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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
TRADES COUNCIL

The Hamilton Cooperative Trades
and Labor Council met Tuesday night
in regular session with President Karl
Brown in the chair.
The credentials of Karl Brown, IS
months; James Fox, IL months, and
Anthony Huentelman, 6 months, to
represent Machinists' Union, No. 241,
were read and received
Delegates of Hodcarriers' Union
were seated as visitors.
Mr.. George Smith was allowed the
floor and spoke in behalf of the in
fantile paralysis campaign whose pur-
pose is to raise funds to pay for an
iron lung and the supplies needed to
fight the disease. He also spoke on
the coming Presidents Birthday Ball
and the 'Mile of Dimes" fund. He
urged the council to get behind the
movement.
Trades Council endorsed the activ-
tiles of the committee and to recon-
mend to the affiliated organizations
that they participate in the campaign
and the secretary to notify j. Earl
Gray, secretary, Elks' Club, of the
action.
Communications were read and re-
ceived from William Green, president
of the A. F. of L., Washington, D. c.;
International Printing Pressmen and
Assistants Union, Columbus, Ohio;
Robert T. Farley, representative, ad-
vises that the Rotary Printing Com
pany, Norwalk, Ohio, has been de-
clared unfair.
Communication was read and re-
ceived from the Ohio state branch of
Hotel and Restaurtn Employees Inter
national Alliance and Bartenders'
League, calling attention to the cam
paign being conducted with the OBJ
ject of having 3.2 beer classified as
non-alcoholic beverage in the state of
Ohio.
Other letters were read and received
from the Federal Social Security
Board, 2O4 Federal Building, Hamil-
ton, Ohio. Delegates were requested
to take the information to their re-
spective local unions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
Women

According to Florence Kerr, assist
ant Works Projects commissioner, the
government is preparing to train lit
orally millions of American women
for the many services needed for social
and home defense. Women will be en-
rolled in food training programs,
where they will be taught all subjects
dealing with food handling, conser-
yation, gardening, canning, mass feed
ing, vitamins and their Importance,
food for children, food for the i'll, diet,
nutrition and other subjects.
They would also be enrolled in
courses of aptitude testing, i. e., test
ing men and women for jobs in indus
try. Women will also be trained for
first aid, community organization, map
reading and making, drafting pro-
grams for children. Then there are
programs for civic aides, prevocational
and vocational training and commu-
nifty health.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
Bank Elects Officers

Reelection Of Henry A. Rentschler
as president of the Citizens Savings
Bank and Trust Company was an
nounced this week Others elected
were Thomas A. Dorsey, vice-presi-
dent; Joseph H. Warndorf, cashier and
trust officer; Paul Mitchell, assistant
trust officer; F. j. Weinman and c. C.
Law, assistant cashiers; w. J. Allen,
manager of the personal loan depart
ment; Henry A. Rentschler, Ferdinand
Schwenn, Leeds Bronson, Joseph FL.
Warndorf, Walter A. Rentschler, John
D. Andrews, Peter E. Rentschler, and
Thomas A. Dorsey, directors.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
Cheek Elected Head
Of Fish-Game Unit

Middletown, Ohio-A. J. Cheek, Jr.,
was elected president of the Middle
town Fish and Game Association
Tuesday night, succeeding M. j.
Cristee.
Frank Rodgers was elected vice
president and E. H. McCandlish, sec
retary- treasurer. DR.. H. H. Douglas
was elected chairman of the board of
trustees, with James Diefenbach, R. L.
Fausnaugh, Leo Homan, E. B. Joiner,
Ed. Ralston, ]. D. Sawyer, and Cristee.
Cristee appointed Cheek and Joiner
delegates to the annual convention of
the League of Ohio Sportsmen in Co
lumbus this weekend
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17

SLUM MENACE REVEALED

Cleveland, Ohio-That slum areas
serve as incubators for pneumonia
germs is strikingly pointed out in a
survey recently published by three
Ohio medical experts Studies over a
three-year period in Cincinnati re-
vealed that 65 per cent of the city's
pneumonia victims treated at the Gin
cinnati General Hospital came from
the most congested areas containing
25 per cent of the city's population.
Similar ratios were found in less
detailed check of 19 large cities.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
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Tips
Hints
Helps
DO YOU KNOW !?

