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must be on his way by now.
 "The Morning Eagle phoned in that he took off at ? bells to the dot" Mac said. That would make 1t 5 o'clock here. Probably won't get anything more until Wichita. You'd better grab off a little sleep for yourself, Jackie"
 Jackie shook her head. She knew that would be impossible. She was so keyed up that all her nerves were like taut wires. Day was breaking now in the east, turning the sky into brilliant spectacle, and miles away Roger was steadily climbing up, up up into that other world where there was no night, no day, where the stars shone always.
 She settled herself for a long wait and she did doze little. There was very little local activity at the field yet, so that only an occasional message flashed into the tower. Once Mac talked to pilot who wanted taxi on hand for pass enger when they landed. Mac said he would attend to it, then kidded bit, much as one would over ones telephone at home. That's service for you," he said to Jackie. Order your cab a hundred miles away in the air!"
 How high do you suppose Roger is noW?" Jackie asked. She could not promote an interest in anything else.
 She had not much more than asked her question when a boy came up from the teletype room to bring her message. It was the first direct relay from Rogers ship. It had been sent to the De- partment of Commerce at Wichita.
 Estimate position 50 miles east" - Jackie read. Altitude 35 thousand. Everything okay."
 "Whew!" Mac let out long whistle. That answers your ques- tion. He is flying high, isn't he? I expect he'll settle on that alti- tude for his cruising speed. Let's see," he consulted his watch; tits 7:45 - he's been more than two hours on his way"
 Everything okay," Jackie re- peated to herself. Some of her tension lessened. This waiting really was no fun. Not that she had any doubt but that Roger would come through, breaking all records. But waiting was always a sort of slow torture.
 
 She wondered if Beryl were wait ing somewhere, standing by, too. She
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would be listening to the messages now as Roger sent them out. But Jackie would be in at .ne finish which counted most. Jackie won- dered if Beryl could retain her usual enviable poise through these long hours.
 It was another full hour before the boy brought anc:ner message It was much the same as the first Tt will be couple of hours, ] expect" Mac said, before we can hope to pick up Rogers call let ters. Why don't you run along and get yourself some good hot coffee, Jackie? And, if you don't mind, you might bring me back some, too"
 Jackie did not care whether she ate or not, though she knew tha; was silly. She hated to leave the tower for even short while She wanted to be on hand for Roger s first message. It was fascinating i too, listening to the different mes- sages that were coming in steadily now since the mornings schedules had begun. She could imagine those other planes circling for their landings, or waiting to take off, as plainly as though she could see them on the fielc beneath her eyes. But, since there would not be any word from Rogers plane for some time, she decided to take ! Macs suggestion.
 She knew that the next two hours would be the longest, the most difficult, she would ever ex- perience.
 It was fortunate for Jackie that she thought that>
 (TO Be Continued)
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CR AMssJM CRACKERS

One word in each of the follow ing sentences is either spelled in- correctly or is ungrammatical. Can you spot it?
 1. Twelve crows were sitting on a fence, and each were sound asleep. 2. The women agreed that it would be necessary to mediate their differences.
 3. The ancient Egyptians writ ten communication consisted of hierogliphics.
 1. One of the seven inter mediaries who were chosen don't enjoy the task.
 s. The cook, the sailor, and the entomogolist all stayed late, but the latter fell asleep.
 Solution on Back Page
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DILLON CONDUCTS
 ALIEN EXAM HERE
One Hundred and Sixty five to Be Naturalized
 Wednesday

One hundred and sixty five aliens, natives of a large number of foreign countries, will be natural ized as citizens of the United States at session of the court of common pleas here next Wednesday. Exam nations will be conducted by Ex- aminer John Dillon of Hartford, with Judge Edward J. Finn and Judge Miles F. McNiff presiding, Clerk William M. Gillette will ad- minister the oath of allegiance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14

CTAUNCH patriot, Thomas Jeff O ferson first incorporated the ideal of colonial freedom in a daring document he wrote in 1774, "A Summary View of the Rights of British America" The Crown replied, naming him in bill to punish sedition, but it was. too late-the pamphlet had spelled virtual independence.
 So Jefferson was chosen next:tc draft the colonies formal answer to Britain's "conciliatory proposi- tions." But in the winter of 1775- 76 it became increasingly plain there could be no conciliation. IT, June the Continental Congress considered resolution to break with England and soon after Jeff ferson was chosen to write a re- port embodying the spirit of the resolution.
 That report, formally adopted July 4, 1776, was the Declaration of Independence. It was adopted substantially as written by Jeffer- son, except for two verbal changes suggested by Franklin and Adams, Author of the Declaration, Jeffer. son is shown below on the 5-cent buff and brown stamp of 1861, re- produced slightly more than one and one-half times actual size. Copyright. 1898, NEA Service, Inc:
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CAST OF CHARACTERS

