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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10

THOSE who have followed the de-
velopment of the film industry
in Soviet Russia the past five years
and have noted the remarkable
progress made, not only in the type
of films, but in the direction, will
find the following article by Ivan
Narodny taken from the current is
sue of Musical America, both inter
esting and informative.
Like the Russian music and the
Russian drama of a decade or two
age" says Narodny, "the Russian
film is now casting an irresistible
racial spell of attraction over the
outside world. The Soviet motion
picture is a tantalizing novelty to
audiences in the Far East and
America.
"This is a strange phenomenon
at a time when the motion picture
production of other countries is go
ing through a crisis in which it
seems in danger of losing it's
original attraction and when all
kinds of additional devices, such as
movietones, vitaphones, etc., are in
PRODUCED in order to fill the theatre.
Arthur James, veteran American
film critic and editor of Motion Pic
lures Today, explains the situation
as due to the raw Russian bear
meat served in the barbMic SPLEEN
DORIS
American and European audi
ences-apart from those of the So
Wet republics-have seen but a
erem fraction of the vast variety of
the latest Russian kinetic art, and
thus jump at the hasty conclusion
that it is all propaganda stuff.
What they have seen of the Soviet
films are 'Potemkin,' Ivan the Ter
rible, The End of st. Petersburg
and The Station Master'-pictures
that truly belong to the class Of his
toric revolutionary plays. Such
cinemas do not by means deserve to
be called propaganda films any
more than Wagner's operas are
propaganda for German nationalism
or Aida for Egyptian.
A Cultural Message.
According to Soviet Technology,
the above named pictures are called
kulturfilms, which means, films
with cultural message. 1t is per-
haps correct to call the preachy
proletheistic according to
the view that Communism is re-
ligious cult. The ideas of propa-
ganda is even taboo among the
most devout Communists, as the
period of propaganda making is
considered long passed
However, the so-called kultur-
film of the Soviet output is only a
part of the total productions of the
country, and the term is rather
vague. First of all, the Soviet films
are not produced by the central
state concern in Moscow, but by
several, all over the country. And
besides, nearly all the different ma
! tionalistic states forming the fed
eral union have their local motion
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
news IN CONTROL
OF POWER TRUST
National Censorship Of
Papers

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10-An un-
dercover censorship nf newspaper
editorials and news matter, carried
on through an interchange of re-
ports and influence among state
propaganda directors of the cleo
trio power interests, was disclosed
in Federal Trade Commission rec
ords today.
The evidence consists of a num-
Der of letters sent by propaganda
directors of the power trusts to the
editors of different papers. One
letter, from J. B. Sheridan, Mis-
souri, propaganda director, to a
company manager in Missouri,
reads:
MANY thanks for your favor of
April II with that wonderful edi-
torial from the Sedalia Democrat
attached.
81 am glad that you were stimu.
lated enough to put out such a
marvellous editorial, and when that
reaches go Wall Street (the H. l..
Doherty Company offices) there
ought to be something doing.
Something like 100 per cent in
the salary of the manager of the
City Light and Traction manager.
together with a nice block of stock
81 wish we could stimulate other
editors in Missouri to write cdi-
torials like that"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
Russian Films Cast Magic
SPELL IN Europe and America

picture studios, either maintained
by the government or by private
company, supported by the state.
"Thus to my knowledge there are
at least six or seven different local
state film goskinos-
which all work in their own indie
pendent way, as for instance, the
Georgian Goskino, the Ukranian
Goskino, the Central Asian Goskino,
the Chuvashkino, the Tartar Kino,
etc. All those state film companies
work very much like some municipal
theatres, each in it's own way and
style.
Individual Liberty.
"The outstanding feature of the
Soviet policy is to give each Of the
nationalistic state administrations
liberty to manage it's affairs in the
spirit of its folk lore and racial ira
ditions. Thus an Armenian Cos
kino produces pictures in the spirit
of Armenian traditions, and a ST.
berian goskino does it in the spirit
of Siberian folk lore, etc. The Tar
tar goskino is at present at work
in Mongolia on the production of a
film called Genghis Khan, with one
of the distant descendants of this
historic Tartar ruler playing the
heroic role, and natives cast for the
Golden Horde.
Some time ago a magnificent
Central Asian motion picture was
produced by the Central Asian
State Film Company, Uzebekgos-
kino. This was called 'Kryty Fur
gon' Covered Wagon, and showed
the unknown life of Indifferent Cen
trail Asian natives. 1t was also a
powerful drama conceived in true
racial spirit. To my judgment a far
more powerful picture was 'Sar
Pige' by OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES with
one of the Tartar races inhabitinp
the plains between the Volga and
the Ural rivers.
Depict Life of People.
Pictures all depict the lives of
the different nationalities which
form part of the Soviet Federation;
they are performed by local actors
and managed by native stage and
art directors.
ITO Be Continued.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
N. Y. Stock Brokers
Get Illegal Interest
(By United Press.)