The National Board of Review has
decided that on the basis of artistic
merit and Importance, these were
Americas ten best films in 1910,
ranked in order named "The Grapes
of Wrath; "The Great Dictator; "Of
Mice and Men,; "Our Town; "Fan-
tasia"; "The Long Voyage Home;
Foreign Correspondent" "The Bis
cult Eater; "Gone With the Wind";
"Rebecca"
1t selected as the best foreign
language film "The Bakers Wife"
(French), and as the best documentary
movie, "The Fight for Life"
**
There's new safety electric deposit
box for the protection of milk during
freezing weather, when the milkman
leaves the bottles on the doorstep
while the family is still asleep. 1t
will keep the milk in proper tempera-
ture for breakfast Great boon to the
family with young children and babies
who are easily upset by drinking milk
that has been frozen.
And if you're too lazy to brush you
can now buy an electric toothbrush.
Separate individual brush arms iden-
tilted by number for each member of
the household are provided.
4
Queen Elizabeth is commander-in-
chief of a uniformed womens service
in Great Britain?
i X
That peanuts are not nuts they are
beans?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
To Outline Benefits
From School Levy

Beneficial effects of the two-mill
school levy passed last November 5
will be outlined by c. w. White, SUI
perintendent of Hamilton schools, be-
fore the Hamilton Citizens School
Committee, January 27, in the Y. M.
C. A.
Mrs. Jewett Millikin, Mrs. Arthur
Haid, and S. R. Olsen have been named
to nominate directors to be elected at
the annual committee meeting March
81. Terms of James R. Fisher, Ed
win Pierce, and Mrs. Vincent Lauder
man expire this year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
NEW BEER-LIQUOR PERMITS

Irene Schuster, Maud, Ohio, D-3.
Albert R. McKenny, 1901 Grand Bou-
levard, Hamilton, D-1. Lennix 7.
Pence, 1881 Grand Boulevard, Hamil-
ton, D-1. Nancy Nunnamaker North
way Inn), 3008 Tytus Avenue, Mid
dletown, D-3. William Finn, % South
Front Street, Hamilton, D-5. (Trans-
fer), James R. Blount, 10 to 112
North Second Street, Hamilton, D-1.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
AFL Rubber Workers Win
Big Majority Over CIO

Memphis, Tenn.-The American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor Federal Rubber
Workers local union here won a deci-
sive victory in the election among
workers of the Firestone Rubber Com
pany's tire manufacturing plant to
choose representatives for collective
bargaining. The AFL polled 1,008
votes against 8O3 for the CIO unit.
Negotiations for an agreement were
Immediately begun by the AFL.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
TO BUILD $4,000 STAND

Lebanon, Ohio.-The Warren County
Fair Board accepted the offer of the
county commissioners to advance $20,-
600 for the construction of new
grandstand at the fairgrounds to re-
place the two destroyed by fire Sep
tember 81. This means that no Work
Projects Administration aid will be
sought for the project and bids will
be asked by the fair board.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
BUILDING EMPLOYMENT HIGH

New York City (ILNS) Employ
ment in the building industry is at the
best level in ten years, the National
Industrial Conference Board reports.
The board estimated $1,000 new con-
struction workers were added to pay
rolls in November, bringing total en-
ployment in this field to 2,806,000.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17

afternoon from the secretary of state.
The certifcation listed the city pop
ulation as 1920
The certifcation places Middletown
among the 16 of the states 40 largest
municipalities that registered gains
in the decade. The city moved up
from the twenty-fourth to the twenty
third largest in the state.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
GREEN URGES: mo STRIKES"

Washington, D. Writing in the
American Federationist, VIM. Green,
A. F. of L. head, says: eve recognize
the fact that in great emergency,
such as we now face, it becomes our
solemn duty to avoid strikes and to
prevent interruption of work in de
Tense industries. We must substitute
the conference room for the strike
field"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
HEADS STOCKTON LEAGUE

Harold Gilbert was elected presi-
dent of the Mems League of Stockton
at the annual meeting Monday night
in Fairfield School. He succeeds Rich
ard Reed, who presided. Other new
officers are Larch Ach, vice president;
Richard Rifle, secretary; Vernon Pot
finger, treasurer, and John Kuenzle,
chaplain.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
LeVAKE ORDERED TO REPORT

Middletown, Ohio. - Captain G. S.
LeVake, member of the Butler County
Reserve Officers Association, has been
ordered to report for duty and will
leave here Saturday for Fort Bragg,
North Carolina, it was announced here
Tuesday. He is vice-president of the
G. 0. P. Club.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
Baby Talk

Joseph H. Lakritz, a clothes de-
signed for Is years, has invented
pinless waterproof diaper. He says
he had fathers in mind when he de-
veloped this labor-saving device, but
believe that mothers will also fall
on his neck with gratitude.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17

ing and corresponding secretary, Tom
G. Smith; financial secretary treas
urer, Robert Wentz; Stage Employees
business representative, Neil Johnson; !;
Operators business representative,
Robert Wentz; trustee for three-year
term, Tom c. Smith
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
UNION GRANGE INSTALLS

Officers of Union Grange for 1941
were installed by the Hanover Grange
degree team this week in the Union
Grange headquarters, West Chester.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17

