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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-15
Options Sought On
Cleveland Sites

The Cleveland Metropolitan Housing
Authority has authorized four Cleve-
land real estate firms to acquire op-
tions OH several potential sites for
slum elimination projects contemplated
in cooperation with the United States
Housing Authority.
Land title surveys will be made by
two Cleveland firms. The Authority
announced that architects and en-
gineers will not be retained until
options have been obtained on several
sites.
Seven PWA cooperative construction
projects totalling $1,405,0O0 were re-
ported contemplated throughout the
state, all costing 100000 or more.
Bids will be taken soon by the Board
Of Education at Washington C. H. for
a proposed $4,000 school building
and remodelling program. A bond
issue of $1S7,CC0 has been approved,
and PWA has allocated $153,OCO for
the project.
4 school building program costing
S300,oO0 is contemplated by the Board
of Education at Lancaster. A bond
issue for the local share of the cost
will be voted upon soon, and an ap-
plicatiOn for PWA grant has been
filed.
Funds, including a PWA grant of
$9O,7C6, are available for construction
Of a new S2C0,0O0 school building, con-
templated by the Board Of Education
of Ross Township, Butler county.
School officials at Lockbourne,
Franklin county, are undecided on de-
tails of new $185,OOO school build
ing, construction of which has been
assured by bond issue and ALLEGATION
of PWA funds.
a bond issue Of 100000 will be sub
mitted to voters Of Blaine, Belmont
county, September p, to finance the
local share Of a proposed school build
ing and improvement program. A
PWA grant will be applied for.
Approval Of a bond issue and an ap-
plication for PWA assistance is
awaited by the Medina District Hos
pital Association, Medina, which is
contemplating the construction of a
hospital at an estimated cost of $120,-
600.
Re-submission of bond issue is
contemplated by the Hardin Central
Rural School District, near kenton, for
proposed 100000 elementary school
building. PWA aid will be asked in
financing the project.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-15
Mcconnell Named
Law Administrator

Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).-
Miss Katherine F. Lenroot, chief of
the Children's Bureau of the U. S.
Department of Labor, announced the
appointment of Miss Beatrice McCon-
ii to have charge of the admins
tration Of the child labor provisions of
the Federal Wages and Hours Act.
Miss Mcconnell has been director of
the bureaus industrial division since
1885. 1t is planned to enlarge the di-
vision and divide it into two parts,
one to administer the child labor pro-
visions of the new wage and hour law
and the other to continue research.
The division will be headed by Miss
Elizabeth Coleman of New York.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-15
Fletcher Appointed
Asst. Administrator
To Help Enforce Compliance
With Wdges and Hours
Law

Washington, d. C. GLNS).-Arthur
l.. Fletcher, Commissioner of Labor of
North Carolina, has been appointed as
sistant administrator in charge of en-
forcement, Administrator Elmer +.
Andrews Of the Federal wages and
hours act announced.
The southerner, praised by Andrews
as an opponent of gypsy plants seek
ing to exploit local communities for
short times and moving on" will come
to Washington to begin work about
Sept. Is. He will be responsible for
obtaining compliance with the Fair
Labor Standards Act throughout the
nation, and will cooperate with state
agencies wherever possible.
81 am delighted that Mr.. Fletcher
has consented to accept the appoint
ment," Andrews said. GAS Commits
sioner Of Labor in North Carolina, he
made a brilliant record for progress
sive and efficient administration.
Backs Aims of Act
"He has close practical knowledge
of industrial conditions and problems
confronting employers and wage earn
ers. He thoroughly understands and
realizes the results of industrial in
stability and wage earners' insecurity
"As Commissioner of Labor in
North Carolina, he spoke out against
the illusory promises made by gypsy
plants seeking to exploit local COM
munities for short times and moving
on.
"He is thoroughly in sympathy
with the aims and methods of the Fair
Labor Standards Act"
Helped Draft Model Laws
Fletcher, who has been State Labor
Commissioner since 1888, has been
active in the national labor conferences
inaugurated by Secretary Of Labor
Perkins and was chairman of the com
mittee which drafted "model child
labor law" for states to adopt.
He also has been named to com.
mittee to draft a model state wage.
hour law regulating intra-state bust
ness to supplement the Federal stat.
ute which he will enforce.
He is war veteran, charter mem
ber and past post commander of the
Raleigh Post of the American Legion
Accent Minimum Urged
Francis j. German, president of the
United Textile Workers of America
said that this organization would in
sist upon Accent minimum wage un
der the law. He said that at meet
ings recently in North and South Car
olina he had been informed by work
ers that the employers had circulated
information that it had been agreet
that 80 cents would be the minimum
wage.
"a 30-cent minimum wage," Cor
man asserted, Chased on the average
amount of working time which thu
Southern textile workers get, woult
mean an average weekly wage over {
period of time of about SO. The Act O.
Congress was designed to correct thi!
condition-not perpetuate it,"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-15
On Capitol Hill
By GEORGE l.. KNAPP

