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Smyrna times., 1926-04-21
BELL COMPANY CREATES FOUR
DIVISIONS IN OPERATIVE PLAN
NJ. B. DOWNING TO SUPERVISE
SECTION EMBRACING STATE
Plan Which Will be Undertaken May
l Will Facilitate Telephone Oper-
alton Over a Wide Area

With the creation of four operating
areas, each in charge of general
manager a fundamental change will
be made in the general and staff or
ganizations of the Bell Telephone
Company on May 1. This announce
ment is contained in the current issue
of "The Telephone News" following
earlier announcement in these columns
The territory of the Diamond State
Telephone Company, in Delaware, will
be included in the Eastern Area, en-
bracing what has heretofore been
known as the Eastern Pennsylvania
Division. The Eastern Area will also
include the territory of the Delaware
and Atlantic Company of New Jersey;
the Engineering and Traffic operation
of the Philadelphia tool and tandem
switchboards and also include the su-
pervision of the New York Telephone
Company Of the plant and organiza-
ton in the territory of the former
Farmers Telephone Company in New
Jersey. The Lehigh Telephone Com
pany will be considered an Eastern
Pennsylvania connecting company.
M. B. Downing, now general com
mercial manager, has been appointed
general manager of the Eastern Area,
with headquarters in Philadelphia.
The other areas are Philadelphia,
Central Pennsylvania and Western
Pennsylvania.
According to the new plan there
will be four operating organizations,
each under the direction of general
manager. The present four depart
ments now under the vice-persident
and general manager will no longer
be directed by department heads or
have departmental staffs. The gen
eral managers will have full charge
of all commercial, plant, traffic and
engineering organizations and opera
tions in their areas. Each general
manager will have a chief engineer,
who will deal with matters heretofore
dealt with by the chief engineer of the
companies.
The general change is due to the
growth of business, increasing the
scope and volume of the activities of
each division. Delaware has shown
growth Of approximately $4,000 tele-
phones in IS years. Figures furnish
ed by The Telephone News" show
there We're 1878 telephones in Del
aware on January 1, 1913; and that
on January l, 1926, there were 25,734
telephones in the State.
Miss Mary V. McCann has been pro-
NOTED to supervisor in the Whining
ton exchange. She was formerly sen
ior operator. A Scarborough, former
ly a clerk, has been promoted to chief
clerk to superintendent of building
and supplies.
In the photographs of plant depart
ment empolyes councils for 1926, the
newly elected Wilmington Council,
comprising w. T. Hairsine, chairman;
I. E. D. Dean, ]. L. Megginson, sec
retary; c. Armstrong, all of Whining
ton, and 0. I. Farrow, of Georgetown,
are pictured.
Photographs of Miss Elsie NJ. Rose,
operator in charge, and Miss Helen
Brown, operator, both of Georgetown,
are reproduced in the magazine.
Smyrna times., 1926-04-21
PuRLC SALE

The undersigned will sell at public
sale at his farm known as the Brown
Farm, on road leading to Rothwell's
Corner to the Boulevard, miles
north of Smyrna, on
THURSDAY, APRIL %, 1926
at one o'clock p. M,
4 HEAD OF HORSES
All good workers and drivers rang
ing in age from 3 to IA years.
5 HEAD OF COWS AND CALVES
Other cows will be in profit soon.
These cattle are all good mixers.
FARM IMPLEMENTS
Farm Wagon, good condition; Dear
born, nearly new; Sulky Iron Age
Cultivator, Rock Island Riding Plow,
two-horse Plow, one-horse Plow, Har-
ness. Shovels, Hoes, Forks, etc.
Lot of HOUSEHOLD GOODS near
ly new.
TERMS $50 and under, cash;
months, bankable paper.
]. II. GREEN
Smyrna times., 1926-04-21
||sIFIfTfDFDR ROAD WORK
Y ||.'1IG II''IIF TFf STATE S222,991
IAN Of BEAR STATION
cuOssING LI,Vs ONE PROJECT