Interest rates on time loans on
the New York Stock Exchange
went up to 614 per cent today, the
highest rate quoted for time money
in seven years.
Under New York laws any rate
of interest on time loans over 6 per
cent is illegal as usury. Conflict
with the law was avoided by brok-
ers offering 8 per cent interest and
Il of one per cent as Commission"
for their loans.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
JAILED AS STOwAWAY
SOUTHAMPTON, England. Ar

SOUTHAMPTON, England, Aug.
9 (UP).-Miss Betty Simpson, rs,
who gave her address as Ada, Okla,
end said she was newspaper re-
porter, was sentenced to four
weeks imprisonment at the police
court today for slowing away on
the liner Aquitania. 1t was said to
be the girls fourth voyage as a
stowaway.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
FIGHT SHARK AGENCIES.

Because theatrical employment
agencies have charged actors as
high as 10 per cent. of their wages
during the period of their contracts
for securing jobs through them, the
Actors Equity Association has
started a war against the agencies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
KILLED BY. LIGHTNING.

CHICAGO, Aug. 9 (UP).-One
man was killed, two children were
injured and twenty others were
when a bolt of lightning
struck in the midst of crowd of
bathers in lake Michigan here to-
day. The electrical display threw
a crowd of 200 bathers into a panic
as they ran for shelter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
COTTON CROP

WASHINGTON, Aug. s (UP).-
The condition Of the cotton crop in
August was $40 per cent of nor
NAL, indicating production of
14,291,0 900 bales, compared with
1885, 900 bales last year, the ag-
riculture department announced to-
day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10

The above article, that looks like
something you tbroto peanuts to, IS
Johnaay Roskob. He is trying to
make the gulljble believe he gait as
head of General Motors to be chair
man of the democratic committee to
elect Al Smith president. What did
he eUer do around General Motors.
He never put bolts on Chevrolet
cars. The lVorkers made the auto
mobiles and sill do. All Johnny did
toas to keep the plants open-shop
and not let the men organize. He
feels he can still do that, for a fen
months, By telephone. He claims
he's quit for good. After the cleo
tons he's Just as liable to Keep
away from General Motors as q
thirsty coqV from a mater hole.
Unconventional means were re-
sorted to in Blairstown, N. j., to
obtain a new schoolhouse.' The old
school was without proper wash
rooms and ventilation facilities.
The town council refused to appro-
pirate money for new one. The
other day the old schoolhouse was
burned down. Whoever did the deed
left 40-quart milk can which was
once filled with gasoline. Asked
who did the job, William Penn Vail,
president of the board of educa-
ton, said: "We suspect everybody
big enough to carry the can"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
MILL HANDS STARVING
No. Carolina Girls Work for IS Week.

GREENSBORO, N. c., Aug. O.
At a mass meeting here, called to
discuss the low wages, especially in
the textile industry, workers took
the stand and declared that the only
solution is organization and fight
against the textile barons, in spite
of the danger that they would lose
their jobs as a result.
The movement of the workers to
fight against the terrible conditions
here is becoming general throughout
the central and western part of
North Carolina.
The 60-hour week is still the rule
in most of the mills, and often chill
dren of eleven or twelve work ten
hours daily for a miserable wage.
A fresh labor supply is recruited
from the rural sections where the
farmers have been unable to obtain
the necessities of life from the
farms.
Local chambers of commerce, in
appeals for northern mill owners to
come to the south, have pointed out
that "labor here is American and
loyal" meaning that there is no or
ganization of the workers and that
exploitation is practically unlimited.
Although the American Fedora
ton of Labor will take no steps to
lead the workers, a spontaneous
movement of the employees in the
mills is developing in North Caro-
lima.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
PROTEST PRISON LABOR

