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Evening star., 1938-10-07

Born in the year 1886, James Hol-
man became a lieutenant in the
Royal Navy. Unfortunately, he lost
his sight at Is while in service off
the coast of Africa. At this point
Holman was forced to readjust his
whole life and career.
Holman began travelling and Wis
tied France. Italy, Russia, Siberia,
Poland, Austria. Saxony, Prussia and
Hanover. There he saw, through the
words of others. beautiful and exotic
lands and people of whom he could
write.
On later voyages made alone, Hol-
man visited nearly every country in
the world, and wrote fluently of EACH
His travel books were long In popular
demand
william Penn Jailed.
A good Quaker was William Penn,
whose religious belief would not per-
NIT him to recognize any loyalty by
acts of subservience.
Accordingly, Penn was arrested and
Jailed in 1670-for refusing to doff
his hat in the presence of royalty.
Under the Conventicle Acts he was
tried, conducting his own trial, and
was found not guilty on grounds of
an illegal indictment.
Evening star., 1938-10-07
Winning Contract

BY THE FOUR ACES.
David Burnstine. Merwin D. Maier.
Oswold Jacoby. Howard Schenken.
worlds leading team -four,
inventors of the system that
has beaten every other
system in eXistence.)
Evening star., 1938-10-07

The Four Aces will be pleased to an
swer letters from readers If a stamped
3(c), self-addressed envelope is inclosed
with each communication addressed to
If you desire the pocket outline of the
Four Aces system of contract bridge.
send with your request to the Four Aces,
self-addressed, large-size envelope, and
you will receive an outline without any
charge.
Evening star., 1938-10-07
STAYS to See Daughter Wed.

After being welded in Green Lane,
England, DR.. Albert B. Cocker waited
for an hour in the church to give
his daughter in marriage.
Evening star., 1938-10-07

Just glance at South's hand. Actu-
ally his opening bid is completely un-
sound, and yet he not only opened with
one heart, but promptly rebid at his
first opportunity. Of course, his part
ner did finally raise him to three
hearts. But we really don't see how
South could continue to game with
any justification. Four hearts Is not
a lay-down. Nevertheless there is a
very good play for game, and as the
cards were distributed, it was easily
Evening star., 1938-10-07
Sneaton Estate on Block.

Sneaton Hall estate, covering 1900
acres and including all the villages Of
Sneaton, England, Is offered for sale.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
CUT IN NEW YORK RELIEF
ROLLS is CANCELLED

New York City QLNS).-A great
sigh of thankfulness came from some
thousands Of WPA workers and the
local administrative officers when
Lieut.. Col. Somervell, WPA admins
trative chief for New York, received
the following telegram from Washing
ton:
"Our current reports throughout the
nation would indicate that we are go
ing to get reductions through WPA
workers entering private industry to
an extent which will make it unneces-
sary for you at this time to discharge
workers certified for relief. For the
present, reduction in New York City
will be effected by not replacing those
who get jobs in private industry or
leave the WPA for other reasons. You
are authorized to cancel dismissal no
tices issued in order to accomplish re-
duction."
Mayor La Guardia is thus relieved
of the added burden of at least 1000
workless workers whom he expected
to be added to the city's load.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
HALLMARK OF SAFETY

IN great laboratories, technicians and engineers
are working day in and day out to help make
your home safe from fire.
The Underwriters Laboratories, which was pi-
oneered and is supported by the National Board of
Fire Underwriters, carries on an endless list OF
fire prevention activities. The laboratories are
purely non-commercal. They earn no profit. No
manufacturers goods are given preferred treat
ment. All that counts in tests conducted in these
is the resistance to fire of any article
or material.
Someone comes out with new roofing mater
ial for which ''fire-proof' claims are made-the
prove or disprove those claims Some
one advises new electric iron or motor-the la
boratories decide once and for all, by scientific
methods and not guess work, just how safe they
are. Nothing is taken for granted.
Once the tests are completed, articles and ma
terias that successfully pass the rigorous exami-
nation given, are labeled approved" And this
seal of approval of the Underwriters Laboratories
has come to be regarded as hallmark of safety
by wise buyers Many buyers refuse to purchase
articles which unable to obtain this vitality
important safety endorsement.
The result of all this is safer America. And
still the work goes forward-to make our homes
and places of work safer yet.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
ATTACKS PROFIT SHARING

