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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-10-19
Our National Defense Program

We need, of course, to look to our
national defense program. And we
should include in such defense pro-
gram not only more airports and bet
ter roads, but also better health for
our population, better housing for our
low-income groups, the elimination of
illiteracy and better education for all
A stable economy, good health and a
contented people are important in
terms of national defense.-Col. +. C.
Harrington, Work Projects Connlis-
sioner.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-10-19
FINE-DAY WEEK PROGRESS

REPORTS on trade union benefits made to the
American Federation OF Labor included fig
ures revealing that l,i12,6lo members are work
ing tive-day week. In addition, the compilation
discloses 621,5l5 members enjoying vacations
with pay, the A. f. of L. Executive Council re-
ports
This is solid progreSS-prOgresS that only or
ganized workers could make. That the A. f. of l..
will do its best to assure continuance Of this pro
gresS is shown by the Executive Councils com
mcnt on the report
Eve heartily endorse the efforts of the A. f.
of l.. organizations in their campaign to secure a
tive-day week and vacations with pay for their
members and urge them to include these provis-
IONS III their agreements wherever possible" tile
council says
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-10-19
BUY UNION LABEL CHRISTMAS GIFTS

M. ORNBURN, Secretary-'rreaSurer of the I'm
- ion Label Trades Department of the American
Federation of Labor, announced this week that he
had sent out notices to officials of all National and
international Unions, State FederatonS of Labor,
Central Labor Unions, Union Label Leagues and
Women's AuXiliares urging them to inaugurate
a Union Label Christmas Gift buying campaign.
Local Union Label committees were instructed
to call on all local firms presenting them with a
copy of the 1889 Union Label Catalogue Directory
50 that merchants would place their orders for
merchandise with manufacturers whose products
are UnOn-Alade and whose services are Union.
In his statement the Secretary-Treasurer of
the Union Label Department declared that if the
American consumers would confne their plirchas-
eS to Amerlcan-Alade and Union Label goods it
would be more effective than an embargo because
if the bcligerent nations Of the world can not sell
their products IN America then they will not be
able to obtain the cash and credit to buy war mll-
nitions. Buying American is boycott against
nations at war. 1t is economic starvation for bel
ligerent nations. Let's be Americans first and let's
be Labor Unonists all the time. Buy only Amer
lean Made, Union Label products Tor Christmas
gifts and use only Union services
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-10-19
Union Oificiuls Freed
BY Kansas City Judge

Kansas City, Mo. (AFLWNS).-Lee
Quisenberry, business agent of the
Truck Drivers Union, and George
Stewart, business agent of the Bakers
Auxiliary Union, A. F. of l.. affili-
ates, were discharged by Judge Ben
Tert in the circuit court here on an
indictment charging them jointly
with interfering with lawful employ
ment. The complaining witness, a
grocer, charged that Quisenberry and
Stewart had threatened him with
bodily harm if he did not stop selling
certain product held to be unfair by
labor unions. The defendants waived
a jury trial. Judge Tert found that
the indictment was not warranted by
the testimony.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-10-19
NAMING OF NEW NLRB URGED

Cincinnati ULNS).-Senator Taft
OF Ohio in an address before the 59th
annual A. +. of l.. convention advo-
Gated appointment of new National
Labor Relations Board and amend
ments to the Wagner Labor act many
of which had been proposed by the A,
f. of l.. Unfortunately" he said, "the
administration of the labor act has
been biased and prejudiced. Some de
cisions of the board have resulted in
the greatest perverslon of justice this
country has SEEN"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-10-19
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

