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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07
SAFETY CONTEST

With more than half million miles
rolled up during the month Of March
by the 525 drivers enrolled in Hamil-
ton Safety Councils Inter-Fleet Safe
ty Contest, the "a competing firms
began the fifth month of safety COM
petition today,
Reports for March, sent to all con-
testants today, showed that mileage
increased by more than 100000 miles
during that month with but II acci-
dents for the entire group of firms,
Ryan B. Hall, chairman of the Coun-
cil's Commercial Vehicle Division,
stated. The rate of two accidents per
100000 miles of travel in March COM
pared favorably with %. accidents
per 100000 miles in February.
Best group record was made by %
firms in Group |, operating one and
two vehicles. The entire group had
no accidents during March. GroupII,
firms operating three or five trucks
had four accidents among the 20
firms reporting. Group III, firms op-
Grating six to 13 trucks had four ac-
cidents. Group ", firms with IA or
more vehicles, had one accident and
Group V, composed of bus and taxi
cab concerns had three accidents in
March.
Best individual records were made
by the following group leaders for
March;
Group Edgar Druck.
Group II-Everett Mann.
Group III-Victor Transit Corp.
Group V-Taystee Bread Co.
Group V-Cincinnati and Lake Erie
Transportation Co.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07
Women Build Ships

Washington, d. C. (ILNS) -Four
hundred thousand women will be
working in American shipyards by
the end of 1943, according to Mary
Elizabeth Pidgeon, chief of the Re-
search Division, Women's Bureau, U.
S. Department of Labor. They are
doing the jobs that men have done
and they are receiving the same rates
of pay, In the plate shop at San
Francisco yard, woman burner is SO
exact that she is moved through the
shop wherever intricate lines are to
be burned, and in many places girl
welders are reported exceeding the
footage records of men.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07
AFL Victorious In Poll
At Plant In Davenport

Washington, D. C. Organizer
John Schreier reported to AFL Presi-
dent William Green that a National
Labor Relations Board election at the
plant of the Uchtorff Manufacturing
Company, Davenport, Iowa, to choose
collective bargaining agent for pro-
duction and maintenance employees re-
suited in 104 votes for the AFL af-
filiate to 40 against.
A high standard of production was
maintained throughout the election
campaign with the result that the
company and the employees were
awarded the first Army-Navy "E" to
be given in Davenport.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07
1000 See Crowning
Of Queen At Monroe

Monroe, Ohio. - More than 1000
spectators witnessed the crowning of
Betty Ann Trimhle as MAY Queen"
of Monroe School Monday on the
school grounds. She was chosen by a
vote of the high school pupils.
The Queen was attended by Ger
aldine Lewis and Helen Reynolds,
runners-up in the balloting. The
crowning was performed by Sherlia
King, with Nancy Yocum and Shirley
Armitage serving as crown bearers.
The May-pole dance was presented
by pupils in the fourth grade James
Mourner and Elaweise Duchemin di-
rected the music.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07
BUTTS HEADS EAGLES

Middletown, Ohio. Cecil Butts
was elected Worthy President of the
Middletown Eagles Aerie Tuesday
night. Barney C. Joseline was chosen
Worthy Vice-President. A three
cornered race for long-term Trustee
was won by Aldie Lloyd: Homer
Hughes was elected to the unexpired
one-year term. Other officers, all elect
ed without opposition, are Howard L.
Johnson, Worthy Secretary; Elmer P.
Schneider, Worthy Treasurer; Frank
Gradolph, Worthy Conductor; Edward
Rathburn, Worthy Chaplain; Neal
Diver, Inside Guard, and Louis Kunz,
Outside Guard.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07
AFL Union Man Named
Lieutenant In Navy

In the short span of less than three
years, a former member of Local 399,
international Brotherhood of Teams
ters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and
Helpers of America (AFL), saw ac-
ton with the RCAF and Raj in Eng
land, Iceland, Oran, Africa, Gibraltar
and Malta, and is now lieutenant
G.g) in the United States Navy.
In civilian life, he was a studio
transportation driver at goth Century
Fox pictures in California. He is
Lieut.. (j.g.) Jay Ross, USN, of Los
Angeles, Calf
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07
End End War Loan Drive

