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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-04
A CLOSEUP ON AMERICAN
PROSPERITY
~ Scott Nearing, Federated Press

Durng the last weeks have been in more than
~ OF the leading industrial centers of the United
States Though these centers are MANY miles anart
and though there some differences ir detail tho
general economic picture they present is startlnplv
uniform.
l. Machines are replacing men. In the steel CEN
tiers, the rubber centers, the automobile ceners the
textile centers, the story is the same Enormous can
ltal OUTLAWS are being made for labor saving devices.
these labor saving devices increase productive power.
industries, thus equipped, are able to turn out more
product with less men,
z Many factories are working part-time This i
particularly true of the textile boot and shoe. and
clothing industries. The soft-coa mines are passno
through 12month strike-one of the bitterest in the
history of the mining industry Employment is bet
Ter IN the automobile and rubber industries but even
IN these centers, where production is fairly high less
and less men required to turn out the necessary
goods.
8 The length of the working day tends to increase
workers put in overtime to support their families In
Detroit the 8hour day in the factories has practically
disappeared and in its place appears the regular time
and overtime that makes living wage possible.
4. Labor-displacing machinery part-time factory
operations and longer hours mean jobless men and
women AT present there are probably 4,OOOOOo ont
OF work In the United States. Unemployment is HIT
ung the immigrant workers, the Negro workers and
otner unsklled workers harder than the skilled Gin
tne building trades suffer severely Building con-
nues nevertheless. Theaters, office buildings anart
menus hotels and factory and railroad constc
lion are going on but in the main the buildno i; ~
ee neo OIL comfort and luxury rather than of neces
siey ana OF productive industry.
o. wages Of unskdlled labor are being cut. Even
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-04
WORKERS CAN'T
AFFORD CHILDREN
By HARVEY o'CoNNOR, Fed. Press

by HAN Il " OON1NON, Ecu. IAcSS
New Workers have no bust
ness having children. This is the in
escapable conclusion after viewing
trhee floors of Grand Central Palace
given over to the Parents Exposition.
Children are an objectionable lux
ury in working class homes, every eX-
hibitor of the six score are agreed.
The child who is rash enough to be
born in New York tenement has a
small chance of growing up into a
healthy-bodied and healthy-minded
worker-citizen, they point out Indirect
ly but Enthusiastically by interesting ex-
hibits on everything from Is cents a
quart milk to $1,000 pianos to develop
Che child's musical taste.
First, there is the difficulty of pull
ing the babe to safety through New
YOrk's thick atmosphere of smoke,
dust, fog and pail. Because there are
| few parks and open spaces among the
cliff dwellings, of Manhattan, parents
must buy, at So square foot, window
glass that lets health giving sunrays
into closed rooms. 500 might equip
a tenement with health windows. And
then to counterfeit long periods when
no sun shines at all, the worker-par-
ent is invited to buy, at $50 plus up
keep, an electric sun ray machine
which gives the child's body artificial
sun tanning.
But the Garden Society insists that
artificial sunlight is not enough. CIV
cry child should have his own harden
to play in, to learn of nature and to
develop sturdy body, asserts the So
ciety. 1t will install gardens for tots
for $3.50 and up. Unfortunately il
fails to provide the garden space
among the crowded teneemnts.
If cheated of outdoor play space
then the child must have large play
room in the home, if he is to expand
normally. AS the typical New York
family of five lives in four to five
rooms, there may be some difficulty
in finding play room. But no mat
ter, once found, it can be equipped fol-
as little as 500, although really de-
slrable playrooms, the furniture com.
panies insist, should cost at least $3.50
And then there is the little matter
of the child's education. All the pri-
vate schools at the Parents Exposition
are agreed that the public schools are
impossible" Glasses of 60 pupils
mechanical, tyrranized teachers in di-
lapidated, poorly equipped schools will
never give the child the breadth OF
vision" needed for the truly educated
person. Therefore worker-parents are
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-04
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
By LAURENCE TODD. Fed. Press.

paign, Sen. Jim Watson has named
diana to wind up his primary cam
himself chairman of the subcommittee
of the senate interstate commerce
committee which is to propose legis-
lation to stabilize the bituminous coal
industry. Other members are Golf
and Gooding, republicans, and Wheel
er, Wagner and Pittman, democrats.
This means that Wheeler and Wagner
will draft a bill, Gooding and Pittman
will suggest notifications, Watson
will try to insert jokers, and Golf will
oppose the whole thing.
But even if Wheeler and Wagner
could secure a favorable report from
the subcommittee and full committee
of their own ideas, including federal
regulation of coal wages and dsitri-
button of business, through federal
sales-control, there would be no action
by senator or house this year. Ad-
journment will come by June Is and
there is no time for overcoming a
filibuster by anti-union senators.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-04
ITO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS"
From The New Northwest