A GOOD appetite; a hearty din
a ner; food that we like but
= 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.
Alka-Seltzer contains an analge..
sic, pain reliever, Sodium acstyi
salicylate) as well as alkaline
buffer salts.
In handy packages or by the
glass at your drug store.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
FIRST HALF TAX $393,819

Personal property tax collections
for the first half of 1941 totaled $685.
819.57, John w. Wendell, Butler
County treasurer, announced this
week. Of the total, 1857, ,587.73 has
been collected in tangible property
levies and $36,231.84 on intangibles.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
STAGE EMPLOYEES AND
OPERATORS OFFICERS

The International Alliance of The
atrical Stage Employees and Moving
Picture Machine Operators, Local No.
1876, at their regular January meeting
elected and installed the following Of
fcers:
President, George schuler; vice
president, Eugene Stempfey; record
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
RELY GRANGE INSTALLS

Officers of Reilly Subordinate and
Juvenile Oranges were installed this
week in grange headquarters in Reilly.
Joseph FIGHTER, Oxford, of the state
grange was installing officer.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
FOR
WOMEN
Keeping
Ahead of
the Times
By Mary Moore

finely chopped onions, season and stuff
and sew up. Place in kettle and boil
slowly until meat is tender. Then
brush with fat and bake in hot oven
about 20 minutes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
MiddletOwn Population
Shows Gain In Decade

Middletown, Ohio.-The city of Mid
dletown received it's official certifca-
tion of the 1910 population Monday
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1941-07-09

terbeipegltng ein5lu1ilten, Sen Strcit
in Ser Sabrifanloge ser Nortb s(mer-
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be, gegcn ungeicslid)e Streifs ein5,=
id)reitcn lno Sic 9tieocrlegun9 ser
Mrbeit s1 berbin6crn.
Ser Erdiioent peroe in leil,cr ge=
geupartigct Stcllln9noluc gcocn
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1941-07-09
Mittluod, BEN 8. Smli 1941

oerlegt bon einelu 9e1ncr internatio-
nalcn @eidaitspertebrs, George g.
&ccf, einem cbclnoligen SPECIAL
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ei,tcn entidieoeuen ,,Nein' bebo,,ptct
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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1941-07-09

einlpirfen s(mcrifa fam nur Iib
lclblt ihlu00cu lmo pcrorlcu ourb
Gcrihlcltoerl1ng ieiner Glitter iiir
ircnuoc Griegc u1o ScilnoDmc ou in
tcrnotpuolcu slbun0ungcn, 6ci Sc
ueu es ltcts sen &iir5crcn 5icbt.
Iclltl0lun0 luo ollc ellrppuildcn
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oigcn Gr5enNnilic. Shou Dor Sem
&riegc beltono oielca @coiirinis lmo
mcnn sic Seem 9eolcrs, beipnoers III
ocm oenl gegenpirtigcn &ric9 poroui.
9ebcnoen Sobr5cbnt cincn rcNcrn luo
6ciberieitS porteilhoftcru @orcnolS=
tollicG nit GelltlGlono 6ctrie6en b1t=
ten, 61ttc scr neutrality-suspicious.
nidt 1ub foiicn ,mo licG 10 roid 5ll
ucrbrcitcn pcrnod)t. l(nlcr Souocl
lno Gcrtcbr nit Siioomcrifn lit &C.
1cnlpirtig beoel1tcl1ocr, ais jc rno
lnler 0cltoftsperfc6r nit europa
miro noN Sem &rie0c SIT lmleru Gur=
tell delpoltig 5lmcbnlcn, mcnu mir
uuicre nationolcu &r1ftc nidt r,rd
einen Gi1tritt IN 'bcn enrpp1iidcn
&onflift lel6lt pernicGtcn.
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9onoon ela,r6t ma1, Sen bunlnen
Oa1ttees aue nl0glideu &inocrnlar-
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1941-07-09

lmgeieslichc StrcifS. bon ollcu 1opo
len Glerueltet 6cs 9unots nuterltiitt.
Sic nel1en Gcrb0re uno ltntcri1=
dllngcu 1pcrDcn audi oicsntal pcrlou=
fcn pie bos &prnbcr9cr Sbicbcu uno
oos pei6 olh ser S3S Iircftpr.
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Observation-Disclosures, alien purnl
Mr. @tllfic, IN sic Scffentlidfcit
1inamspolntutel Mrgtrue1tte.
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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1941-07-09
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set miro.
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be5iigliden @erboren bereits 6egpns
men lnb ais eriten 3cugel1 Sen Silfs-
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poraclooen @priibenoer. 9fap erfl1r=
te in oieiem 3ulanlntenbollg, oo6 es,
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in 9fiiltllngsiabrifen BON &on,lm,ni=
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ser pprlaoen 81, Ioiien, befannt, na6-
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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1941-07-09

