Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1928, Page 6

6 - HOOVER CUARDS | BRTHCERTFATE Souvenir of Commerce Sec- retary Taken From Files of Census Bureau. By the Associated Press. Among Herbert Hoover's souvenirs of seven and a half xenu as .Commerce Secretary is a certified copy of a sheet taken from the musty census records of 1880, which attest that he was born in Iowa. At the time the record was filed Hoover was 5 years old. The copy was made at the direction of William M.. Steuart, director of the census, who, in presenting it to the Remlun presidential candidate. de- ser] it as “the earliest official record of Herbert Hoover’s life.” THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER' 11, 1928.° MARATHON DANCERS QUIT. Decide to Split Prize After 201 | Hours on Feet. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., September 11.— Four surviving ouples of a marathon dance, which lasted 291 hours, agreed last night to split $1,750 in prizes among | themselves and let the orchestra play “Home, Sweet Home.” The dance was productive of two ro- mances, one couple falling out several days ago after being married on the stage in one of the 13-minute rest periods. Last night the nurse who at- tended the couples announced ner en- gagement to Paul G. Lapley, motion pic- | ture cameraman, who made films of the | n. 1. aAccociated Press. s Lo NEW YORK. September 11 —Thomas MecMahon of Providence, R. 1., general TEXTHE SRR o e REJECT WAGE CU |their annual convention yesterday to | fight for a revision in the present tariff Council Votes Down Manufactur- crs’ Proposal for Specializa- INONHEAD URGES TARFF REVSON Public Is Being Exploited, Delegates to Textile Par- ley Are Told. |2 word of defenss of the present taril provision,” said Mr. McMahon, *“Claims | of politiclans that the present high tarlff is a guarantee of a continuation to Mother Born in Canada. | “I doubt that he could procure any further proof of his birth in Iowa™ | Steuart said, “unless he has a family Bible record. as Iowa required no birth certificates at that time.” The certificate. made by Examiner Peter Thomas for the Quaker villages of West Branch and Springdale. Iowa, | on June 4. 1830. attests that Hoover's father and the latter's father and‘ mother were born in Ohio. but that the nomince’s mother and her parents were born in Canada. ‘This nffi("i]al record is given of the | Hoover family: “Jesse C.. aged 33 vears, profession. | agricultural implements. born in Ohio: ‘ Hulda R.. wife, aged 32 years. profes- gion, housekeeping. born in Canada: | Theodore, son, aged 9 vears. born in | Jowa: Herbert. son, aged 5 years, born | in Towa: Marv. daughter. aged 3 years. | | workers in th> textile mills of present | high wages are untrue. In some in- tates, tion Plan. | stances, such as in the cases of the cot- t is regrettable 1hat we cannot say |ton. worsted and silk workers. their By the Associated Press { —— NEW BEDFORD, Mass, September 11.—"Entirely unacceptable” was the answer today of the textile councus strike committee to a proposal of the New Bedford Manufacturers' Associa- tion that labor accept both the 10 per cent wage cut and the labor specializa- tion plan, and try to make up the loss through the greater earning possibilities of ths specialization plan. About 28.000 persons are on strike against the wage reduction. ‘The proposal from the manufacturers made last night resulted from an etfort by a meditation committee of citizens to find the soecialization plan drafted by Leonard P. Frieder a basis for strike settlement. The citizens and Modernizing All The great demand for moderately priced first-class hearing aids caused a group of earphone experts to form a company and to engage in the ac- quisition and rebuilding of all avail- able discarded and shopworn devices. ‘They are being rebuilt from the ground up and with the best material obtainable. are less now than they were be- fore the World War. The consuming public is_be! exploited by claims of the benefits of the present-day tariff.’ McMahon outlined the subjects to be taken up by the convention, which opened yesterday, and will continue until Friday. He advocated an eight- hour shift day in the industry, abolition of child labor, hetter legislation in gen- eral for workers, blocking “promiscuous | use” of injunctions in labor disputes and rearrangement of the muitiple system under which employers install machinery increasing the amount of work done by one person. STRIKE HOLDS UP SHIPS. All Australian Ports Affected When Dockers Quit. MELBOURNE, September 11 (#).— | All Australian ports were affected to- | day by a dockers' strike after the ‘Waterside Workers' Federation had re- pudiated a new award by an arbitra- tion court. two “pick-ups” of men, one in the| morning and one in the afternoon. The men insisted on having only one “pick-up.” pN(Mpships were held up in Mel- bourne, 12 in Brisbane, 12 in Adclaide and many in Sydney and other ports. REBUILT EARPHONES FOR THE DEAF New.York Corporation Specializes in Completely Rebuilding Types of Earphones tically every known appliance. af- fording them an opportunity of test- ing the complete range (consistinz of about twenty different models and types). It will be a comparatively easy matter to decide on the model. form or type that will afford the maximum amount of aid and com- fort in every: case. The award provided for| OLD TELEGRAPHERS MEET OMAHA, Nebr., September 11 (#).— One of the few reunions of the old- time telegraphers’ union which Thomas A. 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