Washington, d. c. (ILNS).-"The
general level of Kentucky wages can
not be considered encouraging" says
the report on womens wages in that
state, made by the Women's Bureau
Of the Department of Labor under the
direction Of Mary Anderson. Coming
in report which finds the average
wage Of women in Kentucky laundries
to be less than 2l cents an hour, that
is distinctly mild statement.
In fact, it is about the mildest
statement | have read since Franklin
X. Lane for the ICC described the
trick by which Hartman, George
Gould and others sold bonds of the
Alton railroad and paid themselves 80
per cent dividends out Of the proceeds.
He said this was an instance of "in-
defensible financing"
/ x x
( The minimum fixed by the new Fed
eral wage-hour law is 25 cents an
hour. The Women's Bureau finds that
/ in Kentucky, two-thirds Of the women
workers in the wooden box and basket
/ industry get less than this sum. In
hosiery and candy, more than 40 per
cent Of the women workers get less
than this sum; in cotton garments, 80
per cent; and in mems furnishings and
( bakery products, the number getting
less than this new minimum standard
ranged from % to SO per cent.
According to the census Of 1880,
10000 women were "gainfully en-
ployed" in Kentucky. The Wage-hour
law will help a very considerable pro-
portion of them. 1t should be said to
kentucky's credit that the League Of
Women Voters in Louisville asked for
this report.
X X X
The Social Security Board has ap-
proved the Virginia plan for old age
relief. This makes it unanimous. Vir-
ginia held back on this matter longer
than any other state. Even now, the
state has asked a grant for old age
relief only for the month of Septem-
Der.
Probably, however, that is because
the third quarter Of the year ends with
September; and Virginia asked the
grant for the blind for that whole
quarter. Anyway, better late than
never.
X
Labor Day is one Of our most pop
ular holidays; but it is also coming
to be a rival to the Fourth Of July
as day Of sudden death. At the pres
ent writing, no less than 225 people
in the United States were killed in
highway accidents-which are 1854
per cent auto accidents-in the three
day vacation which ended with Labor
Day.
Illinois topped the record with %
such deaths; Michigan and Pennsyl-
vania followed with 20 each, and In
diana with 10.
The United States Civil Service
Bureau in Philadelphia had six un-
skilled labor jobs to give and gave
two days notice Of them. They got
, more than 1900 applications. Just
how, in the face of a happening like
that, the reactionary blather that the
"jobless don't want to work" can con-
tinue is rather more than a puzzle
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-15
TRUCK DRIVERS STRIKE ENDED

TRUCK DRIVERS STRIKE ENDED
Baltimore ULNS). - The truck
drivers strike which held up truck
traffic here for seven days has been
settled by compromise. The settle
ment was announced jointly by man
agement and strikers; and $500
drivers have gone back to work
The union conducting the strike is
the Freight Drivers and Assistants
Union, a part of the international
Brotherhood Of Teamsters, Chauffeurs,
Stablemen and Helpers, an A. F. of l..
affiliate The men had asked raise
and the company answered by propos-
ing cut.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-15

American Federation of Government
Employees is making steady progress.
With formation of four more lodges,
the organization will have 500. Lodge
No. 1876, Phoenix, Arizona, is the
latest to enter the federation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-15
MICHAEL ]. O'SHEA

Michael j. O'Shea, lifetime resident
Of East Liverpool, died in the City
hospital today at a. m. following a
several months illness.
Mr.. O'Shea, former potter, was a
charter member of,nthe National
Brotherhood of Operative Potters. He
has been employed by the Pittsburgh
Crucible Steel Co. at Midland for the
last IL years. He was member of
the st. Aloysius Catholic church.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Eliza
beth Carroll O'Shea; one son, Phillip
O'Shea and one daughter, Margaret
NJ. O'Shea, at home; one brother, Rev.
FIR. D. F. O'Shea of Mentor, O., and
three sisters, Mrs. D, w. Johnston
and Mrs. Ned Horner of Toledo and
Mrs. Della Hayes of East Liverpool.
Funeral services were held in the
st. Aloysius Catholic church Saturday
September 10 at 8 a. m. in charge of
Rev. FRI Thomas E. Walsh. Burial was
made in St. AloysiuS cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-15

