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Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-09-27

and problems, mean mothers-in-law,
money troubles, faithless husbands,
extravagant and discontinued wives.
But there are a lot of us on the
other side of the picture; men and
women who through the trials and
changes of many married years
have only come the more sincerely
and truly to love and need each
other"
That's the letter. 1t did my heart
good. The writer did not give me
his address, but hope his Dee will
see this column and know that she
is appreciated.
How Would You Rate?
How close to her measure would
you come, if your husband wrote
a letter describing you? What char
acteristics would you select if you
were choosing those of the perfect
wife? What 10 would come first?
Well, perhaps first of all woman
should be gentle. She should have
a sense of humor. She should be
capable, a good manager of home,
nursery and budget. She should be
neat about herself and her belong
ings. She should be prompt. AT
fectionate. Economical. Patient.
Imaginative. Cheerful.
This is a big order. Most women
never stop even to consider these
qualities, much less to ask them
selves if they happen to possess
them. Many women resent the idea
that they could change; they are as
they are, with no need for change.
"You know me-" they say COM
placently, when anyone tries to put
anything over on me, I never for
get i'll" Or, "Jim's mother spoiled
him for Is years. Well, he doesn't
get any more of THAT! I've got
good hot temper of my own, and
it's about time Jim Baker found it
out"
Other women tell you prettily that
they are always late for things, and
it does make poor Bob so mad! Or
they're very poor cooks; Mama said
she never wanted her girls to slave
in any mans kitchen. Or they never
can keep their books Strengthened
out; don't know the least thing about
money. And in the last analysis, as
I've mentioned in this column be-
fore, money trouble turns out to be
of them all the gravest cause of
marital unhappiness and unsuccesS.
Wives in Name Only.
Some wives save all the days an
,,,,f;1
| time, and then regale the weary
man of the family upon them. 9th
ers quarrel and complain constantly
with and of the children. Many are
extravagant and vain, home and hus-
band serving them only as a back
ground for constant trips to the
beauty parlor and the frock shops.
Then there is always the wife who
puts somebody else ahead of the
man she married; whose heart is
really with her family, or whose
whole devotion goes to her child.
And the wife who has numerous love
affairs. Nothing really wrong, Of
course, but such fun. And so harm
less, if only Bob wouldn't be so ridic-
ulously jealous!
All these wives are considered
very nice women. Nobody expects
perfection, and we all have our
faults, we say leniently.
Which is perfectly true. And yet
it is as refreshing as a summer
breeze to hear sometimes of wom-
an who by chance and circumstance
and her own fine nature has reached
so high a point of human develop.
ment that the man who has lived
with her for II years still finds her
perfect.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-09-27

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Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-09-27
Jacket and Skirt
For School Miss

Just a. necessary as q sharp
y pencil and a notebook, for q
mart start in school, this tailored
|hcket-and-skift duo Is one thing
lat every Stole student should
avel Wear it with tailored blouses
b sweaters, as q suit; wear it
nth scarfs, beads or lapel gadg-
|ts, as a frock. Either way, de-
lien No. 1888 will be your day.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-09-27

in-day-out standby. It's easy to
make, and when home-sewn, costs
very little.
Flannel, wool crepe, homespun
and thin tweed are grand for this
style. It looks especially pretty
in pastels or plaid and plain COM
binations. With nipped-in waist,
Jared skirt and a trio of pockets,
it's just as becoming as it is smart
and useful.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1233-B Il de-
signed for sizes 8. 10. II. IA and Is years.
Size 10 requires ga yards Of 54-inch ma.
terial without nap. Send order to:
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-09-27
DiSpel the Shadows

As the morning sun brushes the
darkness from the world, grant us
today to brush aside the shadows
from some unhappy heart.-R. L.
Stevenson.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-22

invitations to address the convention
include:
Sir Walter Citrine, general secre-
tary of the British Trades Union Con-
gress.
Milo j. Warner, national commander
of the American Legion.
A. j. Altmeyer, chairman, Social
Security Board.
Nathan Straus, administrator, U. S.
Housing Authority.
Robert P. Patterson, Assistant Sec
retary of War.
Dan w, Tracy, Assistant Secretary
of Labor.
James j. Davis, U. S, Senator from
Pennsylvania.
Governor Sam Jones, of Louisiana.
Otto S. Boyer, member of the Ma
tional Mediation Board.
The Most Rev. Francis Rummel
Archbishop of New Orleans.
DR.. Frederick Stampfer, refugee
editor of Berlin newspaper.
Makes Perilous Trip
Sir Walter Citrine made the haz-
ardous trip from England especially
to address the convention and give the
delegates a frst-hand report on war
conditions in Great Britain, together
with the full story of the fine co-opera-
tion for national defense displayed by
British labor and the British Govern
ment.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-22
A.F.OFL. READY TO
TALK LABOR PEACE

