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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-26

Throughout the 1S70's. the Unit
ed States kept hearing stories OF
these cubanos, now taking pot
ahots at = Spanish column. now
hacking the ears off some Spanish
sentry with . machete. now scurry-
ing back into the hills to hide when
the Spaniards got too strong.
THE CHINESE COULD LEARN
FROM THOSE CUBANs
For ten years this sort Of thing
went on In Cuba, 4 little like the
Chinese are supposed to be doing
to the japanese around the edges
Of the main show there. Then It
was settled. But. what did the
Cubans get out Of the settlement
They got the right to pay more
taxes, that's what they gotl
So In 1895 1t started all over
again. The world began TO hear
Of = new set OF Cuban heroes. Co
meg. Macco. Marti. Garcia.
The cubans developed guerrilla
warfare into a fine art. They had
no Chinese chance In an open fight
with the Spanish. and they knew it.
But most Of the people were for
the revolutionaries. and helped
them on the sly. So the Spaniards
had to act against noncombatsnts,
much N aggressive countries
bombers do today. Only In those
days people got indignant about 1t.
Weyler. the Spanish commander.
devised a technique that Is in high
favor In Europe now--the concen-
trstion camp. He just ordered all
the people of whole neighborhoods
to leave their homes and stores
and huddle In camps under the
Spanish rifles.
BENIGHTED WORLD DIDN'T
APPRECIATE WAR IN
THOSE DAYS
OF course they died like flies, Of
disease and starvation. Adding in
those who were stood against a
wall In Moro Castle and other
places, at least 100000 of those
l.500. 900 people died.
Then the Americans. who were
pretty sick about all this brutality,
and all the shooting and burning
and footing and killing. decided to
do something about It. They sent
soldiers to help the Cubans.
The patriots came down from
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
Housing Legislation
Upheld In This State

Columbus, o. (OLNS) - Highest
courts of sixteen states, including
Ohio, have now upheld the housing au
thority legislation for the purpose of
slum elimination. The statutes have
generally been sustained on the ground
that the elimination Of unsafe and
dilapidated houses is a legitimate ex-
ercise of the police power.
In several Of the cases recently be-
fore the courts it has been argued
that the housing acts deprived prop
erty owners of their property without
due process Of law. In upholding the
validity of the New Jersey state hous-
ing statute, the State Supreme court
said: "There is no more reason why
the legislature of our state may not,
under it's power of eminent domain,
take private property in order to effect
slum clearances than in order to pro-
vide for roads, railroads and swamp
clearances."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
Stepin Fetchit Brings Big Show To The
Ceramic, Sunday, For One Day ONLY

Stepin Fetchit, just returned from
16 weeks tour with the Shubert
Show, "Three After Three" in which
he played stellar role, has surround
ed himself with the pick Of Broadway,
Hollywood and Harlem's stars, and
comes to Ceramic on Sunday for one
day wit h his "Swingaroo Revue"
through arrangements completed with
Stanford fucker, manager of the tour.
Fetchit, whose droll humor, lazy
mannerism and flare for pantomine
have made him the favorite comic Of
countless movie fans, will be heard and
seen in some of the comedy situations
which have made him one Of the stage
and screens greatest laugh getters.
Many Fetchit admirers will remember
| him for his character parts with the
| late Will Rogers and more recently in
several of cinema-land's successful
collegiate musical pictures.
Featured with Stepin Fetchit in his
"Swingaroo Revue" is dusky Abdul
Sender, hailing from the romantic
banks of the river Nile, whose sensa-
tional keyboard -bugging, leads
one to believe that the Egyptians had
word for swing, too. Jerry Blaine
a former movie bit-player, from New
York and Hollywood Studios-and his
Hollywood Rhythm Band, direct from
the Hollywood Restaurant in New
York, are known as "show shoppers"
and purveyors Of the tops in good
music and entertainment. Artie Damn,
Broadway comic, Sonny and Shirley
Dali, Modern Rhythm Dancers, and
host of other stars complete the
| "Swingaroo Revue" presentation.
Granny Get Your Cum" featuring
Mae Robson as fighting sheriff, said
to be an uproariusly funny comedy, is
| on the screen.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
Plan To End Air SufetY
Bodrd Fought By Pilots

