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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-08

n Burllngton railroad 10 seri.
10y oonsider1ng the use Of auto
uohilss 10 combat the inroadl
WAach the mo or car has made
uCoa its traffic.
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~:
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- csn1ortnhly thaa they
- oarEy thsasslves IN thsir
oWn cars. Dut nest II them
- - Nv thsir cass - hand
wAn tAey arFivs - their 49,
e1sAa1aa. n BurlIngtsa b
enanning - prsviding cars for
onen small, inexpeasive
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ohsuse1vss far ~ durat3sn u
ovaeaa1sn stay. II sffen t1pv-
GDDes . syuesn Ter eating their
- - having Il, TO!
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1noplng q . train for . safe.
Gomfortah1e rtds to our destina-
Ton. then into . railroad-owned
6uko which Ne may uss ~ We
e1ouss until IT'S time to 80 back
hsne again. We drive the car to
~ dspot. hop on the train again
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-08

The that at least railroad is contemplating the
Of automobiles in conjunction with its rail service
Eaal compliment 70 the automobile industry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-08

with tn oommiestoner a pubic
oGfsty. Holmes EASTWOOD. and the
Young MEMS Buslness club ~ CO.
eppnsors. IL safety problem h 70
- givsn another working over.
a ssriss q radio programs be-
ginning Feb. 18th over KMo viii
carry III messags Il safety into
IL homes of listsners- The first
program win 80 a the air at
11;lS . m. and win last for 10
ninutss. Frank Cillihan. prssi-
eent Of the Young Mems Business
elub. and Amos Booth. chairman
- H. safety committse. win rep
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-08

More than 5000 General No.
tors employees throughout the coun.
Try today Are sharing In = distri-
sutton of $s.lsl.2el. In cash and
eommon stock. under provisionl
- ths EMPLOYER Savings and In
vogtmsnt Plan.
Of the total being distributed,
o3,oo3. 015 represents the employer
original savings and $s.2ls,z7e rep
tooents the contribution Of General
Motors Corporation.
H present dlstributien \
be1ng unnde - III mcmbers Of
- Class Il 1854 which mo
tuEsd - Dso. u, 1850. Each
participants VIE paid elee Into
- ~ throughost IL year
lool pow resolves . cash Set
0snsnt - aSpreximatsly el5l
- 80 shAso q General No.
IN ceunnsn stsclx ~ . total
- apprsxinnatsly ~. On
49, anneunes ~ n. returns
~ h prepsstasa. caah bsing
- ssr fractieaal sharss-
IN Z message to each partici-
pant Alfred r. Sloan. r.. chair
nan. declared: General Motors
has been gl1d to cooperate with
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-08
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of to
addition,
the double Rhodes
of
of Buying
safely experienced adult shopper because stand behind
purchas
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-31

Some girls are like a cigarette
not very satisfying until lit.
Heaven will protect the working
girl-but who is gonna protect the
guy she is working?
They say she worked in the First
National Bank-but she didn't have
all her funds there.
Usher: Did you want front
seat, Madam"
French Cutie: "oui, oui monsieur,
oiu oiu.'
Usher: Pardon me-mezzanine,
first door to your left.
What are you up to now
you rascal?"
Blonde - 'Ninety-eight Eahren-
heit."
He: Come on-one little kiss
isn't going to bother YOU"
She: How do you know?'
woman, from mans ANGIE
should have lots of curves.
Joe: Are you and your wife
on speaking terns?"
John: We'll, I'm listening again.
Certainly 1 respect your legal
advice, MIR. Bell, but what good is
alimony on a cold night?'
Ridgley (pointing to railway
warning:) See what 1t says: Stop,
look, listen Those three words IL
lustrate the whole scheme of life"
Jones: How do you make that
out?"
Ridgley: You see a pretty girl;
you stop; you look; you marry her
and then you listen"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-31

