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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-12-20

ence IN one movement, and even
went in for air conditioning the cir
Gus tent.
If you want your circus straight,
with all the smells that had become
traditional, you had to stay down
near the camels and sea lions.
And it looks like non-top trend.
Norman Bel Geddes is now report
ed working on the tents. That looks
like carrying the glamour stuff too
far. A circus tent has always looked
like a circus tent. What it will
look like in 1941 is anybody's guess.
THE BREAK
I haven't any sables to slip ele-
gantly on,
Nor silver fox or monkey-fringe to
lure Don Juan;
I haven't any star sapphires or robe
with diamond hustle,
And / haven't any bomb-proof cell
to which have to hustle!
G. K. B.
"Eskimos Can't Understand Peo-
pie Getting Into Wars. "-headline
Have patience; it'll come to you.
HOW LIFE GOES
Part to working, part to sleeping,
part to playing, but most of life goes
to waiting for some woman!
Several New York policemen have
been drafted into the army, and
this ought to discourage Hitler about
as much as anything else.
NEW VERSION
Early to bed, early to rise,
Leaving more to your heirs
Than you would otherwise.
''Italy Breathes Easier After
Pact headline.
That isn't breathing; it's heavy
painting.
Smile by T.G.D.-As overdressed
as cut-rate drugstore window.
EPITAPHS FOR TRAFFIC CHAOS
(''Neon lights on store fronts are
lights. News item.)
Here lies Lester
Luther Watt:
He thought traf-
Fic light was not.
Here reposes
Bixby (Leon):
He thought the stop
Light was Neon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-12-20

But the big top woke up one spring
morning and found that it had been
to the beauty parlor, caliphs,
princes, maharajahs, princesses, ell
ephants, ponies and all.
-
When the bands blared for the
opening pageant that season there
wasn't plug-ugly in the parade.
That would have been all right
with the old-time circus addict if
they had stopped there. But the
circus management went in head
over heels for glamour.
They rouged the elephants toe
nails, powdered the gorilla's nose
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-12-20
The Answers

/. Abe Lincoln.
2. Nile river.
8. In March, 1888, when the
reichstag passed an act giving him
absolute power.
4. English.
S. Relieves pain.
6. Sinbad.
7. From Quebec province to Ala
bama.
8. A double veil worn by Mo
hammedan women.
8. Two, Bolivia and Paraguay.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-12-20

about the big
show that was ap-
pealing. If you
wanted art and
beauty you went
to a musical
show or a muse
UNI. And a circus
had to smell like
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-12-20

and made even
the hostlers wash
behind the ears.
They hired beau
tiful showgirls, in
troduced the De
Mile, the sur
realist, and the
De Sylvia inf1u-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1910.
LABOR LAW INSPECTORS

"a good Inspector is as necessary as
a good law" and trade unionists know
this is particularly true of labor laws.
Today more than ever it is realized
that the effectiveness of our general
labor laws-those limiting hours of
work, setting minimum wages, regu-
lating child labor, providing for col
lection of unpaid back wages-de-
pends on enforcement by competent,
trained, sympathetic inspectors.
Qualifications for General Labor
Law Inspectors" just published as
Bulletin No. 38 by the Division of La
Dor Standards, u S. Department of
Labor, outlines the recommendation
of an advisory committee to Secre-
tary of Labor Perkins. The recon-
mendations are based on the frst-hand
experiences of the committee, COM
posed of state labor law administra-
tors and representatives of organized
labor, including Boris Shishkin, Amer
lean Federation of Labor economist.
Work in the trade union movement
is recognized as qualifying experience
for labor law inspectors.
Qualified inspectors should be kept
in the public service; they should not
be subject to sudden dismissal without
cause. Definite provision for promo
tion, based upon quality of perform
ance and length of service, and for
tenure of office through the protection
of civil-service system or its merit
rating equivalent" is urged
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
Machinists' Head Visits
Pacific Coast Lodges

