PUBLIC HOUSING
SAFETY RECORD
IS MADE KNOWN
Record Has Led to Substantial Rate
Reduction on Fire Coverages.
Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—A con
spicuously favorable safety record has
been established by public housing in
the United States and this record has
led to substantial rate reduction on
liability and fire coverages on blanket
insurance policies covering occupied
projects, Nathan Straus, administrator
of the United States Housing Author
ity, said here.
"Safety starts on the drawing
board," Administrator Straus said,
"and the attention given this element
at the very start of public housing
projects means a constantly decreas
ing number of accidents."
Even little things are not over
looked. Since undersized baseball dia
monds have shown themselves partic
ularly conducive to accidents, they are
eliminated from recreational areas.
Downspouts are placed so that they
won't your water, which might freeze,
over sidewalks. Open joints in side
walks, in which high heels might catch,
are avoided, as are slick floor finishes
and highly reflective paint for wall
surfaces.
Planning Saves Lives
"In a study of accidents over a two
year period in 44 occupied projects it
has been shown that there were only
244 in 20,000 homes. This shows con
clusively that planning for safety
saves both money and lives," Straus
said.
Accidents on the projects, which
I were built by the PWA Housing Di
vision and are now under USHA su
pervision, have been so few that in
surance rates have been cut drastic
ally. The National Casualty Rating
U Organization announced public lia
bility rates 50 per cent lower than
manual rates formerly applicable on
USHA projects. After the projects in
New York State had been in operation
two and one-half years, a further ex
perience credit reduced manual rates
by another 52.9 per cent.
Fire and windstorm rates have come
in for substantial downward modifica
tion due to the excellence of construc
tion. In two Southern cities projects
have successfully withstood the dam
aging effect of hurricanes.
Loss Ratios Down
Loss ratios, instead of running to
the normal 50 per cent of the premium
dollar, have been running well under
15 per cent of the premium dollar.
In the checkup, eight of the 44
projects reported no accidents, and 244
accidents of all kinds were listed for
the 36 projects. They range all the
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INDIANAPOLIS, I n d. "Unfin
ished business" is on the books as
an extra bonus for the fans when
Wilbur Shaw and Rex Mays meet
again in the 500-mile race at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway on
May 30.
Shaw, three-time winner of the
great speed meet, ran off with first
place last year but a lot of fans
weren't satisfied that Shaw was the
best in the field. Some believed that
Mays, the California go-devil, would
have beaten out Shaw had not a
drizzle slowed the i-ace down for 125
miles and prevented a last-stage bat
tie between the two. The duel is
expected to be finished this year.
No driver in the game has a
heavier foot than Mays. He is one
of the best pilots. But he drive
way from a splinter under a fingernail
to property damage caused by a hur
ricane.
Fortunately, almost all the acci
dents reported resulted in only minor
injuries. Scratches, bruises, black eyes,
and sprains predominate. Only two
fatalities were reported (both due to
outside causes): one an automobile
accident, the other a fall from a ladder.
USHA projects, built with the ad
vantage of experience gained on PWA
projects, will show an even lower num
ber of accidents, it is believed, as
measures are being taken to eliminate
every possibility of accidents.
POLL PLACES CHOSEN
FOR 3-A WHEAT VOTE
Location of polls for casting of
votes in the wheat marketing refer
endum in the 13 Butler County town
ships Saturday were announced this
week by John M. Roll, chairman of
the Butler County Agricultural Ad
justment Administration Committee,
as follows: Fairfield, Bobmeyer school
Hanover, Hanover school Lemon, H.
M. Page garage, Amanda Liberty,
Liberty Township House Madison,
Township House, West Middletown
Milford, Collinsville school Morgan,
Township House, Okeana Oxford,
Township House, Oxford Reily, Town
Hall, Reily Ross, Venice Pavilion St.
Clair, Township House, Overpeck
Union, Township House, West Chester,
and Wayne, Township House, Jackson
burg.
