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Richmond planet., 1924-08-23
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS:

Mr.. Robert Alexander of Washing
ton, d. O., was in the city this week.
|1e was on his vacationl
Mrs. Sarah Mitchell of Pittsburgh,
Pa was in the city spending her vaca-
|tion- She was accompanied by her hus
band John M. Mitchell and her grand
laughter, Miss Willinette Brooks. The
)arty will visit Chas City and upon her
er return to the city will leave for
Richmond planet., 1924-08-23
Small Loss

Mr.. Wise interviewed Joe Smith, a
colored man, who has a shoe shop
next door and he stated that the
Greek had told him that the excursion
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Richmond planet., 1924-08-23
CARD OF THANKS.

The family of the late Giles B.
Jackson acknowledge with grateful
appreciation the kind services rem
dered during his recent illness and
the warm expressions of sympathy
during their bereavement.
Richmond planet., 1924-08-23

Quite a sensation was caused IN
this city Sunday night, when boat
load of excursionists were arrested
upon blanket warrant, sworn out by
Town Sergeant j. G. Rebman, OF
HONEYWELL. The warrant charged 3S1
colored people, the majority OF whom
had never been in opewell, with being
'fugitives from justice" AS a result,
the police patrol, of thistcity was nsed
to convey all of these people to the
First Police Station, where most OF
the 3S1 people were bailed at S1.OO
per head for their appearance on
Wednesday, the .20th inst, at Hope.
well, Va, to answer the charge OF
disorderly conduct.
Attorney Wiise lRetai'ssd
Attorney George E. Wise was re-
tanned as counsel and he went to
Hopewell last Tuesday to investigate
the situation. The case was post
poned until the 30th. In conversation
with him, he stated that he was well
received by the Commonwealth At
torney, who stated that he had direct
ed that the persons, who could be,
identified as taking a part in the dis
turbance be arrested. Instead, 3ol
persons were arrested, although not
more than twenty persons were al
legged to have taken q part IN the
disturbance.
Richmond planet., 1924-08-23
No LaNdiRg Intended

1t seems that club, calling itself
the "Southside Strutters", had given
an excursion down the river for the
benefit of the library fund. 1t was
not intended to make landing any
where. 1t was one of the most order
" excursions that has ever left the
city. The number on board the
steamer was so much larger than ex-
pected, that Coke Pickrell, who had
charge of the refreshments sold out
and he induced the captain to make a
landing at Hopewell with the idea OF
replenishing his stock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
PERFECT 3S' IS
 NOW THE THING
The Statistics Show Old Beauty Standard Is
 Passe

The perfect 36' isa passed. Statistics gathered from girls schools and univer- sities' in all corners of the United States prove that the old standard of beauty in American womanhood has given place to new--fhe perfect 3S,," says Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 By that is not meant a beauty who simply has size, 38 bust. Just as the term perfect 36," originating in the cloak and suit trade,. came to apply to the entire feminine form, so perfect 38', is symbolic, rather than specific, of the. new varsity Venus. In fact, the bust of the perfect 38" frequently is a size or so smaller than that number.
 A Bigger College Girl
 It seems that the American college girl is growing bigger. Wider. taller
 and heavier" is the description of the years run of students issued in re- port of the economic department of Vassar, which places the statistics of 1924 beside those of 1904. And re- ports sent out from Ohio state unver- sity and from the University of Cali fornia indicate that the coed not only is growing bigger, but more athletic and physically fit.
 According to educators. three great changes have come about to develop the perfect 3S." They are mental, phy- sical and sartorial. The first, which is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27

