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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-05-12
(By Ohio Labor News service)

Columbus, Ohio.-Legislative action
to curtail excessive fees charged by
attorneys in workmen's compensation
cases was expected to be approved by
the Ohio Senate for a second time
this session, following favorable ac-
tion by the Senate judiciary committee
last week on House Bill 400, after re-
inserting two-year limitation on ac-
crued compensation.
The Senate had previously passed
with only one dissenting vote COM
panion bill identical to House Bill 400,
containing that and other amendments
to the workmen's compensation law
which were agreed upon by joint
negotiating committee of employer
and Ohio State Federation of Labor
representatives.
AS passed by the House of Repre-
sentatives, House Bill 400 was amended
to eliminate the two-year limitation
clause in the bill, permitting attorneys
to continue to participate in accrued
compensation granted an injured
worker, or dependents of workers who
died as a result of an industrial in
jury, on a successful application for
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-05-12
tsy ohio Labor News service)

kby On1O LdDOT NGWS SeTV1CeI
Columbus, Ohio.-With all signs
pointing TO sine die adjournment of
the regular session of the Ninety
Third General Assembly of Ohio
within a week or 10 days, action on
legislation of interest to labor in
creased in both branches of the Legis-
lature last week, giving rise to the
hope that some meritorious labor bills
may be enacted into law.
Although several bills sponsored or
supported by the Ohio State Fedora
tion of Labor have been approved by
one branch of the General Assembly,
no labor legislation has been approved
by both House and Senate this session.
Quick action was taken Tuesday,
May 8, by the House of Represent
atives on substitute bill offered as a
compromise for labor-sponsored House
Bill 16, regulating the issuance of in
functions involving labor disputes.
The substitute bill, bearing the
name of Representative John Matthias,
Columbus, instead of Representative
Lody Huml, Cleveland, at the latter's
request, was recommended for pas
sage by the House judiciary commit
tee May by vote of nine to four,
being opposed by representatives
Marshall of Muskingum County,
Dworkin, Petri and Wittenmyer.
The broad coverage of the Huml
bill, identical with the federal Norris
La Guardia Act, is eliminated in the
Matthias substitute, which provides
merely that ''no temporary restrain
ing order may be issued in any case
involving or growing out of a dispute
between an employer and his employees
or involving any labor union of which
his employees are members except upon
notice and upon hearing the testimony
of witnesses in open court in support
of the allegations of the complaint
made under oath, and testimony in
opposition thereto, if offered"
Bearing the administrations stamp
of approval, Substitute House Bill 16
is believed to have an excellent chance
of enactment into law.
Two bills of great Importance to
labor were passed by the Senate last
week, two days after they had been
recommended for passage by the Sen
ate commerce and labor committee.
Senate Bill 297, described by SEN
ator Horace S. Keifer, Springfield, as
"the biggest forward step in the
workmen's compensation law since it
was placed on the statute books in
1913," provides for inclusion in the
law Of all occupational diseases.
"Since the enactment of the work
mems compensation law, % occupa-
tional diseases have been listed as
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-05-12
Highway Workers
Monthly Pay Cut

Columbus, o. (oLNs). = Legisla-
ton enacted by the Ninety-Second
General Assembly establishing
monthly pay rate for state highway
workers instead of an hourly basis
was ruled unconstitutional by the Ohio
Supreme Court in decision last week.
The monthly pay rate was included
by amendment in legislation asked in
a special message to the Legislature
by former Governor Martin L. Davey,
to increase the pay of highway pa
trolmen.
The Supreme Court held that mas
much as the pay for highway workers
was not included in the governors
message to the special session of the
General Assembly, it was not legally
part of that legislation.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-05-12
RULES ON PAYMENTS
TOINJURED WORKERS

Columbus, O. (OLNS).-H. C. At
kinson, administrator of the Ohio Bu-
reau of Unemployment Compensation,
last week ruled that out-of-work bene-
fits are payable in specific circum-
stnaces to eligible unemployed who
are receiving workmen's compensa-
tion from the Ohio Industrial Com
mission for permanent or temporary
partial disability.
"Monies paid for temporary
partial disability under the workmen's
compensation act must be regarded
in the nature of unemployment COM
pensation while :. suffering from
such INJURIES" the decision reads.
"Our law covers only partial dis
ability" the administrator said. 'To-
tai disability, whether permanent or
temporary, is not covered by the un-
employment compensation act since
logically the recipient would be un-
available and incapable of work, hence
not eligible to receive benefits"
Boiled down, the rule permits the
payment of unemployment compensa-
tion to workers receiving workmen's
compensation for temporary or per-
manent partial disability, when they
become unemployed for reasons other
than their injury and are entitled to
benefits by having worked in 20 weeks
of the 81 preceding their application
for benefits for an employer covered
by the unemployment compensation
law.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-05-12
Teachers Paid, Strike Ends

