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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-29
OIL WORKERS PLAN BIG DRIVE

Long Beach, Cal. (ILNs)-Plans to
unionize 100000 oil workers under
an industrial union plan and to seek
congressional aid, to enforce a &C.
hour week and $5 minimum wage
were disclosed here by Harvey c.
Fremming, president of the Oil Field,
Gas Well and Refinery Workers of
America. Fremming informed the un-
ions executive council that the mem
bership drive to recruit all oil indus
try employees, including filling station
attendants, would start April |.
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-29
Curiosity

Jones was standing in front of a
State liquor store gazing In through
the window.
Trying to pick out something
goodT grinned Brown, who was
passing.
No he replied, Il was just trying
to figure out how many headaches
there were in those rows of bottles."-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-29
Back in War T;mes

THAT boy of Jim's is nice looking
young chap. What's his name2"
Winfield"
"a family name?'
Yes. 1t was his mothers maiden
name. But when the boy was born
some eighteen years ago, people said he
should have been named windshield" !"
"Why?
"oh, he kept his father out of the
draft. kansas City Star.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-29

creek sometime between Friday and
Monday, according to report made
to Sheriff Charles B. Wake. The
articles included: Five pairs of hip
boots, one wrecking bar, shovel, two
axes, one hammer, brace-and-bit and
a window sash
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-29
RECEIVE DONATIONS
AT SALVATION ARMY

Donations are still being received
at the Salvation Army citadel,
235 Ludlow street, Captain j. w.
Baggs announced Tuesday in renew
ing his appeal for relief articles. A
telephone call to number $50 will
bring a truck to donors residence
or place of business to collect the
contributions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-29
Appreciation

Hubby-Why do you feed every
tramp that comes along? They won't
do lick of work for you
Wife-I know they won't. But 1t
certainly is a relief to watch man
eat meal and not find fault with the
cooking. Pathfinder Magazine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-29
Encouraging Conversation

You seem to have forgotten all you
used to know about baseball" said the
girl who overhears.
MY escort is a little bashful," an
swered Miss Cayenne. His superb
ority complex needs cultivating. / af.
fected complete ignorance of the game
so that he could have the pleasure of
telling me all about It,"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-29
Sincerity Disappeared d

"You at least give that energetic or
ator credit for believing every word
he says"
Yes" replied Senator Sorghum.
THAT Is what makes me doubt his In
tellectual responsibility"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-29
Not on Relief

The banker was questioning the
negro applicant for chauffeurs Job.
Are you marriedp' the banker
asked.
"Nawsah, boss" replied the appli-
cant, "nawsah; ah makes nah own
livin'."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-29
PENNSYLVANIA
GOVERNOR
Urges Liberal Legislative
Program

ing a joint session of the first Penn
sylvania legislature that ever had a
democratic majority in both houses,
Governor Earle called on the legisla-
tors to keep their campaign pledges,
to obey the plain public will, and to
put through series of reforms that
would make Pennsylvania one of the
most progressive states, instead of
one of the most backward.
1--WE have before US a tremendous
responsibility and an unprecedented
opportunity" said Governor Earle.
Liberal forces control both execu-
tive and legislative branches of our
state government for the first time
in 81 years. 1t is now our duty to
translate that liberalism into positive,
effective action.
'The people have given more than
their permission. They have given a
command. Let US not forget that"
Offers 15-Point Program
The governor then laid down a pro-
gram Of 15 points, several of which
are of intense interest to labor. For
example:
The creation at once of a commits
sion Of inquiry with all necessary
powers to seek solution of bootleg
ging and other evils affecting the
anthracite industry.
Abolition of company towns and
company stores, chief symbols of
feudalism,' he called them, which
abound in the bituminous and steel
regions.
Legal protection for the rights of
unionization and collective bargain
ing;
Abolition of company-paid deputy
sheriffs;
Reduction Of working hours for
women;
Legal test of a minimum wage law;
More stringent child labor prohi-
bitions;
Abolition Of sweatshops and out
lawing Of labor injunctions.
Asks Slum Eradication
Governor Earle Jumped the last
seven proposals together as one point
in the program. He called for hous-
ing authorities to eradicate slums;
reduction of interest rates; reform Of
the election laws to end widespread
corruption"
"Of US who hold the destiny Of
10,000,000 people in our hands, much
is expected Earle said "The work
ers in mill and mine and factory,
the farmer and the home owner, the
hungry and unemployed, the old and
the halt and the blind, men and women
in all walks of life, all of them, fell
low human beings whose hopes and
ideals and aspirations depend upon us
these people have taken our pledge
and given us their faith.
Let US give them a government
worthy of our vast commonwealth,
worthy of our great democratic tradi-
lions, worthy Of free and self
governing people. Let US give them
craftsmanship instead of politics,
principles instead of expediency, re-
suits instead of promises. Let US
deliver the goods, not to any special
group, but to the whole people of
Pennsylvania.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-29
WPA EQUIPMENT
STOLEN

