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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02
When No Minister
Could Get The Fec

He is a Catholic and wouldn'l
stand for a Jewish Rabbi or a Pro
teytant minister tying the knot. she
is Jewish and wouldn't consent e
Il Catholic or Protestant oftlcianl
And so they compromised on a clvi
magistrate and Squire L. 3. Wilsol
tied the knot that united Paul I
Rosanna and Miss Mildred Dufre'
Of Norfolk in marriage here SAT
urday night. Mr.. Rosanna is housf
detective at the Monticello hote
and Miss Dufree was formerly witt
the Al Jolsen company Walte'
Harris and Martin Simpson, loca
friends of the couple, saw the kno'
well tied.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02
YOUR EYES AT WORK

Constant use of your eyes LII any
line, working all day by artltlclal
light will lower their efficiency. IL
is wise to help your eyes with IL
pair glasses, correctly prescribed.
Consult an eye specialist. pkS.
I'D. HATHAWAY, Carolina Bank
Building. du''
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02

+. :. RoySte Sr.. president of The
T.. :. ROyStpr GuamO Company and
leader in civic and business life nf
Norfolk. VII died at his home there
yesterday following III illness of
several weeks. Mr.. Roy$ter WAS
born in Granville county. North
Carolina in 1910.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02
THE BEST Is CHEAPEST

breakfast 100: lunch. meat or fish
with two vegetables, dessert, bread,
hiuter and coffee 45c; regular din
uer 7:r. A room with private lava
tory $500
The Virginia Dare Hotel
Elizabeth City. y. {. advtf
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02
ANOTHER LOT
or DICTIONARIES

The independent has secured
another LOT of those biz Webstfr's
CcIleCe, Hcn,r and Office Die
ticuaries. While they last any
reader may get ore free simply
BY securing two new yearly sub
scribers TO The Independent. Or
if you are already a subscriber
YOU may renew your sllbscrip-
tion for one year and get one new
subscriber aud get a dictionary.
If the dictionary is to be mailed
inst add 1J cents for postage and
handling.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02
TO FIND ANDHONOR THE
LOST VIRGINIA DARE
A Beauty Pageant of Historical Significance
and Different From All Other Beauty
Pageants, Planned for District Fair

beauty pageant unique in the history OF such things in
america is contemplated for the Abcmare District Fair at
Elizabeth City this when the Fair management Will
eneavou find and bring back Virginia Dare, the beautiful
lost child OF the historic Lost Colony Roanoke Island
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02

Watson Roberts. flying Il Ford
pIane from Charlotte, y. G., TO
Daytona Beach. Fla, has not peell
heard of since his hopoff last Sun
day morning.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02
A knotty Problem

But one thin. is botherinS Secre-
tarv job. In all of the beauty con-
tests that have become so much the
rage in this country in recent years
the conteStin. beauties have been
paratled in bathing suits.
Ii takes Il bathing suit to show
off all the natural charms of the
feminine. BathingS suits will he
tabu in this unique beauty pageant
But. still. the forms of the coli
teStants must not be concealed by
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02

WE will pay you three cents
pound for good clean rags. n
strings. The INDEPENDF'[r.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02
HERE, NOW
AND
HEREAFTER
,,,..r Our Ships Come In
p, VANCE HAVNEK

,,.,r. Y.n | stood i'll New
Se'T,a s,rtnr aud watched a snip
orS H'; s.,w over the Sra. Aroun"
QUE .I many other "Npec'aht ,n-
le ''o" r,, hai come To meet the
"S''> Scmr were looking
aN.n- some sadly some nncer-
a!r'"'' .oe - if in dread. but we
AMY, M JI,,, p"osin= for the ship t" come
-. ~. =, race # wi>tfuI watchers
N'"', ,..,or Of This world waiting
!, ~, watching for oar ships L" ''''''
Hi w." ofar. Perhaps wears aS"
.n, them out loaded WIN our
,s wv ,pd our dreams and now
'', rnokins for them To return
FrptshrrI with til" treasure "' ""'
eart> desire ,,.,,,.,
,,r.ne> 7e are looking
<,mr for fame and the hand
'' Inn. of 4 ficklr world. Some
nnanrariry and the fawnin@S "t
In,;rar. Snmr for health
~ ,,rpnsth tn endure. Some tor
uN ..I,,.., IN fhp uuiNpTSt,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02

