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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-05-06
UNION LABEL
EXHIBITION
To Score Outstanding Sue
cess

Washington, D. c. (ILNS)-The A.
F. of L. Union Label and Industrial
Exhibition at Cincinnati will be an
outstanding success, despite the pres
ent business depression, Director
All available booths will be utilized
by the various firms displaying union
made products, and demonstrating
union services, Ornburn reported. The
exhibition will beld May Is to 21.
Mr.. Ornburn expressed his appre-
citation Of the splendid cooperation he
has received from industries and
manufacturers having collective bar
gaining agreements with the A F.
of L. type of labor union.
Labor and Employers to Benefit
He believes that the advertising re-
suits that will be obtained for the
union label, shop card, and button
will be mutually beneficial to the labor
union movement and the ''fair" manu-
facturers.
Every booth in the famous old
Music Hall of Cincinnati will be spar
king with elaborate exhibits of union
label and union-made merchandise, as
well as union-manned services.
Many manufacturers Of nationally
known products, upon which the union
label has never before been displayed,
now realize the great benefits that
can be derived from the union label
market, Mr.. Ornburn said. They have
learned that the twenty-five million
union label-conscious consumers with
an annual purchasing power estimat-
ed at over six billion dollars will be
a powerful force to help carry bust
ness out of its economic doldrums,
he added
Stars to Broadcast
The Union Label and Industrial
Exhibition will have many attractions
lin addition to the unusual displays of
union products and union services.
Outstanding screen and radio artists
will broadcast from the exhibition
hall, and leading orchestras of the
country will furnish music each day
and night
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-05-06
Flint Welfare Authorities
Plan to Move $4,000 Idle Men
From City to Other Localities

Flint, Mich. (ILNS) Welfare eau-
thorities here are considering moving
from Genesee county to other locali-
ties more than 10000 men who face
plants here. The mems families would
also be moved.
Faced with the prospect that all
General Motors plants will close be-
fore July for the summer, Welfare
Administrator Lewis J. Luddington
said the welfare department would be
unable to care for the increased num-
bers of unemployed.
Ludington said that under the ten
tative plan each family would be given
transportation to whatever new home
it chose. No provision had been made
for families with no choice, or those
who would prefer to remain in Flint
Employment at Low Level
"Officials Of the companies have
told u.s." Ludington said, "that all
men with less than two years of SEN
iority will be permanently out Of
work. They suggested that this plan
of moving the men and their families
to some other location was the only
way to solve the situation
Flint is the production center for
Buick, Chevrolet, Fisher Body, A-C
spark plug and other General Motors
units. In normal times G. M. plants
here employ $4,000 men, but employ
ment recently has fallen to approx
mately $4,000.
Ludington said that with 12,700
families now on welfare roles, and
with an anticipated increase Of at
least 12,300 more by July l, both Flint
and Genessee counties faced bankrupt
cy unless something could be done to
alleviate the problem.
General Movement Planned
I'VE are going to institute gem
eral movement" he said, ''in which
all the civic organizations will be ask
ed to cooperate. Already the plan
to move these families out of the
city has received the support Of the
manufacturers, the Chamber of Com
merce and other organizations.
Transportation to a new home will be
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-05-06
END BUILDING SERVICE STRIKE

New York City (ILNs)-A three
day strike of elevator operators and
other service employees in resident
clubs and furnished room establish
ments on the upper West Side, called
by Local 32-A of the Building Serv-
ice Employees International Union,
has been terminated by an agree
ment covering all but one building,
it was announced by Herbert Kali
man, president of the local.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-05-06

paid by the welfare department, Lud-
ington said.
Asked whether officials of the
United Automobile Workers Union
had been consulted on the plan, Lud-
ington said several Of them had ex-
pressed personal approval but that
the official attitude of the union was
not yet known.
Ludington said the city of Flint
already had exceeded its Is mill limit
of indebtedness and that the county
would have exceeded it by July |.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-05-06
PAY INCREASE is WON
BY ASBESTOS WORKERS

Chicago (ILNS)--A union shop, an
8-hour day and 40-hour week, time
and one-half for overtime, Sundays,
and holidays, and a substantial in
crease in pay, were among the pro-
visions of contract entered into by
the Johns Manville Corporation, man
ufacturers of asbestos products of all
descrintions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-05-06
new SOCIALSECURITY
Report Form Facilitates
Wage Account Keeping

