davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-01-08

prohibition without such a referen-
dunn was music to the drys.
Liquor Reaction Adverse.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-01-16

Lieut.. Herman Critics of the Flint,
Mich, force, was one Of the police
who used gas in an attempt to dis
lodge sit-down strikers in the Fisher
Body plant there. The gas backfred,
however, and here Lieut.. Critics is
shown in hospital, recovering from
its effects. The strikers still hold
the plant.
central Press)
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31
Employment Falls
$4,000 In Month

Washington, D. C. ILNS)- Sec
retary Of Labor Perkins reports that
there was a decline of $4,000 in in
dustrial employment between the mid
die of October and the middle of Nov
ember. She declared, however, that
the total number of employed work
ers in November of this year was only
1000 fewer than in November, 1886;
and that November payrolls this year,
while dropping $25,900,000 below those
Of October, are still some $11 ,0oo,-
600 higher than those of November,
1896.
In manufacturing industries, there
has been a decline in both employment
and payrolls from November last year
to the same month this year.
The WPA has submitted report,
showing that 100000 workers have
lost their jobs since September. This
covers about go days more time than
the statement from Secretary Perkins.
The WPA report also anticipates a
further shrinkage of from 100000
to 100000 jobs by February 4.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31
List Of Firms Using Labor Spies
Gives Revealing Light on Extent
of Espionage Growth in Industry

Union; 19 publishing and printing
Curtis Publishing Co.-Sat. Eve Post,
Macmillan, New York Herald Tribune,
Phil. Inquirer; 8 railway equipment
American and Baldwin Locomotive
Works.; 10 rubber manpfactmers
Aetna, Firestone, General Gilmer,
Goodrich; % shipping United Fruit,
Grace Lines.
Iron, Steel and Railroads
The 60 steel and iron companies
listed as having been spy buyers in
clude Bethlehem, Carnegie-Illinois
Inland, Midland, Otis Truscon, Weir
ton, Youngstown; but did not include
Republic or Jones & Laughlin. The 81
textile companies did not include those
most widely known,
Twenty-Five railroads have had spies
Atlantic Coast Line, Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy, Chicago & Joliet,
Cincinnati, Newport & Coviny.on,
Cleveland Ry. Co, Dallas Ry. System.
K. c. Southern, KY. & Indiana Ter
minal R. r. Co, Lehigh & New Eng
land, Louisville Ry Co, Missouri
Continued on page three)
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31
EFFORTS AT LABOR
PEACE END in
COMPLETE FAILURE

Washington, D. G. (ILNS) efforts
to settle the differences between the
American Federation of Labor and
the Committee for Industrial Organ
ization ended in failure on December
21, when committees representing the
two organizations agreed at a brief
joint meeting that it was useless to
continue further conferences. The first
conference of the committee was held
en- Octobr 25.
Collapse of the negotiations was
caused by the insistence of the CIO
that all unions set up since its format-
ion be accepted into membership by
the A. F. of L. The A. f. of L. had
proposed that it take back the ten sus-
pended unions which formed the CIO
justing the disputes between the other
and then work out some method of adj
CIO unions and rival Federation organ
izations
The A f. Of L. committee, COM
posed of George NJ. Harrison, Chair
man. Matthew Woll and G. M. Bug
niazet, issued statement following
the meeting, which said that the peace
efforts had ended in complete fail
ure, that this was caused by the CIO
demand that all CIO unions be char
tered by the Federation and went on
to say:
"The acceptance Of the Go proposal
would have been not only an act of
treason to those organizations which
have always been loyal to the Am
erican Federation of Labor, but would
have established the principal of dual
ism within the Federation itself
Acceptance of the CIO proposal
would not have terminated, but would
have enlarged the conflict now raging
and would have transferred the war
within the Federation itself.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31

Chicago, Illinois (ILNS) Nearly
$4,000 workers have become members
of the bakery and Confectionery Work
ers international Union and over
120 new charters have been granted
since January 1, 1887.
Steady progress is reported in the
drive to bring all workers, over which
this A. F. of L. affiliate has jurisdic-
ton, into the union fold, and new vic
tories are being chalked up each week
by affiliated local unions
The first cracker and biscuit COM
pany in Chicago to fall in line with
organized labor is the Sawyer Biscuit
Co. Unionization of this firms Chi
cago plant by Local No. All brought
with it a substantial increase in
wages for 800 employees, day, 40
hour week, and one weeks vacation
with pay for employees after one year
of service.
Progress in Candy Factories
All major candy factories in the
Pittsburgh, Pa, area are in accord
with Local No II and are operating
under union shop contracts.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR LAB0R'S AID
TO BIRTHDAY BALL
Big Nation Wide January 20
Celebration to Take Many
Forms,to Suit Community
Conditions and Preferen-
ces.

