davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-15
W.P. A. PROJECTS
REPORTED BIG AID

Washington, d. C. (-ILNS) Fed
eral, state and local governments have
been doing more than $50,000,000
worth of business a month with con-
Germs and individuals providing ma
terials, supplies and equipment for
w. P A. projects, according to an
analysis of non-labor costs made pub
lie by Colonel F. c. Harrington, COM
missioner of Work Projects.
These funds flow in nearly every
channel of the durable goods indus
tries, stimulating production and pro-
viding private employment in fac
tories, mines, forests and transporta-
ton, Colonel Harrington said. He
pointed out that an average OF $780,
100000 additional wages paid by
the federal government to project
workers-is being spent each month
for consumers goods and services.
About one-fourth of the current
non-labor costs is borne by w. P. A.
under limitation of Sc month per
project worker for such expenditures.
The rest is provided by state, county,
city and other local government units,
which have been paying an increased
proportion of the non-labor costs. The
funds expended for materials, sup
plies and purchases are estimated to
average 53,200000 a month from
January through March of this year.
Purchase of materials and supplies
accounts for about $30,500,000
month and rental of equipment such
as trucks and road building machinery
for about $17,600,00O.
The principal class of purchases is
stone, clay and glass products, total
ing an estimated $11 100000 month,
or about one-fifth of all non-labor ex-
penditures. Orders aggregating about
$4,800,000 are being placed for iron
and steel products each month Lum-
Der and lumber products industries
receive approximately $2,600,000; deal
ers in bituminous mixtures, used prin-
cipally in paving, about $3,600000;
and the textile industry $2,200,000.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-15

his reporting seems rather trivial as
it stands in these days.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-15
Elimination OF Grade
Crossings Progresses

Albany, N. Y. (AFLWNS) Con
slant progress in the elimination of
grade crossings in New York State
outside of New York City was re-
ported by the Public Service Commits
sion. During the last eleven years,
I'll crossings have been removed,
which is 50 per cent of the 1878
eliminated since the state began its
program of elimination 43 years ago.
The commission pointed out that
the number of persons killed annually
at grade crossings dropped from 1872
in 1928-1929 to 55 in 1938-1939, "de-
spite the enormous increase in motor
traffic in the last ten years."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-15
7heCherry
S- Where with our
roo Little Hatchet we
tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
fOundly. Sometimes fiippantly,
sometimes recklessly.

Iron Pants Hugh Johnson, who
tries to write like bull whip crack
ing, sounds off every now and then
pontifically. 1t might have been eX-
pected from him.
But really it was Oswald Garrison
Willard, who used to run the New
York Evening Post and who used to
run the Nation. He marched up and
wrote column saying what a brave
boy is Westbrook Pegler, because of
his writings about two or three union
officials.
Willard comes hot out of the oven
to suggest that Pegler ought to win
the Pulitzer prize for his articles!
And that seems to me about the
richest joke of the year.
To win the Pulitzer prize ought to
mean something real, something really
worth sitting up nights about, some
grand achievement in reporting
just police court stuff
Time was when the Pulitzer prize
meant that the winner had to get
down and dig-and pour forth. Time
was. But times change.
I'm not kicking about what Pegler
wrote. Maybe he did good job
maybe he didn't.
But if what he wrote is the best he
can do, then he needs help-or no
prize.
Tempus fidgets!
And pops firecrackers.
Great constructive achievement, i'm
plies Mr.. Willard. My eye!
Those who can remember back
more than a month or two will
probably find no great love for
the American Federation of La
Dor in Mr.. Wizards past writings.
AS for Mr.. Pegler, he probably
would be content to let the cur
rent slush stand as fair guide.
1t isn't easy to blame him for quit
ting the American Newspaper Guild,
which he did. So did land many
others, when it went haywire.
He says he'll get around to the
clio, in good time; or maybe he
just implies it.
But whether he ever does or not
isn't so important. It's what he does
and doesn't do in the way of report
ing where he goes that counts and
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-15