Washington, D. c. The Air Line
Pilots Association, A. F. of l.. affili-
ate, began an intensive campaign to
m o bilize Congressional opposition
against the proposal of President
Roosevelt to subordinate the Civil
Aaeronautics Authority to the Depart
ment of Commerce and abolish the Air
Safety Board.
David Behncke, president Of the
ALPA, sent kilograms protesting
against the proposed changes to every
member of the Senate and House of
Representatives The kilograms as
serted that the pilots ''to a man"
pleaded for defeat of Mr.. Roosevelt S
reorganization plan, and added that
not only pilots but every one in the
aviation industry looked "back ab-
horrence" to the days when the De-
partment of Commerce had control of
flying in America.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
Benefits For The
Unemployed Pass
Amount For Relief

Columbus, o. (OLNS)-The relative
Importance of benefits paid to unem-
ployed workmen under the Ohio I'm
employment Compensation Act, COM
pared with relief, old age pensions and
WPA expenditures, is disclosed from
figures released by the respective divi-
slons of government. These figures
are for January, 1910.
Unemployment Compensa ton
Average number of recipients, 52,131;
total expenditures, S2,34S,271.
General Relief-Number of cases
113,231; expenditures, $2,O5S,34O.
Old Age Pensions-Number of re-
cipients, 124 1876; expenditures $2,S52,-
929.
w. P. A.-Number of recipients,
1873 ,903; expenditures, $6,39O,4O6.
The purpose of unemployment COM
pensation is to pay benefits to unem-
ployed workmen. Whether unemploy-
ment compensation reduces the
amount of relief expenditures has not
been definitely established. However,
it is safe to assume that a great num-
Der of those drawing unemployment
benefits would have been forced to
seek general relief were it not for
their unemployment compensation.
The millions of dollars paid for un-
employment benefits in Ohio consti-
tute purchasing power. These pay
ments are spent at the retail stores
and in rent to the landlord. This money
is cash in the pockets of the working
men and Women-money which they
could receive in no other way than
from unemployment compensation.
Despite the fact that unemployment
benefits admittedly are low in Ohio,
the Importance of the program is
strikingly illustrated by the figures
quoted above.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
Four Delegates To Local No. l60 Ready
Represent LII No. "a for New Agreement
Another Meeting Is Held To
Go Over New Pact
With Firm

Akron, Ohio.-Local Union No. 100
had another meeting with the COM
pany to make plans for a new agree
ment 1t was read to the members
at the last regular meeting and many
changes have been made. The new
agreement was voted upon and it i
the opinion that all members were in
favor Of the changes made.
Local 100 may send delegate to
the convention in Atlantic City again
this year. This has not been decided
as yet. Many proposals were made
for the benefit of the organization in
general. The members are active and
hope to do their silsfPec - advance the
labor problem.
We hope to see many of our Local
members at the potters picnic next
month. Let's all go and help make
the 50th> anniversary big success
%. G.. 100.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
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: Glory of The !
!. Conquered :
DIR. CHARLES STELZLE :
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The little nations of the world are
facing their hour of agony. They seem
to be going down in defeat, but history
will tell a different story. They will
be glorified by the historian while the
conqueror will be reviled and anathe-
matized The names of the conquered
will be carved upon granite blocks or
placed upon bronze tablets, but more
important, their deeds will be recorded
in the hearts Of the people for whose
sakes these heroes made the supreme
sacrifice.
The glory of the conquered lies in
the fact that their spirit was never de-
feated. Their swords may have been
broken, but they were broken in con-
liict. And in coming day they will
be resurrected and shine forth as the
heroes of future generation. Their
souls will go marching on. But this
story may be told of every man who
bravely faces the problems of life, be-
cause every morning he is challenged
to engage in fight to achieve his high
purpose.
1t may be battle for ones friends
ones fellow workers, ones fellow citi-
zens. 1t may be fight for underpaid
and overworked men and women; for
sick and tired people of the tenements
for underfed and underclad children;
for disheartened and hopeless unem-
ployed adults; for beaten and discour-
aged young people who could not get
start in life. These are confits
which cannot be won with battleships
and bombers, nor through military
strategy. They are won by destroying
hatred through brotherhood, selfish
ness through sacrifice, MUS t i c e
through equity, indifference through
understanding.
Those who engage in such conflicts
must not run with the mob. The mob
never moves forward. It usually re-
mains at low level. Victory comes
only through organization. Sometimes
even organization fails, and it's leaders
seem to have lost in the conflict. But
when the issues are wide-reaching, the
failures must be discounted. Only the
long view will determine when victory
has been achieved.
This is particularly true of labor's
struggles. AS one looks back over the
years every sign indicates steady prog
ress has been made, and points toward
ultimate victory. They who seem to
have been conquered in labor's conflict
will be glorified in the victories of the
future. And we must ever be mindful
OF the fact that each generation has
been raised to higher level because
OF the struggles made by those in the
past, even though the latter may seem
to have failed in reaching the goal.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
Last Call Issued For
4-Stur Essay Contest