Equipment valued at S25 was stolen
from the WPA project on Four Mile
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-29

Judge-Have you anything to offer
the court before sentence is passed on
you?
Prisoner-No, boss; de lawyer done
took my las dollar.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-29
LEADING QUESTION

Il don't see how you can afford to
take so many girls to expensive restau-
rants"
That's easy; always ask the girl
if she hasn't been putting on weight
just before we go in.''
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-29

The union label directory is the
shoppers best guide.
Evening star., 1937-08-20

married-but Immediately. I'd look
kind of cute walking up the aisle.
lust can't wait to get married again.
Carbo is credited with having at
tended the Lily Pons Hollywood Bowl
concert disguised as a bearded lady.
Which is perhaps why Helen Hayes
missed her The famous actress, now
visiting mate Charlie Macarthur, has
only one ambitiOn-tO meet Garoo.
The last time I was here I got as lar
as her sound set before she realized
there was a stranger present and had
ME thrown out" Some one should
tell Greta She is probably just as
anxious to meet Miss Hayes as Miss
Hayes is to meet her. And with as
much reason Mary. 7-year-old daugh-
ter of the MaCArthWs, would sooner
see Shirley Temple She was diScov-
cred by her mother praCtlcing what
she would say and do if the great mo-
ment materialzed. 1t Will be Just as
well If this meeting does not come off.
Tyrone Power has caught the cold
Of Leading Lady Alice Faye try
and guess which Hollywood songstress
Is called-behind her back-the sing
ing school teacher . . Paulette God
dard has added a new name to her
masculine encourage Martini
Loretta Young is again seen here, there
and everywhere with Joseph Man.
kieWiCz. This would look more serious
If Miss Young were not a devout
Catholic and the producer a divorced
man. The latter angle was why she
turned down the five times-wed Eddie
Sutherland E. strip-teaser gypsy Rose
Lee. or Louise HOviCk. or. to give her
most recent monicker. Mrs Robert
Ml7zy, says she loves Hollywood
because she can wear shorts all day
Since the release of "A Star Is
Born Freddie March has been afraid
to order any kind of liquor. At the
first sip of a Scotch and soda, his
friends look at him as though he were
going to the dogs. In the same film.
Lionel Stander turned in such a good
performance as the press agent that
he is now finding it difficult to get
work in the studios Joe Schenck
will marry Jean Howard after her
divorce from Agent Charles Feldman
80 w. c. Fields has fallen for a mo-
tor bike and uses it on his Bel Air
estate :. Marlene Dietrich has gone
rural in Salzburg, Austria, and is living
on a farm until the end of the music
festival 5. the neighbors Of Melvyn
Douglas know him as Mr.. Hesselberg,
which is his right name.
Charles Winninger is battling with
his Universal bosses, who want him
for top role in "Mightier Than the
Sword" But Charlie wants rest.
He has already appeared in eight pic
Evening star., 1937-08-20

lures this year, in addition to his
weekly broadcasts :. shooting is about
to be suspended on Live, Love and
Learn for time out to write yet an
other scrip "Scotty" Fitzgerald,
l6-year-old daughter of the novelist,
finally met her hero, Fred Astaire, but
not in the way she would have pre-
ferred. She came on to the set just as
Fred was leaping off at the end OF his
dance, and they hit the dust together.
The big laugh of the week was
Gregory Ratoff, outside the theater
showing You Can't Have Everything"
declalming, This picture is the best
that has ever been made. Why? I
wrote it.
Copyright. 1887, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. lncJ
Evening star., 1937-08-20

! ! I | ] g Cnlldren.
yes" said Joan
IN an undertone.
"And I'm now on
my way to see my
lawyers" (to di-
yorce Gene Mar
KEY. Incidental
lv, Markoy is fu-
ri II S regarding
the rumOr he is
romantically in
tereSted in 81
m o ne Sim O n.
When questioned
by this writer, he
cuipped. IS u r e,
N-e're pOil0o To get
Evening star., 1937-08-20
GAS ROUTS EXTRAS

