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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
WPA WORKERS SEND
MONEY FOR DEFENSE

Washington, D. C. (ILNS) Thirty
w. P. A. project workers in Greenville,
S. c., have sent President Roosevelt
$113 to be used for national defense.
The contributors to the fund were
employed at w. 2. A. wages in a
w. P. A. warehouse. McDuffie Irwin,
superintendent of the W. PA. ware
house and spokesman for the donors,
said:
"The country must prepare now to
defend itself from aggression and
from enemies without and within this
country; if in a small way we can
help, we contribute whole-heartedly
for this purpose.
"The thought of contributing for
national defense gradually developed
in the minds of all when Russia in
vaded Finland and Germany con-
ouered one defenseless country after
another"
w. G. Powell, another worker, said:
81 believe that if every individual
working for a salary would contribute
one days salary, we would have a
very small defense debt, if any"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
New South Motor Lines
Signs With Teamsters

Atlanta, Ga.-J. T. Odum, business
agent for Local Union No. 728, Team
sters and Chauffeurs, announced the
signing of union agreement between
the local and the New South Motor
Express Lines. Twenty-Five weeks ago
members of this local union and the
management of the New South failed
to reach an agreement on vital issues,
and strike was called. Signing of
the union contract last week ended
these hostilities and the men have re-
turned to work.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
COyle And Kinzer
Named Registrars

Martin A. Coyle, $50 High Street,
and Lillian Kinzer, $50 High Street,
were reappointed Tuesday by the Bu-
reau Of Motor Vehicles as deputy reg
istrars to sell drivers licenses in
Hamilton.
The license sale begins September
8, and the deadline for obtaining the
1941 licenses is October 1.
Other Butler County deputy regis
trar appointments include Lester l..
Dredge, Middletown; Edward R. Hite-
shue, Monroe, and L. c. Carmin, Ok
ford.
The deputy registrars also sell au-
tomobile license plates.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
Wage-Hour Exemption
For Warehouses Stayed

Washington, D. C.-The Wage and
Hour Division announced that a pro-
posed fourteen-week seasonal exemp-
tion from wage and hour regulations
for country, subterminal and mill
grain warehouses, issued by authority
of the Fair Labor Standards Act, had
been stayed because of the filing of
objections by the American Fedora
tion of Grain Professors Council,
A. F. of L. affiliate. A hearing will
be held in the fall on the proposal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
Textile Local Switches
From C.. L. O. To A. FL

Caroleen, N. C.-Membership of the
c. |. 0. Local Union of Textile Work
ers here voted to surrender their
charter in the G. |. 0. and apply for a
charter in the United Textile Workers
of America, affiliated with the A. F. of
L. Gordon L. Chastain, president of
the Southern Cotton Textile Fedora
ton, was here and advised the work
ers as to the proper methods to pur-
sue in making this desired change of
affiliation from the C. l. o. to the A.
f. of L.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
Wake Warns Against
Passing School Buses

Sheriff Charles B. Wake issued an
appeal Tuesday for caution on the
roads in consideration of the opening
of new term of the rural schools.
He cited particularly the laws
against passing of halted school buses.
"Many of the pupils are entering
school for the first time," he said, "and
are unaccustomed to traffic conditions.
Care must be shown by autoists to
avoid accidents to these children"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
HARRY HENSEL DIES OF
INJURIES IN ACCIDENT

Middletown, Ohio. - The body of
Harry Hensel, So, 1876 Baltimore
Street, who died at Massillon of in
juries suffered in an automobile acci-
dent Sunday, was brought to the J. d.
Riggs and Son funeral home here for
services and burial. He is survived by
a sister, Mrs. Nell Leonard, Indianap-
oils, and brother in California.
Harry Hensel, some years back, was
molder in Hamilton and held one of
the offices in Molders' Union, No. 68.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
MOOSE BOWLERS BEGIN
SEASON SEPTEMBER 9