Washington, D. C.-The 4-Star Es-
say Contest conducted by the Union
Label Trades Department of the
American Federation Of Labor will
close at 1900 midnight, May 80, |. M.
Ornburn, secretary-treasurer of the
department, announced. "No essays
will be accepted unless they are post
marked before or on this date" Mr..
Ornburn said. ''The Union Label
Trades Department is anxious to have
everyone who desires to write an essay
to get under the wire before this con-
test closes.
"The Union Label Trades Depart
ment is offering 1000 in cash and val
liable union label articles as prizes for
the best essays on the following sub
iects: EWhy l Buy U MON Label
Goods why | Use Union Services,
why l Am Labor Unionist,' and
why | Joined a Women's Auxiliary
The essays are limited to 250 words
each. The grand prize for each es-
say is $3.50. This means dollar a
word for the prize winner of each es-
say.
"The essays must be original. How
ever, the contestant is allowed to quote
from other sources providing he en-
closes in quotation marks any material
that is not original. A rule is provided
for a signed statement as follows:
This essay is my original production
and is not copied from any source ex-
cept as indicated by quotation marks
"The 4-Star Essay Contest is being
conducted by the Union Label Trades
Department to stimulate the sale of
Union Label goods and the use Of un-
ion services. The two essay contests,
why | Buy Union Label Goods and
why | Use Union Services are open
to everybody. They are free-for-all.
at is very important that everyone
desiring to write an essay read the
rules carefully before entering a con-
test for any essay.
"Rules and regulations may be OBJ
tanned by writing the Union Label
Trades Department, A. f. of l.. Build
ing, Washington, d. c.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
Grimm. Dale. Massey and
Baker Elected at Friday
Nights Meeting

Local Union No. "a held their regu-
lar meeting Friday evening, May 3
with President Ida Smith in the
chair. A large crowd was present to
hear some very important reports.
Delegates to the convention were
elected, with the following members
representing the local in Atlantic City:
Frances Grimm, Mabel Dale, Belle
Massey and Ethel Baker, with Eliza
beth Stewart, Minnie Bossen, Ida
Smith and Alma Standley as alternates.
Brother William Watkin gave talk
on the one mill levy and the local en-
dorsed this wholeheartedly.
The next thing to look forward to
is the picnic and we hope to have a
large representation attend.
%. C. "a.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
Electrical Workers Win
Power Company Contract

Minneapolis, Minn.-The Northern
States Power Company signed union
shop contract with the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
covering 1900 workers in five power
plants. Wage increases and arbitra-
tion Of other matters in dispute were
provided in the contract.
The agreement was signed in the of
flee of Governor Harold Stassen to
whom a fact-finding committee had
submitted report charging the COM
pany with repeated violations of the
former contract.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
Wedr Buddy Poppy

