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Evening star., 1938-04-24

down from Paris and not one of my
staff. Your Grace -"
He was unable to continue his sem
tence. The Duchess had tainted. Two
or three of the men led her from the
room. Besserley touched the Com
nsissaire on the shoulder
What are your further instruc-
tions, Monsieur Le C0mnissGire2"
I'VE are to make no arrests. Mon
siemr le Gentrdl," was the reply. I'VE
are to lock up the room in which these
tables are and leave them for the in
spection of an emissary from head
quarters who is flying down in the
morning. shall remove my men now,
Monsieur k Gtnfrai. l am very sorry
to have been the unhappy means of
spelling everyone's enjoyment but our
information doubtless saved them
great deal of money"
1t seemed as though there was
going to be very tame and strange
ending to what was without doubt
the most flamboyant tragedy the
gambling world had ever known.
Everyone was talking to one another
in excited whispers, into which, little
by little, crept a note Of indignation.
The COmmissaire saluted the COM
pany. IF everyone will kindly leave
this room." he said. I'VE propose to
lock it up"
The excited guests were pushed
back into the dining room and pushed
back into the lounge The four doors
were locked. There was a riot of
voices, then suddenly shout. Maurice
de Bressac was the ringleader In five
minutes the door leading into the
lounge was broken through. The
crowd who had been in the dining
room came streaming in.
Keep the women away" Maurice
de Bressac called out. 1--WE are going
to get something out of the evening""
Then pandemonium reigned.
Into the swimming pool" Maurice
cried. Down the chute here Smash
'em up! Tear off the cloth"
With every sort of imaginable
weapon which the men could find,
dragged from all over the house, they
set upon those tables. The first bac-
carat table went slithering down into
the pool a complete wreck, with the
green baize cloth hanging around it
Evening star., 1938-04-24

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startling, romontie, humorous - and
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write il briefly and mail il TO "On
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Evening star., 1938-04-24

VoLUNrowN, CONNECTICUT: This
town has church in which no couple
may be married legally, if they follow
the accepted formalities. For the
dividing line between Voluntown and
adjoining Sterling runs through the
middle of the aisle, so that if a bride
and groom we're to stand before the
pulpit they would be in different
towns - and in different counties.
too.-From G. Harris Danzberger.
Scarsddle, NeW York.
Evening star., 1938-04-24

W7HEN your skin is tired it needs a qoie
" pick.up-a tonic beauty cocktail wit
Woodbury's Facial Soap!
This famous beauty soap now contains ski
stimulating Vitamin D, which rouses the ski
makes it breathe swiftly. Vitamin D is the Wit
min formed in the skin, itself by the action of ce
tain rays of sunshine. Now it's in every cake {
this fine soap. No wonder Woodburys make
your complexion fresh and lovely and glowing
Brisk up with Woodbury's whenever you
skin is tired. See how quickly Woodbury.
lather, rich in Vitamin D. revives and refreshe
your beauty! Only lot now everywhere.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-16
BRITISH LABOR ASKS
THAT HALT BE- PUT ON
HITLER ACCRESSIONS
Demand Immediate Summoning Of
Parliament-Labor In Democratic
Countries Denouncing Nazism

London, Eng. (ILNS).-The British
Trades Union Congress assembled at
Blackpool has issued a manifesto,
scoring the wobblings of the present
government Of Britain and demanding
an immediate calling of Parliament.
"The British Government" says the
manifesto, must leave no doubt in the
mind of the German Government that
it would unite with the French and
Soviet Governments to resist any at
tack on Czechoslovakia" =. 1t goes
on to denounce Hitler's constant ag-
gressions and then says:
Labor cannot acquiesce in the de-
struction of the rule of law by savage
aggression. We, therefore, demand
the immediate summoning of Parlia-
ment. 1t is in that historic assembly
of our democratic state that these
principles should be reaffrmed with
| the utmost energy and determination.
u. S. Delegates Speak
Parenthetically, it may be said here
| that labor in democratic countries of
| Europe is unit in denouncing
I Nazsm. The French Confederation of
Labor, with 100000 members, has
notified the French Government that
| it will work overtime on the national
| defense
| Daniel J.. Tobin, fraternal delegate
from the American Federation of La
Dor, told the Trades Union Congress
that Britain has succeeded better than
the United States in educating its cap
italists along progressive lines. The
British capitalist, he said, is a Brit
isher believing in his country, but "in
America, we have some capitalists who
are capitalists first and Americans aft
erwards.
Strike of Capital" Charged
1--WE have without doubt some
wealthy employers in America who
would, if they could, destroy by a
stroke of the pen the right of workers
to organize or enjoy the spirit of
freedom.
eve have also with US those special
interests who would not hesitate, in
order to satisfy their selfish greed for
gold, to plunge our country into an
other war;"
] Paul J. Morrin, also fraternal dele
gate from the A. F. Of L., told the
Congress that "strike of capital" was
responsible for the present recession,
and said that it had cost American
workers 100000 jobs.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-16
Slums Declared Breeding
Crime, Illness And Death
Speaker Stresses Danger At Dedication OF Toledo Low
Rent Housing PrOject-New Homes On Site
Which Was Once Slum Area.

