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The Washington times., 1937-12-15

fur, shop.
Mr.. Fowler, realizing that pro-
tests now would do him no good,
sat patiently and resigned to his
fate while Dorothy looked and
looked. Finally Dorothy selected
two gorgeous red foxes and re-
quested that they be sent out to
her that afternoon. Then-and
Father Fowler will never be the
same again-Dorothy opened
her bag, gave her father a Saucy
grin and took enough green bills
to pay for her own furs! This
clever young lady had been say.
ing up for this purchase for
quite a long time. So.
Doggy GIBBINS, daughter
L of Gen. and Mrs. Henry
Gibbins, has deserted Washing
ton, and because she is a popu-
lar young person, everybody is
sorry, to go to New York and
help out with the big Fair.
MARY MURPHY-and speak.
IVA ing of New York reminds
us-iS wearing one of the most
original dresses. 1t is very new
and is a gay black and white
print, with all the New York
telephone exchanges blocked in
various designs all over it.
DOB RODENBERG, whose
ID newest nickname, "Incog.
nito," seems to stick very closely
to him, has left town to spend
several weeks, and surely Christ
mas, in Nassau.
k&&
7 IBBY COCHRAN, lovely
- blonde niece of Mrs. Emlen
Knight Davies, is having a mar
velous time carving out a bust.
ness career for herself and at
the moment is adding a tremen-
dous amount of sparkle to a
weltknown shop here by mod
cling their latest and swagger
sweaters and also selling them.
\ +
THE Bowman MacArthurs,
l. whose house in Alexandria
has been remodeled, redeco-
rated and is really so attrac-
tive that raves are in order
about it, have a recreation room
in the basement, which has per-
haps the most unique bar for
miles around. This bar is. so
we are told, made out of two
former and very large double
doors that were once in the
house and how the present ef-
feet and effectiveness of this
bar was achieved, only the Mac
Arthurs know.
TO Margarita Montero's fare
l. well party, given in her
honor by her uncle and aunt,
DR.. and Mrs. Oscar Albertini.
and group Of the younger dip
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
President and Mrs. R00seUet Hosts to Cabinet

The President and Mrs. Roose-
velt and their family" sat down
to dinner last night at the White
House, for it was the evening of
the annual Cabinet dinner.
House guests at the Executive
Mansion included Mr.. and Mrs.
James w. Gerard, Miss Mary
Wollner, Mrs. Robert r. Living
ston, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward ].
Flynn and Mrs. Louis McH.
Howe. They were also guests for
dinner.
HULLS LEAD LIST
The guest list, headed by the
Secretary Of State and Mrs.
Cordell Hull, included the Secre-
tary of the Treasury and Mrs.
Henry Morgenthau, the Secre-
tary of War and Mrs. Harry H.
Woodring, the Attorney General
and Mrs. Homer C. Cummings,
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Honey Atmosphere

Lady Lindsay, wife of the
Dean of the Corps, was an
early caller, who inspected the
various rooms. which open into
one anothe. 50 delightfully."- for
a large party. In the smaller,
adjoining salon, is a giant cab
met of South African wood
which holds rare pieces of china
and porcelain. There, too, COM
Portable love seats and chairs
combine to give a honey at
moSphere. From it one passes
into the library where native
punches, whiskey and soda were
being served. Then on into
the large dining room, wood
paneled, where a plentifully
laid table offered a variety OF
delicacies. Centering the table
were a South African flower OF
tiny white buds, called chin
cheripchees, and red holly
berries.
Mrs. Homer S. Cummings,
wife of the Attorney General,
wearing a black gown with cor
sage bouquet of miniature brown
orchids, was enthusiastic in her
praise of the new legation. The
Secretary of Commerce es-
corted his wife and his dauga.
ter-in.law, Mrs. James H. Roper.
The senior Mrs. Roper looked
lovely in black velvet, with a
vestee of soft white lace ard
the junior Mrs. Roper wore
burgundy and silver lame. Still
another binet hostess
glimpsed was Mrs. Henry Nor
genthau, wife of the Secretary
Of the Treasury.
The crowd increased quickly
and before you realized it, it be-
came a feat to make your way
through the library. The British
Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lind
say, in brown tweeds, with a
Burgundy tie and matching
handkerchief, was all for find
ing his hosts in the wrong room
until the butler caught up with
him to lead him in the correct
direction. Still another amusing
incident was when the long
strand of pearls worn by one of
the Capitals society matronS
inadvertently caught a button
on the back of the buffers coat
and practically dragged him
down the steps.
Here and there we saw the
Ambassador of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics and
Nine. Troyanovsky; the Turk
ish Ambassador, the Minister
Counselor of the Cuban EN-
bassy, DR.. Jose Baron; the new
Minister of Nicaragua, who
bears striking resemblance to
his brother the former Nicara-
guam Minister, DR.. Henri de
Sayle. and the new chatelaine
OF the legation, Sonora de
Bayle, whose gown was of black
with gold stripes on the bodice;
the Air Attache of the Chilean
Embassy and Sonora de Puga,
the Assistant Financial Coun.
selor of the Rumanian Legation
and Nine. Dimitriu, Sonora Pas
toriza, wife of the Minister of
the Dominican Republican, with
her son, Mr.. Andres PaStoriza,
jr., and her niece, Miss Merce-
des Alfonseca, and the Minister
OF YugoSlavia, Mr.. Constantin
Fotitch
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
PETER CARTER
By Peter Carter

