01-31
FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT
OF OTHERS"

Short are the annals Of Reginald Kerr
He turned wet corner at fifty per;
And after that, he kept right on turn
ing
But the preacher spoke of brand
from the burning.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-01-31

All else will seem to the majority
of the voters to be excess baggage.
If the country should go sour in
the summer and autumn of 1886, if
large-scale unemployment casts its
blight upon our economic system, if
feeling of futility and despair grips
the hearts and minds of millions of
men and women, then gigantic pro-
test vote will go against the New
Deal. In such event that vote would
go to the republican nominee, re-
gardless of platform or personality.
Much will be said during the coming
presidential campaign in regard to
conditions that existed in 1892 and
1888 while the great engineer, So
called, was president. People are
principally interested in conditions as
they exist in 1886 The annual ma
tional income in our country has in
creased twenty billion dollars since
Roosevelt became president. The
value of listed stocks and bonds has
increased twenty-eight billion dollars.
The farmers of our country took in,
in 1885, three billion dollars more
in real money than the entire farm
income Of 1882. This vast increase in
business might have occurred under
the old deal. The fact is this did occur
under the New Deal.
a young man, fresh from a uni
versity, who is in the dairy business
in my native Huron county, announces
his candidacy for the state legisla-
ture. In his platform he promises to
expose highway and liquor graft,
crooked politicians, the power trust
and all forces operating contrary to
the greatest good for the greatest
number He does not say what he
will do in his spare time Perhaps
train to fight Joe Louis
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-01-31

The only way in which organized
labor can buy its own products is
to demand the union label.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-01-31

Tne chairman of the bituminous
coal commission to a Liberty League
lawyer arguing that the Guffey coal
law is unconstitution, said: why
is the Liberty League not content
to have the courts decide the right
of the federal government to stabil-
ize an industry that has a record for
starvation wages, cut-throat compe-
tition.. and wasteful practices which.
if unrestrained, will result in a mo-
nopoly of major natural reserve 2"
Perhaps the leagues version Of lib
erty is monopoly.
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STRAIGHT FROM
WASHINGTON
BY STEPHEN M. YOUNG
Congressman-at-L Large

Friends of initiation call it currency
expansion. Opponents call it imitation
and speak of the bankruptcy and hard
ships in Germany and in fact of the
financial collapse of every govern
ment that has ever tried printing
press money" The Frazier Lamke
farm debt pay-off bill provides for
three billion dollars in new currency
fresh from the printing press. 1t pro-
vides for government refinancing at
low interest rate; federal reserve
notes to be issued by the government.
The security will be first mortgages
against the farms. This bill answers
the farmers prayers. Restricting
production has not solved the farm
ers' problem. The facts are there is
an consumption in this coun-
try, not over-production.
According to rules of the house Of
representatives if a majority of the
members sign petition to discharge
committee from further considera-
ton of any bill, that bill must be
brought before the house of represen-
tatives for debate and vote. 214 rep
resentatives, only four less than the
required number, have already signed
the discharge petition relative to the
Frazier-Lenlke bill. 1t appears prob
able that this measure will be voted
on in the house of representatives.
1t is likely to be sidetracked in the
senate.
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JUDGES
WILL INSPECT
46PL0TS

ROCKVILLE, Md, July IL.
Forty-six vegetable gardens in
Montgomery county will be visited
by judges of the vegetable garden
contest sponsored in the county
by the Montgomery County Wei
fare Board in conjunction with
the Extension Service Of the Uni
verSity of Maryland.
Three tours are scheduled. The
first will include Is gardens in the
Wheaton Lay Hill, Rockville and
Bethesda areas; the second, Is
gardens in the Gaithersburg,
Jamestown, Germantown, Boyd
and Dickerson areas, and the
third, 16 gardens in the ClarkS-
burg and Damascus districts.
Prizes will be awarded for the
three best gardens in each tour
and honorable mention will be
given the next five.
Judges are Miss Lavinia Engle,
chairman of the welfare board;
o. w. Anderson, county farm
agent; Miss Edythe Turner, home
demonstration agent; Josiah w.
Jones, president of the county
farm bureau; Albert Ady, assist
ant county agent; the Rev. Will
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BR0WN0RDERS
POLICE AID TO
DELINQUENTS