JACKIE DUNN - heroil;e; she wanted to fly.
 ROGER BRAECKNER - hero; he wanted to test the stratOsphere. BERYL MELROSE - wealthy widow; she wanted Roger.
 EVELYN LA FARCE - Jackie's mother; she wanted s0n-in-law.
 Yesterday: Roger persuades Jackie, ironically, to take his pin. Then word comes that the wea- ther has cleared for his flight.
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Solution on Back Page
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
Union Label Trades Department
Reports Progress In Many
Fields Since 1897 Conventions

Glove Workers. Union, International
Metal Engravers' Union, Sheet Metal
Workers. International Association.
American Wire Weavers' Protective
Association
There are now Ga union labels, shop
cards and service buttons listed with
the department
Under the head of recommendations
the report asked strong administrative
enforcement of the Walsh Healey Act.
Stringent amendments to the act to
provide that the government buy only
from fair" manufacturers was also
asked.
The report was submitted by Mat
thew Woll, president; Joseph Oberg-
fell, first vice president; A. A. My
rup, second vice president; John J.
Mara, third vice president; I. A.
Rickert, fourth vice president; |. M.
Ornburn, secretary treasurer.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
President Names Emergency
Board In R.R. Wage Dispute
AS Workers Vote For Strike
President Appoints Fact-Findng Body To Investigate
Railroad Wage Dispute ,000, 900 Workers Voted
On Strike Rather Than Accept 159d Cut

Washington, D. C. (ILNS) Presi-
dent Roosevelt has appointed an emer-
gency fact-fnding board to investi-
gate and report on the railroad wage
dispute. Chairman Of this board is
Walter P. Stacy, chief justice of the
State Supreme Court of North Caro-
lima. The others are Professor Harry
A. Willis of the University of Chicago.
and Dean James M. Landis Of the Har-
ward Law School,
Something like 100000 railroad
workers voted on strike rather than
accept the 15 per cent wage cut; and
the vote for the strike was more than
SO per cent. Eighteen unions, work
ing together, fixed the strike date at
s p. M, September 30. One, Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen, fixed its
date six hours and one minute later.
1901 a. M, October l.
1t has been explained before but is
worth recalling that President Roose-
welt, under the law, could not name
an emergency board until strike date
was set. That board can take 80 days
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
TRUCK DRIVERS GET
SHORTER WORKDAY

New York City (ILNS) 1.-The truck
mems strike is practically settled, in
spite of some points still to be ironed
out with the "old guard" of truck
owners. The credit for the settlement
may be divided between Mayor La
Guardia, who devised the compromise
and backed it with all the picturesque
force of his nature, and the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Transfers and
its New York chief, Michael j. Cashal.
La Guardia's compromise calls for
44hour week with wages unchanged
from the present AZ hours. The strik-
ers approved it almost at once Both
organizations of employers at first re-
jected. La Guardia called out more
than 800 city trucks, drawn, of course,
from other uses-and offered them to
striking truck drivers to use in car
rying merchandise in defiance of their
employers.
That caved in the opposition. The
Merchant Truckmen's Bureau, repre-
senting local operators, in spite of
bitter criticisms made by some of its
recalcitrants, voted to accept the COM
promise. They did this after scores
of individual firms had walked up and
signed the agreement and after their
joint wage scale committee had been
reduced from 10 members to four, by
disaffections. The Highway Transpor-
tation Association, representing the
long-distance haulers, first voted to
reject the compromise, then voted to
send delegation to the mayor. But
by that time, it made very little diff
ference. The mayor and the drivers
had won.
Outside the city limits, in New Jer-
sey and Westchester County, N. Y,
two truck strikes for the same terms
were settled on the same basis; though
here, too, there were some odds and
ends to pick up.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
METAL TRADES ASK
CHANGES in ACTS