Washington, D. G. (ILNS) A new
method of reporting wages which are
to be credited to the workers social
security account is announced by the
Social Security Board. The change is
important both to workers and en-
ployers, the board points out, and un-
ions that are subject to taxes as en-
ployers have double interest.
The new method is to require en-
ployers to report wages and social
security taxes quarterly on the same
sheet, thus providing an immediate
check on the amount Of tax paid by
the employer for himself and for his
employees. A new report form is pro-
vided which will simplify the work
Of the employer in making his re-
ports, and speed up the posting of
the workers wage credits to their
social security accounts.
Handling of Information
Under the federal old age insur-
ance system, employers are required
to report each employees name, ac-
count number, and wages, as well as
the amount of social security taxes
paid. This information, with the tax
money, goes first to the Bureau of
Internal Revenue, where it is audited.
Then the wage records go to the
Social Security Board, where each
workers wages are credited to his
particular social security account, for
use in figuring the amount Of his old
age insurance benefits when they
come due.
The first return on the new form
will cover the months of January,
February and March of this year.
New Forms Mailed
The new quarterly forms, known
as Form SS-1a, were mailed to en-
ployers three weeks ago. They take
the place Of the monthly tax return
and the six months information re-
turn, or wage-record report, which
were required of employers for 1887
on Forms SS-2 and SS-2a. Payment
Of taxes by employers will be made
quarterly when the new form (SS-1a)
is filed.
The Social Security Board says
that the new method of reporting
is especially important for operators
of small business establishments, who
usually do their own bookkeeping.
Returns for 1887 from over 100000
employers show that about 95 per
cent had 20 or less employees. Many
had only one or two employees. Using
the new form, tax returns and wage
reports will be made at the same
time.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-05-06
Green Flags l5-Hour Day For Motor
Transport as Drastic Labor Setback

Washington, D. G. ILNs) Will
liam Green, president of the Al. r.
of L., told the interstate commerce
commission that its proposed regula-
tion Of truck driving was almost in
credible and altogether bad.
Since l84o," said Mr.. Green, "for
nearly one hundred years organized
labor in America has fought for
shorter hours, for the eight-hour day.
1t was in response to this unrelenting
pressure of organized labor that
drastic curtailment of the maximum
hours of work has been achieved
throughout the American industry,
that shorter hours were written into
union contracts, and that maximum
hour legislation was enacted by state
and federal governments, including
the Adamson eight-hour law which
effectively limited hours Of work on
railroads more than twenty years
ago.
Decision Blow at Employment
"At the time when between eleven
and twelve million wage earners are
still without normal employment and
desperate efforts are being made to
spread employment through the
shortening of the hours of work, a
decision of the interstate commerce
commission giving official sanction to
a maximum Workweek of go hours
and maximum working day of Is
hours for men engaged in an occu-
patton unique for its exacting, siren
uous and admittedly hazardous char
acter, will constitute the most dras-
tic single setback experienced by
American labor throughout the en-
tire history of government supervis-
ion and regulation of Standards
Pointing out that no restraints
were placed by the ICC proposal or
uninterrupted driving time, though
such restrictions had been found nee
essary in other countries, Mr. Green
said:
"A fatigued driver is a potential
cause of accidents and a direct haz-
ard to passengers and freight carried
in his own vehicle as well as to the
public using the highway. This fact,
fundamental to this entire proceed
ing, cannot be brushed aside as is
done in the report by the use of spur
ious statistics which are alleged to
validate the fantastic contention that
the longer the drivers hours of work,
the safer the driver.
| Most Pertinent Point Overlooked
"The report overlooks the most
relevant and pertinent point in the
comparison with railroad experience,
namely, that the railroad worker
operates on closed right of-way on
which there is no other traffic and
which is not accessible to the public
Division 5 failed to focus its atten-
tion on the fact that the motor car
rier driver, in contract with the rail-
road worker, performs his work not
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-05-06

on an exclusive right-of-way but on
public highway travelled by other We
hicles and that he is in direct contract
on the roads with the daily life of
the communities through which he
passes.
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-13
SIR. JOAO CORNELIO
RETURNS