Major Ernest w. Brown, Super
intendent of Police, today issued
an order to the police to report
juvenile delinquencieS directly to
headquarters for investigation by
Andrew w. Kasius, q patrolman
assigned to duty in Major Browns
office as juvenile relations officer.
With the object of keeping as
many children as possible out Of
Juvenile Court, Major Brown
urged members of the force to
exercise all remedial influence
they can before the case is re-
ferred to court.
He specifically ordered police to
form pleasant relations" with
children; to observe children of
school age on the streets during
school hours, notify their parents
and send a report to Kasius, and
to report the congregating of
groups Of young boys and girls
on street corners as a matter Of
habit.
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H., and Mary Josephine Foster. 10, ais
Fourth st. N. w. The Rev. s. e. Rose.
Clinton Calvin Chambers, 81, 942
10. 1857 Irving St N. W. The Rev. Rob
srt Anderson.
Harry william Moreland, jr., %, Capt.
toll Heights, Md, and Doris Louise Tay-
lor, 10, same address. The Rev. A. +.
Poore.
Joseph Franklin Burrows, 80, Beth
esda, Md. and Anna May Robertson. rs,
1915 Massachusetts, Ave. s. Z. The Rev.
John Henry Cole, 80, Jackson, Ga.
and Doris Evelyn Cordes,. %. Whining
ton, N. c. The Rev. Freely Rohrer.
Theron Hines, 49, 400 New York Ave.
N. w. and Ruby Smith, "a, AS New
York Ave. N. W. The Rev. c. T. Murray.
Paul L. Meats, rs, 6241 Broad Branch
Rd. N W.. and Margaret K. Moore, %,
zoos Cambridge Pl. N. w. The Rev. c.
B. Austin.
Francis Edward Lewandowsky, %,
Navy Yard, and Dorothy NJ. McGrath,
25, 329 F st. n. e. The Rev. ]. E.
Briggs.
John Carpenter Palmer, jr, %, 174s
Euclid st. N. w, and Esther Louise
Pearce. IS, 1901 Eastern Ave. N. e.
The Rev. Walter P. Plumley.
Theodore Gibbs, rs, 1875 U ST. N. W.,
and Marion e. Foreman, Is, 421 First
ST. S. E. The Rev. e. K. Tyler.
John E. jackson, So, New Rochelle,
N. Y, and Verda v. Stewart, 80, 1852
Corcoran st. N. w. Judge A. w. Scott.
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BIRTHS

DIM no
Leonard r. and Lois NJ. Chisholm.
girls, twins.
Gordon B. and Alice r. Sims, girl.
Mark B. and Helen Welt, girl.
Harry w. and Esther Bagby, boy.
George w. and Julianne Besley, boy.
Morton l.. and Alta Stannard, boy.
Frank B. and Frances J. Netherland,
boy.
Ray and Rose NJ. Pearson. boy.
Donald d. and Pauline O'Bryan, boy.
Linton T. and Eileen NJ. West, girl.
Harry D. and Violet M. Brown, girl.
June E. and Marie NJ. Wallmark, girl.
Richard and Mary c. Taylor, girl.
Leonard B. and Emilia Cresswell. girl.
Clarence A. and Marjorie R. Wilson,
girl.
Robert H. and Florence T. speich. boy.
Ugo and Assunta Peverini, boy.
Gustav and Bertha b. Steinat, boy.
John e. and Margaret Larson. boy.
Hans F. and Aida NJ. Schoenfeld. boy.
Maurice and Mary B. Griffen, boy.
John K. and Mary ]. Lynch. boy.
Aaron and Helen Millman, girl.
Joseph NJ. and Mabel L. Grant, girl.
Oscar r. and Elise Snow, girl.
John r. and Catherine NJ. Lanham,
girl.
James E. and Alice NJ. Williams. boy
twins
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ELLA M. DONOGHUE

Funeral services for Mrs. Ella
M. Donoghue, 10, native Wash
ingtonian, who died yesterday,
were held this morning at $50
from her home at l New York
Ave. N. w. Requiem mass was
celebrated at 10 o'clock at St.
AloySiuS Church and burial was
in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Donoghue was the widow
of Thomas A. Donoghue, we'll
known Washington merchant. She
was a life member Of the Jesuit
Mothers Guild. a member of the
Sanctuary of st. Aloysius Church,
Women's Catholic Order of ForeS-
tiers and the Sodality.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Julia M. Tyrrel, 6504 Ridgewood
Ave-, Chevy Chase, Md, and
the following sons: The Rev.
Thomas A. Donoghue, st. IgnatiuS
Church, New York city; DR.. John
Donoghue, washington dentist;
Harry J. Donoghue, president Of
the Washington Industrial Loan
Company, and Clarence F. Dono-
ghue, Of the General Accounting
Office.
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the Hinkel home, 1904 varnum
st. N. W., with burial in the Abbey
Mausoleum near Arlington, Va.
The Rev. oscar F. Blackwelder, of
the Church Of the Reformation,
officiated.
Mr.. Hinkel was president Of the
E. P. Hinkel Rug Company, presi-
dent Of Ross & wells, Inc, electri-
cal contractors, and q member Of
the advisory boards Of several
WASHINGTON banks.
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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS

} Charles ]. Merritt, I3, 800 Pennsyb
vania Ave. 8. E.
Donldo DeMarco. ~. Gallingsr Hos
pital.
Robert G. B. Harrison. IS, Garfield
Hospital.
Georgiana Hagen, 10, Georgetown Hos
pital.
Julia Wood, IS, Home for Aged and In
Mary V. Madison, s., 211O Second st.
N. w.
Darrell Ghassaway, 4s, Walter Reed
Hospital.
Irene johnson, 40, 2124 Ninth ST N. W.
James Rembert, SS, 1850 Wisconsin
Ave. N. w.
Mildred B. Jones. 20 months, 442 New
York Avenue, N. W.
Elizabeth Martin. I months, Children'S
Hopsital.