Washington, D. C.-Harvey Brown,
president of the International Asso-
citation of Machinists, left for the West
Coast to confer with lodges on i'm
portant organization problems re-
ferred to him by the executive council.
His conferences will take him to
Seattle, Los Angeles and other cities
in between. Following that trip, he
will attend sessions of the A. F. of l..
Metal Trades Department in New Or
leans, beginning November II, and the
A. F. of L. convention, which starts
on November 18.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
clio. UNION HEAD RESIGNS

New York City (ILNS) - Mervyn
Rathborne, president of the American
Communications Association, G. l. o.
affiliate, has resigned because of i'll
health, the unions international exec
utive board announced The resigna-
tion will be effective after the C. /. o.
convention in November. Rathborne
has been a close associate of Harry
Bridges, California C. l. o. maritime
labor leader. Both Rathborne and
Bridges have frequently been accused
of being Communists.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
NO MORE "MANHUNTS"

Announcement that there will be no
mass raids on suspected draft dodgers
in New York City is triumph for
common sense and the principle of the
preservation of constitutional rights.
Col. Arthur v. McDermott, New
York City director of selective service,
says there will be no repetition of the
disgraceful scenes of World War days
when men suspected of draft-dodging
were herded into armories until they
could identify themselves. The pro-
cedure was productive of gross viola
tion of civil rights and other abuses.
1t went on to some extent in other
cities but New York was a conspicuous
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
"PRE-TRIAL" COURT PAYS

The first months operation of Chi
cago's "pre-triaI' court has saved the
city treasury at least $4,000, the
American Municipal Association re-
ports. The court was created to speed
justice, and save costs for both liti-
giants and taxpayers in cases involv-
ing small damage suits, broken con-
tracts and unpaid wages.
Under the pre-trial court system,
litigants are called into conference be-
fore their cases come to trial to see if
the issues can be settled through con-
ciliation and agreement. Municipal
Judge Oscar S. Caplan, who presides
over the unusual court, said about 81
per cent of the 2,250 cases called have
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
TheCherry
." Where with our
roo Little Hatchet we
tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly. Sometimes fiippantly,
sometimes recklessly. !.

An important portion of the speech
by John L. Lewis dealt with a subject
that has thus far called forth very
| little comment-some, but not much.
That portion is important, regard
less of whether Mr. Lewis finds him
self, after election, riding high, wide
and handsome, or headed for the dis
card.
These lines are written before elec-
ton. They may find their way into
print before or after-but it makes
little difference; the point is valid at
any time.
John l.. Lewis wanted and pleaded
for a verdict that would abate war
and promote peace.
He did not define what he meant by
abate war. But his use of the word
and of the phrase was cleare indica-
tion that he believes war is being pro-
NOTED for the United States.
Now, to be just as blunt as possible,
Mr.. Lewis words sounded for all the
world like appeasement-like Cham
berlain at Munich!
Mr.. Lewis did not have much to say
about promoting defense. He wanted
to abate war and promote peace.
Who doesn't, in proper sense? But
to talk now of abating war, and in
that way, is precisely like saying that
Germany is not to be discouraged
from moving onward in its conquer
ing, devastating march toward COM
plete destruction of freedom.
1t just isn't funny.
Mr.. Lewis all along has had one
principal theme in regard to defense
we'll work if we get ours!
Whose country is this anyway?
Don't we all have an obligation to
make defense succeed and shall
we all refuse to move until it is
proven that nobody is going to be
selfish?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
ID. C. Bank Employees
Now Under JObless Act

Washington, D. C.-An amendment
to the District of Columbia Unem-
ployment Compensation Act bringing
national banks and their employees
under provisions of the law was
signed by President Roosevelt. The
original Social Security Act excluded
certain government agencies, includ-
ing banks. The banks now will pay
the unemployment tax and their en-
ployes will receive benefits under the
law.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
Alien Ruled Order Bill
Is Signed By Roosevelt