BURLINGTON, Ia, Aug. 8.-The
henderson, the Trades and Labor
Assembly here protest against the
hiring of contract prison labor
against which there has even been
passed law.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
Daily" to Have Articles on South

A series of articles on the textile
industry and conditions Of the work
ers in the south will be written for
the Daily Worker by Paul Crouch,
native of North Carolina, who is
rning to make tour of that Sec
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10

A DAILY WORKER CORE
spondent is the real spokesman
and leader of the 0orkerS in his
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10

When society only provides a
percentage of its population 10Th
Jobs the rest ioM be found at singu-
lar activities to keep from starring.
Above is Miss Alice Moy Sisty,
weaoiag coacgirl costume made
famous by Ter Richard. She rode
all the ioog from Reno, Nerodd, on
The above brdUe charger to inUite
the eth officials Of Boston to at
tend the rodeo at Cheyenne. A
rodeo is an event lchere a placid
steer is 0iren shot of dope and
kicks his heels up IN grand style
md horse is taken off the lam
i1y run, given q charge of cleo
t,.icity, and bucks prettily so that
he rich easterner can see the aoiid
rest.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
STRAW TO LIE
IN, RAGS FOR
BEDS IN CAMP
Vermin Crawl Over
Filthy Floors
(Bp a Worker Correspondent

(bY W OTHeF COfTeSpONU6Ut{
POTTER VALLEY, Cal. (By
Nail This little line of prosperity
is written from the sun-kissed Cali
fornia where Arthur Brisbane gives
the regular bunk of the great OPP
portunities to be just gone after and
gotten, not alone in its fertile
plains, but also in mountains, woods
and desert. Let me try and tell
Arthur something, not thru his
masters voice but thru the voice of
a worker.
1 came here some three years ago
from Detroit. worked in Los Angeles
while the working was good. When
I say good, SIS was considered very
good in that city, good, and all, as
it was. AS per usual, the job didn't
last.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-13
SANTA CLAUS MAIL
 RECEIVED AT P. 0.
At Least IS Appeals for Gifts
 Sent by Children

Christmas is on the way. If no one else in New Britain is aware of this fact, it is a safe bet the junior clement of the citizenry of the com munity knows 1t. Postmaster H. E. Erwin reported today that at least IS letters addressed to Santa Claus have been received at the post office to date and more are coming in every day. The letters as usual will be divided equally between the Well fare Association and the Salvation Army before Christmas. when needy cases will be investigated.
 The approach of the Christmas season is noted officially by the U. s. postal department, which has sent out notice to the postmasters stat ing that there will be no work on Christmas in any office. There will be no deliveries and no collections Mail in the offices will be dispatch- ed and incoming mail will be receiv- cd but will not be worked. Mail trains will operate on schedule but mail pouches will remain unopened nutil Wednesday. December 26.
 Mir. Erwin has made his usual plea for early mailing of Christmas cards, calling attention to the fact that no deliveries being planned for
New Britain herald., 1928-11-13
CH|LDREN'S BOOKS SHOWN AT LIBRARY
Suggestions for Christmas Gifts
 Now on Display

Children's Book week, in which between 100 and 125 children $ books are placed on display for the benefit of parents who may be con templating the purchase of books as Christmas gifts for their children opened at the New Britain institute today. The books are on display in the children's department. ar ranged in convenient and attractiv' manner so that they may be exam ined by parents at their leisure.
 The department~is in charge of a corps of assistants who will be there from 9 a. m. until p. m. all this week to answer questions and explain the books to visitors.
 The volumes on exhibition rang all the way from the almost inde- structlble type for tiny tots to travel tales and historical stories for high school students
 The books on display include the following:
 Books for Younger Children
 MilllOllS 0l cdtS, ny "dHId Gage. Original and charming picture book of the year by an artist who's prints ard etchings are prized by collectors. ..
 "Tales of Wise and Foolish Api malls by Nalery Carrick. More animal folk tales in large print.
 "Boga and the Elephant" by 'k. o. &" Pictures of jungle ani- mals more interesting than the story of the baby elephant and the chim- panzee.
 Little Dog Toby" by Rachel Field. The story of a performing dog in a London Punch and Judy show of Victorian days.
 "A Hat-Tub Tale" by Caroline D. Emerson. The story of two strange little animals against an interesting ba ackground of Nova Scotia.
 "The Wonderful Locomotive,' by Cornelia Meigs. A small boys rail- road story uncommonly well told.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-13
BOSTON FAVORABLE
 ID THE LADDER
Critics and Audience Enjoy
 Famous Play