| ,I.O Secured BY State
|.uds alns,tment alsU for Planting
|5Gi'', ,Iaus the dupont Boulevard
n.sting Of the State Highway a
y l..iiar 1'o'i Wednesday bids we're re- :!
|1'sl'4 III road contracts, one n
II ,'l+Is y " and the other in Kent
y laSNs .1I;nination I'M Of a grade
|'E at Y Rear station in New Cas-
Fspg = ; hin timber bridge at Collins
slnsl Sn.,ey county, tree planting
| / y ID,0,isrard, 0J and II motorcycles
" ! Pm .rraI number Of used ma
Z ID sq n trade. The total
'h .l't Z t,e lowest bids for the
E.3l y . s999 y 991.O6. The contracts
2 / I : n.'Tr.rjed Tr after the engineers Of
n,...rment have gone over the
I u, uare as follows:
~ = Corner Middletown, 3.85
NV Nv Castle county-William
'',,.sr, {, sT' Camden, New j., $177,315-
n
IA metal joint, ana $Il0,ooI;oo
;lTS.S84.8O, metal joint, $175,-
n oDen Joint; George and Lynch,
y \. si6g,l57, metal, $168,286, open
!. Y D. :. O'COnnell and Son, Phila-
n. slSO,41O.SO, metal, $179,596-
msp Joint; Juniata Company,
aiheDhia,s102,772.75, metal, $751;
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05
YOUNG TEXTILE WORKERS OF
PASSAIC SEE CLASS STRU GGLE
BY HARRY i. FOX.

o.
of to
Before the strike they did
eved that the the
representatives of republican
the big mllonaires their friends.
But they
When they strike
the
could get into the mill
So when these picket
early the morning every ready
disturb their
other they disturb
the sidewalk? Don't everything
And as the strike
invited the to march with
march with the
workers kept saying
would have invited the
have refused Many strikers said that the
people The working
honor walk with the working
Yes they have learned another
bridge Clifton living by the clubs
of the police of Clifton Garfield throwing the
clubbing them
for doing nothing
They have realized that the police controlled
the bosses They republican party and democratic
party are parties of the
The strikers belong
BOSSES Especially the very sing
working Young Worker
WORKER.
the strikers young Young Worker in her
hands and hered the selling paper
from here with papers"
Holding her the the work
paper"
This is the spirit of the textile strikers of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05
YOUNG WORKERS EXPLOITED
IN ST. LOUIS BOX FACTORY

ST. LOUIS, Mo.--Last year while
looking for a job l applied at the
Fehlig Bros. Box Co. in st. Louis.
There were about ten young fellows
assembled outside the gate, which
was something unusual, for in the
preceding three months of job-hunt-
ing there had been anywhere from
20 to so unemployed congregated at
every advertised vacancy.
AS we stood waiting for someone to
summon us there was the usual swap
ping of job-hunting "reminiscences.
One of the applicants pessimistical
ly asserted he had heard the box com
pany was damned poor paying
place" Judging from the previous
talk all the shops in the city were
damned poor paying places!"
The boss called us aside after a
while and after the usual preliminaries
said he needed two boys who were
willing to work for 20 cents an hour
The ad had not stated the number
wanted, but had just said, Boys
Wanted" thus getting large number
to apply.
Dismay was apparent on all their
faces and | was not exactly jubilant
1t was the first chance in months
however and l remained with two
others. The boss selected the biggest
of the other two and me.
When we were alone he told us he
would give us 221a cents an hour. He
had made sure of his flunkeys firstl
We were first put at unloading
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05
CAPITAL CLASS
LESSON F OR
MONDAY NIGHT

Next Mondays lesson for the class
in Capital" includes pages 235 to 26S
of the first volume and the problems
are as follows:
Give the formula for realiza-
ton Of surplus value of $500, thru an
investment of capital the composition
Of which is $4,000 constant and $500
variable.
2-What is the rate of surplus
value in this problem?
Slow do you arrive at this con-
clusion?
4-If constant capital increases to
$4,000 and the variable capital and
surplus remain the same is there a
change in the rate Of surplus value?
Sis there a difference between the
rate Of surplus value and the amount
Of exploitation?
Explain briefly the bourgeois
economists explanation of the above
example on the basis of the ilustra-
ton used by Marx on pages 244 to 24S.
III the laborer only works two
hours a day and is paid but for that
time does the capitalist then realize
surplus value.
Sis there a universal system Of
determining the normal working day?
9-Iiow does the capitalist strive
to increase his surplus products?
II. NJ. WICKS, Instructor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05
Workers Communist Party
New York Woman's
Day Celebration Takes
Place Saturday Night