The only snap some girls have is
in the girdle.
e
Trouble with most women is their
trouble with most men.
1 went on a party the other night
where there were twice as many
women as men. Petting was two
TO one.
An Old Maid is woman who has
been good-for nothing.
When parlor sofa is a beehive of
activity, it's certain a little honey
is being made.
He reads women like book but
he prefers the Braille system.
The driller was just registering
at the local hotel for $3.50 room
when he noticed a cute young thing
sitting in the lobby so he added to
his name land WIFE. He got ac-
quainted and everything was lovely.
The next morning as they checked
out he was told at the desk that
his bin was SIS.
You're crazy" said the driller.
you told me last night that room
would be $2.5O".
That's right, said the clerk, for
you'-but your wife has been here
80 days
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-31
WE BELIEVE

GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS haze been definitely pro-
zen indispensable in Montana. E0ery zCrldcat should
haze both Madison and DeVOMidn highs" deterni't-
ed BY reflection SeiSmograbh before drilling begins
DEEPER DRILLING is essential to 7cvite the real his
tory of the Montana oil industry. The major
source of Montana petroleum is in formations BE-
LOW THE BIG LIME. Abandonment of aVeHS at
the Madison contact is q0aste Of money 4ba'-
d0n,pen of 7teHs at the Cat Creek horizon is sta
biditv No qceH should be considered completion
until it is drilled into the DeU0nan
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-31

Trouble with most women is their
trouble with most men.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-31

went on a party the other night
where there were twice as many
women as men. Petting was two
20 one
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-31

Congratulations" we wrote to the
group of our original members this week,
on the occasion of our EIGHTEENTH
irthday-Landowner Royalties company
having. been organized eighteen years
ago this week
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
sanction illegally railroad people to Jail and fre

sanction, illegally railroad people to jail and fire.
quently to the gaows or the electric chair.
In 1889, following the murder of white man
near Pompano, Fla, about thirty colored farm
hands were arrested without warrants and
charged with the crime. The suspects were finally
reduced to FOUR who were questioned" night and
day for week by the sheriff and his assistants.
They persisted in their innocence until the end of
the week of third degree torture, when they finally
"broke' and confessed. Confronted with these
confessions, the jury convicted the four Negroes
of murder and the Supreme Court of Florida up
held the jury's verdict. But the Supreme Court
of the United States held that the confessions and
pleas of guilty had been obtained in gross viola
tion of the guarantees of civil rights provided by
the Constitution Of the United States, and out
lawed the entire procedure by means of which the
death penalty was imposed, from the weeks
Questioning" in the Florida Jail to their con-
viction by the jury and the decision of the Florida
Supreme Court.
After reviewing the method of torture to Sc
cure confessions of guilt, from the crack, the
thumbscrew and the wheeP' of former times to the
third degree system still used in some jurisdic-
tions by law enforcement officers, Associate
Justice Hugo L. Black, who delivered the unani-
nous opinion of the Supreme Court said:
1--WE are not impressed by the argument that
law enforcement methods such as those under re-
view are necessary to uphold our laws.
means irrespective of the end. And this argument
houts the basic principle that all people must stand
on an equality before the bar of justice in every
American court.
"Today, as in ages past, we are not without
tragic proof that the exalted power of some gov
to punish manufactured crime Dictator
tally is the handmade of tyranny. Under our con-
system, courts stand against any winds
that blow as havens of refuge for those who might
otherwise suffer because they are helpless weak,
or because they are non-confonming
victims of prejudice and public excitement. Due
process of law, preserved for all by our Constitu-
ton, commands that no such practice as that dis
closed by this record shall send any accused to his
death.
"No higher duty, no more solemn responsible
ty, rests upon this court than that of transating
into living law and maintaining this constitutional
shield deliberately planned and inscribed for the
benefit Of every human being subject to our Con-
stitution-of whatever race, creed or persuasion.
"The Supreme Court of Florida was in error
and it's judgment is reversed"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
LABOR HEADS TO ATTEND
COLLEGE OF PREACHERS