M r. and Mrs. Farley Smith, he is the son
1V1 of Senator Ellison Smith, of South
Carolina and she the former and very lovely Laura
Douglas, delighted very young who
arrived their house. November % and who named
very promptly Ellison Du Rant Smith Sd after his dstn.
guished grandfather.
DOROTHY GOULD FOWLER, daughter of the John
- Fowers decided the very beginning of cold weather
that fur just the thing she needed &c. day
when she managed get her father take walk with
she somehow other ended right in the middle smart
The Washington times., 1937-12-15

Szymczak, Mr.. George T. Sum
merlin, Mr.. and Mrs" Carroll
Miller, Mr.. w. A. Ayres, Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond B. Stevens, Mr..
and Mrs. Jesse H. jones, Mr..
and Mrs. w. o. Douglas, Miss
Mary w. Dewson, Mr.. and Mrs.
John D. Biggers, Mr.. Roger
Brett, Mr.. Joseph v. Connolly,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry S. DoWne,
Mr.. Arthur Krock, ME-. and Mrs.
Lenox r. Lohr, Mr.. and Mrs.
Adolph C. Miller; Mr.. Henry Os-
thagen, Mr.. and Mrs. William
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
Greet Guests in Large Salon

The hallway upstairs also redcarpeted has ivorynted
walls and from open the various rooms The guests were
escorted to the Minister and Mrs Close who received in the
main SALON. There carpets are scat
tered cooru Orena The window draperes of rich
berry satin damas match occasional pieces of furniture
Other chairs and upholstered gay coored prints
in this room which has northern and eastern exposure
Bowls of arcay arranged chrysanthemums IN bronze and
yellow shade placed various tables Burning logs gave
a CHEEKY atmosnhere around the fireplace.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
Reception at South African Legation
Minister and Mrs. Ralph Close
Entertain Capital Society
At "Housewaming" Tea
By Flora Macdonald

1T is truly lovely" must be still ringing
in the ears of the Minister of the Union of
South Africa and Mrs Close for ofrepeated phrase
yesterday The comments of the guests their
impressions of the newly completed legation, which the
scene "house-wamng' reception in the late afternoon
hours.
One enters this latest addition to diplomatic dwellings
Massachusetts, Avenue find goodsized foyer redcarpeted
and boasng open fireplace from either side of which
stairs which converge the halfway point to the second
floor,
The Washington times., 1937-12-15

NO. 70-MISs BETTY THURsToN, daughter of Mrs
Jesse B. Oldendorf wife of Commander odendorf u NJ
She has dark brown hair and wide blue eyes which cnke
merry the when smiles Her mouth is young
and gay pretty and her voice eager bright and very
SOFT She born Los Angeles and adores Coronado
She would rather swim and dance than do anything else
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schedule puts her completely in the pink She likes sports
clothes and evening clothes and spicy French perfumes
the color French blue She has collection charm brace
let's Some gold, rhinestones and
silver and all fascinating She paints and with real
talent and is serious student every day the Corcoran
school, and she hopes with all the lovely enthusiasm of
youth to day do something very worthwhile with her
brushes and paint.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15

The hostess, who is a petite,
white-haired favorite of the
Diplomatic Corps, selected an
afternoon gown of wine velvet,
the bodice of chiffon appliqued
in velvet Her corsage bouquet
was Of orchids.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
KabeIacs Move

The First Secretary OF the
Czechoslovakian Legation and
Nine. Kabalac have moved
from Wardman Park to Alban
Towers at 3700 Massachusetts
Avenue.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-05
BUSINESS TACTICS
Now Improved, Merchants
Association Is Told

