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TRADES COUNCIL The Co-Operative Trades and Labor Council met in regular session Tues day night. Joe Gallagher presided. The credentials of George Tenbush and Frank Armentrout, to represent Bartenders' Union No. 169, were read, received and delegates seated. A letter was read from Chicago Fed eration of Labor in which the secre tary, Joseph D. Keenan, urges co operation in their drive against the unscrupulous methods used by the non-union broom manufacturers. He gives the name of the France Broom Company as being one of the outstand ing non-union concerns of Paxton, 111. A letter was read from the Inter national Brotherhood of Bookbinders in which they state that the L. H. Jenkins, Inc., edition book manufac turers of Richmond, Va., is unfair to that organization. A letter was read from the Cigar Makers' Union No. 37, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, in which the secretary, F. P. Felt, states that Adler & Pollock, Cin cinnati manufacturers of "Rasola" cigars, is a strictly union factory. A lengthy letter was read from President Green, of the American Fed eration of Labor, regarding the non partisan political policy and the pri mary importance of the same. The letter as read was ordered complied with. Another letter was read from the A. F. of L., and signed by Wm. Green, president, urging labor to purchase canned fruits from California and thereby assisting labor in that state. Brother W. H. Whetro, organizer for the A. F. of L., and a member of Machinists' Union and a member also of the general assembly of Ohio, and chairman of the house labor commit tee, was present and spoke to the delegates. His talk was instructive and well received. The carpenters report that the Frechtling Dairy Company is unfair to the building trades, likewise the Reiff Island Sandwich Shop, Central avenue and Walnut street. A commit tee of bartenders and building trades was appointed to try and adjust the matter. Delegates from the .Brewery Work ers report a new agreement has been entered into with the Hamilton Brew ing Company, manufacturers of Old Hollander beer. Agreements also have been signed by the Hobbs and Schramm agencies. Bakers report that the strike is still on at the Kroger Grocery and Baking Company of Cincinnati. A quarterly report was made of financial conditions of the treasury of Trades Council, and it was ordered printed and mailed to the affiliated local unions. President Joe Gallagher, who has been instrumental in organizing the retail clerks, reported that many of the merchants have signed agree ments and much progress has been made. President Gallagher has given Dr. MiJet NERVINE "Did the toork* say* Miss Glivar WHY DON'T, YOU TMLY 17? Afte e than three month* of suffering from a nervoui ail ment, Miss Glivar used Dr. Mile® Nervine which gave her auck splendid results that she wrote IU an enthusiastic letter. If you tuffer from "Nervm." If you lie awake nigkH, start at eudden noista, easily, are cranky, blum and fidgety, your nervee mr§ probably out of order, Ijuiet and relax them wl& tke •am* medicine that "did tka Work" for this Colorado gbri Whether your "Ntr\W hav» troubled you for hours oar fo* years, you'll find this Mm. tested remedy effective. At Drug Storet 2Se and $1.0$* a great deal of his time and efforts in the interest of the local clerks' or ganization. Delegate Ed Dulli, business agent of the Coal Drivers' Union, reported that the Buell Coal Company is still unfair, and that union members are withholding their patronage from that concern. Dulli further requests that orgaiftzed labor continue to withhold patronage until this company agrees to deal with their union. There is at present eleven coal dealers in Hamil ton who employ union drivers and wear the button. Trades Council went on record as opposed to the manner of selecting judges, and voted unanimously for the direct primary and the citizens select ing candidates for all public offices. The matter of the proposal to abol ish the present sales tax was dis cussed and placed in the hands of Secretary Stanley Ogg, to use his best judgment as a member of the executive board of the Ohio State Federation of Labor, and in finding some solution to this problem. WHETRO A VISITOR W. H. Whetro, member of the house of representatives from Law rence county and chairman of the house labor committee, was a visitor in Hamilton, Tuesday of this week. He visited Stanley Ogg, vice president of the Ohio State Federation of Labor, and