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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
But RUSSIANS
DON'T LAUGH

(From the Washington Daily News)
CUPPOSE American newspapers
~ should blare forth with a story
that Quebec was plotting an invasion
to take over the whole United States
as far west as the Rockies.
Well, that in effect is what the
press of Russia is now saying about
Finland - and without cracking a
smile.
But do the Russian people to whom
such a tale is fed laugh at it? Not
by any means Their credulity is, by
necessity, unlimited. For in Russia
there is nothing but the governmental
handout; no free press; no newsgath-
ering as we know it. Such news as
is printed is all Soviet propaganda
what the outside world is doing and
saying is all excluded if it runs
counter to the schemes of the die
tatorship; PRONUNCIATION of anything
else means death; and, therefore, the
preposterous story about Finland's
threatened invasion is probably al
ready being believed.
The incident is merely another eX-
ample of the workings of that country
to which SO many now disillusionec
| fellow travellers in the U. S. A. have
been looking as the hope of the world
1t is for that sort of thing that they
would have exchanged the freedom Of
our flow of information.
One of the distinctly beneficial by.
products of the present war has beer
the awakening in this country of those
sincere liberals who turned pink IL
search of a better system. That
awakening began when the Hitler
Stain alliance was announced. The
alarm clock has been ringing ever
since.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
TRADES COUNCIL

The Cooperative Trades and Labor
Council held one of the shortest meet
ings in the year Tuesday, November
21. About twenty delegates were
present and Charles Perrine presided.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved
Stanley Ogg reported for the tug
of-war tournament committee and the
balance of the proceeds was turned
over to the council treasury.
The Bartenders' delegates reported
that the Hayloft in New Miami was
not employing members of their or
ganization.
Two communications were read
from l. NJ Ornburn, treasurer of the
Union Label Trades Department
Washington, d. c., and were received
as read.
A communication was read from
the Central Trades and Labor Council
of Allentown, Pa. The same con-
tanned notification that on account
of the wretched conditions in the
General Cigar Company's plant, the
cigar-makers went on strike. They
ask that we place the White Owl, Will
liam Penn, Club House, Robert Burns
Van Dyke and Laddies cigars on the
unfair list. Same received and or.
dered complied with.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
HAMILTON SPECIALS

Since September, 1,044 pupils of
Butler County and Hamilton paro-
chial schools have been immunized
against diphtheria, it was announced
this week by DR.. G. j. Baldridge,
health commissioner. He said only
a few pupils in Jacksonburg School
remained to be immunized. The pro-
gram in the Hamilton schools will not
begin before March /, DR.. George
Flenner said
The Y. w. C. A. membership com
mittee will be hostess to the .Know
Your 'Y' Group" an organization of
members enrolled this year, at a
luncheon Friday at l o'clock in the
'Y" clubrooms, Mrs. Thomas Zoller,
membership chairman, announced to-
night.
Fifty members of the Democratic
Women's League attended the social
meeting Monday night in democratic
headquarters, 116 South Second Street
A covered dish supper was served
and several new members were re-
ceived into membership. A social for
December in the Fenmont was ar
ranged.
Members of the Hamilton Minis
terial Association will participate in
round-table discussion on "The
Minister and Peace" December in
the Y. M. C. A., Rev Wilbur A. Vorhis
program chairman, announced this
week. Rev. A. c. Hofrichter, pastor
of Lindenwald Church of Christ, will
be discussion leader.
Fred M. Stitsinger, clerk, and mem.
bers of the Butler County Board OF
Elections were commended this weel
| by Secretary of State Earl Griffith
for their cooperation in the Novem
Der election.
"May | take this means of ex
pressing to you individually my most
sincere appreciation for the co-opera
tion of the Butler County Board Of
Elections during the past few weeks,
Griffith said in part.
The board is composed of George
Brandhoff, Jerome B. Hosey, Fred w
Gradolph, Clinton Egbert, Carl ]. Ros
marin and Stitsinger
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
War Cuts Demand Abroad
For u. S. Farm Products

Washington, d. C. (ILNS). = The
European war has had depressing
effect" on export demands for Amer
lean farm products, the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture reports.
Exports of all major farm COM
modities, except cotton, declined dur
ing the first month of the war, the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
said in survey of foreign trade foi
the first quarter of this fiscal year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
w. P. A. Workers Not Yet
Helped By War Boom,
Says Head Of That Group

