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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-08
DEFENSE HIGHWAY BUS
LINE SOON TO BE OPENED
Public Service Commission APP
proves Railroad Application.
Service Expected in 80 Days.

special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, February s. The
Public Service Commission having
approved the application, motor bus
service between Washington and
Annapolis over the new National De
Tense Highway will be inaugurated
within 80 days by the Washington,
Baltimore and Annapolis Electric
Railroad Co
The service will have a schedule
running time of ! hour and 80 min
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-08

Then they shut the door and Rugged
each other. The black night was
ended.
THE END.
Copyright. 1927
New Britain herald., 1927-06-22
To tho Parent or Guardian

To tho Parent or Guardian
 Every parent who has the inter- est of his boy or girl at heart will readily see the art of swimming is . necessary part of the childs educa- tion. Swimming has various uses; 1t is . splendid form of exercise im- proves health. strengthens every muscle.
 The first day is devoted to getting the boySand girls used to the water. They are taught to duck" and to open their eyes under water. They arc taught tho dead mans float. g No boy or girl is forcibly "ducked." :" Care is taken that tho child's natural fear of water is not increased.
 On the second day the arm stroke Is taught in the water and out. The dead mans float" and tho arm stroke are combined and the pupil is permitted to practice as much as possible.
 On the third day the leg kick is taught, the arm stroke Is reviewed and then the kick and arm stroke are combined. Water wings are pro- vided so the beginner may practice the stroke and kick without fear of going down.
 On the fourth day the water wingz are again provided and the art of swimming is practiced. Each boy or girl Individually is given a test. Their ability is recorded and those who pass the test are awarded a swimmers button.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-22
SWIMMING TAUGHT YOUNG AMERICA
Free Lessons at Y.M.C.A. and
 Y.W.C.A. "Splash Week.

Free swimming lessons for boys and girls between the ages of 10 and IS years will be given at the Y. M. c. A. and the Y. W. c. A. next week starting Monday. and ending Thurs day. Application have been distribut- ed to the boys and girls in the schools which will entitle the boy or girl to four swimming lessons free of charge.
 Those who have received the cards will report at the Y. M. c. A. (boys), and the Y. w. c. A. (girls) Saturday morning between the hours of and 12. Any boy or girl who did not receive an application and can not swim can secure a card by calling at the Y. M. c. A. or Y. w. c. A. any time before Saturday. Every boy or girl will be required to bring his or her card Saturday morning and will be advised as to the swimming schedule.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-22

tory sentence IS needed in his case. Judge Hungerford said. as he or dered him held for superior court.
 In Skaters case, the record showed that he has been on proba- ton. Judge Hungerford called Was father before 'him and asked him what the boys behavior has been. The father replied that when the boy was small. he was in juvenile court but since that time he has be- haved we'll, % far as he knew.
 Yes, He Had Bananas The case of Hagen c. Smith. aged 25. of 63 South avenue, Meriden, charged with overlooking a truck was continued until tomorrow morn ing. MT. Greenstein informing Judge Hungerford that Smiths employer had requested this action. Motor cycle Officer strolls arrested Smith on Stanley street late yesterday aft. ernqpn after finding load of green bananas which Smith was bringing to . Lafayette street store weighed about $500 pounds in excess of ths weight allowed by law.
 The case of Horace Porter. aged jc2, of 209 Linden street, charged with violation of the motor vehicle law in driving a car registered 1T New York, on a Connecticut opera. tors license, was nolled, MT. Green stein in forming the court that mt offense had been committed. Officer Thomas Blanchette arrested Portel last night on West Main street. The charge of causing delinquenc! of children. against Mir. and Mrs Stanley Romain of 13 Oak street was nolled. MT. Greenstein reporting that the Humane society officials
New Britain herald., 1927-06-22
GAS METER THIEVES | CAUGHT Wl7HLO07
Three Rounded Up After Visits
 to Empty TentmenB