Washington, D. G. NS).-Testi-
flying before the Senate Committee,
John l.. Lewis put the CIO squarely
against profit sharing as substitute
for or a refuge for capital from col
lective bargaining.
"Profit sharing is a delusion and a
snare so far as modern industry is
concerned" he said.
He said that labor cannot take part
lin management, and therefore should
not be asked to take the consequences
Iof bad management, resulting in poor
or no profits. He went on:
"Labor's dsillusioned experience in
regard to profit. sharing plans has
been that they have been used as de-
vice to avoid the payment of an i'm
mediate decent wage and made labor
dependent upon haphazard industrial
and financial policy of management.
Labor cannot eat or live on hopes
Iof participation in profit sharing
plans. Consideration of plans of
profit sharing between employers and
,cmployes presupposes the existence of
profits to be distributed. However, la
Dor has not been afforded in the past
any opportunity to participate in the
affairs of management which may re-
suit in either profit or loss.
"The price policy and volume of
production of any corporation, to men,
,tion but two determining factors in the
question of profits, are never negoti-
Iated with the labor unions represent
ling the employees"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
TAXES WILL BE OPPOSED

Washington, D. C.-Congress is
doggedly determined against the levy
ing of processing taxes to finance an
AAA program according to informa-
tion received from reliable sources.
The incorporation of these levies in
the regular tax law which are to be
technically divorced from the farm
program has the approval of Secretary
Wallace, it is said. This procedure
for putting the levies across is sup
posed to short circuit the objection,
which caused the Supreme Court to
throw out the original AAA. Reliable
information indicates that Congress
ional opposition is strong enough to
cut-short the short-circuiting. How
lever, it is admitted that it will be es-
lsentlal to levy new taxes in some form
to cover at least part Of the programs
lcost.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
SHEET METAL WORKERS
HEAD DIES SUDDENLY

Washington, D. c. QLNS).-John
]. Hynes, president Of the Sheet Metal
Workers International Association,
died suddenly in Washington on the
last day of November. There was no
preliminary or warning illness. The
body has been taken to Boston, and
the funeral was held Sunday after
noon, December 4, from his residence
at SIS Newton Street, Chestnut Hill,
Massachusetts,.
He has been president Of the Sheet
Metal Workers International Associa-
ton since 1913; and as early as 1906,
was president of the Central Labor
Union of Boston.
He was born October 25, 1872, at
st. Johns, Newfoundland; but his
schooling was in Boston, where he
lived. He was delegate from the
American Federation of Labor to the
British Trade Union Congress in
1919, and to the International Trade
Union Congress at Amsterdam in the
same year.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
YOUR WAR

WEEP the fifth man alive!" That is the slogan
- which is now being employed in drive to
reduce the normally heavy winter automobile ac-
cident toll by at least 20 per cent.
If the United States can keep up the pace set
in the first ten months of the year, the 1888 death
toll will be 5000 less than 1875. We are in the
midst of the crucial period now. December is al
ways bad month. And, looking into next year,
January, February and March, with snow, ice and
short days, constitute a period of maximum haz-
ard
The organized safety movement has reached a
high point of efficiency. The technique of accident
reduction has been amazingly perfected. Sporad-
ic, desutory, localized safety campaigns have
proven almost worthless. Instead, the safety ed
ucation movement, supported by state govern
mentS and numerous commercial and nOn-Commer-
cial groups is attempting, with high degree of
success to reach every motorist every day
Thus, the safety experts are doing all they can
and they are doing the biggest and best job in
their history. The rest-and this is something
you can't repeat too often--is up to the motorist
and the pedestrian. The safety workers can offer
you advce--but they can't open your ears and
eyes if you insist on being deaf and blind. They
can show YOU the road to safety-but they can't
make you take it.
This war is your war 1t is being fought to
save your life, the lives of your friends and fam
lies, your property. Enlist in it now
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
"WALL STREET JOURNAL" is RIGHT

