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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
Unions Can Win
Awards For Real
Paralysis Drive
Green and Morgan Awards
To Be Given For Out
standing Service

Washington, ID. c. ILNS).-The La
Dor Division for the Presidents Birth
day celebration announces two awards
will be given to the national and in
ternational unions for outstanding
service in the 1899 Infantile PARALYSIS
Campaign.
The awards will be known as the
William Green and Keith Morgan
awards. The award from President
Green, Chairman of the Labor Divi-
sion, will consist of a large, colorful
silken banner in which will be en-
scribed the name of the winning in
ternational union, together with the
seal of the American Federation of
Labor The details of the Keith Nor
early date.
In announcing the awards Gilbert
E. Hyatt, Executive Secretary of the
Labor Division, explained:
"The William Green trophy will go
to the national or international union
whose membership leads in the per
capita contributions to Labor's Silver
Salute. Every union member will
have the opportunity to contribute one
or more dimes to the lnfantile Paraly-
sis Campaign. That international
union whose members contribute the
most dimes per member will be ad-
judged the most deserving of the Will
liam Green Trophy"
The Keith Morpan trophy will be
awarded to the national or interna-
tional union making the largest con-
tribution to the Labor Division from
its international treasury. Several of
the international unions have volun-
teered contributions to the Labor Di-
vision, over and above the contri-
buttons of their membership. The
Glass Bottle Blowers Association OF
the United States and Canada has
contributed 500 from it's international
treasury to the Labor Division Of the
Committee for the Celebration of the
Presidents Birthday.
A citation on beautiful parchment
commencing the international unior
on it's outstanding service and gen
erosity will accompany each award.
BY these awards the Labor Division
will memorable the noble service o.
the unions and perpetuate the spirit
of enthusiasm and cooperation that j:
being shown in the Fight Infantilt
Paralysis Campaign of 1889.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
Julius Subo Named
President Of L. u. 96
WheutleY and Zirnmers Will
Be Present At Next
Meeting

Perth Amboy, N. members of
Local Union No. 96 elected Julius Sa-
bo, president of the local for the next
term at the regular meeting held De-
cember 23.
Other members elected were Louis
Turkus, vice president; Frank Mears,
recording secretary; Han Miller,
financial secretary; John Adametz, de-
Tense fund secretary; Chris Petersen,
guard; Sam Gerlufson, Chris Madison,
Arnold Detmar, trustees and Walter
Lybeck, statistician.
For the installation at our next
regular meeting, we have invited
First Vice President E. l.. Wheatley
and Brother Charles Zimmer, newly
appointed member of the Executive
Board.
We are certain of large turnout
and also of great evening, because
the "good time committee" has al
ready arranged for refreshments.
20. c. 96.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05

for coordination on the part of all like
organizations. This type of organiza-
tion has also been established in
Washington, d. c., and Boston, Mass.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
Puy1nents Based on
Wages Now Edrned
Payment Three and One
Half Times Amount Pdid
By Workers

Money payments which are now due
under the old-age insurance part OF
the Social Security Act are based on
wages which workers have earned in
covered employment since January l.,
1887, according to Mr.. Edwin V. Faul-
haber, Manager of the Social Security
Board field office in Youngstown, Ohio.
"Some workers have the wrong idea
that the money payments they get are
based Oh the contributions which these
workers have made under the old-age
insurance plan," Mr. Faulhaber said.
"While there is direct relation be-
tween contributions and money pay
ments the latter are equal to 3l2 per
cent of the covered wages of workers
from the date mentioned until the
claim becomes payable. This means
that man who earned $4,000 would
be entitled to 312 per cent Of that sum
or $1C5 provided the work done was
covered by the Social Security Act"
Mr.. Faulhaber added.
He pointed cut that the payment
would be three and half times the
amount the worker had paid under
the old-age insurance plan. Claims
are now being filed by covered work
ers who reach age G5, also by the
estates or heirs of similar workers in
East Liverpool who have died since
January l, 1887.
The Youngstown field office has had
more than 1855 such claims certified
for payment since it opened II
months ago, Mr.. Faulhaber declared.
This office serves the counties of
Trumbull, Mahoning, and Columbiana.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
CROOKS
Coupon Drive Aids
Paralysis Victims
Coupons Fund On Union.
Made Cigarettes Will
Be Redeemed