Communist Russia's solemn tex
plantations" of her course of aggres-
sion toward her tiny Baltic neighbors
have at least one merit-they add to
the gaiety of nations. They may be
swallowed inside Russia, but in the
world at large they bring only derisive
laughter. And it may be that even in
Russia, the explanations" meet with
smiles, when the smiling can be done
free from the eyes of the Stalinist sec
ret police and their army of spies.
One example will suffice. Referring
to the treaties" which the Russians
have forced on Esthonia, Latvia and
Lithuania at the point of a gun
Pravda, official organ of the Stain
dictatorship, says with a perfectly
straight face:
"The Soviet policy of peace and
good-neighborly relations and friend
ship with nations scores one success
after another"
And this after Russia's treacherous
stabbing in the back of Poland and
it's brutal bullying of Esthonia, Latvia
and Lithuania.
Finland is the latest victim of Rus
sian aggression. This Baltic republic,
with a free labor movement and an
enlightened government, has long en-
joyed the esteem of Americans. Alone
among European nations, Finland has
been paying her war debt to the
United States, action which has
heightened Americas regard for her.
The New York Times tells Of Finland's
plight in an editorial deserving Of the
widest circulation. Says the Times:
"Now that Finland, warily calling
up her reserves, goes to pafley with
Russia, the sympathetic interest of
many Americans will go with her. This
is because of the proof we have that
the Republic of Finland is one of the
most conspicuously successful democ-
racies in the world.
"The Firms are pious race, and a
race deeply devoted to nationalism and
democracy. For 700 years this land
of thousand lakes languished under
alien rule, while it's people longed for
freedom. They remained a problem
for every master. The final enslave-
ment was to Russia of the Cars. Then
came the Russian revolution and the
threat of second conquest by the So
viets. The Firms had had their taste
of bolshevism and found it bitter.
They shed their blood to put it down.
The capture of Tampere (Tammer-
fors) in their war of independence
raised barrier against the Russian
march toward Scandinavia"
X x X
The Times goes on to say: "Since
the formation of the republic democ-
racy has been a flame in Finland,
burning as brightly as it did in
Thomas Jefferson's young America. 1t
has fused Finland into united nation
1t has burned away riches and poverty
alike. The Firms are a free and happy
people. They have developed modern
and prosperous state on advanced
lines of social justice. Their extra
ordinary accomplishment in twenty
years entities them to be let alone,
masters of their destiny. The shadow
of Russia looms over them now, but
it is not likely that they will pass as
meekly into the darkness as Latvia,
Esthonia and Lithuania."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-10-19

1919 unemployment benefits, S2,5S2, ,542S7; old
age benefits S5,334 ,2O6.54; disability benefits,
81, ,641 ,O9OSS miscellaneous benefits, 595S27.-
1t is evidenced from these figures that the
unions affiliated with the American Federation
of Labor are vitaly concerned with much larger
field than that encompassed by wages, hours, and
work conditions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-10-19
VIII AT NEXT?

A cOin-operated letterbox, call
ed the "MailOmat" has been in
stalled in New York City's main
post office. The "MailOmat" en-
ables the public to mail anything
from penny post card to d %
cent air mail, special delivery let
ter without buying stamp. A
coin is inserted in a slot, dial
twisted to select the desired post
age value, the letter inserted in
another slot and away it goes, au-
tomatically stamped and deposited
in Il L. S. MailhoX.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-10-19

Four million
Automobile production for 1910
Desired, planned for, talked about
Comes then forecast of anticipated
recession
Because European allies will not
buy in America GU. S.)-
Having cheaper sources of their own
for war supplies
Excepting, perhaps, airplanes-
X X x
Comes then, phenagling with labor
unions
Employees in automobile factories
discover difficulties
Management shy about new con-
tracts for coming year
Labor watching immediate wage
dollars and cents
w hile investors management
watch prices on bonds
Which they begin to sell at top of
market
Sigh, for 100 years, of coming foot
balls of depression
Inventories have been piling up
By merchandisers trying to "beat
the gun" on war prices
Banking on coming slaughter in
European cockpits-
Plus usual demand for American
commodities
To replace stuff shot away
You pays your money
And you takes what is handed you-
Mills of the profit gods gring on
Snickering in their sleeves at the
one-third-
Ill-housed, ill-fed, ill-clad-
While ancient priests of High FL
nance
humble their incantations of greed
and hate
Still solemnly believing in their God
Prosperity
Who seems to be "asleep or gone on
a journey
The land can still produce the food
and fibres-
Assembly lines and little shops have
capacities long tested
Youth by the millions come from
high schools and colleges
Skilled men, not wholly gone to
seed as yet
Mark time, and watch the omens of
the days
Wondering why this torrent of
wrath has been poured out
While the Goals of their patience
Awaiting the breath of some gale
of emotion
To wan up blazes of hate from
pent-up Importance
Which might better have been
and set to work
X X X
A man has solar plexus--
Plus nerve centers placed here and
there
Some doctors know where the nerve
lines run
But who knows the social plexus of
IIllS ndIlOil--
To paralyze which would wreck
civilization
What Phi. D. is checking the creep
ing atrophy-
Spreading over the national and
human capacities?
What program Of preparedness is
being planned
To meet the horrid tramp of the
hordes of barbarism recalled
Slithering up from the muck of
wasted human hopes
Unplanned output Of a civilization
at its peak
X X X
Ten million decent human beings
unemployed
Their aspirations, ideals, ambitions
Wet-blanketed by decade of fu-
tility.
< -, $50. 49,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-10-19