claimed as the basis of e1l throe, is |e1imfnstion of the inferiority complex. Woman no longer regards herself as the clinEing vine, entitled to protec- ton. She has thrown off her mid Victorian irhibitions.
 With the feet of independence has come the desire for the greatest of all assets, physical fitness. The college girl acquires this by the simple method of athletic training and lout-of-door sports, which develop her gfrth as well as resistance. And she has changed her dress to suit her new dimensions.
 Clothing sProKress''
 Change in the type of clothing worn together with increased interest in athletic Activities, accounts for the wider, taller and heavier college girl. states the report from yassar. It goes on:
 "The gains in height and weight have been remarkably steady since the first records were taken, though the increase in waist measure has fluctuated.
 From 1884 to. 1904 there was an ale most constant decrease, despite the gain in average weight and height.
 'sThe only explanation which sug- gests itself is that the earlier college
 
 than those during the later years, when higher education of women had become more widespread"
 1t was about 1904 that the slender waist ruled the world of fashion. These were the days of steel stays and whale bone, when the athletic girl, who didn't exist in any remarkable degree anyway, was considered bit .unwomanly."
 Very slowly athletic sports began to be popular as they were added to the physical training department of the curriculum. Then waists began to widen and disappear, and the daintily nutter. ing girl disappeared with them.
 During the years when waists were most slender and lungs most cramped,~ z the report goes on, 'more than one fourth of the girls reported no partfci- patton in sports. During the time from 1916 to 1920 only six girls in every one thousand or so reported. The aver age number of sports increased from 20 to 9.2, and the maximum number of sports reported by any one student rose from eight to seventeen.
 Having been emancipated from light corsets the recent classes of freshmen at Vassar have gained in average lung capacity, as well as in waist measure" V NAluulty tHe same IlHuAuS8 su8FV been reported from Smith college and Stanford university following investiga- tion as to both height and weight Shoes Sire Larger The varsity venus's hips msasurs the same number of inches as her bust -3Svwhich is exactly right, accord ing to the present standard of beauty. Swimming and other exercises have made her deep-chested. Her neck has filled out from the 123 inches of the perfect 36" to 131a inches. Her upper arm Is F inches around, instead of Il, and her lower arm measures 10N inches. Instead of No. 5 shoe shs wears No. 6.
 One thing the measurements of ths varsity Venus refute is the old saying that the properly proportioned person should have the same size neck and calf. And since artists recently have ridiculed that idea and stated instead that the calf and the knee should core spond in size, there is every reason to believe that the co-ed's 14-inch calf as we'll as knee, is beauty asset in. stead of liability.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
lIDVDVG THE AR'' NEW COMPETITION AMONG NATIONS
America Now Making Most -.apid Progress
 In Nitrate Fixing

The postwar period has brought about a new international competition
 mot in armaments, but in mining the air" By the delevopment of the Haber process, Germany made n..ttrates from the air, the Chile supply being cut off, and it was only this process which saved Germany from defeat early in the war. The nations have learned their Iesson-and the race is on. They have found that not only for military pur- poses is an abundant supply of nitro gen imperative, but that the fixation of nitrogen is the only salvation of agriculture.
 It is this realization that lies back of the Muscle Shoals development, the great super-power survey of the At lantic seaboard, the great Colorado, Columbia and St. Lawrence river hy- dro-electric projects, and competing pri- yate and public plans for the develop ment of the potential S,O00,000 horse power of energy in California.
 The "point of diminishing returns" haunts many economists and Malthu- sians like an unquiet ghost. It marks the period when, additional labor may not be expended on land. without less than proportionate return. This is due to the sapping of nitrogen from the soil by plants. Every year the American corn crop alone takes out about 100000 tons. A ton of wheat takes from the soil A pounds of nitro- gen, IS pounds of phosphoric acid and 12 pounds of potash.
 Before the war America tried nitro gen fixation at Niagara Falls. with in different success. And then. as beneficent by-product of the horrors of the great war came a discovery which may enable man finally to rid himself Of the spectre of famine. The Ger man government offered a prize of 25,- 000,0 900 marks for a method of nitro gen fixation-taking nitrogen from the air. of which it constitutes four-fifths, and fixing it with some other substance. Haber won the prize, and Germany was able to carry on-supplied not only with nitrogen for explosives, but for agriculture.
 So the power resources of the United States are being plumbed to their depths by state and federal govern ments, by corporations and by far sighted economists, with view to the most effective integration of all sources and the eventual maximum pro- duction. Other countries, particularly Germany. Norway, France, Sweden, Italy and Switzerland, are working in. tently on the same problem. But America is far in the lead. For, in ciuding coal, oil and water power. all other countries fall far below America in potential resources. Japan's energy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
ACTIVE MEMBERS Florence Real Estate Board