Washington, d. c. LNS).-With
January l the Labor Division inaug
rates Coupon Month" to help the
1889 Infantile Paralysis Drive. For
all national and international unions,
for all central bodies and local unions
the watchword will be "save coupons
to help save victims of the dread
scourge.'
The coupons are to be found on the
packages of Kool, Raleigh and Vice
roy cigarettes. The cigarettes are
union-made and packed in packages
bearing the Allied Printing Trades
label and the Photo -Engravers label.
The cash value of these coupons en-
abled the union men and women of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to procure an
artificial leg for crippled young girl.
What was done by the union men and
women Of Milwaukee can be done by
all. Through the collection of mil
lions of these coupons we can increase
the contribution Of the Labor Division
to the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis.
~ DDH Dt lHSidlltu III ever uillOIi
hall and office for the collection of
cigarette coupons. A committee of
one Of three members be appointed
to have charge, at the end of Janu-
airy, of seeing that these coupons
should be sent to Labor Division, 609
Carpenters Building, Washington, d.
G.. Should individuals wish, when they
save their own coupons, they can send
them into the Labor Division over
their own name.
Help make coupon month a success
Your contribution together with the
cooperation and generosity of all
Americans will insure the permanency
Of National Foundation for lnfantile
Paralysis. The National Foundation
for lnfantile Paralysis must become a
permanent, standing army, ever vigi.
liant, ever advancing, never resting
until the last vestige Of the dread
scourge has been wiped out. In this
fight the organized labor Of America
must lead. Perseverance, sympathy
and generosity will bring the ultimate
victory"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
Progress Being
Made In War On
Dreaded Plague
Science Is Still Bottled By
PoliornYelitus. But
Coins Ground
BY GEORGE L. KNAPP

Washington, D. C. QLNS).-The
fight against infantile paralysis, one
of the most dreaded Of plaques, is not
to be won by single brilliant charge,
as Alexander routed the Persian
hosts in his greatest battle. The sol
diers of health are not cavalry, nor
airmen. They are slugging infantry,
getting what ground they can and
holding whatever they get; and sap
pers and miners, burrowing in, under,
around or thorough the mysterious
bulwarks of the plaques of mankind.
The battles of the World War, like
Verdun and the Argonne, lasted for
months; but these were transient to
the battles for health which last for
years, decades, generations. Among
the quickest triumphs which health
ever won over disease are those gain
ed against smallpox, diphtheria, and
yellow fever; and these three pests are
still waging guerilla war on the
frontiers of science.
Virus Disease
Infantile paralysis belongs to that
most battling group of diseases, some
times called the "virus" group. We
know that they are contagious; but
we cannot-as yet-fnd the living
creatures which carry them. They
pass through the finest filters without
being caught, or even reduced in their
virulence. Yellow fever is one, and
hog cholera and hydrophobia and in
huenza and psitticosis - a disease
transmitted from parrots-are others
Of the virus of infantile paralysis
science has learned few things
Tests on monkeys have shown that it
can be found in the spinal cord of one
who has died of it, frequently in the
nasal discharges of those who have it
and sometimes, though rarely, in dis
charges from the bowels.
Gains Recorded
But the records of this plague in
the United States from 1915 to 1898
give strong hope that considerable
progress is being made in treatment
Here is table compiled by the
United States Public Health Service
Deaths
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05

