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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-06-30
tBy Ohio Labor News service)

Columbus, Ohio-Sixty- thou
sand claimants for unemployment
compensation benefits were paid $2,-
780,56393 during the month of May
by the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation, according to report
made last week.
Compared with the April total of
$2,527,348.39 in benefits paid out, the
May operations of the bureau repre-
sented an increase of nine per cent in
the number of payments to unem-
ployed workers in the state.
Since last January, when unemploy-
ment benefits first became payable
under the Ohio law, unemployed and
partially unemployed workers "cov-
cred" by the law have been paid &c.
538,990.52. On May 81, the unem-
ployment compensation fund totalled
$116,353,243.
Average benefit payment during
May for a single week of total unem-
ployment was $10.15, an increase of IL
cents above the average for the pre-
vious month. The average weekly
benefit for partial unemployment in
creased to $5.18 in May, cents
higher than the April average.
Initial claims received during May
numbered 30,071, representing a de-
crease of 27 per cent from April. Bu-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-06-30
American Labor Party
Attacks Relief Bill

New York City (ILNS) The Amer
lean Labor Party has written to Rep.
Sam Rayburn and Rep. Joseph w.
Martin, Jr., charging that the new
w. P. A. appropriation bill "throws
overheard practically every progress
sive step taken since Inauguration of
the federal works program"
"The appropriation bill demanded
by President Roosevelt is hardly ade-
quate and the earmarking of $685.
100000 for w. P. A. projects will
mean throwing additional thousands
off w. P. A. rolls" the letters, sent
by State Secretary Alex Rose, said.
During the past six years the needy
poor have been fed-the employable
unemployed have been put to work
at socially useful and productive ac-
tivities-wage levels and working
standards have been protected"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-06-30
Strike Closes Sugar Plants

Philadelphia (ILNS). - This city's
sugar refneries, largest in the world,
are closed and picketed by 2,700 work
ers affiliated with the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor. Three plants are
shut down. The basic wage in these
plants is 63 cents an hour. The union
sought 10 per cent increase, and the
arrangements demanded Is per cent
cuts.
The workers here struck last year,
asking wage boosts and union shop.
They got modified union shop; but
only small gains in pay.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-06-30
Jobless Benefits Paid To
$4,000 Workers In May;
Payments Show Increase
Ohio Bureau OF Unemployment Compensation Reports
$2,7SO563 90 Paid During Month OF May-Average
Payment For Week OF Unemployment Is S1O15.

reau officials attributed this to the
fact that April's number of claims
was higher than anticipated owing to
the suspension of work in the coal
industry, which Administrator Atkin-
son ruled was a Strike"
Cases of refusal by Ohio employers
to comply with provisions of the un-
employment compensation law are
under strict investigation by agents
of the B. U. c.. benefits division, G.
Scott Kallenbaugh, chief of that di-
vision, announced.
Prosecutions will be instituted soon
under provisions of the act which
specify penalties of fines not to ex-
ceed $500 for the first offense and
not more than $1,000 for each sub
sequent offense.
H. C. Atkinson, administrator of the
B. u. c., announced that the branch
offices of the bureau at Broadway and
55th Street, and 3766 West 25th
Street, Cleveland, will be consolidated
with the main downtown office build
ing, effecting an annual savings of
$21, 900.
The branch Offices were set up tenn
porarily to decentralize the heavy load
of applications anticipated when the
benefit payment section of the law
became effective last January, Atkin-
son caid
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-06-30
Cigar Makers International Union OF America To Cele-
brate 18th Anniversary Of Organzation-Hail 65th
Year OF The Use OF The Union Label By Craft.