WISDOM
.*:-.::.s..:..:s...:

Look to the essence of thing,
whether it be point Of doctrine,
OF practice, or of interpretation.
Marcus Aurelius.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-10-19
Truths Pondered While
Riding At Anchor
MR.. MODESTUS

. 100000 AUTOMOBILES
o EXPECTED SOLD IN 1910
= BUT STILL TALK OF
RECESSION
. BECAUSE EUROPE CAN'T
BUY
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-10-19

Demand the Union Label.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-12
BORAH ATTACKS
PLANS Of F.D.R.

WASHINGTON - ssn. william
T. Bofsh. r.. Ida denounced pro-
possls for the United states To
apply economic sanctions against
sggrsssor nations Tuesday, con
tending he would rather have this
nation engaged in shooting sol-
disrs than starving women and
children"
Borsh, ranking minority member
and former chairman Of the senate
foreign relations COMMITTEES, warn
ed the administration application
Of sanctions would be q step To-
ward gsr
President Roosevelt. IN Ms State
of-ths. Nation message last week.
told congress there are many
methods short 81 wsr. BBi stronger
than words. 81 bringing home 70
aggreasor governments aggregate
sentiment ~ our own people
Chairman Key P.ttman. d. Hsy
~ The foreign relations miitee.
who has opposed the United States
-osifacize Japan II " continues
hostile acts toward this country
took lHEge with Bnfzh
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-12
PARKING METER
ISSUE KILLED

Parking meters became dead
issue IN Tacoma Wednesday when
opposition Ia installation 81 thu
meters. and 10 submitting the ques-
tion OF parking meters 10 the peo-
pie nj the March election caused
the council to kill Tho entire rec.
ommendatlon made by safety
Commissioner Eastwood last fall
Genevleys Martin. city clerk. re-.
ported the county election depart.
meni estimated Taeomaa share Of
election costs would be about
81 zoo II the parking meter quss-
ton were submitted
Commissioner DAVIS an.
nouncsd himself as unqualliindiy
against parking meters
Commissioner Bergsrsen express
ed himself against submitting the
question To vote II the people. be-.
cause. he held. II tho council dld
that there were many other al.
mlnistratiYs questions that also
should b. submitted
DAVIDSON sought at first To save
part ~ Easiwo0d's report By siimi-
mating all reference 10 parking
meters. bot TO AaVc time II was
finally agreed Ia reject the entire
report
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-12
McKenna Resident Killed
When Struck D0avn by Car

County authorities continued IN
investigation Wednesday lnto the
death ~ Peter Carroll. sT.ys.r.oisi
resident ~ the state hons for
aged lBdigsnts AZ Meksnns, wbs
wss Instantly killed Ists Tuesday,
evening when struck tlosn by .
car a. he attempted 10 cross the
highway In front of The home.
Driver of the msehlus vas stan
ley orioff, "a. NJ Roy, according 70
Sheriff BJorsiind's deputies. sho
investigated ths tragedy.
DfiDn VAS released on hls per-
sonsi Fscosnlxsnee following ths
accident lie reported 81 ths court.
house Wednesday and wss quss.
toned by Deputy Prosecutor
Horses gssr. Three passengers in
the vehicle. Albert Nixon. Fred
sproiiffski and fnETaY Gardner.
All Roy high school students, were
~ be Questioned ny Gser during
the afternoon.
gssr intlmaisd preliminary In
NssilEsiIon showed Ofi1ff sss mi
eriminsiiy rssponsibis for this
tragedy.
OFioff ,nld Deputies Mcdonald.
kIpsa ard Dahl. nhe we're called
10 N. scene. he ald not sec tins
aged man until too late. he said
he sNsryed MA machine in an al.
tempt 10 avoid striking TINS p~dss.
TRAN.
ina quartet vas returning 10
thsir hOmss from q BASKETBALL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-12

