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Evening star., 1939-02-05
Lunches Eaten by Birds,
Arsenal Workers Plant

LONDON LP.-Employes at govern
ment arsenal near London, transferred
to barn-like structure during the Sep
tember crisis, have asked for better
working quarters. They complain that
birds nesting in the building eat their
lunches.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-06-08
Goodman Girl Graduates
From Blue Mountain

Blue Mountain, Miss, June 5+Miss
Frances Pearl Farr, Goodman, re.
ceived the degree of bachelor of arts
from Blue Mountain College during
the recent commencement services
of the college, the degree being con
fired by DR.. Lawrence T. Lowrey
president of the college.
In addition to maintaining a heavy
academic schedule toward her degree,
during her college career, she paricipa,
ed in leadership and extra-curricular &C
~tivities as follows: Eunomian Soci.
ETY., Junio-Freshman wedding, Ope.
retta,, Honor Roll, Music Club. May
Day Festival, Orchestra.
Miss Farr is tie daughter of Mrs
w. E. Farr, and was graduated from
Holmes Junior College in 1887.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-06-08
Larkin Mcbride, Centerville.

Larkin Mcbride, Centerville.
Arrangement of Any Flower in a
Miniature Pitcher - Mrs T. A. Bar
rentine, Lexington; Mrs. c. l.. Hath
cock, Elliott Hill.
White Flower in Black C~ontainer
Mrs. d. r. McClesky, Richland;
Mrs. X. D. Henry, Ebenezer.
Arrangement of Geraniums in Any
Container Mrs. Oscar Buck, Lex
ington.
The prizes given were $500 to the
clubs placing first in vegetables and
flowers, and $1.OO to clubs placing
second. In addition to these prizes
given by the county council, Bealls
Drug Store offered this year., $1.O0
worth Of garden seed to the winning
club in garden exhibit and $1.00 worth
Of flower seed to the club winning
highest in flowers.
Mrs. Lee Peacock Of Acona club
won the so cent prize in the guessing
contest on the weight Of the largest
cabbage on exhibit.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-06-08
County Clubs Exhibit
Continued From Page ~

Continued From Page ~
Zinnias Mrs. Harvey Brister, Har-
mony; Mrs. C. L. Hathcock, Elliott
Hill.
Marigold Mrs. H. c. Wilkes, Ce1-
terville; Mrs. T. A .Barrentine, Lex
ington.
Pansies - Mrs. Edgar Brown, Eb-
enezer.
Class 2 - Perrenials:
Sweet Peas - Mrs. T. A. Barren
tine, Lexington; Mrs. r. W. Catron,
Emory.
Phlox - Mrs. T. A. Barrentine,
Lexington; Mrs. K. D. Henry, Ebene-
Ter.
Single Holyhocks - Mrs. C. l.
Hathcock, Elliott Hill; Mrs. T. A.
Barrentine, Lexington.
Double Holyhocks Mrs. j. l.
do0oSh, ASOAid, a ". l. Asut-
cliff, Harmony.
Shasta Daisies Mrs. c. l.. Hath
cock, Elliott Hill; Mrs. w. T. Rat
cliff, Harmony.
Class 8 - Roses:
Red Rose - Mrs. G.. A. Johnson,
Lexington; Mrs. X. D. Henry, Eber-
nezer.
Pink Rose Mrs. G A. johnson,
lexington; Mrs. Oscar Buck, Lexing
ton.
White Rose = Mrs. r. A. Mont
cry, Harmony; Mrs. K. D. Henry,
Ebenezer.
Yellow Rose - Mrs. T. A. Barren
tine, Lexington.
Vase Arrangement of Roses Mrs.
G. A. Johnson, lexington; Mrs. X. D.
Henry, Ebenezer.
CA1 4 - Mixed Bulbs:
Gladiolas - Mrs. X. D. Henry, Eb.
enezer: Mrs. r. W.. Catron. Emory.
Single Dahlias - Mrs. j. P. Nc
Bride. Centervifle; Mrs. T. A. Bar
rentine, Lexington.
Double Dahlias Mrs. W. A
Brown. Ebenezer; Mrs, Harvey Bris-
ter, Harmony.
Day Lily - Mrs. H. c. Wilkes,
Centerville; Mrs. Oscar Buck, Lex
ineton.
Wilk and Wine Lily = Mrs. S. e
Stevens, Ebenezer; Mrs. X. B. Ed
wards, Elliott Hill.
Gamma Lily Mrs. L II. Cade. ST.,
Emory; Mrs. Edgar Brown, Ebene-
ger.
Class s - Towering Shrubs:
Cape Jasmine - Mrs. s. e. Stevens,
Ebenezer; Mrs. L. A. Bailey, Elliott
Hill.
Spirea = Mrs. c. W.. Bailey, FL
lott Hill; Mrs. w. T. Ratcliff. Har-
mony.
Althea - Mrs. c. w. Bailey. e..
lott Hill; Mrs. T. A. B~arrentine, Lex
Butterfly Bush - Mrs. T. e. Hearn.
EInott Hill; Mrs. H. c. Wilkes. Gen.
terville.
~zydrangea - Mrs. William Schrocx,
Richland; Mrs. J. G. Grace, Center
Vile.
Ahelia = Mrs. s. e. Stevens, Ebe-
nezer; Mrs. C. W. Bailey, Elliott
He'll.
Glass s - Miscellaneous:
Mixed Bouquet Of ANIMALS Mrs
Oscar Buck, Lexington; Mrs. T. A
Barrentine, Lexington.
MIXED Bouquet Of Perrenials -
Mrs. Oscar Buck, lexington; Mrs
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-06-08
To Query Women
All Over South