Washington. - President Roosevelt
signed legislation recently passed by
Congress requiring foreign-controlled
organizations and groups advocating
the overthrow of the government by
force to register with the Department
of Justice. The State and Justice De-
partments aided in the preparation of
the measure. Violators are subject to
a fine of $4,000 or Imprisonment of
five years or both. A fine of $4,000
and five years Imprisonment may be
imposed on persons filing false state
ments.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

that we must see to it that everybody
has educational opportunities, and op-
portunities for the enjoyment of
leisure in normal recreation. These
are among the things we have been
striving for in America. They are
simple and homely rights. And they
are won by continuous daily efforts.
We do not postpone the struggle for
them to some further battlefield. We
work from day to day to extend these
democratic rights to more and more
people. If we would stop trying, that
would be defeat for democracy"
American advocates of national
health insurance, which has been en-
dorsed by the American Federation of
Labor, are wondering what has be-
come of the well organized health in
surance system in Norway, now that
that country is in the hands of the
NaZis
National health insurance was in
troduced in Norway by an act of 1909.
The law current until the invasion,
the 1880 act with revisions, provided
for the inclusion of every wage-earner
over Is whose annual income did not
exceed six thousand kroner.
According to income-class, the in
sured worker paid weekly premium
varying from about Is to 35 cents.
Payable in addition were state, mu-
nicipal, and employers contributions
of 2096, 1920 and 1919 respectively. A
person not compulsorily insurable
might voluntarily take advantage of
the plan, but if his income exceeds the
maximum, he was himself liable for
the full extent of the premium. In
1885, the total number of persons in
sured under the scheme was ISL $50.
The national health insurance plan
provided for assistance in case of i'll
ness, birth and death. Members of an
insured persons family also might re-
ceive medical aid or impatient treat
ment at public hospital.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
PHILADELPHIA BUTCHERS
STRIKE FOR HIGHER WAGE

Philadelphia, Pa.-Unable to reach
an agreement with three big grocery
and meat chains operating 1900 stores,
the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen of North America,
A. F. of L., called a strike affecting
approximately 1900 butchers. The
union asked wage increases ranging
from $3.50 to SIS a week, reduction
from 81 work hours to 48 and two
weeks vacation instead of one. 1t was
stated that approximately 5000 union
retail clerks also walked out in aid
of the meat cutters demand.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08

been disposed of, and that action has
been taken on all but 479 of the cases.
The association said the practice of
calling cases in advance of trial for
the settlement of issues has been of
great aid in Cincinnati, Detroit and
Los Angeles in bringing about settle
ments, and in stabilizing dockets so
judges may be kept busy trying cases
that deserve and are ready for trial.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
ST. LOUIS STRIKE CALLED
BY AFL BUILDING TRADES

st. Louis, Mo.-A strike voted by
business agents of the A. F. of L.
building trades here to obtain 100 per
cent unionization of the construction
industries in st. Louis and st. Louis
County resulted in approximately
$4,000 building trades workmen walk
ing out. The strike was voted follow
ing struggle with strikebreakers in
front of a non-union construction
project in which one picket, a union
plasterer, was dubbed to death.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
Steel Industry Reports
No Shortage OF Workers

After a nationwide inquiry, the
American Iron and Steel Institute re-
ports that no serious shortage OF
labor now exists nor is threatened in
the steel industry. The Institute said
that substantially all of the steel
companies it has surveyed stated the
labor supply now readily available to
them is ample to assure operation at
full capacity. Several companies re-
ported capacity operation with no Ia
Dor shortage in sight.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
SCHOOLS

The future welfare of our country
lies in the hands of young people who
are attending our schools and colleges
today. We should not do anything
that will shorten the school term. On
the contrary, we should do everything
that lies within our power to see that
those we elect to schools boards spend
the taxpayers money allotted to
schools for that purpose alone.-Inter-
national Molders' Journal
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08