Shamokin, Pa. (ILNS) The teach
ers' strike in the Pennsylvania anth-
racite region was called off when the
teachers were paid or guaranteed
their long overdue salaries.
Seventy teachers at Mount Carmel
Township returned to their classes,
and 1856 instructors in Coal Township
voted to resume work. About 5000
students have been on an unscheduled
vacation" because of the walkout,
which lasted II school days.
The school term was extended to
June 20 to conform to state re-
quirement of 1870 school days year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-05-12
Increased Action On Legislation Of Interest To Labor
Gives Hope That Some Labor Bills May Be Enacted
All Signs Point To Adjournment Within 10 Days.

compensate" Senator Keifer said
"a record would be set by this Gen
eral Assembly should this bill Is. B.
297), Senate Bill 118 clarifying the
duties of the regional claims boards
of the Industrial Commission) and
House Bill 400 (agreed employer-l labor
amendments to the law be enacted
into law"
The three measures have good pos
sibilities of being enacted into law, as
they have the support of employer
groups as we'll as organized labor.
Senate Bill 118, approved by the Sen
ate, has been recommended for pas
sage by the House judiciary commit
tee, and House Bill 400 has been rec
commended for passage by the Senate
judiciary committee, although the two
branches of the Assembly are at odds
over the inclusion of an amendment
in the latter bill which limits accrued
compensation to a two-year period.
The second bill of Importance to la
Dor passed by the Senate last week
is Senate Bill 295, introduced by SEN
ator Lawrence Kane, Cincinnati, which
makes permanent the illegality of
wage assignments as security for a
loan or purchase.
Since 1888, General Assemblies have
declared two-year moratoriums on
wage assignments, and the Kane bill
proposes to eliminate them entirely
in the future. The measure has the
support of employer and merchant as
sociations and the Ohio State Fed
Grafton of Labor, and quick approval
by the House of Representative is
anticipated.
/ Labor and women's organization
representatives, as well as individual
women workers, continued their battle
| this week to prevent the complete an
Inhalation of the eight-hour day, 49,
hour week law protecting women and
minors.
Senate Bill lit contains exemptions
which completely eliminate the eight
hour day for Office employees of manu-
featuring establishments, securities
| dealers, insurance companies, news
papers, banks and other financial insti-
tutions and extends the working day
in practically all other lines of busi-
ness. Industries left by the wayside
in the Senate are clamoring for eX-
emptions in the House labor commit
tee where the measure was heard last
week and referred to subcommittee
for study, with instructions to report
| May 10.
Opponents of the bill conferred last
week, and drafted compromise amend
ments modifying some exemptions in
an effort to save as much of the pres
ent law as possible.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-05-12

Miami, Fla. (ILNS).-Federal hous-
ing business in Miami is running 800
per cent ahead of last year. Appli-
cations for insurance on building loans
are being received by the F. H. A. Of
flee in Miami at the rate of $780,
900 month, making the resort one
of the leading cities in the nation for
the number of loans handled
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-05-12
House Considers Substitute Labor
Injunction Bill; Labor Legislation
May Be Favored In Late Sessions
Net Unemployment Drop
About $3.50. 900 In 6 Years

Washington, D. c. (ILNS)-Non-
agricultural employment in March
totaled 32,852,000, an increase of g.
10000 persons since March, 1888,
Secretary of Labor Perkins estimates
Her figures indicated net unem-
ployment decline of approximately
3,750,O00 in the last six years. This
figure was based on estimates of labor
statisticians that an average of 500,-
900 new persons enter the labor mar
ket annually, which would indicate a
gain of about 100000 in the total
employable population of the nation
since 1888.
Evening star., 1939-10-20
'One Fine Day Sung
BY Deanna in Next