Touring Reporters have now asked
over 1900 women and girb q
leading Southern Cities the row
famous question: "Wero you
helped by CARDUIf"
Averaging all replies - far Gksws
that 80 out Of every 100 Uet1S
Questioned declared CARDu1
benefited them!
Users by thousands are eager 70
ten how VI has sven
them appetite; helped them gain
strength; has thus relieved them
o& the symptoms sf functional
dymenorrhea due - m~aanutrition
Many also say that, when syInp-
toms indicate the nse4 CARDUI
n larger doses hsiHs "a* the
time" TO soothe patti
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-06-08

$1,000 MALARIA
Cases Reported In U. s. in 1888!
sTHFr T DnnAy' Wit. 6
666 Checks Malaria In seven days
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-06

1-$69.95 List Price, Thor
Washer with pump --$4s.s5
l-$7e.e5 List Price, Thor
Washer with pump --$5s.s5
2-l938 General Electric
Washers, List Price. $685.,
$1,000
1-lo38 keIvinotor Washer with
pump, List Price, S74.e5,
$49.95
1-Soo.o5 List Price, Westine-
house Ironer ------S49.s5
DOR. Eectrieal Arcade The Hechk ca l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-06
Costly Good Deed

CHICAGO R.-When boys play
ing baseball in the street knocked
the ball atop a three-story building,
John Mcdonald, Is, a bystander,
volunteered to retrieve it. He lost
his balance and fell to the street,
fatally injured.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-17
URGE UNIONS TO
DEMAND LABEL
State Federation Executive Board Re-
affirms Action of Convention.
(sy Ohio Labor News servios)

(By Ohio Labor News Servtee)
Columbus, Ohio. The executive
board of the Ohio State Federation
of Labor, through Secretary Treas
urer Thomas ]. Donnelly, last week
urged the membership of affiliated
unions to carry out the provisions of
a resolution adopted at the 1889 Ak
ron convention of the federation on
the subject of the union label, shop
card and service button.
Appointment of label committees
for the purpose of conducting an ac-
tive campaign among their member
ship was urged in a communication
to local unions and city central bodies.
Formation of union label leagues to
promote the purchase of union=made
goods and patronage of union services
was also recommended,
The subject Of union labels, shop
cards and service buttons came before
the 1889 convention of the federation
in the form of the following resolu-
ton, which was recommended for
adoption:
Whereas, The Union Label, Shop
Card and the Union Button is a SYM
Dol by which union men and women
and the friends of union labor every
where can identify the product Gre
ated and the service rendered by their
fellow unionists; and
Whereas, When properly publi-
cized and popularized, these symbols,
because of strong consumer demand
thus created, become a powerful force
for good to our movement; and
Whereas, To in any measure neg
lect to use this potent force, both as
defensive and offensive weapon
would be serious tactical error in
our organizational work; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That the Label Commit
tee appointed by the chairman shall
maks a preliminary report to this
convention before adjournment, as to
the best method to be followed to
create a greater label consciousness,
and to plan an aggressive and sus-
tanned effort in this direction, not only
by the Ohio State Federation of La
Dor itself, but by all It's constituent
parts everywhere In the state"
The communication also urged local
unions and central bodies to contact
merchants and urge them to place
stocks of union-made goods on dis
play for the Christmas trade.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-17
SWOC Not Labor Union,
Steel Company Explains

