davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1940-04-05

termine that the group was playing
poker until he looked through .
window from the porch.
The court held that the search was
made without q proper warrant and
hence illegal and stated, in dismiss
ing the cases, it was his opinion that
the State law under which charges
were brought was not intendde to
apply to friendly" poker games in
private homes.
Evening star., 1940-04-05

James H. Pugh represented seven
poker-player defendants, but sew
eral other attorneys stood by ready
to offer their services in the event
of need. Observers counted two at
torneys for each defendant.
Judge De Lashmutt dismissed the
charges after Sergt. Roy Bodmer tes-
titled that from the road he could
see that the group was playing cards,
but not that any gambling was going
on. He said he was unable to de-
Evening star., 1940-04-05

He will give parts Of his new opera,
mo For an Answer" at the Cham
tilly room OF the Hamilton Hotel
at $3.50 pm, the proceeds to- 60
toward establishment Of union
schools If migrants, field workers
and sharecroppers.
Evening star., 1940-04-05

mander Of the Atlantic Squadron,
win be In charge Of the trip.
The trip, approximately 5000
miles, will end August 2S. The
present third class at the academy
will make routine short coastal
cruises on destroyers, the depart
ment announced.
Evening star., 1940-04-05
'Tocky Dunce'

A "tacky dance" and amateur
show will be held by the Presidents 5
Own Garrison Of the Army and Navy
Union at Q PM, Saturday, April IS.
A prize will be given for the best
amateur act, according to F. 8.
Gardner, chairman Of the Enter
tainment Committee.
Evening star., 1940-04-05
Composer to Entertain

Marc Blitzstein, author-composer
Of "The Cradle viii Rock" will
come to Washington tomorrow to
entertain for the Washington Com
mittee to Aid Agricultural Workers,
Evening star., 1940-04-05

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is to have
. 26-story building.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26
Frisco Unions Plan
Apprentice Training

San Francisco, GAIA joint meet
ing of Representatives of the San
Francisco Building and Construction
Trades Council and the Bay Cities
Metal Trades Council approved a
broad scale plan for training appren-
tees in the national defense program.
Delegates from the Metal Trades
Council represented 81 unions that
will have vital part in ship building
work, and the building trades repre-
sentatives included electrical, sheet
metal and other craftsmen.
The Building and Construction
Trades Council already has statewide
apprentice training programs in ef-
feet in construction work, according
to Archie j. Mooney, secretary of the
California council. John III. Smith
was elected chairman of the joint
committee, which adopted the ap-
proved federal definition of an ap-
prentice.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26
POLL TAX CONDEMNED

The poll tax and it's evils are ana
lyzed by six Southern leaders in a
pamphlet published by the American
Council on Public Affairs. They dis
cuss the origin of the poll tax, how
it has disfranchised white voters even
more than negroes, how it has been
used to corrupt elections and frustrate
the peoples needs in legislatures.
Governor Johnson of Mississippi is
quoted as summing up the injustice of
the poll tax in the single question,
"Why should we refuse a man the
right to vote just because he is poor ?"
The effect on labor legislation is
brought out by Barry Bingham, pub
Usher of the Louisville Courier
Journal:
"It is easy to understand why the
states with poll tax suffrage have
Jagged behind all others in social leg
islation. The people who want laws
to protect labor, the tenant farmer,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26
WINCHELL SUED BY
C.L. 0. FOR MILLION

New York City (ILNS).-A suit for
$1,OOO,O0O damages against Walter
Winchell, radio commentator and col
umnist, has been filed in New York
Supreme Court by the National Mari
time Union, C. L. o. affiliate.
The union in its bill of complaint
declared it had been libeled by Win
chell in broadcast June 9 and in his
column, walter Winchell On Broad
way" next day. The plaintiff said it
objected to Winchells statement that
numerous" members of the union
were Communists and chad mercury
and emery dust for sabotage pur-
poses."
The complaint also charged that
Winchell had exposed the union "to
public contempt" and that his words
were intended "to induce an evil opin-
ion of them (the members) in the
minds of right thinking persons and
business"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26
Transfers Leader
Opposes Third Term