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SHAW AND MAYS HAVE UNFINISHED BUSINESS'
TO SETTLE IN INDIANAPOLIS W MAY 30
Stuart Chase, writer of the pam
phlet, says that a statistical bull's-eye
was achieved in predicting the result
of the 1940 census.
"Four years ago," Chase points out,
"the experts made varying estimates
of the population. ... Of these esti
mates they chose the two most prob
able—about 700,000 apart. ... In the
middle, splitting the difference „.
lies the figure 131,650,000.... Out of
the census hoppers came the figure
131,669,275.
"Say the total population is a tar
get. In the middle the predictors paint
a bull's-eye, about 1/200th of the
width of the target. The census
enumerators hit the bull's-eye
less than l/35th of its width off
the center!"
By applying the same methods,
Chase declares, the future population
of the United States can be predicted
with considerable accuracy. It is esti
mated that our population will reach
a peak of between 140. and 150 million
around 1970. After that, it will begin
to fall.
"It is a superstition," Chase adds,
"to believe that mere size itself is
good or that constant growth is a
blessing. Maturity gives us
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS
hard, spai.ng his motor nothing and
himself less. No one goes into the
turns with greater abandon and no
one shows more daring on the
straightaways. Last year, just as in
previous years, he was just about
the hottest thing on the track in
qualifying rounds. He won the pole
position for the start and he was
confident that his car had the stuff
to step away from the field.
He took the lead early in the race
and even when Shaw snatched it
away he felt confident that when it
came to a two-man battle in the
final stages he would be the victor.
And then, with Shaw leading by two
laps, it began to rain. Out came the
yellow flag telling the drivers not to
better their positions. That went on
for 125 miles, with Mays fuming im
patiently. And that was how the
Industrial and other changes affect
ing wage-earners which may be ex
pected as a result of the present slow
ing-up in the growth of the population
of the United States are discussed in
terestingly in "What the New Census
Means," fifty-sixth in the series of
popular, factual 10-cent pamphlets
published by the Public Affairs Com
mittee, New York.
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS
Zettler Names Aid
For $9,500 Campaign
Members of the special gifts com
mittee for a campaign June 9-12 for
$9,500 as Hamilton's part in the United
Service Organization program were
announced this week by George Zett
ler, chairman, as William Beckett, Don
I'itton, C.
L. Gebhart, Lucian Kahn,
William P. Griesmer, M. E. Kellogg,
1'titer E. Rentschler, David M. Silver,
Earl Thompson, Alexander Thomson,
Jr., and F. K. Vaughn. They will start
with a kick-off dinner June 9, to be
followed by a report luncheon June 11
and will be concluded with a report
dinner June 13, Judge P. P. Boli, gen
eral chairman, announced.
Two AFL Unions Sign
Up
Kellogg Switchboard Co.
Chicago, 111.—The International As
sociation of Machinists and the In
ternational Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers won a victory, after a long
struggle, for recognition at the Kel
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race ended. Mays never did get a
chance to battle it out with Shaw.
Shaw won the race for the third
time, joining Lou Meyer as the only
three-time winner in history. Mays
was second, the first time in six tries
he ever completed the race, although
he has been the fastest qualifier
three of those six times. Mays feels
that circumstance cheated him of
victory and he intends to go all out
for the winner's pot of gold this
time.
While Mays has his plans, Shaw,
the Dapper Dan of the track, a true
champ, has before him the golden
opportunity of becoming the first
four-time winner in the history of
the Indianapolis "500." Needless to
say, both men will be out there gun
ning for all they're worth to realize
their respective ambitions.
time to concentrate on the problems
of consuming rather than everlast
ingly hustling to produce more and
more. For the first time in our na
tional history, we can think about
quality rather than quantity.
"In schools, at any rate, the next
generation of children should have a
better break than the past one. Where
overcrowding has been a problem,
pupils can now have enough desk room
in smaller classes, unless budgets arc
too drastically reduced.
"Certain industries will feel the
shift in population more than others.
Milk is one of them. Children consume
50 per cent more milk than adults.