Frank Bucheri. aged 1s. of s6 Winter street was bound over to su- perior court in s2.50o bonds: Walter Was. aged 16. of 302 Elm street was given a suspended commitment to Cheshire reformatory and placed on probation for ono year, and Alex Slater. aged IT. of 7b Hartford av- enue. was committed to the reforma- tory. by Judge w. c. Hungerford in police court this morning on the charge of burglary. the trio having been arrested about 4:20 this morn- ing in connection with the theft of money from two gas meters at Ss Willow street. one at 46 Willow street and one at IS Star street.
 Sergeant Thomas J. Feeney testi- fled that Officers Moore and Kox- lauskas saw Bucheri and Slater on Lafayette street about s:5O o'clock, and at sight of the officers the boys ran through back yards and came out block or two away. At Church and Main streets Sergeant Feeney asked them where they were going and Bucheri replied that he had been working in the tobacco fields in Windsor and was going to New York. Sergeant Feeney searched him and found $s.25. mostly in quarter dollars
 Sergeant Feeney and Officer Will liam McMurray took them to the police station, where Slater admitted the gas meter jobs. according to Sergeant Feeney's testimony Buch- eri stood watch while Was and Slater actually opened tho meters, using g screw driver on Willow street and four toothpicks on Star street. They also tried two other vacant tenements on Willow street but the meters had been removed. Was. who was in bed at his home, was arrested on Skaters story and is said to have admitted his part. The money was turned over to Bucheri.
 When they were put to plea, Slater and Was pleaded guilty and neither made any statement to the court. Bucheri. however. pleaded not guilty and took the witness stand and entered denial of the testimony of Sergeant Feeney. He was not on watch when the gas meters were opened. he said, but he admitted having received the money. You always blame the other fel- low when you come in here, don't you" Assistant Prosecuting Attor- ney W. M. Greenstein said to him. T always tell the truth" Bucheri replied.
 Judge Hungerford remarked that Bucheri's record includes convictions for theft and burglary and shows that he has served in Cheshire re- formatory, having been taken of parole March 1. Apparently some. thing more severe than reforma.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-22

. birthday party when he becomes 1oo. years old and then he intends to begin piling up the years on the oth- CT side of the hill.
 Born in Paisley, Scotland, June p. 1882. at the age of IS years he packed his bag and sailed for Amer- ica. Making a journey across the water in those days was no small thing. He bade his friends and relatives good bye and with his bum de boarded sailing vessel which buffeted tho stormy Atlantic for eight weeks and two days. Fast sailing vessels such as the modern liners, ploughing their way across the water by steam, oil and electric power, were not known.
 The young Scotch immigrant landed, full of hope and ambitions. He did not know at that time that he was destined to become a success full inventor. turning out articles of use and convenience which would bear his name. He only knew that he had come to the land of oppor- tunity to make his fortune.
 ~77 Years in New Britain
 He came to New Britain " years ago, New Britain. then small town of less than 2,5oo was destined to grow up and take its place in the front line of industry as was the timid Scotch immigrant with his small bundle. just arrived from FL lis Island. Elihu Burritt, then 40 years old. was in Europe addressing large gatherings in the interest of universal brotherhood when Andrew Turnbull looked around New Britain and went to work as a carpenter 8 apprentice.
 There were no paved streets in New Britain. The young carpenter rose early in the morning, washed himself at the outdoor pump and walked the grassy lanes. where COWS roamed. to his work. Where many modern buildings now stand. there was nothing but woods. Where the New Haven railroad station Is was q stream of water, and pond marked the site of what later became part of the Stanley Rule and Level plant. In this pool the young Scotchman had many a cooling swim on hot days.
 The great Landers. Frary & Clark plan. with its millions of dollars in capitalization was undreamed Of. It's forerunner was a small wooden shack and its payroll included the names of three employees. All three have long since passed to their eternal reward.
 Where Central park now stands was a large set of hay scales. Farm CTS from surrounding country drove in to these scales. tied their horses to the public hitching post and swapped yarns in the village gro- cery. The young Vlan sat on stone fence or a pile of brush where the New Haven railroad now runs and pulled out of the water many finny specimens which would cause mod ern Izaak Waltons to travel many miles to hook.
 The nearest big town to the vil- lage of New Britain was Berlin. Travel to Berlin in those days was
New Britain herald., 1927-06-22
g TODAY, PLANNING CELEBRATION AT lQ
kndlty Tuahl Dedlr8' He Is
 Nd oA Yd