At a regular meeting of the Ham
ilton chapter, No. SO, Loyal Order of
Moose, Louis Sprandel and Walter
Einsfeld outlined plans for the open
ing of the bowling league on Monday
night, September 9.
Mike Morrison, governor, and Gun
nard Shoblom, secretary, gave reports
of the Ohio State Moose convention
in Steubenville.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
VIGILANCE

In view of the national emergency
which has been created because of
the onslaught of Germany upon the
free peoples of Europe, we must be
on guard night and day SO that no
representative of a foreign country
will be permitted to in any manner
influence trade union policy in the
United States. John P. Frey, presi-
dent, Metal Trades Department, A. F.
of L.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
MODESTO BAKERY DRIVERS
WIN $45 WEEKLY PAY RATE

Modesto, GAIA wage scale of $45
per week has been obtained for Bak-
cry Drivers and Statesmen of the Mo-
desto and Stockton area in new
agreement.
Other provisions in the contract
give an eight-hour day with time and
one-half for overtime, together with
eight holidays.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
LABOR DAY OUTING
BY I. & |. COUNCILS
SUCCESSFUL EVENT
Hamilton and Middletown Tradesmen
Sponsor Celebration at LeSourdsville.

Hamilton and Butler County resi-
dents reverted to work-a-day routine
Tuesday after an extended Labor Day
weekend and holiday which was un-
marred by serious accident or tragedy
and which received the blessing of
splendid holiday weather.
Business life was back to normal,
shops and industries, financial insti-
tutions, city, county and federal of
fees, closed to permit workers to en-
joy the holiday, were open and run
ming as ususal Tuesday morning.
Highlight of the Labor Day observ-
ance was the annual picnic sponsored
jointly by the Trades and Labor Coun-
ellis of Hamilton and Middletown, held
at LeSourdsville Lake, Middletown
Pike.
$4,000 at Outing
More than $4,000 persons, members
of organized labor, their families and
friends attended, Joseph Spalding, of
Hamilton, chairman of the picnic COM
mittee, said. 1t was the second annual
outing sponsored jointly by the two
councils and was the fiftieth annual
outing in which the Hamilton Trades
and Labor Council figured.
Lake facilities were at the command
of the Labor Day picnickers, gifts
were presented to all children attend
ing, and an elaborate program of
games and contests, with prizes to the
winners, was conducted by d. w. Ja-
cot, Middletown recreational director.
A gigantic fireworks display at night
was the closing feature.
The joint committee of the Hamil-
ton and Middletown councils called
Mondays outing the most successful
in history and already arrangements
are being discussed for next years
affair.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
WAGE INCREASE GIVEN
TO TRACTION WORKERS

New Orleans (ILNs) - The street
car men have received an advance in
wages from 55 cents an hour to Sc
cents an hour. Bus drivers have been
advanced from 60 cents an hour to So
cents. Arbitration did the job.
The street car men and bus drivers
asked a fiat ive-cents-an-hour in
crease.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
OXFORD D-HAMILTON BUS
STATION TO BE MOVED

Oxford, Ohio.-As soon as council
acts on a request for parking space on
High Street, the Oxford Hamilton bus
station will be moved to Sloane's Shoe
Store, it was announced Tuesday by
company officials. The Richmond
Cincinnati and Greyhound Lines will
continue to maintain station at Hal
stead's Bakery, on Park Place.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
THREE UNION BARS OMITTED

Owing to the early publication of
the Labor Day edition of the Butler
County Press, three names of union
bars were omitted from the bartend-
ers' advertisement. The union bars
are Jeff's Cafe, corner South Fifth
and Ludlow Streets; the Jackpot Cafe,
Dixie Highway, and the Last Chance
Cafe, 68 Wood Street.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
DEMONSTRATION WEEK

Three committee meetings for Ma
tional Retail Demonstration Week, to
be observed by Hamilton retail mer-
chants from September 16 to 21, were
called for this week, J. S. Butler, chair
man of the demonstration week COM
mittee, announced.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
Hearst Pays S2S,5OO
For Firing Union Men

Washington, d. c. - The National
Labor Relations Board approved the
offer of Hearst Publications, Inc, of
San Francisco, to pay $28,50O to five
employees of the circulation depart
ment of the Los Angeles Examiner
'found to have been discriminatory
discharged because of union activi-
ties" Hearst Publications also agreed
to post notices that it will not dis
courage membership or activity in the
A. F. of l.. Newspaper Circulators,
Wholesale Distributors and Miscel-
laneous Employees Union No. 21666.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
A CHALLENGE

Let America accept the challenge to
discover and put into effect measures
for the cure of unemployment as one
of the greatest possible contributions
to democracy and to enduring peace
among all nations. - Labor Sunday
Message, Federal Council of Churches.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
CEMENT WORKERS VOTE
TO JOIN THE A. f. OF L.