Deanna Durbin in First Love" I"
her current Universal picture, will
sing the most difficult lyric soprano
aria the young star has yet at
tempted on the screen. The selec-
ton will be "One Fine Day" from
Puccinis opera, Madame Butter
n.y." It will be the first time this
difficult aria has been attempted on
the screen by a youthful singer, and
one of the very few times any pro-
fessional singer in her teens has
performed it publicly.
According to Charles Previn, mu-
sical director at Universal Studios,
few singers of Deanna's age have
the vocal equipment or the stamina
to properly sing "One Fine Day"
"Deanna's voice is now full
grown" Previn says. 1T is capable
of any lyric soprano selection ever
written.
This year, Miss Durbin's voice is
fuller, richer, more mature. Deanna
has been singing professionally for
three years, and has had five years
Of professional voice training. The
coming years will only make her
voice stronger"
In addition to zone Fine Day."
Deanna will sing three numbers of
q less dimcult nature. One will be
the old favorite, Home, Sweet
Home" by John Howard Payne.
The others are "Amapola, by j. M.
Lacalle, and Spring in My Heart"
a medley of Strauss waltzes with
lyrics by Ralph Freed.
Evening star., 1939-10-20
Successful
At a Task He
Knows Not
Comedy Director
Can't Tell What
Will Be Funny

By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.
Norman z. Mcleod is highly sue
cessful at something he doesn't
know how to do.
Mcleod has been directing sue
cessful comedies for years. Yet, he
says, he doesn't know how to make
people laugh.
With the analytical mind which
earned him q masters degree in
science at the University of WASH
ington, Mcleod sits down to figure
1t out.
II have my own theories, of
course, based on experience" he
explains. but I can't say I know
how definitely. And so far as I
know. no one else yet has produced
a satisfactory answer
Mcleod. II you've forgotten, has
contributed Topper" and Topper
Takes Trip" to the recent list of
movie mirthmakers. He drew car
toons and composed gags for years
for the old Christie comedies. He's
noted. too, for his humorous writ
ings.
1--WE come to look on comedy as
weird but constantly fascinating
animal" he discloses. TT can
change mood, pace and color like
chameleon, with as many shad-
ings, ranging from subtle whimsy
to broad slapstick. Personally, I
don't enjoy slapstick, but lot of
people do.
Il direct scenes that to me are
unfunny, reasonably sure they will
get . laugh. For example, I never
have been able to see the humor
of man slipping on banana peel.
At the same time, must admit
there are numerous standard gags
and situations which seldom fail to
make audiences roar, so they must
be sound comedy"
He thinks comedy is funniest
when 1t is played against a serious
and natural background. AS an
example, he cites his latest picture,
Remember" with Robert Taylor
and Greer Carson. Mcleod was
co-author with Corey Ford.
There is one scene," he recalls,
(which I feel Is a comedy high
light. Taylor, supposedly poor
rider for pictorial purposes, is spilled
from his horse into water hazard.
1t works into a whimsical but nat
ural love scene. Played straight, it
is funny without being forced"
Boiled down, his view is that
comedy can verge on slapstick with
dignified people and still be real
istically funny. So long as humor
is kept within the realm of posi-
bility it can be prevented from going
overheard"
Memorable comedies" he goes
on, lin the vein Of 1T Happened One
Night hold their audiences because
they are plausible. The screwball
comedy ran its course quickly for
just the opposite reason. 1t was un-
believable and the comedy forced"
Evening star., 1939-10-20

rected. Lana Turner in Dancing
Coed" and These Glamour Girls" |"
gets a change Of scene with his
next assignment-"Go West,' star
ring the Marx brothers.
Ben Hecht has said "good-by" to
Metro. His last two products were
not In the hit class-"I Take This
Woman" and Lady Of the Tropics"
Deanna Durbin's First Love-
has just been canned" after four
months before the camera. Her first
picture for Universal, Three Smart
Girls" took exactly 18 days to film.
Time certainly brings its changes
=. Bruce Cabot. one of my favorite
"heavies," goes to work for Columbia
Pictures in "The Cop From Helrs
Kitchen" Too bad Benjamin
Franklin is not alive today to listen
in on the battle in progress between
Warmers and Metro, as to which
studio shall film his life story.
Warmers say they thought of it first.
Evening star., 1939-10-20