Boston. Nov. 13.-(UP)-Boston dramatic critics reacted quite favor ably today to The Ladder" which eame to the Boston opera house last night after an expensive Ill weeks on Broadway.
 Approximately 1000 curious Bos- tonians paid ss50 to witness the To- eal debut Of the extraordinary show which played to almost-empty houses in New York at loss Of somethng like sl,5oo,00o to its sponsor. Edgar B. Davis, Brockton millionaire.
 No matter how well The Ladder Is received here. however, it will be- come extinct at the end of two weeks, according to advance notices
 Here's what Bostons dramatic critics had to say:
 The Herald
 The Herald The Ladder moves quickly, with crisis every three minutes. It is sprinkled with humor. in spite of it's discussion of the march of civilization through the ages and the cast is good. In fact, if you have nothing to do some eve ming, it's well worth risking dollar. You can always get it back"
 The Globe-"Last nights audience appreciated it immensely-which win tickle New York if New York ever hears of it. They laughed out right at the comedy: they applauded vigorously at every curtain fall. and they recalled the company several times at the close. The play Is ex- cellently performed. well-mounted. Necessarily. the leading characters are somewhat stilted, but the char 'acter sketches in the group of studio modela and the personalities in the vision scenes, are fascinating" Not Rad Play
 The Post-'No. 1t is not bad play. It moves too slowly to be a good one. 1t is too choppy to be a successful one. and its story lacks conviction either in the telling or in the acting. The acting is uniformly good. but never exceptional"
New Britain herald., 1928-11-13
'sTallest Cop" Held
 In Turnkey Staying

Boston. Nov. 13 H9-Theodore F.. Miller. once Known s the tallest traffic officer or the Boston police force, who resigned as guard at the state prison + Thursday. was held today as a suspicious person in the investigation of the staying of Frederick Pfliiger. a turnkey. by Charles Trippi. Fitchburg robber. in tn, prison chapel last Sunday.
 Miller was said to ove quit his prison job while under suspension during an inquiry into drug snug g"ag to prisoners. He was taken into custody late last night and questioned for hours concerning how Trippe might have obtained the re- volver and ammunition with which he shot down the turnkey and at. tackled other guards before being subduc,.
 Trippi has told authorities that he found the weapon under bench in a prison, work room but officials there place no belief in that story.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-13
1,475, 5,OOO Barrels of
 Apples Is the Forecast

Boston, Nov. Is (uP) - 4 Ne" England commercial apple crop of l,475,0O0 barrels is forecast by the New England crop reporting service.
 This compares with l,476,ooo bar rels forecast a month ago. 1,635.0o0 barrels harvested last year. and l. 922.4O0 barrels, the tive-year aver age.
 Harvestings were better than prev iously expected in Connecticut but offset by further decline in Maine and New Hampshire.
 The United States commercial apple crop IS now estimated at 34.- Al, ,0OO barrels. compared with S3,- 4S3,O0O expected a month ago. 25,- 90o,o00 harvested last year. and S2,- l42,S00 the five year average.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-13

Little Heiskell," by Isabelle B. life at Christmas time in Hagers- town. Md.
 Books for Older Boys and Girls
 Runaway Papoose." by Grace Moon. Story of a little Pueblo h. dian girl who is lost in the desert.
 Skip -Some-A-Lou." by Ada Claire Story of little girls winter at tavern on the Missouri. where her father left her when he went on the Santa Fe trail. Dragon Fly of Zuni." by Aida Sims. A we'll sustained story of the life of a Pueblo Indian girl.
 The Seal of the White Buddha." !" by Hawthorne Daniel. A mystery story of Vermont girl of 1S47, who sails to China on her uncle's clip per ship.
 Girls in Africa" by Brick Berry. Interesting descriptions of African girls from different tribes, with illus trations done from life Abe Lincoln Grows Up" by Carl  Sandhurg. The first 27 chapters of Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln. the Prairie Years" with many pictures.
 The Red Rose of Dunmore" by Hawthorne Daniel. A story of the reign of Richard III touching both France and England. The Trumpcter of Krakow" by Eric P. Kelly. A thrilling. we'll written story told against an authen. tic background of Poland in the 18th century.
 The Treasure of Carcassonne" by A. Robida. Children will have many good laugh over the troubador with his dreams, his scolding wife and his eight quarreling children who lived in the time of FrancisI.
 Cork Ships" by Peter Adams How to build set of ship models from ordinary corks.
 IS O S." by John D. Whiting. An
New Britain herald., 1928-11-13
ARMY ENGINEER CORPS
 IS B SHORT OF QUOTA
Despite Acquisition of 2S Officers, Authorized Strength of 26O
 Not Filled.

