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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
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JAMES HIIE

Oe~hiS' AAAS, c[1J lColuCllI u
East Liverpool and a brother of John
Hile Of Orion ave., Chester, died in
his home in Allegheny, N. Y, Satur-
day at II p. m. following an illness
of several years.
Mr. Hile was potter by trade and
left here about nine years ago to en-
gage in the truck farming in New
York. He lived in the Klondyke dis
trict here for about 25 years.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Margaret
Hile, and one daughter, Alice Hile, at
home.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon. Burial was in New York
state.
X X X
MRS. JOHN c. HEADLEY
Mrs. Anita e. Headley, So, wife of
John c. Headley, died in her home in
912 Railroad street, Sunday at II a
m., following two-month illness.
Mrs. Headley was born in East Liv-
erpool, daughter of Hiram and
Elizabeth Wright Lamoine. She was
a lifetime member of the Second
United Presbyterian church.
Besides her husband she leaves one
son, Blain Headley at home; one
daughter, Mrs. Grace Flores of Pa
coima, Calf; one brother, John w
Lamoine of East Liverpool; two Sis
ters, Mrs. Elmer ibis and Mrs. John
Dawson, also of East Liverpool, and
two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in the
Second United Presbyterian church
Tuesday at 2 p. m. in charge Of Rev
Frederick j. Lenk, the pastor Burial
was in Spring Grove cemetery.
x x x
HENRY THORNHILL
Carrollton, O.-Henry Thornhill, II
died at his home in Carrollton, Janu.
ary 1. Mr.. Thornhill was born il
Handley, Staffordshire, England ane
came to this country in 1891.
The following year he was joined
by his wife, Emma Wallace Thornhill
when they made their home in Tren
ton, N. J. for twelve years. They
came to Carrollton and have resided
here ever since. Mr.. Thornhill was {
member Of Local Union No. IA of the
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters and was a dipper by trade. He
has been a union man for the past AZ
years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Emma Wallace Thornhill; daughter
Mrs. Jay Myers and three grandsons
two brothers, Edward and DeNard o1
England.
Funeral services and burial was
made in Carrollton.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
AFL Longshoremen Win
Big Pact In Portland

Tacoma, Wash. (AFLWNS).-Local
38-114, international Longshoremen's
Association, affiliated with the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, announced
the negotiation Of an agreement with
% steamship and stevedoring COM
panies. The local has jurisdiction
over all foremen and walking bosses
in the State of Washington in all ports
north of the Columbia River.
The agreement, said to be the first
Of it's kind in the history of water
front work, provides for the employ
ment of members of the local in the
capacities mentioned. The siX-hour
day is officially established for this
class of work and minimum wage
scale Of $1.30 for straight time and
S175 for overtime is also established.
Local 3S-114 is one of the water
front organizations which refused to
be influenced by the glittering prom
ises that the C.. |. 0. secessionists and
dual union promoters made, and has
remained loyal to the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
Unemployment Fund
Nedr Sl0O Million

Columbus, O. (OLNS).-Ohio's un-
employment compensation fund, Gre
ated by contributions and penalties
collected from employers covered by
the unemployment compensation act
and interest on monies deposited with
the L. S. Treasury, amounted to
S97,327 ,9232O as of October /, 1888,
w. T. Roberts, Labor representative
on the Commission, reported last week.
The reported balance is an increase
of SIS 5,656,S19.49 over the balance re-
ported January /, 1888, and when con-
tributions for the last three months Of
1888 are added to the total, the Com
mission anticipates that the fund will
exceed $110,000,000.
More than 10000 Ohio employers
are now covered by the act, and it is
estimated that l,750,0O0 workers are
eligible to receive unemployment bene-
fits when separated from their jobs,
Commissioner Roberts said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
Currun's S Brdinstorm
On the Supreme Court