also was a visitor at the regular meeting of the Trades and Labor Council, where he was introduced by Mr. Ogg. Mr. Whetro addressed the council on the subject of labor legisla tion. He left later for Cincinnati on official business for the American Federation of Labor, of which he is general organizer. SECRET INVESTIGATORS Secret investigators will be appointed within a few days to determine the number of relief clients in Butler county obtaining relief fraudulently, Burdette Bevan, state relief exam iner, said this week. Bevan, who has been examining re lief records in Butler county for six weeks, said he expects to find at least 50 unworthy cases. He bases his belief upon findings at Cincinnati, where an investigation is now under way. He said 15 per cent of all relief cases there have been found un worthy. 399 ON RELIEF The number of families on direct relief in Hamilton last week totalled 399, an increase of 85 since the week previous, according to Miss Isabel Beardsley, commissioner of the Hamil ton department of public assistance. In Butler county the relief load was increased by 99 cases, bringing the total to 1,301. NEW BEER PERMITS Transfer from Harris W. Hawthorn, 301 N. street, to Camden. Cyril Sehafer, 201 Ludlow street. Lillie Allen, 902 Greenwood avenue. John F. Rochelle, 610 Heaton street. Burdette C. Hill, 706 N. street. A. & P. Tea Co., 433 High street. Walter Fortner, 701 Greenwood ave. POSTAL RECEIPTS GAIN Receipts at the Middletown post office for the quarter ended March 31 totalled $51,472.62, a gain of 2.78 per cent, or $1,285.81 over the same period in 1937, Postmaster George H. Sebald reported. Monthly receipts were January, $17,379.07 February, $14,587.24 March, $19,506.31. 117 NEW MEMBERS New memberships and renewals reached a total of 117 tonight, with 51 reported at the second meeting of team captains and workers in the annual drive of Middletown Post of the American Legion, E. B. Sickle, chairman, announced this week. GREEN IS SPEAKER AT CLERKS' MEET Coshocton (OLNS)—President Wil liam Green, of the American Federa tion of Labor, was the honor guest and principal speaker here April 10 at the state convention of the Retail Clerks' International Protective Asso ciation. Other prominent AFL and Clerks' Union representatives attend ed and addressed the delegates. BINGO—Every Friday Nite MOOSE HOME 329 S. Second Street AT 8:45 P.M. -ii'.t'wy stavJt-.-i.hi Hamilton, Ohio COMMUNITY CHEST CAMPAIGN, The divisions of the organization with their heads follow Initial Gifts—Lucian L. Kalfn, chair man Alexander Thomson, Jr., vice chairman. Women's division—Mrs. Walter A. Rentschler, colonel. Business division—David M. Silver, colonel. Industrial division—F. M. Ketchum and Calvin Skillman, co-chairmen. National firms—Gus Pietsch, chair man L. G. Oxley and Joe Schneider, co-chairmen. School division—Christ F. Geck eler, chairman. Public Employes—John Schumach er, chairman E. M. Ladley, Charles B. Walke and George A. Zettler, co chairmen. Sunday, April 24, has been desig nated as Welfare Sunday, with Rev erend Clifford Chadwick as chairman of this feature. Clayton A. Leiter has accepted the chairmanship of the pub licity committee, and John Lewis is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Kathryn E. Wetzel is the chairman of the Speakers' Bureau, and has built an organization of 14 indi viduals to assist her. Solicitation for the campaign is scheduled to begin next week, and general solicitation will open on April 25 and close April 29. The goal for the campaign has been set at $87,590 by the budget com mittee. If we conducted ourselves as sensi bly in good times as we do in hard times, we could all acquire a com petence. Big Haul By MRS. E. McCLINTOCK closed the door on the sound of his parents' voices and went slowly down the street. No us© to expect any help there. It was raining slightly but Ted seemed not to notice. There was a lump In his throat that would not be swallowed and the moisture on his face was not entirely due to the elements. Jerry was gone! Over and over again he repeated the words, as if the sheer horror of them could in some way be mitigated by constant repe tition. Jerry, his pal—his friend. That small, playful bundle of yellow puppy hood that had followed him home from school almost two years ago, and had come to mean more to him than any other living thing on earth. THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS I The organization of the Hamilton Community Chest campaign is ex pected to