Lees, Ala. - Cement workers en-
ployed by subsidiary of the 7. c. l.
& R. Company voted here last week to
affiliate with the American Federation
of Labor, the vote being 116 for A. F.
of L. affiliation to II against. The
election was held under direction of
Alex Wilson of N L. R. B.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
SIGNALMEN BAR REDS, NAZIs

Denver, Colo. Communists, Nazis
and Fascists were barred from mem
bership in the Brotherhood of Rail-
road Signalmen by the Brotherhood's
twenty-ffth annual convention here.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06

A GOOD appetite; hearty din
n ner; food that we like but
n that doesn't like us-of course
we should "let good digestion
govern appetite" but do we?
When Acid Indigestion, Heart
burn or Gas on Stomach result
BE WISE-TRY ALKA-SELTZER
Try Alka-Seltzer too for Head
ache, Muscular Fatigue, Morning
After" and Muscular Pains.
Settler contains an analge.
sic, pain reliever. (sodium acetyl
salicylate) as we'll as alkaline
buffer salts.
In handy packages or by the
glass at your drug store.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06
LUMBER WORKERS GAIN
HIGHER PAY IN MONTANA

Kalispell, Mont.-A raise in pay of
two and one-half cents per hour for
all employees was gained by Lumber
and Sawmill Workers. Local 2773 of
this city, and 2797 of Columbia Falls,
in contract signed with the Stoltze
Lumber Company.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-09-06

Lumber Company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
DRAMATIC FLIGHT

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 13.-R-The
Duke of Windsor discussed United
States naval bases in the West In
dies with President Roosevelt today
after a dramatic navy plane flight
to an u~ndisclosed spot in the Carib-
bean sea.
Aboard the cruiser Tuscaloosa, on
which the President is making a
two-weeks' inspection tour. of de-
tense bases, including the. naval
and air stations leased from Great
Britain, the Duke and Mr.. Roosevelt
talked for an hour and a half. Then
they lunched together.
Il visited the President in my
capacity as governor of the BAHIA
mas" said the Duke, revealing that
the meeting was planned before he
brought the Duchess here for a
major dental operation.
I'VE discussed naval bases in the
whole of the West Indies" he con-
tinued. eve also talked about the
economic future of the West Indies
and how America might cooperate
with Great Britain in their develop
ment."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
MEN ARRIVE
AT JACKSONVILLE
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tary, says. this town now is un-
prepared.
Richardson spoke to a meet
ing of "A Kiwanians and bust
ness men here Monday night.
Needing Richardson's advice
that adequate housing facilities
for both workers and army Off
Gals should be provided if
Jacksonville is to profit extern
sively by the development,
business men had Federal
Housing Administration Off
Gals here tonight to explain
means by which more homes
could be constructed.
Contracts between Jackson
vile citizens and the army was
also discussed, along with
recreation transportation, mer-.
chandising and health.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
JOE CALCUTT PAYS
SLOT CASE fine
iFayetteville's Slot Machine
King Pays $251 In Meek
lenburg Court