In struggle for land, and for
bread
Perhaps there was day
When conditions warranted the
little man
In laying traps for unwary superior
forces
When fighting against unjust
rulers
Or meeting attacks of marauding
invaders
But what is there
Of courage and human valor-
In sticking a periscope above the
waves
Pointing a torpedo tube at a thou
sand men afioat-
Splitting a great ship open to the
oceans arms
Then cunning the survivors in their
boats?
Granted
1t takes hardihood-
Grim and desperate and driven
To descend into the bowels of the
deeps-
In thin shell of mere metal
Filled with wheels and chemicals
Taking chances against the multi
piled dangers of the seas
Plus all the menaces of keen hunt
erS-
Flying upon and above the waves
But what of the brand which such
marauding leaves
Upon the minds and bodies of
sailors underseas
Not until U-boats-
Are banished from the seas, and
the earth
Can civilization wash its hands
again
Knowing that they are clean
-
What kind of race
Can use U-boats to their limit
The Bremen would have been sunk
Had she been under another flag
And the submarine which sighted
her
Flying the crippled cross.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-15
RALEIGHS POPULAR IN Ell PASO

Ell Paso, Texas. - Tobacco dealers
here report steady increase in sales
of Raleigh union-made cigarettes and
other union label products of the
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Cor
poration. Popularity Of Raleighs in
the Ell Paso area has been promoted
by the Labor Advocate, which is a
consistent booster for B. & w. prod
ucts. The Advocate and the Ell Paso
labor movement conduit year-around
educational campaign in behalf Of all
union label products and services.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-15

cency in marine warfare
Are "spurlos versunken"-
In spite of jeers-
There was day of chivalry-
When opponents in mortal combat
fought in the open
When knights or yeomen dis
dained-
To strike a blow that was foul
To take advantage that was un-
fair
To refuse mercy to defeated enc
mics
To "hit and rum" like viper
But that tradition is destined for
extinction
Perhaps there was day
When men were justified in striking
from the dark
When poverty stricken world
could i'll afford
To take the chances of open COM
bat
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-15
Buffalo Labor Official
Named To State Board

Governor Herbert HI. Lehman of
New York recently appointed George
Sturges, secretary of the Federation
of Labor of Buffalo and vicinity, as
member of the New York State
Unemployment Insurance Advisory
Council to fill the vacancy created by
the resignation of George Meany, who
became secretary treasurer of the
American Federation of Labor on
January /.
The appointment of Mr.. Sturges
was recommended by the New York
State Federation Of Labor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-15
STATE TAX COLLECTION RISE

Chicago. o.-State tax collections of
1889 showed an increase of $774,-
100000 over those of 1887, the Fed
Grafton of Tax Administrators said
here. Aside from the payroll tax,
which brought $450,00O,OOO more reve-
nue., the rise in receipts was due
mainly to increased revenue from pre-
vailing taxes rather than to the adop-
tion of new taxes, the federation said.
Comparisons by the federation were
based on Bureau of Census figures.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-15

it stands in these days.
One could wish that President Greer
of the A. F. of l.. would cut loose anc
say some of the things he doesn't say
In William Green the A. F. of l.
has present-a REAL president;
one of high principle and sound
achievement. He doesn't get rushed
off his feet and he doesn't get pushed
around.
But no President can say all he
wants to all the time. Not even the
President of the United States can
do that.
If he could we might jolly well
hear something.
President Green says that, of course
racketeers and other criminal types
must be cleaned out and there can be
no doubt he means it.
But can Pegler or anyone else
imagine the CONSERVATION, the mob
rule, the gangsterism that would
be really let loose if the American
Federation of Labor ever undertook
to constitute itself court to try anC
convict officers or members of af.
filiates!
But, be that as it may and that's
how it will be, in all likelihood
remains to be repeated that West
brook Pegler, up to this time, rests
his laurels, as far as the current dis.
cussion goes, on nothing much more
than high-class police reporting.
And that, Mr.. Willard, isn't enough
unless the Pulitzer prize has degener-
ated to something like the journalism
of the period in which the great Pu.
liter won his spurs.
Let's have something real-some-
thing that gets somewhere and does
something.
And if anyone reads into this
column anything that he thinks is q
defense of crooks, named or other.
wise, it is suggested that he read il
again. Or maybe get reading
teacher.-C. M. w.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-15
TAMPA FAIR, RACE TRACK
SIGN UNION CONTRACTS

Tampa, Fla. (AFLWNS) Tampa
Bartenders' Union and Culinary Work
ers' Local No. 153, A. F. of l.. affiili-
ates, announced the negotiation of
closed-shop union contracts with the
bar at the Tampa Race Tracks at
Sulphur Springs and with the Berr
Concession and Charles Pool at the
fairgrounds.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-15
Truths POndered While
Riding at
Anchor
"Then gently scan
your brother man.