To bring the frequency of this dis
ease down to the very week of the
present writing, the first so weeks of
1888 showed 1850 cases in this coun-
try, compared with 1891 cases in the
first so weeks of 1897. The deaths
and death rates cannot be compiled
with accuracy until all the cases re-
ported in the period are disposed of
in one way or another.
Falling Death Rate
A first glance at this table seems to
show utter irregularity. Study the
deaths per 100 cases for the 22 years
reported-and you see decided
change. The death rate for the first
Is years averaged 29.9 per cent. The
death rate for the last T years aver
aged shade less than Is per cent
This is at least strong evidence that
the treatment of the disease has made
decided progress; even though the ir-
regular, rambling, jump course of the
pest remains unchecked.
For this reason, it seems wise tc
put right here brief summary anc
a briefer direct quotation from the
manual which the Public Health Serv-
ice prints for guidance in the first
two stages of infantile paralysis; OF
"poliomyelitus," as most doctors pre-
fer to call it. These directions were
worked out in the Children's Hospita
School at Baltimore, and are vouchel
for by two members of the faculty o1
the Johns Hopkins University Schoo
of Medicine. You can see from this
that you are not getting advice from
amateurs.
Absolute Rest
Before definite diagnosis, and after
mite weakness, child should be kept
at absolute rest in bed. &. The entire
body or any affected parts shoul(
be placed as nearly as possible in the
neutral rest position
The way to understand "neutra
rest position" is to try it on yourself
Lie down on your back on flat bee
with a thin pillow under your hea(
and shoulders, and your knees draw
up and about two inches from the bed
with another pillow or rolled blan
ket holding them in that position
Against the soles of your feet shoul'
be something soft and reasonabl,
firm, tilted enough to keep your fee
at right angles with your legs. TIL
arms offer the real difficulties. Pu
your elbows fairly we'll out from tn
body; bend them at right angles, an
turn your forearms so that each pair
looks at the opposite foot. The fee
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05

"Oh, dear, I've missed you SO much" "
and she raised the revolver and tried
neutrality-suspicious..
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
b -~-- coNNG THURSDAY - =
RSSAE$ R$$ i$$$$HE5s $Hss4r "GOING PLACES"
Local Union 94 Instulls
Officers For 1889 Term
Party To Be Held After Business
Session of January 13

Officers for the first term Of 1889
were installed by Local Union No. 81
at the last meeting. Plans were made
for party to be held after a short
business session January 13.
There will be music, dancing and
plenty of lunch for all. Each and
every member is invited to attend and
enjoy an evening of entertainment.
%. C. "a.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
CROOKSVILLE ELECTS
PRESGRAVE PRESIDENT

Crooksville, O.-Two nights after
Christmas, Local Union No. 1874 met
to elect officers for the coming term.
Glenn Presgrave was named presi-
dent; Ralph Cannon, vice president;
Fred Burns, treasurer; Louis Will
liams, financial secretary; Phyllis
Rodgers, recording secretary; Clifford
Oliver, trustee; John Alderman, Sr.
Arthur Levering, trustees. Now that
the holidays are over, we hope to see
all our members at the meetings
regularly.-O. G. 134.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05

Footprints on the sands of time are
not made by sitting down.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05

should be far enough apart that the
knees do not touch.
Muscles Support
This puts the whole body in posi-
tion where no muscle is under any
tension. 1t can be propped in this
position for a'tine by pillows and
blankets and books. A rubber sponge
can be put in the hand, and held there
by strip of stout cardboard and a
couple of strips of adhesive tape. All
these things can be improvised for a
time-a short time. This drive at
poliomyelitis is directed very largely
at the goal of having no victim de-
prived Of hospital treatment for more
than the briefest possible period; and
of every facility, under expert direc-
ton, for building up the victims
weakened muscles.
Various Treatments
1t would be of little service to speak
at length of the treatment. No drug
has been proved useful. No vaccine
has made good. Heat, massage, pas
sive motion and exercise where the
muscle is not absolutely paralyzed all
have been proved useful; and all
should be used under trained direc-
ton. Warm Springs, Georgia, began
it's usefulness by furnishing heat
not too much of it-and at the same
time almost aholishing the weight OF
the body. The human body weighs
very little more than the same bulk
of water; and partly paralyzed arm
or leg immersed in water can make
movements quite impossible when il
has to lift its own weight.
But native human grit counts fol
something. Franklin ID. Roosevelt
was not in the warm pool when he
told his companion that 'you don't
know how good it feels just to be able
to wiggle your foot"
Final Triumph
In dozens of laboratories, scores OF
patient workers are using every re-
source of science that they can la!
hands on to solve the mystery of the
poliomyelitis virus, or to block it's evi
work, even though it remains un
known. This last has been done be
fore with other virus diseases. Vel
low fever was banished from mos
civilized lands by destroying the mos
quitoes which transmitted the virus t(
man, though in Brazil and middle
Africa, there are other carriers ye
to be discovered. Pasteur could no
find the virus of rabies; but he fount
| the cure for it, Sooner or later, in
fantle paralysis will be blocked o.
cured. But meantime, there is plent!
to be done outside of the laboratories
The drive against infantile paraly
sis or poliomyelitis is a gallant etfor
to make sure that with this pest, a
least, the victims chances for recov
cry do not depend on his income, O.
on that of his parents.
The relation between health and in
come in other ways is one of tn
worst disgraces of our industrial civ
ilization. Up to $4,000 a year, tn
infant death rate depends largely o.
the earnings of the father.
Sickness, both in frequency an
duration, goes up as wages go down
In proportion to population, tuber
culosis kills three times as many da
laborers as professional men, an
pneumonia seven times as many.
In dealing with a disease whlc
works its chief havoc on children an
youths, and takes toll in cripples a
well as in corpses, let us make on
exception to the rule that poverty
the worst of ailments.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05