WASHINGTON, D. G. Plans
for labor participation in the cell
ebration Of the Presidents Birth
day, January 20, have been compile
ted and operations are well under
way This year, in united campaign
against infantile paralysis, all funds
will go to the new National Found
alton for Infantile Paralysis, recently
announced by the President.
Editors Of labor papers, including
the Editor of the Butler County Press,
have been invited to serve as mem
bers Of a special Labor Press Com
mittee.
Celebration Of the Presidents Birth
day will not be limited to balls or
parties of any special type, but will
include every form of entertainment
or diversion that can be devised, to
suit communities everywhere.
Then also special certificates for
FOUNDERS OF the new NallOnal
Foundation will be distributed to those
who contribute one dollar In addition
to this great Birthday Greeting will
be distributed for signatures, each
signer paying 25 cents. The blanks
will be delivered to the President as
soon as they have been returned.
Headquarters for the Labor Divis-
ion have been established in the Car
penters' Building, Washington, D. G.,
with William Green, chairman; Mat
thew Woll, secretary treasurer; Gil
bert F. Hyatt, executive secretary;
together with a committee of repre-
sentative labor men whose names will
be announced shortly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31
WASHINGTON. D. G. lILNS1

y
The La Toilette Civil Liberties Com
mittee, which already has conducted
one of the greatest Investigations in
American history and is scarcely half
through, has issued a report on In
dustrial Espionage" Ii is a startling,
revealing, scarifying work. 1t shows
that the hiring Of industrial spies has
become standard Big Business prac-
tice in America and has found plenty
of Endorsement among businesses not
50 big.
"The known total Of business firms
receiving spy service from these en-
umerated agencies" says the report,
is approximately $500. The list reads
like bluebook Of American industry"
1t does indeed. The alphabetical list
starts with advertising" and ends
with wire manufacturing. 1t ranges
from firms known only in their own
communities up to General Electric,
General Motors and subsidiaries of
United States Steel. 1t includes COM
panies operating under union condit-
ions, with union agreements. The list
given in the report does not pretend
to be complete; but it numbers 10
firms in chemical and allied industries,
"a in coal and coke, "a in electrical
equipment, SIS in machinery and tools,
81 in metals and metal manufac-
lures, not including steel, and sc in
food industries.
49 Associations Listed
There are also 40 employers as
sociations listed as hirers of spy agenc-
les; and perhaps the partial lists
which can be given here should begin
with these:
Allied Industries of Cleveland, AS
sociated Industries of Seattle, Auto
Merchants Association of New York,
Battle Greek Manufacturers Associat-
ion, Citizens Advisory Committee of
Minneapolis, Employers Association
of Detroit, Flint Manufacturers AS
sociation Clint, Mich), Garment
Manufacturers Association of Los
Angeles, National Cotton Manufactur-
ers Association of Boston, Spokane
Manufacturers Association, Spokane,
Washington Industrial Council of
Seattle, Association of Sewing Mach
inc Dealers of New York City.
It will be noted that the National
Association Of Manufacturers is not
included The committee is reserving
that for special treatment.
Auto Spying Extensive
There are four amusement houses
listed, including Balaban & Katz, Chic
ago and Warner Brothers, Burbank,
Cal. There are AZ makers of apparel,
none very widely known; 49 makers
Of auto parts, such as Bendix, Electric
Auto-Lite and Timken; Ia auto COM
panies -Chrysler, Fruehauf, General
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31

workers has been paid $500 in back
wages, due them under the Ohio min
nmum wage law for the industry.
The claims were filed with the min
imum wage division of the Department
Of Industrial Relations against the
Western Hills Laundry, one Of the
chief offenders, although back wages
have been collected for employees of
seven other local laundries.
Wage chiselling was one Of the
main reasons for the strike being
called, and the allowance of the claims
vindicates the workers demands for
closed shop and other protective
clauses against future exploitation
and victimization.
Several hundred affidavits charg
ing violations of the minimum wage
law have been filed with the minimum
wage division since the strike was
called, and the amount collected fol
workers here during the past two
months has been greater than the
total amount collected from laundries
in the state in the two and one-halt
years the minimum wage law has been
in existence.
The Laundry Owners Association
is insisting upon preferential
shop, which the strikers have fatly
refused on two occasions, insisting
that closed shop clause be Includes
in the contract.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31
Laundry Workers Get
$500 In Back Wages

Cincinnati, Ohio (OLNs). With
Laundry Workers Union and Central
Body officials attempting to find an
agreeable means of ending 13-week
deadlock with the Laundry Owners
Association, one group Of striking
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31
Leading Companies Throughout Nation Employers of
Spies, La Toilette Civil Liberties Committee Shows-l00
Pinkerton Operatives Officers of Unions, Committee
Reports.