Whom the gods would destroy they
first make mad.
Joseph Curran, chief of the CIO
Seamen's Union, hurls his invective at
any and all who differ with him upon
any question. He does not even curb
his tongue when the United States Su-
preme Court has the temerity to dis
agree with him. In his own official
publication he says the United States
Supreme Court has completely sold
out just because that august body re-
fused to review a Circuit Court opin-
ion in which the CIO and the sit-down
strike got blow right square on the
chin.
Of course, Curran has never learned
to weigh his words, and he probably
does not realize that the United States
Supreme Court could cite him to make
his appearance and require him to
give details of the sell out, the exact
sum Of money involved, who paid it
and who got it, when and where!
But it is doubtful if any such pro-
cedure will follow Curran's latest i'll
tempered verbal explosion. To receive
a deserved sentence for contempt Of
court would give him lot Of free ad-
vertising and make him a martyr to
the (ClO) cause, and that would be
a real calamity.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
Duke Power Co. Signs
Electrical Union Pact

Charlotte, \. c. (AFLWNS).- Or
ganizd labor in this area is elated
with the announcement that Local
Union No. B-932, International Broth
erhood Of Electrical Workers, affli-
ated with the American Federation of
Labor, had negotiated an agreement
with the Duke Power Company. The
contract provides a higher wage rate
for overtime than for regular hours
and includes seniority rules.
In addition, the company furnishes
rubber boots and coats for the en-
ployes in inclement weather.
Z. c. Marshall, president Of the
Duke Power Company, represented
the company in the negotiations and
signed the contract. T. f. Latham, Of
the International Brotherhood Of Elec-
trical Workers, assisted the officials
Of the Local Union in the arrange
mentS.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
Heinz Must Close
It's Company Union
Pittsburgh Pickle Firm Told
To Bargain With AFL
Union

Washington, d. c. (AFLWNS). -
Asserting that the H. J. Heinz Com
pany of Pittsburgh had refused to ap-
ply the full procedure of collective
bargaining, the National Labor Re-
lations Board ordered the firm to en-
body its understanding with the Can
ming and Pickle Workers Local Union
No. 235 Of the Amalgamated Meat
Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America, affiliated with the
American Federation Of Labor, in a
written agreement recognizing the
union as the sole bargaining repre-
sentative Of it's employees, except fore
men and assistants, salaried and office
workers, and outside truck drivers, if
and when both sides reach an under
standing.
The company was also ordered to
disestablish the Heinz Employees AS
sociation which the board found was
promoted by the company to convince
the employees that "no benefits had
been gained" because of their men,
bership in the A"F. of L. union.
The board found from the record
that on June s, 1897, the Canning and
Pickle Workers Local Union No 1926
won a consent election by count of
1919 votes to S03 for the company
dominated association. Following the
election the union met with the COM
pany over period of about two
months, the negotiations resulting in
posting Of a labor relations bulletin,
instead Of signed written contract
requested by the union.
"The record makes it clear" the
boards decision stated, "that the only
reason for the respondents refusal to
accept the full procedure of collective
bargaining in this case lay in its de-
sire to deny to the Union the status
and prestige to which it was entitled
as recognized party to collective
agreement" The representative of the
company in the negotiations admitted
that the omission Of the A. +. of L.
Unions name in the bulletin and the
refusal to give the union any credit
for the results reached were based on
psychological" reasons. He explain
ed those reasons as Gust matter of
trying to pound some Of the boys down
Bit" and "a tendency to get this
wild colt back on the reservation
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
AFL Council Meets
JdnudrY 30th, Miami
President. SecretarY-Treus-
urer and Fifteen Vice
Presidents Meet

Washington, d. c.. (AFLWNS). y
Frank Morrison, secretay-treasurer
of the American Federation Of Labor,
announced that in accordance with the
action of the Executive Council at
Houston, Texas, the winter meeting of
the Council will convene beginning
Monday, January 80, 1899, at the Ho-
tel Everglades, Miami, Florida.
The Executive Council of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor consists of
the president Of the A. F. of L., the
secretary-treasurer, and fifteen vice
presidents. The present Council con-
sists of the following persons elected
by the 1888 convention of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor:
President, William Green (miner) /;
first vice president, Frank Duffy (car-
penter); second vice president, T. A.
Rickert garment worker); third vice
president, Matthew Woll (photo-en-
graver); fourth vice president, John
Coefield (plumber); fifth vice presi-
dent, Arthur O. Mharton (machinist) !;
sixth vice president, Joseph N. Weber
(musician); seventh vice president,
G. M. Bugniazet electrical worker) T.;
eighth vice president, George M. Har-
rison (railway clerk ninth vice pres
ident, Daniel J. Tobin (teamster) 4;
tenth vice president, Harry c. Bates
(bricklayer); eleventh vice president,
Edward j. Gainor (letter carrier ;
twelfth vice president, w. D. Mahon
(street and electric railway carman) 4;
thirteenth vice president, Felix H.
Knight (railway carman); fourteenth
vice president, George f. Browne
Theatrical stage employee; fifteenth
vice president, Edward Flore (hotel
and restaurant employee; secretary
treasurer, Frank Morrison (printer).
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19