We talk much of democracy, but do
we really know what it is? Probably
few ever stop to think out just what
democracy consists of, what it means,
or should mean, to the great mass of
Americans.
Mrs. Florence Kerr, assistant COM
missioner, Work Projects Administra-
tion, threw light on democracy's mean
ing in recent Portland, Oregon, adj
dress. In a few words, she pointed to
some aspects of democracy that are
given too little emphasis. Talking on
Democracy Begins at Home," the
keynote of her address, she said:
"We are preparing today for total
defense. Defense implies danger. 1t
means protection against something.
And it implies something to defend
some cherished possession to be pro-
tected from the dangers that threaten.
''The dangers that threaten are OBJ
vious to us all. We know too well
what they are and from whence they
come. Aggression abroad; hazards at
home One cannot read the daily
headlines, or listen to radio commen-
tator without fresh consciousness of
their imminence and their gravity"
Mrs. Kerr went on to say:
"But / sometimes wonder whether
we are fully conscious of what we are
defending-consciou of it, | mean, in
the terms of everyday life. Our de-
mocracy consists of many simple and
homely things. And it has to be de-
Tended and maintained in simple anc
homely ways, every day of our lives.
81 think we are all agreed that the
essence of our democracy is freedom
and opportunity. 1t can be expressed
as the right of everyone to make the
most of his life. What does that NEAR
in practice? 1t means a great deal
1t means that we must make it pos.
sible for everyone to have decently
sheltered home, food, clothes anC
proper health protection. 1t means
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
UNION MOVIE POPULAR

New York City. - A documentary
film based on the International La
dies Garment Workers. Union con-
vention at Carnegie Hall last May
has proved popular as modern way
of reporting union convention. Mark
Starr, educational director of the l. L.
G. w. u, reports that Is locals have
already shown the film and IL have
booked it. The estimated audience so
far is 10000
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHO
SAYS EN-
By Franklyn E. Wolfe

Dy III w Ol1S
An orator waved his arms and
shouted: at is time to brush aside
this word democracy with its como
tations."
Those are strong words. They are
almost seditious words perhaps they
could be played up as seditious if they
had been uttered by the wrong" man
In the event they had been uttered by
some blatant Communist soapbox or
ator the speaker doubtless would have
been hauled from his precarious perch
and thrown into the klink.
Let's see, who said that. Why, bless
your soul, it was Merwin K. Hart who
proudly proclaims himself president
of the New York Economic Council, .
speaking before the Union League
Club of New York. Doubtless he was
heartily applauded and Justify cheered,
for he was in the home of the super
Tories of the universe. The conclu-
sion is that some words are seditious
when uttered by the wrong" people
and patriotic when uttered by the
right" people. Truly it's a great
system.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
If that were true, then nobody would
move until the attitude of Mr. Lewis
could be cleared up.
That's just how that stands

1t so happens that there is just NO
WAY to abate war. The dictators
have their program. Nations can yield
or they can fight.
Norway tried to abate war Holland
tried to abate war. France has just
got through with selling herself COM
pletely down the river to abate war.
Finland is the only nation, except
Great Britain, that really refused to
abate war and she is the only nation
out of all those that got in the path
of the dictators, to preserve any SEM
blance of freedom.
The United States can abate war by
getting completely out of the way
by lying face down on the ground, to
be walked over and destroyed
The United States can abate war by
stopping all help to England and by
giving the japanese all they want.
And they will not even say "thank
you" as they then go on to complete
the process of giving the United
States the same treatment every other
subjugated and appeaser nation has
had.
Whether John L. Lewis didn't be-
lieve the American people would un-
derstand what he meant by his "abate
war" plea, we do not know
Whether he thinks nobody under
stands his silence about promoting and
helping national defense, we do not
know.
But you can, for yourself, add to-
gether those two factors and ask your
self where John L. Lewis stands.
Events followed in straight line
Lewis made certain demands-two i'm
portant ones.
Those demands were not granted.
Lewis then made his speech, paid
for by some Of those who have been
among his most ardent enemies.
He asked that this nation abate war.
The chances are - if indications
mean what they seem to mean - that
the answer will be definitely to abate
Mr.. John L. Lewis! &C. M. w.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
Electricians Charter
Local In Shreveport

Shreveport, LA new local union
with so charter members has been in
stalled here by the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, A.
F. of L. affiliate. E. N Williams, A.
F. of L. representative in Louisiana
and president of the State Federation
of Labor, assisted in the organization
campaign which brought the local into
being.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
WHAT NEXT?