The Second War Loan drive, which
ended Saturday, has yielded $16,762,-
055 and further bond purchases still
are being reported, J. H. Warndorf,
Chairman of the Victory Loan Com
mittee, disclosed. kilograms from NJ.
j. Fleming, Cleveland, General Chair
man Of the Victory Fund organization
and John j. Bowe, Cincinnati, Third
Area Chairman, complimented Butler
County residents for their outstand-
ing record.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07
Shipbuilders Break Record

With four vessels sliding off the
ways every day, Americas half mil
lion shipbuilding workers hung up a
new worlds record in 1912 for turn
ing out merchant ships, now are edg-
ing up to a record of six ships daily.
Basis for the shipbuilders' habit of
breaking records, says the Maritime
Commission, is excellent morale of
workers, labor-management coopera-
ton, native American ingenuity.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07

like that. And a corresponding toler-
ance.
But what we have approaches to
the borders of cheap and ignoble fish
wife brawling in high places.
Catering to special interests pro-
duces some of the confusion, no
doubt That, too, is tawdry and mean.
Caught in the act, the public servant
is jumped on with cha, you're found
out"
The aliens in our midst must think
it's great business The rest of US do
not. 1t is hateful. 1t is just about in
tolerable.-CMW.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07


The seeds of American discord are
in the SOIL
We read headlines about feuds here
and feuds there.
Jeffers lambastes Ickes. Jeffers
lambastes Owl and Elmer Davis.
Elmer Davis lambastes right back.
The Truman Committee has it's
say.
And Americans do not agree among
themselves.
1t may be healthy, but it is sad
Out national boast has been, Live
every day so you can look any damn
man in the face and tell him to go to
hell"
But that's not so good - the ego
to hell'' part = In war time.
We should all live every day so
that we can be united every day in
the drive to quickly lick Hitler and
TOTO and the despicable Muss.
We cannot surrender free speech
and we cannot surrender free press.
But isn't it possible for men serving
the government to so order their con-
duct as to create no need for threat
ening free speech and free press?
1t ought to be.
To cause today's nauseating confu-
sion it must be true that SOMEBODY
in government is not doing his Job
properly.
Can there be two sets of facts, one
the set brought forward by Jeffers,
the other the set brought forth by
Davis? It isn't likely. And the ques-
tion then is: What causes these men
to disagree so violently that Ameri-
cans think all Washington must smell
to heaven?
Why can we not unite in fighting
the outside enemy? That, we know, is
job enough.
However big men may seem to be,
there is somewhere kernel Of small
ness that gives rise to such wrang-
ling in the midst of war.
In the small cities and towns of the
country there is little of such name
calling and back-biting.
The people of the little cities and of
the open spaces unite to go over their
quotas in all the drives. They unite
to do everything they can find to do
for the service men in their midst.
They unite to send their sons away to
war.
They unite in the great mental pull
for victory.
What poison fumes are they that
arise along the Potomac to cause such
men as Jeffers and Davis to refer to
each other as liars? Does the dignity
of the city and the fruit of it's elo-
quent past have no effect upon them
Are they becoming, like Leon Hen
derson, so drowned in the flood of
noise made by their own voices that
they cannot hear and heed the larger
cry for unity to bring victory?
In such a tremendous, all envelop-
ing effort as this war there are bound
to be mistakes.
1t will not do to try for partisan
advantage every time mistake is
found. Nor will it do for every man
who makes mistake to swear that
he made none.
There is needed an honesty about
mistakes. Yes, it WAS a mistake. 1t
was bad job based upon wrong
conclusion. We could st;lhd admissions
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07
School Would Train
For Union Officers

Monteagle, Tenn. (ILNS). 49, In
classes described as "down to earth" !"
Highlander Folk School will open
work sessions here June 1, for the
planned purpose of training for union
leadership in the South.
Zilphia Horton will direct the
seminar. Myles Horton, school direc-
tor, announces that limited number
of scholarships are available.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07
Safety Council Suggests

Victory gardeners, here are six sug-
gestions that may save you from
being hurt while you are tending
those crops this summer.
The Hamilton Safety Council sug-
gests these precautions.
1. Replace split, broken OF sharp
edged handles. Avoid splinters.
2. Garry all cutting tools with the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07