There's wide difference between in
vestments that sound good and sound
investments.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-15

MICHAEL u. HELFRICH

Evansville, Ind.-Michael d. Hell
frich, II, of 2701 Mt. Vernon avenue,
National Helfrich Pottery Company
president and treasurer, died at $50
a. m. last Friday in st. Mary's Hos
pital, Evansville, Ind.
Mr.. Helfrich had been in declining
health during the past three years,
although still actively engaged in busi-
ness.
Besides heading the National Hell
frich Pottery Company, he was presi-
dent and treasurer of the Peerless
Tank and Seat COMPANY, and the
Peerless Selling Company.
Mr.. Helfrich was graduate OF
Holy Trinity School here, and attend,
ed business college in Illinois.
He was a member of the Mems SO.
ciety, st. Boniface Catholic Church.
Surviving are: the widow, Mary
Grace; brothers, Edward and Johr
Helfrich, Helfrich Lumber and Manu-
featuring Company Officials; sisters
Mrs. Anna Bray, Evansville, and Mrs
Catherine Coerver, Stanton, III.
Burial was made in Evansville Cath
olic cemetery.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-15

The dinmest lights have the most
scandal power.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-15

Demand the Union Label.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-15
HARRY LANCASTER

Harry Lancaster, SO, died last Sat
urday at the home Of his son Edgar
Lancaster, at Ais Jefferson street,
Newell.
Mr.. Lancaster, mouldmaker, was
member of Local Union No. %, n.
B. of O. P.
Born in Yorkshire, England, he came
to this country 60 years ago. He is
survived by his son and a daughter,
Mrs. Jennie Friendship in England.
Funeral services were held in the
Sacred Heart Catholic church in
Chester, Tuesday at 8 a. m. in charge
of Rev. FIR. William j. Sauer, the pas
tor Burial was made in the Locust
Hill cemetery near Chester.
Evening star., 1938-06-11

BALTIMoREIn spite of moderate retail distribution
1887 industrial sections most OF
the No wholesale of 10 to Is
cent last cutament industrial operations still
but slower rate month building permits down AZ
cent from 1887.
weather kept retail previous
1887 IL
Further which traied
Is 20 cent Employment trend continued orders to
major industries started 23
o point from Monday preceding Labor troubles hampd home
building
in
retail sales loss from 1887 dollar total varied from 10 8
cent Wholesale from 1887
volume Except for operations
Tool and die cancellation for 1888
automobile models of the confined exterior
Observation-Disclosures assemblies
for the week and the
weeks June employment SAT
KANSAS CITYHoday and rain pushed retail to 10
cent under previous weeks decline 1887
from 1887 volume extended
rains wide damage principal
from flood waters
LOUISVILIE-Unempoyed of
800 affected diy
have shut down only Kentuck operation reduced hed
ues Retail sales averaged 10 to Is less than this
Wholesale volume is to 80 smaller
Output OF farm implement makers 80 to
April &c. retail sales for the
the 1887 comparative Buying wholesale markets hesnt
proved further
the future Steel poor start
operations Monday be IT
average of 8
between 1887
rate rose from 1873 1913 Retail sales
Orders to dry goods wholesalers nearly with 1887 in units
dollar volume equaled percentage
YOUNGSTOWN-Dpte favorable weather.
per cent from the previous weeks drop from 1887 total heightened
to Is cent with the
dulness After mdwee loss of points
steel rate to be raised Monday to "a per cent.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
INDUSTRIAL RATE /.
UP MODERATELY
Rally From Previous Low
Point Registered at =
End of Week. I'D
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June 1l--Industrial
activity rallied moderately from the
previous low point this week, with sub
stantial gains in automobile output
and cotton manufacturing leading the
parade.
The Associated Press seasonally ad-
justed index, based on latest available
statistics and with 1929-30 as 100,
rose to 667 from 65.8 week earlier
and compared with 1045 last year.
Automobile production was up
sharply as Ford started his assembly
line moving again after short shut
down. Steel mill activity improved
slightly.
The big bulge in cotton consump-
ton conceded with the placement Of
huge w. P. A. order for some ST.
900 900 yards Of cloth.
Residential building continued It's
rising trend of the past three months,
touching new high for the year
approximately one-third above the
February low point An important
factor in the recent bulge, the trade
pointed out, has been the heavy ac-
ceptance of mortgage applications by
the Federal Housing Administration.
Electric power production and the
movement of railroad freight declined
after adjustment.
The index. with its seasonally ad-
justed components based on l929-30
as 100, compared as follows:
Evening star., 1938-06-11
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,