Galangue, Angola, w. Africa,
Aug. 13-It was a special treat
and an unusual opportunity for
the students at the Medical Train
ing school to have Sr. Toao Corn
clio as one of the instructors. He,
being one of the anown tribes
men was the greatest inspiration
which could have come to them.
DIR. Mcmillan was due to have
gone there for his regular six
weeks as instructor but due to the
pressing need of his attention u,
the many details in the c~onstruc-
tlon of the hospital here it was
not possible for him to go. He
chose Sr. Cornelio to substitute
for him. Sr. Cornelio was enthu-
siastically acclaimed by the stu
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-13

the Christian Catholic Apostolic
Church in Zion, in which Overseer
Noliya asks the court to deter
mino the beneficiary of the $685.
900 estate left by Mrs. Carrie
Hills, es-year-old fair-skinned wi
dow who died last March.
Named in the suit is Mrs. Cor
inne 7. lennon, grand-niece of the
deceased and also fair of skin. She
lives at the S~outhway hotel here,
is q well known social worker, and
although making no pretense at
passing is always mistaken for
white when among person of the
white race.
Tho racial identity OF Mrs. Hills
became known in 1887 when the
matter of her ability administer
ing her estate came up in Pro-
batJ court. Mrs. Tennor. is the
only relative of the aged woman
living in Chicago. Bolivia charges
in his suit that in 1881, Mrs. Hills
executed a will leaving her entire
estate to him, but that will was
destroyed and another will admit.
ted to probate last April, bequea-
thing the estate to her grand-neice
Mrs. Tnnon. OLIVIA asks the court
to set aside the second will. and
permit him to prove the existence
of tn first document.
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-13
MAKE ARRESTS IN
SHORTER COLLEGE
ROBBERY CASE
Evidence Said To Link
Churckman-School
Teacher To Shooting

Little Rock, Ark, Aug. 7 (ANP)
Police officers and church
leaders here are hopeful of an
nouneing shortly a solution of the
startling Shooting and robbery of
Presiding Elder O. Sherman on
June Z. The prominent pastor was
robbed of $4,000 belonging to
Shorter college AME institution
here, and then shot by the rob-
bera as he was conveying the
Money to his home at 802 Hickory
ST.
Three mn are under arrests,
one, Prof. w. M. Burns, described
IS til brains of the plot, and two
: theirs, men named ellison and
Iaekworth, who are said to be his
accompliees. The latter two mel
ar in jail, but Burns is a liberty
arder a $4,000 bond. All three are
residents o fFordyce, Ark, a town
car little Rock.
There is a mystical quality to
the story of the hold-up and at
tempted assassination, with rami-
dcations into church circles which
havo kept the case upon the tom
CUES OF nearly everyone here and
throughout the state. The money
was part Of an educational fund
which had been raised during the
presiding elders coucil held al
Bethel ehruch in North Little
Rock. The funds were turned over
to Rv. Sherman who is chairman
OF tn finance committee of tbs
school for transportation to his
home for safe keeping at the close
of the evening meeting. and were
to have been banked o nthe follow.
ing day.
, As Rev. Sherman drove into the
driveway of his home, enc of the
two mr. who had been following
the took the grip containing
tho mdney from him at the poin'
OF a gun and fired point blanl
at his head. The bullet entered on
side of his neck emerging on th'
other side, but the plucky minis
ter though weak from loss of bloc,
followed the robbers in a zig zas
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-13
Religious Conference -
Gives Bishop Honors

Fort Smith, Ark, Aug. Is
(ANP)-A spark thrown from a
speakers address during the Youth
Council session of the Religious
Congress in session here Thurs
day led into a wild demonstration
of appreciation and approval of
Bishop H. Y. Tookes in a spontan-
eoug movement, the delegates and
visitors rose to their feet and be-
gan to sing and march about the
church as n tribute to the presid-
ing bishop.
Tho youth councils band swung
into action and for an hour Bishops
Grant and Gregg, who were al
ternato presiding officers, did net
attempf to quell the splendid de-
monstration which greeted their
fellow bishop. Flowers were pre-
scented in the name of Bishop and
Mrs. Tookes, who was detained at
the bedside of her i'll mother, and
were actf pied by Mrs. Garrett
Tookes Lamb, his daughter. On
petals of the flowers were pinned
dollar bills, r for each year of
the Bishops life, Sc.
Equally unprecedented was
introduction by a young woman
a. a resolution endorsing Editor j.
II. Claybsrn of Arkansas for the
bishopric in 1910. No rative born
Arkansan has ever won a seat in
the bishopric, and the resolution
was adopted with fervor by the
largo assemblage.
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-13