AS matter of fact, why shouldn't
labor have its own special commission
to keep constant check on evolving
plans for the rubber industry of the
future. 1t involves more than hatful
of jobs!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07

For $3.50 month Army Quarter
master Corps laundries will wash any
amount of clothing a soldier may send
them. A report of typical laundry
recently, revealed til at in three
months 6O46,420 pieces of clothing
were handled at cost of .164c a
piece
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07
blade pointed downward.

blade pointed downward.
3. Never leave hoe, rake, or pitch
fork lying or standing with the head
pointing up.
A. Don't leave a scythe or sickle
hanging in a tree, on a fence, or on
garage wall where they can be
knocked down. Hang them, heads up,
out of the way.
5. Use a hatchet or axe with ex-
treme care. A slip with one of these
tools may mean permanent injury
Tools should be safely stored on
shelves or racks when not in use.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07
ADDITIONAL RANGE OIL OR

KEROSENE. Householders who
plan to preserve foodstuffs during the
coming season will be allotted the ad-
ditional range oil or kerosene they
may need for this purpose, according
to Prentiss M. Brown, Price Admin
istrator.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07
LABOR PAVES ROAD
Continued from Page /

Franklin Delano Roosevelt went to
call upon Avila Camacho in that great
Mexican industrial center, lurking in
the shadows of the mountains not far
away were the shades of those who
fought for understanding when the
obstacles were great. They fought
when American industrial and finan-
cial interests were intent upon plum
der and exploitation. They did great
job and the fruit of today's effort is
richer because of the cultivation
which they toiled to bring about.
Pledge by Camacho
One word more: Whatever were the
pledges exchanged in Monterrey,
Avila Camacho could have given no
stronger word than he gave to me in
an interview in the National Palace in
Mexico City year and half ago,
when he enabled me to return with
the positive assurance that Mexico
would march side by side with the
United States in a brotherhood that
would become brotherhood in arms
if needs be. In the company of Luis
Morones and Bob Haberman that
pledge was given-and how magnif-
Gently it has been kept.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07
CONVERSIONS.

CONVERSIONS. Considerable
interest is being shown in the new
conversion program of the National
Housing Agency whereby larger old
residences are being converted into
smaller dwelling units. Marc Welliver
is the contact man for this program.
This activity ties in with the efforts
of the Chamber of Commerce to Sc
cure more priorities for private
building.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07
PACKAGES FOR OVERSEAS

SOLDIERS. Postal restrictions
have been lifted on packages for sol
diers overseas having maximum
weight of eight ounces, sent first class
mail, postage, twehty-four cents.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE ITEMS

PAY-AS-YOU-G0 Some form
of Pay-As- -You-Go tax plan will be
considered by the House of Repre-
sentatives when it reconvenes on
May 8, 1943. The majority of con-
gressmen have supported the Ruml
Plan, but the treasury department has
opposed 1t,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07

RATION BOOK NO. 8. There
will be no school-house registrations
for Ration Book No. 3. These books
will be distributed through the mails
late in June, simply upon application
filed on a form to be provided by the
postman this sounds logical.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07

Issued Weekly at s2s Market Street
Telephone 1895 Hamilton, Ohio
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07
THE
CHERRY TREE

Where with our Little Hatchet we tell
the truth absut many things, Sometimes
profoundly, sometimes fippantly. some-
times recklessIy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-05-07

Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-01
The On|ooker
BY Henry McLemOrs

escape the pressure Of Official
work.
NOV. however, the President
~ must be- among other things,
a combination Marco Polo. Casey
Jones, and a travelling salesman.
He must be ready AZ all times
10 throw a few things in a bag
and light out for the far corners
OF the earth.
Since he has been in office,
Mr.. Roosevelt has travelled more
than 100000 miles, putting him
well ahead of the late William
Howard Taft. who had held the
record for jaunting.
He even may hold an edge on
Mrs. Roosevelt. who, while she
gads about almost continually,
usually restricts her trips 10
jaunts within the borders Of the
country.
Mr.. Roosevelt has been 10
South America and Canada,
toured the Caribbean and the
North Atlantic.
Now, by his trip to Casa
blanca, he has become the first
President ever TO fly the ocean.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-01
Absenteeism Caused
BY Blighted Areas

