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New Britain herald., 1928-03-05
NOTICE. SPECIAL TOWN MEETING

The legal voters of the Town of Plainville. Connecticut are hereby warned and notified that Special Town Meeting will be held in Plain- vile on Monday evening, March l2, 1acS, in the High School A Auditorium. at eight o'clock, for the following purposes:
 1. To lay Town Tax on the Flainville Grand ist of 1927. pay able April 1st. 1928.
 2. To appoint a Committee of Three persons to cooperate with a Committee of Three, representing the Plainville Water Company. in an effort to devise and determine q schedule of water rates and charges which, in the judgment Of this Joint Committee. will answer the needs of this company and be fair and equitable to the Towns people.
 :. Also to take action on the ac- ceptanca on the executed deed and blueprint Of small parcel Of land transferred to the Town Of rlaln- vile from the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Com pany. located at West Main Street Railroad Crossing, 10 be used for highway purposes only
 Also 10 transact any ot her business which is proper to rome before sad III eetinE.
 tSigned.)
 James Simpson
 William DoHnham
 w. H. Ioomis
 Board of Selec'men Dated at Plainville. Conn,
 on March 5th. 1923.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-05
ECHOES JULY RIOTS.

Vienna, Mar. s Op-vienna had m echo of the July riots late last night when communist contingent marched into the city in military formation from a meeting in . su- burb and stoned police who barrsd their way. One police ofiieer he'd his nose broken and several police men received minor injuries.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-05
WASHINGTON TABS SEEKING MEMBERS Drive Opens Thursday With
 Public Reception SOCIETY IS 30 YEARS OLD
special Town Meeting at Town Hall
 This Evening --Etcsm to Give Tests to Scouts-Berln Farmers Club to Hold Open Meettng-Notes

4 drive for new members will tt ,naueurated by the St Paul T 4. E society of kensington Thursda, evening at the Tabs hall when ar open house vii! be held. Specla speakers and entertainers will be se cured for the occasion and q. large gathering IS expected to be present
 Tho Tabs are one of the oldest or. Eanlzstions in town. having formed about 30 years ago. At the present time the society boasts of a member ship of about 35 men. The drive will he conducted by each tndlvldual member, 8 special gold Tab pin being the prize for the member who sc cures the largest number of new can didates for the society. The cam paign will continue for about two weeks.
 Tho society is headed by Henry Rose, who IS endeavoring to make Uni. year one of the biggest in the history of the society. Plans are also being made to book an extensive pro- gram for the fife and drum corps. which is recognized as one ct the leading corps in ths state. Clarence Walker. its leader. holds the s'a's baton championship
 Funeral of Miss Fowler
 The funeral of Miss Emma. Jane Fowler of Berlin was held .eafurday afternoon at the home of her bro ther. Frederick F. Fonler of S6 Ash let street Hartford Rev. Frank R- HaRsard, pastor of the Asylum Ave nue Baptist church. offic1a'ed, The pall bearers were Samuel F Hall. John Miller. William Schroder and Thcmas Hamilton Burial was Tn tn" Maple cemetery. Berlin.
 Athletic Club Whist
 Plans have been completed for the opening whist and setback party Of the Kensington Athletic club which will be held at Lloyds hall Tn Ken -ington this evening. Setback teams arc exoected from the Berlin Con etruction company and the American Legion. Individual team. including the teams led by Jack Giana and John Conlin, will compete. Prizes will he awarded the winners in all the sames. These affairs proved very sucTsful last year and bigger at tendanccS are expected this season. Friends Of the club in Berlin. Ken sineton. East Berlin and New Britain have announced their intentions ot attending the party. I'll" public is cordially invited to attend.
 Berlin Grange Meeting
 A semi-monthly meeting of the Berlin Grange will be held at th" Grange hall tomorrow evening. The Burrtt Grange of New Britain will repent q sketch which they so sue cossfullv put on in Southington last week. 4 larE" att"ndahc" is desired as the sketch is worth seeing.
 Srou', Ncc:::!..,
 Girl & outs. Troop {. wiii meet at its rooms in tlr l;"ri,n fonsr' ga tirn31 church thls afternoon 1' 1 70 u',lorl NrG. II Chapman. ,r"'t vat-tor "ill h" tn "har-r
 : Ir"or [ Eov ss-nrJts ot +he r., rhu 'r,ngre s-1tlnuat rhurri, yiil meet to. t7orro"- 'snIu= ,i "a" cIo"l teo1Jtuaster nal p sshlerJrn u1tl Dc pl c,rst-. . cut i'..-uti, oScsr trr-nn nf Nov t:u an v,il le pres
New Britain herald., 1928-03-05