Motors, Hupmobile, REQ; but there IS
one peculiar thing about auto spying
which must be mentioned separately
General Motors, besides its own set
of spies for the holding company,
had 16 separate spy divisions serving
its various parts A few of them are
A. G. Spark Plug, Buick, Cadillac,
Chevrolet two lunches, Delco--three
lunches, Harrison Radiator, Pontiac.
There are six aviation companies
which employed spies -Curtiss Aero
plane and Pratt & Whitney, for ex-
ample. There are II banks, trust
companies and insurance companies
National City Bank, New York Life,
Prudential Life; u brewefies and dis
tilleries Overholt and Seagram; -
office buildings Chrysler and Stand
ard Oil, N. II; 8 can manufacturers
American Can and Continental Can
making a majority of the whole in
dustry.
l9 Chemical Firms
In the 19 firms in the chemical and
allied industry. Bakelite and Celluloid
have familiar sound. H. c. Frick Co
and Koppers Gas & Coke CO. are listed
as employers Of spies. And among
the six drugs and patent medicine
firms listed are Katz and Walgreen.
In the electrical equipment indust-
ry, 81 firms, the professional spies
have had some huge clients Brooklyn
Edison, Detroit Edison, Ohio Edison,
General Electric, Western Electric
two Westinghouse companies and Will
lard Batteries. In the II firms making
or handling stone, clay and glass were
Libby -Owens-Ford, hugest of the lot,
two Owens-Illinois companies, and
Pittsburgh Plate Glass. In hardware
and plumbing were Crane Co. and
American Radiator; and the Statler
Hotels in six cities employed three
separate spy agencies.
Many Metal Products Companies
From here ON, the lists must consist
almost wholly of names.
twenty-five leather manufacturers
American Hide and Leather, In
ternational Shoe, and the ever in
famous Elkland Leather; 26 Lumber
companies, mainly in the far west,
Pacific; 55 machinery and tools John
Deere, Fairbanks Morse, Otis Elevat-
or, R. Hoe, United Shoe Machinery;
81 metal products Aluminium Co.
of America, Fansteel, international
Nickel, National Brass; 5 office equip
ment Remington Rand National
Cash Register.
The 25 petroleum and pipeline con-
Germs included Cities Service, four
of the Mellon Gulf companies, two
Texas, two Shell, Standard Oil and
Sinclair.
Telephone, Dallas Power & Light,
Tidewater, Postal Telegraph, Western
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31
Ford to Spend $4,000, 900
EnIarging River Rouge
Plant

Detroit (ILNs) Henry Ford has
announced that he will spend $4o,
100000 next year increasing the size
of the River Rouge plant. Expendi-
lures for these purposes at the plant
have amounted to about S20,00,00o in
the past two years.
Included in the program is what is
said to be the largest blast furnace IN
the world, with capacity Of 100000
tons a year.
It is believed here that the an
of this program has been
hastened by the announced determina-
tion of the United Automobile Work
ers of America to organize the Ford
plants. Such expansion, it is held,
will make jobs for great numbers Of
unorganized workers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31
Bakers Union Gains $4,000 New
Members, Charters 120 New
Locals, Since January

In Portland, Ore contracts cover
ing workers employed by the Grand
ma and Northern cookie companies,
under jurisdiction of Local No. 364,
have been completed
Nearly 10000 workers in candy fac
tories and cracker and biscuit plants
are now members of the Bakery and
Confectionery Workers international
Union.
Galveston Falls in Line
For the first time IN many years
union contracts have been signed by
bakeries in Galveston, Tex. Eight
shops have signed with Local No. 407.
The To-day strike against the Fos-
ter Lunch and Bakery Systems, of San
Francisco, Cal, ended, recently, with
a victory for the unions involved, in
Guiding Local No. "a of the Bakers.
In the east, Local No IA, Roches-
ter, N. T., has established contractual
relations with one of the largest chain
bakeries in the country, the General
Baking Co. This concern is in agree
ment with local unions in other cities.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31

A few hours after pay day each
week Father goes into the hands Of
a that's Mother,
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
HOPE FOR LOST
RUSSIAN filters
is STIM ULATED
Eskimos Report Hearing
Sound of Plane !