Washington, D. C. (ILNS) When
jubilee celebration of the Cigar Max
ers' international Union of America,
to be held in Washington and through
out the nation from July &c to % in
elusive, it will not only mark the sew
enty-fifth anniversary of the union,
but it will also hail the sixty-fifth year
of the use of the union label by that
organization.
The inauguration of the use of the
union label in 1874, by the Cigar
Makers Unions of that era, was the
groundwork for the establishment of
the Union Label Trades Department
of the American Federation of Labor
During the early development of the
union label and the successful struggle
against the tenement house system,
the cigar makers had Adolph Strasser
as head of their organization.
Strasser, who was one of the out
standing figures in the ranks of the
Cigar Makers Union, and who is
prominently mentioned in many Of the
undertakings of that organization, be-
came second vice-president of the in
ternational union by appointment of
President Hurst in June, 1876.
Led Big Fight
Elected president of the Cigar
Makers Union in the eleventh con-
vention, Rochester, N. Y, in Septem-
Der, 1877, Strasser served in that
Office until 1891. His term in office
witnessed the rise of the use of the
union label and the great struggle
against the tenement house system.
Almost from the very moment
Strasser took office, the question OF
the elimination of the tenement house
system of employment was prevalent
In October, 1877, when the interna-
tional union was at it's lowest ebb anc
social unrest was rife, general strike
of cigar makers was called in New
York with more than $4,000 workers
involved. The strike was declared by
President Strasser to be a '1ife OF
death struggle"
Some Progress Made
The National Cigar Manufacturers
Association had declared it's deter
mination not to yield to the demands
of the workers or to reinstate then
in employment SO long as they re
mained members of the union. TIL,
strike ended in February, 1878, mo-
as decisive victory for the workers
but with some benefits accomplished
A reduction in the hours of labor
increased employment and higher
wages were obtained.
Prior to these accomplishments, the
people in the tenement houses worked
from IL to 18 hours a day while il
the factories they worked from nine
to nine and a half hours.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-06-30
Industrial Workers Total
Gains From 1929 to 1897

Washington, D. G. (ILNS).-More
workers were gainfully employed in
American factories, printing plants
and publishing establishments in 1887
than in 1929, Secretary of Commerce
Hopkins reports.
The average number of wage earn
ers in industrial establishments in
1887 was 8,569,231 compared with g.
380,536 reported for 1929. Both part
time and full-time employees were in
cluded in these totals.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-06-30
N.L.R.B. CHARGED
FAVORINC clio.

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-Frank
P. Fenton, director of organization of
the American Federation of Labor,
told the House labor committee, con-
Quoting hearings on amendments to
the Labor Relations Act, that the
N. L. r. B. consistently favored the
C. |. O. as against the A. F. of L.
owe allege," he said, 'and we think
we can prove that if it were not for
the assistance given by biased at
taches of the board to the G. l. O..
that this rival secession movement,
like a snowman, would have melted
in the sun early in 1887"
Fenton said that the A. F. of L..
sought no favors from the board, 'but
we do expect courteous and impartial
treatment consistent with the law,
the enactment of which we sponsored
before there was a C. /. O."
The A. F. of l.. executive, urging
enactment of series of amendments
to the Wagner Labor Act-all sup
ported by succession of A. F. of l..
LEADERS ended by saying:
"The breach that now exists in the
trade union movement might have
been bridged if it were not for the
encouragement extended by the board
to the c. l. o., and the wish of many
people in America, including the
President of the United States, for
unity in the house of labor might now
be a reality.
'The American Federation of La
Dor is determined to continue to fight,
as long as it exists, any court or
tribunal that denies workers the vol
untary right of self Organization. This
stands as challenge"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-06-30
Work Done at Home

In the early seventies the cigar
manufacturing industry, especially in
the city of New York, was almost
entirely controlled by manufacturers
who had their work done in the homes
of the employees. Under this system,
a certain amount of tobacco was
weighed out to the head of the fam
lily, who, when the specified number
of cigars had been made from it, re-
turned the finished product to the
manufacturer.
The worker, after having the rent
of his tenement deducted, received
either cash or a grocery order as his
pay. Usually the grocery order was
on some store owned or controlled by
the manufacturer.
The international union, under the
leadership of Samuel Gompers and
Strasser, first tried to have the tene-
ment house system outlawed under
the taxing power of Congress. Fail
ing in this attempt the New York
union in 1881 inaugurated an inten-
sive drive to secure remedial state
legislation and compiled and published
survey of the tenements in which
cigars were made. The survey showed
27 manufacturers in New York City
using 1,427 families working from IA
to 18 hours a day and for miserably
low wages.
Economic Power Wins
After several more attempts to stop
the manufacturing of cigars in tene-
ment houses, including the enactment
and death of law to abolish this
vicious system, the trade unions took
| the matter into their own hands.
Through intensive organization cou-
pied with union label agitation the
union accomplished by utilization of
it's economic power what it had failed
to achieve in the legislatures.
The cigar makers conceived the
IuCd dllu HAVE SOiiOAlioOdc
use of the union label since 1874
| when some trade mark or emblem
became necessary to help check
the invasion of Chinese workers
in the cigar industry on the Pa
| cifc Coast.
BY 1887 other national and inter
national unions having recognized
the potential possibilities of the union
label, adopted labels of their own.
Notable among these were the hat
ters in 1885, and the bakers and gar
ment workers who adopted labels in
1886.
| Label Department Formed
This union label agitation resulted
! in the formation in 1909 of the Union
Label Trades Department of the
American Federation Of Labor. At
that time John B. Lennon of the
Journeymen Tailors' Union was elected
president, and Thomas f. Tracy, a
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-06-30