Washington, D, c. (ILNS),-ln a
conference with President Roosevelt,
William Green reassured the Presi-
dent that the American Federation OF
Labor is ready to resume peace nego-
tiations with the Congress of Indus
trial Organizations. Green saw Roose-
velt just before leaving for New Or
leans to preside over the sixtieth an
nual A. F, of L. convention.
President Green told reporters that
the A, F. of L. is ready to discuss labor
unity on the basis of an agreement
tentatively adopted in 1887 by COM
mittees. representing the rival labor
organizations but vetoed by John L.
Lewis, C. @. head.
This agreement, the A. F, OF l..
president recalled, involved the return
of various international unions, which
left the A. +. of L. to join the c, l. o.,
on the same basis they would have en-
joyed had they not left, and the set
ting up of committee to work on
formulas for the admission of new
CLIO. unions until acceptable agree
ments covering each one could be
reached,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-22
N. Y. MAYOR GRANTS
PAINTERS PAY RAISE;
REPORT BY REFEREE

New York City (ILNS). - Twelve
thousand union painters in three bor-
oughs of New York City will receive
a wage increase of 10 cents an hour
under the terms of an arbitration
award handed down by Mayor La
Guardia. The award was based on
report by Louis S. Posner, former
member of the State Mortgage Com
mission, whom the mayor appointed
as referee after settlement of the
strike called by District Council 9 of
the Brotherhood of Painters, Decora-
tors and Paperhangers, A. F. of l..
Sterilization Plan Asked
After five weeks spent in collecting
data from both sides, Posner recon-
mended that the old hourly wage of
$1.50 be increased to SLIGO and that
an impartial chairman be designated
to devise plans for stabilizing the
painting industry. The referee re-
ported that the average annual earn
ings of painters in this city under the
$1.50-an-hour scale had been about
$500.
can industry that betrays SO low an
average of annual earnings is under a
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-22
Army Heads Ordered to Cooperate
With Labor by Maintenance Of
Fair Pay and Hour Standards
Labor Standards Wages Hours of Work and Overtime
Must be Maintained" Overwhelming Mass of Ameri-
can Workers Want to Help Defend Country.

to wages, hours of work and over
time, among others must be main
tanned if the defense program is to go
effectively forward"
World War Policy Followed
Patterson pointed out that the War
Departments policy followed the pat
tern set up during the World War
when Secretary Newton D. Baker and
Sampel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, signed
an agreement establishing the Can
tonment Adjustment Commission.
Patterson noted that the Army's la
Dor difficulties SO far have been minor.
Discussing the recent one-day strike
at Fort Meade, Md, the secretary de-
clared it resulted from temporary
misunderstanding" and that he ex-
pected no further difficulties of this
sort.
The secretary said the Army's pol
icy provided for payment of union
wage scales and an eight-hour day,
with not less than time and one-half
for overtime. 1t is governed, he said,
by acts of Congress and policy state
ments of President Roosevelt and the
National Defense Commission, provid-
ing for basic 40-hour, 5-day week.
No Delay in Program
He emphasized, however, that the
4O-hour week could not be applied to
factories producing warplanes, tanks,
and other munitions where facilities
are limited and skilled labor scarce.
All arsenals and many plane fac
tories are now running three shifts OF
six days week on an overtime basis.
"In no case throughout the entire
defense program is delay being al
lowed to result from fixed limitations
on hours of work." Patterson said
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-22
Buying Power Boost Urged
For LOw-IncOme Families