Denver (ILNS). Employment in
creases resulting from the wartime
boom in industry have not reached
the personnel of the w. P. A., Com
missioner Harrington said here.
The W. P. A. rolls have not been af-
fected, Harrington said, because the
persons receiving relief employment
are not fitted for the skilled labor
demanded by industry.
Continuation of the war in Europe,
he believed, eventually would provide
increased private employment and
subsequent reduction of w. P. A. rolls.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
| A. nj. SALES APPROVED

Youngstown. Ohio. - City council
members last week approved an ex-
tension of the legal closing hour, max
ing the Youngstown sales period con-
form with the state law. Hereafter
sales of beer, wine and liquor until
/ a. m. will be legal, with sales te
2:3O a. m. in D-5 establishments.
Mahoning members of the Buckeye
Retail Liquor Dealers Association
were instrumental in the move.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
HEADS FOREST HILLS CLUB

Middletown, Ohio. - Charles Stiles
was elected president of Forest Hills
Country Club for 1910, succeeding DR.
Arson Hayes, at meeting this week
in the Civic Association Building
Charles Blair was named -presi-
dent; E. F. Shively, treasurer, and H
j. Schaeffer, secretary. Present for
the first time at the organization were
three new board members, Robert
Brosius, Fred Danford and Charles
Wilmore.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
Ask Support For
Community Clinic

People of Oxford, Ohio, will this
week receive letter from the board
of directors of the community clinic,
asking for contributions for the OPP
Grafton of the clinic for the coming
year.
This is the first appeal for funds
in two years and the directors are
hopeful that the response will be as
generous as it was in 1897.
The clinic will be fully installed in
it's new quarters in the municipal
building this week Official moving
day is December l.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
Relief Load

The Butler County relief load fell
to 1888 cases last week when 76 fam
lilies were removed from the rolls
Miss Isabel Beardsley, commissioner
of the Hamilton Department of Pub
lie Assistance, announced this week
Most of the persons were given Works
Progress Administration jobs.
Fifty-seven cases were dropped
from the Hamilton total and % from
the townships, while Middletown added
four. Present totals are: Hamilton
514; Middletown, 373, and townships
396.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
WATER LINES APPROVED

Butler County commissioners ap-
proved Monday the installation of a
second section of water lines in Dixie
Heights Subdivision, Middletown sub
urb, following a public hearing at
which no objections were presented.
The estimated cost of the project to
property owners is $4,005.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
FARM EMPLOYMENT DROPS

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)- Total
employment of both family and hired
workers on farms on November l is
estimated by the Department of Ag-
riculture at 10,762,000, the smallest
November l total recorded in the Ia
years covered by the survey and COM
pairing with an employment of H.
10000 last November.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
VOGEL'S PUBLIC SALE

Magdalene Vogel, administrators of
the estate of John c. Vogel, deceased,
will hold public sale of personal
property, three miles west of Ham
ilton on the Old Oxford Road near
the Hanover School, Thursday, De-
cember 7, at IL o'clock sharp. A. s.
Emrick is the attorney and Harry
Honerlaw will be the auctioneer.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
Health Seal Campaign

With the opening of the Christmas
health seal campaign scheduled to
start Friday, December l, Governor
John w. Bricker issues proclama
ton, urging citizens of Ohio to sup
port the sale.
The seals in Hamilton will be IS
sued by the Butler County Tubercu-
losis and Health Association, 41O
First National Bank Building, of
which w. K. Curfman is executive
secretary.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
ANOTHER PUBLICATION PASSES

The Eaton Democrat, the second
Oldest newspaper in Preble County,
recently suspended publication. Ralph
R. Raney, who for the past several
years has published the newspaper,
stated that for a long time revenue
has not justified publication.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
NEW BEER PERMITS

Clara M Kieser, 116 South Second
Street, Hamilton, D-1. Edw. Bauer,
122 Main Street, Hamilton, d..
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
PICKETS MAY PASS
HANDBILLS, COURT
SAYS In DECISION
Civil Liberties Win Sweeping Victory
As Decisions Are Handed Down.