HERE is a former Elizabeth City
girl who is attracting state wide at-
tenti0n in her r.,GSen Vocation. Miss
Augusta Sample. IA daughter OF Mrs.
Mae sample cf this city and a
teacher Of eNpressiCn at ba'enp"rt
CoIiecc. Lenoir, y. e.. gave Il recital
in Odell Memorial Hall at Green's
Eoro the other night. Comment ls
.non her work th" GrPSrShoro Daii6
News said: "Shf has fulfilled the
expectations Of artistic arrompiish-
ment which her student days prom
ised. Her mastery of the technique
Of voice. and action. together with
her natural charm of maEaer, makes
Miss Sample Il successful reader.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-27
Wages of Auto Workers
tic Be Continued.)

female workers from $22.05 to 23.40
and those of males and females COM
bined from 1922 to $36.37. The
highest average earnings per hour for
the high skilled workers were 93.1
and the unskilled workers 81.
Wages Slashed.
The above figures show that the
workers in the auto industry did re-
ceive relatively high wages and en-
joyed to certain extent high stan
dard of living. But that situation is
gone, and quite contrary one has
developed.
The average full-time hours per
week for the auto industry increased
from SOL in 1922 to 5O.3 in 1925.
New Wage Scale Blow.
In order to introduce the speed-up
system of employment under a less
ugly name, the management of the
Murray Body plant has introduced a
novel plan to accomplish its object.
This company informed its en-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-27

erals, or for others, now vote for<
the Labor Party. At the same time,
part of the Labor Party, formerly
adhering to men like Macdonald and
Thomas, are now disappointed in
these leaders Workers who not
very long ago placed their confidence
in representatives of the general
council, have now turned away from
them. Much the same process can
be traced in other countries.
In view of these facts the main
task now consists in discovering
forms of organization for the con-
solidatior of this radical tendency.
In itself the revolutionizing of the
masses cannot have important polit-
ical results save if the Red Interna-
tional of Labor Unions and it's sec
tons succeed in conducting the stormy
torrent intd a firm organizational
channel, thus consolidating this tend
ency by organization. This brings
us to speak of one of the weakest
points of our work, i. e. the dispro-
portion between the political influence
of the Red international Of Labor
Unions and its sections on the one
hand and the consolidation of this in
fluence on the other. In certain
countriess quite particularly in
France, this lack of proportion is
especially noticeable. In the first
place the organizations in France are
not sufficiently stable, the workers
come and go, and every year the
composition of certain of the organi-
cations changes by more than so per
cent.
The Fourth Congress will have
to deal with the complicated problem
of the further struggle for the united
front and for trade union unity in it's
entire extent. Does this question ap-
pear to be exactly the same as it
was on the occasion of the Third Con-
gress of the Red International of
Labor Unions? Naturally not. These
three and half years were rich in
experience in regard to the execution
of united front tactics and trade
union unity. This experience must
now be taken into consideration, clas-
sified according to countries and ac-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-27

'cording to professions. We shall have
to decide how this united front is
to be realized "from the bottom up"
what trganizatory forms it should
assume, considering each country
separately. Therefore it is quite
especially important, that all delega-
tions to the Congress of the Red In
ternational of Labor Unions should
come provided with concrete material
as to these questions and, what is of
particular Importance, with concrete
suggestions. This question deserves
the very closest attention on the part
Of all sections of the Red Interna-
tional of Labor Unions.
One of the great questions at the
Congress will undoubtedly be that of
the fight against imperialism and
the threatening danger of war. 1t
may be said that there is full clarity
on this point in our organizations,
but it would be wrong to say so.
The more we know of what is hap
pening in this connection, the more
convinced we are that the Congress
will have to deal with a very great
amount of theoretic and practical
work. And that not only because
there are pacifist tendencies notice
able in the broad masses and because
fairly extensive groups of workers
do not believe in the possibility of
war in the near future, but rather
because even our trade unions have
no very clear conception as to what
levers must be worked for the pur-
pose of effectively combating the
war danger in a revolutionary way
The Fourth Congress of the Red
International of Labor Unions will
have to examine this question from
a trade union standpoint and point
out concrete tasks. In the case of
warlike operations, we must prove not
only theoretically but also practical
ly that there must be no repetition of
the year 1914. To be able to prove
this at the most acute and critical
moment, it is necessary that, in the
course Of long years we should pre-
pare the entire working class and our
storm.
IT. 20 Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-27
By JOHN sCHMIEs.