And here in Ranchipur there
We're other things besides the
beauty of the golden light. II
was the hour when the air grew
still and laden with heavy scent
compounded Of the smoke of burn
ing wood and COW dung and Of
jasmine and margold and the yell
low dust raised by the cattle be-
ing driven home from the burnt
pasture OF the race course on the
opposite side OF the road: the hour.
too. when distantly one heard the
faint humping Of the drums from
the burning CHATS down by the
river beyond the mahsrsj sh's ZOO
logical gardens, when the scream
ing Of the Jacksls began as they
crept TO the edge Of the jungle
waiting for the sudden darkness
TO bring to their cowardly yellow
bodies the courage TO start out and
seek on the plains what had died
during the day.
AT dawn the greedy yultures
would succeed them. coming out
OF caverns and dung-covered thorn
trees. for the beasts which had
died during the night And al
ways at this hour, too. came the
fine thread OF sound from John
Continued on Page 8 Column 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-12
THE RAINS CAME
BY LOUIS BRoMFIELD
Copyright. 1897. 1888 1899 by Louis Bromficld
Distributed by Ledger syndicate

1t the hour of the day that Ransome loved best and
he the ycranda now drinking brandy and watching
the golden light flood all the banyan trees and the yellow
gray house and the scarlet creeper for brilliant moment
before the with sudden plunge dropped below the
horizon and left the whole countryside in darkness.
1t magical business which for his Northern blood
accustomed long still blue twghts of Northern England
lost its strangeness-as if suddenly whole world
stood still for second and then slipped swiftly into abyss
of darkness. For Ransome there always shadow of
primitive terror in the Indian sunset.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-12
GRAND JURY HEARING
IN BERRY CASE ASKED

OLYMPIA - Prosecutor Smith
Troy q Thurston county Will con-
fer with Superior Judges d r.
Wright and John NJ Wilson this
week about calling a grand jury
investigation into the part law en-
forcement agencies played in the
Berry Baker kidnsping case.
Troy met with Judge Wright
yesterday but no decision was
reached because Judge Wilson was
unable TO attend the conference.
A grand jury cannot be called IN
less both judges agree IL is neces-
sary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-12
GUILTY PLEA
FOR SMUCCLER
y = W Y o X n

NEW YORK Albert Y.
Chsperau, confessed smuggler.
pleaded guilty today to indictments
naming him on smuggling and
conspiracy charges with Jack
Benny radio and screen comedian
BY virtue of his plea, Chaperau
becomes available as a witness for
the government at Benny's trial
two weeks hence.
Chaperau was convicted last
week on all four counts OF an IN
dictment charging him and Mrs
Elma n. Lauer. wife Of New York
supreme court justice with SNUG
Cling costly gowns and Jewelry into
this country He was convicted
when MS claim 10 diplomatic i'm
munity. based on his association
with the Nicaraguan consulate,
was held without merit.
Benny. pale and nervous. pleaded
not guilty TO the smuggling charge
yesterday. He faces a maximum
OF SIX years II prison and q $4,000
fine a little more than ne Is re-
puted to earn N week from his
various entertainment ventures.
Sentence was deferred until
after Bennys TRIAL which Is sched-
nj for Jan. "a Chaperau and
Benny were accused Of transport
ing and concealing two diamond
clips and a diamond bracelet
worth S2.13I. Chaperau smuEgled
the gems into the country IN the
euise OF A commercial attache Of
the Nicaraguan legation Which
gave him immunity from search
By customs agents.
Chaperau was 10 have gone TO
trial TO-DAY on another Indictment
which named George Burns, Of the
radio and screen team Of Burns
and Allen. Burns has pleaded
guilty and is expected 10 TESTIFY
for the government. The thai was
postponed until Friday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-12
People In
The Mu,s