The United tSates has been criticized as country of
freak laws. Our people may go wrong occasionally
through lack of information or transformation on
question of public interest," but in the long they
think straight and act straight and the best evidence
of this fact is the $50 years of growth and prosperity
which our nation has enjoyed.
The right of individual initiative and freedom from
unnecessary restraint is Unborn in every American citi
For time there has been an effort made to
prohibit the ownership of small arms although the
second amendment of the Constitution of the United
States says The right of the people to keep and bear
arms shall not be infringed"
Target practice and good craftsmanship has been
part of the life of the normal American boy Legis-
ation to prohibit this the theory that it would re-
duce crime is mistake, for the criminal would still
get his guns from outside the United States
AS matter of fact most of the worst crimes are not
committed with gun Hatchets axes, clubs knives
and other instruments take greater toll.
In their honest endeavor to bring about law enforce
ment in this country, it is question Of whether the
people will hastily adopt which in the long
run would simply make it easier for criminals to carry
their work
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-04
STAHLBERGER
SANDWICHES
JOHN ARTHUR STAHLBERG

The school master who felt so sorry
for one OF his fair pupils that he was
prompted to kiss her was not so orig
inal. Granted a sufficiently attractive
opJeet Tor 1t, nearly any man could
ueVelop d reasonable amount OF SYM
They say that we are threatened
with shortages of natural resources.
oOmeIlmeS II Is coal of which we are
running snort, and again it is oil, or
IRON, or What-nOt. But | can reasSure
the world with one point, and l base
my statement on personal observa-
zion. lhere will be no shortage of
rocks in Sheridan county fields for at
least ten thousand wears.
The Hebrew Bible is undeniably a
great book, and, like dynamite, it is
capable of noble uses: but, alse like
dynamite, it is an extremely danger
Gus plaything for the ignorant.
Pathetic Figures:
Inc money-worshipping clod who
knows no measure of worth except
the dollar, and who asks only one
question concerning any proposition,
whether for a trade or line of con-
duct: Will it pay?
The rabid prohibitionist who would
prohibit everything for which he per-
sSonally has no liking, regardless of
how many others NAV like it, and who
looks with more suspicion upon an
honest mans glass of beer than upon
a scoundreFs cheatings and villianies.
The equally rabid wet fanatic whose
conception of manliness is a red-nosed
trequenting of saloons and brothels,
and who by preference insults any
man who will not drink with him.
Apropos of drinking: Amendment
or no amendment, when an abstainer
that is, an intelligent abstainer, one
who abstains for reasons of good
sense and not as a goOdy-goody pose
is asked to drink with a new ac-
qualntance or with a stranger, he re-
fuses with regret at the possibility of
giving offense; but when a person
| iO"o 4i1lu We'll anu Is aware OF
his habit of abstinence urges him to
indulge, he is justified in disregard.
ing questions of tact, since the offer
is then prompted either by ill-breed.
ing or plain cussedness.
Things that the world could do with
outListerine advertisements
dry fanatics
wet fanatics
other fanatics
crime waves
cold sores
DIR. John Roach Stratton
patent medicines
war
Baby Overland cars
toothache
Aimee Semple Mcpherson
acid stomach
True Story Magazine
politicians
kings
"stupendous" screen melodramas
nearly all melodramas
taboos
"uplift" t3 s
radio static
numerous radio announcers
millionaire morons
April billiards.
palmistry
me
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-04
FORMER OWNER BUYS
BAINVILLE THEATRE

Bainville.-Jas. ]. Casey closed a
deal the past week whereby he takes
over the management of the Bluebird
Theatre from Walt Adams. who has
conducted it since the first of the year
ana has assumed charge and will give
MS first show Saturday night.
Mr.. Adams will give his entire at
tentIon to vaudeville and orchestra
work and will spend the summer play-
ing the towns in this territory.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-04
WlL d!ES REJECTS
STREET PAVING RIDc

Williston, April 2S.-Rids
commission because in the on T.; city
members of that body thew Op malO Of
normally high. Steps will b %ere aO-
to call for new bids and it is axe sake1 !
action can be hand by the l. iat ftepe Csst
OF May and contracts for the Part part
let, provided of course more ' net; WORK
tory bids are received Sa'Siae'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-04
NEW STATES ATTORNEY
IN WILLIAMS CO., Nh

