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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-11-24
Money Sought i'm Phone Books

Searching through Chicago's half
million castoff telephone books for
valuables has become a regular
business at 40 cents an hour. The
telephone book, with its l,404 large,
limp pages, seems to be a favorite
hiding place for money.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-11-24
Journey Cake

Johnny cake" is said to come
from Journey cake" so called be-
cause in the days Of Daniel Boone
no man left the settlements without
his sack of corn meal, the prime in
gredient of Johnny cake"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-11-24
mo Cold, Ronus

A British firm that offered S. to
each worker going a year without a
cold, paid the bonus to IS per cent of
its employees in 1888. Weekly talks
on prevention aided.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-11-24
yoI-NG TOLEDO WINDOW
PEPPER GETS BUNS RUSH

15-year-old Toledo boy was taken
Ca police headquarters the other night
after he had been csiusft pee1nhg INTO
:, residential window The hoy was re-
leased with warning thai be go back
20 Toledo pronto,
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-11-24
Postal Deficit

The postal service proper showed
a surplus of $4,4l2.000 in 1888, but
cost Of non-postal activity caused
the department as whole to show q
So, 811 900 loss.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-11-24
Building Operations Expand

Building throughout this country
increased during the final 1888 quar-
ter to finish q full 10 per cent ahead
of 1887 and Is per cent ahead of
1896.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-11-24
Wyandotte in
World War

Camp Custer On November %, 1917.
Long before daylight. in a drizzllng
rain, the boys assembled at Pardos
garage, which had been offered as q
meeting place. There was no speech
making, but promptly at 8 O'Clock,
headed by 4 brass band, city officials
and others, and followed by scores OF
automobiles decorated with the sta IL
and stripes, the men marched to the
Union depot. Before leaving the garage,
each embryo soldier was given a we'll
filled lunch box, contributed by the
ladies IF the Eastern Star and other
patriotic women OF the city.
Manager George Wilbur Of the Ma
jestic theader, still with us, bad a NOV
ing picture operator take movies along
the line of march Some Of the sold
iers. home from Camp Custer ON fur
Tough. saw the pictures ID themselves
at the theater on Saturday.
The following WyandOfte men were
il. the second contingent:
Alvin T.. Rumberger
john BientOSky
Mike Bednarek
Paul Maske
Nicholas ZOnshoriStOn
Alex. Sheldon
Leo BaranSki
August Zechin
John Pakala
Otto Schultz
WaleIhty JslbIOTski
WIN. VI. Mas
WIN. &. Steffka
earl Donitz
SrInley Be-zeauSki
Anthony Loss
Salvatore BadalamantO
William IelViS
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-29
Home Education
The Child's First School Il the
Family"-Froebel

Issued by the National Kinder
garten Association, 8 West 40th
Street, New York City. These arti-
cles are appearing weekly in our
columns.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-29
Over Four Hundred
CONTINUED From Page One)

voted to indoor ball games with Local
Union No. 70 beating Salem to 4
Also had an exhibition ball game be-
tween two picked teams from the shop.
A basket picnic supper was held at
6 o'clock and refreshments were served
free Of charge by the local, Minerva
Merchants and the Cronin China Com
pany.
The entire evening was devoted to
dancing. This was featured by prize
waltz contest in which President Maley
of No. 70 showed some of the younger
members the art Of waltzing, as he
and Mrs. Maley walked off with the
first prize After the dance several
hundred tired but happy potters drove
back to Minerva, all Of the same opin-
ion that large vote of thanks should
be given to the members of the picnic
committee who worked so hard to
make it success. Following are men,
bers of the committee: Joe Gallagher,
Clarence Everstine, George Smith,
Karl Reed, Esther Kelley, James Lock
ley, Minnie Menard and Mildred
Grimes.
Our next meeting will be July IA.
20. G. 70.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-29
Redis+ricting Will
Raise Minimum Paw
Division Activity