interruption IN the service. Much
OF the int r'or decorating and
painting have already been done.
Amid the hum and buzz Of planes,
tha swish Of saws, the ring Of
hammers, the smell Of fresh paint
and the happy laughter Ct ready
attendants elsaring the deck for
action, we tr~arsfered patients,
moved and set Up equipment,
scrubb d some floors and polished
others, exarine new corners,
gavo cut medicine dressed
wounds, held teaching clinics and
demonstrated to anxious mothers,
tn. proper care Of babies. And in
less than three weeks we did more
thar thirty major operations in the
NV center.
There is a difference in work
N this well appointed hospital.
It is CHEEKY to both patients and
attendants. There is organization
in its every detail. Order, clean-
lincss and actor are the qualities
which characterized it during the
years in the cid building and now
in this new center it is continuing
in the same manner, but certainly
with added zest and determine
ton.
The spirit ard influence of this
whole medical program are far
reaching factors in Angola and
the new structure, as stated in
previous i%ssuse, typifies that spi-
ri;.
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-13

dents for his clear and clean cut
explanations.
w are unusually proud of Sr.
Ccrnelio. He is studious, unt'ring
and effiient. He was trained here
inquiry into pathology, bacteria
in the old hospital. His sarching
logy and parasitology is Unsuitable.
In his early years he apprenticed
under a native witch doctor ana
later turned to modern scienti-
fic medicine with all the pent up
passion of a lifetime let loose. In
the new civilization which has
crowded in upon the native Sr.
Ccrnelio is one native who is GER
tainly able to stand alone.
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-13

quarters in Chicago, this week an
naunced through Mrs. M. M. L.
thy ard they alone were sponsors
of the proposed legislation.
"The bill sponsored By Sen. Bill
l. is the work of our organiza-
fion," Mrs. Gordon said. She de-
elar.d the Peace Movement is six
years old, that on Nov. Is, 1888
40c, 900 signatures wer sent to
President Roosevelt with a request
that we he sert back to Africa
that Preside ! Barclay Of Libra
favors the plan, and tina t every
governor, senator and representa-
tive, as we'll as leading newspa-
pers had b en- cororialized en- the
matter.
"Sen Bilbe brought our plan to
t. the senate on last Jan. 81 in
his fight against the anti-lynch-
ine bill" Mrs. Godrsn said. "and
TO Sen. Bilbo, alone with our
on Feb. 7 a letter written by US
memorial was read by the Sena-
tor on the floor of the senate"
Since then, the executive presi-
dent, said The Mississippian has
worked with the Peace Movement
and in a recent communication
told her, 81 wish it were possible
to have a petition of four or five
m 'llion to present to the next ses-
session of congress at which l will
present my repatriation prograc
i FULL
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-13
chase about Little Rock Streets
until he lost them.

Three weeks later a cue devel-
cped which led to the arrest of
Burns, ellison and Duckworth. The
latter two confessed that they had
plotted with Burns to commit the
robbery and testified that the mon
ey had been turned over to him
after their escape.
Prof. Burns IS a principal in a
rural school mar Fordyce mad has
been 2 prominent layman in the
AME church. He was a delegate
to tho last AME General confer
ence held in New York in 1886,
He had for some years been a
~professed friend CT Rev. Sherman,
and was "a former student at the
school. These connections are all
eyed to have given him an insight
into the methods of handling the
schools money. He is alleged to
have hired ellison, an expert
chauffeur and Duckworth, a casual
laborer, to CORY cut the details
OF the crime, promising them a
shar, OF the proceeds they said in
their confession.
Observers close to school ard
church authorities say hat it is
hoped the trial VIII clear up GER
tain peculiar angles of the case.
The question aris-s as to who
tipped off Burns that Rev. Sher-
man had custody of the money. On
~ presiding elders were inside the
meeting at the. There is curiosity
also where Burns, who was said to
be financially embarrassed, was
able to raise the $500 to pay the
bonding company which went his
bail, the $3.50 cash which he paid
his lawyer and the $50 which it is
reported he paid to secure his re-
lease from Jail before the formal
charges were filed against him.
Bishop Tookes, prelate of the
Episcopal church has pledged the
powr of his office and the re-
sources of the connection to clari-
fy the matter and if possible to
secure the return of Shorter col
lege's funds. Efforts are being
made to get the case set for the
next court session on August %
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-13

and continuing through the follow
ing Saturday night. More than
one hundred characters in the all
star cast will bring music, swing
and classical, tap dancing, vaude-
vile and other highlights of enter
tainment to the open-air throngs.
A two hundred-foot platform
equipped with three revolving
stages and elaborate scenery pro-
vides the setting of an amphi-
theater.
Ak-Sar-Ben has arranged for
this all-week night program to
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-13