NEW YORK. June 1l.-Stock mar
ket prices shifted over an extremely
narrow range today in one of the
slowest sessions of the past 20 years.
The ticker tape barely crawled
throughout the 2-hour proceedings,
and transfers were only around 10o,-
900 shares.
A few steels. rails, coppers and spe-
cialties managed to tack on modest
gains. but a wide assortment of issues
was unchanged and minor declines
were plentiful at the close.
Many traders, foreseeing the apathy
which gripped the list. remained away
from the financial sector and the
smattering that visited the board
rooms merely nibbled on either side of
the market.
Wariness was engendered partly by
the thought anything could happen
over the week end and most specula-
tive forces desired to have the decks
clear in the event OF important news
developments.
Little If any break in the business
clouds was discerned. although some
Wall Street soothsayers continued to
look for an upward reversal in the
next month or SO as Government
mp-priming gains headway and in
ventories become exhausted
Brokerage quarters were mildly
cheered by signs from Washington
that compromise wage-hour bill, ac-
ceptable to most industrial opponents
OF the measure. would be passed and
permit Congress to adjourn But even
this failed to work up buying fever.
Rails were sustained by reports that
stop-gag legislation was being dis
cussed by administrative chieftains as
prop for ailing roads. A slight lift
in export copper prices kept stocks in
this group on balance
Wheat futures rallied at Chicago
despite the governmental forecast of
the largest crop in American history.
The total, though. was under that
OF private prognosticators. Heavy
drought damage to foreign crops was
stimulant here. presaging expand
ing exports. Other commodities tilted
higher
Imitation talked died down to a mur-
muir Notwithstanding another jump in
sterling and European currencies in
terms Of the dollar and further re-
ports of gold purchases in London.
both from American and continental
sources. Bonds were mixed.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.

Department p Of Asricgiture5 .wThe FED
steer and yearling market was considered
foe small to ene ssuSs msrsst levels sap
and the prices little changed.
Hogs 5000 @ includ,ns ,nan 4sGS rs,s. ID direct:
ersse; ssiabie supply small; strictly choice
light weights absent; scattered lots good
ls0-240 pounds, s.s5-909; part load
took isb and 500 hoIdovers; compared
week ago. good and choice barrows and
ser s an paefns soas sround ssat g up
day last week: Strictly good. choice and
prime steers and yearlings strong; spots
as well as low. good offerings closing
a:sS: sps sai sa. i ss sSSS
setting maximum break; two-way trend
also in heifers and cows; strictly dryfed
Serinss steady grassy asrns kinds 595 hn5
demand narrow on all kinds showing grass
Diet weighty bulls steady. light and me,
Siam weights 9S stseEs lowff for weet o
1880; neS G'f1 Ions s sssrllnss. light year:
nss sapply Avsa steers and seariinss. s.75-io.5o;
crop; heifer ,yearlinss to $50: practical
late top vealers, $50.
Sheep. 1000. including $500 direct:
late Friday spring lambs and old crop
clipped offerings weak to rs and more
e.50 down to. packers: clipped lambs.
5.35.6.35 mostly. For week ending Fri
day, 25,s00 directs: COMPARED Friday
last week: Spring lambs 5000 lower.
having hrst lost. substantial early gains:
old crop clipped offerings, around -I.25
ton. II 90 for natives to small killers;
closing top. 9.65; bulk Texas and Cali.
fornia rangers. S.75-10.15;. first Idahos
on Wednesday grading good averaged 76
pounds, at. 1000 straight: weeks top
cEpped lambs. S.25: bulk. 5.90-s.00; best
avatlable at close, 6.35; others downward
8 0o.37b
Evening star., 1938-06-11
O'NeiI to Head
Maryland Safe
Deposit Group
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Specta! Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. June 1l.-Brooks B.
ONeill has been elected president of
the Maryland Safe Deposit Associa-
ton, the membership of which is made
up Of Maryland banks with safe de-
posit departments.
Mr.. ONeill is assistant cashier of
the Baltimore Commercial Bank.
George H. Schmidt. treasurer. Title
Guarantee g. Trust Co. and T. Leon
ard Reeder, secretary, Union Trust Co.,
nave been elected vice presidents: Ver-
non Pittinger. auditor, Equitable Trust
Co. has been named secretary, and H.
M. Wharton. Provident Savings Bank.
has been elected treasurer.
The new Executive Committee is
made up of the officers and Norman B.
Boyle, assistant treasurer, Westmin-
ster Savings Bank, Westminster;
Charles w. johnson, assistant secre-
tary-treasurer, Mercantile Trust Co.:
A. Leroy McCardell. president, Fred
erick County National Bank, Frederick:
A. H. Troeger, assistant treasurer, Safe
Deposit 6s Trust Co. and John w.
Backer. assistant cashier, Baltimore
National Bank.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
L0CKHEED DELIVERIES
CLIMB 1O6 PER CENT
Sr ecial Dispatch to The Star.