Former Governor Landon of Kan
sas must have surprised the worlds
dictators by speaking strongly in ia
vor of the Administrations Pan
American policies even more than
President Roosevelt surprised them
by sending Landon there. Some folks
never learn. Most of these get into
the asylum; but now and then, one
becomes a dictator.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
THE CAD!

Sweet Young Gal Tin parlor):
Mamma! Mamma! Come here and
make Dick stop teasing mel"
Mamma (from stairway landing):
"'What is he doing, dear?"
Sweet Young Gal: "He's sitting on
the other end Of the davenport"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-05
ZUCK HEADS CENTRAL BODY

Marion, o. (OLNS).-John J. Zuck
a member of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Clerks, will head the Marion Cen
tral Labor Union during 1889, sue
ceeding Carroll w. Davidson of the
Musicians Union.
Other officers elected are: Carroll
w. Davidson, vice president; Clifford
B. Welch, Machinists' Union, secre-
tary; S. j. Hart, BARRIERS Union, SER
geant-at-arms; Bruce Hale, Brick
layers Union, trustee; Glen Swetland
Machinists' Union, treasurer.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23
Public Health Nurse
Active In Community

The scope of service performed in
the community by Miss Helen John
son, public health nurse, is shown
in her report for May as presented
to the Wrangell Health Council The
report follows:
tuberculosis Control
Individuals admitted to nursing
service: Active Cases 5. Contacts 20.
Field nursing visits. 10.
office nursing visits, l.
Visits in behalf of patients. 5.
Maternity Service
individuals admitted to antepartum
nursing service, s.
Field nursing visits to antepar-
tum cases, Il.
Office nursing visits, 5.
Cases admitted to postpartum
nursing service, 2.
Field nursing visits, 8
Enrolment in maternity class, 3.
Sessions, l.
Attendance, 3.
Visits in behalf of patients, 2.
Infant Hygiene
individuals admitted to nursing
service, 1.
Field nursing visits, l.
School Hygiene
Inspections by nurse, 40.
Field nursing visits, 2.
Office nursing visits, l.
Interviews with teachers, 6.
Interviews with other school per-
sonel, g.
Number referred to private phys
ician, 2
Number given first aid, g.
Morbidity Service
Admissions to nursing service, 2.
Field nursing visits, 6.
office nursing visits, 1.
Crippled Children's service
Individuals admitted to nursing
service, 2.
Office nursing visits, 2.
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN JOHNSON,
Public Health Nurse.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23
Extension Service
Devoted Home Making

Mrs. Florence Syverud district home
demonstration agent for the Univer-
sity of Alaska. took passage on the
North Sea Monday for Sitka after
spending two weeks in Wrangell.
Congress in 1914 under the
Smith-Lever provided funds to be
spent for the dissemination of in
formation on agriculture through
cooperative extension work of the
Department of agriculture and var
ious land grant colleges in the
states.
1t was realized shortly that no
great progress could be made in
agricultural centers unless the rural
home kept pace in progress, so ex-
tension work in home economics
was made available TO women. Then
it was not long before women in
small towns demanded this privilege
which eventually they secured.
For a long time education was
held to be only that part of life
spent in the sehoolroom," Mrs. Sy-
yerud said in speaking before the
Women's Civic Club at Wrangell,
and education stopped when school
ing stopped whether in the grades,
high school or college.
Now we think OF education"
she said. "as learning. It begins
when we are born and continues in
some form or other as long as we
live"
1t is the objective of Mrs. SyYer-
ud's department to provide women
with an organization devoted to the
interests of home making; to help
them see the challenge of their job
as a profession and through demon
STATIONS, discussions and bulletins
provide them with the best infor-
nation available from reliable
sources on the many problems and
phases of homemaking. These in
clude health, nutrition, home fur
nishings, home management, cloth
ing, home accounts, child care and
training and parent education.
Mrs. Syyerud will be in Wrangell
again next October or November
She is very much interested, in ad-
dition to the already organized
group, in the organization of a
group of young matrons who might
be interested in a program devoted
to child study and nutrition. She
will arrange for cooking demonstra-
tions, also, if the group so requests.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23
OPHIR MAN HIT BY WILD
FLYING CARTRIDGE CASE