Just few days in one place and
then move on to the next. No
one has ever been able TO figure
a cure for that kind in wartime
or any other time.
While ii is true that big wages
are being paid workers IN war
industries as compared to the
peacetime scale, money is not
everything even to a poor man.
and ii. seems to me that one of
the causes for absenteeism could
be the uninviting conditions that
surround the workers in many
places.
We agree that our workers
are just as important as our
soldiers - the one cannot exist
without the other-and yet we
make every effort TO divert and
amuse the soldiers and pay little
attention to the workers. L think
some OF our organized effort in
behalf OF the workers might help
abate the absenteeism.
There are industrial communi-
ties in this country where, de-
spite the pay, living conditions
are such that if found applying
to soldiers would arouse the
greatest criticism. A big pay
check does not fully compensate
a toiler if he and his wife and
children are deprived of the or
binary comforts and convent
ences of life and of amusement
and the means Of Relation.
Copyright. 1913. by King Features
Distributed by International News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-01
The Brighter Side

4 BSENTEEISM is a new all
"A ment that has beSet our in
dustrial effort and is causing
much CAB and no little concern
among~the master minds of the
nation. What il amounts to IS
the thing you knew in your
school days as playing hockey.
II is staying away from the job
without notice and without per-
mission.
This abSenteeisn Is said to
have developed into loss Of
millions Of working hours
month and naturally it tends to
reduce war production. What to
do about it is the problem that
is causing insomnia among the
master minds aforesaid. Only
short time ago the big problem
was no work for idle hands. Now
it is no idle hands for the work.
I have been inquiring into
the causes of abSenteeism among
employees and industrial experts
and they have many different
explanations. One that / am in
clined 10 depreciate puts the
blame on the fair sex. Since the
days of Eve, some one has al
ways been ready 10 indict the
fair sex for,our ills.
However, the party who put
the finger on the ladies in con-
nection with absenteeism was
charitable in his indictment. He
said he could easily understand
the mood Of a lady who has been
shaving at homework day in and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-01
Tough Guys Step Aside
Lonely Hearts Doy
In Beers Corner
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

Well folks, soldier down at Camp Shelby, Miss. whose
home in Pittsburgh the old Tough Sergeant
Lonely Hearts column today. If you think I'm doing wrong
just read what he says:
Dear Bugs: l in love with a girl named Betty, see
We ready to he married. but had argument
and i went into the army,
81 know she still loves That is fact asked her TO
marry when / home, and she said she will tell
m later .#
what would like you TO do. Bugs, put article
into column like this, There is certain soldier In
Mississippi that would marry a girl PGH with the
initials B. L..
Get it, Please do not my name, want to IL
she noticed IL In the paper.
81 will close and wish you the best Keep up the good
work, as all the soldiers like your column
This real letter. and the soldier signs at the legal
spot the bottom of the page. I'm starting guessing
contest but if B. T. reads this in PGH. she have the
original.
Copyright lSGs, By King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-01
BY Il. v. DurIing

a PUPIL Of Confucius asked:
"A Master, should good be
returned for evI1?"
Confucius replied:<
Return good for good, for
evil, justice"
IL you have anything TO MEM
orize. the best time to study IT
is just before you go TO sleep.
Things studied at that time
are best remembered.
The golden hours" That Is
how army surgeons describe the
first six hours after a man is
wounded. II a soldier can be
taken from the battlefield and
attended TO within six hours
after he has been wounded, the
chances OF saving his life are
usually good.
DOSTONIAN says she knew a
- man who gave his dog beer
in a saucer and that the pup
developed into an habitual
drunkard.
Too bad; but we must admit
the pup was the victim OF en-
yironment..
On the other hand, there was
a citizen of Sausalito, Cal, who
was a heavy drinker.
When he staggered h o m e
drunk his dog would walk be-
hind him head down and appar-
emily distressed and ashamed.
But when his master was
sober the dog would walk along
with his head held proudly in
the air.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-01
BY Damon RunyOn