BY Mr.. Modestus-

U-boats-
Submarines
Snakes of the seven seas
Signs of civilization decadent-
Assassins of peace and good will
among nations
irresponsible weapons of dictators
gone anarchist
Where last vestiges of human de-
Evening star., 1940-09-01


work. These proved too expensive
for me, however, and I decided to
try something else.
About that time, read a magazine
article telling how to make models
with toothpicks. The idea appealed
to me because the materials needed
were so inexpensive-about 20 cents
for everything.
1t happened that my class was
studying builders and their works.
so volunteered to make toothpick
model of the framework of sky
scraper. I chose building on the
Harvard University campus. and my
reproduction of it was exhibited at
school for three weeks. When school
reopens this year, I hope to make
some other structures that will be
good enough to display.
In addition to the skyscraper, 7
have made modified Warren truss
bridge a little over 7 inches long
and a 14-inch girder bridge with
braced arches. 1t took me about II
hours to build this last bridge.
At present, I do my work on my
family's dining room table. If I am
lucky enough to win prize with
this article, however, intend to use
the dollar to start little workshop
in the cellar.
To make. toothpick models, the
first thing you need is, of course,
toothpicks. You can get a boxful
for 5 or 10 cents. Then you'll need
some cement or glue, a pair of
tweezers and a razor blade.
You can save yourself a lot OF
trouble by cementing toothpicks to-
gether in groups of two or three
before starting project. You may
find it necessary to make patterns
for your larger structures, but this
is simple if you have picture from
a newspaper or magazine to go by.
I also collect stamps, but-well,
that's another story, isn't it?
Sorry" said the greeting card
manufacturer to his clerk, "but I'll
have to let you go. Sentiment has
no place in business, you know"
Evening star., 1940-09-01
This Clever Woodpecker
Will Do Your Knocking
By BERT SACKETT.

This beautiful door-knocker has
only four easily made parts. 1t will
look fine on your room door or on
the outside door of any house. In
stead of barking their knuckles
knocking, callers simply pull the
woodpecker's tail.
Use any straight grained wood
y inch thick for all parts. In ad-
dition you will need a screw or bolt
to assemble the bird between its
pivots, and six brass screws l inch
long.
Make the base first, 212 inches by
8 inches, marking the positions for
the pivot pieces as shown on the
diagram. Next, make two pivot
pieces 2 inches by l inch with the
corners beveled off q inch. (See
picture.0 Drill 1s inch hole in
each piece as inch from top, and
centered. Now screw the pivot
pieces to the base board in the posi-
tions you have marked, running the
screws through from the back.
Now make fu.i sized picture OF
the woodpecker 6h inches by Ali
inches. Take plenty of time and
make it look exactly like the illus
tration, drawing in the lines that
mark the division of the colors.
Drill a 1s-inch hole in the birds
foot in the exact position shown.
Now carefully sandpaper all rough
edges from all parts.
Paint the bird on both sides as
shown on the color chart A using a
good "hot" red for the head. Three
coats of paint, with plenty of time
for drying between coats, should be
applied.
Paint the base and pivot pieces
black.
Make sure that the woodpecker's
leg moves freely in the slot between
the pivo. pieces, and fasten In place
with a 11a-inch stove bolt. You
will have to whittle out little place
in the pivot piece to take the nut.
Evening star., 1940-09-01

federate armies in the great Civil
War battle of Gettysburg and
showed their movements with elec-
trio lights.
After the lecture we looked at
relics. There were blocks of wood
containing bullets, cups, canteens,
handouts, war letters, spinning
wheel and even human bones. There
was a large collection of unusual
guns, one known as a telescope gun
and another, the longest of all, a
58-caliber musket. The telescope
gun weighed So pounds.
Next visited the cemetery, Lin
coins Monument, Little Round Top,
Devils Den and other points of in
terest. All through the battlefield
were enormous rocks of peculiar
shapes. We didn't get around to see
all the statues, because there are
1888 of them on the famous old
battle-ground.
Evening star., 1940-09-01