class Of candidates Will be initiated ln the first two degrees. The frs, degree will be eXem pllfied by a tea III i composed Of past masters of Plain vile Grange and the second by the ladles' degree team, Refreshments will be served.
 1 The ladies' degree team will re- hearSe at ,S0 o'clock tonight Tn the hall. All members are urged 10 be ] present promptly. all the regular de- gree team will hold a rehearsal at s o'clock.
 ] Marlin Rockwell Report l The business of ihe Marlin Rock we'll cooperation. ot which the Standard Steel and Bearings, Inc. Is subsidiary fell of during 1927. according 10 the annual report Of President Henry k. Smith. The au- tomohile trade is the largest users Of the coTporation's product, and production Of cars fell of 20 per cent during the year. This loss. 1T ls predicted, will he made up during 1q2S
 Ths presidents rerort is 7s fol- lows
 Balance sheet as of Decemb,r 7tst, 1927 and proht and loss state ment for 'he year 1a25 are suhmi-- ted herewith.
 Earnings for 1oc- after deprs- ciatton are S1f+S,5Sf.O5 bsfore taxes. After deducting slS7,5Qo.no for estimated federal taxes Ea6I.- Qss,o5 ,s available for the common stock, or s2.7o per share on the S5T1a5 shares outstanding.
 Depreciation charged during the year was S557.0o774. Total depra- citation rr>orvs IS now s2.1-9.55S.2n.
 "plrli ndS CT 5o cents per share January 1oth tfor which reserve was set up in 1ao6l .5 cents April fst Si.0N 1u'v 1st, 75 cents October 'St and 75 cents December Sls'---a total of i&.5 nsr share have heen raid during the year. 500 belrE regular and sl.75 speclal dlrldenas.
 "Ths cash position Of the com pany is good with 2 balance ot so.- t69 624 '7 partly resulting from re- dnctlOns in inventory and receiv- ablea,
 Inventory has declined s6Sa.- 71+.l6 rejecting improvement in shop efficiency and 8. more rapid turnover. The wonderful service siv- sn hy tho railroads IS enabling al! business to operate in recent years with greatly reduced inventory
 Notes
 George Hehien ot New Britain aNenue Is reported to be in q criti- cal cor iition a- th4 Hartford hos pits',
 Louis W. Bevlns 0, Whiting street has returned from the Hartford hos pital, where he recently underwent an operation. T. will be several weeks before he will he able 10 be active again.
 The film. Legionnaires tn Paris" will be shown at the Strand theater tonight and tomorrow night under the auspices ct Brock Barnes post American Legion.
 The We-rns club will meet this evening with Mrs. William Allan Of Spruce street.
 Washinston- bull circle, Com panions ot the Forest, will hold its regular meeting ,n Legion hall at o'clock Thursday night.
 Lindsay Hutton Of the firm Of Hutton & Jones left this morning for Florida, where he Will spend TWO weeks.
 The Martha Rebekahs will meet in Odd Fellows hall st s o'clock to, night.
 Flalnville defeated Collinsville Tn the latter town Saturday night In a Pennington Valley basketball league same.
 Recreation Bowling
 The Outlaws downed the Five Sports thrice in succession at the Recreation bowling alleys. kovas and Baker leading the way. Da- : 0Ii and Charlie were best for the .osers. The scores:
New Britain herald., 1928-03-05

F1sa March 5.---UP)-peputy Of agriculturlsts Of Tuscany.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-05
Funeral of Mrs. Y. C. Dickermapp

The funeral os Mrs Eliza beth C.. nckermaun. who dIed Saturday al the home of her daughter. Mrs. John Lacey of 2S Condon Road. was held at o'clock this morning at St. Jos. eph's church, Rev. Oliver T. Mag qulem and the body was taken by automobile cortege 10 Elizabeth, N. I al
New Britain herald., 1928-03-05
Fined for Reckless Driving

Adam Bakula. charged with reck- less driving, was fined s25 and costs ill the city court this morning by Judge William J. Malone. A charge
New Britain herald., 1928-03-05

They are making friends every dav-Herald Classified Ads.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-05
l'ar1IltnCton

Terryvtlle defeated Farmlngton II big pin match. The scores:
New Britain herald., 1928-03-05
Meet III New Britain