Washington, D. C.-Milo Perkins,
director of marketing of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, estimates that
"there are 80,000,000 persons in this
land of plenty who get along somehow
on an average cash income of only
$69 a month for the whole family"
He said tthe IS per cent of our fam
lilies" living on this small average
monthly pittance 'need twice that
much income for a minimum standard
of living. The unsatisfed wants of
two-thirds of our people make up the
greatest new market that has ever
loomed before our businessmen and
farmers. It's right in our own back
yard. We've got to use some imagi-
nation and find ways to build more
industrious and therefore a more
prosperous America"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-22
OVERTIME EVASIONS
ILLEGAL, Is WARNING

Washington, d. C. (ILNS). - Con-
tinuing to pay the same salary to
workers for 42-hour week after Oc-
tober a. is a violating of the Fair
Labor Standards Act, even though the
employer makes show of compliance
through bookkeeping manipulations,
Colonel Fleming, administrator of the
Wage and Hour Division, U. S. De-
partment of Labor, warned employers.
On October "a, the standard work
week was reduced to 40 hours, after
which overtime at time and one-half
the regular rate of pay had to be paid.
Colonel Fleming pointed out the IL
legality of adopting bookkeeping
rate for the purpose of the overtime
provisions of the Wage and Hour Law
and different rate for actual pay
ment.
"The act requires that overtime
must be paid at the rate of time and
one-half the regular rate of pay at
which the employe is employed"
Colonel Fleming said. "Time and one
half must be paid upon the rate at
which the employe is actually en-
ployed and paid, and not upon a fc-
titious rate which the employer adopts
solely for bookkeeping purposes"
These practices are violations of
Section and as such will subject the
employer to the penalties prescribed
in the act, Fleming declared
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-22
AT. OF |. CLERKS
WIN PAY RAISES;
ALSO END STRIKE

Philadelphia (ILNS).-Seven thou
sand clerks, members Of the Retail
Clerks International Protective AS
sociation, American Federation OF La
bor affiliate, ended strike in more
than 1,5OO stores of three food chains
operating in this area, following deci-
sion to accept a compromise settle
ment providing wage increases and
union shop.
The strike lasted month, having
been begun by 2,100 members OF the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen of North America.
The meat workers accepted new
agreement after two weeks, providing
for paw increases and other conces-
sions.
The clerks accepted the settlement
by vote Of 2,211 to 1855. The men
are employed in stores Of the Great
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company,
American Stores Company, and Food
Fair markets, operating In eastern
Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey,
and Delaware. The contract for the
Food Fair stores will go into effect
when the present one expires on De-
cember 5. The new contract for all
three chains will expire June 1, 1912.
The settlement provided the clerks
with general wage increases OF 81 to
SO a week and union shop contract.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-22
Delegates Gather for A. F. of L. Convention Various De-
partments Open Annual Meetngs-John P. Frey Urges
Workers to Eliminate Racketeers from Ranks.
tWNU Servicel

New Orleans (ILNS).-As leaders
and delegates Of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor began arriving in
New Orleans for the federation's six
tieth annual convention, the Metal
Trades Department and other A. F.
of L. departments opened their an
nual meetings.
An indication that the problem of
racketeers in labor organizations may
be to the fore in the A, F, Of L. con-
vention came In an address by John
P. Frey, Metal Trades Department
president, who urged metal trades
workers not to hesitate to denounce,
expose and eliminate racketeers from
the labor movement,
Directing attention to published ex-
posures of racketeering in labor
unions, Frey said in his annual re-
port to the department that it was
problem which had been with the
unions for some time and that it's
existence had been recognized.
"The time has come" he declared,
''when our position should be made
clear, definite and emphatic so that
our trade union membership and the
public will know that we are deter
mined to prevent any form of racket
eering within our trade union move
ment."
Unions Must Do Job Themselves
Members of international unions
should be on the alert to eliminate
racketeers from their organizations,
said President Frey, adding:
eff housekeeping becomes nee
essary, then to maintain our In
tegrity let us do the task our
selves"
The racketeering issue Is expected
to be brought before the convention
by delegates from the international
Ladies Garment Workers Union
which at its convention last May in
structed its officers to press for de-
termined war on racketeers by the
A F. of L.
Distinguished Speakers
President William Green is sched-
uled to deliver the keynote address
at the opening session of the A. F
of L, convention, which, in view OF
the world situation, promises to be
one Of the most momentous meetings
in the history of organized labor.
More than 600 delegates, repre-
senting 1O6 national and interna-
tional unions, state declarations of Ia
Dor, city central bodies, departments
and directly affiliated unions, gathered
for the convention.
President Roosevelt leads the list
of guests invited to address the con
vention but it is unlikely that he viii
be able to come. If he cannot appear
personally, he is expected to send 6
message to the convention.
British Labor Head to Speak
! Other speakers who have accepted
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-22
SKtieth Annual Meeting Expected
To Be One of Most Momentous
In Union Labor History