Columbus, o. (OLNS).-Follow-
ing survey, James P. Walsh, Jr., su-
perintendent of the minimum wage di-
vision of the Ohio Department of In
dustrial Relations, has reallocated the
counties assigned to the ten investiga-
tors of the division to increase effci-
ency.
The redistricting, which was ap-
proved by Industrial Relations Di-
rector George A. Strain, will save
mileage expense and increase the time
investigators can spend on inspections
IN their new territories, Superinten-
dent Walsh said.
Prior to the redistricting it was
found that investigators in heavily
populated areas We're overloaded with
work while those in rural areas were
carrying relatively light loads.
Superintendent Walsh estimated
that there districting will increase eff
ficiency of the division at least so per
cent. as each Investigator will now be
able to reach any point in their terri
tory within one hour from their head
quarters.
The change goes into effect immedi-
ately, Superintendent Walsh an
nounced.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-29
Annual OhioLubor
Press Association
Conference Called

Columbus, o. (OLNS).-Edito of
thirteen American Federation of La
Dor newspapers in Ohio who are mem
bers Of the Ohio Labor Press Associ-
alton were notified last week by Thom-
as j. Donnelly, Secretary Treasurer Of
the Association, of the fourth annual
conference of the labor press to be
held in the Mayfower Hotel, Akron,
July Is, preceding the convention of
the Ohio State Federation of Labor,
which convenes July II.
The Association was formed prior
to the Federation convention at
Springfield in 1886 at the suggestion
of the executive board of the Ohio
State Federation of Labor. The Asso-
citation and the Ohio Labor News Ser
vice, which supplies members with
weekly releases Of legislative and
state departmental news, is the only
state labor press group and news
service in the nation.
Labor newspapers comprising the
Ohio Labor Press Association are:
United Labor News, Canton; The
Chronicle, Cincinnati; The Citizen,
Cleveland; Labor Tribune, Columbus;
Labor Union, Dayton; Potters Herald,
East Liverpool; Butler County Press,
Hamilton; The Leader, Newark; Labor
Review, Portsmouth; The Tribune,
Springfield; Union Leader, Toledo; The
Tribune, GAINESVILLE, and the Quarterly
Bulletin, Columbus.
Annual nomination and election of
officers will be an important part of
the conference. Present officers of the
Association are: c. W. Rich, Spring
field Tribune, president; F. w. Sheri-
dan, Sr., Portsmouth Labor Review,
vice president, and Thomas J. Donnel-
ly, Quarterly Bulletin, secretary-treas-
urer.
The future program and policies of
the Association and the Ohio Labor
News Service will also be determined
at the annual conference, Secretary
Treasurer Donnelly said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-29
Former Leuderof
Legion Auxiliary
In NCTC Drive
Organization Succeeds In
Arousing Interest In
Women

Chicago, Ill.-Mrs. Melville Muckle-
stone of Chicago, former national
president Of the American Legion
Auxiliary, has been elected president
of the National Consumers Tax Com
mission, it was announced today at the
organizations headquarters here.
She succeeds Mrs. Kenneth C.
Frazier of Dallas, Tex, who led the
commission during its first year and
has now been elevated to the chair
manship Of the board.
In announcing the outcome Mrs.
Frazier said that the candidates first
received the almost unanimous en-
dorsement of the national committee.
Ballots were then sent to the 5000
chairmen who head local NCTC units
and an overwhelming proportion of
those returned approved the nominees.
Nationally known for her Legion ac-
tivities, Mrs. Mucklestone enlisted in
the national crusade against soon
sumer penalizing" taxes at the
NCTCs founding and served as ex-
ecutive vice president.
ANY nationwide, non partisan or
ganization which can succeed in arous-
ing tax-consciousness among women
and stimulate an interest in getting
more for their money-both in govern
ment and in their own households
must necessarily be a great force for
good" Mrs. Mucklestone said. 81 hope
that under my leadership the commits
sion will continue the first years
amazing progress, and that within the
year we will have 100000 women
studying the problem of taxation"
Other officers elected were: Mrs.
William T. Hannah, Waynesville, n.
C., Mrs. John S. Harvey, Huntington,
W. Va, Miss Marie Ames, st. Louis,
Mo, and Mrs. |. S. Mcgowan, Gordon,
Nebr., vice presidents, and Mrs. James
c. Carmark, Providence, R. l., secre-
tary. Mrs. Leila B. Norman, Miami,
Fla, was reelected treasurer.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-29
Lowest Rents for
Decent Housing Is
Coined BY USHA