Chicago (ILNS). - Attorneys for
Inland Steel Company charged in ar
guments before a federal court OF
appeals that the Steel Workers Or
ganizing Committee is not a labor
union because it makes no provision
for member participation" Inland
appealed after the N. L. r. B. last
year ordered the company to nego-
tiate and sign a contract with the
S. w. &C.
Attorney Frederic Burnham, coun-
sic for Inland, added an argument
that Charles A Wood, the N l.. R. B.
trial examiner, had been biased and
prejudiced and deprived the company
of fair hearing"
Ernest Gross, attorney for the N
l.. R. B., countered that conduct of the
trial examiner was not an issue and
charged that Burnham was present
at the hearings "for no other reason
than to bait the examiner"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-17
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1889.
WORK FOR ALL TO Do

There's a place for every union
member in the new nationwide or
ganization campaign inaugurated by
the American Federation of Labor
Unions in every industrial community
will join in the drive. Union men and
women can tell the story of labor"
wherever they mingle with neighbors,
friends and acquaintance. They can
appeal to the intelligence of American
wage earners to organize for the ad-
vancement of their best interests. The
campaign is on and all can help, in
whatever way they are best fitted.
Let's go!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-17
LAUNDRY WORKERS
RIGHTS ARE UPHELD

Cincinnati, o. (OLNS). - Eleven
members of the A. F. of L. Laundry
Workers Union here, formerly en-
ployed by the Model Laundry, were
held to be entitled to unemployment
compensation benefits by the Board of
Review of the Ohio Bureau of Unem-
ployment Compensation following a
hearing last week on the appeal of
the employer.
Operators of the Model Laundry
protested payment Of benefits to the
IL former employees, contending that
their loss of employment was due to
strike.
After hearing evidence in the case,
the Board of Review ruled that the
II were discharged because they re-
fused to give up membership in the
union, and were entitled to 16 weeks
unemployment benefits.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-17
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

The council also took up with the
railway executive the extension of
never was good war or bad peace"
time which workmen's tickets will
remain available in the event of air
raids or air raid warnings interfering
with the normal arrangement. 1t has
been agreed that the time within
which persons will be allowed to take
their places in line at railway and
tube stations for workmen's tickets
shall be extended to 80 minutes from
the CALL CLEAR" signal, and this
arrangement may be modified in ex-
ceptional circumstances.
Contact has been made with the
Registrar of Friendly Socities on a
proposal for legislation similar to
that adopted during the last war,
giving permission for the suspension
of rules in regard to statutory meet
ings of trade unions and other bodies.
1t is hoped that provision will be made
also in regard to the taking of ballots
publication of branch accounts, and
other matters laid down in trade union
rules which are difficult to operate
under present circumstances.
The Washington Daily News says
editorially: "Von Ribbentrop says
Germany will now fight to the finish
in a war that has been forced upor
her. The German press shouts for ar
aerial invasion of England. The
British retort that two can play al
that game. The world continues to si
on the edge of its chair, waiting fol
the frightfulness which it has beer
fearing daily since Sept. 8. We suspec
that if Benjamin Franklin were here
today he would still maintain, despit,
Versailles and Munich, that 'ther
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-17
TheCherry
EYV Where with our
tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly. Sometimes fiippantly,
sometimes recklessly.

The big organization drive of the
American Federation of Labor gives
every union member opportunities for
service.
More than 800 local committees
have been named by A. F. of L. cent
raj bodies to cooperate in the drive.
This means the campaign will be
waged in all industrial communities
of the nation.
The object, President William
Green emphasizes, is to organize, not
simply to mobilize.
There's a difference, which even
some union members don't always
recognize.
Men and women can often be lined
up in an organization, by high power
ed emotional appeals.
But if they are really organized
they go into union knowing some
thing of the history, aims, duties and
responsibilities of labor organiza-
tions. They go in to stay, not to drop
out after a few months.
Real organization means trade
union education.
"Our method" President Green
says, "is to convince the unorganized
workers that unionization and collect
i've bargaining can bring great bene-
fits"
Which means the unorganized must
be shown what unions have done in
the past and what they are doing now
to benefit the workers.
"We will tell the workers the facts"
President Green further says. "But
we will refrain from sensationalism
and ballyhoo:"
Campaigns of educat through
education--are not as easy as SEN
sationalism and ballyhoo.
They are n9t as exciting, either.
BUT they are the things that bring
lasting results:
+ y
Campaigns of education provide
opportunities for all. Every union man
and woman fits in.
Lots of union members can't make
inspiring speeches, or even speeches
of any kind. Lots can't write inspiring
appeals for laber to organize:
Every trade unienist, however, can
talk unionism at favorable times. He
can point opt the benefits of organ
ization and tell of labor union prin-
eiples and objectives objectiyes which
bring better and happier life for
wage earners and the nation as a
uhola
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-17