cussions on the subject Knowing
absolutely nothing about the game,
she finally sought me out and re-
ouested some instructions on it.
And, in moment of weakness. I
agreed to give them. Consequently,
one afternoon we sat down at the
dining room table, I got a pencil
and few sheets of paper and pro-
ceeded to draw a diagram of the
field. Then I asked, Just how
much do you know about it al
ready?"
I expected her to say, Nothing" f"
But she replied, well, I do know
that they wear helmets"
I groaned. the very thought of
wearing helmet during blistering
July day at Griffith Stadium actu-
ally made me weak.
So I decided to start from scratch.
I had just finished explaining a
double play when she asked if a
triple play could be made.
why, yes" I replied blithely. at S
simple. Look here"
But was speaking too soon. With
the nonchalant assurance of an
authority on the subject, sketched
the players in their respective posi-
tions and, with ease, got the first
batter out on a grounder to third.
But there I became stuck. I floun-
dered helplessly, tried to change
the subject and explain sacrifice
bunt instead, but she pinned me
down and insisted on a triple play
or nothing. Finally, in desperation
I called upon my father. He sat
down and gave his explanation, with
which, of course, I did not agree,
so we argued it out.
l do not remember how the dis
cussion ended, for, after my mother,
aunt and brother had joined us, my
cousin and I got up and left them
to their own devices.
My cousin went back to England
last week. If she knew any more
about baseball than she knew when
she arrived, I do not know where
she picked up the information. 1t
was certainly not from me.
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Girl Earns Money by
Washing Cats and
DOGS for Owners

Your laundryman will wash your
clothes; you can get your car
splashed at the gasoline station; you
can step under a shower and let the
water do the work; but who'll wash
your pets? This thought, or ideas
to that effect, was running through
Alice Dyes head when she was look
ing for a sure-hre money-maker.
Washing animals is a job which
proves distasteful to most people
especially older folks-she figured.
Wouldn't they think it worth small
amount of money to have the job
done for them? Alice decided to
find out. Result? Alice returned
home with a congenial group of
cats and kittens to scrub and
promptly founded a laundry for
pets.
The process isn't patented and
it's very simple, so it's all right il
any one else wants to try it. All you
do is get the owners consent to
collect his pet and return 1t care
fully cleaned. Then you take Tabs
or Button, or Towser, give him a
bath with warm water and soap,
dry him carefully and set him out
in the sun to dry. While hanging
him on the line to dry would un-
doubtedly be convenient for you, it
is likely to make Tabs bit uncom-
Portable, so Alice suggests that vol
let him take his sun bath in wire
cage.
That's all there is to it-except
for delivering the pet and collecting
the bill Alice has made as high as
$5 week, charging only Is or &c
cents per cat. She lives in Shan
non, Miss.
Evening star., 1940-09-01

NSs 1850 llCAt W Gl1C Sul1
Of Mexico, and as I looked out the
window I thought we were sailing
right into water. We missed it, how
ever, and climbed very high. Just
as my heart was beginning to beat
normally, we struck an airpocket
and down we went. The pilot pulled
us out of the dive and we climbed
again, only to strike another air.
pocket. BY this time I was hysteri-
cal, trying to laugh and cry at the
same time. After what seemed a
lifetime to me, we banked to land.
As I looked down it seemed to me
the world was upside down, and I
was frightened half out Of my wits.
I survived, anyway, until we bumped
to a stop and I climbed out. AS
mother and I rode home I vowed
to myself would never look at a
plane again.
Since then, however, I have been
up several times, and have overcome
all fear of airplaneS.
Evening star., 1940-09-01