In the passing of George Bailey,
well known newspaperman, organized
labor lost true and fine friend. He
always gave labor "news break
when it was possible to do so.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-06-30
Cigar Makers 65 Years Ago
Laid Foundation For Today's
Widespread Use Of Union Label

vice-president of the Cigar Makers
Union, was elected secretary. Since
then a cigar maker has been contin-
uously elected to an official position
in the department, George w. Perkins
having been its president, and l. M.
Ornburn being the present secretary
treasurer of the Union Label Trades
Department.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-06-30

Old Lady: | want good book.
Librarian: Here is one about a
cardinal.
Old Lady: Pm not interested in re-
ligion.
Librarian: But this is bird.
Old Lady: I'm not interested in his
private life either.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-28
On tho Lam !

Continued From Page 1s)
who originated the seventh-inninE
stretch and who once hit = homer
when the centerfielder found him
self choking on q dandelion.
You will find many of your own
friends at every turn Of the neck
You will find preachers, bank
ers, carpenters. lawyers. poll
ticians. scallawags. women. chill
dren, grandpappies and grand
mammies who have died each sea
son for several years e.
In fact, you will find the old
park jammed from the tip Of Its
left wing to the farthest point Of
Its right wing, with the one para
mount thought in mind, that the
Tigers win -.
You will hear the cries of the
hot dog merchants. You'll feel the
weight Of his body on your toes as
he steps along. You'll hear neigh
bors rattle peanut sacks. crack
shells and chaw -.
You'll hear and see all that goes
to make up a ball game and
that, after all, is part Of the highly
popular fever known as baseball
it's "a.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-28
Loggers Favored
Over Willamette

The College Of Puget Sound
will play host 10 willamette uni
versity in a track and field meet
on the Logger field Friday after
noon.
II viii be the Loggers' first dual
meet Of the season.
Willamette made a poor show
ing in losing 10 Pacific university
last week. As result the Bear
cats will be underdogs against
the Loggers.
&. p. =. has fair strength
In the distance runs and IL
well balanced In the field
events. The opposition Is
strong In the sprints.
Lloyd Baker and Norm Mayer
will lead the Loggers into eompe-
tition. Baker is q crack high
jumper and also excels at javelin
throwing. Mayer specializes in
the shotput and broad jump.
Others who will perform for c.
p. S. are George Watts and John
Mcdonald. milers; John Sharp.
middle distance runner: Carl
Smith, pole vaulter, and Russ Per-
kins and Gene Albertson. who will
take part in the weight events
and the hurdles.
The meet will start at 2 o'clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-28
General Motors
Joins City Loop

General Motors Trucks viii re-
place wsisfield = Goldberg In City
league play. II WAS announced by
Roy p. Archer. president Of the
municipal circuit. and Johnnie
Heinrich, Stadium football mentor.
has bsen chosen to guide the new
club. according to J. n, Galbraith
Of the Motors company.
The municipal loop swiaEs
Into action on Saturday, May
q, starting NJ $50. when Cam
marano Brothcrs. 1884 tititsts.
cross bats with johnson Paint
Company. All other games
are listed Ia get under way NJ
! o'clock. superior Dairy.
Model Lumber Com any,
Olympic Ice Cream and Gen
eral Motors Trucks complete
the league team roster.
Bert Woody Woodland. for
many years active as q pilot in
semi-pro ranks. will lead the Model
Lumber clan this year. and with
Heinrich are the two new skip
pers In the fold. George Wise be-
ing the boss OF johnson Paint,
Ocky Hauslsnd biting his nails
for Superior Dairy. Al Pentcoost
still teaching rockies for Olympic
Ice Cream. and of course. Johnny
Mazzuca at the helm of the pow
erful Cammarano Brothers club.
Evidently the managers were
not satisfied with the results at
tanned In 1898. not even the cham
pion Cammarano Brothers club. a.
all six shippers have greatly
strengthened for this seasons 90
game trek. Play should be much
faster this year. II names mean
anything.
Following the s0-gsme schedule,
the usual Sbaughnessy play-offs
for a league titlist will get under
way, the complete season ending
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-28
SITzM ARKS
VORLACE