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 49, Ht-
Joseph Calcutt, Fa%yetteville's slot.
machine king, who drew a fine: Of
$40, 900 and a years road sentince -
from which he appealed-in Wake
superior court this week, paid a $3.50
fine in Mecklenburg superior court
today, plus 81 for the issuance of-a
capias to bring him here.
Both cases involved slot machI1
operations. Here last May he ple&
ed nolo .~contendere to two counts OF
having conspired to violate the state
Slot machine act. On the first count
he was fined 81, 900 and the costs.
which he paid, On the second count
prayer for judgment was continued
for twelve months.
When Calcutt pleaded guilty this
week in the Wake court, Solicitor
John G. Carpenter considered that
he had violated the condition of the
Mecklenburg judgment and had him
brought here before. Judge Luther
Hamilton, who ordered him to pay
$3.50 fine on the second count.
Calcutt appeared here in person.
He was accompanied by his attorney,
Malcolm Mcqueen, a former member
of the general assembly, also of
Fayetteville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
DUNCAN MAY GET
L0THAN'S POST
Former Corporation Lawyer
Mentioned As New British
Ambassador To U. S.

LONDON, Dec. 13.-R-specula-
ton centered tonight upon Sir
Andrew Rae Duncan, a former r
poration lawyer and industrialist and
now British minister of supply, as a
probable successor to the late Lord
Lothian as ambassador to the United
States.
In one quarter it was even sug-
gested that he might be named with
in a few days.
War Minister Anthony Eden had
been much talked Of earlier, but lis
? m receded from private discus
slons. 1t was considered that the
Washington post is not now essen
TALLY diplomatic-since it is felt by
some here that the United States and
Britain see nor or less eye to eye on
the war-but n requiring mainly a
man skilled in business and finance.
In this respect Sir Andrew fills
the bill. He has spent most OF an
adult lifetime in big business; has
been a director of the Bank of Eng
land and chairman of the executive
committee Of the British Iron and
Steel Federation, among other posts.
In the government of the late
Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law
Lis appointment as coal controller
caused much criticism from labor
members of common. That was in
1919, and the next year he returned
to the Shipbuilding Federation as its
vice president and spokesman.
Many of the biggest concerns in
the British Isles have been his
clients. He is a former chairman of
lie British Board of Trade.
Sir Andrew, who is Sc, was born
in Scotland. He is married and had
two sons. One of whom was killed
at Dunkerque.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
Another American Woman
Detained By Germans