Seattle, Wash. (ILNS). = In ad-
dressing large crowd gathered at a
Teamsters' Union dinner at Port An
geles, Dave Beck, west coast Team
sters' leader, reiterated his declared
opposition to third term for Presi-
dent Roosevelt. About year ago
Beck made his first analysis of the
national political situation and de-
clared that the third-term idea was
bad, and that organized labor should
stick to the well-beaten path of par
tisan independence.
Beck said that labor had 'passed
the point where strikes are the pri-
mary weapon to be used. We have
arrived at a point where we can set
up machinery to serve our interests
with minimum use of the strike"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26
SHUT OUT

Back in the Middle Ages they had
an ecclesiastical punishment of fright
full severity which was sometimes in
f1icted upon wicked kings. The guilty
one was expelled from the social or
der, and everybody was forbidden to
give him food or fire. 1t brought the
proudest monarch to his knees in short
order. But today, unemployment con-
stitutes a kind of gradual expulsion
from the social order. The man who
is out of a job for a while is shut out
of the whole normal give-and- of
our society. He is no longer doing
whatever it was that he used to do for
others-make shoes, dig coal, or raise
food-crops. And nobody is doing for
him what everybody used to do-sup-
ply his needs and his family's needs.
The time comes when he is not well
come in the grocery store, or in the
coal yard. He has been interdicted
from food and fire. His children
haven't any shoes to go to school in,
so they drop out of school. The fam
lily has been accommodated from
the regular world.-Florence Kerr, as
sistant commissioner, Works Projects
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

The American people are not push
ing huge national defense program
because the production of weapons of
death and destruction gives them any
joy; they are pushing the program
because they are convinced they must
arm strongly to survive in world
menaced by ruthless and unprincipled
power.
The very fact that the nation has set
itself to do distasteful job indicates
a determination, state of mind that
will see the thing through; that will
insist that the program be finished
regardless of the cost.
These were thoughts inspiring re-
cent radio address of Senator James
M. Mead of New York, long staunch
friend of organized labor. Mead has
no love of militarism and what goes
with it but he recognizes facts when
he seems them and he pointed them
out in his speech, which undoubtedly
reflects the opinion of the overwhelm-
ing mass of Americans.
Senator Mead's speech could be
studied with profit in Berlin, Rome,
Moscow, and Tokyo. A better COM
prehension in the capitals of the to-
talitarian nations of the present
temper of the United States would
result from the study.
The defense program, Mead said,
is an unhappy one for the American
people. Building tanks and guns, as
sembling gas masks and fighting
planes and anti-aircraft guns, are re-
pulsive to the peaceful mind" he
added.
Then he went on to say:
eve are now embarked upon such
a program. This is not our way of
life, but it is the necessary way of life
under the code of force and aggres-
sion which affiicts the civilized world
today.
'We are going to keep Europe out
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26

of America; we are going to say to
those who are unfriendly to our sys-
tenn of government, that this will be
a most unwelcome country to visit if
they come here with aggression or
sabotage in their hearts.
"When peace returns, our democ-
racy, with its social standards; it's
economic opportunities; its freedom
of speech, of the press, and of re-
ligion, must prove the guide and ex-
ample for other nations to follow"
With the cessation of practically all
imports to Denmark following the
Nazi occupation, the question of how
to obtain sufficient fuel for the coming
winter has become acute. Denmark's
normal coal consumption is 100000
tons per year. Most of this coal was
imported from Great Britain =
source which is now, of course, COM
pletely cut off.
However, the Danes, in their own
resourceful way, have set about solv
ing the pressing problem; one of many
under the German occupation. Ex-
perience gathered from the last war
has shown the Danes that, in an emer-
gency, their own peat bogs which are
scattered over different parts of the
country, can be utilized to produce
peat as substitute for coal. A GER
tain amount, running up to about
100000 tons, is produced in Denmark
annual under normal conditions. But
this summer the production of peat
has been speeded up to such an extent
that it will, according to reports, reach
100000 tons before the end of the
summer. Cutting of the peat can only
take place in the warm summer
months when weather permits of the
drying process which often requires
several days and even longer if the
weather is damp. The peat is used
mainly as fuel in private homes where,
even now, fuel is strictly rationed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26
FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1910.
FLEXIBLE ACT