WAGES in the auto industry up to
" 1927 were relatively high, and
little could be expected in the way of
organization among the workers. But
since then, there has been steady
downward trend in wages, and at the
present time, wage cuts are taking
place to such an extent as to sur
prise even Ford's most loyal slaves.
First let US see what the wages
were, and what they are now. Ac-
cording to the Bureau of Labor Sta
tisticS the average earnings of the
male workers in all occupations COM
bined, increased from 66.2 per hour
in 1922, to 72.9 per hour in 1925;
those Of females from 43.8 to 4S.7,
and the average for the industry as
whole from 65.7 to 1928, an increase
Of 10 per cent.
The average full-time earnings per
week of the male workers in all &C.
equations increased from $3.50 in
1922 to $36.67 in 1925; those Of tLsT
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-27
PdytyDylveEny0Hs ManyMlmeyS

The number of miners who join the ranks of Party is
growing constantly The militant miners understand the role
the Communs Party plays the fight the
Union from destruction by the coal arons and the Lewis
machine
The following letter from striking miner at Glouser Ohio
typical many letters have received since the LennRu
enberg drive for the recruiting 5000 members began For
obvious mine and local and
omitted
am striking that getting
policies u M. w. of A. appointed
at a
have been reading the Daily
miners Glouster
to membership the Workers Party.
broke afraid will be for time.
that this worker is broke does him from
joining the Workers Communs) Party for the Party
emps all strikers and unemployed from paying initiation fee and
dues until they are emplyed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-27
Tasks of the Fourth Congress Of the Red
international of Labor Unions

years the events in China have as
sumed a stormy revolutionary char
acter, in which connection the fight
of the Chinese people against the
foreign imperialists is so closely and
organizationally connected with the
fight of the working class of the
imperialist countries against their
own bourgeoisie, that the workers
cannot help feeling interested in the
events occurring in the Far East.
10. simultaneously with the awake
ming and the growing activity of the
Chinese working class, the activity
of the workers movement along the
entire coast of the Pacific has grown.
quite particularly in the colonies and
semi-colonies, in which connection
this growing movement has inevitab-
ly turned towards the trade union
movement of the Soviet Union and
towards the Red International of La
Dor Unions.
II. In the background of this con-
vulsion and Of the new events occur
ring in the entire trade union move
ment of the world, a particularly
mean and miserable role is played
by the Amsterdam international,
whose leaders are clinging desperate
ly together, so as to set up COM
mon Barrier against the menacing
Communist danger
IL. At the same time there is g
growth in the Importance and the role
Of the Red International Of Labor
Unions, which has enrolled in its
ranks the most important troops of
he labor movement of Asia and those
Of quite number Of South American
ountries.
10. The increase and development
# the labor movement in the new
ountries has found expression in the
creation of trade union secretariat
or the countries Of the Pacific and
N the preparatory work for the
'oundation of Latin-American trade
lnion secretariat. The significance
the organizations already founded
md in the process of formation lies
N the fact that these two bodies com
prise both the trade unions affiliated
20 the Red Trade Union International
md such as are outside this Interna-
tional.
IA. Finally it should be pointed out
that the international labor movement
IS on the eve of strike wave, which
will sweep one country after another
md which is to be looked upon as a
Forerunner of great political and
economic fights.
Such are the chief characteristics
of the position of the international
labor movement at the close of 1927,
and this is the starting point for es-
tablishing the next tasks of the re-
volutionary trade union movement.
THE next question is, what is to be
done and how is it to be done?
How is this increasing revolutioniz-
ing of the masses to be exploited in
the interest of the proletariat? The
peculiarly Of the position lies in the
fact that the revolutionizing process
is noticeable both inside and outside
The reformist organizations. There
cannot be the least doubt that the
working class as whole has made
a turn to the left. Thus very big
groups of Britain workers, who form
erly voted for the conservatives. lib
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-27
By A. LoZovSKY (Moscow).