Manufacturers of many articles fm
children—clothing, perambulators, bi
cycles, toys—should prepare for a
slackening demand.
"Industries catering to the aged will
be stimulated. Makers of gol
clubs will do a brisker business than
makers of tennis rackets. Publisher
who lose in the text-book department,
may be able to expand their genera!
trade department older people like i
read. Churches may gain members
also cults of various kinds. Pet shops
dealers in hearing aids, makers ol
canes, lenses, spectacle frames, an
among the businesses which may In
expected to thrive. These forecasts
sound frivolous, but they may be a
serious matter for the manufacture!
concerned."
And, the author might have addei
the predicted changes will in all prul
ability be an even more serious matlei
for the workers concerned.
logg Switchboard and Supply Com
pany here.
A settlement brought about by th
National Defense Mediation Board in
cluded a signed agreement with tin
unions, a ten per cent wage increase
vacations with pay and other gains,
the terms being subject to ratification
by the union members.
AFL Agreement Signed
By 4 Charleston Firms
Charleston, S. C.—The L. D. Lon
Company, the Dawson Engineering
Company, the Simons-Myrant Com
pany and the Charleston Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock Company have signed
agreements with the A. F. of L. union
covering their employes, thus abolish
ing a non-union policy that had en
dured for 20 years. Organized laboi
in Charleston assisted the interna
tional representatives of the A. F. of
L. unions in negotiating the agree
ments.
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LINIC FINDS ACTIVE
TUBERCULOSIS CASES
Three more cases of active tuber
culosis were discovered at the tuber
culosis clinic Friday morning at
Mercy Hospital.
"Each week," said Dr. J. A. Schaal,
Cincinnati, phthisiologist at the clinic,
brings us new cases of tuberculosis,
and each new case brings us a little
nearer our goal: the control of tuber
culosis in Butler County. It is only by
finding the already active cases of this
disease—those who are now infecting
others with whom they come into con
tact—that we can ever hope to reach
this goal."
The tuberculosis clinic will be held
on Thursday morning of this week,
May 29th, due to the holiday falling
on Friday, the regular clinic day.
Trade Classes Opened
Forty-four youths attended fii*st
classes conducted Monday in the Na
tional Youth Administration Voca
tional Training School, located on
Chestnut Street.
Robert Schuster, recently named su
perintendent, was in charge of enroll
ment. He was assisted by C. W. White,
sehool superintendent, and Mrs. Mil
dred T. Schwab.
Poppy Sale Nets $675
Poppy sales conducted here Satur
day netted $675.53, a check-up early
this week revealed. The sale con
ducted by the Campbell Gard Post,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, realized
324.52 and the sale conducted by the
luxiliary of the Frank Durwin Post,
American Legion, $351.
Camden Council To Receive
Sfew HicJs On Light Honds
Camden, Ohio.—New bids will be
eceived by the Camden council on
June 16th for the purchase of $111,600
of electric light and power jirst mort
gage revenue bonds.
The bonds are being sold for the
construction and equipment of Cam
den's municipal light and power proj
ect, overwhelmingly favored by Cam
den voters at a special election held
on April 8th.
BILL KILLED THREE TIMES
Columbus, Ohio. H. B. 144, so
called anti-barmaid bill authored by
Representative Henry F. Cordes (R.,
Cincinnati) was thumbed down by a
9-to-3 vote of the House Liquor Con
trol Committee during this session of
the Legislature. This makes the third
time in as many years that a bill to
ban barmaids has been defeated.
To Represent County
Twelve persons will represent But
ler County at the state convention of
township trustees and clerks, June
15-18, at Cedar Point, it was indicated
at a meeting of the county association
Monday in the Butler County Court
house. Carl Siegel, Poasttown, presi
dent, and A. L. Buck, West Chester,
secretary, who were in charge of Mon
day's meeting, will head the local dele
gation.
Mrs. Brown: "Whenever I'm In the
dumps, I get myself a new hat."
Mrs. Jones: "I was wondering where
you got them."
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