Johnson & Johnson Drane Realty
 E. B. Wright & Son Kennedy Real Estate Co. Koonce Real Estate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
|SHEFFIELDC. DE {. } ENLlSTS SUPPORT
Great Program Of Activi- ties Aids In Develop
 ment Of District

There has been, perhaps, no one force in the interesting of business and indi- viduals generally in the Muscle Shoals district as the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce. considering the membership roll, numbering 125, and that the duties afe performed entirely by the members, it's work has been enormous. There are few persons in the United States or for eign countries who have heard the call of the district that haze not also heard from the chamber. $ A few accomplishments of the body include the distribution of 10000 pamphlets concerning pertinent facts of Muscle Shoals; entertainment of scores of delegations who. have visited Wilson dam; correspondence with hundgeds of firms who have eyineed interest in the possibilities of the region. Files of the Chamber of Commerce show that a months mail containA let 'tcrs from every state in the Union be- sides a scattering from Mexico and Canada. There have also been inquiries from China, Egypt and England.
 ls A speciality is also made in the dis tribution of literature Nfor society de. bates, furnishing material on. not one, but both sides of the question of what should become of Wilson dam.
 This educational campaign is part of the chamher's we'll planned drive for the development of the district.
 "Why,1s it is logically asked. ...should we attempt to bsing industries here when there is po~power for them,"
 When they do get the power, itis said, then scores of industries who have been in close touch with the chamber will sweep into the region <, The correspondence is in the hands of special committees. which include every active, member of the organization. Let ters from industrial men regarding pros poets for their particular concern are referred to local business men who are most interested and in closest touch with his product
 p The body also takes an acute interest in the Tennessee River Improvement association, Highways, schools, agricul- ture, and during the last few years has built two-story brick headquarters lo- cated in the center of Sheffield's busi- ness district This building is used to a great extent for community affairs and not Q day passes without a meeting of some organization within it's halls.
 Officials of the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce. are: A, Nj. Eaton, president {; Herman l.. Turner, vice president; H. Spielberger, treasurer and secretary {: w. H. Adams, assistant treasurer; J. l.. Andrews, T. F Cannon, Chopper Almon, W. H. Richardson and W. H. Martin, directors.
 PRECAUTION t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
THEN

Mr.-I may have to work late at the office tonight. If do, Iii send you note.
 Mrs-Don' tbother. found the note in your coat pocket befre you got up this morning.-From the New Fork Sun and Globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
THE oIJICK AND THE DEAD

The Boston Transscript credits the following to one of it's exchanges: A reunion of the Rumsey family was held yesterday at the home of John Finch Mrs. Martin Finch was the only one living that was present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
sTUUNG

From the Boston Transcri.t ~
 She (after the ceremony )-But you told me you were mentioned in your uncle's will.
 He-I was he said I was to get nothing. i.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
HEART

In the west they speak of man as having the fear of God in his heart. This does not in the least imply that he is religious it means that throuh some experience or the experience of life time he has arrived at proper humble ness regarding his relationship to other men and his surroundings. The Greeks had a ward-I cannot remember it now the same idea. A bad horse may put the fear of God into the heart of man who thinks too much of his riding. a courag, us man may put the fear of God into the heart of bully. It is a beautifulp phrase, and any man who really has the fear in his heart has also in his heart a ma jor portion of Christian ethics- Struthers Burt in the Saturday Evening Post.
 resources are less than one five-hun> dredth part of those of the United
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27

again. and when the nurse appeared sead to her: "NowiI want to read a lit tle. Please bring me postage stamp" From the Progressive Grocer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
BEDTIME STORY

From the Boston Transcript.
 On Saturday night the little ones were enjoying some music in the parlor and bedtime drew near. Mother said : Now, children, choose hymn to fin ish up with and then you must all say good night
 Lets have Ere Again the Sabbath Close suggested the 7-year-old daugh- ter.
 Well, I think that would be more suitable for tomorrow evening"" re- piled her mother.
 'Oh, hui you always air oit S,Ihath clothes on Saturdays, said the child.
 