responsibility to demonstrate that it
cannot pay any increase" Posner said.
"We take it as an economic postulate
that an established industry must ac-
cord it's workers at least living wage.
Until this point is reached, there is no
room for discussion as to whether or
not wages are high"
Share-work Program Endorsed
The district councils plea for a
short work-week in the slack winter
to spread employment was needed by
Posner, who recommended that paint
ers be restricted to a three-day work
week in the period between December
Is and March Is, when unemployment
in the industry is heaviest. The prob
lem of devising an equitable formula
for distributing work in this period
was left to the impartial chairman.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-22

Washington, D. C. (ILNS). - De-
claring that the great mass OF Amer
ican labor and it's responsible leaders
are cooperating with the Army in
preparing for national Defense" As
sistant Secretary of War Patterson
has directed subordinates to give full
cooperation in return.
In a statement outlining the War
Departments policy in the construc-
tion of camps, Patterson said that
"labor standards as to wages, hours
of work and overtime, among others,
must be maintained if the defense pro-
gram is to go effectively forward"
'The Army and each officer in it"
he said, ''must cooperate with labor,
to the end that the defense program
may move forward without Interrupt
tion or delay and that our country
may have and keep that real and
visible national unity which is increas-
ingly essential to any effective defense
in modern total war"
Must Work Both Ways
The War Departments policy, Pat
terson said, was summarized in these
words:
"Just and equitable treatment of
labor, the maintenance OF existing
standards for workers on defense
projects, and sympathetic understand
ing by the service of the problems and
aspirations of American labor, organ
lied and unorganized, are essential to
the success of the defense program.
'The overwhelming mass of Ameri-
can workers are intensely patriotic
and want to help defend their country.
They want to cooperate and they are
cooperating. But cooperation must
work both ways. Labor standards as
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-22
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYS 1,oas,22s

Washington, d, C.-The Civil Serv-
ice Commission reported that under
the pressure of the national defense
program the number of government
employees total l,038,229 at the end of
August, with monthly payroll of
$159,218,015, The commission said
that 14,677 persons had been added to
the payrolls during the month.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-22

Union officials said the new contract
raised $20-a-week clerks to $21.5 and
gave increases to checkers, cashiers
and others. Other provisions include
sick benefits without loss Of seniority
for a year; time and half for over
time in cash instead of time off, and
the right of an employe to refuse to
go through picket line established
by another union.
The clerks failed to win in their de-
mand for a reduction of the work week
from 81 hours to 48,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-22
JEWEL PAY COMMITTEE NAMED

Middletown, Conn. (ILNS). = Pro-
fessor Clyde Olin Fisher of the De-
partment of Economics at Wesleyan
University, has been appointed chair
man of wage industry committee of
fifteen members to recommend a min
imum wage, under the Federal Fair
Labor Standards Act, for the jewelry
induS4ry
Evening star., 1940-01-10
Don't Take Ny
Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.


Again
Adv.-Another time; once more.
Do not say "uh-G1N" or "uh-
GAN"
Some speakers rhyme the second
syllable with pain, rain, as "uh-
GAYN." American dictionaries,
however, regard this as a pronun-
citation that is more customary in
England than in America.
Use of the long "a" in again (uh-
GAYN) and against -GAYNST)
is one of the few Criticisms noted
in the pronouncing vocabulary of
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who, with
rare exceptions, conforms strictly to
cultured American usage.
The second syllable should rhyme
with pen, men. Correct pronuncia-
ton, uh-GEN. Capitals indicate
syllables to be accentedD
Question-If the plural of French
man is "Frenchmen," why is the
plural of German "Germans?"
j. A. L.
AnsWer-Frenchman is a COM
pound of man: French plus man.
German, Brahman, Burman, Mus
sulman, Ottoman and talisman are
not compounds of man and hence
do not change the last syllable to
men, but form the plural by adding
IS" to the singular.
For a personal answer to your
questions about words. send a
stamped (3-cenb, self addressed en-
velope to Frank Colby, care The
Evening Star.
Evening star., 1940-01-10
BY Bruno
STAR FLASHES
BY Fontuine Fox