violence, but to the individuals in
terms of broken lives"
Mr.. Little represented the federal
government at the dedication of the
housing project, named in honor of
the late Brand Whitlock, American
ambassador to Belgium during the
German occupation. The project has
264 low-rental dwellings ranging from
two to fve-room units and now 100
per cent rented.
The dwellings are restricted to fam
lilies of low income who have been liv-
ing under substandard conditions in
the city's slums and whose pocket
books would not permit better living
quarters. Limitations on tenants eli
gible to reside in government projects
also provide that their income shall
not exceed five times the monthly
rental, except for families with three
or more minor dependents, when the
income ratio to rent may be six to one.
Brand Whitlock Homes stands on
15.7-acre site which once was slum
area exacting a heavy toll in disease
and crime. Nineteen 3-story apart
ments, 2-story row houses and 2-story
flats make up the development, cover
ing Is per cent of the site, thus leav-
ing more than 13 acres for play areas,
lawns, walks and drives.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-16

Washington, D. G. (ILNS) A con-
vincing plea for the buying of union
made products, coupled with warn
ing against the disastrous results Of
purchasing cheap labor goods from
abroad, featured a Labor Day radio
address by |. M. Ornburn, secretary
treasurer of the Union Label Trades
Department, American Federation of
Labor.
Another feature was warning
against the growth of paternalistic
control of industry and labor by gov
ernment agencies.
Millions of dollars in wages" said
Ornburn, "are lost to American work
ers as the result of purchases of un-
fair and foreign-made merchandise.
The union label is the best guarantee
that products are made by unionized
firms in the United States and Canada.
Patronize unionized American indus
tries. Buy American! Demand the
union label on all goods and the shop
card and button for ali services.
Warns of ''Tailspin"
"If, on the other hand, the Ameri-
can consumer fails to buy union label
products, and instead purchases mer-
chandise made by cheap labor in Eu-
rope and the Orient, America will take
another tailspin, spiralling into the
depths of depression from which We
shall never recover
The speaker emphasized the value
of union label buying in promoting
the organization of labor, saying:
every union-earned dollar spent
for union label goods and union serv-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-16

Toledo, O. (ILNS) Slums are a
danger to all, r. NJ Little, consultant
in the United States Housing Author
ity, emphasized in speaking at the
dedication of Brand Whitlock Homes,
the governments slum- clearance and
low-rent housing project constructed
by P. w. A. funds.
Recent studies," Little said, "have
repeatedly shown that slums are not
only serious, and to large extent
unnecessary, drain upon our munich
pal budgets; they are also serious
threat to our civic well-being.
"The worst health conditions in our
cities are found in insanitary and con-
gested slum districts. Overcrowded
homes lead to the spread of contag-
ious diseases. A study by the u S.
Children's Bureau has shown that the
infant mortality rate in congested
homes is twice as high as in homes
with sufficient space. Lack of sun
light in substandard homes often
causes ricketts, in children.
Most of our juvenile delinquents
come from the slums. Social malad-
justment and criminal tendencies grow
out of the slum shacks and tenements.
And these are costly not only to So
ciety in thefts and disturbances and
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-16
Purchase OF Cheap Labor Goods
Made Abroad Dooms u. S. To
Catastrophe, 0rnburn Declares
Treasurer Of Union Label Trades Department
Pleas For Purchase Of UnOn-Made Products;
Says Unions Must Safeguard Freedom.