II ulSpcCJOTS
hoped that we would enjoy our
trip and away we sped.
The country certainly didn't look
as II its people were at war, and it
wasn't until we reached the Welland
Canal that we saw our first soldiers,
fellows in blue patrolling the locks.
After that, we saw great many
soldiers hitch-hiking to or from
their homes on leave. Most of them
were in the ordinary infantry uni.
forms, like ours in color. but of a
different material and with fuller
trousers and more blouse like top
Miles of Trees.
We drove along through the
Niagara fruit belt, past miles of
fruit trees, many red with cherries,
past fields of grapevines and great
yards of Strawberries, where we often
saw the whole family and Indians
to help out picking the berries. AS
we got nearer Hamilton we saw
many planes coming and going in all
directions and we noticed more of
the blue-and-silver uniforms of the
r. A. F. pilots. While we were driV-
ing through Hamilton we saw for
the first time the summer uniforms
of the hoDae guard. The coats are
like those of our soldiers and the
pants reminded me of Boy Scouts.
These are considered one of the best
jokes of the war, by every one ex-
cept the home guard itself, and you
need only mention them to get a
broad grin from any one.
We spent most of our holidays in
a small town where several of the
largest factories had been turned
over to the government for an air.
craft school. There are more than
500 men training there continually,
for as soon as some finish their six
month course others come. In this
town there also was a Scottish
"kiltie" regiment recruiting and
drilling and often we would watch
them parade, marching to the bag
pipes.
Woolens Are Expensive.
There we're many changes this
year because of the war. Prices were
higher, some things were nearly
twice as much as here. The lovely
woolens that are usually so plentiful
were very expensive and also hard to
find, since no new wool was coming
from England and the old was be-
ing used for the soldiers. Instead
of the songs of Glen Miller or some
other sWingster being most popular,
a song with lovely melody called
"There'll Always Be an England"
has caught the public fancy. The
Canadians were interested in our
opinion of the war and in our presi-
dental election. 1t always sur
prises me how much more they
know about us than we know about
them.
All in all, don't think I could
have had a nicer vacation or learned
more than to see Canada at war.
Evening star., 1940-09-01

by so doing you cut down on your
opponents time in recovering po-
sition. Also, angle your smashes OF
to the right or left-this imposes a
great deal more footwork on the
fellow across the net. Make 'em
run! That's my motto.
This brings us up to the vouey,
which is the biggest point winner IN
the game. Play a straight-line shot
deep into the corner-unless he's
wide open for a crOSS-C0lrt return-
and move into your waiting position
about 8 feet from the net and just
to the right or left of center.
The mechanics of the volley are
simple. Never let the racket head
drop below the wrist, and always
make the shot as far forward OF the
body as possible. Slap all balls
above the. level of the net with a
stiff-wristed half swing, the racket's
head moving into the ball ahead OF
the wrist. On the low ones, bend
the knees, level back the racket
face, and merely BLOCK the ball.
Play Volleys Deep.
/ A sideways position is just as
desirable here as in the ground
strokes and service. Punch your
volleys deep rather than trying for
risky angles. I find this method
keeps my man back on his heels
behind the base line, and I have
much more time to anticipate his
passing shot or lob. Take short,
skipping steps when at the net.
and always be on your toes.
The lob is an invaluable weapon
when on the defense. and makes a
good attack when teamed up with
the drop shot.
When I first started playing
tennis in Los Angeles, Calf, not
so many years ago, I was so tiny
that any kind of attacking tennis
was out of the question. Therefore
I specialized in lobbing, on the
advise of my teacher, DR.. Esther
Bartosh. She drilled into me the
slogan, when in doubt, lob" 1t
paid off for me, too, many times.
In September, 1888. when de-
feated Adrian Quist of Australia in
the Challenge round of the Davis
Cup, my lob did yeoman service.
Mixed judiciously with the drop
shot, it so tired the great Anzac
that on one occasion when we were
toweling ourselves at the umpire's
chair, he leaned over to me and
whispered. Bobby, for the love of
Pete, quit dishing out that baby
stuff and play tennis!"
Keep Them Deep.
A good lobber keeps his shots high
and deep. Far better to lob a few
inches over the base line than to
offer up a short one which even
average players smash gleefully for
outright kills. Use your continental
service grip, shorten your back
swing, and keep the ball on your
strings as long as possible. Culti-
vate a sense of touch and direction
on the shot and above all, keep it
DEEP.
Your drop shot is a short chop
Ilduc Will 1OOSC WIlSG anu Tile
service grip. Watch the ball closely
and chop it short, near either side
line of the net. Why? Because the
barrier is highest at these two
points and an anxious opponent
scrambling up to retrieve one of
these "dink" shots often dumps it
into the net.
One of the best ways to exhaust
your opponent is to pull him up
short with drop shot, then lift
a high lob over his head. Running
up and back in the court is much
more firing than pattering back
and forth across the base line dur
ing pormal ground stroke rallies.
Good luck with your tennisl