Nelson r. Johnson. United
States ambassador 10 chins, will
sail from London tonight To re-
port 70 President Roosevelt on ina
Far East situation lie reached
London this week IN rOuis 10 ths
American capital sob Burns
mule sampson" referred 70 at
Paramount studio as The Clam
our Mgis. has Deen Insured for
$50 900 The mule won a blue
ashon IN Missouri and came 10
Hollywood for ths leading animal
role IN Burns latest picture q.
BsfseilnK At the freedom ne
Gays he yet finds strange ard
very beautiful Thomas =.
Mooney vent a. a specialist ~
find bON his neaith vas after 20
ysafs imprisonment Actress
Iaufrsn OsyIiIssa caused a s@ns
saii0u when shs tfippsd d0Nn the
eern8gF II a Hollywood hospital
IN . eostBme n ~ild animal skins
Shs had rushed directly rom tbe
Jungle ~ o. Tsrz4n picture 70
the bedside ~ her husband. John
Tarfow. EHgish nOsls director
VINO Nss stricken with influenza
fhsaeeiiof y. ~ f1ndisY o. the
University u Kansas directed an
appeal o. sen. Arthur Gappsr. H.,
kAns To protest sgainst the
bombing u Barosiona university
IN spain and 70 denOunce ths
wanton destruction ~ educational
The departure
from Hollywood Of Jsmst asyDsr,
for New York 70 JOIN Adrian,
movie costume designer. aroused
reports that they will b. married
IN the east and honeymoon In
Florida 49,.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-12
TREASURY HEAD
TAKEN BY DEATH

WARRINGTON tsssmaa OH
phans. treasury general eouassi
and ehlsf advocate AZ suen New
Deal ,ax pisns ~ Inc levy On sos-
porsts undistfibatsd tnesms. aied
today II Naval hospital.
oiiphsnt had taken . leading
part In the drafting ~ samissstfa~
tson tar isxtssatson tor several
years Hs ss4s an advocate ~ the
as~ u sas legislation 10 fusther
as~ Deal obiSetisss destsned -
create . more sqsit4bis dEstrthat.
ton III national wealth.
lie hal hssn 10 for several weeks
with . critical heart siimsnt. bssk
Il haf besn heIleyed that ~ Was
making pfoEfsss toward fscevsry.
hs gss 80 years old.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-12
Nearly Dr0Uns in
Governors Pond

TOPEKA. ksns. - Julia Marie
Rather. t-yesr-old daughter Of
Payne H. Rather. the new Kansas
governor. was through exploring
at the executive mansion today.
In her first day st the new resi-
denee she fell into fish pond and
nearly drowned before e &. Keller.
Springfield. Mo. cousin 81 the
governor. rescued her She got
a scoldinR. warm bath and was
put to bed a doctor promised she
would feel no ~ Effects.
We haven't had dun moment
since We came. said Rather.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-12
TAXPAYERS IN
NEED OF BREAK
AYSGOvERNOR
Martins Message to
Legislature Urges
Revision of Laws
and Less Spending

OLYMPIA - A legislative
program of two-score recon-
mendations, designed to in
crease the states prosperity
and revenue with a minimum
of added taxes. was recon-
mended TO the 26th legislature
today by Gov. Clarence ID.
Martin.
Hightlighting the governors adj
dress 10 the session were recon-
mendations for revision OF social
security laws. reorganization of
schools. revision OF the anti-fish
trap law. removal OF food eNemp-
tons from the sales tax. abolition
of straight ticket" voting in the
general election and no new taxes.
The governor called on various
groups and blocs, planning TO ask
the legislators for more revenue,
to temper their demands, IN view
OF the taxpayers inability to con-
tribute more money to govern
mental costs.
He said such demands would re-
quire up TO $50. 900 900 in new
revenue. While the governor said
he favored pensions, schools and
social security, he declared Frank
ly, ! realize that economic eondi-
tons do not justify and cannot
sustain the utmost in these things
at this time"
To Submit Budget
Money TO finance the proposals
could not be taken from the job
less man. the wheatRrower hit by
low grain prices. the businessman
or the industrialist. he held.
NO. ! am afraid We simply
must admit the taxpayers just
cant take it," he concluded.
The governor revealed he would
submit a budget of SIG, 900 900 to
the legislators for study.
While favoring some sort OF
financial relief for cities. the gov
ernor said he did not believe the
legislature should attempt to bail
out the cities because OF any DIFF
ficulties due 10 past eHtravagances
or poor management.
The state tax commission re-
ported, after survey, that cities
needed from three to four million
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