4 meeting Of the Central conEre- eat1onal club will hc held at the Center church in New Britain on March 13. The speaker will be Sir Wilfred Grenfell. known as The Labrador Doctor" He will give an illustrated lecture on the Far North"
New Britain herald., 1928-03-05
DEPUTY FRESJpES

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New Britain herald., 1928-03-05
Berlin Farmers Club

The Berlin Farmers club will hold an open meeting at the Town hall this evening. A. E. Wilkenson. 2
 vegetable specialist from Storrs col
 lege. will be the speaker. All veCe-
 table growers are cordially invited
 to he present. Mfr. WillSenson will answer all questions asked of him.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-05

Lou's Iel1se of FlanvIs. his daughters. Dora and hmN and tphram LQFlemme of Waterbury escaped lr'Hrv hut their car was wrecked when it nas srrurE by 3 motor bus St rhe corner oe West Main street and Corrin avenue in New Ert7ln Saturday night The bus was operated hv Walter rach- nr'ETk cf %3 HIllhurst averua. Ne-. Frlta,N, 1ho v8s arrested hv tho New Britain police on T charge of violation of the rules os the road
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
| 0CAL 3 MEMBERS
DEFEAT BROACH
Boo, Hiss Tactics at
Big Demonstration

Four thousand electrical workers
members of local No. 8 last night
voted down amid Kisses, booing and
demonstrations two propositions pre-
sented by the Broach machine to
raise dues of the membership to
$24 and S23 per quarter.
Maneuvering with the aid of a
picked handful of his paid henchmen
Broach finally pushed over on the
unsuspecting membership the pro-
position to pay $21 dues, an increase
of $3.50 and pounded the gavel to
indicate the passage of his motion
before the members could again be-
gin a demonstration.
One of the stormiest sessions in
the history of the union marked the
defeat of the Broach machine and the
fotced postponement of a number of
other amendments which they had
planned to put through.
(The complete details of the meet
ing will be carried in tomorrow's is
sue of the Daily Worker)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
DU PONT RESIGNS
FOR Love or AL

Pierre S. Du Pont offered his
resignation today as chairman of
the board of directors of the Cen
eral Motors Corporation. The
board declined to accept his resig-
nation, granting him instead leave
of absence.
Wall Street doubted that Du
Pon't resignation would be accepted
because of his enormous holdings in
the company. The Du Pont inter-
ests are practically in control of
the corporation, Du Points personal
interest amounting to % per cent,
or more than 100000 shares.
John ]. Raskob, who resigned as
cf airman of the finance committee
of General Motors to become Gov.
Smiths campaign director, is TAX
ing a much more active part in
Continued on Page Ta0o
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
C.HINESE-JAPAN
CRISIS GROWS
Kellogg Re efuses to
Comment

WASHINGTON, Aug. 0 (UP).-
Secretary of State Kellogg reiter-
ated today that the Japanese quar-
rel with China over Manchuria is
too delicate" in nature for him to
discuss publicly.
His remarks were occasioned by
press reports from Toxic saying
Japan had warned the Marking
government against permitting the
Manchurian government to join the
regime at Nanking. The warning
also said. according to these re-
ports, which have not yet been con-
firmed by official dispatches, that
Japan would take Suitable mea-
sures" unless they modified their
attitude toward Japan's special
rights" in China.
Japan to Protest Interests.
TOXIC, Aug. 9.-News that the
Manchurian war lord, Chang Hseuh-
lang, was ready to affiliate him
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
KELLER EXPOSES
FAKE PEACE MOVE:
Mill Workers Demands
Spurned by Bosses

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Aug 9.
Branding the Investigating con-
ference" held here yesterday under
the auspices of the state board of
conciliation and arbitration as a
fake, and strikebreaking scheme
of the mill owners, Eli Keller, or
ganizer of the Textile Workers
Union of the Textile Mills Commit
tees, told the reactionary union of
ficials and bosses taking part in it
that the $4,000 strikers will not
heed any decisions they may arrive
at.
Keller appeared before the state
boards investigation" with docu-
mentary proof in the form of strik-
ers' former pay envelopes to show
that no mere investigation of the
textile workers slavery is needed.
Envelopes of the heads 0 large fam
lilies, marked So, SO and $40 were
shown to the so-called mediators,
and reactionary labor officials parti-
cipating in a talkfest, which the
mill barons, who were present, hold
to demoralize the strikers ranks.
Keller's demand that the investiga-
ton be held before a large mass
meeting were categorically rejected,
preference being for continued Sc
cret meetings behind barred doors.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
REFORMISTS HIT
BY INDIALEADER
ChamanLal Repudiates
Socialists