Washington, D. C.-The lowest
rents for decent modern homes ever
reached in this country have been
achieved in some Of the first housing
projects nearing completion by local
authorities with the aid of the United
States Housing Authority. This fact
was revealed today by Nathan Straus,
USHA Administrator in announcing
the rent schedules actually set by the
local authorities of Austin, Texas;
Jacksonville, Florida; Buffalo, New
York; and New York City.
with an average shelter rent of
$3.50 monthly for family dwelling,
Austin has set record" Mr.. Straus
said. Higher costs for materials, la
Dor and maintenance in the other three
cities compel rents higher than this un-
believably low figure. Yet in all of
them the rents for the well-built new
homes are actually lower than the
average rents now paid for slum dwell
ings."
The average monthly shelter rents
per family announced for the Jack
sonville project are $10.5S; for two
projects in Buffalo the average is
$13.25; for the Red Hook project in
Brooklyn, it is about $17OO.
Mr.. Straus pointed out that these
low rents mean that the local authori-
ties participating in the USHA pro-
gram will actually rehouse low-income
families now compelled to live in
slums. He said that the projects will
serve families with average annual
incomes estimated as follows: Austin,
$400, with some as low as $500; Jack
sonville, $3.50, with some as low as
$500; the project for white families in
Buffalo, $3.50, with some as low as
$500; and the Negro project in Buff
falo, $3.50, with some as low as $500;
New York City, $3.50, with some as
low as $7OO.
"Private capital cannot provide new
housing for income groups much be-
low the $1,75O Glass;" said Mr.. Strauss.
"These figures reveal how far from
competing with private capital is the
USHA program. Only those families
living in slums and definitely sub
standard housing and having insuffi-
cient income to pay for decent housing
are eligible for projects built with
USHA aid"
Under it's present program to re-
house 100000 low-income families, the
USHA lends local authorities 900 of
the total development cost of approved
projects. To bring rents within the
reach of low-income families, the Au-
thority makes an annual grant and
the local authority supplements this
with an annual grant, usually in the
form of tax exemption.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-29
STRAIN TO ATTEND REUNION

Columbus, O. (OLNS).-George A.
Strain, Director, Ohio Department of
Industrial Relations, will attend a
three-day reunion of former pupils of
the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Or
phans' Home at Xenia, July 2, 8, and
4.
Director Strain will be one of many
graduates of the Home who have be-
come prominent in private and public
life who will attend the reunion, which
is al annual affair. He left the home
at the age Of -, after learning the
sheet metal trade there.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-29
NOT THE KEY TO A FORTUNE

Washington, D. C.-The Federal
Trade Commission has ordered Henry
O. Harr, trading as Eastern Trading
Company, Chicago, Illinois, to cease
and desist from representing that in
cense distributed by him has magical
powers. One of the representations
used in Harris advertising reads,
Light the top corner of a triangle
Lucky Number incense cake, and
bring the subtle charm, the mysterious
fragrance and the glamour of the
Orient, with all its delicate aroma, in
to your home. Stand on long edge,
watching both sides till the Lucky
Number appears in the ashes. This
number may be the Key to all your
FORTUNES and Dreams helping you to
get Luck, Love, Happiness and Pros
perity."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-29
AFGE CLOSE TO 6OOTH LODGE

Washington, D. ca new Lodge,
number 594, composed of ordnance
men at the Newport, R. L., Torpedo
Station, has been added to the ever
growing A. F. G. E. list, which is
rapidly approaching its 6OOth local
unit. Reports from a. F. G. E. head
quarters also indicate that some of the
older lodges are enjoying increased
membership, Lodge No. 402, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma, having recently re-
ported a gain of 80 members.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-29
GAINS REPORTED BY MURPHY

Lima, o. (OLNS) T. Muir
ply, general organizer for the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor and secretary
Of the Lima Central Labor Council, re-
ports successful organization of en-
ployes of the A. J. Miller Co., Belle
fontaine, and increased membership of
Lima Building Trades Unions in CO.
operation with Morris Taylor, business
agent of the Lima Building Trades
Council.
Murphy will leave Lima shortly to
complete organization work in several
midwestern states, including Illinois
and Wisconsin.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-29
Member of Needy Aged
Receiving Aid Increased