Houston, Tex. (ILNS). 90 Amend
ment of the National Labor Relations
Act and the wages-hours act was
asked and the governments national
defense program was endorsed in the
closing session of the thirtieth annual
convention of the Metal Trades De-
partment, American Federation of
Labor.
The delegates approved resolutions:
Condemning the operation of the
Wagner Act and urging the A. F. of L.
to demand amendments and changes
in the personnel of the NJ L. R. B.
Approving recommendations Of de-
partmental officers that the wages
hours act be amended to shear the adj
ministrator of power which threatens
to impose "commissar control" over
industry and labor.
Naval Program Approved
Calling for expedition of the sec
ond-to-none" navy building program.
Proposing government manufacture
Of all munitions.
Recommending that thousands Of
aliens be removed from jobs in the
Panama Canal and railroad admins
tration as precautionary move in the
event of war.
Urging a pardon for Thomas ]
Mooney, serving a life sentence in
California in connection with the San
Francisco Preparedness Day" bomb
ing
Reaffrming the stand taken by the
A. F. of L. two years ago in Tampa,
Fla, to oppose creation of any addi-
tional New Deal boards or commission
to handle labor problems unless ere
sponsible" trade union official is
named thereto.
Theorists" Are Criticized
Criticizing activities Of administra-
tion theorists"
Proposing that contractural activ-
tiles of the U. S. Maritime Agency be
brought under the provisions of the
Walsh -Healey Act
Reaffrming the traditional non
partisan political policy Of the A. F..
of l..
Denouncing the c. |. o. for making
possible STEADY infiltration" of COM
munists into the trade union move
ment.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
Successful Year Reported By Union Label Trades Depart
ment - Gains In Membership - Volunteer Work OF
Trade Unionsts Brings Demand For Label

Houston, Tex. (ILNS).-The Union
Label Trades Department of the
American Federation of Labor has had
most successful year, with marked
gains in membership and influence, the
departments executive board reported
to the thirty first convention, held
here prior to the A. f. of l.. convention
Increased demand for the union
label, shop card and service button,
due to the volunteer work Of trade
unionists and trade union organiza-
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more must pass before either wage
cut or strike goes into effect. This
puts back the effective strike date
nearly to December 1.
Harrison Issues Statement
George NJ. Harrison, chairman Of
the Railway Labor Executives Asso-
citation, gave out statement on the
strike vote which utterly astonished
many Of the newspaper men who re-
ceived it, by its revelation of the un-
certainty of railroad employment.
Here are a few paragraphs:
I'm 1887, 1,740,7o0 men found en-
ployment over varying periods of time
in railroad work. Only 917,9O0 of
them were in anything like regular
This number found en-
ployment for some period of time for
each of II months.
"Of the total, 822, ,899 were employed
in II or less months during the year.
That is to say, more than $4,000, or
47.27 per cent, were irregularly en-
Continued on page two)
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tions of many kinds was reported.
Considerable space was devoted to the
first annual A. f. of l.. Union Label
and Industrial Exhibition, the out
standing label promotion event of the
year, held in Cincinnati in May. The
exhibition, the report said, placed
union label merchandise and union
services on the economic map of
America
Labor Press Praised
Progress in many fields, including
radio, cooperation with organized
farmers and formation of union label
leagues was described The report
praised the labor press for it's whole
hearted and intelligent" cooperation
in every plan to publicize the union
label international Labor News Serv-
ice was also praised, the report saying:
THE international Labor News
Service and the American Federation
of Labor News Service have never
hesitated to run notices, news stories
or editorials for the Union Label
Trades Department. These services
cover the entire labor press and it is
a great saving in time and money to
be able to take advantage Of them"
Radio Used Effectively
Discussing radio broadcasts, the re-
port said:
"A general demand for union label
products and union services has been
created by the use of the radio. Coast
forecast broadcasts have aroused un-
usual interest on the part of the con
sumner public"
On cooperation with farmers, the
report said:
ut is estimated that over million
farmers have become interested and
are now demanding the union label
on their wearing apparel and other
purchases. This has been accom-
plished by reciprocal agreement
through which members of labor
unions buy Farmers Union products
wherever possible and in turn mem
bers of the Farmers Union buy union
label goods and patronize union serv-
ices"
The report said there had been a
healthy growth of union label leagues
which include in their membership the
women buyers for the families of
union members.
New Affiliations
New affiliations to the department
since the 1887 convention were re-
ported as follows: American Flint
Glass Workers Union, International
Ladies' Handbag, Pocketbook and
Novelty Workers Union, Sheep Shear
ers' Union Of North America. The fol-
lowing were reported as having re-
affiliated: international Broom and
Whisk Makers Union, International
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
TENANT FARMERS
WIN HIGHER PAY