ices is vote for collective bargain
ing agreements. Promises of political
candidates cannot bring you the prac-
ticai results that can be obtained
through the collective purchasing of
union label and union-made Ameri-
can products and the united patron
age of union firms that employ service
trades.
Danger of Too Much Control
"The buying of union label and
union made products and the patron
age of union services are continual
boycott against foreign and unfair
products. They are perpetual strike
against non-union working conditions. >
Ornburn pointed out that it is the
purpose of collective bargaining to
make it possible for organized work
ers, through representatives of their
own choosing, to take up their griev-
ances and to better their conditions
He went on to say:
''1t is when organized workers
and organized employers cannot
settle their differences that it is
necessary for the government to
| take a hand. However, there is a
| limit to the extent that govern
ment should assume control of ac-
tivities which fundamentally be-
long to labor union, itself. Too
much dictat0rial control and reg
ulation would destroy organized
labor as a free agency of the
workers.
"This nation is dedicated to the
greatest principle of all-human free
dom. Freedom of speech, freedom Of
| the press and personal liberty were
conceived and written into the Consti
tuition by our forefathers.
Unions Must Be Free
"In the same degree that individual
citizens enjoy freedom, SO also mus
an organization of individuals retain
it's freedom. The federal government
is now undertaking the regulation o
hours and wages. They are not an,
never will be as good as those stand
ards established by labor unions.
"There may be a point in govern
ment regulation where paternalisti
bureau will control and regimen
workers. Labor unions must safe
guard their freedom just as individ
uals do. If the state takes over tn
entire control of hours, wages an
conditions as has been done by die
tators in Germany and Italy then in
dependent labor unions will be de
stroyed and standards will be reduces
by the will and whim of some bureau
crat. The American Federation 0
Labor is the most powerful bulwarl
| for democracy and against dictator
ships. For this reason alone all citi
zens should be grateful for this grea
American institution"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-16
The "Gibson' ESTATE
Model 83S
;,,st, SPECIAL, " s69.so
Small carrying charge when sold on
budget plan

LOOK at the picture read the specifications picture
this modern attractive, completely equipped in
your kitchen then consider the pricel Sure you've
advertisements OF lower priced ranges but have
never seen new-model Estate Gas Range with all these
fine features, priced 50 low as this
Estate specially designed specially priced for Sep
tember selling sales stimuan for the early Fall
season The factory that the offer will posi-
lively be Withdrawn at the end OF this sale period
Start the Fall with modern. time saving
saving Estate Gas Range. Come in soon, telephone
and invite us to call
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-16
ONE-THIRD OF
FAMILIES HAVE
Low INCOME,
Less Than $500 Average Annual In
come, President Is Told by National
Resources Committee

Washington, D. G. (ILNS).-The
poorest third of the population of
the United States in the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1886, had an average
income of $471 per family group.
This is the most striking single fact
of the report which the National Re-
sources Committee has laid before
President Roosevelt. "Family group"
means anything from one person to
one more, living as a family. But the
report contains other comparisons per-
haps even more revealing. Taking the
29,400,300 families composed of two
or more persons sharing common in
come, the report says:
Fourteen per cent of all families
received less than $500 during the year
studied; AZ per cent received less than
$1,000; 65 per cent less than $500;
and 81 per cent less than $4,000. ;.
The incomes of the top l per cent of
these families accounted for little
more than 13 per cent of the aggre-
gate"
Single Persons Income Low
Taking up next the 100000 single
persons living in lodgings or as serv-
ants, the report says:
"Sixty-one per cent received in
comes Of less than $1,000. :. Ninety
five per cent received less than $1,000,
and little more than l per cent re-
ceived $4,000 or more"
From here on, the word families"
means consumers units, whether one
person or more. There are 39, ,458, 800
such families in the country; and their
total income for the fiscal year in ques-
tion was $59,259, 100000, using round
figures. Taking these families in three
groups, the report shows that:
The average income of family in
the lowest group was SAIL, and the top
income in this group was $3.50.
The average income of a family in
the middle group was $1,076, and the
incomes ranged from $3.50 to 81 ,450.
Top Group Average $4,000
The average income of a family in
the top group, ranging from 81, ,450 up
to more than million, was $4,000 a
year, scant. Their total income was
two-thirds of that of the whole nation.
Again, the report classifies the fam
ilies-that is, consumers units-ac-
cording to income, and divides them
into 10 groups of equal numbers.
The top 10 per cent of the popula-
tion, those with $4,000 year and up,
get SO per cent of the total national
income.
The 70 per cent of the population,
counting up from the bottom. get 81
per cent.
The median income of all families,
that is, the sum which has the same
number below and above it, varies
widely according to geography On
the Pacific Coast, it is $1,335 per fam
lily; in the South, $905 per family; and
other sections range between.
"Any attempt on the part of the
government or business" says the re-
port, "to grapple with basic economic
problems must rely heavily on what
can be learned of the distribution of
income among the various groups of
the nations consumers"
Doctor Is the night nurse giving
you proper attention?
Patient-Not exactly, but I'm per-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-16