spell the word
the letter center column opposite
have Ietted-Ou correctly
the
Answe 70 Yesterdays LETTER OUT.
TALES-SAIE (bargain day).
TRuL-LHT Joyous song).
TALCUM-MULCT OTIS penalty.
CRAAdPS-CRAPS C'galopng dominoesD.
PlAINS-SNAIL dts slow).
Evening star., 1940-01-10

see he had set his heart on a break
fast Of chicken or pigeon, he didn't
care which. He had set his heart
Cor should say stomach?) on that
breakfast and he was hungry and
growing hungrier every minute. Yet
there was no breakfast in sight. He
didn't understand it.
But the reason was very simple.
Farmer Browns Boy had shut the
pigeons and the hens in the day
previous and he had not let them
out yet. Nor did he intend to let
them out right away. You see he
suspected that Mr.. Goshawk would
seek his breakfast in the barnyard
if the chickens and the pigeons
Evening star., 1940-01-10
By willard
By Edgar Rice, Burroughs
By Mormon Marsh
By Bud Fisher
BY Gene Byrnes

course, the string by which she was
tied brought her up short and she
fell in fluttering heap. The great.
cruel claws Of Mr.. Goshawk were
already set to seize her when sud-
denly there was q fash Of IRE from
q doorway Of the barn. It was fol-
lowed by another. Bang! Bang!
roared q terrific gun. Something
that stung hit Mr.. Goshawk. This
and the sudden fright caused by
the flashes and the noise made him
miss Mrs. Biddy altogethes. In
great haste he set his big wings IN
motion and hurried to get away.
He didn't like such Q warm recep-
ton.
Evening star., 1940-01-10

were allowed out, and so, for their
own good he kept them shut up.
That is, he kept all but one shut up.
That one was an old hen who had
nearly outlived her usefulness. Some
time after he had finished his own
breakfast and done his morning
work he took this particular biddy
in his arms and carried her out In
the barnyard. With short piece
of string he fastened her by q leg
to the fence, threw handful OF
corn in front of her to keep her con-
tented and then went into the barn,
the door of which he left open q
little way. Just inside he sat down
on q box and with his terrible gun
Evening star., 1940-01-10
Passport Into Air

When Francois Blanchard, the
French aeronaut, made his first
balloon ascension in America in
1893, it was in the presence of
Americas most distinguished men,
then assembled in Philadelphia, the
country's capital in those days. A
little dog was Blanchard's only COM
panion in the air. President Wash
inton formally handed the aero
naut the Presidents passport into
the upper air with his own hands
Just before the ascension.
Evening star., 1940-01-10

half the corn scattered for her. He
wondered where the other hens ana
the pigeons were. He was disap-
pointed because he had thought to
kill more than one. But one would
make q breakfast for him and per-
haps later he would have another
chance. So Mr.. Goshawk headed
straight for the barnyard. Not q
living thing was in sight but that
old hen picking up corn. There was
no sign of Farmer Browns Boy.
Mr.. Goshawk set his wings and shot
down.
Something warned Mrs. Biddy.
She looked up and then with .
friRhtened shrek started to run. OF
Evening star., 1940-01-10
Points for Parents

BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.
A child may need help instead OF
punishment.
Evening star., 1940-01-10

in his hands prepared to wait. He
was prepared to be very, very pa
tient and to wait q long, long time
if necessary. You see he had fully
made up his mind that he must
shoot Mr.. Goshawk. He didn't want
to do it. No, sir, he didn't want
to do it, but he felt that he must
in order to save his pigeons and his
chickens and his little friends of
the Green Meadows and the Green
Forest. Mr.. Goshawk had become
a Pest and Pests must be got rid Of.
But Farmer Browns Boy didn't
have very long to wait. Mr.. Cos
hawk discovered that poor biddy be-
fore she had picked up more than