Washington, D. c. ILNS). - A
sweeping victory for civil liberties
was won by decision of the Supreme
Court holding unconstitutional ordi-
nances of four cities which were chal-
lenged by trade unionists and other
citizens on the ground they violated
rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
One of the cases involved the right
of union pickets to distribute hand
bills.
Three of the statutes prohibited dis
tribution of leaflets in the public
streets and the other, that of Irv-
ington, N. j., required police permit
for house-to-house canvassing. The
handbill ordinances involved Los An
geles, Milwaukee and Worcester,
Mass.
In Irvington, a member of the re-
| ligious cult, Jehovah's Witnesses, was
arrested for circulating religious lit
erature from door to door without
having registered with the police de-
partment.
State Courts Reversed
In Los Angeles and Worcester in
dividuals were apprehended for dis
| tributing announcements of meetings,
and in Milwaukee 10 union members
| were fined for handing out leaflets
while picketing.
In another case the court held in
valid an ordinance of the city of Grif-
| fin, Ga, barring distribution of hand
| bills. Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes wrote the opinion, which re-
| versed Georgia Supreme Court de-
| infringement of freedom of press
| guarantees in the fourteenth amend
ment.
In the civil liberties cases the SUI
preme court of each state had upheld
| the ordinances as a reasonable appli-
cation of municipal police power. In
the handbill cases, the courts found
the cities had passed the laws to pre-
vent Offering" the streets, as a sani-
tary measure or to diminish fire haz-
ards.
Only One DisSenter
The Irvington statute was upheld in
New Jersey on the grounds it gave
police a check on canvassers, thus
helping to prevent crime.
The opinion covering the four civi
liberties cases was written by Justice
Roberts Justice McReynolds, now
only die-hard conservative on the
court, dissented.
The court specifically stated in the
| Irvington case it should not be taker
as 'holding that commercial solicit
ing and canvassing may not be sub
jected to such regulation as the ordi-
nance requires.
"Nor do we hold that the town may
not fix reasonable hours when can.
vassing may be done -.
Doubtless there are other features
of such activities which may be regu
lated in the public interest without
prior licensing or other invasion o.
constitutional liberty.
1--WE do hold, however, that the or
dinance in question, as applied to pc
titioner's conduct, is void, and she can
not be punished for acting without
permit"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-01
FHA HEAD PREDICTS
HOME BUILDING WILL
STAY AT HIGH LEVEL
Administrator Mcdonald Predicts On
Basis of New Business Booked
in November

Washington, D. G. (ILNS) - On
the basis of new business booked in
November. Federal Housing Admin
istrator Stewart Mcdonald predicted
that home building activity will con-
tinue at high level through the win
ter in many parts of the country.
The present outlook, in fact, is for
the best winter building season in
more than ten years, he said. Even
in many northern cities, builders are
throwing off the habit of winter in
activity and are planning busy
season.
An examination of applications for
mortgage insurance received the first
three weeks of November shows an
increase of almost 20 per cent in the
number of new homes to be con-
structed under F. H. A. inspection
over the corresponding weeks a year
ago.
Building Keeps Up
The number of new homes started
each week in fact, instead of declining
abruptly as is often the case at this
time of the year, is not far below the
years peak. Over 500 new homes are
being started each working day.
For example, during the week end
ing November l8, mortgage insurance
applications were received on 2,944
new homes to be constructed under
| F. H. A inspection and construction
was begun under f. H. A. inspection
on 1928 new small homes. The av-
erage number started weekly for the
five weeks ending November Is was
2,901, close to the years high mark
| In addition, more than 300 small
homes costing less than $1,000 are
being started each week under the
new Title l program of the F. H. A.
Reasons for Activity
Several reasons were advanced by
Administrator Mcdonald for this con
tinuation of building activity:
Unprecedented favorable financing
available under the F. H. A. program
Production of more attractive anc
saleabIe small houses by builders al
over the country.
General improvement in business
conditions. Relative stability Of prices
"The war in Europe has failed tC
slow down home construction as some
feared when hostilities broke out,
Mcdonald said. Most people appar
emily have become convinced that the
United States is going to stay out o.
the war and those who are thinking
about home building are going aheaC
with their plans"
Evening star., 1939-07-09

Pine street, Hyattsville, Md; third,
Lester F. Wilson, IA, 1915 North
Hartford street, Arlington, Va.
Time, 41.60.
Fifty-eighth heat-Lyle E. Devices,
13, 765 Nineteenth street NE, WIN
ner; second, Kenneth Zimmerman,
Is, Kendall Green NE; third, John
Clark Barber, IA, Frederick ave-
nue., Gaithersburg, Md. and fourth.
Albert Zyvoloski, 13. 80 Wine ave-
nue., Hyattsville, Md. Time, 0:449O.
Heat No. 58-A-Gilbert B. Thigh
man, IA, 1851 c street NE, winner.
Also ran-James A. Johns, jr., 13,
1912 Monroe street NV; Charles E.
7 Hudson, Is, Box 18, Capitol Heights,
Md, and Albert Di Giulian, Is, 325
G street NE. Time, 0:43.26.
Fifty-ninth heat-Jack H. Avery,
10, 1440 r street NV, winner; sec
ono, Harold Anderson, u, 1924 Eu-
cid street NV; third, Robert A..
Anderson, IL, 6022 Ridge drive,
Brookmont, Md. Time, 0:4443.
Sixtieth heat-James w. Bordas,
II, Box 112, Berwyn, Md, winner;
second, r. Emmet Brooks, II, 2426
South Dakota avenue NE; third,
James Basinger, IL, 6700 Second
street NV, and fourth, Earl F
Baugh, 2718 Thirteenth street NV.
Time, 0:4381.
Sixty-first heat-Gene Bean, IL,
Evening star., 1939-07-09
| Derby Winners
To Get Awards
Wednesday