President Roosevelt's firm stand
against proposals to lengthen the
work week in defense industries should
put quietus to the clamor for abro-
eating provisions of the wage-hour
act. Advocates of such action are
either ignorant of the facts or are de-
deliberately seeking to mislead the
public.
The wage-hour act is not rigid
piece of legislation like the 4O-hour
week law in France, which is alleged
by some to have been partly respon-
sible for the slowness of the French
in rearming from 1886 to 1898. Work
ers can be employed longer than the
maximum hours set under the act by
payment of time and half and there
is no prohibition of more than one
shift of workers. With millions of
workers still idle, two or more shifts
could be employed wherever neces-
sary.
Indeed, industrialists are already
beginning to urge that the addition
of one or more shifts would be the
easiest and quickest means of speed
ing up national defense production.
No increase of work hours is required.
As the American Federation of Labor
points out, ''To lengthen hours with
100000 unemployed would be to
lose our gains and preserve our un-
employment"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26

movement, we reckon as of the hour
and accept change when it arrives.
Meanwhile, if and when unity comes,
WHAT KIND OF UNITY may it be
and what kind can succeed? Impor-
tant questions, are those.
The CLIO. sprang to the heights
from springboard put in place
largely by Communists. LOUSY with
them," has been a rather common ex-
preston.
The conditions remains about as it
was. Nobody is overly elated by the
statement that there is to be a purge
somewhere. IN MANY A SECTOR
THE COMMUNISTS ARE STRONG
ENOUGH TO PURGE OUT THE
MEN FAITHFUL TO DEMOCRACY.
The American Federation of Labor
is adamant against ALL ISMS-Com-
munism, Nazism, Fascism, or what
have you.
The American Federation of Labor
CAN BE EXPECTED TO KEEP UP
THE BARS!
So, unity becomes something more
than question of bringing dual or
ganizations into an amalgamation.
1t must involve also the cleansing
of certain Aegean stables, SO that the
contamination welcomed and reached
for by the C. /. o. shall not eat into
the larger body to further endanger
and possibly destroy the nation.
That set of facts heaps upon
John L. Lewis perhaps the great
est and gravest responsibility of
ALL
1t is doubtful if, in view of his ca
lamitous political debacle, Lewis ever
again can have the strength and pres
tige he possessed when he was offer
ing to feed pie to his sit-downers and
demanding that the President of the
United States kick in with a quid pro
quo for money laid on the line by
means of fateful checkoff that piled
up the millions in the Golfers of an
amazing labor autocracy.
With the whole world moving so
fast the next development in the orbit
of John l.. Lewis cannot be long de-
layed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26
7heCherry
{" Where with our
roo Little Hatchet we
tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly. Sometimes fippantly,
sometimes recklessly. =.

This column has said that one mar
j ohm L. Lewis-stands in the way
of renewed conferences on the sub
ject of labor unity. That is true.
One other thing is true: John l.
Lewis is much less important man
today than he was two weeks ago.
When Lewis broke finally with F
D. r. and pointed his way toward a
third party with Senator Wheeler as
his standard bearer, he embarked
upon a dangerous course. Dangerous
for Lewis and his followers.
By that act he cut himself away
from both major parties.
When Roosevelt declared against
sending U. S. army to Europe, he
cut down with one stroke the issue
upon which Wheeler was prepared to
bolt, and Wheeler acknowledged that
fact quickly.
That killed the Lewis third term re-
volt-and cut him off from any real
association with any of the major
leagues in politics.
Seldom has a man been left so COM
pletely without foundation.
Add to that the maneuvering which
has made Sidney Hillman the No.
G. /. O. man in Washington and the
fact that all of the big C. /. o. unions
defed Lewis and declared for Roose-
welt, and you have picture of a
fallen leader in dire distress.
Is there some quiet st. Helena of
political and industrial oblivion to
which such a one can retire for peace
of mind and surcease from ambition
But as of today, John l.. Lewis still
heads the C. I. o., no matter how far
his prestige may have fallen or his
power diminished. He still can veto
for that is how the G. /. 0. consti-
tuition is built. And so, he remains
the bar to labor peace.
If Napoleon can no more command
his legions to forward, march," he
can still bar the road to a march.
For how long this may remain true,
we do not know. Perhaps not for
long. But in these times of swift
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26
LASER Plans New Group
To Represent JObless