Doctor-Is the night nurse giving
you proper attention?
Patient-Not exactly, but I'm per-
fectly satisfied.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-09-16
See What You Get In The "Gibson" ESTATE

Fusize Estote FeshAr Oven Heavy lockwood Insulo
Oven Heaf Control Removable Oven
Bottom Drawer Broiler with Drop Door eAufomac Top
Lighting Folding Cooking Top Cover Big UtensiI
Compartment Electric Cooking Top Lamp Interval Timer
Finish Recipe Card File
Evening star., 1938-10-28

Dr.. Seckinger pointed to one Of the
recommendations contained in the
survey report on District health con-
ditions issued last winter by the
United States Public Health Service.
The service proposed that Washington
have 800 public health nurses by the
end Of a five-year period Of gradual
increase Of the nursing personnel.
Not CriticizinE System.
Mr.. Smith voiced his concern at q
meeting Of the Southwest Children's
Council last night, when he said that
while the children receive preliminary
examinations, their needs are not fol-
lowed up by subsequent examination.
He made 1t plain that he was seeking
information on how to get medical aid
for his students, not criticizing the
system.
Mrs. Josephine Pitman Prescott, di-
rector of the Bureau Of Public Health
Nursing of the Health Department,
explained that generalized public
health program is needed in every
school, but that the scarcity of nurses
has made it impossible even to give
adequate supervision in the elementary
schools.
Our system now" she explained,
"revolves around the home. Instead OF
different nurses taking care of each
separate need Of a family, one nurse
does all the work and thereby achieves
continuity of service"
Must Select Work.
Because there aren't enough nurses
to go around, she said, the most i'm
Evening star., 1938-10-28
HEALTH AIDE ASKS
$50 MORE NURSES
Complaint of School Head
on Lack of Attention
Brings Plea,

The complaint Of Hugh s. Smith,
principal of the Jefferson High School,
that children at his school receive
practically no Health Department
medical attention, moved Daniel L.
Seckingcr, assistant district health
officer. today to urge that $50 public
health nurses be added to the Health
Departments staff.
When the health officials heard Mr.
Smith had observed that a District
public health nurse had spent only
one hour at his school this year, the
department stated that no nurses are
available now for children in the up-
per grades. The present staff CON-
sists OF $50 nurses, including those of
the Instructive Visiting Nurses So
ciety, who cooperate with the District
program.
In asking that the staff be doubled
Evening star., 1938-10-28
81 PETROLEUM OUTPUT
IS z BILLION GALLONS

The primary source Of motor fuel
in the world today Is crude oil. Over
1000, 100000 barrels Of petroleum
were produced during 1887, from
which about 775,000.0 barrels of
motor fuel were derived by distilla-
ton and cracking. 1t is reported to the
American Chemical Society.
Substitute motor fuels consist of
compressed gases. liquids and solids
from coal, methanol and ethanol alco-
hols. producer gas from wood and coal
generators on motor cars, compressed
natural gas and oil shale.
The greatest development in the use
Of compressed gas as a motor fuel has
been in Germany, where. it is esti-
mated. over 10000 tons of gasoline
during 1898 will be replaced by COM
pressed gas. which is available at many
stations similar to gasoline filling
stations.
Evening star., 1938-10-28
WARNS Of LOSSES
BY CHECK FRAUDS
Northeast Business Mems
Association Speaker Gives
Safeguard Pointers.