Andrew Turnhull, inventer and considered the oldest resident of New Britain. l. rscsivipg congratu. lations today on the occasion of his S5th birthday anniversary. MT. Turnbull. who resides with his daughter-in-law. Mrs. Margaret Turnbull at Il Wallace street. is in good health with the exception of failing sight. He is in possession Of . keen mind and is enjoying the cards and flowers and visitors who have been arriving at the house all during tho day.
 MT. Turnbull h not an old man. He says 50 himself. He iS planning
New Britain herald., 1927-06-22
WILL DROP HANDBILLS
10000 Papers With Directions
 Nungesser Are Prepared

4NuAA6NSoCI <AIN LICV0tGu |
 Chicoutimi, Que, June 22 @ - Ten thousand handbills addressed to Nungesser and Coli. missing French flyers, will be distributed by airplane tomorrow over the entire district northeast of the Saguenay river. where mysterious ''hares'' have been reported seen during tho past 10 days
 Residents of the district have re- garded tho "hares' as signals from the missing aviators.
 The circulars bear brief descrip- tion of tho district and tell the best method of finding a way to the near est settlement.
 Make an effort to signal with smoke in the day time on the shore of large lakes or rivers whose course you should follow" tho circulars read. If possible, signal two hours after sundown for fifteen minutes in sputherly direction"
New Britain herald., 1927-06-22

MAYONNAICE MAKER DIES Boston, June 23 (UP)-James A. Afcardt. president of the I-Car-Di Mayonnaise Company of Boston, was dead today at his South Boston home in his 66th year. following a brief illness.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-22
CARDINALS PRACTICE

SNAeDANAASo 1AhC11NE
 The Cardinal A. c. baseball team will hold, practice at Walnut Hill park tonight and all members of tho team are asked to be present.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-22

had notified him that the children have been committed to the county home at Warehouse Point.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-12
THE NEW GOLGOTHA
(Poem from Sacco and Vanzetti Anthology of Vel
By HENRY REICH.

Now Plate has decreed that they shall die,
The law is served, the court has been sustained,
The state is needless of the anguished cry
For freedom that has risen unrestrained
On new Golgotha how the cross is let
To STAY these Christs. The time is drawing near
And shall we yield them up and shall yet
Abandon them? Dear Comrades do not fearD
A doom is and tempest black
That time rent the temple curtain wide.
And shall We in this mighty hour, turn back,
And shall we let these two be crucified?
Oh save our martyrs Do not falter now!
Strike! Strike! Toll not another hour
Until these men are freed This be your VOW
This be the vindication of your power!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-12
VENEZUELAN LABOR UNION CALLS ON GREEN

The Venezuelan Labor Union, Ric-
ardo A. Martinez, president, yester-
day sent a telegram to William
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, asking him to
raise his voice for the freedom of
,Sacco and Vanzetti.
The telegram follows:
"In view of the fact that the reso-
luton introduced at the Pan-Amer-
lean Federation Congress by the dele
cations of Guatemala, Dominican
Republic, Nicaragua and Venezuela,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-12

asking pardon for Sacco and Van
zetti, was modified on account of the
faith of the United States delegation,
headed by you, in Governor Fuller's
sense of justice, which has proven
mockery, in the name of Latin-A Amer
lean workers, we ask you to add youf
voice as president of the American
and Pan-American Federations Of
Labor to that of the world, which
proclaims their innocence. Yours for
pardon of our tortured brothers,
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Van
zetti."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-12
BY EARL BROWDER.
Continued From Last Issue)
Conditions in the Interior.