Washington, d. C. (ILNS).- -Charg-
ing that the Workers. Alliance has
become "only a mouthpiece for the
Communist element" David LASER
has begun move for organization of
new group to represent unemployed
workers. LASER recently resigned as
president of the alliance.
LASER announced submission to
numerous groups which have broken
with the Workers Alliance son the
issue of Communist domination" of
call for national conference to
meet either in Washington or Chi
cago in August to form a new or
ganization.
The new movement, LASER de-
clared, must be composed of those
who will unite against all subversive
forces"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26
WISDOM

It is the common fate of the indo-
lent to see their rights become a prey
to the active. The condition upon
which God hath given liberty to man
is eternal vigilance; which condition
if he break, servitude is at once the
consequence of his crime and the pun
ishment of his guilt.-John Philpot
Curran, speech upon the Right of
Election, July 10, 1890.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26
LABOR MOVEMENT ON
DEMOCRATIC BASIS in
U. S., CANADA ONLY

Portland, Ore. ILNS). - Labor
unions are operating on democratic
basis of elf-determination in only
two countries-the United States and
Canada.
That is the statement of Robert j.
Watt, American labor delegate to the
International L Dor Organization,
who attended the recent international
affairs institute at Reed College here.
Watt declares there were once H.
100000 or more good trade unionists
in Europe, but that few are organized
now The unions of Germany are
nothing more than work regiments.
Unions in Austria, Czechoslovakia,
Poland and Denmark are virtually dis
solved. Norway and Sweden have re-
stricted unions. The unions of France
are now under Hitler-which means
death for them. Those of Holland and
Belgium face the same fate. English
unions are on an emergency basis, and
the so-called unions of Russia are
simply joke.
Watt foresees a big job ahead for
the unions of the United States and
Canada if they are to remain strong
and unfettered during the current ma
tional defense crisis. The job can be
accomplished, he believes, with intel
ligent leadership and the prevention
of reckless acts by irresponsible in
dividuals.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26
WHAT NEXT?

Development of a new metal known
only as 'K-42-B" was recently dis
closed by the Westinghouse Electric
& Manufacturing Company at sci
ence symposium in Pittsburgh. Heated
to temperature of around 1,10O de-
grees Fahrenheit, bell made Of this
metal still retained its ability to ring
with brilliant tone, while an ordi-
nary steel bell gave off only a dull
thud "This demonstrated that the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26
WAGE RATES RECOMMENDED

Washington, D. C. (ILNS). - The
Carpet and Rug Industry Committee
has voted to recommend a minimum
wage of 40 cents an hour for the Sec
tion of the industry which manufac-
lures wool carpet yarns and wool
rugs and carpets, and minimum of
35 cents an hour for workers on car
pets and rugs made of other fbers.
These minimum rates would increase
hourly wages of about 1,100 workers,
1000 of whom would be raised to 40
cents an hour. The industry commit
tee was set up under provisions of
the Wage Hour Act.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26
SUMMER DRIVING
HAZARDS
(From The Express Messenger,
Railway Express Agency, Inc.)


Railway Express Agency, Inc.)
At no time of the year are extreme
alertness and care in operating motor
vehicles so vital as they are right
now. Youngsters may romp on streets
and highways and without warning
dash in front of approaching trucks
and cars. Their elders are likewise
often thoughtless at crossings and OBJ
livious of passing motor traffic and
traffic lights.
One can never tell when a pedes-
trian may, because of hurry or pre-
occupation, place himself in jeopardy.
The fact that the driver may not be
solely responsible for serious hap
pening does not remove the tragic
character of the result. If he realizes
the hazards that prevail, he will be
ready to act at just the right time
and thus avoid mishaps that some
times lead to injuries and fatalities.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26

new metal retains it's elastic qualities
even at high temperatures" it was
reported.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26

and the bottom income group from
exploitation are seldom the people who
can pay a poll tax"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26

Issued Weekly at s2s Market Street
Telephone 1886 Hamilton, Ohio
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-07-26