Columbus, o. (OLNS).-Althou
rolls of the State Division of Aid for
the Aged showed net increase of 4,
134 recipients during the first five
months of 1889, administrative costs
of the Division were $49,173 less in
May than in January, Tom McCaw,
Division chief, reported last week.
The Division chief attributed the
sharp cut in administrative costs
largely to personnel reductions effect
ed in the county Offices and in the Co.
lumbus central Offices. The "peak" in
personnel will probably be approx
mately 200 less than the 1000 on the
payroll when he took charge of the
Division, McCaw said.
The increase in the number of re-
cipients now being aided was made
possible by the Divisions activity in
the past few months in the investiga-
ton of pending cases, McCaw said.
From February through April, the
Divisions backlog was reduced from
1879 to 1923.
Despite the net increase in recipients
during the five-month period, the Di-
vision maintained with but a few
cents variance the average monthly
grant paid to needy aged.
In January, Ill, ,183 needy aged were
paid total of $2,510,319, an average
Of $22.58 per person, for which the ad-
ministrative cost was 5S1 per cent.
In Nav. the number of recinients
totalled 1887, who were paid $2,-
599,351 an average of $22.54 per per-
son and the administrative cost was
reduced to 4.02 per cent the report
states
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-29
WOOL BILL NOW BEFORE HOUSE

Washington, d. C.-Both the Senate
and House Interstate Commerce Com
mittee have favorably reported out the
Schwartz Martin Wool Labelling Bill,
the enactment of which will require
the labelling of garments SO as to dis
close the use of reclaimed wool and
other substitutes for new WOOL. The
bill, which has the support of labor
as well as many other national iIlsti-
tutions, is designed for the protection
of the consumer.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-29
On Capitol Hill
BY GEORGE L. KNAPP

Washington, D. C. GLNS) S).-There
will be warm debates before Senate
and House get together on the relief
bill.
Senator Mead Of New York, one of
the stanchest labor champions in
either House, has two very definite
objections to the bill as it stands. 1t
was stated at the time that the House
gave the Works Progress Administra-
tion as much as the President had
asked. This is not quite correct. The
sum which the President named was
carried in the bill-but $125 100000
of it was "earmarked" for the Public
Works Administration, which takes it
as much out of WPA control or use
as if it had been handed to another
department of the government.
| Senator Mead and a good many
others want to end that earmarking.
But Mead will not be satisfied with
that. He wants another $5OO,OOO,0O0
added to the relief measure, holding
that all of it could be used to first
class advantage.
If there were a chance to vote on
this separate addition-which there
may or may not be-some millions of
people in or close to the relief level
would be little less anxious.
| X X X
Another objection to the relief bill
as it stands looks almost like accident
or oversight. The forest Service Of
the Agricultural Department is using
WPA workers to plant those trees in
seven states which are fast changing
the idea of shelter belt to a proved
fact. The plan is working; and the
farmers who cultivate the trees clamor
for more. AS for efficiency, one man
in one day planted 1,012 trees.
But by abolishing Federal projects
for the WPA, the relief bill cuts them
out of tree planting. That planting
has been going on in seven states
Minnesota, North Dakota, South Da-
kota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma
and Texas and the farmers of every
state want it to go on.
x X X
A much neglected bill will not get
hearing at this session; but must
not be forgotten. 1t was introduced
by Representative John M. Coffee, of
Washington, and it's object is to stop
the misuse of the National Guard in
industrial disputes. 1t forbids Natl
onal Guards to use Federal equipment
and supplies in labor wars, forbids
! fhn,,, 70 1,;, VI io1 low, n
the civil courts are functioning, will
not let them take gifts, and requires
them to turn over within two hours
any prisoners whom they may arrest.
1t is not as we'll known as it should
be in Washington, but Congressman
Coffee is making a pretty serious
point of this reform. And we'll he
may. The American Civil Liberties
Union has indorsed his bill. The ACLU
reports that from 1888 to 1887, the
National Guard has been called out 80
times in 35 states. 1t shows that:
'The record of the National Guard
in labor disputes shows that they have
received compensation from employers
and corporations, and that they have
in some cases unlawfully superseded
the civil courts"
Mr.. Coffee stated on the floor that
''the year 1888 saw fewer instances
of strikebreaking by the National
Guard than in any year since the
Coolidge administration" But bad pub
lie habits should be banned, not mere
ly left to starve.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-29

1t must be terrible to be broke and
have to live like millionaire to keep
your creditors humble and quiet.
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-04
BUYERS GUIDE
by Clarence II. Peacock