be completed by the end of this week, according to announcements from campaign headquarters in the Rentschler building. Under the lead ership of Clarke Marion, vice president of the Champion Paper & Fibre Com pany, as general chairman, and John F. Mayer, of the Nonpareil Printing Company as vice chairman, all the positions of top leadership have been filled. McClure Newspaper Syndicate. WND Service. Jerry wasn't like some dogs. Jerry understood all about things. He under stood about hard times, and parents who quarreled, and how few were the pennies that could be earned after school. He knew because he and Ted talked everything over together. But he didn't know about dog catchers and licenses that cost two dollars, and pound fees. At Schultz's grocery, the familiar sensation of a soft, furry body rubbing against his legs, and a cold nose push ing itself into his hand, made Ted's heart almost stop beating. But it was not Jerry whd looked up expectantly In his face. It was Schultz's dog seem ing to sense that Ted was In trouble, and offering his doggish sympathy. Ted patted the dog's head, and tried to stifle the sobs that came tearing at his throat. "Is that your dog?" The voice came from a car that wa9 parked at the curb. "No," Ted replied. "This is Schultz's dog. The dog catcher got my dog this afternoon. He's out at the dog pound." "What's hia name?" "Jerry. I went out to see if I could see him just before it was dark. Couldn't get very close to him, though. There's a big wire fence all around out there—and the place is all locked up. I could hear him barking and I tried to talk to him. I wanted him to understand about the license fee." Ted gulped convulsively and wiped his eyes with the back of his hand. "Do you know what they do with the dogs when you can't pay the money, mister?" "I guess they do away with them." "How?" "Gas, I suppose." "Oh!" Ted turned away, the lead en misery In his heart evident in the dejected line of his whole body. v"Hey, wait a minute. How far did you say It was to the dog pound?** "About three miles," Ted said. "Hop in and we'll take a ride out to see your dog." At the old warehouse on the out skirts of the town, where the canine prisoners were incarcerated, Ted's eom paakQ set to work in a methodical manner. Donning a pair of gloves and extracting some tools from a sack, he scaled the fence and had the door un locked almost before Ted had traversed the path from the car to the fence. As Ted's arms closed around the frantically yelping Jerry, he thought that never In his life would he be ao happy again. Back In the car Jerry shivered and whined and licked his master's face, and then as If sensing the part the stranger had played in his delivery, he climbed into his lap and caressed him In the same manner. Ted's hand in his pocket encoun tered the six cents he had earned the day before. Drawing them forth, he held them out to the stranger. "I'd like to pay you for your trou ble," he said. "That's all I've got, but I'd like you to take It." The stranger hesitated and then solemnly pocketed the money. At the edge of town he drew up to the curb and stopped the car. "I'll let you out here," the man said. "No use of me going all the way In." "I used to have a dog," he mused. "His name was Prince. I'd like you to do something for me," he said sud denly. "Sure," Ted replfed eagerly. "You'l! see a ratty looking guy standing In front of the bank where you met me. Tell him I won't be able to keep my appointment with him. And give him this (taking three of the pennies from his hand) "tell him that's his share of tonight's haul." Scientific Angling Taught Scientific phases of angling, usually acquired through the "trial and error" method over a period of several years, were taught in a course offered by a Kansas City, Mo., public school. More than 100 students completed two ten week semesters sponsored by the rec reational department of adult educa tion. Class periods were one and one half hours long, in which research, history and a practical workout In casting were featured. The pupils brought pencils, notebooks and rods. The first lesson included a 30-minute lecture on the antiquity of angling, practice in casting and discussion. Doormats were used as targets for cast lug, and by the end of the course many of the students could cast ac curately at distances up to 85 feet. Kinds of fish were studied, with consid erable detail concerning fish anatomy, locale, habits and response to certain lure, weather conditions, the signs of the zodiac and phases of the moon.