New York City QLNS).-Several
labor leaders have accepted invitations
to attend the Third Annual Conference
on Capital and Labor, to be held
March $40 at the College of Preach
ers of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. Acceptances include John P.
Frey, president, A. F. of l.. Metal
Trades Departments; Fred Hewitt,
editor, Machinists' Monthly Journal;
Elmer E. Milliman, secretary-treas-
urer, Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way Employees; Frank Morrison, sec
retary- emeritus, A: f. Of L.; Myles S.
Warfeld, president, Order of Sleeping
Car Conductors; James A. Wilson,
International Labor Office; Giles B.
Courtney, secretary-treasurer, Vir-
ginia- -Carolinas Typographical Confer
ence.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
REAC ACTIONARY EMPLOYERS FIGHT DECENT
WAGES AND HOURS

THE continuing campaign of certain groups of
employers to weaken and even repeal the Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1888 is strong evidence of
a determination to impose indecently low living
standards and indecenty long hours on millions of
workers now protected by the law.
From the point of view of economic justice
citizens are wholly unable to understand
the attitude of these subversive business men.
The provisions of the Fair Labor Standards
Act are clearly not unreasonable
In the field of wages employers are prohibited
from paying less than 30 cents an hour to working
men and women in the industries covered by the
law In the field of hours employers are prohibited
from employing workers longer than AZ hours per
week. This means $3.50 in wages for 42-hour
week. Surely this small remuneration does not
enable the workers anywhere to purchase an ur-
high living standard for themselves
and their families. And yet, a considerable group
Of employers are vigorously fighting these wages
and hours and seek the statutory right to pay
their employees less than 80 cents an hour and
work them longer than AZ hours per week.
The American Federation of Labor is deter
mined that the protection given low income work
ers by the Fair Labor Standards Act shall not be
that all attempts to weaken or destroy
the act shall be fought on every front and that
chseling employers who violate the act shall be
dealt with vigorously in strict compliance with the
penalties prescribed by the statute.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
PAINTING PROJECT
OF w. P. 4. SHELVED

Toledo, O. (OLNS).-As a result of
a protest lodged by a delegation Of
A. f. of L. officers and members of
the Painters and Decorators Union,
Toledo City Council has laid on the
shelf a proposal for painting 13 city
bridges as a WPA project.
Union officials pointed out that work
Of this nature would deprive Union
mechanics of opportunities for en-
ployment; that WPA wages were less
than half the scale paid in private in
dustry and that it was contrary to the
policy of paying prevailing wage
scales on WPA projects. Thomas
Quinn, Vice President of Toledo Cen
trail Labor Union and Business Agent
of the Painters, said members of the
Union would receive only 63 cents an
hour under the WPA schedule as COM
pared to the union scale Of $1.30 an
hour.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
(From the st. Louis Star-Times)

(t'rom the st. Louis Star-TimeS)
Mrs. EllWood J. Turner, correspond
ing secretary of the Daughters of
Colonial Wars, wants social science
textbook barred from Philadelphia
schools on the grounds that the book
aims to give children an unbiased
point of view" and is therefore "un-
American"
1t is just such blind support Of the
Fatherland that has led to the sup
preston in Germany and Russia of
all books save those approved by the
government. 1t is just such philos-
ophy which destroys perspective and
prepares the way for dictators de
manding absolute obedience from
slave-minded citizens.
American history and government
are not so ugly, as Mrs. Turner ap-
parently believes, that children will
become unpatriotic through studying
them effectively.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
JUSTICE HAS NO POLITICS
(FrOm the New York Times)


TT fell to Justice Black to read a decision which
reasserts the role of the Supreme Court of the
United States as the ultimate defender of civil
liberties. -Four Negroes, sentenced to death in
Florida confessions obtained, the court held, by
violence and torture" were the immediate bene-
ficiaries. Yet there is no citizen, of any race or
religion, rich or poor weak or powerful who does
not share the protection of what Justice Black
called "ths constitutional shield deliberately plan
ned and inscribed for the benefit of every human
being subject to our Constitution.
Those who have criticized the court in the past
or who may be disposed to criticize it in the future
may well bear in mind that it has defended the
right Of Negroes to register and vote; that in sew
era cases it has protected Negroes against unfair
trial and conviction; that it has upheld the right
of free speech for mnorities; and that in more
cases than could be cited in short space it has re-
versed local, state and federal agencies which
dared to circumscribe the constitutional guaran-
tees of obscure individuals.
court subject in the slightest degree to leg
slative influence or executive mandate would most
certainly have suppressed many of these decs-
ions in the name OF political eXpedency.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
Truths Pondered While
Riding At Anchor
MIR. MODESTUS
. WAR AND PEACE
. WHICH IS MORE NATURAL?
. PEACE CAN BE DEADLY
. WAR AS RELIEF!