PARADISE VALLEY -- X TX Il
tests In technique and first aid
conducted here by the Pacific
Northwestern Ski association fol-
lowing a recommendation by Presi-
dent Peter Hostmark. disclosed
seven OF the is teachers examined
over a two-dsy period are qualified
to give instruction At local skiing
resorts.
According TO Otto Lang. director
Of the Rainier National Park Ski
school and dean of the instructors
college. the seven who successfully
completed tests and received cer-
tificates follow:
Ken Syyerson. head Of the
Milwaukee Bowl school. Dick
Ludwig. Ralph Bromsghin.
derry Perry and Mas sar-
ehett, seattle; Jsmes Parker,
Berkeley, Calf. and Ariel
Edniston, Mount Hood. Ore.
Tests were conducted by Lang.
Arthur Schlztter. Aiddlebury col
lege coach and chief instructor ~
Woodstock. VI; LugKi Foeger. d.
rector OF the Yosemite National
Park Ski school: Bob Hayes, Sc
attic. and DIR. c. A. Hewitt, Para
disc Valley.
Preliminary examinations were
riyen last Saturday and Sunday.
Papers were corrected and eandi-
dates quixzed concerning prae-
teal knowledge Of skiing. for the
past two days, Land said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-28
Has Defeated
Chief White

Dave Smith. 24-year-old san
Francisco ringman, will meet Jock
McOmber over the l0-round dis
tsnce when the Tacoma Scot re-
turns TO action next Thursday at
Greenwich coliseum after lsyoff
Of two months.
That was the announcement
which came today from Promoter
Will Maylon, who had been comb
ing the Pacific Coast and Rocky
mountain area since early this
week In search OF a suitable oppon-
ent for McOmber.
Three other candidates for the
shot had been prominently men
toned. but Maylon chose Smith
after a careful persual Of their
recent records.
The San Franciscan, who has
had SO professional fights over a
two-year period, stands five feet
IL inches in height and his fight
ing weight ranges between $50
and 1855 pounds, against Mcom-
ber's five feet IL inches and IT'S
pounds.
The deciding factor in the selec-
ton of Smith was probably his
recent triumph over Chief White,
the capable Stockton Indian. who
gave McOmber a stiff battle here
last fall, but the San Francisco boy
also has wins over such outstand-
ing Bay region battlers as Matt
Rhodes, Doug Carver, Harold
Blackshear and Jack Reed TO bis
credit during the past few months.
HERE BEFORE FIGHT
Naylon said Smith would arrive
here several days before the fight
in order to accomplish the double
purpose Of becoming acclimated
and giving Tacoma fans a chance
to see him in action.
McOmber, already close to fight
ing condition by virtue Of week
and a half Of gymnasium work,
is scheduled to get in at least four
rounds of boxing Friday, provid-
ing suitable sparring mates are
available. Jack Conner, the Scots
manager, wants his charge to get
in three or four days of boxing
in preparation for the mix, which
means that the grind
tomorrow if McOmtieSe ,'HglslH
his quota of glove work before he
winds up his training Tuesday.
Appearing with McOmber in the
daily gymnasium drills will be
Davy Ward. a main-eventer in his
own right these days; Paul Smith,
lightweight; Mike kanski and
Gene Toulouse, middleweights, and
several other Tacoma ringmen.
Smith, Kanski and Toulouse are
being groomed for berths on the
supporting card.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-28
Attendance Lays
In Major Leagues

