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PLAN TO ELIMINATE UP. POISON PERIL
State Indtmrii) Board take* Up Matter With' Representatives of Paint and Varnish Firms'. "Dry Process" Used Here.
An wtmrU-rf Unlit on the otilnn peril." wbkh threatens worker* In
point anil vmmlah tavtortea. won measu reted yesterday at * nwellnll ot * eora-' mltlee of the Industrial Hoard of fMm-
sylvonlo. heM at the WeparlnjMit of Labor
and Industry nflleee hi the Mrte bolW-
Ina. Deriera for the elimination of the
dangerous lend /tu.L wr* fJr'S'WVnJSS
a enheommlttM tr&
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Untnllve nil** Ana twrttlol* rhlch
h iM fMfPKunnS the nptor
paint filimti M thin State. Admtttlnf thnl the mt
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atiiet and th* h**d anltn. whtch stinted
the nlr breathed by the w<wker* w* the mte crrat hasard ( the paint Indus
I try In this country, where the "Ar* pmceea" l weed In makifte lead palma. the yenlentay eel wn*rlvw to
* the taeh nf effeetleely enmtwittna this
. esrrll. The meHtac wae atlfwlcd by ***' resentatlvea from ame f the inravwt
lMnt and varnish mnnnr*etuT*r*1rn the
dwiiWs hh
1 nthem ramlllir with mndltlnna In U
Mint Indaslry.
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The meet effective method advocated
fer nretecUna emntayea from the deadly
lend dwt the nee nf portaWa hooda,
tn which la attached a auction hoae to
collect the dual before It entered the
hpslrils or the workmen. Contrast was mado between the meth-
ds employed In Kumpe. where the **wl nethrsl t manufAHsn Is employedo and horn In Ihla eounlry. U wan Pointed ool.
towevero that to adopt the wet method
n Ihla Stole alone would mean an onlay K pome IP.WO.WP or more* and vraa not
easthlo at thla time
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|r, Francis T>. I'atteraon,
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the Plant of Harrison Jtmtbers * C-
*f this dly. sold that the ahaorpion of lea rflnln the system thrown the urn M almost flrelWWr hi the paint
tdnslrv. hut thnl the real dan*** lay I breafhtnrr It Into 1>e hiaita. doctor
ntlerson wa* appointed chairman of the fceemmlttca which will draft the code
* safety refutations.
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173 Workers Ask
*800,000 in Bock Pay '
Suit ms filed In Federal Court today by 173 employe* of the Gmild-Natimtal Batteries, liipj aooklncr *900000 |n back pa^ w'hlch they, claim It due them ti
WWraSrSi The company, which manunc. tore* batteries, has Its plant In Trenton, and an office I N. Broad at here.
Melvin A. Bank, attorfiey for the.cmploycs, raid that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled In January of this year that anjuvorkcr ex. posed to possible leadrrcjjoniae should be pahMscjmcumcJc takes him to change his clolkts, wash or take a shower. /
The employes' suit amended they are exposed to such poison. Inc and that Gould-National has failed to pay them for such.time, going back over a six-year per iod.
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Six Japan*** Di* . _: After Cleaning Tank-
Yok*,i(a Japan, Aug 29--
MP) --Yokohama University Hospital said today that the Japanese porkers who became m Vter leaning a U. S. Army gaxtdlne storage tsnk have died.
Iper Yokohama hospltsed three more In aer* fltlon. Eighteen workf became ID last week. --jtrees speculated they suffcred'tetraethyl lead.poisonmg- '
~ Tt|c Army Mid the workers w-erci employed by a prtvato Japaiese contractor. The Army furnilhed gas masks, rubber
|and gloves and had a sol. dkr present who Inspected the equipment before the men an. tered the tank, an Army spokes, man said.
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2266 XH gg|C jgnftaTtoCtin W.a*d*lpM*. Sumtey. 0ec.^i?60 SoeHow-1
Prohibition Ended.27 Year-Ago, |
But Bootlegging Still Flourislfes
By JAMES V^tAC.F.E
.lot t.he m.ost .serio.u..s..l.y. a-fff/e__ctIo.Jd taproom MopIPeMralAtot'r* wore elled spots in the North, the agent* for refilling whlsky'bottles with
Of The B(r<l Af-ff
said. -
a cheaper hrand of liquor than
Tomorrow will be the 2"th sn- Although we have not inn tip that which the label on the
nlversary of Ine end of promoi-. against sny kariou* amount ot bottle staled.
lead pnbonlng+lt 1* always a Yet the/lollnw'mg warning potential dancel, they said.
This also Is the time when the
was issued recently: The msk- Games Front Solder Ing and selling nf moonshine l Agents believe that a prime not only Illegal--It is danger source of lead In moonshine
-ous.
. comet from solder used to fasten
This w arning wa* put out by pieces of homemade stills.
federal revenue agents who have Another source of the mel-
become alarmed over the talie poison, they said, come*
' amount ot hootleg whisky flood- from auto radiators, a favorite
'tog the country.
makeshift condenser among
The agents said ihev are eer ftVVUMlhttOT*.
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tain it ha* hem lead and not al- Eiutfrm PwitwylvhnU wid
enhnl that ha* killed some drink fiv\Y Juiwey k*ve
ers nf inrgal whisky.
hy agent* as being the most
P|nr Fnond In Smith
troublesome section of lh*
Althnuch mnt of llie iean- rhlladrlphia office, which cov
tslnled moonshine ha* beef er* Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
found In the South. Ihe problem Maryland, and Washington, 11C.
J* not confined to that srctlon, Agents said they haveeonfls-
according In assistant chief
of
the
Alcohol
ealed still* In Eastern Pennsyl vania and New Jowf capable
Ihiuot Control Board hae the (problem of w'-H-1'*** *!
and Tobacco Tax Enforcement of distilling SW> to J.000 gallons: being brought In for OtristniM
of the Revenue Service.
of illegal whisky a day.
partiee nr Christmas presents.
Casey said considerable quan Other PraMema
tities of this illegal Ikpwr have been shipped from the South to cities In Iho North, Mrliidlnn
IdiHadelphla, ' Agents here said they nnl nl.v
am troubled !> *he JJJJ!!1 liquor shipped from the South, but they are concerned with the
fiegal liquor distilled here.
Meanwhile the Enforcement
IMvIslon of the Pennsylvania
liquor Control Board la having
troubles, too.
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The bnsrd Is alarmed at the
Increasing numberot persons re
fining liquor bottles. It was pointed out ihst in
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