6cn otf6inoen 81, t0lncu. Sp bot oie
britiide 3eitihriit uslpiotion' Sic &c.
bauptlng pcrbreitct, Sic Scltihcn
nno Stalicner bcnubtcn bier pcrldic=
bcnc Sppen bon 0pm6cnf fll19;cugcn,
nit oenen cS nG9li6 iei, sic Sltfiilte
ser Ser. Stootcn ansu9rcifen. lluicrc
a nj + / aniihen sslnaselrN Grpcrtcl,,
2iuobcr9b an ser Spise, bobcn lrie-
bcrbolt Sic llum0glidtcit cine@ @pnlz
6cnflua5ellgoll9rifics oltf nniere Git
fitltc belpielen. Weiter, ic)lpcfelt sic
6ritiid)e 3citidriit, t0nnc Sic Eoyaz
nlofanal5pnc o1f oem Tllaipegc bon
Iofor aus, olio 5000 Mcilcu lpelt
cnticrnt on0carificn iperoen. Gincn
nod 9r0Eeren Shredcu tinoiAt Sic
6ritildc SdrcibcrIcclc on, 1lGulid),
baG Sic Gcutihcn nod ser G;robc-
r,n1 oiiultigcrcr curopiilbcr Tl,lN=
5cnNplisc noa @clpidt iDrcr @pnlbcat
bis auf $4,000 Yfumo crb0bcn tnnn'
ten. @orlm sic m1f Gn0lono. obNrz
NOR femcn @om6cll biSbcr nid)t clur'
Ter oils 2OO0 Hfo. morcn, luiro oIirr-
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lt1uoig aus ser @llit NeHriiicn. sSie
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5euNeS fir @re1rnltufi ollsgcnntt
miro, mo 9InuriffSfliincn nit elmer
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| lde slnariifc otf England ppr scr
@cieslmN Ser &onnl60Icn fcinc crnlt,
lihc @cfobr 6ilbctcr.
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lhcn nlr ciucn tSluN6cltNtVp, nit ocll
lie BON ScntldlunO nod) 9tclu s)orf
flicNcu f0uncn. 0icics tnIutc picl-
| leidt cine 1000 &ilpNrunuu @ombe
nit liN iiihrcn, obcr nic)t mrhr nod,
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nncritauiicDc C5rip0licr lmtcrncbnucn
miiroc: Sic alci0c Gbancc bGttc cill
slngriii otf 9clltlhlonb Don cincnl
oncrifolildcn TluN5cltNtriiNcr ans.
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being divided equitably among men
present. AS soon as the last piece Of
portable property was given away, the
guests would depart There is no record
that they even said goodby. The gen.
erous host would be left alone, poverty
stricken and stripped of everything but
his wives and papooses.
But was he down-hearted2 Never He
had become the Ward McAllister of his
tribe, the giver Of gifts, the creme de
la creme of the upper crust and a man
envied by all.
AS time passed and the white man
gradually took almost everything the
Indians had, the custom of potlatch
was not carried to such an extreme
But even today 1t is observed Many
a poor Colville of eastern washington
has been enabled to get square meal
through the generosity Of some wealth.
Ter tribesman. The distribution of prop
erty has almost ceased. The Indians
have little to give away.
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IPOTLATCH ROUTE
TO SOCIAL HONOR
i'm INDIANS LAND

The Washington Indian who
wanted to belong 10 the flour hum
dred" used to climb the tribal social
ladder In one step by giving pot
latch.
Before the white men came, social
distinction was not a matter of buffers
and bathrooms, calling cards and COM
ing out parties. There were no invidi-
GUS matters or precedence and obIiga-
ton. The principle was the same but
the Indians went the white social
climber one better. He not only invited
everyone to the party but gave them
everything he had.
The Indian seeking social luster gen.
orally could give but one party. After
that he might be broke" for the re-
mainder Of his life but even so, the
country club" crowd would gather
around the campfire and talk about
his soiree until the coyotes went home,
or whatever it is that coyotes do in
such cases.
In the Chinook jargon, potlatch
means gift. The Indian who wanted 10
give a potlatch would have 1t noised
about and at the designated time would
receive all his friends who could WELD
a canoe paddle or straddle pony.
A feast composed of everything edi-
BILE which could be assembled was
provided and the guests Immediately
began on refreshments. Early In the
evening the ceremonies were held.
There would be dances, songs and
speeches, together with prayers suitable
for such an suspicious occasion. The
speeches would recite the old tribal
custom of the potlatch, extol the vir-
tues of generosity and commend the
warrior who was being big hearted and
giving away all of his property.
Then came the grand distribution.
Bolts of calico, dear to the heart of
Indian women, would be cut into
lengths suitable for dresses. TrinketS,
finery, robes, weapons and all manner
of savage paraphernalia would be doled
out. The recipients Of the gifts would
utter never a word Of thanks.
After the white invasion of the
northwest, wealthy Indian might even
have a stack Of money. This also went,