Special Cable to The Daily Worker
MOSCOW,U. S. S. R., Aug. s.
The Pravda today published an in
terview by representative of Tass
with Chaman Lal, the representa-
tive of the Indian Trade Unions
Congress in which Chaman Lal
stated that "the Second Interna-
tional is obviously dominated by the
British Labor Party as regards all
Indian questions. It's attitude is,
neither socialist not international
"The Second international" Cha
man Lal, continued, Showed its real
visage in its proposals before the
Colonial Commission, which repre-
sent a narrow-minded European re-
formist stand point. The Second In
ternational sets up different stand
ards for white and colored workers,
and even for various groups of
colonial workers.
"The draft of the Second Inter
national which opposes the indie
pendence of India is accompanied by
a memorandum of the Labor Party
which contains many errors, deliber-
ate falsifications, and suppressions
of the truth. For instance, the men,
orandum quotes a resolution of the
Indian National Congress for In
dia's independence, and adds falsely
that most of the delegates did not
mean independence but the status of
dominion. This is absolutely false.
"The memorandum purposely con-
tains no word of cooperation be-
tween the Labor Party with the
Simon Commission. Despite the
clear command made at the Black
pool Conference that the Commission
must be acceptable to the Indian
people, the Labor Party cooperated
with the Simon Commission, al
though the latter was absolutely
unacceptable to the Indian people.
"The British Labor Party is work
ing for the prevention or the post
ponment of the emancipation of the
colonial peoples. If the resolution
of the Second International con-
corning India is adopted despite our
protests, then India will refuse all
offers of cooperation from the
Second International.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
TO take MOVIES
OF IL. D. OUTING

Several thousand workers will be-
come movie actors tomorrow for a
single day. This unusual transfer
nation will occur at the big outing
in Pleasant Bay Park, arranged by
the New York section of the Inter
national Labor Defense, where NOV
ing pictures of the various activi-
ties will be taken.
To Symbolic Workers Fight.
This mass scene will symbolic
the great struggle of the militant
workers of this country to free their
comrades that are lying behind the
bars of the capitalist jails. Par
ticularly will it symbolic the cam
paign to free Tom Mooney and
Warren X. Billings, a drive to be
officially launched by the l. L. D.
in New York City at this outing.
Continued on Page Five
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
TROOPS WIN.
DRIVE BACK MARINES

PUERTA CABEZAS, Nicaragua,
Aug. 9.-The first American marine
offensive against the Nicaraguan
army of independence since the
rainy season has turned back with
the loss of one marine killed and
three others wounded.
Supported by bombing planes,
the marine detachment was pro-
ceeding by boat up the Coco river,
which drains the territory controlled
by the troops of General Sandino,
when a contingent of Nicaraguans
intercepted their advance.
The marines were forced to fall
back with the loss of one dead.
During an engagement reported to
have lasted several hours, the
Nicaraguan losses are said to be
comparatively small, though no ex-
act estimate is available.
News of the engagement and def
initely contradicting reports spread
by the American authorities that the
armies of General Sardino have been
melting away ran through the
country here like wildfire. The
marine authorities are exercising
unusual precautions in commanding
poems who gather to talk to dis
perse Immediately.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
new CLOAK union
ORGANIZES TRADE
italian Cloak Branch
Meets Tonight.

The epoch making decision Of
Wednesdays nights huge mass
meeting of workers in the ladies
garment industry to launch new
cloak and dress makers union, has
crashed with bombshell effect into
the camp of the socialist" union
wreckers and at the same time given
tremendous impetus to the organi-
cation drive now in full swing under
the auspices of the left wing Joint
Board.
A whole weeks highly successful
work of organizing the open shops
that swamp the industry has been
climaxed by the large number of
open shops tied up by the Volunteer
Organization Committee of. 500. Be-
fore the end of the week is reached,
Joint Board officials declare, new
marks in the number of settlements
will have been reached.
Every day finds tens of employ
ers, whose plants have been shut
down, agreeing to improve working
standards and signing up with the
new workers organization.
This will be shown, union officers
announce, when names of the firms
settled are published, which will be
in a short while.
Plans are rapidly being completed,
E. Oswaldo, Italian organizer of the
National Organization Committee,
declares for intensifying the organi-
zation drive among the large num-
bers of Italian workers in the in
dustry. Oswaldo, addressed We'd
nesday's mass meeting where,
speaking in his own language, he
laid before the Italian workers
there, the plans for the erection of
new national cloak and dressmakers
union.
The Italian branch of the Joint
Board of the National Organization
Committee, he further announced,
will hold a membership meeting to-
night, at Joint Board headquarters
16 w. 21st St., Immediately after
work. All Italian workers in the
Continued on Page TVo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
REFUSE RADITCH
FUNERAL OFFER
Troops Still Patrol the
Streets