Conditions in the Interior.
THE conditions described above are
in Canton, great city,. the most
modern in China aside from Shang-
hal and Hankow, where the trade
unions have been able to work openly
for several years. What then must
the conditions be in the interior?
We had an opportunity to see at first
hand when we began our overland
trip to Hankow, which lasted twenty
five days. A few typical towns along
the route will give picture of the
general conditions.
NAMYUNG is the last town on the
~ Pei Kiang, or North River, north
ern Kwangtungs Province, near the
Tayu mountains bordering Kiangsi
Province. 1t is reached by boat,
drawn by ropes and pushed by poles
against the current, for six days
from Shiuchow, the present terminus
of the railroad eventually to continue
to Han6ow. The men and women
who perform this labor are strongly
organized in the Water Transport
Union Originally the Seamen only,
and their union controls all trans
port on this river. They are there
fore among the better-off. They re-
eeive 40 to 60 cents day, working
from dawn until dark, and some
times till ten o'clock at night, stop
ping twenty minutes twice during
the day for food.
ARRIVED at Namyung, we are
"a lodged as the guests. of the city
in the public gardens on top of the
great old city walls which in former
times protected the commerce that
flowed here from the North thru
Melting Pass from Kiangsi. These
walls, typical of Chinese cities, are
still in good repair, but in the era OF
modern artillery useless for anything
more serious than lodgings for
guests. In the quaint tea houses
perched over the city we met dozen
trade union leaders, who spent
hours with us answering our inter-
minable questions.
HERE we learned popularity of
"a most Chinese inland towns. A
sort of rough division of labor has,
in the course of time, developed be-
tween them, so that one town makes
a speciality of one line of business,
another town of another line, so that
almost in each town will be found
one industry predominating over the
others Namyung is tobacco town.
market center for the tobacco
raised thru a large district, where ii
is dried, packed and shipped to the
big cities to be made into cigarettes
THESE tobacco packers and ship
pers in Namyung number 1900
of whom 500 are women. Their work
is seasonal, lasting only six months
in the year. How they live for the
other six months we could not learn
but when they have work they spend
fourteen hours per day at it, for
which they receive, for men 40 cents
for women 20 cents. The secretary
Of the union came to US directly from
work, and therefore did not show up
until after 10 o'clock at night. He
would begin again next morning at
day break. He told us that the
struggle with the employers at the
moment was to force them to pay
the 40 cents and 20 cents per day in
silver instead Of deprecated coppers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-12

CLEhhS IN Namyung are all paid
v by the year. Apprentices get
only ''food and lodgings" The
fourth year they begin at 500 per
year. From that point they slowly
progress upward When we insisted
upon knowing what was the very
highest wage being paid to any clerk
in town we were told $3.50 per year.
Hours. daybreak until II p. m.
Artisans, upon completing appren-
ticeship, begin to receive wages at
So per month. The average wage is
So per month, with flood and iodg-
ings"; the hours are fifteen per day.
VI.
FROM Namyung we walked over
a the mountains by Melting Pass to
Nananfu, a distance of 120 Chinese
Ii (about forty miles,. Turnout this
distance we constantly passed groups
of carriers, loaded with great bun
dies, bales and boxes, transporting
the commerce between two great
provinces exactly as it had been done
for the past two thousand years.
Only the character of the commodi-
ties has begun to change again I
saw oil cans bearing the "Socony"
label. The carriers are about equally
men and women. We are told that
they earn 30 cents per day, but can
get no detailed information.
M. ..s-
NANANF'U was the first town we
~ had visited in the newly conquered
Nationalist territory 1t was the
first point in Kiangsi entered by the
Nationalist armies last July when
they began their triumphant march
northward Here we heard the story
repeated from that time on up to the
Yanktsekiang. Following the Ma
tionalist armies had come sweep
of trade union organization and
struggles to eameliorate the terrible
conditions of labor. Everywhere it
was the same tale of feverish organi-
cation activities, strikes, and few
meagre gains which, however, had
tremendous significance for the
workers. Above all, they realized for
the first time they "had something
to say" about the course of events.
This was the enfranchisement of the
Chinese masses, the greatest product
of the revolution so far.
TIE trade unions of Nananfu had
about $500 members in the city,
and $4,000 in the district. L h e
special industry of the town is bam-
boo and timber, the next in impor-
lance being tailoring. The bamboo
and timber workers, engaged in fell
ing and transporting raw materials,
not in fabricating commodities, work
unlimited hours on piece work. They
earn 81 per day on the average; we
could not get satisfactory explana-
ton of why these workers can get
so much more than the average wage
of their district, more than twice as
much as the general wage. Tailors,
formerly paid 25 cents per day for Ia
hours, have cut the hours to 10 and
raised the wage to 2S cents, with in
crease of food. The. shop clerks
seemed to have made the greatest
proportionate gains; formerly, APP
prentices began without wages, and
worked up to maximum of $50 per
year; after several strikes, they now
begin apprentices at $40 first year
$40 second year, $50 third year
When we arrived, 20 per cent of the
clerks were obtaining more than
$500 per year, SO per cent received
from $50 to 500, while only 80 PEI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-12
Wages and Working Conditions in China