— Popular Mechanics. COTTON MILL WORKERS WIN SPEEDY VICTORY Cornwall, Ontario (ILNS)—A quick victory and a closed shop was won when 1,500'employes of the Canadian Cotton Company's plant here struck to induce the management to live up to promises made in previous strikes. Their union, the United Textile Work ers of Canada, holds a charter from the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. ORDINANCE No. 3656 Determining proceed with the improvement of Verlynn Avenue, from Millville Avenue to its northern terminus. !y constructing curb and gutter on both sides of the street be tween the points aforesaid, constructing side walks on the east side of said street, between Millville Avenue and the northern terminus of Verlynn Avenue, and constructing side walks on the west, side of Verlynn Avenue, from Millville Avenue to Westview Avenue, in the First Ward of the City of Hamilton, Ohio, and the doing of the necessary grading therefor, and levying the assessment therefor. WHEREAS, Th«' Hoanl of Revision of As sessments has reported t) this Council the necessity for this improvement and after due consideration and public hearing amended, equalized and adjusted the assessment report as prepared by the Director of Finance and filed with Council, and filed its report which amended, equalized and adjusted said assess ment report: and WHEREAS, The Director of Public Works being directed by the City Manager has fixwl ten (101 years as the estimated life of this improvement. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Hamilton. Ohio: SECTION I: That it is hereby determined to proceed with the improvement of Verlynn Ave nue, from Millville Avenue to its northern terminus, by constructing curb and gutter on both sides of the street between the points aforesaid, constructing sidewalks on the east side of said street, between Millville Avenue and the northern terminus of Verlynn Avenue, and constructing sidewalks on the west side of Verlynn Avenue, from Millville Avenue to We:itview Avenue, in the First Ward of the City of Hamilton, Ohio, and the doing of the necessary grading therefor, pursuant to Reso lution No. 7466 adopted by the Council on November 17, 1937, and that for the purpose of paying the cost and expense thereof there is hereby levied a special tax upon the several lots and parcels of land designated in and in accordance with the amended, equalized and adjusted assessment report and recommended to Council by the Board of Revision of Assess ments on the 6th day of April, 1938. and which was made in proportion to the benefits which may result from the improvement upon all lots and lands bounding and abutting upon the proposed improvement, which said lots and lands are hereby determined to be specially benefited by said improvement. SECTION II: That the owners of the several lots and parcels of land included in said assess ment shall pay the amounts from them sev erally due as shown by said amended, equal ized and adjusted assessment .report, to the City Treasurer within thirty days from and after the passage of this ordinance, and in default thereof said tax with interest at not to exceed six per cent per annum, payible annually in advance on deferred paymtnts, shall be paid to the County Treasurer in ten annual installments with the regular taxes of 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946 and 1947, and the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to certify all unpaid assess ments to the County Auditor to be returned on the tax duplicate. SECTION III: That bonds or notes of the City of Hamilton, Ohio, shall be issued in an ticipation of the collection of assessments by installments, SECTION IV: That the City Manager be and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause the improvement to be made through Works Progress Administration participation, and to purchase the necessary materials. SECTION V: That all claims for damages by reason of said improvement shall be ad justed after the completion of the same. SECTION VI: This ordinance shall take effect tuid be in full force and effect from and -J•» wf. i .1... A,.. EMPLOYMENT TREND Downward in Majority Of Nations Geneva (ILNS)—World unemploy ment statistics for the first quarter of 1938, which have just been com piled by the International Labor Office, show a decline in a majority of countries as compared with the cor responding quarter of last year. However, increases occurred in: Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, and