day out in one of our industrial
communities where the housing
conditions are generally pretty
bad and opportunities for di-
version practically nil.
She yearns for a little relaxa-
ton. SO when her husband comes
home with his wartime pay in
his kick, it is natural for her
TO suggest a recess, perhaps
trip to a more inviting city and
following the recess her old man
may not feel like going back to
work again for a few days,
though how the lady feels this
party did not state. Thus we
have one form of absenteeism.
PERSONALLY, I doubt that
Il the explanation covers any
considerable number of abb
sentees. 1t has been my observa-
tion that most ladies hate to
see their husbands loafing when
work is available. They love to
roust the boys out o. mornings
and send them packing to their
daily toll. The average lady is
welded to a pay check and shud-
ders at the thought of being cut
off therefrom.
But of course the war-boom
has changed lot of things. The
fear of being fired for not show
ing up for work has been elimi-
mated by the employers neces-
sity for hands. The fat pay
checks encourage the natural
born drifters who like to work
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-01

Come, night, and lap thy relust
head
On glorious ddys outtdcing
face;
And all thy eroWHed flames
command
For torches 10 our Huptidl
grace.
Lore calls 10 Wdr
Signs his alarms.
Lips, his words are
The field his arms.
Chapman Bridal Song).
LII my hats are brown soft
"A hats. Whenever / start TO
buy gray hat my Girl Friend
frowns upon the purchase.
am tired of brown hats. Do
you think l should ignore my
mates frown and assert my
manhood by buying a gray hat /?
There should be a law calling
for glasses in which drinks are
sold to be plainly marked with
their capacity.
No glasses with false bottoms
should be permitted.
As 10 AmerIca all-tine
youngest mother of twins. il
was Mrs. Frank Krause OF
Pueblo, Col, who at the age of
IL gave birth to pair Of
healthy children.
Note a claim that fat people
make the best poets.
The claim is not substantiated
by names.
Only fat poet I can think OF is
the late G. K. Chesterton.
WHEN a man and woman
W have similar or matched
thyroid hormones their mar
rage is bound 10 be happy one.
Such is the statement of a
man Of science.
He also says that in the mat
ter of love at first sight il is
usually a case of two people
with matched thyroid hormones
meeting.
There are always with US
some distributors of fancy facts
whose statements tend TO take
the romance out OF life.
Take that doctor I mentioned
not long ago who said we do not
love with our hearts but with
our livers.
Also consider that historian
who stated he could prove that
Pocahontas did not die from a
broken heart, as we have been
fond of believing But that she
died from smallpox.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-01

TT SEEMED I ought to pre-
1 serve their memories some
9w-the courageous people
rom every land who sit across
the microphone from me day
after day.
So I started diary.
In il are
1t. Tom Moore, United States
fier, who just had returned from
action at Guadalcanal. Wake
Island and Pearl Harbor:
I can still see his Irish smile
flashing as he told about the
Joke" on the Japs.
He had dive-bombed of Mid
way and felt pretty sure that he
got the Japanese carrier for
which he was aiming.
But, when he turned to look,
he saw three Zero planes head
ing for him.
They put his gunner out OF
commission. shot away the gas
lines and the radio, battered the
plane full of holes. wounded Tom
himself.
Swimming the water and head
Ing for destruction. he suddenly
got his auxiliary gas line work
ing and Zoomed straight up
through the Zeros' fire.
He'd spotted a far-off cloud
and figured II he could make
that the Zeros wouldn't follow
him-they wouldn't dare fly in
that cloud without instruments.
That's when the smile lighted
up his blue eyes and wind-brown
face-because the Joke on the
Japs was: they didn't know he
had no instruments, either.
They'd been shot away.
KARI BERRGRAv, who had
IA been on the Narvik front
~ photographer for the Nor
wegian general stan and whose
Uncle, the premier bishop of
5Slo. il now in a concentration
amp:
II was Thanksgiving Day and
plenty to be thankful for, here
In America, when you heard the
stories OF this tall young Nor
wegian girl whose bishop-uncle
Is in concentration camp now
who has been bombed rs times
who fed through Sweden with
the gestapo at her heels-who IL
under Nazi death sentence il
she returns.
Kari and her camera stayed
at the front lines fshe was Of
ficial photographer for the Nor
wegian army. recording the
tragedy Of her country.
Worst Of all, she said. was
seeing Norwegian soldiers cry
and shake their fists helplessly
ct the German planes-asking