cent were getting less than $50,
which was formerly the maximum.
Following are brief tabular notes on
other trades in Nananfu:
Carpenters, formerly Is cents, IA
hours; now, 35 cents, 10 hours.
Confectionery workers, minimum
$50 year, maximum $3.50 year;
hours, daybreak to dark.
Wine and rice shops, 80 cents per
day, hours unlimited.
Cooks, 50 to So per month; hours
IA to 15.
Jewelry workers, rs to 40 cents
per day, with allowance for food
formerly 10, now Is cents per day;
hours Ia per day.
Drug clerks, so cents per day and
food; is hours.
Porters, young, able-bodied, 40
70 so cents; old, 20 cents per day;
10 hours formerly IA hours).
VII.
DASSING several other cities, not
essentially different from Nanan-
flu, we come to the city of Kianfu
Gas the maps spell it, but the inhabi-
tants call it Jih-an).
This is one of the largest cities in
great Province of 25 million people,
on the Kan river, half way between
the capital, Nanchang, and the
Kwangtung border. The city, how
ever, large as it is, has not a trace
of modern industry except the cleo
trio lighting plant employing q men.
THIS was also the first city we had
found, where the shop clerks
were still in the medieval guilds to-
gether with their employers, instead
of being in the modern trade unions.
Yet in spite of the very backward So
clal and economic structure, this was
the most advanced spot politically
throat of the rest of the province.
THE trade unions, in alliance with
the peasants of the district, were
under the leadership of the cleft"
Kuomintang, which controlled the
city at time wher Chang Kai-shek
still had his fingers tight around the
throat of the rest of the Province.
One explanation of this, is the fact
that here trade unions and Kuomin-
tang had been established illegally in
1924, and the leadership had been
steeled in two years of civil struggle
under the rule of Sun Chuang-fang.
WAGES in Kianfu, under the mill
tarist rule, had been especially
miserable, running from 400 to 1000
coppers per month equivalent TO
$1.40 to So and always paid in cop
pers, which are constantly deprecia-
ting.
The first gain made by the trade
unions was to establish wage pay
ments in silver, and raise the mini
mum to SO. The average wage, when
we arrived, had been raised to ST
per month, plus food and lodging,
with three meals per day instead of
two. Corporal punishment by en-
ployers, had just been abolished by
the trade unions. In the six months
the unions had existed openly, they
had conducted strikes in 80 per cent
of all establishments in the city, to
obtain these gains. ITO be continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-12

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., Aug. 10. =
Two miners were instantly killed, two
others probably fatally injured, and a
fifth workman is entombed following
the collapse of a sandstone roof above
where the men were working in the
Sweetwater coal mine near here to-
day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-12
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