Memphis (ILNS) III. /. Mitchell,
secretary of the Southern Tenant
Farmers Union, announced $4,000 cot
ton-picker members returned to work
in four states on September 26 after
a strike brought demanded wage in
creases.
The Washington times., 1938-01-01
ACACIA LEAGUE CLAD1Es)
CanadaY Only Yankee On I. S. u. Eleven
: BY HARRY COSTELLO

follows: L. s. U. will win Sugar
Bowl game.
Five Chicago radio stations
will pay $4,000 to the Cubs and
White Sox for the 1888 broad
casting privileges Wash Will
liams, the DR.. Pepper man, has
already exercised his option to
broadcast all r d SIX n gamest
next fall One of today's
football tits is known as the
Castus Bowl game, will be played
at Phoenix, Ariz., and will bring
together an all-star Chicago high
school eleven and a like team
gathered from high schools of
Arizona Watch Colonel Ed
his next time out at Tropical
Park on January 3. Josie, as
good cook as ever baked a pie,
dreamed that she moved into
a house numbered SAB {.
When Illinois defeated Notre
Dame 33-32 in an overtime
game last Wednesday night a
19-game winning streak for the
Irish was broken Auburn's
star of stars, Billy Hitchcock,
will not play in today's Orange
Bowl game due to a knee injury
E. Santa Anita's Handicap has
attracted SO entries, five more
than last year 80.
The Washington times., 1938-01-01

the same hotel which housed
the last two winners of the
Miami classic.
Andy Farkas, University of De-
troit's star halfback, has his
heart set on becoming a priest
and for that reason may never
play with the Redskins who got
him in the draft Arch Ward
of Chicago, informs us that ITS
South Bend gridiron fans have
already started savings accounts
so they'll have the whereWithal
to go to the Coast for next years
Notre-D -Dame-Southern California
game.
Great minds must run in the
same channel at witness the fact
that Coaches Bernie Moore, of
L. S. u, Charlie Bachman, Of
Michigan State, and frankie
Thomas, of Alabama, all used
the expression good chance to
win" in kilograms to your OBJ
server Did you know that
Morgan College, colored school,
has not met defeat in it's last
48 football games? Trainer
Mike Chambers, of L. S. U. for
mer sailor, steel mill worker,
college football player, boxer and
political orator sends word as
The Washington times., 1938-01-01

Don Bulge, Americas star
tennis player, turned down an
offer Of $4,000 cash by a promi-
nent Hollywood movie producer
to turn pro before he left for
Australia Joseph William
Rue, new American League um-
pire, never played professional
baseball Former Gov. Jimmy
Noe, of Louisiana, calls his
houseboat Noes Ark Harold
r. Goewey, assistant district at
torney for the western district
of Massachusetts,, officiates col.
lege football games although he
did not play football while at
tending Georgetown University.
Fifteen Of the 81 basketball
games played between Notre
Dame and Northwestern in the
last 10 years have been decided
by four points or less.
Auburn will have to watch
Johnny Pringel in today's
Orange Bowl game. Johnny
averaged 81 yards per try
carrying the ball in 1897. -.
Harlem Globe Trotters, crack
colored pro basketball team,
Travelled $4,000 miles last year
to play 152 games Of which they
won i44.-
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ditional big league manner, there
will be Sid Kidwell, catcher, anc
Joe Hamilton, outfielder, formerly
of the st. Mary's Celtics; George
johnson, first base, and Bill viii
liams, second base, of George
Washington University; George
Knepley, third base, from Mary
land University; william Albert
outfielder, formerly of Bureau ot
Statistics; Tom johnson, out
fielder, from Mt. st. Mary's; vii
liam McGeever, shortstop, from
Fort Myer, and Robert Woytych
Isouthpaw hurler from Annapolis
MUST WAIT AWHILE
II won't be able to get the school
players until after the middle OF
May" says Wyche. But then the
Industrial League doesn't start un
til that time. Well be ready, es.
ipecially if my holdouts come to
terms"
And with these words, the seri-
GUS Mr.. Wyche walked away quite
confident that the baseball sea.
son had been officially started for
sandlotters Of Washington.
The Washington times., 1938-01-01