 STARTING GRADUALLY A patient who was convalescing from a long seize of pneumonia had asked re- peatedly for food and finally the nurse gave him a small spoonful of rice. In a few minutes the patient rang
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27

Garner Agency
 Carter Realty Company Roberson Realty & Insurance Go. Taylor Realty Coompany J. D. Weeden & Company Walter H. Glenn & Company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
NO MAKEUP

:, NO MAKEUP . From the. New York Sun and Globe.
 Sally doesn't believe in makeup"
 sShe doesn t Why her face is all ways thic kwith paint.
 Well, she quarrelled with me last night and she won't make up today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
UNTHINKABLE

From London Mail.
 Agaths-It's no use your proposing to me, old thing. I should never dream of marrying man who ,ouhl not af- ford to divorce me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
PRECAUTION

From the New York Sun.
 Novice-Did you ever contemplate old man? &
 veteran--0h, yes. But always at . safe distance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-02

Workers. Farmersl Demands
The Labor Party
Amalgamation
Organization OF Unornanized
The Land for the Users
The Industries for the Worker
Protection Of the Forelgn-Born
Recognition Of Soviet RussIa
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-02

MINNEAPOLIS, Mnng June 1.-The St. Paul
convention is not called to king but to found
party" said Robert D. cramer, In statement to
the press today regarding LaFoilette's attempt to
disrupt the farmerlabor movement cramer is
member Of tho committee arrangements for the
June IL convention, editor Of the Minneapolis Labor
Review and we-known labor leader In the north
west. The statement follows;
"As member Of the arrangements COMMITTEES /
wish to make the following answer: The st. Paul
June II convention will proceed Just as tho LaFol
Iette had made statement. The St. Paul conven
tlon is not called to crown king, but to found
party, rooted in the economic organization Of the
exploited workers Of the city and the country. The
progresslves Of the northwest not ignorant Of
the tremendous pressure that has been brought to
bear not only LaFoIlette, but also on other pro-
1ressIves, to force them to make statements in
opposition to the st. Paul convention, by officials
Of international unions who fear passing Of their
power into the hands Of the rank and fIe
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-02
MANY CELEBRATE AS
SOVIET CONSULATE is
OPENED IN TURKEY

MOSCOW, April 22-(By Mal).-
constantInopIe reports solemn
opening Of the eonsuIate-general Of
the Union Of Socialist Soviet Re
publcs In the presence Of represent
atives Of the foreign office, military
authorities, chamber Of commerce,
Merchants society, trade unions Of
Turkish workmen and also repre-
sentatlves Of the Italian, Swedish,
Norwegian, Danish and Greek mis-
slons, big banks and the press.
The hosting Of the red flag OF the
Soviet republics was saIuted by the
guard OF honor. The military band
was playing 1.-THE International"
The solemn ceremony produced a
great impression on big crowds Of
people who came TO see the proee-
dure.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-02
CHINA GIVES
SOVIET RULE
RECOGNITION
Russia Renounces Cars
Brutal Exactions
Especial to The Daily Workerl

t0pcCidt 10 ING lazy VoIEGFl
PEKlNC, June 1.-The Chi
nese government, against the ex-
pressed wishes and threats of
the United States and French
embassies in Picking has granted
de jure recognition to the Soviet
Government under an agree
ment, the terms of which are in
part as follows:
Russia renounces payments
due on account of the Boxer
uprisings but specifies that asum
equal to the payments be used
for educational purposes among
the Chinese workers.
Both countries agree to suppress
agitation or propaganda directed
against each other. AS China, at the
present time is the happy hunting
ground for anti-Soviet plotters fin
anced by French and American
money, this clause means that China
will be obliged under the terms Of
Continued on page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-02