the United States. Compared with the last quarter of 1937, the statistics show that unem ployment rose in all countries except Australia. But officials explain that this trend was for the most part sea sonal. Big Job Drop in U. S. Index numbers of employment, compiled at the same time by the ILO, show that, compared with the corres ponding quarter of last year, em ployment increased in all countries except the United States and Belgium. In the first quarter of 1937, the number of persons in employment in the United States equalled 92.2 per cent of the 1929 total while in the rst. nuart.Pr nf 103R t:#» nnmhnv rln- Clear your mind for action.. .get rid of all the unpleasant thoughts about bills you owe. Legal Advertisements after the earliest period allowed by the char ter of the City of Hamilton, Ohio. Passed: April 6. 1938. R. H. BURKE. Mayor. Attest: 'ADELE EDMONDS. Clerk of Council. Apr 15-It ORDINANCE No. ,1655 Determining to proceed with the improvement of Washington Boulevard, from Millville Avenue to Westview Avenue, by constructing curb and gutter and sidewalk on both sides of said street, between the points aforesaid, in the First Ward of the City of Hamilton. Ohio, and the doing of the necessary grading therefor, and levying the assessment therefor. WHEREAS, The Board of Revision of As sessments has reported to this Council the necessity for this improvement and after due consideration and public, hearing amended, equalized and adjusted the assessment report as prepared by the Director of Finance and filed with Council, and filed its report which amended, equalized and adjusted said assess ment report and WHEREAS, The Birector of Public Works being directed by the City Manager, has fixed ten HOI years as the estimated life of this improvement. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Hamilton, Ohio SECTION I: That it is hereby determined to proceed with the improvement of Washing ton Boulevard, from Millville Avenue to West View Avenue, by constructing curb and gutter and sidewalk on both sides of said street be tween the points aforesaid, in the First Ward of the City of Hamilton, Ohio, and the doing of the necessary grading therefor, pursuant to Resolution No. 7467 adopted by the Council on November 17, 1937, and that for the purpose of paying the cost and expense thereof there is hereby levied a special tax upon the several lots and parcels of land designated in and in accordance with the amended, equalized and adjusted assessment report as reported and recommended to Council by the Board of Re vision of Assessments on the 6th day of Apiil. 1938, and which was made in proportion to the benefits which may result from the improve ment upon all lota and lands bounding and abutting upon the proposed improvement, which said lots and lands are hereby deter mined to be specially benefited by said im provement. SECTION II: That the owners of the sev eral lots and parcels of land included in said assessment shall pay the amounts from them severally due as shown by said amended, equal ized and adjusted assessment report, to the City Treasurer within thirty days from and after the passage of this ordinance, and in default thereof said tax with interest at not to exceed six per cent, per annum, payable an nually in advance on deferred payments, shall be paid to the County Treasurer in ten annual installments with the regular taxes of 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946 and 1947, and the Director of Finance is here by authorized to certify all unpaid assess ments to the County Auditor to be returned on the tax.duplicate. SECTION III: That bonds or notes of the City of Hamilton. Ohio, shall be issued in an ticipation of the collection of assessments by installments. SECTION IV: That the City Manager be and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause the improvement to be made through Works Progress Administration participation, and to purchase the necessary materials. SECTION V: That all claims for damages by reason of said improvement shall be ad justed after the completion of the same. SECTION VI: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and clined to 78.8% of the 1929 figure. This was a drop of 13.4 per cent. The ter of 1937 to the first quarter of 1938 was only 0.4 per cent. Statistics Show Tread Eleven countries, the index num bers disclose, now have more persons in employment than in 1929. These are Great Britain, with 110.2 of her 1929 figure Hungary, with 108.1 Latvia, 121.1 