WfIEN a labor paper can Whole -heartedy APP
w prove doctrine vigorously championed by
an organ of Big Business thatt news. Well
here's an example:
Discussing various proposals put forward in
the name Of national preparedness the "Wa
Street Journal says:
''In considering the program or programs that
will be submitted to it in the coming session, Con
gress will do well to distinguish sharply between
"a time of war and a time of preparedness for de-
fenSe.
TO put the matter bluntly, we want no wal
conditions imposed upon our citizens in advance of
the arrival of war. We can perfectly we'll accomp-
lish the task of national defense with minimum
of disturbance to our liberties. 1t should be the
job of Congress to see that this minimum is not
exceeded"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
INDIVIDUAL LABOR
CONTRACTS BANNED

New York, N. Y. (AFLWNS).-Jo-
seph H. Meyer e. Bros, manufacturers
of artificial pearls, jewelry, ETC., here,
were ordered by the National Labor
Relations Board to disestablish the
collective bargaining committee of
Joseph H. Meyer & Brothers, Inc, and
"to personally inform in writing each
of it's employees that individual en-
ployment contracts with the company
will be discontinued as term or con-
dition of employment and will not be
enforced" During the busy season ap-
proXimately 500 persons are employed
at the Brooklyn plant.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08

1t is an odd but enlghtening fact that of the
rs per cent who vote against civil service very
large fraction explains it's vote by saying that "re
lief may not have to be permanent, but putting it
under the civil service would make it permanent. y
"A somewhat smaller fraction wants the whole re-
lief business turned over to local and county Off
cials. In other words, Uncle Sam would furnish
the money, for he is the only person who can do
it, and the city and county bosses would distribute
lit.
AS for those who think that universal and
steady employment in private industry are Gust
around the corner" as certain ex-president used
to say of prosperity, they might as well be left to
their dreams. That state of affairs is and should
be our goal; but prophet tell when it will
be reached.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
NORRIS is AT 1T AGAIN

SENATOR NORRIS, of Nebraska, the only living
~ man who has put through an amendment to
the u. S. Constitution is considering the introduce
ton in the next Congress of proposal he has Of
fered before, namely, that it shall take a 6 to 3
vote in the Supreme Court to invadate an act of
Congress-.
Labor has no objection to such change. In
fact the last minimum wage law to be knocked out
in the court and the first railroad retirement act
met their death by vote of 5 to 4. 1t has been
well said that several reforms are on the statute
books only because certain Justice of the Su-
preme Court changed his mind.
Labor has an important part in electing a Con-
gress, and usually no part whatever in choosing a
judge for the Supreme Court. 1t won't hurt or dis
appoint labor little bit to have the Norris plan
go through.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
MRS. HAHN DIES