The winners in Washington S
second annual Soap Box Derby will
receive their prize awards in Central
High School Auditorium Wednesday
night at 8 O'Clock.
Carl Cederstrand, the champion,
will receive the M. E. Coyle Trophy
for his victory yesterday.
Boys who won one or more heats,
or were declared the winner of spe-
cial prizes, should report to the audi
torium for the award session. Their
parents and friends are invited to
accompany them.
In the special prize class, Weller
Loeff1er, 13, of 1908 Second avenue,
Silver Spring, Md, was judged
builder of the best designed car, the
fish-shaped model that attracted
wide attention on the race course.
His prize will be a gold-filled wrist
watch.
The white watch award for the
best designed car goes to Raymond
Giavannoni, IL, of $40 Rittenhouse
street NV.
Bob Maudlin, II, of 1929 R street
NV, will receive the pen and pencil
set that goes to the boy building the
car with the best upholstering.
The Board of Judges for the spe-
cial prizes was composed of three
Chevrolet dealers who could identify
the entries only by number.
The winners prizes are donated
by The Star, the American Legion
and Chevrolet dealers, except for
the watches, which are contributed
by Sidney Selinger, jeweler, of 8l8
F street NV.
First-heat winners will receive
bronze medals and second-heat win
ners silver cups To class semi
finalists go portable radios of the
latest style. Bicycles will be pre-
sented to the winners of class A
and class B championships, who
raced in the final round for the To-
cal title. There will be medals for
first and second place winners in
each class.
Evening star., 1939-07-09

er, jr., IL, 1926 Sixteenth street NE;
third, Carlos Cordero, 10, sos Whit
tier place NV, and fourth, Grady
Currin, II, 10 K street NV. Time,
1852.
Sixty sixth heat-Carl Ceder-
strand, II, 3719 Appleton street NV,
winner; second, Richard G.. Downey,
10, 3415 Mount Pleasant street NV;
third, Bernard Lee Douglas, jr., IL,
3509 Patterson street NV, and
fourth, Grover c. Davis, IL, 9l2O
Clark avenue, Silver Spring, Md.
Time, 1857.
9th heat-William F. Defer, jr.,
II, 2l4 Charming street NE, win
ner; second, George S. Douglass,
II, 3706 North Seventeenth street,
Arlington, Va; third. Howard Spen-
Ger, IL, 418 P street NV, and
fourth, Theodore Trowell, jr., IL, 334
Bryant street NV. Time, 41.39.
68th heat-Robert Lee Eacho, 10,
1900 Plymouth street NV, winner;
second, Charles Etheridge, II, 7
Grove street, Hyattsville, Md; third,
Teddy j. Fox. jr., 10, 7-C Crescent,
Greenbelt, Md, and fourth, Melvin
j. Freebairn. II, 2743 Mckinley
street NV. Time, 41.9O.
69th heat-Raymond A. Giovan-
noni, IL, $40 Rittenhouse street NV,
winner; second, Paul Fox, jr., II. S17
Evening star., 1939-07-09

608 Rittenhouse street NV, winner;
second, Victor Billings, IL, ITO North
Wayne street, Arlington, Va; third,
Henry L. Bowie, IL, AT Delafield
place NV, and fourth, Arthur E.
Bonnet, jr., II, 1927 Otis street NE
Time, 0:4362.
Sixty-second heat-Fred S. Bart
lett, II, 13 Elm avenue, Takoma
Park, Md, winner; second, Eugene
Carroll. II, 1921 Fifth street NV;
third, Richard Barthelmess, 10, 33
Madison street NV, and fourth,
Gerald Brody, IL, 758 Princeton
place. Time, 1920.
Sixty-third heat-Calvin Conliffe,
IL, 544 Hobart street NV, winner;
second, Bernard Burnstine, 10, 639
Franklin street NE. third, George
H. Butler, 10, 10 Brookside drive,
Silver Spring, Md, and fourth, Rob-
ert P. Clagett. II, 1914 Twenty-first
street NE. Time, 45.40.
Sixty-fourth heat-Joseph Combs,
IL, 1929 Jefferson street NV, win
ner; second. James Higgins, 10, 1905
Tenth street NV; third, James AL
bert Cole, jr., II, 1921 Tennyson
street NV, and fourth, Milton
Chapman, jr., II, 536 Columbia road
NV. Time, 41.02.
Sixty-fifth heat-Perry G. Currin,
10, TIA Rock Greek Church road,
winner; second, Ransellear F. Short
Evening star., 1939-07-09