sr ecial Dispatch to The Star.
LOS ANGELES, June 11.-sales of
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. continued
at record peak during May when
10 planes, with dollar value of ap-
proximately $746,849, were delivered.
This represents an increase of ap-
proximately 106 per cent over deliv-
cries of $362,883 reported a year ago.
Since the first of the year. the
monthly production schedule of Lock-
heed has shown heavy output of
model IA transports. This trend was
continued during May, of the 10
planes delivered being of this type.
Closely paralleling the increase vol
ume of business, the Lookheed en-
ployment figure reached a new high
Monday when a recapitulation showed
1850 persons on the pay roll. On the
same date q year ago, 1900 were
employed.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
S. E. c. ISSUES REPORT
ON MEMBER DEALINGS
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Round-lot transactions of New York
Stock Exchange members were 22.86
per cent of total exchange dealings
in the week ended May IA.
In that week the Securities Com
mission said round-lot volume of the
exchange was 4,S40,690 shares. or 80
per cent larger than volume reported
on the ticker.
Round-lot trading members ini-
tiated on the floor was 868 per cent
OF total exchange volume. while that
initiated off the floor was 3.95 per
cent.
Round-lot dealings of specialists
were l0.2 per cent of all exchange
transactions.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
D. c. STORE SALES
FAR BELOW 1887
May Volumes Show Drop
of 1916 Per Cent From
Levels Year Ago.
By HAROLD b. ROGERS.

Seven Washington department stores
showed 1915 per cent decrease in
sales during May as compared with
tail sales report made public tc6ay
by the Federal Reserve Bank of Rich
mond. for this 5th Federal reserve
district.
This is less of a decrease than that
shown for the entire 5th district, which
recorded drop of 13 per cent for the
81 reporting stores. Decrease for the
country in May was II per cent.
The seven stores in Washington dur
ing May 1887, had shown decrease
of 6 per cent from May, 1896. while
the 81 stores for the Sth district
showed gain for that same period
Of 4 per cent, as compared with a gain
for the country of per cent.
5-Month Drop Smaller.
The seven stores here recorded a
decrease in sales of per cent for the
first 1--WE months of this year. as COM
pared with the first five months of
1887, which was exactly the same
decrease recorded during the same
time by the 81 stores from the 5th
district. The $40 stores of the coun-
try, however, showed decrease Of 10
per cent for the same period.
Washington. during the first five
months of 1887. had shown a gain of
"a per cent. as compared with the
similar period in 1896, while the 5th
district gained per cent and the
country gained II per cent.
Virginia Sales Down.
The State of Virginia, with 13 stores
reporting. showed decrease from
May, 1887, to May. 1888. of 10 per
cent. During the same period Balti-
more. with eight stores reporting,
showed decrease of l48 per cent;
Charleston, w. Va, 17.2 per cent;
Huntington, W. Va, Bis per cent;
Lynchburg, Va, 1853 per cent; Norfolk,
Va, 9 per cent; Richmond, Va, SIS
per cent; Winston-Salem, N. c.. 1875
per cent, and % stores in other cities,
q decrease of l9 per cent.
May, 1898, contained only four Sat-
urdays, while there were five Satur-
days in May, 1887.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
ARGENTINE CORN CROP
LOWEST IN IS YEARS
By tie Associated Press.

os tIee ASsuCldted PRESS.
The Agriculture Department re-
ceived cable reports yesterday that the
Argentine governments second official
estimate placed that country's 1898
corn crop at 100000 bushels, the
smallest in Is years.
Such q yield. the department said,
would be about half as large as last
years crop and 46 per cent below the
average production for the 1931-36
period. The short crop was attributed
to drought.
The department said Argentina
would have an exportable surplus of
less than 100000,000 bushels, COM
pared with 270,000000 exported dur
ing the season which ended March 81.