Willis St. county cOmmis.io,
ers of Williams County have ' anSS!l
ed A. J. Knox states attorney p + sS
the vacancy caused by the recar NJ LII
missed of G. A: Lake. Two canJ;S s ts-
for nomination for the office 'U T,st
considered and Mr.. Knox p aST WI" q
appointment as a compromise e'H Vie
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-04

The Hebrew Bible is undeniably a
great book, and, like dynamite, it is
capable OF noble uses; but, alse like
dynamite, 1t is an extremely danger
Gus plaything for the ignorant.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-04
RANCHER KILLS SELF;
DESPONDENCY BLAMED

Harlem, April 28.-Louis Veseth, a
farmer living about five miles eat of
Harlem committed suicide by shooting
his head off with revolver. Mr.. We
setn was worried over various bust
ness matters it is believed and this is
sscrlDed as the cause for the act. He
Tour sons and two daughters. One
daughter, Mrs. Ben Darlington lives
at Harlem.
Great Falls plans 80 blocks of paw
ing this year to cost SLAB
Evening star., 1928-03-16
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. March Is (Spe-
ciaD.-The City Council yesterday
decided to start the work OF construct
ing the new public school building IN
Rosenont next month and ordered
special committee from the council and
the public school board TO modify the
plans submitted by the State architect
SO that construction work can be done
for the $4,000 appropriated by the
council. The lowest bid on the present
plans is $4,000. The new building
probably will be ready for use upon
the opening Of the 1929 term.
City Manager Paul Morton was
authorized at the meeting to continue
work on the Hooffs Run sewer, using
: city forces A petition from the Mount
Vernon. Alexandria & Washington
Electric Railway, asking relief from
maintenance of portion Of Royal
street and relief from the franchise tax
on that street, was received. The council
placed the portion referring TO the
franchise tax on first reading and
ordered the ordinance published. in
accordance with the State law which
requires publication of 10 days Of such
ordinances. No action was taken on
the maintenance portion of the petition.
An application filed by the Virginia
install a 66,000-yolt transmission line
on Gibbon street was held over. Action
on q proposed ordinance prohibiting
street loafng was deferred. A resolu-
ton appropriating $500 TO the United
Charities was adopted. The financial
report OF the city for February was
approved.
The council approved an application
requesting permission TO erect row Of
garages at Franklin and Gibbon streets
Permission was granted for the install
1asion Of gasoline station at 1903 Duke
street. An application for a lower
license fee. made By representatives OF
q circus, Was Tejectsd. A request for
Improvements In the witness room in
Corporation Court was turned over TO
City Manager Morton.
Funeral services for Vernon c. Moore,
who died here Wednesday. were held
today al the late residence at 1T
Duke street with Rev. Edgar Carpenter,
rector Of Grace Episcopal Church. on
ciatsng. 1nternlent was in St Paul's
Cemetery. The deceased is survived by
brother and three daughters
The annual meeting Of the Aiexan-
dTaa Chamber Of Commerce will be held
tonight in the private dining room OF
the George Mason Hotel, at 8 O'Clock.
The annual play Of the senior class
Of Alexandria High School will be pre-
sentec tonight and tomorrow night in
the high school auditorium at S:i5
O'Clock. under the direction Of Miss
Kroes Fickiin Of the faculty. The play
Is Out of the Stiffness"
Charles p. Holden vas elected presi-
cent Of the Alexandria Underwriters
Association AZ AT organization meeting
Taeld here yesterday. John q. Graham
was eaected vice president and Nelson
T. Snyder Gecretary-tYeasurer Meet
H1gs viii be held the first Monday Of
earn month at 1890 pm, with lunch
eon In the George Mason Hotel.
City Manager Paul Morton has de-
c9saed an invitation 70 participate in
the fourth International Congress Of
Cites. At Seville, Spain, October So.
Evening star., 1928-03-16
BRIBE CHARGE HOLDS
y
! WOMAN FOR JURY