The gods cannot help man who
wastes opportunities.
up as an Independent contractor who
sharpened tools at five cents per tool.
On further questioning, two of the
men admitted that they were union
members, earning the union wage Of
$3.50 per day, and the two alleged
partners admitted that they were not
partners, each one working on differ
ent days and earning different weekly
salaries. The observer" who hoped
to learn the trade by watching, admit
ted that he was paid a weekly salary
Of IS. After delaying his trial sew
eral weeks, Bongiovani finally pro-
duced compensation insurance policy
and entered plea of guilty, where
upon the Magistrate found him guilty
Of "wlful and malicious" attempts to
evade the Law and imposed fine Of
$100
Social Security records were in
strumental in disclosing as fictitious,
alleged leases Of chairs in the barber
shop Of one Harry Pena, 2070 Seventh
Avenue, New York City. Three bar
bers engaged in the shop produced
copies of the alleged leases but when
Pena showed his Social Security rec
ords the three were listed therein with
weekly commissions amounting to 60
per cent of their respective receipts.
Summoned to court Pena presented
newly secured compensation insurance
policy but nevertheless was fined SO
for violation Of the Compensation
Law.
Although the employer and his
partner" both testified to their oral
partnership agreement and as to their
mutual investments and sharing of
profits and losses, and his attorney
argued before the court that an oral
agreement is as valid and binding as
a written agreement, the facts intro
duced by the Labor Department In
vestigator convinced the court that the
partnership" was merely subter-
fuge to evade the Law and found the
defendant guilty. This was in the case
of Morris Novich who conducts a fish
market at 633 Fox Street, Bronx. The
evidence which successfully contradict
ed the claims of Novich and his en-
ploye was the the that only Novich's
name appeared upon the entrance of
the shop, that the gas and electric bills
were III his name, and that the eln-
ploye had Social Security card.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
HOUSING SEEN BRIGHTEST SPOT
IN 1889 INDUSTRIAL PICTURE

Raleigh, N. c. GLNS).-Secretary
of Labor Perkins told joint session
of the North Carolina Assembly that
the brightest spot" in the 1889 in
dustrial picture is the housing indus
try.
"The year just ended has witnessed
erection of more than 100000 dwell
ings, largest number since 1929" she
said. "At the present rate of progress,
we estimate that more than 100000
dwellings will be built in 1889 with
private capital.
"In addition, existing plans and ar
rangements call for construction Of
$4,000 low-cost units under direction
of, the U. S. Housing Authority.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
Distillery Workers Vote
For AFL Firemen's S Union

Schenley, Pa. (AFLWNS).-Local
No. 7, Brotherhood of Firemen and
Oilers, affiliated with the American
Federation Of Labor, has been certified
by the National Labor Relations Board
as the sole bargaining agency for fire
men and oilers employed by Joseph S.
Finch & Co., Inc, of Schenley.
The certitication followed an cleo
ton held last May which resulted in a
IA to count for the A. +. of L. union.
-o~""o-o>"~~o~o~>"~-o~~~~~~
hereto recognize the fact that the
mechanics by way of arbitration have
been fully set up in this agreement to
adjust any and all disputes, grievances
or differences"
The agreement continues in effect
up to and including June 80, 1889,
with the provision that the parties
will endeavor to negotiate
a new agreement within a month be-
fore termination date.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
Union Labor Provided
For School Building

Tuscambia, Ala. (AFLWNS).-The
school for colored children here will be
constructed entirely by union labor,
the Tri-Cities Building Trades Coun-
Gil having been recognized as the sole
bargaining agency for the job.
The union shop agreement with the
contractors was fnalized by negotia-
tions in which the Building Trades
Council was assisted by City Attorney
Almon Williams, Commissioner Virgil
Finch, of the L. S. Department of La
bor, and L. NJ. Lanier and S. L. Roper
of the American Federation of La
Dor.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
Law For Wool Labelling