Suits are being made from fish wool
and are proving satisfactory to pur-
chasers, it is reported from London
Fish wool is new development, and
in the raw state is dull white and
fluffy. The fiber is equal in strength
to natural wools, it is said
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08

This amount was a gain of $257, 900
over the previous year. School saw
ings accounts were used by 1853, ATT
pupils in S,427 schools, compared with
2,543,472 pupils in 8,448 schools in
the previous twelve months.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
School Savings Deposits
Rise $257, 1000 In Year

The banks in the United States re-
ceived school savings deposits total
ing $13,111,312 during the year end
ing June 80, 1910, according to figures
made public by the Savings Division
of the American Bankers Association.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
TWO MILLION AFFECTED
BY FORTY HOUR WEEK

Washington, D. C.-Colonel Philip
B. Fleming, administrator of the Wage
and Hour Division, estimated that ap-
proximately 100000 working men
and women were affected by the re-
duction of the work week from az to 40
hours on October "a under the provi-
sions of the Federal Fair Labor Stand
ards Act of 1888. Overtime at the
rate of time and half in excess of
DO hours must be paid employees in
industries affected by the law
It's getting so you need college
education to be an elevator boy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
offender.

offender.
There was no excuse for the imam
hunts" then and there are none now.
Freedom and democracy will be the
gamers if the nation sets it's fact
grimly against such evil practices.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
WISDOM

The principles of right and wrong
are legible to everyone.-Thomas JEFF
ferson.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-08
Parents

When you and your family start on
train, motor or bus trip. be sure you
have a box OF MothersiII's. Travel
nausea inevitably occurs at an incon-
venient time. but when prepared with
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journey. Children are not accustomed
10 the constant motion and swaying OF
trains, motors and buses. and often
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Issued Weekly at s2s Market Street
Telephone 1895 Hamilton, Ohio
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Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second-Class Mail Matter.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-29
Manor Hunt Has
Merry Chase

With more than the usual num-
Der of hilltoppers a field of 10
riders from Manor Hunt expert
enced a fine chase in the first Of
two weekly hunts.
Hounds were cast from the
farm of E. B. Mcintyre, Glen
mont, and led the riders merry
chase over those fields and
through Mr.. Simpsons woods.
Reynard was viewed near Mr..
Simpsons.
The field led by Bernard
Brosius, co-master, included George
Rexrode; DR.. Joseph Whitehead;
Thomas Trodden; Mr.. and Mrs.
E. B. Mcintyre; R. P. Counsel
man; Bobby Leubecker; E. B.
Mcintyre, Jr.; Anita Mammele;
Katherine Cox; Boyd Keys; Mr..
and Mrs. Ed. Cashell; Ted and
Diana Cashell; DR.. Elmer Huffer;
Frank Wilson; Palmer Beall and
Paul Curran, Whippers; and
George Wilson, Huntsman.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-29
Blessed Events
At Hialeah Park

Word has come to us that the
brilliantly plumaged flock of
Cuban Flamingoes at Hialeah
Park, Florida, boast 1870 in
crease in population.
For the first time in the history
of North America, the white and
pink birds have successfully re-
produced-only 100 eggs were
laid. The nests are curiously
raised mud built structures and
contain only one egg. Papa and
mama Flamingo alternate during
incubation.
Many Montgomery countians
have seen the Parade of the
Flamingoes over the race track
prior to the running of the
$4,000 added Flamingo stakes
and thrill at the sight.