HOLLYWOOD, August 20 R).-
Three hundred extras fed choking
and gasping from sulphuric acid
fumes when a fog-making machine
on the Paramount's buccaneers" set
broke down yesterday
Forty extras we're treated for in
famed eyes and throats, and Miss
Franciska Gaal, Vienna actress play
ing the leading role, suffered slightly,
studio officials said
Among the pirate victims was Hans
Steinke, German grappler.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
ecutive secretary OF the American
Fedora tion NJ Actors

ecutive secretary Of the American
Federation Of Actors.
Getting this chance to stage a
come-back ok in the theaters is great
break for us said Whitehead. Il
think the public knows that vaude-
vile was simply crowded out of the
theaters by monopolistic practices of
financial interests. We expect this
year to defeat this old enemy"
The new vaudeville wheel will roll
through Boston. Waterbury, Conn:
Brooklyn, Union City and Newark,
N. j.: Philadelphia, Rochester. N. Y;
Toronto. Chicago. Milwaukee, St.
Louis, indianapolis. Louisville, Gin
cinnati, Detroit. Toledo, Cleveland,
Pittsburgh, Baltimore and WASHINGTON.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
VAUDEVILLE REVIVAL
SEEN IN NEW CIRCUIT
Shows Will Replace Burlesque
on 27-Week Route, With
Washinpton One Stnn

Washington One Stop.
NEW YORK, August 20 (P.-A
Nationwide revival of vaudeville,
ending dark days for jobless hooters,
jugglers. acrobats and henna- haired
sister singers. was envisioned today
by the American Federation of Actors
Chief reason for the optimism was
the announcement Of a new vaude-
vile circuit to operate on a 27-Week
schedule in 20 cities from the East
Coast to the Mississippi River.
The announcement was made after
signing of closed-shop agreement
between Izzie Hirst of the Hirst cir
cult, formerly operating burlesque
theaters, and Ralph Whitehead, ex-
Evening star., 1937-08-20
Mary Pickford Plunges
Into Business Activity
as Producer, Cosmetics Exploiter
and Radio Actress.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

oLLYWOoD August 20 NANAo.-Mary Pckford
IL her with furry that
spated in producing another picture in which she will
launching
Of
Evening star., 1937-08-20

When Joan Bennett recently gave a
talk to a women's club she was intro
duced as the mother of two charming
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-04-01
McHENRY

Theses who visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Wright and family during
Easter vacation were Orland Wright,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Savage, of Union
town, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Bateman and three children, of Swan
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Walton, Pitts
burgh, visited Miss Pearl Mclean on
Easter.
Glenn and Curtis Miller, who have
been visiting their home folk for
several days, returned to Akron, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wright and
family spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. H. E. Rodeheaver, at Deer Park.
Mrs. V. o. Bowman and daughter,
Grace, visited at the H. Bowman home
on Easter.
Mrs. Walter Hamill, Deer Park, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. George Glot-
felty, this week, and helping care for
her aged grandmother, Mrs. L. A.
Lowdermilk, who still remains criti-
cally i'll.
Roger Bond and Mrs. Earl Glotfelty
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-04-01
GORTNER