MRS. ANNA MARIE HAHN heard the decision
~ of Governor Davey not to interfere with her
execution Tuesday and exclaimed, "Oh my God!
didn't think he would do that to me-"
Four eldery men and probably three others
died because they didn't think Mrs. Hahn could be
low enough and mean enough to kill them for a
few patry dollars. Although she tried by a
jury and found guilty of murder, by her words she
seemed to place the whole blame for her execution
upon the shoulders of the retiring Governor Any
other decision would have been extremely uni ust
as long as this State believes in capital punish
ment
Mrs. Hahn, in asking for mercy based all her
pleas on the supposition that it would be helping
her fine son. How such woman could be anything
but hndrance to young man can not be seen.
She should have kept her sons welfare in mind be-
fore she started to deliberately plot the death of
her victims.
We constantly reminded of the many
things children owe to their parents Perhaps this
will serve to remind us that parents owe some
thing to their children in addition to birth.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
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: IN THE NEWS :
+ ALES HRDLICKA I
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Did you ever know a gentleman
whose name is "White Dove?"
He is one of the best known men
in Washington in scholastic and scien-
tiic circles; and he keeps his Czech
name of Gales Hrdlicka,' the sur
name meaning "white dove" in the
Czech language. There is story that
his ancestors got it in the old country
because of their local services as peace
makers.
Anyway he is one of the small
handful of the great ethnologists of
America; and Technology" means the
study of men and particularly the
races of men. He is man Of mar
vellous variety of information and of
the most vigorous mind, among other
titles he is an M. D. and licensed to
practice medicine.
For the last thirteen years, this
man, now So years old, has been ex-
ploring Alaska, and the Aleutian Is
lands, and the Behring Sea for traces
of early man-and has found them in
abundance. He has made 10 extended
expeditions-is just back from one Of
them-in every one Of which he has
faced hardships and dangers that
might daunt a venturesome young
ster; from cold, especially on land !;
from treacherous currents at sea !;
and everywhere from the treacherous,
unpredictable, all embracing fog.
This last trip, he was suddenly
banked in fog in little boat with
an outboard motor, and "blind he
groped through the whirling white,
and blind to the bay again"
He is the accepted authority on the
culture and races of all the primitive
peoples of the northwest of North
America; and while no cash will be
derived from his searchings, there are
other dividends from exploration than
those of money.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
THE UNION LABEL, TELLS

THE wage-hour act does not require goods to be
given label showing that they have been
made in accordance with this law. Most people
knew this already; but statement from the Of
flee Of the Administrator of the act should remove
all doubts And this statement certifies once again
to the service which the union label trades are
rendering to the cause of decent wages and work
ing conditions
Goods bearing a union label do not need anoth-
er label that they are made in compliance with the
wage-hour act. The union label proves that and
more. Unions where they had the power, antci-
pated the law, and went beyond it years ago.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
CHRISTMAS ALMOST HERE

THERE are just two weeks left in which to do
your Christmas shopping. If you haven't al
make certain you visit the stores the first part of
next week. In addition to finding better selection
of merchandise than you will later on, you will no.
tice that the sales people still enthused over
the goods and will take great pleasure in showing
them to you. Being only human, they will show
ragged nerves during the last-mnute rush.
If you live in the East Liverpool district, visit
the stores that have shown preference for your
business by advertising in THE HERALD. These
are the finest stores in town and have proved
themselves friends of the potters. Not only do
they advertise in the potters' paper, but they are
always first to support any drive sponsored by the
potters, such as the "Buy American campaign.
You will also find these stores proudly displaying
the Made-In-America label on their goods, and the
union stamp will be there, too
The postman should not be forgotten, either.
Let's make his Christmas more pleasant by light
ening his load the last couple of days.
Shop and mail early this year!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
PATMAN CHAIN TAX FLAYED

Milwaukee, Wis.-Delegates to the
annual convention of the National AS
sociation Of Real Estate Boards, rep
resenting $4,000 members from 445
federated bodies, which met recently in
Milwaukee, condemned Congressman
Wright Patman's "death sentence"
chain store tax proposal as measure
which would bring economic chaos
to all American trade, commerce and
industry" The Association decision to
condemn the proposed measure was
voted after the Board heard Patman
plead for his own legislation, and
Paul II. Nystrom, Professor of Mar
keting at Columbia University, pre-
sented facts in opposition.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
DICTATORS ARE LUNATICS, SAYS SHAW
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW. the extraordinary