ZAGREB. Jugoslavia, Aug. 9
(UP).-Fear that serious dis
turbances might occur here as a
result of the death Wednesday of
Stephen Raditch. Peasant Party
leader, was increased tonight
when the governments offer of a
state funeral for the dead leader
was refused.
Followers of Raditch. who died
as result of shooting in the
chamber of deputies. blamed the
government party for his death.
Intense feeling was aroused
among members of the Croatian
Peasant Party by the shooting.
Police and military guards were
still on duty in streets and all
principal buildings tonight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
JINCOES BREAK
ASTORIA MEET
Beat Up Militant and
Arrest Grecht

In an organized assault, made
through the cooperation of the
police, members of the John J. Dwy-
er Post of the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars last night rushed a platform
from which speakers of the Work
ers (Communist) Party were ad-
dressing a group of workers at
Jamaica and Steinway Avenues and
brutally beat up Abe Harfield, can
didate for assembly in the first dis
trict, Queens, and caused the arrest
of Rebecca Grecht, Workers (Com-
munist) Party candidate for as
sembly in the fifth district, Bronx.
She was charged with disorderly
conduct and disturbing the peace,
and was held on $500 bail at the
59th Precinct, 4th St., Astoria.
The assault took place at 9 p. m.
George Padgug had just begun to
address the crowd of workers when
the gangsters in the John j.
Dwyer Post, rushed toward him and
threw him bodily from the plat
form. Immediately, both Grecht
and Harfield jumped or the plat
form to take his place. The Veter-
ans, enraged by this, brutally at
tackled and beat up Harfield, and
afterward pressed charges against
Rebecca Grecht.
The assault was organized with
the police in advance, members of
the Workers (Communist) Party
said late last night. The fact that
the police were out of sight during
the meeting, which is usually we'll
covered by them, was taken as
proof.
The members attached to the
John J. Dwyer Post of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, had for a long
time resented the weekly attacks of
the speakers representing the Work
ers (Communist) Party who at
tackled the Tammany Hall machine
and showed that it was responsible
for the recent sewer scandal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
Fall Rivey Strike Gr01US; Ne1U Mill ont
WORKER PEASANT
F ORCES SWEEP
ON IN ADVANCE
Gain Most Of Province
In Sudden Drive

MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Aug. q
Suddenly widening the front which
they have been gradually extend
ing for months, the victorious armies
of worker-peasant troops yester-
day swept forward in an offensive
that has already made them vir-
tual masters of most of Honan
province, according to reports re-
ceived here.
Determined fighting has charac-
terized the campaign of the work
er-peasant armies against great
odds and Kuomintang troops better
equipped and trained, during the
consolidation campaign of the last
six months.
Take Villages.
Extending their lines gradually.
almost from outpost to outpost as
village after village was gained for
the Communist peasants, the armies
of workers and peasants have pro
gressed slowly, strengthening their
positions as they advanced.
One hundred and ninety-two mill
tants are reported to have been
executed by the war lords in an eff
fort to stem the rapid spread of the
revolt.
Gain in South.
The advance of the worker-pea
SAINT army was preceded by revolts
of artisans and peasants in vii
lagos who aided the Red troops in
I sweeping out the landlords
The new victories of the work
er-peasant troops come on the heels
of gains which the Red Guards have
made in the vicinity of Changsha
and Swatow in the south. Thruout
the souther provinces of Kwangtung
and Fukien and thruout the Yangtse
valley there has been going on a
steady advance of worker peasant
armies. In spite of the wholesale
execution of militants, workers and
peasants have risen against the
Kuomintang war lords and the ar
mics business mems organizations
and landlords, swept them out and
set up their own Soviet govern
ments.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10

LONDON, Aug. "a complete
sell-out of the British railwaymen
was achieved yesterday by J. H..
Thomas, British union official, and
his associates, in the conference of
National Railway Union have en-
dorsed a two and one half per cent
reduction in the wages Of all British
railway employees.
The reduction had been agreed to
by Thomas and other officials on
July 81 in conference with the