Come to the service next Sunday
morning to be conducted by the Breth-
rem in the Union chapel.
Sunday marked the forty-fourth an
niversary of the Gortner Union Sun
day school. Officers were elected as
follows: S. w. Slabach, superinten-
dent; Jacob Swartzentruber, assistant;
Mrs. Ernest Spoerlein, treasurer; Mrs.
Paul Welch, secretary. All the teachers
were re-elected-Mary Lichty, prir
mary; Albert Sisk, juniors; Jacob
Swartzentruber, girls intermediate;
Harvey Swartzentruber, boys inter-
mediate; Ernest Spoerlein, women's;
Harry Beeghley, mems class. The
school had an enrolment of 101 dur
ing the first quarter. The following
made perfect attendance S. w. Sla-
bach, Sammy and Cleda Friend, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Sisk, Blanche Grove,
Merle, Willard and Louella Swartzen-
truber. Seven others missed but one
Sunday.
Miss Dorothy Dorsey, Of Grantsville,
was weekend guest Of Mr.. and Mrs
Simon SwartZentruber.
| Irwin Yoder accompanied Roy Yo-
der, of Grantsville, to Lancaster, Pa,
where they visited several days.
Mrs. John Sisk and daughter Flor
ence and Edith Lee, of Loeb Lynn, Wis
, tied Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Lee on Sunday.
Mrs. Elmira Nicholson, Of Silver
Knob, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Roth.
Robert Dodge has been i'll for sew
eral days.
Miss Gertrude Bolyard, of Erwin,
is here for several days with Mrs. Leo
Fike.
Misses Susie Petersheim and Amelia
Yoder are visiting friends near Mey-
ersdale for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Spoerlein, Mrs.
Anna Bittinger, Mrs. Paul Welch, Mrs.
Will WEIGH and Mrs. w. E. Spoerlein
were Cumberland visitors last week.
Mrs. Roy Yoder and children, Miss
Matte Davis, Mrs. H. E. Yoder and
John Beckman, of Eglon, We're in
Frostburg and Meyersdale on Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Gortner and
daughters and Lawrence Bittinger, of
Grantsville, were at their home here
for Easter.
Miss Mary Martin, who has been in
Oakland for brief time, has returned
to her home here.
Mrs. Parker Jordan, of Benbush, W.
Va, who was injured in car wreck
three weeks ago, is now able to walk.
Mrs. Jordan is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Kitzmiller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Swartzentruber
oToI IoY1nh4o,, M0,,1x e
burg, Va, visited Mr.. and Mrs. D. L.
Swartzentruber over Easter.
John Burkholder, of Brandonville,
w. Va, spent several days last week
at Noah Schrock's.
Leo Fike, Paul WEIGH and Walter
Schlossnagle with their families spent
Easter with relatives at Erwin, Acct
dent and Loeb Lynn respectively.
DR.. Ernest Correll, of Washington,
D. c., who was mentioning at Youghi-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-04-01

were shopping in Oakland Tuesday.
Mrs. Catherine A. Frazee, who spent
the winter with her son, William Fra
zee, at Oakland, is visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Charles I. Wright.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Smith and little
son visited Mrs. Smiths mother, Mrs.
Emma Deal, on Sunday.
Mrs. Glenn Dixon and three children
visited Mrs. E. Glotfelty last week.
Eileen and Louise Glotfelty spent
the Easter vacation with their grand
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-04-01

ogheny Forest and is interested in old
German books, visited Simon Swartz-
entruber on Monday. Mr.. Swartzen-
truber accompanied DIR. Cornell to the
Lichty and Breuninger homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Yoder and chill
dren and Howard Skidmore recently
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Lichty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Swartzentruber
and sons Willard and Merle and Miss
Mary Lichty visited relatives in Ber-
lin, Pa, on Monday.
Earl and Glenn Miller, of Bloom
ington, spent Sunday evening with
Gerald Miller.
John Wengerd and family, of near
Meyersdale, spent Tuesday with their
daughter, Mrs. Jacob Petersheim.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-04-01

parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Brison Glot-
felty, at Addison, Pa.
Miss Grace Deal spent few days
of last week with Mrs. Glenn Dixon, in
Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Savage visited
Mr.. Savage's mother at Friendsville
over the weekend.
Those who visited Mrs. George Glot-
felty Sunday evening were, Mrs. H. M.
Miller and sons, Curtis, Glen, Gilbert,
and Robert.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-04-01
Death of an Infant

An infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lloyd Tasker, of Oakland, born in
Memorial hospital, Cumberland, last
Thursday, died on Sunday.
Funeral services were conducted
from the home on Monday afternoon
with burial in Oakland cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-04-01
STEAMBOAT INVENTOR.
A MARYLANDER, TO
BE HONORED