The merits of the Community Chest
and methods Of preventing losses
through fraudulent checks were ex-
planned to the Northeast Business
Mems Association when the group
heard two guest speakers last night
Frank Goodspeed, Chest representa-
tive. explained the distribution of do
nations to the different agencies. and
pointed out that about 10000 ac-
counts must be taken care Of.
Robert Borrowman of the forgery
and fraud bond departments of the
National Surety Corp. emphasized
three rules for preventing bad check
Losses: Don't trust strangers to the
extent of cashing their checks; don't
leave Cancelled checks around for dis
honest persons to copy and be sure
certified checks are certified by q
bank.
d. c. Forgery Loss High.
"Forgers get away with between
el.000,o00 and sl,5O0,000 in the Dis
trict of Columbia yearly" Mr.. Bor-
rovman said. "Hold-ups are scarcely
third of the loss through forgery in
the United States"
The average bad check, Mr. Bor-
rowman said is for SIS, cashed to
make an average So purchase.
The speaker also warned the busi-
ness men Of counterfeit IS and $40
bills.
Louis I. Oberg, chairman of the
TRAFFIC Committee, said he had taken
up the request Of stop signs at Seven
teenth and K streets NV. with traffic
officials and had received an encour-
aging response.
Traffic Envoy Appointed.
Mr.. Oberg was delegated to repre-
sent the association at the pedestrian
traffic hearing to be held shortly.
Julian Cardin. president of the asso.
citation. called attention to the asso.
cations efforts to obtain an audi
torium and stadium at the foot OF
East Capitol street
New members admitted to the asso-
ciation include Athanas Bros. l.. l.
Steiner. A. T. Finklestein. j. Sinclair
du Fief. Samuel N. Farran. Samue
Polovsky Edward NJ Flaherty
Mitchell & Unsinn. Leon S. Open.
heimer, Myer L. Sody. Clarence L
Kern. Luther NJ Strobel. Benjamin
Goldman. j. L. Craft, William Gross
Hyman Burko, Lionel Struck. Charles
w. Guest M. E. Groome, Thomas P
Kidd, M. H. Hough, William L. Pelz
H. B. Sykes, Stuart Knox, NJ. Rubin.
stein, Henry Rubin. E. S. Rowzee, c
c. Nevbill. Nelson Byram. Edward A
Hellman, Gus Nichols, Eugene Mass.
eron, E. w. Waechter. J. o. Payne, jr.;
Herman Sollish, Gaylord Cunkelman
Charles E. Yeatman. L. M. Hamburger
Evening star., 1938-10-28

portant work must be selected. The
child. through the nurse in the home,
Is carried through from its pre- natal
stages to the time 1t graduates from
elementary school. BY that time, 1t is
supposed to be in good health.
In his own section of the city. how
ever, Mr.. Smith, when he WIS told Of
the reorganized nursing system that
took the nurse out Of Jefferson, where
she was stationed, said the floating
population that sends its children to
his school has not had the medical
background In the elementary schools.
Many Of the children. he added. come
from homes where parental co-opera-
ton is incomplete.
Mrs. George Offutt, wife OF the chair
man Of the District Alcohol Beverage
Control Board, introduced resolution
at the meeting to urge Congress to
increase the number of nurses in the
public health service.
Evening star., 1938-10-28

Mason T. Lewter, Pinkney A. Earn
shaw. jr.: K. N Kupersmeith, James
NJ Mitchell, Otis N. Leathers. DR..
Robert J. Bosworth, William G.
Brooks, Morton Steiner and G. H.
Olive.
A midnight" dinner was served at
the conclusion Of the meeting by Art
Hartung.
Evening star., 1938-10-28
TEACHER IS HONORED
Miss Virginia Randall McLaws
Given Sweet Briar Award.

Given Sweet Briar Award.
In recognition Of 80 years service
as an instructor at Sweet Briar Col
lege. Miss Virginia Randall McLaws
Of Washington was today presented
with the Algernon Sydney Sullivan
award at the colleges annual Founders
Day exercises.
An instructor in the art department
since 1907, the second year of Sweet
Briar's existence. Miss McLaws retired
last June. The daughter Of Gen. La
fayette McLaws OF the Confederate
Army, Miss McLaws Is now living with
her brother-in-law and sister, Col.
and Mrs. E. P. King Of Fort Hum
phreys.
Evening star., 1938-10-28

A government financed organization
will launch construction projects In
Sicily.
Evening star., 1938-10-28
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