Yugoslavia, 117.3 Estonia, 139.2 Finland, 109.2 Italy, 109.3 Japan,, 135.3 Norway, 109.0 South Africa, 131.8 and Sweden, 117.3. In making public the unemployment and employment statistics, officials cautioned that since the method of compiling them as well as the lates for which latest figures are avail able, differ from country to country, they cannot be accepted as accurate measurements but only as showing trends. NEW TOWNSEND CAMPAIGN Chicago (ILNS)—i ownsend Na tional recovery movement headquar ters announces a country-wide mem bership campaign with 1,000,000 new members in 60 days as its goal. Dr. Francis E. Townsend said the drive would begin in mid-April and that Townsend Club mas meetings would be held simultaneously in every con- W\tto1 /jioffl/if ir» fUp No-one feels like doing things. going places... or making an effort to pay on anything when owing so many places. Besides, maybe you need a little extra cash for other things. Come in anyway. .we are anxious to tell you about our new Step-Down debt settling plan.. it's the one payment plan that never "cramps" you. CARL W. SANOR. Manager 118 High Street Phone 3663 Hamilton, Ohio fTHB MAN PRt&SrotKrA MONEY HAS NtVE&i TMe*TH£CfTrj after the earliest period allowed by the char ter of the City of Hamilton, Ohio. Passed: April 6, 1938. R. H. BURKE. Mayor. Attest: ADELE EDMONDS. Clerk of Council. Apr 18-lt ORDINANCE No. 3657 Authorizing and directing the City Manager to purchase real estate outside the. limits of the City of Hamilton, Ohio, and adjacent thereto, for park purposes. WHEREAS. It i* deemed necessary, expe dient and for the public good to purchase real estate outside the limits of the City of Hamil ton. Ohio, and adjacent thereto, for park purposes. NOW THEREFORE. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Hamilton. Ohio: SECTION I: That it is deemed necessary, expedient and to the public good to purchase real estate outside the limits of the City of Hamilton, Ohio, and adjacent thereto, for park purposes, and that it is hereby declared necessary to acquire by purchase for such pur pose the following described real estate, to wit: Situated in Section 25, Town 4, Range 2. and in Hanover Township. Butler County. Ohio, and being bounded and described as: follows: Beginning at a point on the east line of Section 25, south 1° 35' east, 2891.91 feet from a stone at the northeast corner of said Section 25, said point being at the intersection of the south line of Azel Avenue, extended west wardly, and the west line of West Hamilton Subdivision, a subdivision of land within the corporate limits of the City of Hamilton. Ohio thence from said point of beginning, south 88° 51 west, 14.10 feet thence westwardly on a curve to the left, the length of said curve being 393.94 feet and its radius being 5208.79 feet thence south 84° 30' west. 132.30 feet thence westwardly on a curve to the left the length of said curve being 481.67 feet and its radius being 5729.65 feet thence south 79° 40' fwt: thence *°uth 1" 32' east. it.4.22 feet to a point 40 feet distant, (measured at right angles I from the center of the pres ent track of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad thence parallel and 40 feet distant from the center line of the track of said railroad, south 84° 03' east. 1789.72 feet to the west line of Section 25, thence along the east line of said Section 25, north 1° 35' west, 1189,1,1 feet to the place of beginning, con taining 40.79 acres. SECTION II: That the City Manager of the City of Hamilton, Ohio, be and he is author ized and directed to purchase the above de scribed property at a cost of $10,000.00, the deed for said property to be a general war ranty deed with release of dower. SECTION III That the money necessary for the purpose of paying the cost and ex pense for the purchase of said real estate in the sum of $10,000.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated from the proceeds of the sale of bonds issued or to be issued for the purpose of raising money to provide the neces sary funds to pay the cost and expense of ac quiring real estate for park purposes outside the limits of the City of Hamilton. Ohio, and adjacent thereto, and the Director of Finance is authorized and directed to disburse the same for such purpose. SECTiON IV: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the earliest period allowed by the char ter of the City of Hamilton, Ohio. Passed: April 6, 1938. R. H. BURKE. Mayor. Attest: ADELE EDMONDS. Clerk of Council. Apr 16-it