Western Electric Scab Shop Methods Barred
Yellow Press Refuses to Publish
Replies to Attacks of LaFOLIette

"should McAdoo be nominated by the Democratic
convention, LaFoIIette Will find that some Of those
International officials who have opposed the ST. Paul
convention will support McAdoo. Fundamentally
LaFoIIettes attack the ST. Paul convention was
mistake. and from the standpoint Of practical
LaFoIlette politics It Is apt to turn to be serr-
Gus blunder More workers being sent into
unemployment every day, more farmers are like
wise being dispossessed. These severely exploited
elements will be the backbone Of the St. Paul con.
ventIon. They are not afraid Of the radicals. They
have suffered too long at the hands Of the corrupt
Republican and Democratic parties"
cramer's statement was given to the capitalist
press. They all suppressed II, along with other
statements supporting the June II convention. On
the other hand, any obscure ward politician or faker
never heard Of before, now get his name in the
headlines OF these prostituted sheets by joining In
denunciation Of the ST. Paul gathering. The respon-
sible prosressves are standing stronger and more
militant than for the pushing Of the convention
thru to success.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-02
WILL BISHOP
BROWN BURN
AT S I AXE?
Found Guilty Under Old
Law Providing Penalty
Special to The Daily Worker

t0PtCidN 70 ne LAZY NNDEHuFl
CLEVELAND, O., June L.
William Montgomery Brown
Bishop of the Protestant Epis-
copaI Church, has been declared
guilty of heresy by the special
tribunal trying him for his book,
Communism and Christian
ISM"
The verdict is based upon an
Gent ecclesiastical law, accord
ing to which the guilty one is
subject to torture or burning at
the stake, as punishment for UNI
orthodoxy.
While there seems little likelihood
of the Bishop actually being burned
alive, yet it is pointed out that the
same legal foundation exists for such
penalty as for the verdict Of guilty.
"Not Thru" Says Brown.
This is the last heresy trial." said
Bishop Brown. after the verdict had
been delivered by Bishop Mural a
Baltimore. 81 am not thru. l will
knock at every door in the land to get
justice"
Bishop Brown challenged the court
to answer whether its members be-
lieved literally the dogmas which he
is charged with denying. He put a
long list Of questions to them, which
must have stumped the worthy
churchmen, for they refused to answer
them.
Bishop Brown charged that no sane
man longer believes that Jonah ac-
tually swallowed a whale (or was It
the other way about?); that Jesus was
born of a virgin; that God had smoke
in his nose; that Jesus actually pro-
duced intoxicating beverages from
plain water in violation of the 18th
Amendment, and many other dogmas
Of the church.
The court which pronounced Bishop
Brown guilty of heresy, failed to clear
themselves Of the same charge. The
author OF Communism and Christian
ism" believes, with the most Of man.
kind, that even the trial court keeps
its fingers crossed ON some OF these
items.
Bishop Brown faces election from
the church IL the verdict Of heresy is
upheld. Appeal is being made.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-02
Sick Class War
Victim To Face
Spanish Directory

SAN QUENTIN. Cal, June Ira
mon Sanchez, criminal syndicalism
prisoner who has fought deportation
proceedings for two years. has given
up the fight and win accept deporta-
ton to Spain, where he faces prob
able torture at the hand OF the mill.
tarist dictatorship. Sanchez, suffer
ing from incipient tuberculosis as a
result OF prison, has been foremost in
all protest strikes, having spent weeks
in the dungeon on several occasions.
Like all California criminal syndical.
ism victims, he was never accused Of
any overt act or any crime" except
membership in the I. w, w,