Washington, D. c. - Committee
hearings will begin shortly on wool
labelling bills which have been intro
duced in both houses of Congress-in
the Senate by Senator Schwartz (S.
l62) and in the House of Representa-
tive Martin (H. r. 944). The bills
would require labelling Of garments
which would disclose the presence of
secondhand wool (shoddy) in fabrics
which now are bought BY the public
under the misconceptlon 1t Is getting
new wool.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19

Spokesman Of Big Business fight
ing against relief recall Shakes
peare's biting phrase: What fools
these mortals bem
There is no longer any doubt that
the recession Of 1887 from which we
are now rising was due at least in
part TO the cutting down of Federal
relief. Capital was suIking, as it still
is, and Federal expenditures were
needed to keep markets going. Or
ganized labor of all branches saw this
from the first and is fairly shouting
it now. But the spokesmen of Big
Business, in Congress as well as in
the newspapers, are trying their ut
termost to cut downs relief appropria-
tions.
As if Big Business didn't need
market!
The more carefully Big Business is
watched, the more it resembles the pig
who lies down in the trough to keep
other porkers from eating at it, and
covers his own food at the same time.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
On Copitol Hill
By GEORGE l.. KNAPP

Washington, D. C. QLNS).-The
latest report from the Works Prog
ress Administration says that of ur-
ban homes-meaning homes in cities
or good sized towns-only 40 per cent
are in good condition. Also, 40 per cent
lacked central heating, more than Is
per cent had no private flush toilets,
and 20 per cent were without private
bath or shower.
Since 100000 urban homes
were covered in 203 cities and
towns, you may be sure the sam
pie is large enough to furnish a
basis for Judging the rest.
Most Of the dwellings were built of
wood, except in New York City. In
the Southeast, 81 per cent of the
houses are wood. In the same region,
% per cent of the urban homes were
without gas or electric light, nearly
half were without gas or electric cook
ing equipment, 32 per cent have no
indoor flush toilets and more than 40
per cent have no tub or shower baths.
From these surveys has been as
sembled the most detailed body of
statistical information now available
on the physical characteristics of
housing in the United States" says
Corrington Gill, Assistant Admins
traitor. Personally, think WPA has
earned its keep; and that the South
will hereafter date its improvement
in housing from these surveys.
Surgeon General Thomas Parran
tells US in the annual report of the
Public Health Service that the nation
has been having good health the last
two years. The general death rate
was lower in 1897 than in 1886, and
in the first half of 1888 was lower
still. Infant deaths are lower; drop
ping to 54.4 deaths per 1000 live
births in 1897 as compared to 57.1 the
year before.
But Of all the good things that DR..
Parran praises, the enactment by
Congress Of an act designed to con-
troll syphilis he proclaims to be the
best. He is right. a new law of that
kind never IS fully enforced for a
season. But what has actually hap
pened is that the American people are
taking a definite interest in this mat
ter; they are writing for informa-
ton, advice and help in literature and
even in personnel in such quantities
that the Public Health Service is
swamped.
All to the good; and with drugs at
hand that stop syphilis from being
contagious in a very short time per-
manent good is certain. Any infec-
tious disease that comes to be talked
about is sure to be licked, sooner or
later; and with this ailment which has
plagued the world since Columbus
came home from Hispaniola, it will be
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19

The gods cannot help man who
wastes opportunities.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-12
Fairbanks, Sr. Of The
Movies Dies at Home
Continued From Page Ones

Lamb. Flirting With Fate. and
Manhattan Madness He was di-
v0rced III New York III 1911 by Beth
Sully Fairbanks. whom he had mar
red in 1907 Douglas. Jr IS their
son.
\ little over year later. Fair
banks and Mary Picktord were mar
ned here III a secret ceremony. In
1888 Mss Pickford announced their
separation. \ year later. Lord Ashley
Won q divorce from Lady Ashley.
naming Fairbanks as co-resp pendent.
Early III 1885 Miss Pickford sued
for divorce and was given 4 final
decree On JANUARY IL 1886 Less than
two months later. Fairbanks and
Lady Ashley were married in Paris.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-12