The improvements in business tac-
tics were traced by Joseph w. Fich-
ter, member of the faculty at Miami
University, Oxford, speaker at the
weekly luncheon meeting of the
Hamilton Merchants Association, in
the Y. w. C. A., Monday noon. Arnold
T. Krebs, association president, con-
Quoted the meeting.
Speaking on the subject, Some
Trends in Business" Mr.. FIGHTER said
that business men have gained the
confidence of their customers and that
the slogan of buyers beware" prev
alent many years ago, is no longer
heard.
"When business first developed in
this country it was the philosophy OF
business men to take advantage Oh
their customers, but now customers
can feel that business men are en-
deavoring in every way to satisfy ano
cooperate with thenr," Mr.. FIGHTER
said.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-05
CONFERENCE URGES
WAGE, HOUR Law
DOnnelly Serves on Resolu-
tiOns Committee
(By Ohio Labor News Service)

(By Ohio Labor News Service)
Columbus.-Thomas J. Donnelly
secretary treasurer of the Ohio State
Federation of Labor, served on the
committee which considered and rec
commended resolutions adopted by the
Fourth Annual Labor Legislation Con-
ference at Washington last week
Secretary Treasurer Donnelly at
tended the conference with Frank Nor
rison, secretary of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, as the representa-
tives of that body.
The conference unanimously recon-
mended the enactment of legislation
on wages and hours at the next ses-
sion of congress, and urged inclusion
of provisions eliminating the products
of child labor and industrial home
work from interstate commerce.
Other resolutions were adopted
urging the states to enact legislation
putting supervision of labor standards
of apprenticeship in the state labor
departments; advocating the passage
of state laws to eliminate industrial
home work; favoring ratification of the
child-labor amendment; co-ordinating
all labor laws in the states and in the
federal government in single depart
ments and setting up section in the
division of labor standards Of the U. S.
Department of Labor to assemble and
adapt the materials of the department
to meet the needs of workers.
The conference also asked Secretary
of Labor Frances Perkins, who called
the meeting, to study the problem of
discrimination against older workers,
to appoint national advisory commit
tee, and to draft program designed
to break down existing age barriers.
Propaganda of casualty insurance
companies misrepresenting the condi-
ton of the Ohio workers compensa-
ton fund, was spiked by Secretary
Treasurer Donnelly when the subject
of workmen's compensation came up
for discussion before the conference.
Declaring that the Ohio system had
been attacked by insurance companies
in other states where attempts were
made to set up state insurance sys-
tenn, Secretary Treasurer Donnelly
pointed out that the Ohio state fund
| is the largest compensation fund in
| the world, with reserve of over
s45, 900, 900 for claims allowed and q
surplus of nearly $4,000.000.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-05
Lord Chesterfield on War
lSt. Louis Post Dispatch }

"War is pusillanimously carried out
in this degenerate age, quarter is
given; towns are taken and the peo-
pie spared. !" Thus wrote Lord Ches-
terfeld, the great epistolarian gentle
man of the royal bedchamber and
suave diplomat Of eighteenth century
England, on the wars that imbroiled
Europe in his time. We're he living
today his letter on war might read:
"War is carried out in the totalitarian
manner in this age Of enlightenment;
treaties are nothing; war begins
without declaration; no quarter is
given; towns are bombed by airplanes
and the inhabitants slain in their
sleep; piracy exists with submarines
that fly no flag, torpedoing the ships
Of neutral nations" There is nothing
pusillanimous about modern war, Lore
Chesterfield.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-05
WI A.
Work Hours Total Eight
Billion

Washington, D. C. (AFLNS)-The
stupendous total of 8,000 100000 man
hours of work, directly and indirectly,
has been provided by the public
works administration, whose depres-
sion pump-priming activities are near
ing completion.
Files of the administration show the
spending of s1,OO0,000,oo0 on such
federal projects as roads, post offices,
naval ships, army posts and reclama-
ton dams, and another 81 $50 900, 200
in assisting such non-federal projects
as schools, hospitals, sewage disposal
systems, power plants and state in
stitutions.
Although most phases of the pro-
gram are nearing completion, one
fifth of P. w. AS proposed power
projects are stalled by court injunc-
tions. The supreme court will signal
"stop" or "go" on these SO projects
this winter, and P. w. A. will be
ready to follow the decision. Money
for the projects has been set aside.
Economic conditions have improved
but demands for federal aid to local
construction projects have continued
An announcement from the White
House that allotment of funds for
new projects was at an end came at a
time when 1000 applications for P
w. A. loans and grants to states and
cities still were awaiting action. Off
Gals said only about 1000 of these
would have been eligible for aid under
P. w. A. rules.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-05
Government of Quebec
Takes Up Textile Pay