Satan made the boils-
With which he smote job
We conclude, that God did not make
boils-
But that is not convincing proof
That God did not make wars
H. G. Wells says: Wars come with
surplus populations
Whenever there are too many young
men
With nothing else to do, nor any
place to 60
Wars begin to happen in odd
places
1t has always been so, says Wells
Thus accounting for much human
history
Civilized, and uncivilized-
X X X
Are war and peace
Just the ebb and flow of the tides
of population?
Is war just as natural phenomeon
as peace?
Which of these two has taken up
most of the human life?
Is war a fever in the body of the
human race?
Or is it the surge of new energy
Compelling change, promoting prog
ress-
There are two kinds of opinions
about this
One kind makes the pacifists-
Sometimes called SisSieS-
The other kind makes up the mill
tarists-
In between are the common folk
Who don't know what to make of
it all
X X X
1t was not war;
Which emptied the Mesopotanian
Valleys
1t was erosion of the soil
Making deserts out of former
gardens
Too much plowing, and not enough
grass roots
Too much cutting of trees
Plus wrong planting
Made wastes of vast areas in
China
Wonderful irrigation canals did not
help enough
Terrific floods still sweep the
Yangtse valleys
Because the hill lands have been
robbed
Genghis Khan did not do all of
this
War did not make the dust bowls
Of Kansas and New York
Nor bomb our cities with diphtheritic
infections
Nor plague the cotton lands with
pellagra-
Peace, prosperous peace
Plus the brokers and the bankers
Plus rent collectors and percentage
men
Using other peoples moneys
Planted Americas present plaques
X X X
Peace can be deadly
Autos killed tens of thousands last
year
World War / killed $4,000 Yanks-
In less than two years
Wounded some hundreds of thous-
ands more
But what have been the casualties
Of the prosperous Twenties"?
War made lot of orphans
Are orphans worse off than unem-
ployed youth?
War might be form of relief!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
GOVERNMENT FARM SUBSIDIES IN
IRELAND

FARMERS in Northern Ireland are evidently
carried away with the necessity of farm sub
sldy similar to the ones which operates in the
United States and other countries.
Recently the Irish Ministry of Agriculture
granted subsidy of two pounds per acre for grass
lands poughed up and planted to approved crops,
such as wheat, oats, and sugar beets. Now the
Ministry of Agriculture has extended the subsidy
to flax. 1t was explained that the output of the
linen industry is largely absorbed by government
orders in connection with the war against Hitler's
German government
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
OLDER WORKERS PRAISED

New York City.-Opposition to es-
tablishment Of age limits for job hold
ers is expressed by the Simmons Co,
manufacturers of metal beds, cots,
mattresses, etc, in full page adver-
tisement The ad asserts that the only
time man is too old for employment
in industry is when he loses interest
i'll his daily life. In its own factory
Simmons says, eighteen men have
worked more than forty years, 129
more than thirty years, 422 more than
twenty years and 937 more than ten
years.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