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 10
GN.S0.-Soviet Russia s losttrans.
polar plane apparently reached
the southern rim of the Arctic
Ocean and perhaps the Alaskan
mainland before it was forced
down.
This possibility heartened vet.
eran pilots Of grounded search
planes here today as they were
advised by Soviet representatives,
coordinating search efforts, that
Bob Randall, Canadian aviator.
now at Barrow, had learned Eski'
mos at Barter Island and Martin
Point had heard the roar Of air.
plane motors five days ago.
Randall, flying a plane char"
tered by the Soviet Embassy, at
Washington, D. c., arrived at
Demarcation Point, on the Arctic
Ocean, yesterday and made sew
eral stops en- route to Barrow.
where he has established his base
for further patrol flights today.
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
MRS. CAMPBELL
WINS TRIAL STAY

HYATTsVILLE, Md, Aug. 1S.
Mrs. Marion Campbell, Washing
ton high school teacher, who was
arrested July 10 in connection
with the abduction Of 2O-month-
old Philip Shane, was reported
today as too i'll to appear in Hy.
attsville police court on charge
of driving while under the influ-
ence Of liquor.
Her attorney asked and obtained
a continuance of the hearing until
September /. The continuance was
granted by Judge George B. Mer-
rick.
The traffic violation and abduc.
tion charges were preferred
against Mrs. Campbell on war
rants obtained at the request of
States Attorney Alan Bowie and
the child's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Norris Shane, Of Beltsville.
She is due for a grand jury
hearing in Upper Marlboro on the
abduction charge at the opening
Of the fall term of circuit court
in october.
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
COURTS IMPEDE
June WEDDING

CANNES. France, Aug. 10.
Those stern French courts have
no respect for Cupid.
They've refused to permit Lady
June Inverclyde, divorced wife of
Baron Inverclyde, to marry Ed
ward Hillman, jr., Chicago million
aire, until full legal proof of
June's divorce is in their hands.
The former English musical com.
edy star was divorced from the
heir to the Cunard shipping mil
lions in 1888. She obtained her
decree in America.
Hillman, former husband of
Marion Nixon, film star, is said
to have proposed to the English
beauty "a hours after meeting
her at a dinner party. Lady June,
thinking he was joking, laughingly
accepted him. But when Hill
man took her to a jeweler to
measure her finger for a wedding
ring, she decided the joke was on
her.
Despite the decision of the
French courts, the couple plan to
sail for America September /. If
necessary, they will get married
here, Lady June said.
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
FACES
ALBERTA CRISIS

EDMONTON. Alberta, Aug. 1s
Q.N.SO.-A five-hour emergency
meeting of the Alberta cabinet,
summoned to consider the crisis
over banking legislation, ended to-
day with no decision reached. Pre-
mier Aberhart announced the cab
met would meet again soon.
The meeting was called after
Premier King announced in OF
tawa that the Dominion govern
ment had decided to disallow the
Alberta bank bills, one licensing
banks and two others denying
banks and bankers the right to
appeal to the courts.
Three courses seemed open to
the Alberta cabinet-to bow to
the Federal ruling, to call a gen.
real election, or to defy the Fed
eral Government and attempt to
enforce the legislation.
While Aberhart was addressing
a public meeting late yesterday,
one rabid supporter cried: "Get us
guns!"
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
US. t0Forbid
Monument
Mdrdthons

The National Park Service Is
confronted with a new problem
how to keep visitors from racing
up and down the steps of the
Washington Monument.
A visitor from Arizona recently
claimed he had set a record of IL
minutes for the round trip. But
a Washington resident countered
with claim of II minutes and As
seconds.
Park officials, however, don't
want the steps turned into speed.
way. and will enforce the rule pro-
hibiting running on the steps.
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
WILKINS TO HOP
ON POLAR HUNT

NEW YORK, Aug. IS Q.N.S0.
Sir Hubert wilkins will take off
from North Beach airport-prob-
ably tomorrow ON a perilous
quest over the Arctic for the six
missing Russian transpolar flierS.
Accompanied by Herbert Hollick-
Kenyon, famous Canadian flier,
wilkins will make the journey in
a huge new flying boat specially
constructed for the Navy.
Hollick-Kenyon was said to have
left Toronto, Canada, last night
and was to join Wilkins here to-
day. The planes tanks have been
filled with 1,7O0 gallons of gas,
giving it a nonstop flying range Of
1000 miles,
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
CLUE TO POLAR
PARTY is FOUND