only to see another car shoot past
to victory.
The gestures and good luck charms
of some of the boys were wonderful
to behold. The champion carried d
rabbits foot for luck. Another boy
had a black cat painted over the
No. 13 on his car. One youth religi-
ously took off his shoes before each
heat. The cars also bore some sur
prising names-"Hot Foot" Tight
Squeeze, "Legionheir"
When the first heats were over, the
losers assembled at the starting line
and heard hard-boiled Legionnaire
explain the details of IAN old Army
game" he wanted them to play. He
started the boys off down the hot
course to pick up every bit OF debris
they might find.
The slightest obstruction was a
danger to the tiny speedsters. Pop
bottle caps dropped on the roadway
were blamed for some skids in the
early heats.
Those who stood at the bottom of
the hill, where the racers were
parked in line after line. could see
at glance the essential imnracti-
cability Of the soap box auto as q
mode of transportation. Tho cars
looked great going down hill, but
no one-not even Champion Cedar
strand-could make them coast
back up.
Evening star., 1939-07-09

ond, Eugene Gibb Sharkoff, IA, 4010
Marlboro place NV; third, Frank
Leslie Sharrar, 10, s51l Georgia ave-
nue., Silver Spring, Md. Time,
0:4l.96.
49th heat-Donald Phillips, 13,
1901 Ridge place Sc, winner; also
ran, Bobby Shoemaker, 13, 5105
Forty-fourth street NV; James
Simpson, 13, 63l K street S.W., and
David Smith. IS, POST Park road
NV. Time, 0:45.43.
50th heated Stadel, 13, Valley
Lee, Md, winner; also ran, William
F. Smith. IA, 2l09 King street, Alex
andria, Va; Donald K. Smith, 13,
1859 Park road NV, and Kenneth
Stack, 13, 434 Delafield place NV.
Time, 0:4473.
5lst heat-Clark B. Steward. IA,
312 Elm street, Chevy Chase, Md,
winner; second, Peter Stahl, IA, SOB
Powhatan street NV; third. John
Sterrett, IA, 1919 Burke street Sc,
and fourth, Cole Stratton, 49, 6403
Ridgewood avenue, Chevy Chase,
Md. No time.
SD heat-George Titrington. 13,
670l Eastern avenue, Takoma Park,
Md, winner; also ran, Stanley
Stephenson. ID, 6303 Third street
NV; Michael Theriault, 13, 1902
River road, and Norman Trahan,
Evening star., 1939-07-09
13, 4018 North Eighteenth road
Arlington, Va. Time, O:42.49.


Arlington, Va. Time, 0:42.49.
Fifty-third heat-Robert Tram
nell, IA, IA Clagett road, Hyatts-
vile, Md, winner; second, Albert
Valaer, IA, 3211 Adams Mill road
NV; also ran, David c. Trott, IA,
Isl Quincy street, Chevy Chase, Md. :,
and Joseph Urciolo, 13, TOO Quincy
street NV Time, 44.56.
Fifty.fourth heat-Jack Vuncan-
non. l3, 338 Eighteenth street NE,
winner; also ran, Frederick G. Will
liams, jr., IA, Landover. Md, and
Lawrence Alfred Wilkinson, 13, 302
South Carolina avenue Sc. Time,
1885.
Fifty-fifth heat-Richard Walter,
IA. 709 Quackenbos street NV, WIN
ner; also ran, John Wilkerson, 13,
1915 Twenty-fifth street Sc, and
Leonard John Williams, II, 13. 7
Virginia street, Chevy Chase, Md.
Time, 4091.
Fifty-sixth heat-Allen Lee Will
son, 13, Ism Ridge road, Green
belt, Md, winner; second, Parker
Ward, Is, 1906 Charming street
NE; third Marvin Miner, 10. $40
Quebec place NV. Time, 44.43
Fifty-seventh heat-Artis H. Wa
ters, jr., IA. 3259 o street NV, win
ner; second, Philip Warner, IA, II