Continuing efforts of the Roosevelt
administration to turn public opinion
to consideration of the tremendous
problems which will. confront the ma
tion and world at the end of the war
Secretary of State Hulls talks about
a postwar period in which one hun
dred millions persons may be out of
work.
The figure is based on present
armed forces of 25,O00,000 while the
remainder are engaged in war pro-
duction which would cease with the
end of hostilities.
The Secretary's remedy for avoid
ance of this catastrophe is one not so
acceptable to some members Of Con-
gress-extension of the reciprocal
trade agreements program, already
voted favorably by the House. At
least, Hull says, this program is the
only attempt being made to keep world
trade from chaos which might end in
totalitarian control.
X x X
Constantly noted in official and po-
litical Washington discussions of the
war is an interesting hiatus by which
the planning now always seems to
focus on a period, nobody knows just
when, after the war is over.
Political Washington, quick to dis
cuss our getting into the war last
September, was somewhat slower to
40 hn
masses of the population had no de-
sire or intention of getting involved
in another holocaust in Europe.
Once that idea became intensified in
Congressional and Administration
minds, the next step was toward
means of insuring against becoming
involved. The Neutrality Act, then the
hesitancy to provide financial aid for
suffering Finland, and to take vigor-
Gus action, such as the embargo,
against Japan, were logical follow
ups.
A short lived furry for U. S. to as
sumo a leading role in peace efforts
failed when it became obvious that the
belligerents were determined to fight
to the bitter end. Even so, some OBJ
servers argue that the Welles mission
is sent to find peace terms-even to
the point of bringing pressure in Ger
many to prevail upon Hitler to resign,
and thus end the war.
x X x
Meanwhile, government economists
and planning agencies, (other than
War and Navy were increasingly
thinking in terms of cushioning this
country against terrific after-war ef-
fects. Also helping other nations
through that period.
Studying trade routes disruption of
war in the world trade picture, fluctu-
alton of our exports and imports, the
spread of totalitarian economics (but
not such governments) to neutrals,
and belligerent democracies, has given
accent to the vast power welded in
war or peace by international trade.
Americans realize, more than ever,
how much stabilized and prosperous
internal economy has to do with keep
ing a nation at peace.
Nations may battle until they de-
stroy themselves, but when the pen
dulum swings away from war, stabil-
ization of international economy will
be the worlds largest problem.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
MEET AT STEUBENVILLE

Columbus, O. (OLNS).-Next meet
ing of the Inter-County Labor League
for central and southeastern Ohio
will be held in SteubenvilIe, March 81.
AT the meeting Sunday, February "a,
in Marietta, officers of the council
were reelected. They include Clark
Gamble, Marietta, chairman; Myers
Peck, Cambridge, vice chairman and
George Lynsky, Steubenville, secre-
tary y-treasurer.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
OUTLAWING THIRD DEGREE"
CONFESSIONS

1'HE unanimous decision Of the United States
Supreme Court overruling the action of the
Supreme Court Of Florida affirming the sentence
of four Negroes to death for alleged murder again
puts the spotlight on the prevalence of the third
degree" of torture by which police and other law
enforcement officials, frequently with judicial
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
More Western Union Charters

Washington, D. C.-The CONNER
cial photographers Union is pushing
organization work among Western
Union Telegraph Company employees
and two more charters have recently
been issued. The charters were grant
ed to W. U. employees in Pittsburgh,
Pa, and Los Angeles, California.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
SYMPATHY ALL AROUND

A London paper vouches for this
one:
Tim-Sarah Smith--you know, Bill's
missus-throwed herself horf the end
Nv the wharf last night
Tom--Orf the end ux the wharf u?
Poor Sarah!
can cop fished 'er out again"
poor Bill"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
WHAT NEXT?
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An 18-year old Italian inventor
is reported to have made an auto
mobile capable of travelling 1877
miles on one gallon of gasoline
and with top speed of 81 miles
an hour. The auto is twO-scat-
er, weighing only 2S0 pounds. 1t
can easily be put in motion by a
system of pedals, for use if gas
Oiine runs out.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
WISDOM
,tss::. *.:st.N:..:**as

| hold that the government be-
longs to the people, and that they
have a right to that intimate ac-
cess to it which will determine
every turn of it's policy.
Woodrow Wilson.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
VALUES

When you are believing
That the world is mad,
That both men and women
Are most always bad,
IL you pause a moment
To give things their due,
You will find life lovely
What is wrong is you.
ED. KRAMER
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07

WESTERN CHINA WARE WARE STANDING COMMITTEE @ I, ,,,,,,,
BEN X. KOOS, CHAS. GOODWIN
peratiye ALVIN J. BURT IL r. HAISOP JOHN McGILL1vRAl
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07

EASTERN CHINA WARE STANDING COMMITTEE
BEN d. HARDESTY E. X KOOS CHAS GOODWIN
Operatives. E. WHEATLEY JOHN BALDAUF WM OWEN