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13- a.
Word that a second American
woman had been taken into custody
by German authorities in occup-
led France has been received by
the state department.
Department officials said tonight
they had been advised through dip.
lomatic channels that Mrs. Eta
Kahn Shiber, an American citizens,
was being held by the German au-
thorities. -
The embassy at Paris reported it
was making every effort in behalf
of Mrs. Shiber, but that it had
been unable to learn the nature
of the charges against her or se-
cure her release. Where in France
Mrs. Shiber was detained was not
disclosed, nor was her home ad.
dress known here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
Buyers Hold
Meeting In Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 13.-CP)-Buy-
ers for the colleges in the Carolinas
and Georgia met here today and
exchanged ideas. about the problems
of buying for educational institu.
tons. The sessions will continue
through tomorrow. -ttB
The get-together is a regional
meeting of the Educational Buyers
association. After registering this
afternoon, the buyers, ~treasurers
and business managers of colleges in
the area toured Davidson and
Queens college. -3tts
Speakers at tomorrow's sessions
will include o. G.. Sawyer Of Duke
university, G. H. New of Emory col.
.lege and Roy A. Palmer, merchandise.
ing manager Of the Duke Power
company, in Charlotte.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
F. R. AND WINDSOR
DISCUSS DEFENSE
BASE SITUATION
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(COnCl0ue0 from rage Unc)
was welcomed aboard the Tuscaloosa
with full honors, and Immediately
went into conference.
The President and the Duke dis
cussed economic and defense condi-
tions of the. islands. Windsor said
he expected to come to the United
States early next year to study the
CCC and probably would establish
something similar for unskilled Ba-
hamas negroes. He said he expected
to lay the matter before his execu-
tive council.
Discussing his 11-day inspection
tour of Caribbean defense sites, in
Guiding those at Jamaica, st. Lucia,
L-ntigua and the Bahamas, the
President told reporters that OBJ
viously the further you kept from
the American continent a potential
attack against it, the safer it would
be for the continent.
That meant, he said, that we want
ed to be as far out as we could be.
Newfoundland, he said, was as far
as we could go in the north, and
Bermuda as far off the coast as we
could go. With no island between
Bermuda and Puerto Rico, he said,
the Bahamas was the next best
thing and would serve also as a
stepping stone for the maintenance
of the southern end of the outer de-
tense line in the Windward and Lee
ward islands in. case of attack.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
HOLLY RIDGE WORK
WILL START TODAY
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for a firing range. This area is
about five miles along the beach
Details on the A. c. L. passenger
services, which was discontinued
a few years back on the line from
Wilmington to Jacksonville, are ex
pected to be officially announced
soon, it was learned.
Officials of the Tide Water Power
company said that they had received
instructions from Washington yes
terday to start work by Monday on
the power line, which will supply
current for the firing center, accord.
ing to the Raleigh announcement
Officials here said that they hope
to sign a contract for the work on
Monday.
Engineers with the W. S. Lee
company were on the camp site yes.
terday carrying out a survey for the
initial work. They said that the
ground breaking today will be prin.
cipally grading work on the camp
site. Lieut.. Alden E. Specs, aide to
Col. Albertis Montgomery, construc.
ton quartermaster, who arrived
here Thursday morning, has an
nounced that dirt will be movine
Saturday.
The awarding of contracts has not
as yet been officially announced.
The contracts have been approved
by the quartermaster general and
are now awaiting the signatures OF
the assistant secretary of war. Until
this is done the awards will not be
officially announced,
taken on new Importance. Maurice
Moore, manager of the North Caro-.
lima State Employment Service of.
flee here, said yesterday that the
contractors will use the office here
in employing workers.
An office will be opened at the
site soon, but for the present work
ers are urged not to visit the site
but to register at the nearest offices
of the NOSES. Only laborers will be
needed in the next few days.
But this announcement has not
kept workers from swarming into
Wilmington and vicinity. Brigadier
J. ". Breazeale, of the Salvation
Army, said that they have been
filled for two nights with persons
coming here seeking employment on
the Holly Ridge project.
The first actual work of building,
will start today and indications last
night were that the project will be
moving at top speed within a few
days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
ASSEMBLY FORUM
POSTPONED HERE
Meet Oh Legislators, Citizens
Delayed Because Both
COurtrOOms In Use

Two night sessions of court last
night caused a postponement of a
Ia meeting of citizens called by
New Hanover county's legislators
and Senator Roy Rowe of Burgaw at
the courthouse.
The session was to be held in the
superior courtroom but a night ses-
sion of New Hanover superior court
made that impossible. At the same
time a night session Of recorders
court was being held to complete
trial of the numbers racket cases.
After a conference, Rep. J. @. Lee
Grand, Rep. John r. Morris and
Senator Rowe decided to postpone
the meeting until next Friday night
at 8 o'clock when the session will be
held in the superior courtroom.
The meeting is to be held to give
the citizens an opportunity to let the
legislators know of their desires rela-
tive to legislation to be considered
in the general assembly which con-
venes Jan. 1.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
HILLMAN PROTESTS
ON FORD CONTRACT
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labor to organize and bargain collec-
lively without employer interference.
War department officials comment.
ed that William s. Knudsen, produc.
ton chief of the defense commission
mad cleared the project in question.
They said the Ford company had
been ordered to proceed with the
work pending completion of the ac-
tual contract, but that the contract
had not yet been signed either Nv
Ford or the department..
Robert P. Patterson, assistant
secretary of war in charge of indus
trial procurement, said merely that
he knew some protest had been
lodged. He declined further com.
ment.
Othe: officials of the department
declared that the contemplated con-
tract with Ford included the same
labor clause as in other normal con.
tracts. This clause stipulated, they
said, that the manufacturer must
comply with the Walsh-Healey act
the wages and hours of
employees working On government
M. Brandwen of New York, execu.
tive assistant to Hiliman, told news
that the labor division of the
national defense commission did not
want the War department to go
through with the contract.
"The protest was made" he said,
because the award of the contract
to this firm would not be in accord
with the statement of policy
enunciated by the commission last
which provides among
other things for compliance with and
observance of all applicable labor
on defense work."