Every trade unionist can push his
local labor paper and circulate trade
union literature.
He can "buy union label" and urge
his friends to do the same.
In short, he can do the kind OF work
that builds solid and lasting labor
organizations.
In announcing the campaign, Presi-
dent Green said the A. F. of L. rejects
sit-down and showdown strikes.
"We believe" he explained, "such
organizations methods hurt the work
ers instead of helping them"
Experience of the past has proved
the A. F. of L. opposition to sit-down
strikes is we'll justified. Where tried,
they have always rebounded against
the workers.
Showdown, now being used by ClO
workers in the Detroit area, are do
omed to have the same result. They
are already bringing wave of public
resentment, which promises no good
for union labor.
Sit-downs and slow-downs are
weapons of the impatient, who can't
build on permanent foundations.
These "new" methods which are not
new at all, some times bring tempor-
ary gains but in the long run more is
lost than is won by them.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-17
Child Labor Not Stopped,
Children's Bureau Reports

Washington, D, c. (ILNS). - En-
plogment Of boys and girls below
legal working age apparently has n9t
been stopped by the Lair Labor Stand
ards Act, the Children's Bureau of
the Department of Labor reports.
The bureau said that reports for
the full year Of operation Of the wage
hour act are not yet available, but
that nearly 500 children under 16
years of age have been illegally en-
ployed in establishments producing
goods for interstate commerce.
One-third of the children were un-
der IA, it reported, and some eight
year-old workers were discovered.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-17
Building Lasting Prosperity

We have not learned our lesson
well if we do not know that when a
government embarks on hugh ar
mameat program with it's inevitable
war boom, there can be NO arresting
itj turning back would mean complete
internal collapse of it's whole false
economic structure. A lasting pros
perity for this country, built through
expenditures for public werks and
housing is the only answer, not ex-
cessive armament which bitter expe-
dience has taught us is a CHASTITY mis-
take.-National Council for Proven
tion of War.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-17
WHAT NEXT?

Glass curbs to make the roadside
are being tested on Is miles of roads
in England. Panels of white vitrolite,
a durable Opaque glass with excep-
tional reflective qualities, are fitted
into the side of the concrete curb
The reflection shows motorists the
roadside boundaries and adds to the
safety of night driving, it is reported
Besides being easier to see than white
painted curbs, the glass plates do not
require frequent repainting.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-17

To say that the war in Europe will
end speedily by internal combustion
in Germany is mere poppycock with
out substantial evidence that there
is within the, German people the will
and the power to perform the neces-
sary blotto of its present gangster
officialdom.
The Munich beer hall boobing does
not, directly come under the head OF
such evidence. 1t does indicate, how
ever, that the German people are In
need of supercolossal razzle-dazzle
to convince them that the war must be
carried on at any cost. File the beer
hall bombing with the Reichstag fire.
The crescendo of the bombing was
classic period to Adolf Hitler's
''blood and iron" TRADE. The timing
was off a bit, but that does not
disturb the value of the whole. 1t this
does not have the desired effect, what
will be Hitler's next super-super-
colossal production to rouse the rab-
BILE? 1t would be interesting to know
if he has given any serious thought
to ringing down the curtain with a
fanfare of hari-kari.
Workers in European nations are con-
fronted with problems that American
workers know nothing of. One is the
matter of time lost during air raids
British labor is working on the
problem and the General Council o.
the Trades Union Congress has taker
up with the government the question
of payment for working time lost a:
a result of air raids or air raid war
nings. In some cases unions have beer
able to secure a satisfactory agree
ment on the question in negotiation
with employers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-17
Railway Mail Clerks Not To
Ask Hours Out, Says Report

Pittsburgh (ILNS) Railway mail
clerks will refrain ''in the public in
terest" from demanding reduction of
working hours, although new high
speed trains have virtually doubled
the volume of mail which they must
handle, President j. F. Bennett of
the Railway Mail Association, told
the associations annual convention
here.
In return for guarantee that the
number of annual trips for railway
mail clerks will not be increased, he
said, the association will ask no re-
duction of hours.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-17
WE MUST GO TOWARD BETTER
DEMOCRACY
(By Mrs. Florence Kerr, Assistant
Commissioner, w. P. A.)