K!lsile Ta8Ior, colored, 7l2 Ninth
E1reet, ~&s held under 81 900 band for
tsse grand Jury by Judge Isaac t. Hitt
y Police Court tnts afternoon on
Charge " DFibefY Ene IL alleged last
L5g'1t ~ have offered $40 " Officer H.
u. Pa6gett. Of the fourth precinct. 10
"n32ke things easy for my iriend Gar
fejc Gelby"
feibY. a eolored man. Who iires q, the
tame ADDRESS. Wa8 arrested earlier III the
s}ening DY OsflGer pacgett and charged
Win carrying c0ncea!ed weapons. This
psofniD2 ia Police CfaIFt ne pleaded not
guilty and demanded jury trial. His
bosao Vas fixed 81 81 900.
PadRftt b,Aif1ed that after he had
taken GelDy ~ the police station. ne
Hlet tht Jay.0r woman on the street
Ei4f asid Won't yoii ii2htan things up
s0f hlH' and lilFu 4 have p1ulelhiny
fgf yDa! a!ld ] viii iiave ngfe tofnotfo~, /"
- sI.F AiJp.<ed Rae money Into llls hands,
ti.r pif4nef dsc!44ed. lie Llok her " liif
9gz8gth pffriatt al1 bsiG Lieut. n. u,
stYimeG 9nd Fyiiteu.an III r. 1HgmpsOn
htsc hAtiaylgy fieAitt what llaG Occur
SsA
Evening star., 1928-03-16
MAN INJURED IN AUTO
CRASH DIES IN HOSPITAL
John F. Eckhardt, 4S. Suffered
Spinal Fracture in Plunge
Down Bank.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
LYNCHBURG. Va. March l6,-John
F. Eckhardt, 4S. house painter here.
who was hurt in an automobile acci-
dent Tuesday night when his car
plunged over an embankmcnt from
Blackford street. died at 6:3S O'Clock
Thursday morning at Lynchburg Hos
pital. where he was taken shortly after
the accident. Death resulted from a
fracture of the spine. This was the
first fatal automobile accident here this
year, although T. o. Limscomb died
January / from injuries sustained De-
cember 81.
Mr.. Eckhardt is survived by four
brothers. ]. A., H. H. and o. H. Eek
hardt of this city and B. NJ. Eckhardt
of Staunton.
Evening star., 1928-03-16
MARQUIS GETS HIS VISA
TO REJOlN WIFE IN u. S.
Husband of Gloria Swanson Had
Been Delayed in Paris Over
Question of Entry.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, March l6.--Difficulties en-
countered by Marquis Falaise de Ia
Coudray. husband of Gloria Swanson,
motion picture actress, in getting visa
to return to the United States have
been smoothcd over. They were merely
a matter of American governmental
regulations. The marquis will be per-
mitted to sail on March %.
The American consulate In Paris re-
fused to grant him a visa on the
grounds that he had already lived In
America for year. whereas his pass
port called for only six months. lie
proved. however. that he had fulfilled
thu requirements of the law since both
he and his wife had asked for SIN
months extension in New York. but
the papers were sent to Hollywood In
stead of New York.
Evening star., 1928-03-16
The Secretary sent the following mes

The Secretary sent the following mes
sage to the Ambassador:
please express to the foreign min
lister the deep anxiety of this country
as to the fate of Capt. Hinchliffe and
Miss Macky. from whom no reports
have been received since they started
on their brave venture westward across
the Atlantic.
"You may inform the families Of the
pilot and the passenger that the Navy
will lend all possible assistance In lo-
eating the missing airplane. although.
unfortunately, there are very few naval
vessels in Northern waters at this time.
Treasury states Coast Guard vessels are
one the alert and are prepared to help
in every way"
Evening star., 1928-03-16
WRECK NEAR HARRISBURG.
Pennsylvania Train Strikes Debris Of
Freight Crash.

HARRISBURG, Pa, March 16 R).-
A PENNSYLVANIA passenger train bound
for Baltimore from Harrisburg struck
wreckage caused by rear-end collision
of two westbound freight trains at
Marsh Run. miles south of here. at
$40 am. today.
No passengers were known to have
been injured but Levi SINNERS and
Luther Williams. both of Wilmington
Del. the engineer and fireman of one
of the freight trains. were brought to
the Harrisburg Hospital. where SINNERS
was said to Ee in a critical condition.
Williams was not seriously injured.
The freight wreck blocked the four
tracks of the road just west of Marsh
Run and the eastbound local plunged
into the WreCkaCe
Evening star., 1928-03-16
GREEK EARTHQUAKE
! DESTROYS HOUSES.
DweIIers Near Corinth Are
Panic Stricken by Sharp
| Trem0rS.


Ey The Associated Press.
ATHENS, Greece. March i6,-Earth
tremors caused number of buildings
to collapse at X3locastron near Cor
inth today.
The population was panic stricken.
Evening star., 1928-03-16
RECORD SHOCKS NOTED HERE.
GEORGETOWN Seismograph shows Four
Hour Disturbance.