A lot of people prefer to appear
dumb as a protective device.
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Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Glass Mail Matter
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04
DRIVING
CLASSES CLOSED
Graduation Exercises Held
For Last Of Series Ut
WPA Courses

Graduation exercises for the last
in a series of WPA safe driving
school classes in Wilmington were
held Friday evening in the record
er's courtroom, George W. Smith,
director, reported yesterday.
Those receiving certificates were,
Bobby Burns, Mrs. Marsden Cole
man, Sarah Colvin, Mrs. c. j.
Craig, Catherine Crambo, Mrs.
Willie Mae Downing, Virginia Ed
SON, Elizabeth K. Felsen, Harry l..
Futch, jeanette Gibson, Margaret
Gibson, Mortimer Glover, Annie
Lou Ingram, Mary London James.
Mrs. Madeline Jones, Mrs. j. G.
Mcpherson, Eleanor Moore, CORN
ner S. Petrea, Mrs. T. M. Potter,
Peggy Rogers, Mary Alice Rose,
George Schneider, Marcus Smith,
Robert Smith, Frances Tienken,
Mrs. Leroy Tienken, Lucille West
brook, Hazel Whitehead, and M.
Clarice Wright.
Smith said he had received or
ders for the temporary closing Of
the school. He will begin other dut'
les shortly in a training capacity,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04
DELoACH TO HEAD
RECRUIT BUREAU
Frederick L. Williams Order
ed To Sea Duty With
USS Albemarle

Frederick L. Williams, officer In
charge of the Wilmington district
ofice of the naval recruiting SER
vice. since November, 1888, yester-
day received orders to active sea
duty in connection with the fitting
out of the U.S.S. Albemarle.
Williams will be succeeded at the
local sub-station by R. L. Deloach,
boatswain mate, first class. I. r.
lTalbert, machinist mate, frs
class, last week was assigned as
assistant recruiter.
Williams took charge OF the local
sub-station in November, 1888, sue
ceeding S. S. Haywood, chief wa
ter tender who is now serving with
the U. S. S. Bushnell, survey ship.
During his stay here the local
sub-station remained one of tn e
leading stations regarding enlist
ment accomplishments in the Caro-
linas district, with headquarters in
Raleigh, which led the nation in
naval recruiting achievements.
Williams will leave the city Au-
gust 10 and will report to the COM
handing officer, U. S. receiving
station, Philadelphia. He will be
transferred about October ! to the
inspector of machinery, us. navy
New York Shipbuilding corporation,
Camden, N. j., for duty in con-
nection with the fitting out of the
~. s. S. Albemarle, and on board
when commissioned.
A native of Connecticut, Williams
first enlisted in the U. S. navy on
January 8, 1919, in Boston, Mass,
and completed his preliminary
training at the naval training sta
ton base at Newport, Rhode Is
land.
After serving four years with the
u. S. S. Arkansas, he re-enlisted II
1923 at New Haven, Conn. Later
sea duty assignments included: U
S. S. Detroit, two years; U. S. S
California, three years; U. S. s
Lexington, n year; U. S. S. Pen
nsylvania, six months; and U.S.S
Oklahoma, eight years.
The past three years Williams
whose present rank is chief cleo
trician's mate. has been engaged
in naval recruiting activities as fol
lows: Raleigh, a year and a half;
Charleston, six months: and Will
fington, since November 1888.
Williams was promoted to his
present rank through the following
ratings in the U. S. Navy: appren'
tice seaman, seaman, second class;
electrician, third class, general;
electrician, second class; and cleo
trician's mate, first class.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04
Carolina Beach Opens
Bids On WPA Project!

Bids on the construction of a new
city hall and the laying Of a sew
erage system were opened by the
Town of Carolina Beach Friday
night.
A composite bid of $47,22 was
received on the sewer system and
a composite estimate of $12, 1885
was made on the municipal build
ing.
These bids, for material only,
we're not formally accepted nor the
contracts awarded, but the coun-
Gil approved the proposals and they
will probably be awarded within
a few days.
The labor for the project will be
furnished by the federal govern
ment and was not included in the
proposals received Friday.
Work is scheduled to start by
September l and be completed by
the opening of the 1871 season. 4