NEW YORK, March 4-The Work
ers (CommunisO Party has arranged
a big mass meeting to celebrate In
ternational Womens Day on Satur-
day evening, March 6, 1926, at Central
Opera House, 9th st. and 3rd Ave,
at o'clock
A wonderful concert program has
been arranged The New York sym
phony children's orchestra, under the
direction of II. Kassel, will be one of
the big features at the meeting. The
orchestra consists of 60 children
The Brownsville Pioneers will stage
a tableau, where they will portray the
necessity of proletarian women to or
ganize. This is something unique and
you must not miss it.
Working class women's organiza-
tons will come en- masse. Pictures
will be taken of the different groups
of ,sEolasss
Tickets are selling at 25 cents and
can be obtained at the Workers Com
munist) Party office, 1OS East 14th
street, and from all party members.
Ben Gitlow, Lena Chernenko, Rose
Pastor Stokes and Kate Gitlow will be
the speakers. The Young Workers
(Communist) League and the Pioneers
will also have speakers. Margaret
INDUS, secretary of the women's dc.
partment of the Workers Party, Dis
trict No. 2, will be chairman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05

I. L. D. expects mass gathering
Ashland Blvd. Auditorium on March
h for the observance of Paris Com
me Day.
The features on the program will
a spectacular short drama Of the
It days of the Communards stand;
or three reels of highly interesting
lovies" Of Labor Defense and Class
ar Prisoners Aid in American and
rrope; a stage picture symbolizing
e international solidarity of workers
their own class defense; and as
eakers. Bishop William Montgomery
own, Robert Minor and J. w. John
One.
Various committees are at work
eparing this super-program and at
nding to widespread advertising
the affair. Scores of thousands of
afiets, posters and tickets have been
sued to do justice to the significance
the Paris Commune and its particu-
r commemoration in Chicago.
Tickets may be bought for Csc in
lvance or for SOC at the door. They
e now on sale at the local l. L. D.
ice, % So Lincoln, and at various
)ok stores, newspaper offices, etc.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05
Lenin Funeral Picture
Shown in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 4.-The
three-reel Lenin funeral film will be
shown at the celebration of the eighth
anniversary of the Comintern on Sat
urday, March 6, at p. m, at the In
ternational Socialist Lyceum, sos
James street, N. s., Pittsburgh. This
is really wonderful picture, showing
the hundreds of thousands of work
ers and peasants that turned out to
pay tribute to the Founder of the
Communist international. Speakers
will explain the history and role of
the Comintern in the struggle for the
emancipation of te worker. Admis-
sion so cents. Auspices Workers
Party School and the Young Work
ers' League
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05

trucks of boxes down a chute to a
truck in the alley. After about an
hour at this the foreman called me
to the framenailer as helper. Here
as speedily as possible 1 worked out
the 50-hour week, from 1880 a. m. to
II noon and from 1890 to 500 D. m.
Saturday from 1880 in the morning to
1880 o'clock.
There was no provision for eating
lunch and the lavatory was a filthy
abominable hole. The foreman as
sumed a sneering attitude towards
the workers who were mostly young
fellows.
Whenever any talk about the shop
came up they always specialized on
the chances of getting employment. at
another box factory where, from their
talk, slightly better conditions pre-
vailed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05
BOSTON OPENS
CLASSES IN
COMMUNISM
Form Workers School in
District One

BOSTON, March 4-BUston is ffowF
recognized on the shop and street
nuclei basis and the units are begin
ming to understand their tasks in the
new form of organization. Side by
side with the general activity of the
nuclei, however, the carrying on Of
the everyday tasks of the party must
go systematic education of the party
members, to make them understand
fully these tasks, to fit them to per-
form these tasks more effectively, to
increase the theoretical level of the
party Only by a thoro understanding
of Communist theory and practice can
our members qualify for leadership
among the masses of workers.
To this end the Workers School Of
Boston has been formed and will be-
gin its sessions early in March with
number of classes designed to infuse
the spirit of feminist theory and prac-
tice into the membership of the dis
trict.
Fundamentals of Communism" a
course of eight lessons, is the pre-
scribed minimum which every mem
Der should cover Outlined by the
Agitprop of the Communist Interna-
tional it is the basic course for every
Communist. Party units should dele
gate the comrade best qualified to
take the course and then conduct a
class on the subject in the unit.
Methods of Work in Shop Nuclei
is a course invaluable to party func-
tionaries. At least one member from
each unit, preferably the secretary
organizer, should take this course,
which will be conducted by Bert Mil
Ter, District Organizer.
Glasses in English will be given for
those who need better understand
ing of the language and will differ
from the English courses in the public
schools in that they will connect the
study up with the work in the unions
and in the party. 1t is expected that
enrolment in this course will be
heavy and a number of classes with
competent teachers are planned in diff
ferent cities thruout the district.
A course in Imperialism for ad-
vanced students will be given, taking
in the salient features of the present
stage Of finance capitalism, the con
flicts that arise therefrom and the in
herent contradictions that will result
in the final overthrow of the capir
talist system. Max Lerner will con-
duct this class.
Leninism, class in the theory
and tactics of our movement, is open
to advanced students who have the
necessary grasp of economics and his
tory. H. ]. Canter, District Agitprop
Director, will act as instructor.
Glasses are planned in trade union
ism and in Workers Correspondence
if the registration is sufficient.
Enrolment cards are in the hands
Of all units and all comrades who are
DESTROYS of taking courses should reg
lister at once at SO Causeway Street,
party headquarters. A fee of one dol
lar will be charged to cover expenses
for the term. Enroll now. Do not
delay. A strong Workers School in
Boston means a strong, healthy party
in District One.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05
CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL
WOMAN'S DAY MEETING
SATURDAY, MARCH 6