After many years, Maryland is 60
ing to memorabilia a native son who
George Washington and others recog-
nized as the inventor of The first steam
boat.
The State Historical Society is plan
ming several celebrations and will
erect marker near the birthplace of
the inventor, James Rumsey, soldier,
mechanic, and dreamer, who made
steam propel boat $50 years ago.
Rumsey was born on Bohemia Man.
or, near Warwick, Nd, in March, 1743.
A century and half ago, on December
Is, 1887, he publicly demonstrated
workable steamboat on the Potomac
river at Shepherdstown. W. Va.
Society Plans Celebration
The Rumseyan Society of West Vir-
ginia in planning celebration mark
ing the sesqui-centennial of Rumsey's
public triumph. Maryland will join in
that celebration in addition to her own
observances.
J. Alexis Shriver, secretary Of the
Maryland Historical Society, an
nounced the inscription of the marker
to be erected near Rumsey's birth
place would be as follows:
JAMES RUMSEY
The Inventor of the Steam Boat
Was Born 1743 Two Miles North
Of This Point in middle Neck"
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Showed Much Interest in
Rumsey's Experiments and
Made Him Superintendent of
"The Potomac Company"
To Erect Marker
The marker, similar to those at
other historical spots in Maryland, will
be erected by the State Roads Commits
sion. Surmounted by the Maryland
coat-of-arms, it will be of metal with
black lettering on white background.
The unwilling of the marker next
month by the Cecil County Historical
Society will mark the beginning OF
series of observances concentrating
Rumsey's contribution to science and
navigation. The Delaware Historical
Society also will participate in the
markers unwilling.
Shriver explained Washington not
only recognized Rumsey as the inven-
tor of the steamboat, but also made
him superintendent of the Potomac
Navigation Company at Shenandoah
Falls (Harper's Ferry. Washington
was president of that company.
Historical data compiled by Anita
Buchanan Speer, executive secretary
of the Rumsey Society, shows that
Washington gave Rumsey credit for the
invention in 1884, full year before
John Fitch submitted his first steam
boat plans.
Fulton Generally Credited
Robert Fulton, who is generally
credited with making the steam boat a
commercial success, submitted his first
plans a year after Rumsey's death on
December 81, 1892, the society's rec
ords show.
At that time, both Rumsey and Full
ton were in London and apparently
were intimate friends. Rumsey had
gone to England to perfect his inven-
ton but died of apoplexy on the eve
of the demonstration Of his largest
boat, the columbian Maid"
Rumsey submitted his improved
steamboat plans to Washington at
Richmond, Va, on November 8, 1874,
when he applied for and received from
the Virginia Assembly the exclusive
right to perfect his invention. He re-
ceived a similar grant from Maryland
on January %, 1875.
Washington Showed Interest
Waek;rn-Ao~Ia 1a&&a~c eho1xy hsc iVafoTe.
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Evening star., 1937-03-14
G. w. Alumni to Honor Van Week.
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIvER

vEoHIE WASHINGTON UNIVER-
SITY LAW ALUMNI will hold a
dinner Saturday at the Mayfower
Hotel, with DR.. William c. Van Week,
who is completing his twenty-fifth
year Of association with the law school
as professor and dean, as guest of
honor
Sir Wilmott Lewis, Washington cor
respondent of the London Times, will
make the principal address of the eve
ming. The Committee on Arrange
ments for the dinner includes Philip
F. Herrick as alumni chairman and
James R. Kirkland as faculty chair
man.
Two student groups will give dra-
matte performances during the week.
On friday and Saturday evenings Cue
and Curtain will present George
Shlels' Irish comedy, The New Cos
soon" at the Wardman Park Theater
and on Thursday evening the Radio
Players Will present student written
drama over Station WMAL. The
Forgotten Patriot" a drama based on
the Revolutionary War career of
James Otis, was written by John Paul
Cullen, student in the Creative
Writing Glass. 1t is the second of
four such dramas scheduled for broad
east this year.
The Department of Physical Edu-
cation for Women will hold an open
evening" Wednesday in the University
gymnasium when some of the Win
ters activities will be presented. The
program includes basket ball achieve
ment tests, individual gymnastics, a
demonstration by the women's rifle
team, demonstration of fundamen-
tails of the modern dance, and a fenc-
Ing drill The final matches of the
mixed doubles and women's doubles
badminton tournaments will be played.
Athletic awards will be presented by
Margaret Graves, retiring president of
The Women's Athletic Association.
Evening star., 1937-03-14
SCHOOLS
Continued From Page D-8.)

School of American University, 1901
F street, Betty Stephan and Jane Getz
will debate two women from Oberlin
on the affirmative of the question:
Resolved, That the Extension of Con-
sumers Co-operatives Would Con-
tribute to the Public Welfare"
DR.. Frederick J. Kelly, chairman Of
the Division of Colleges, United States
Office of Education, will deliver the
address at a tea and reception this
afternoon by the faculty of the College
of Liberal Arts of the University, at
Wesley Heights Club House for honor
students making the highest grades
during the past semester.
DR.. Arthur c. Christie, president of
the board of trustees of American
University, spoke on his impressions Of
England at meeting of the Faculty
Club Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary Lee Davis, author of
books on Alaska, reviewed one of her
latest, Far Away" at a meeting at
Fairfax Hotel Friday under auspices
of the Women's Guild of American
University. Arrangements were in
charge of Mrs. James T. Gibbs. Mrs.
Ernest H. Cherrington and Mrs. Harry
OberholSer.