An earthquake Of an intensity greater
than any ever noted on the Sejsmograph
cf Ceorcetovn University here was re-
corded early today by Director Tondori.
The shocks lasted for more than Tour
hours. reaching their maximum all hour
after midnight, Three extremely power,
mi shocks were recorded at l:oo, A:os
and l:i4 am, ,.,, of
These shocks disturbed the needles OF
the instrument 8 inches.
Director Tondorf was not able 10 say
exactly the distance Of the shocks from
WASHINGTON.
Evening star., 1928-03-16
RECORDED ON COAST.
Seattle instrument Is Affected pS
Earthquake.

SPOKANE, Wash. March i6 R9--
Earthouake shocks which began at
e.Is o'clock last night we're still being
recorded here at l2:0l O'Clock TINS
morning, A. NJ. Jung, seismologist at
Gonzaga University. announced. Ine
heaviest tremors were observed at 9:4o
o'clock last night. he said, estimating
their center at point about 4,SoO
miles distant.
Evening star., 1928-03-16
GETS DRY LEAGUE POST.
Rev. B. Franklin Auld Named As
sistant superintendent.
nisnatch 10 The Star

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
LONACONING, Md. March 16,--
Rev. B. Franklin Auld. pastor of the
First Methodist Episcopal Church here,
has been appointed assistant superin-
tendent of the Maryland Anti-Saloon
League. succeeding Rev. Benjamin r.
Ewing. who has gone to Portsmouth.
Ohio. to be pastor Of a United Brethren
Church. MFR. Auld will take over his
new position early In April. when re-
leased by the Baltimore Conference
Of his denomination, which will meet
soon.
Evening star., 1928-03-16
FIVE DIE IN WRECK
Of FLORIDA TRAIN
Railroad Employees Are Vic.
tins in DeraiIment
Near TituSviIIe.



TITUSVILLE, Fla. March 16.-The
engineer, fireman and three express Car
employees were killed when the Florida
East Coast Railway local train No. 81.
southbound, left the rails half a mile
north of Titusville today. The train was
made up of several express cars and two
day coaches. The engine and three ex-
press cars went into a ditch. overturn-
ing. The day coaches did not leave the
track.
Evening star., 1928-03-16

Xylocastron is q maritime village on
the southern shore of the Gulf of
Corinth about 81 miles east of Corinth.
A coastal railway which parallels the
shore runs through the village.
Evening star., 1928-03-16

The new Spring models-and you may
be interested to know that, with each sue
ceeding year, our leading universities
become more and more the arbiters of
style in mems apparel. Conservative, of
course, but with the easy grace. the un-
studied nonchalance that the collegian
demands. Two and three-button coats
with modified rounded no tch lapels.
SmartIy tailored, neatly finished herring
bone Weaves.
Evening star., 1928-03-16

Mrs. Nancy Schoonmaker says: In
Denmark particularly the women are
favored in government Offices. I saw
in the lower house there husband
and wife sitting side by side. assisting
III making the laws of their country"
Evening star., 1928-03-16

Mrs. Edith O'Kecfe Susong. publisher
of the Greenville fTennD Democrat
Sun, is president Of the State federation
of women's clubs and Of the Tennessee
Press and Authors Club.
Evening star., 1928-03-16
u. s. OFFERS TO AID
HUNT FOR FLYERS
Kellogg Cables London Navy
Will Help in Search
for HinchIiffe.

Secretary Kellogg today cabled the
American Ambassador at London that
the Navy would lend every aid In locat-
ing the missing Hinchliffe airplane.
Evening star., 1928-12-09

ature," as we'll as "the soprano with the
Schumann-Hei SOUL" and her tones
were like the Ginning of full-toned
bells" After brilliant concert in To-
ronto, the Canadian papers acclaimed
her as the American Galli-Curci."
Her love of religious music led to an
extensive study of oratorios, with DR.. j.
Lawrence Erb, organist, composer, di-
rector of music for several colleges. ex-
president of Music Teachers National
Association, now educational head of
the National Academy of Music in New
York City. Also she coached with the
pupil and assisting teacher of Clara
Kathleen Rogers, and SO carried on the
traditions and soulful interpretations
of that world-famous oratorio singer of
a generation or so ago.
1t was heartbreaking tragedy when
this beautiful singer was stricken with
infantile paralysis eight years ago. while
on trip to italy. and left unable to
walk. 1t was thought that she would
never be heard again, but hers is the
gallant spirit that fights on in spite of
defeat, and Beulah Busby Swindler will
make her second debut" when she ap-
pears with the NNational Capital Ora
torio Society In THE Messiah"