Metro says 1t has Spencer Tracy
lined up for the part. The Hayes
office will be called in to arbitrate.
John Garfield and Ann Sheridan
will be teamed again as a result of
their showing In Years Without
Days"-it had another title while it
was being made. But, anyway, it Is
prison story. And, by the way,
Garfield will also be co-starred with
George Raft in "And It All Came
True" based on the Bromf1eld novel
-. Gale Page joins Judith Anderson
and Edward G.. Robinson in 1.-The
Life Of DR.. Ehrlich" Robert
Preston and Patricia Morrison will
be teamed in Moon Over Burma"
:. Nice to know that Carson Kanin
has been reinstated at R-K-O and
that his next Job of directing is
Woman Overheard" with Irene
Dunno and Cary Grant.
Evening star., 1939-10-20

Myrna 10y will be starred in THE
Forsyte Saga" at Metro. The John
Galsworthy series should be swell
for Miss 10y Universal wants
Marlene Dietrich for another to
follow "Destry Rides Again." 1t will
probably be Almost an Angel
once intended for Danielle Darrieux
Hollywood's greatest mystery has
been solved. About two years ago
Twentieth Century Fox made a pic
ture called by the Dawn's Early
Light" 1t was sneak-reviewed, then
sent back to the sound stages for re-
takes, emerging as THE Girl From
Brooklyn" But that didn't seem to
help it much. And the epic was
shelved. 1t has recently received
another going-over and will shortly
come to you as white Lady Of the
Orient" I can't wait to see it.
Released By the North American
Newspaper Alliance. 1nc)
Evening star., 1939-10-20

tanning against a Congo background
In Congo Maisie." She has voted
against wearing sarong Ann
Sheridan will give "oomph" to the
Red Cross by appearing in a trailer
shot for the Christmas drive
Randolph Scott makes his first pic.
ture for Warmers - In virginia
City," She will be on the heavy"
Lots Of cinema names in the
musical stage comedy, "The Gibson
Girls"-to wit, Mary Brian, Simone
Simon and Mitzi Green Peter
Lorre's first picture since his long
illness-"Not Too Narrow, Not Too
Deep" with Clark Gable and Joan
Crawford Those two grade-A
old-timers, Richard Dix and Ches-
ter Morris, will be co-starred in
R-K-O's Marines Fly High"
S. Sylvan Simon, the lad who d.
Evening star., 1939-10-20

Sultan. Warmers SheiIah Graham.
said they would think about it
and promptly shelved the picture.
But, when the Rance wants some
thing, she wants something-and
gets it. She came back to Holly
wood a couple Of weeks ago, went
to work on Enrol Flynn-or vice
versa. With the result that both
versions of the White Rajah will
be combined in the picture to fol-
low Errol's virginia City" and
The Sea Hawk"
According to Metro, film business
in England is 80 per cent back to
normal-so how about rehiring all
Evening star., 1939-10-20

forebear, an d
s t ar t e d to
swoon.
Before faint
ing completely,
the Rance, who
Is nobody's fool,
offered to sell
w ar erS her
own version of
the story of the
b We English
c a p t in who
brought law and
peace to Borneo
and was made q
Rajah by the
Evening star., 1939-10-20

those people who were fired in the
recent economy hysteria? :. Ann
Sothern will do her spot Of enter
Evening star., 1939-10-20
Errol Flynn or the Rance
Or Somebody Has Won
At Any Rate, There Will Be Picture
About the Rajah of Sarawak;
England Goes to the Movies
BY sHEILAH GRAHAM.

Enrol of
fall About two Enrol epic the
OF the nrst white Rajah OF Sarawak
nice round Of $4,000 Plans produce
the Rance enfS Saraua - - - r~
Evening star., 1939-10-20

appeared on the scene, took one
peek at the script of her illuStrous
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-10

In recent nation wide poll, ac-
cording to the National AS ISOLATION
Of Manufacturers, three questions
were asked. One in regard to gov
eminent spending, one in regard to
taxes and one on what was the first
necessary thing to bring about pros
perity. Regarding government
spending So thought that it should
be decreased, % percent said that it
should be let alone, percent said
1T depends" percent said it should
be increased, and S percent did not
know. On the question of taxes, 48
percent felt they should be lowered,
36 percent that they should be le.
alone; 9 percent sit depends" and 2
percent that they should be raised;
and percent did not know. Regard
ing the question of what should be
done to restore prosperity, SO per-
cent replied that the government
should let business alone. "a percent
advocated increased production: 20
percent said pensions after so were
necessary; 6 percent favored i'm
proving conditions in the south; S
percent suggested unemployment in
surance benefits; and z percent did
not know.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-10
SEEMS TO work