Advices from Montreal, Canada, in
dicate that the recent settlement OF
the strike of employees of the Dominion
Textile Company will be followed by
hearings to be conducted by the Que
bee Fair Wage Board, TO determine
wages and working hours in the COM
pany's mills throughout the provinces.
The three weeks walkout was ended
at conference between officials OF
the National Catholic Federation of
Textile Workers and company officials,
under the Craftsmanship of Premier
Duplessis.
The company agreed to make the
findings of the Fair Wage Board re
troactive to the date of the employees
return to work and to make them the
basis of negotiations between com
mittee of company and federation rep
resentatives, with view to arriving
at a collective bargaining agreement
prior to March /, 1888.
Much interest in the case is mani
fest, as this was the first petition tt
the board, which was set up Septem
Der / by the fair wage act, sponsored
by Minister of Labor William Trem
blay.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-05
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
STATE OF OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
UNIT PRICE CONTRACT
Columbus. Ohio. October &c. 1887.
Clerk of Sales Legal Copy No. 37-2l6

Clerk of Sales Legal Copy No. S7-2l6
UNIT PRICE CONTRACT
Sealed proposals win be received at the
office of the State Highway Director of Ohio,
at Columbus. Ohio. until ten o'clock A. M
Eastern Standard Time.
Friday. November IL. 1887, for Improvements
Proposals No. / and No 2 of this project to be
awarded to the same contractor contract)
Proposal No.
U. S. Works Program Grade Crossing
Project No. Ohio w. P. G. II. 577-B
Butler County, Ohio. on part of Section CO on
the Oxford-Millville Road, S. Fl. No 1872, u. S.
Route No 27. in Hanover Township, by con-
structing grade crossing elimination project
with The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. con-
sisting of grading. paving with reinforced
Portland cement concrete, drainage structures
roadside Improvement, temporary detour
railroad structure and a permanent two f2)
and concrete deck trough superstructure, and
reinforced concrete abutments).
Width: Pavement 20 IT., 80 IT., and 40 #
Roadway 36 #. as it.
Length: 1900 it., or o.S03 mile.
Estimated cost S89 TOO 90
Proposal No. 2
U. S. Works Program Grade Crossing Prof.
ect No. Ohio w. P. G. S. 10I7-A
Butler County, Ohio on part of Section on
No. l30. in Hanover Township. by constructing
grade crossing elimination project with the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad consisting of
grading, building drainage structures, paving
with stabilized surface; and roadside improve
ment.
Width: Pavement 20 IT.. Roadway SO it.
Length; s.495.S7 ft.. or 0.662 mile.
Estimated cost $24 97S 30
Proposals No. and No 2 of this contract
to be completed within two hundred twenty
(220) working days.
The Ohio State Employment Service w A.
Betscher, Manager City Building, Hamilton
Ohio. and Miss Nell Fitzgerald. Manager. Civic
Association Building, Middetown. Ohio.
will furnish the successful bidder an employ
ment list from which all qualified unskilled
labor and qualified labor of intermediate
grade. except executive administrative. super
visory and highly skilled positions, shall be
selected for this project.
The attention of bidders is directed to the
special provisions covering subletting or as
signing the contract. the use of domestic ma
teras. selection of labor. hours of employment
and conditions of employment.
The minimum wage to be paid to all labor
employed on this contract shall be in accord
ance with the Schedule of Prevailing Hourly
Wage Rates Ascertained and Determined By
The Department of Industrial Relations ap.
plicable to State Highway Department I'm.
i7-4 l7-4a, 17-5 and 17-5a of the General Code
of Ohio
The bidder must submit with his bid a Ger.
titled check in amount equal to five pei
cent of the estimated cost, but in no event
more than ten thousand dollars.
Plans and specifications are file in tn,
department of highways and the office of tn,
resident district deputy director.
| The director reserves the right to rejec
any and all bids.
JOHN JASTER, JR.
State Highway Director
| ~ 90
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-05
Active Aid of Labor Asked
In Census of Unemployment