ANCHORAGE = John Repo of
Ophir was brought to Anchorage by
Pilot John Moore in an emergency
flight for treatment of a wound in
the forehead sustained when boys
at Ophir were playing with rifles.
Mr.. Repo sustained the wound un-
der most unusual circumstances.
Boys had placed a 30-06 caliber
cartridge in a hole in plank and
were shooting at the cartridge with
a % caliber rifle.
When Mr. Repo happened to be
walking about 80 feet from the
place one of the boys scored a bulls
eye The cartridge exploded. Instead
of throwing the lead bullet out, the
cartridge case was thrown back. 1t
struck Repo between the eyes and
made a hole to the inside of the left
eye.
The attending physician said the
eye was not injured. There was con-
siderable loss of blood.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23
An Interesting Life Comes To Close
At Wrangell

Mrs. Helen Hoelke, of Sand Point,
Alaska, died this morning at the age
of so years, from a heart attack at
ter a few hours illness at the home
of Mrs. Oscar Oglend where, accom-
panied by her daughter, Mrs. Jo-
sephine Causey, of San Francisco,
she had been a guest since last Fri
day when the two stopped off from
the North Coast southbound from a
special trip to the Shumagin islands.
Mrs. Hoelke in 1903 came from
her native city of Danzig in Ger
many to San Francisco and thence
by sailing ship to the Shumagin is
lands where Mr.. Hoelke, whose natal
city was also Danzig, had been en-
gagged in the cod fisheries since
1886. They were married by a Rus
sian priest at the Apollo mine at
Unga with much celebration and
later by the first United States COM
missioner available in that section.
Mr.. Hoelke took his bride from
Unga to Pirates Cove, fishing
station on the bleak and barren
Popoff island in the Shumagins and
there they lived until his death at
Sand Point in 1896 after so years
of residence in that district. OF the
children born to them only Mrs.
Causey survives. She was sent when
seven years old to Holy Names
Academy at Seattle and only went
home after eight years in school.
She married young and went to
San Francisco to live. Following her
husbands death Mrs. Hoelke sold
the fishing station and Joined her
daughter at San Francisco. Each
year they have visited Sand Point,
but in all the numerous trips both
ladies had made to and from AL
aska, they had heretofore travelled
by the outside passage.
For twenty-seven years Mrs.
Hoelke had lived in a world with
out sound as the result of a fall
down a mountain. She suffered spin
al and head injuries with a facial
paralysis which destroyed the audi
tory nerves. Despite this handicap,
she was a very interesting woman,
young looking for her so years. She
had a remarkable memory and a
lively sense of humor For the past
year she had been engaged I'm writ
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23
WRANGELL PACKERS and SEINERS
HOPE TO SETTLE SITUATION SOON

Acceptance of fish prices offered
by the Canned Salmon Industry ne
gotiating at Ketchikan with the Al
aska Salmon Purse seiners Union,
was voted by the Wrangen seiners
Tuesday night The prices are 7
cents for pinks. cents for chums.
I75a cents for cohoes and 271z
cents for reds on the grounds, with
an additional one cent delivery.
The action taken by the Wrangell
seiners was wired to Ketchikan
headquarters. Radio broadcasts dur
ing today's noon hour reported that
the Industry had signed at these
prices with the Seiners, but official
word has not yet been received here
either by the packers or the seiners.
The three Wrangell canneries are
going ahead with necessary prepa-
rations but do not know definitely
whether or not they will operate, as
fish prices and wage scales have
not been offered to them and until
that time they cannot know defin-
itely what they will be asked TO