While total employment has varied
with conditions throughout the coun-
try, total government employment has
risen steadily since 1929. In June 80
approximately one person in every 16
was regularly employed by the feder-
al government, or by state or local gov
ernments.
Total employment in the United
States reached its peak in 1929 when
government employment accounted for
100000 persons. In June, 1888 when
total employment figures showed A.
$4,000 fewer workers than in, 1929.
government employment showed OPP
posite tendency, rising to a new high
of 2,59O,OOO employees, an increase of
25.1 per cent over 1929.
The employment of state and local
government workers has more closely
paralleled trends of general employ
ment, reports the National Industrial
Conference Board, ever though state
and local governments increased their
pay rolls in recent months in contrast
to the decline in total employment i'm
the same period.
Regular federal employees, exclud-
ing emergency workers of the WPA
and CCC which are not included in the
totals, have been more numerous every
year since 1929. The most rapid rise
in regular federal employment figures
has occurred since 1894. Total of reg
ular federal employees, 1,194,OOO i'm
June, 1888 is 1873 per cent over federal
employment in 1929.
The rapid extension of federal au-
thority in agriculture, manufacturing
and all other fields of industry is re-
Elected in the sharp rise in regular fed
eral employment since 1893.
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-04
BUILDING THE BRIDGE TO
HEALTH

President Roosevelt spoke with
real elosuence when he declared In hia
message to Congress on a National
Health Program:
'The average level Of health or the
average cost of sickness has little
meaning for those who now must meet
personal catastrophes. To know that q
stream is four feet deep on the average
is of little help to those who drown IN
the places where it is ten feet deep. The
recommendations of the committee o.
fer a program to bridge that stream b.
reducing the risks of needless suffer-
ing and death, and of cost and depend
ency, that now overwhelm millions @
individual families and sap the resour-
ces of the nation."-
The proposals drawn up by the
Presidents Interdepartmental Com
mittee and submitted by Mr.. Roosevelt
to Congress, have already received the
general endorsement of wide sections
of the labor and progressive movement
AT the same time, this move to raise
the health of the nation and bring med
ical care to thoe who need it most but
can afford it least, has sturck a warm
chord in the hearts of the rank and file
of the medical profession.
National Health Program is depen-
dent upon state as well as federal action
as the cost is to be shared. That means
that not only Congress, but also state
legislatures and governors should be-
called upon at once to approve the plan
put this milestone program into life
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-04

tinuous series of governmental crises
has weakened faith in her ability to
hold her place as a dominant European
power. And the feeling seems to be
growing that the Chamberlain govern
ment is adopting certain fascist tactics
such as control Of press and radio,
and the SUPPRESSION of anti-government-
al expressions-which are not in ac-
cord with domestic principals.
Biggest debate over details of the
armament program is liable to come in
considering the proposal that Guam be
made a first-class naval base. Some
experts think this would be suicidal
Guam is an easy prey for Japan, and If
we attempted to defend, they think, de-
feat would be inevitable. These ex-
perts feel we can defend our mainland
and the Hawaiian Islands-but that is
as far as we can go.
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-04

There has been little change of i'm
portance in the business situation. Ac-
tivity has continued at fairly high lev
els, and the seasonal decline has so far
been moderate.
A long term development of i'm
mense potential Importance is the in
creasing interest certain industries are
showing in the guaranteed annual in
come system for dompensating their
workers. In the past, this has been re-
stricted to a very few concerns, most of
them comparatively small in size.
Now more and larger concerns are Ell
their toying with the idea, or making
definite plans for adopting it. Among
the latter is Armstrong Cork, which
will experiment with it this year.
Guaranteed wage plans are all the
same in principle, though they vary
somewhat in detail. Some of them
guarantee that the worker will be given
SO much work during the year and be
paid SO much for it, irrespective of the
time it takes him. Others guarantee
SO many hours employment during the
year, at so much an hour. All of them,
of course, attempt to mitigate the sea-
sonal factor in employment.
1t is an obvious fact that a high
hourly or daily wage rate is of small
benefit to the worker if he is out of a
job for six months of the year. A les
ser wage rate which he is certain to re-
ceive for so weeks out of each So is far
more satisfactory to all concerned. The
guaranteed annual wage has not made
great progress yet in American indus
try, but it promises to be one of the
major developments of the future.