Tests under actual farm conditions
have indicated that the new Irish
potato variety. Sequoia, viii far out
yield the late crop varieties now
commonly used,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-12

Excellent control OF the peach tree
borer IS being obtained through the
use Of thylene dichloride emulsion,
says J. 0. RoWeIl entomologist Of
the State College Extension Service
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-12
tariSm isn't but they are.
As. see Prince SaNnii

-. - ----ct o1c----.
l don't know about the mlkado
He's a Pigment. implying nothing in
particular-not as much as the king
OF England
But Japan, says Correspondents
hato. IS Sure-enough democratic
He may speak for some genuine
basic democracy.
If there's some Of il in the Far
East, its interesting.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-12
Semi Believable.

p0tlsI1l.
Semi Believable.
# never had been III japan
probably wouldn't have believed this
But I've soj9urned there twice
And on both occasions il seemed 10
me to be q democratic country. These
visits occurred during peace inter-
vals. to be sure. Civil authority pre-
JAILED end my observation was that
It was as democratic as in the Unlted
-p0ssibly more SO.
Rignt here. when wars on, in
diviaual rights are somewhat en-
croached On by our militarists. IN
Tapan militariSn's rule IS enormous
ly exaggerated.
IN peace time. though. the Jap gov
ernments as approachable as the
personnel Of any American depart
ment store. All the visitor needs is
10 present some reasonable excuse
for an interview and he gets it, and
IS socially listened to.
Perhaps the ground was broken for
me trifle. The American news
agency l represented was affiliated
with the Nippon DempO Tsusin Sha.
Nippon means Japan. Dempo means
company. Great Japanese Telegraph
company.
n. D. t. S. Director Nitzunaga
bossed this setup and made dates for
ne. y. D T. S. Foreign Editor
Rvousulle Seita attended to them. l
saw any mogul wanted TO, and he
was more communicative than any
official l ever met in Washington
Correspondent Kato tells>me that
Prince Saonji is the greatest demo-
crat in history. I got to him as easily
as l could see a postoffice clerk.
Espionage:
Stories are told now about for
eigners who are pinched for taking
photographs Of ordinary scenes on
streets in Tokyo
expect it's true; the military gang
is on the job.
l sailed from Yokohama to Maya
saki. through the Inland sea, -IOot-
ing pictures in every direction. No
body found any fault with it.
From War-t0rn China l carried &
45-caliber automatic pistol into ia
pan. l declared it. 1t was a new
model weapon then and the Japs eX-
amned it closely tor scientific pur-
poses. The police did. But they pass
ed it without dispute, SO far as l was
concerned.
Pretty liberal, from the japanese
standpoint.
The Japs know, Of course, that il
didn't mean anything.
It doesn't now, either
All the same, the bulk Of the Jap
anese like to have it understood that
they're democratic. Maybe their mill
Evening star., 1939-05-05
FOREIGN Exchange

NEW YORK, MAY 5 0P.-Major Euro
pean currencies increased in price In re-
iation to the dollar today following Polish
demands On Dsnzis and the corridor
While no marked pickup in money
transactions was reported. banking quar-,
ters said traders were generally pleased
with Beck's remarks.
Long-ranze Implications were reflected
in q further narrowing Of the discount on
the 9O-day pound sterling. The EnGlish
money can now be BOUGHT only ~ cents
below the spot rate COMPARED with cents
yesterday.
French franc advanced .OOl. II . cent.
me rp,ldeI .ainsd o4 e sr,.. cent s,:ns and the
narrowly hiRher.
Late rates follow:
Great Britain. 4.66h: 60-day Bulls 4.86b:
Canada. Montreal IN New York. gS 53h:
Belgium. II 03: Denmark. 20.91h: Iin.
Land SGa sssss sse o4sea.
S5h; Hungary: 1870: italy; ,26A; Yugo-
slavia. 230: Netherlands. 3d. a.: Norway.
1888: Poland: 1s: :8b: Portugal: At: Ru-
mania. .72: Sweden: "a. .13: ewitserland,
90 .46; ArKenttna. 81 GIN; Brasil ,50n:
Mexico City. 2O.16n: japan. 27.32: Hons
Kong. 2S.S2: SHANGHAI 1917.
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
indicated.
Nominal