SEEMS TO WORK
Reports have been favorable re-
tributing surplus food to needy ia
garding the stamp method of dis
miles. 1t has been tried in three
cities, Rochester, N. Y, Dayton, Ohio
and Seattle, Wash, where the ex-
pertinent has proved successful. It
is to be tried in other towns, soon.
We are glad that it has increased
consumption for those undernour-
ished and that it has helped cut
down on the farm surplus. Orange
stamps, costing 81, may be bought
by direct relief or relief wage. With
each orange stamp goes blue one
worth so cents in the purchasing of
only surplus food produce. The
stamps are good at any co-operat-
ing grocery store and the govern
ment redeems these stamps at their
face value. We will watch the ex-
pertinent in the hundred other
cities to be added. The idea of re-
lieving the surplus crops is feasible
to everyone in Kennewick.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-10
THE LOvELIEST

THE LOVELIEST
A rural high school graduate was
named from among 5000 contest
ants as the nations loveliest farm
girl. She appears at the New York
Worlds Fair as harvest queen. This
young lady doesn't seem to care
for farm work. She says she knows
nothing about riding a horse, can
milk a COW if she has to, but doesn't
want to. She likes movie magazines
but doesn't read books. As for farm
cooking and canning, she helps if
necessary, but would rather see a
movie. What farm girl around
Kennewick wouldn't? But this is not
the liking of them wouldn't change
their wholesome existence. Often q
rudy, plain body makes the hap
piest ideal wife for a farmer boy.
She goes ahead with her eyes open
to the hard work and her hands
willing to carry, a life where a movie
is a real treat, and time to read a
magazine is hard to find.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-10

Almost every day we read of some
kid getting hurt while riding a BIZ
cycle. That's one of the things we
think this town ought to look into.
The city has passed ordinances
against riding bikes on the side
walks, forcing them into the streets
with car traffic. It's far more dan
gerous to have the kids riding in
the streets than any danger they
would cause to pedestrians. This is
especially true on the highway
bridge, where the roadway is too
narrow for even car traffic. Hardly
a day passes but some kid has q
narrow escape while riding across
the bridge. They can be made to be
careful of pedestrians, but they can't
always tell what a driver of a car
will do, especially if complicated by
other traffic conditions. Let's keep
the kids off the streets.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-10

:ars>ly collapsed, and party disci-
ne is almost non-evistent. Party
h.ps have given up, discouraged,
IG.-g recent weeks when trying to
get "the boys into line.
On the Republican side OF the
Tense, the votes, of course, have
been cast against the New Deal.
But the Republicans have rarely
taken the offensive in fighting pro-
posed legislation. Instead, they
have followed the plan laid down
by canny Majority Leader McNary
of Oregon, and let the dissenting
Democrats make the poise and carry
the burden of the fight. That plan
was much opposed by some Repub-
licans at one time, and Senator Nc
Nary had a hard time keeping his
men under control. But he did, and
the wisdom of his plan, in the view
of hardened political observers, has
been proven. New Dealers cannot
say their program was sabotaged by
the opposition party, as they could
have if Republicans had been in the
first line trenches during the fight.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-10

ORANGES to them. On the other hand,
certain local citizens did have a
hand in the development of the
country and the park, and SO on,
So why not name the park, II a
name has to be, after one OF these
citizens. The name most frequent
ly mentioned has been that Of Rud-
kin, pioneer in the development OF
the local district and donor OF
the property upon which the park is
located. The idea has merit, with
out doubt, but we're better pleased
with Keewaydin and probably most
of our people prefer that name, too.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-10

We know of no town of compar-
able size in the Pacific Northwest
which has a main street that is as
rough as Kennewick Avenue. Some
thing ought to be done about it. At
tempts have been made in the past
few years, but the street is as rough
as ever-perhaps rougher. We mar
vel that cars can make the speeds
over it that they do especially late
Saturday nights. But perhaps speed
is necessary. Anyway the street is
too rough. Last year its improve
ment was included in a PWA pro-
ject. with other county roads. Lacy
Murrow,s monumental pont0on
bridge over Lake Washington got
the states road money and our road
is still unimproved. There must be
some way to have this street
smoothed out.