Washington. Nov. 13 R,-Despite the acquisition o. 2s officers. 24 of whom came from West Point. the army engineers corps is 22 short of its authorized strength of 260.
 Major General Edgar Jadwin, chief of engineers. informed Secre' tary of War Davis in his annual re- port for the year ending June 30 that the corps was in need of colo nels and lieutenant colonels and that lhe duties and responsibilities us ually borne by men of their rank have devolved upon majors. The re port was made public today.
 During the fiscal year. however, a gain Of 239S reserve officers brought the engineer reserve officers to total of 7.74o.
 Much of the work of the corps was devoted to mapping regions Of the United States and its foreign possessions, improving and recon structing seacoast Notifications and cmplacing l6 inch guns and secon. dary armament in coast defense. In addition the corps took an important part in the Mississippi river flood control work.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-13

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New Britain herald., 1928-11-13
SAYS U. s. FARTHER
 AWAY FROM EUROPE
Manchester Paper Declares 1t Re- suit Of "Abortivc Geneva Con-
 ference and Compromise"

Manchester, Eng. Nov. 13 Rl- The general impression of Presi- dent Coolidge's speech is that the United States is now definitely far ther away from Europe than she lwas IF months ago. says the Man chester Guardian editorially today in commenting on the Armistice Day message of the American president.
 This is largely the outcome of the abortive Geneva naval confer ence and the Anglo-French com promise" the Guardian continues It is now practically certain that provision will be made for IS addi- tional United States cruisers. The cruisers matter less in themselves than as evidence they give of an in crease in suspicion of European mo- tives and ambitions.
 "Mr. Coolidge is still willing 10 come to terms over final disarma- ment but is less hopeful than he was. 1t is the same in the economic sphere. There is no reason to doubt that Mir. Coolidge reflects the na- tional mind and it matters little that some of his arguments are bad. So long as the armed peace broods over Europe. and so long as European policy is liable to be dominated by some militaristic inspiration as gov erned the Geneva conference and the Anglo -French compromise. the United States is bound to be driven back upon herself.
 America was moving towards Europe and is now moving away. The responsibility for this change lies primarily at the door of certain European governments and not least conspicuousIy that of Great Britain. Doubtless the direction could be changed again but if Europe wants American help she must be prepared to pay the price. which is one we need not be ashamed 10 pay
New Britain herald., 1928-11-13
Six Missing in Wilds Of Hudson Bay Land

Winnipeg, Man, Nov. 13 Pl-SiS employes Of the dominion depart lnent of marine and fisheries Were missing today in the Barren Lands between Fort Churchill and the end of the line of the Hudson Bay Rail way company in northern Manitoba
 Search was made by airplane and land parties.
 The men left Churchill November !, headed for Mile 4lo' on the Hudson Bay railway. 100 lnil"s away, where they could make rail connections for the Pas. They car ried little food and no sleeping bags or tents. depending for shelter oH cabins, located about 25 miles apart between Fort Churchill and their destination. They should have reached the rail line in four days.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-13
Prevent Dandruff

Pleasant, healing. Liquqid Zemo massaged into the scIlp destroys dandruff. Irritations, soreness and itching frequently disappear over night. Zemo penetrates, soothes and cleanses the scalp. keeps it healthy and prevents dandruff. IL Is | clean. safe healing liquid-and the sure way to eradicate and pre- vent itching scalp and dandruff. All druggists-35c, soc. S1.0u.
 Zemo
 PoR SKIN ASPIRATIONS
New Britain herald., 1928-11-13

adventure story of the auxiliary ship service in the World war.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-13
SHOWER FOR MISS HEATH

A bridge and shower was givei at the home Of Mrs. John E. keev- CTS of 3GS West Main street, lasI night in honor of Miss Helen Heath About 3o friends were present Prizes were awarded 10 Mrs. M J McCrann and Miss Kate Scheyd Miss Heath will become the bride ot Howard M. Travors of 306 Chestnut street tomorrow morning at St. Mary's church.