Only one Northerner, Cleve
Canaday, Of Gary, Ind, plays on
the Louisiana State University
football team. Every member
of the Santa Clara football
squad was born in California
save two, one of whom halls
from Hawaii, the other from
Mexico. Since Buck" Shaw
took over the coaching reins at
Santa Clara his Broncos de-
feated California three years in
a row and in four games with
Stanford won three and tied
one. Charlie Bachman's
Michigan State football teams
of the last five years have won
80 games, lost seven and tied
five.
On next April Z, the Pitts.
burgh Pirates and the Chicago
White Sox will play an exhibi-
ton game in Sammy Baugh's
home town, Sweetwater, Texas,
but Sammy will not see the
game as he will be trying to i'm
press the manager of the st.
Louis Cardinals with his ability
as q baseball star The
Michigan State football team
meets Auburn today in the
Orange Bowl game Is staying at
The Washington times., 1938-01-01
Navy NFFE Drive

Appointment of a membership
committee of is signalizes the first
step in preparation for an inten-
Sive drive beginning Monday to en-
roll the TOO clerical employees Of
Navy Yard into Local $50, NFFE.
r. G. Pohlman, president, an
nounces Pohlman also heads
the committee Recently elected
officers include P. A. Horn, j. j.
Breen, and Anna M. Conrad, vice
presidents; Roger A. Hoyt, secre-
tary-treasurer; William M. Pome-
roy, guardian, and J. G. Rogers,
Anna K. Braasch COLI, and w.
M. Greer, members of executive
board.
The Washington times., 1938-01-01
Your Opportunity

Folk tDto mail or phone
"news tips" about GoDerN'
nent affairs or conditions
are frequently GtDGrded tree
theater tickets. Their acneS,
of course, are kept highly
confidential, and thu it a
adviSable for thoSs Dlth
juicy information to d3opt a
"pen name" for idC 'liicG,
ton in case they win q 'iCket.
General items about "folks
in the office" may n.,o min,
and often aWGrdS arr made
merely as a good WiU lecture
from The Times.
(PALJ beside your rune or
"pen name" entities g31 20
call at this desk ~ tho
passes to Locus PGlo {, RotU
shouting Nelson EdGy md
Eleanor PoweH In 81 1SGlle"
Those tDith (CAP) cra head
for the Capitol, tDhicb , boasts
EdDurd G. Robinson II "7'le
Last GGngster." fCOLJ means
tt0o passes to see CGrole LoHt'
bard and Fredric March IN
Nothing Sacred" at the Co.
lumbtG. ..
The Washington times., 1938-01-01
Leads Field
Se0biscuit Earns
SI67,455 in 1887

Charles Howard's Seabiscuit
was the leading stake winner Of
1887. The champion handicap
horse Of the year accounted for
ten stake events worth $167 ,455.
War Admiral, through his triple
crown victories" earned $164.950.
The FoXcatcher Farms Rosemont,
winner of the Santa Anita handi-
cap. finished in third place with
Ia grand total of $97,525. The
Leading stake winning horses Of
1887 follows:
The Washington times., 1938-01-01
|SkytOp Snow Fall
Pops Winter Sports

SKYTOP, Pa, Jan. Clubs
here are packed to overflowing
with winter sports enthusiasts IN
what looms as the biggest week.
end in the history of the Poconos.
Snow which fell Monday and
Tuesday only to melt during the
warm spell Wednesday is now fail.
ing, and last night the mercury
fell to 28 degrees.
Practice ski slopes were covered
with over 100 truckfulls of snow
two days ago, thus assuring ski
enthusiasts of lessons and practice
turns,
The Washington times., 1938-01-01
Nine ReoIlocdti0ns

Good news for. the boys at Cen
trail Heating Plant. recently ad-
mitted to the AFGE. Nine get re-
ALLEGATIONS, each of one grade up.
The hazardous nature of their EN-"
ployment, which requires playing
about with 200 pounds of steam
pressure, was a factor in bringing
about the Improvement.
The Washington times., 1938-01-01
MASONS, SHRINE
IN PIN CLASH

The first half of the Masonic.
Almas Temple interleague bowling
match will be rolled Tuesday night
at 7:30 on the Shriners' alleys.
The Shrine will include Louis Rose,
Tom Courtney, George Isemann,
Carl Werner, Russ Bacas, Sam
Rice and Ray Cross, while the
Masonic lineup will include Sam
Simon, Oozey SchlosSer, o ~
Brown, Harry Dixon, John Bitten
bender and Bill Wolfe.
The Washington times., 1938-01-01
Panthers to Play
HOOsiers in 1910

PITTSBURGH. Jan. 1.-Ac-
cording to the Sun-Telegraph, the
University of Pittsburgh will meet
the University of Indiana in a
football series beginning in 1910.
The first game would be played
the first Saturday in october. with
the site to be selected. The teams
have never had relations on the
gridiron before.