Once more the Buddy Poppies we
are asked to wear on Memorial Day
bring back memories Of war time
hours Of generation ago. Once more
these tiny memorial emblems remind
us that there are those for whom
that long past war and it's suffering
are not yet over. Each year on
Memorial Day, the day which Amer
leans everywhere set apart by annual
custom to honor our nations soldier
dead, bloom the Buddy Poppies of the
annual national Sale Of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars to raise relief work
funds.
The warm endorsement by Presi-
dent Roosevelt Of the Buddy Poppy
plan Of the Veterans Of Foreign Wars
continues the endorsements of pre-
ceding Presidents since the inception
Of the Sale. The cordial accord of
church leaders and women's clubs, Of
individuals and organizations repre-
senting practically every phase of our
nations business and industrial life,
further confirm the significance of the
Sales appeal.
Every Buddy Poppy carries a copy
righted green label which marks il
as the handiwork of disabled and
needy ex-service men. The great ma
Jority of the poppy makers are patti
ents in government hospitals. The
entire proceeds of the Sale are devoted
to relief work including each year an
allotment of portion of the Buddy
Poppy money to the funds for the
maintenance of the Veterans of For
eign Wars National Home for Widows
and Orphans of Ex-Service Men in
Eaton Rapids, Michigan.
"This Home" in the words Of Cap
tain Robert G. Woodside, President of
the V. F. w. National Home" is in
tended not merely as a shelter to
those bereft little ones and sorrowine
mothers but as a home in the most
intimate and far-reaching sense of the
word. 1t is intended as a living me-
mortal to those who wore the uniform
of our country and who, in making
the supreme sacrifice, passed on to US
their comrades, the responsibility OF
caring for those dear ones left be-
hind"
Conceived primarily to be the direct
opposite-in operation-of the aver
age asylum or institution
V. F. w. National Home has been a
home in fact to all sheltered beneath
its hospitable roof. Ideal public school
educational facilities are provided
manual training is of the most mod
ern and practical type-body building
amusements help to keep happy fami-
ly groups in that frame of mind
which alone can mean SO much to
their future.
Literally-the GAO acres of rolling
farm land nesting in the valley of the
Grand River-and the handsome units
going to make up the cottages, hos.
pital, Administration Building anc
utility buildings-provide a cheerful
and inspiring sight. For the funds
essential for its maintenance the Home
depends almost entirely on the annual
Sale of Buddy Poppies.
The national total Of Buddy Pop
pies which will be in readiness for the
Memorial week Sale is approximately
6,OC0,0CO. Every American is asked
to wear one in his buttonhole to prove
that we do not and cannot forget.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
Fire Fighters
Propose Five
Poin+ Program

Springfield, o. (OLNS)-More than
100 delegates attended the Southwest
ern District Fire Fighters Association
here last week and considered a five
point legislative program which was
presented by John J. O'Doherty, Lo-
rain, trustee of the International Fire
Fighters Association.
Captain John Hagan, Cleveland,
State President; Chief Joseph A.
Kirby, Dayton, District President, and
John Redmond, chief, of Chicago, were
among the speakers. Guests of honor
included Judge Charles B. Zimmerman,
of the Ohio Supreme court; Senator
Horace S. Keifer and State Represen-
tative Fred King, of Clark county.
The proposed legislative program
which was considered includes the fol-
lowing:
/. A minimum wage law for fire
men, classified according to population
Of cities and based upon 72 hours
week.
2. Require at least one full time
regular fireman for each LOCO Of pop
ulation and such fire equipment as is
recommended by safety experts.
3. A law requiring all mobile equip
mcnt contracted for in the future to
be constructed with closed caps or
bodies and shatter-proof windshield
glass. Require shatter-proof glass on
all present equipment.
q. Amend state civil service law to
provide for more efficient system of
promotional examination based upon
real merit.
5. Amend state traffic law to give
fire equipment full right of way on
all state highways as we'll as in cities.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
Used Car Guarantee Required