BERLIN, Aug. 10 GN.sO.-The
mystery Of the disappearance Of
the Shredder Polar Expedition of
seven members, which has puz-
zled the world since 1912, was be-
lieved solved today with the dis
covery Of what are believed to be
parts Of the expeditions equip
ment in the vicinity of Dove Bay,
near Spitzbergen.
Reports from Oslo, Norway, said
the remains of a tent, oil skins, a
field glass, parts Of a boat, and
numerous cartridges Of German
origin were found.
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
Bride, II, on Strike
For Reconciliation

DETROIT, Aug. 18 U.N.SO.
Mrs. Josephine Mccoy, 17.year.old
bride Of three months. was on .
sit-down strike for reconciliation
and love today. \
She remained in the automobile
Of her estranged husband, Joseph.
%, for the thirty-sixth consecutive
hour and said she would stay
there until her husband comes to
see her. Her husband, she said,
called police but officers refused
to take her out Of the car. -
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
Heaven" S. Bill
Just a PhOny

ATLANTA, Ga. Q.N.S.)-Tom
King, ice-cream vendor, reported
to police that one dark night re-
Gently a man and a woman
approached him. They asked for
three ice-cream bars, he said, and
gave him a IS bill. King said he
gave them the bars and $4.S5 in
change.
Later, when he examined the
bill, he said, he found it was a
draft on the Treasury of Heaven"
and payable on request"
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
SEEK HIGHER FARE

UN.S) The proposal of the
Hudson and Manhattan railroad
to increase passenger fares from
6 cents to 10 cents, between Hud-
son Terminal. New York, on one
hand, and stations in Jersey City
and Hoboken, N. j., on the other,
will be the subject of a hearing in
New York on September IS, the
I. c. c. announced today.
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
Staying Suspect
To Face Court

CLEVELAND, Aug. 18 Q.N.SO.
A second gunman in the holdup
murder Of Special Policeman
Laurence Krull here last April was
to be arraigned on first-degree
murder charges today.
He is Theodore Slapak, 10, Of
Cleveland, returned here from De-
troit by Sergeant James Hogan Of
the homicide squad. Hogan said
Slapak was the accomplice of
Joseph Taylor, o., charged with
the actual shooting Of Krull.
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
Washing Machine
Scalps Young Girl

COBLEsKILL, N. Y, Aug. 1S
QN.S).-Nine-year-old Jean Dar-
gle looked forward today to the
time when she can tell her chill.
dren how she was scalped-long.
long after the last pesky redskin
had been driven from this up
State region.
Jean ventured too close to
mothers washing machine and
curly hair became entangled. Be
fore the machine could be stopped,
a three-by-five-inch section of hair
and scalp had been torn off. Doc.
tors sewed it on.
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
London Market
Has Firmer Tone

LONDON, Aug. 18 G.NIS0.
Although trading remained re-
Stricted, the stock market dis.
played a firmer tone today, certain
quotations making fractional re-
coveries over the past two days
slump.
Chinese and Japanese issues re-
manned uncertain. Industrials,
mining shares and international
issues featured the market. Ana.
conda Copper was quoted at 1.16
pounds, New York Central at
40 1882 dollars and Mexican
Eagle led the oils at 12S Cd. The
rest Of the board was featureless.
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
FlUe Arrested With Arms
In Cuban Revolt Plot

HAVANA, Aug. 18 G.N.S0-Five
suspected revolutioniSts, including
one woman. were arrested today
by Cuban secret police who found
a trunk full Of guns and ammuni-
ton in their downtown hotel
room.
Military intelligence officers
who participated in the hotel raid
said documents found with the
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
Burial Rites Set
For Boston Cleric

NEW STLE, N. H., Aug.
18 UN.S). - Funeral arrange
ments were completed today for
the Rev. Alfred Newberry, 46, new.
ly appointed rector of the Church
of the Advent, Boston, who died
after a heart attack on the beach
here last night. He was vacation
ing with his family.
Burial will be at Newark, N. j.,
Saturday.
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
Goats Defended;
Just FastidiOus

AMBLER, Del, Aug. 49, The
Delaware Valley Milk Goat Asso-
ciation fired another broadside at
popular prejudice, meeting at the
home of Sheldon Graham.
Goats" Graham said, "are
clean and fastidious. They do not
eat tin cans and they do not smell.
When the public learns about the
milk goat and her products, the
goat will truly come into her own"