International Woman's Day will
be celebrated in Chicago by a mass
meeting and entertainment on Satur-
day night, March 6, at Northwest
Hall, North and Western AYES.
Speakers will talk on "Women and
the Trade Unions" "Women and the
Class War;" 1.-THE Working Class
Housewife" and women in Soviet
Russia"
All working class men and women
are asked to attend this celebration
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05
Request Mississippi
Governor Motto Sign
Anti-EvoldEion Bill

NEW YORK. ~ (FP}. ~ Governor
Harry L. Whitfield of Mississippi is
urged not to sign the anti-evolution
bill passed by the state legislature,
in telegram sent by the American
Civil Liberties Union. The union
proposes to take the bill thru the
courts with the Tennessee law if the
governor signs The telegram states
that public school boards can de-
termine teaching according to local
sentiment" and adds that leading
churchmen and educators all over
the country oppose penalizing the
teaching of science,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05
ADVERSARY OF
Paris COMMUNE
TOBE OBSERVED
last Day of the Com
mune," Dramatized

he tifty-fifth anniversary Of the
is Commune will be commemorat.
n Chicago with a huge demonstra.
under the auspices of the Interna-
al Labor Defense. Chicago local.
J. D., has grown within the past
months to 10000 collective and
ividual members, representing so
inches and affiliated organizations,
consequence of this added strength,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05
TRUMBULL MEETING
IN PITTSBURGH.

PITTSBURG. Pa, = Walter Trum-
bull, class war prisoner, recently re-
leased from Alcatraz Military Prison
will speak on what Militarism means
to the Young Workers" at Labor
Lyceum, IS Miller Street, Pittsburgh.
Pa, on Friday, March 10, p. m. All
young and adult workers are invited.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05
entertainment and
Dance on Saturday
at Workers Lyceum

Everyone must get ready for the
Entertainment and dance this coming
aturday evening, March 9Th, at the
Workers Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd.
he dance will be held under the au-
pices of the Workers Party, Sub
ection No. 6. Everybody is assured
good time
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05
LOVESTONE TO GREET TRUMBULL
At YOUNG WORKERS BANQUET
All Working Class Organizations Are Requested Send Official
Delegations Greet Walter TrumbuI His Release
from AItcatraz Military Prison.

That will additional attractive features by
Young welcome Walter
Trumbul back the militant working class movement
All working requested to take
this question Immediately delegations
Sunday evening
IIalsted
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05

See the motion picture Of
class war prisoners aid In Eur
rope and America at the Inter.
national Labor Defense com.
memoratlon of the Paris Com
mune at Ashland Auditorium on
March 10.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05
AKRON ORGANIZES
DEFENSE COUNCIL
FOR FOREIGN7BORN
Eleven Organizations
Join in Move
fspeelaI to Id caIIy Workerl