(By Mrs. Florence Kerr, Assistant
Commissioner, W. P. Al
1t seems to me that our pride as
Americans is based not alone on what
we have done; it is based on what we
can do, on what we are going to do.
Indeed, l should like to put it in the
strongest possible terms, and say that
our pride should be based on what we
have got to do in America, or go down
as the greatest failure in the worlds
history.
Within the space of few hundred
years we have taken a virgin conti-
nent, and turned its prairies into a
dust-bowl, destroyed it's forests, pol
luted it's rivers, and filled its cities
with fostering slums. We have filled
our factories with the most modern
machinery, and have thrown ten mill
lion people out of work.
Wells that the end of the story :?
No-for Europe has shown us what
lies ahead in that direction-we know
that out of the poverty and misery
of the masses come relationships and
war. We have already begun the long
hard climb in the other direction, to-
ward better democracy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-17
HIGHER STANDARDS NEEDED

Need for better labor standards for
women workers is emphasized by the
Women's Bureau, United States De-
partment of Labor, in a current bull
letin. Organized labor has long rec
ognized the need for such improve
ment and is heartily in favor of the
Women's Bureau campaign.
Labor knows that union organiza-
tion is the basic remedy for bad labor
conditions affecting both men and
women but is supporting legislative
and other efforts to the same end,
realizing that until women workers
are strongly organized, various meth
DDS of improving labor conditions are
necessary.
The case for improvement of wom-
ems labor standards is set forth con-
cisely by the Women's Bureau in a
statement which deserves wide circu-
lation. 1t says in part:
"The nations best interests demand
high labor standards for women
Where women work under low stand
ards they become the unwilling com
petitors of men, underwriting mems
standards. AS women's bargaining
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-17

power has always been weaker than
that of men, they have been exploited
to greater degree, and therefore a
larger measure of public concern and
control is necessary in their employ
ment."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-17
OHIO EIGHTEENTH
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such minimum standard in the Fed
eral Social Security Act, contemplated
by Congress at that time, would not
necessitate a change in the Ohio law.
Having adopted the rule previously
established by the commission, Ad-
ministrator Atkinson's apparent rec
ognition of the full-time week prin-
ciple of determining benefits should
have ended the long controversy.
But comparative statistics, COM
plants of workers and a study of the
method employed by Administrator
Atkinson in computing benefits and
determining earnings reveal that such
is not the case.
Workers throughout the state COM
plain that they are not receiving
proper benefits. For example, the
separation Unemployment card OF
one worker bore a statement from
his employer that his wage, if en-
ployed full-time, was $3.50 per week,
emitting him to weekly benefits of
S14.25. He complained that his B. U.
C. benefit check was approximately
$500 per week less than the amount
he expected to receive.
Other workers, employed at the
same occupation and identical rates
of pay, have complained that each re-
ceived a different benefit amount and
all were less than the $40 they ex-
pected to receive, inasmuch as their
wage, when employed full-time, was
$40 per week.
A modified form of the actual earn
ings formula as a basis for computing
benefits, which has been put into eff
feet by Administrator Atkinson, ap-
parently is responsible for the con-
fusion, complaints and Ohio's low
benefit payment standing in the ma
tion.
At his direction, benefits are paid
on the basis of one-half of a full
weeks earnings, if the full week earn
ings can be established or if they ap-
pear with sufficient repetition to in
dicate a full wage. If the afull
weeks" earnings cannot be Hestab-
lished,' the average Of earnings over
a three-month period is used.
Failure Of the administrator to rec
ognize the wage and hour provisions
of labor union contract as the basis
for establishing a full-time week for
a specific industry or occupation has
made it possible for practically only
those workers paid on straight sal
ary basis or some other definite form
of wage payment established without
question to receive benefits based on
their actual "full-tinle" wage.
Workers paid on an hourly basis
receive benefits computed on the wage
which appears with greatest fire.
quency in their record of earnings
Irrespective of the fact their actual
full-time weekly earning may appear
once or twice during a specified pc
riod, it is not recognized under the
method used by the B. U. c. because
another lower wage appears more
often.
Apparently Ohio's workers, the
third highest paid in the nation, will
continue to receive unemployment
benefits far beloW workers Of othel
states who earn less per year unit
such time as the decision Of the court
the advice Of the Advisory Council
and Administrator Atkinson's owr
recognition Of the "fuli- time" week
principle in the Ohio law are actually
complied with by the Ohio Bureau Of
Unemployment Compensation In the
computation Of unemployment bene
fits.