Here, high in the sky, is Miss
Bobby Jeanne, THE Rocket Girl
as she is shot 90 to 60 feet in the
air 10 land in the arms of her two
catchcrs. Bobby Jeanne is the only
show girl in the world to perform
this death-defying stunt without
the use of a life net.
This act, from Soaring High
will be the finale of a fast-moving
program, Market Week Festival, >
to be staged in front of the grand
stand at Ak-Sar-Ben field begin
ming Monday night, August q,
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-13
Cannon Ball Girl Will Defy Death
To Thrill Throngs at Ak-SarBens
Gigantic Market Week Festival Aug. II

provide the people OF Nebraska
and western Iowa a medley OF
entertainment before seer
in the middle west. The show
appeals to the classes and tho
masses-something for everybody
men, women and children.
Admission prices are at a popu.
lar scale with reserved grandstand
seats selling at 80 cents and $1.10
box seats at $1.65 and unreservec
grandstand seats only 55 cents
Children under IA will be admitted
for only % cents.
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-13
MEDICAL CENTER
IS NOW OCCUPIED

Galangue, Angola, w. Africa,
Aug. 13-E'ery department of our
worE. has row ben transferred to
the new structure. We moved into
tho new Willis F. Pierce Memorial
hospital with hardly q ripple of
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-13
CHURCH HEAD
SEEKS ESTATE OF
AGED WOMAN

Chicago, Aug. IS (ANP)-A
cours case attracting unusual at
lention here is the suit filed last
week in Circuit Court by ilbur
Glenn Voliva. general overseer of
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-13
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CHICAGO GROUPS CLAIMS
RESPONSIBILITY FOR
BILBo'S PLAN TO DEpORT
NEGROES

Chicogo, Aug, II amp
jealous Of a Detroit group which
claims the glory Of backing the
efforts Of Sen. Theodore Bilbo
of Miss. to send at least 100000
Negroes hack to Africa, the
Peace Movemc4t of Ethiopia, a
Negro organization with head
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-23
WORCESTER Still SHORT
in SALES OF XMAS SEALS

The receipts of the Christmas Seal
Sales amount to $725.85; the amount
received this week to date, Wednes-
day, was $1,000 from the following
committees:
Snow Hill, $4,000; Pocomoke City,
$23.6O; Berlin, $19.98; Stockton $500;
Ocean City, $500; Whaleyville, $3.50;
Coulbourne, $4.25; Bishop, $2.85; Cir
dletree, Sill; Newark, LOO.
Those contributing from Pocomoke
City are as follows: Mr.. A. w. Flax,
Mrs. Granville Adams, Mr.. William
T. Lewis, Mrs. J. NJ. Crockett, Mr.. M.
A. Taylor, Mrs. Lemuel P. Merrill,
rM. Fred u. Henderson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chester Young, Mr.. w. H. Merrill, Jr.,
Mrs. Emma Redden, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Twilley, Judge James M.
Crockett, Mr.. Asbury p. Beauchamp,
Mr.. Harry Bishop, Mr.. Frank Bishop,
Mr.. J. Scott Porter, Mr.. C. E. Byrd,
Mr.. N. J. Lewis, Mr.. E. P. Matthews,
Mr.. Francis Redden, Pocomoke Col
ored School, per w. E. Henry, Supr.
Those contributing from Stockton
are as follows: DR.. w. A. Taylor, Mr..
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-23
CHRISTMAS SfBONUS
FOR PENNEY EMPLOYEES

A special Christmas bonus will be
distributed during the week before
Christmas to over 10000 employees
of the J. C. Penney Company includ-
ing those in Pocomoke City, Mary
land. The company's Board of Direc-
tors voted the extra 1888 remunera-
tion in recognition of the associates
service and loyalty during the year.
Those who have been associated
with the Penney Company in any of
its stores, offices, or warehouses for
one full year on the date the bonus
is distributed will receive two weeks
extra salary. Those who have been
with the company for shorter periods
will receive payments commensurate
with their length of service.