" Irshman who, in his eighties, still possesses
one of the keenest minds in the world, has unique
plan for dealing with Hitler and Mussolini.
"It is quite simple he insists. "The League of
Nations assisted by an international staff of ex-
pert psychiatrists, should at once determine wheth
er the anti-Semite measures taken by Germany
and Italy legitimate legislation or the subject
of problematic phobia.
eff the report of the committee of the subd-
vision of the League is for phobia, the Fuehrer
and the Duce will have either to cancel the meas
ures or stand before Europe as certified lunatics.
This is position which no leader can afford"
Shaw admits that his plan will not be adopted
because all countries have doubtful records in
treating their own minorities." That's an unfor-
tunate fact that most of us are inclined to over
look.
Yet it remains true that persecution of any
group by any nation is madness and will even
tually react on the prosecutor.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
! COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

The strike of French workers as a
protest against the policies of the
government has failed more complete
ly than even the correspondents on
the ground believed possible. Fo1
this, there are three main reasons.
First and foremost, the patriotism
of French workers; and their keen ap-
probation of the dangers to their
country in the present situation of
Europe.
Second, the power vested in the
French government to call strikers to
the colors; and thereby shift their al
legiance from union or party to mill
tary officers. Many years ago, a rail
road strike in France was broken in
this fashion; and Premier Daladie1
used it here. Those workers engaged
in hospitals and in transporting food
were expressly exempted from the
strike call.
Thirl, the French workers have not
been able, as yet, to agree on pro-
gram of reform. They agree pretty
we'll on what they don't want; but they
are not united on the practical ques-
tions of what they do want and what
they will call for first.
x X x
When the French railroad strike
was broken half generation ago, the
government in power was wise enough
to grant the strikers shortly after
wards most of the benefits they had
sought to win by striking. 1t is de-
voutly to be hoped by every worker in
every country that Daladier will show
the same wisdom, in even larger de-
gree.
Under the French mobilization law
all mobilized workers who refused to
tend their jobs would be tried for de-
sertion or insubordination by military
courts. AS soldiers, they would be sub
ject to long prison terms if found
guilty of such offenses. Those who
did not refuse would be receiving sol
diers' pay and breaking their own
strike.
Such fate awaits American work
ers it the Industrial Mobilization
of the War Department which has
been drafted carefully over a period
of years is permitted to go through
Congress, many labor men fear. Pro-
viding for a draft of manpower be-
tween the ages of 1S and 81, the plan
seemingly would regiment labor and
would set up controls over the entire
country tantamount to a military die
tatorship. Several attempts to enact
sections of the plan through the Hill
Sheppard and May bills have met with
defeat but there is no assurance that
they will not be reintroduced in Con-
gress next year.
Should that be tried, the recent
happenings in France stand out as a
warning to American workers that
they must fight against any attempt
to legislate civilian mobilization plans
in peacetime, trade unionists say
Adoption by Congress of the War
Departments Industrial Mobilization
Plan, in whatever form it may take
must be vigorously opposed and pre-
vented, they contend.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
CIVIL SERVICE IN FEDERAL RELIEF

THERE is no cause for surprise in the fact that
the Gallup poll shows a 3 to vote in favor of
Harry Hopkins proposal to put Federal relief ad-
ministratve personnel under civil service There
is ground for wonder that Democrats and Repub-
licans, WPA workers and outside voters, vary only
very few per cent. The explanation is that three
quarters Of the American people see that some
thing like the WPA is going to last long time.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
WHAT NEXT?

An electric heater to keep rail
way switches free from ice and
snow has been invented. The
heater is sealed to prevent en-
trance of moisture and is per-
manently installed under the rail.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
THE SIGN OF THE 'POSSUM

"Got your Christmas turkey yet,
Uncle Mose?"
81 know whar dey's one ter be got"
replied the old man, "but Use gwine
out ter try an git 'possum fust. Eff
de good Lawd He send dat 'possum
my way, Ill know dat it amt right
for me ter hab turkey"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08

The savage is pretty close to the surface in
most of us; witness our American lynching par
ties But never before in supposedly civilized
land has a government urged and encouraged it's
people in mob violence and murder. That is what
makes the Nazl regime stand apart.