NEW YORK Baseball attend
ance. dropping around the edges
In the first 10 days of play. had
the magnates scratching their
heads today and looking for the
reason.
Forbidding weather. which cut
heavily into the opening day
games. undoubtedly played . blx
part In the tagging attendance
lac. 6o< behind last year st . cor
responding date.
In the metropolitan area.
however. at least on~ maxnate
waA wondering what part ra-
do brosdcsstlng has Ia d
with the lag.
With the two titleholders and
favorites, the Yankees and Cubs,
winging along at the head Of both
pennant races. the biggest surprise
of the infant season continues To
be the amazing Phillies. who NOV
ed into second place yesterday
without turning q hand.
The ~. Lotsis CARDINAL
turned hack tho Cincinnati
Reds. 10. behind Curt Davis
fivc-hit pitching. boa~ting the
Idle Pills Into second. Lee
Grixsom went six inaings. al
lowing all the Red Dirds' six
hits.
The Cubs won from Pittsburgh
81. The victory boosted the Cubs
pennant stock because Gene LII.
lard. rookie from the Coast league
stopped the Pirates with eiEh,
scattered hits. The Cubs thres
runs resulted from Mancuso's ain
gle. Bartsli's double. Hacks walk
and singles by Herman and Cles'
son.
Hank Gre~nberG's two hom-
ers. making three for him In
eight games. featured Detreits
Ia victory over the ~ Loula
Browns. Gehringer and Rogeil
also hit honers for the TiKers.
Johnny Broaca. cx-Yankce pitch
er trying n comeback with Clsye
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-28
chiinooks Win
From Chiefs
WENATCHEE, Wash

WENATCHEE, Wash. eel.
lar teams of the Western Inter
national Baseball league Belling-
ham and Vancouver-won their
first game last night.
Beillngham's Chineoks hsst
the Wenatchee Chiefs, 1911.
In 10 innings h Wenatches.
The Chiefs made ~ many err
rors ~ they did runs--li-te
only thrce hobbies by Belllng-
ham. Each team got IL hits
In the three hour and Is
minutes Of play.
Vancouver's Capilanos edged
out Yakima's Pippins, 80. in
Yakima. Yakima outhit Van
couver, 14-1, but the capilanos
played errorless ball while the
Pippins made three errors. Van
couver made three double plays TO
stop Yakima rallies.
REIIIktiHAM
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-28

SCORE BY 1SNlNoS
Bfllingham ..,i50 220 COL 2-i3
Wenatchee 1900. 003 500 020 Oil
SUMMARY
Two-bsse hits-Bliss, Harris. Bon
ETH. Christopher. 2 Mcdonald. Three :
base hits-Milani Stolen bases
Bliss, Milani. Left on bases-Belling-
ham 8, Wenstrhee o. Base on balls
OFF candini 4. Schubei 3. Gerah /.
McGann g. Rogers q Struck out
by Candini 5. Schubel 4. 0earhnuser
/. MoGann 3. Rogers 2 Hits off
Candini 9, off Schubel ?. off Gear
hauser 5. off Rogers q Passed balls
l-McGann. Rogers Winning pitcher
Shut. Losing pitcher Gerhaussr
Umpires--Morssn and Moran. Time
3. 05.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-28
Bay Meadows
Opens Season

SAN ALTO, Cal. - Bsy
Meadows opens its et-dsN
spring racing meet today With
sunday. Ma, 81. designated BY
the state racing commission a.
charity das. the first time
SUNDAY has been named In the
history Of kgahred California
racing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-28
10 Compete
In Giant Slalon,

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ssAsy m~se sAaa - pessees
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slalen vua - ~. ooen1 noeue-
1ny. ~ GtnRe sla1nNs--A enD-
HeaoA1ea II Aswehel1 80 eonoDm
sHrtao - wes essUsneeo1 ~
yeoe.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-28

the latter part II August, A small
fee will Be charged for city league
games this year 10 defray expenses
and all games VIII b played 81
lincoln howl.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-28

Two base hitA. petersen. Never.
Splker. home run. bsmnsmmsr
struck out by Meyer @ DALEY o. bases
on balls. off Meyer 4 Daley 4. ht
By pltc her b. Daley fstsmper q.
Wild pitch. DALEY. Stolen bases.
Petersen 2. double plays. DALEY 20
volpi To McCue q KeTf 70 AcOinnis
70 MoCue. earned runs. Vancouver
3. Yakima O. winning pitcher. DALEY.
losing pitcher Meyer. left on bases
Yakima ~ Vancouver .. umpires.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-28

AAN FRANC1SCO--Five tbous-
and San Francisco fight fans were
convinced today Tony 0alsnto
stands little chance against Joe
Louis altar witnessing the bound.
ing beer barrel In . drsary four.
round exhibition last night with
Phil johnson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-28

land. failed dismaiiy In his first
start, and ths White sox licked
the Indians. 81. Broaca was
driven 10 cover In the third inning,
Bill Dietrich had the trIbs blanked
until the ninth whsn Pytish's sin
gle and ahillings double scored
the Indians only run.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-28
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Over ceugss
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