Washington, D. c. (ILNS)-Thirty
three thousand special letters have
been sent out to every local labor
union in the country by Unem-
ployment Census Biggers asking that
organized labor take an active part
in getting the message of the census
to the unemployed and partly unem-
ployed. These report cards will be dis
tributed to every home throughout
the country on Tuesday, November 16,
by the post office mail carriers.
america must find way to make
it possible for all willing hands to
work." said Administrator Biggers
in a special radio appeal, "but before
the people of this country can under
take any comprehensive correction
plan for the cure of unemployment,
the full facts must be known"
Mayors in every city have been
asked to set up mayors committees
to tell the unemployed why it is nee
essary to fill out the unemployment
card The mayors have been asked to
appoint two representatives of labor
on the committees, and in his letter
to local labor readers, Administrator
Biggers requests local unions to ap-
peal to their members to work indi
vidually and collectively to see that
unemployed and partly unemployed
persons register in the census.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-05
Senate Committee
Asked to Probe Klan

New York City (ILNS)-The Amer
lean Civil Liberties Union has asked
the senate committee on civil liber-
ties to investigate the extraordinary
condition at Tampa, Fla, pertainingg
to the recent acquittal of six police
men charged with fiogging Joseph
Shoemaker to death in 1885. The un-
ion termed the acquittal "a shocking
revelation of the power of Ku Klux
Klan politics in the Tampa district"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-05
Science Proves
Union Theory

(From the Typographical JournaD
1t has long been the contention of
the International Typographical I'm
ion and other organized labor bodies
that shorter working hours were more
productive, both for workers and for
management. DR.. Vernon P Scheidt,
Baltimore psychologist, evidently
was not SO sure this contention was
sound. Anyway he has just reported
on the results of a three-year test,
and tells the American Association Of
Applied and Professional Psychology
that he raised the efficiency of seven
teen women machine operators and
fifty-two male hand compositors at
the Waverly Press from 15 to 80 per
cent above an eight-hour day through
reducing working hours to six.
Wonderful as this result must be
regarded by the doctor and his col
leagues, it appears he wasted lot
of time. Unionization of the plant
would have accomplished in thre
weeks what it took him three years to
prove. One comforting thought in
connection with this scientific" test
is that even nonunion plant and nom
union workers can be benefited by
utilizing at least a part of union
methods.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-05
ONTARIO
Wage Board Hit By Cana.
dian UniOnists

The recent annual convention of the
Trades and Labor Congress of Can
ada, with which the American FEEDER
alton of Labor has long exchanged ira
ternal delegates, discussed at consid-
cradle length the attitude of govern
mental agencies having certain
amount of control over labor matters,
with alarm being expressed by some.
"We in this congress have got to
guard against government agencies
setting conditions when we have no
say in their administration" was a
common warning, to which Chairman
Bruse, of the legislative committee,
added: There is nothing to prevent
workers from helping themselves.
They can organize"
The Ontario Labor and Industry
Board came in for particular criticis@
for allegedly seeking to establish
wage and hour schedules not based on
existing union agreements.
Declaring, in line with the argu-
ments of many labor officials of the
United States, that workers Should
bring economic pressure to bear to
get thing done," Chairman Burce in
sisted that the Ontario Board does not
recognize human relationships, declar-
ing further: Everything they are
| deciding is BASED on the ability Of the
industry so pay and not on the con.
dition OF .l.e. workers in the industry
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-05
ALLOW 40 BUILDING
PERMITS IN OCTOBER

Permits for building construction
in Hamilton totaled $62,820 for Octo-
Der, according to the monthly report
of Building Inspector Frank Weaver
which he released today. There were
Al permits issued by his office during
the month, as against so in September
totaling $180,190.
Principal reason for the disparity
Weaver pointed out, was the permit
in September for ST. Peters Church
construction of which is to cost
$4,000.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-05
STRIKE FARLEY

Hamilton Representative of the
Building Trades Council and heads Of
five Hamilton lumber companies met
Tuesday in a short session at the
Y. M. G. A. to iron out difficulties
which have prolonged the building
trades strike for one week, but nei-
ther side would agree to the others
proposition and the meeting was ad-
journed after Is minutes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-05
44-HOUR WEEK DECREED
FOR WOMEN UNDERWRITERS

Harrisburg, Pa. (AFLNS)--A re-
cent ruling of the Industrial Board
under Pennsylvania's new A hour
week law for women, permits women
in the undertaking and mail order
businesses to work over hours a day
but not over A hours a week.
1t is also provided that all over s
hours per day shall be paid for at the
rate of time and one half