AKRON, Ohio, March a I'M A very
successful conference was held here,
resulting in the organization of a
council for the Protection of Foreign
Born Workers. Eleven organizations
sent delegates to the conference,
which was filled with enthusiasm and
determination to wage stiff cam
paign in behalf of the foreign-born
workers of this city.
Delegate E. Trivia opened the meet
ing, explaining it's purpose, and then
introduced the speaker of the confer
ence, Sadie Amter She analysed the
bills now before congress to register,
photograph and fngerprint the for
aign-born workers in this country and
clearly showed that these were men
ace not only to the alien workers in
this country, but to the entire labor
movement of the United States.
What the Bills Will Do.
IF you walk on the streets you are
in danger of being stopped by a po-
liceman, who will demand your reg
istration card. If you have none, it will
be all right for the time being. If
you proceed a few steps further, an
other cop will stop you, and that can
continue no matter where you are.
You will be safe nowhere.
"The American worker, who cannot
be distinguished by his looks. will be
exposed to the same Interference.
But the main purpose of the bill is to
lower the conditions, first of the for
eign-born workers who are the pre-
dominating elements in the basic in
dustries of the country, and then all
workers in this country. This is the
menace, and we must challenge it by
means of Councils for the Protection
of Foreign Born Workers. These
bills must not pass, and if the work
ers of this country organize they will
not pass"
Elect Executive Committee.
An executive committee Of nine was
elected, with E. Trivia as president,
A Sell, secretary, and P. Jakim, treas
urer. A mass meeting will be held
here in the near future to mobilize
the workers of the city against the
vicious bill.
The conference adopted a resolu-
)tion denouncing this legislation and
calling on all working class bodies to
agitate against it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05
Elect Executive Committee.
FREE LITERATURE SUPPLIED.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. = Free copies
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Robotnicza, Pravda, and Honor and
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-16
FINANCIAL
REVIEW

New York. Oct. 18--GN--Efforts
to bolster up the stock market this
week were unavailing and after a
b. icf period of recovery sharp re-
ion carried the prices Of many
actiy. railroads and industrial shares
to the lowest levels Of the current
movement.
Deterrent influences on general
trade were more numerous but few
Of them were important enough to
he blamed for the selling move
ment. Money rates remained rela-
lively firm, but less concern was
manifest over credit conditions than
in previous weeks.
Competitive price cutting and signs
Of slackening business in the motor
industry made the automobile stock
vulnerable targets for bear attacks
throughout the week. Hudson. Moon.
Mack Trucks and other leading is
sues slumped to the lowest levels of
the year and General Motors. which
has been obtaining the lions share
Of the automobile business Of late,
was driven down sharply.
The weeks most significant de-
velopmcnt in tho steel trade was the
announcement of Il noticeable rcduc-
tion in buying on the part of motor
manufacturers. U. s. Steel was ham
mcred to the lowest levels since the
final week Of July. more than 20
points under its 1926 peak and Gulf
State Steel sold at the years bottom
price.
Railroad shares were strengthened
for "a time by the belief that heavy
car loadings through September would
be reflected in large earnings, but
gains were not fully maintained
! Atlantic Coast Line sold some 20
points below it's record of 262 y. at
tanned a. the height Of the Florida
boom.
Although the outlook for the cop
! per market was Frightened BY the
formation Of world wide export
association, shares Of the leading
producing companies made no note
worthy response.
| !. kennccQtt mounted new top for
] the year but other copper shares
were little changed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-16
SO. ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK

south st. raul, Oct. I6-tR)--trac.
tically all lines Of cattle were credit
ed for the week with Is to so cent
advance, compared with last week s
low point, while vcalers reacted to
bottom levels and closed from 1.6O to
200 under last weeks close, says the
weekly review OF the United States
department Of agriculture. Butcher
and bacon hogs wound up the week
about steady. with packing SONS most.
" so, cents lower. Fat lambs showed
no change. in fact the entire run Of
sheep ended up about steady.
On Friday mixed. ycarlings in the
cattle, division cashed up to 1850,
some earlier in the week at II so.
Palmer kinds cashcd downward to
$50. Grass fat steers sold at 5000
TBS largely, quality being very ordi-
nary, with less desirable material
down ito s5..25. Bulk Of tho fat cows
sold at A.25 to. 5.2b, load lots up TO
6.75. while most of the heller supply
sold ut 5.25 to CPS, some choice mp to
eIo 3. Aetter.- All cutters sold At
$50 to 400 with few sales undesir-
able. kindss ar0nnd 3 .25.s Most mAAilm
grade hg,]}s cleared at 500 To Is so,
ge0d .hsayies up tos6.7S. Bulk ut the
Rpod )ight veal calH<s cashAd ut 1870.
TecdetG and StockeEy shae01 In the
advances rendered 1at cattle md coun.
try movement was fairly broad.
raGhcd mp to 1S.Sb. with the bulk of
the 100 70 200 pound weights It 1S.oo