New York City.-Recent accidental
death of a high school student in a
newly-purchased secondhand car with
bad brakes led in double-quick time
to new ordinance for New Rochelle,
N. Y, on used car sales. The ordi-
nance, passed almost as soon as the
coroner's verdict was heard, forbids
the sale, either by individuals or by
dealers, of secondhand cars which are
mechanically defective, under penalty
of a 500 fine. Each seller must give
to each car purchaser a certificate of
mechanical perfection stating that the
car meets all safety requirements.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
Perkins Right To Fix
Minimum Wages Upheld

Washington, D. C.-The Supreme
Court upheld the constitutionality OF
the authority conferred upon the Sec
retary of Labor by the Walsh-Healey
Public Contracts Act to determine the
prevailing minimum wages paid in va
rious localities and to require Federal
Government contractors to pay the
minimum so prescribed.
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins
made a determination of the minimum
wages in the steel industry in six To-
calities, one of which comprised all
states north of Washington and east
of Ohio and Kentucky, except a part
of West Virginia. For this area the
minimum wage of G212 cents an hour
was fixed. Seven steel companies CON
tested the order on the ground that it
was unconstitutional
The District of Columbia Court of
Appeals decided in favor Of the steel
companies and enjoined the Secretary
of Labor from prescribing minimum
wages for iron and steel workers en-
ployed by firms engaged in filling gov
ernment contracts. The Suprem e
Court decision, written by Associate
Justice Hugo L. Black, set aside the
injunction with the statement that the
Walsh-Healey Act requiring the pay
ment of minimum wages conferred no
litigable rights upon the contractors.
The decision, concurred in by all the
justices except Associate James C. Nc
Reynolds, condemned judicial super
vision OF administrative procedure"
and upheld the right of the executive
and legislative departments of the
Government to establish any standards
they see fit for government purchas-
ing.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
BAKERS WIN A & P PLANTS

Chicago-Out of IS locations in
which the Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Company operates bakeries, 19 have
become unionized, officers Of the Bak-
cry and Confectionery Workers Inter-
national Union reported to the seth
annual meeting of the international
union general executive board, held
here. Efforts to unionize the remain
ing 16 are being pushed, with early
success indicated, it was reported.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
Millinery Strike Ends
In Victory For Workers

Chicago, Ill.-Striking employees Of
the American N e e die and Novelty
Company here won important gains in
the settlement of their controversy.
The United Hatters, Cap and Millin-
cry Workers Union gained exclusive
bargaining rights, closed shop, a flat
5 per cent pay increase for all workers
and an additional 21a per cent boost
for skilled operators.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
ONE MAIN NATIONAL ISSUE

Washington, D. C.-Declaring din
come must increase" American FEEDER
ationist, official organ of the American
Federation of Labor says editorially
'"The problem of unemployment is our
main issue-whether the future brings
us peace or war. Our only safety lies
in planning so that all may have
work."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16

Demand the Union Label when your
purchase that new suit.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
Home Educufion i.
The Child's First School h the
Family"-Froebel

Issued by the National Kinder
garten Association, 8 West 4Oth
Street, New York City. These arti-
cles are appearing weekly in our
columns.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16

Federal OId-Age. Survivors Insurance
X
Under the Social Security Act as Amended in 1889
A
Examples of Monthly OId-Age
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16

OF FAMILY BENEFITS
For widows, Dependent Children, or
Dependent Parents
Monthly benefit
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-16
and his wife Cor for worker and
one dependent child)

Monthly benefits payments t
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-06-06

Mrs. Ralph Walker of Gathers
burg; Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Fry,
Mr.. and Mrs. Merhle Haines of
Laytonsville; Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Nicholson of Rockville.
On the sick list this week are,
in addition to Mrs. v. H. Dyson,
who has been i'll several weeks,
Guy Riordan, who has an infected
hand; Mrs. Charles Fraley and
Hazel Riggs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Seek had
as weekend guests Mr.. and Mrs.
John Warner and their two chill
dren, of Washington.
At the June meeting of the
PIT. A. held Monday evening at
the school Mrs. Guy Stephenson
was reelected president of the
Association, with Mrs. Thomas
Stewart vice president; Mrs. Eslie
Morris, secretary and Mrs. Rice,
treasurer.
The children of Miss Stanley's