BY A. LOZOVSk (M0scow).
MORE than three years have passed
AVA since the Third Congress of the
Red International of Labor Unions,
and therefore the Fourth Congress
will be called upon to review a very
important and eventful period in the
development of the international Ia
Dor movement.
At the close of 1927, the interna-
tional trade union movement was
characterized by the following fea-
lures:
l. The connections between the re-
formist leader organizations of the
trade union movement on the one
hand and the capitalist states and the
League of Nations on the other, were
consolidated to an extraordinary de-
gree. We may even speak of ma
ticnalization of the reformist unions.
2. AS a result of this interweav-
ing of the reformist trade unions
with the bourgeois state, the trade
unions became in the hands of the
big employers organizations an in
strument for carrying out the rati-
cnalization of production at the cost
of the working class.
8. The orders received from the
capitalists are executed by the re-
formist trade unions under the cover
of democratic phrases and of much
talk of economic democracy. Equa'
rights for capital and labor, creatio~
of economic councils Tin France anC
GERMANY. schemes for profit -shar.
ing, transformation of society by tn
foundation of workers banks and tn
like.
4. This united front of the emplov
ers' organizations, the bourgeo'-
state, and the reformist trade union
has induced broad masses both 9
the organized and of the Inorganic
workers, to seek rev forms of figh
ing and new methods of self-pro
lection. since they are forced Z
struggle not only against the en-.
nloyers and the state but also agains'
their own trade unions.
3. In their search for new form:
If defence against the offensive o
the CAPITALISTS, the workers have COM
to have recourse to the tried method
of revolutionary tactics and very fire
auently employ them in practice with
out even being aware of it them
selves.
One of the characteristics of tn
change that has taken place in thu
broad working masses is the desir'
for united front both within thei
own countries and especially with tn
trade union movement in the Sovie
Union.
7. This tendency in the direction
of the working class of the Sovie
Union is an outcome of the economic
advance of that country, which ha
practically demonstrated that vic
tory of the revolution and develop
ment of socialism in single coun
try are by no means impossible.
3. Alongside of this revolutioniz
ing Of the masses, which assumes
the most varied forms, according t.
this situation, mention must also b.
made of the increased interest of tn,
international proletariat in the Chi
nese revolution.
o.. This interest may be explained
by the fact that during thu last few
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-29
Movement Seeks to Bring I'm.
portance Of Adequate Facil.
tiles For Diagnosis and
Treatment Of Disease Before
State and Local Health De.
partments

New York, March 29.-{R-
Plans for obtaining the active aid
Of official public health agencies in
the fight against cancer in the
United States have been made by the
American Public Health association
and the American Society for the
Control Of Cancer.
This movement, regarded as the
most significant step ever taken
against the disease, seeks to bring
before state and local health de.
partments the importance Of ade.
quate facilities for diagnoses and
treatment, of accurate statistical in
formation and of public education
in the symptoms Of cancer.
Cancer work has been done large
" by endowed clinics, hospitals and
Institutes, for public health admire
istrators have not looked upon can.
Ger as distinctly prcventable dis
case, nor as one against which head
way could be made. They have felt
that cancer could best be combated
through the joint action of physi-
clans and patients and that health
departments could cooperate best by
limiting their activities to instruc-
ting the public in the part it should
play in the cancer battle.
Public Institutes Appear
More recently, however, public
cancer institutes have appeared in
sveral states in response to a popu.
lar demand for clinical service and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-29
Bennett and Balchen
En- Route to Winnipeg

st. Paul, March 29-(AP)-Bound
for The Pas, Manitoba, for trial
flights, the all-metal Ford mono
plane to be used on Commander
Byrd's south pole expedition left
here at 10 q. m, with brief stop
planned at Winnipeg.
Piloted by Floyd Bennett and
Bcrnt Balchcn and carrying one me-
chanic and two news movie photog-
raphers, the plane reached here
yesterday from Detroit in six hours
and 10 minutes without mishap.
The plane will be equipped with
skis for the test flights at The
Pas. which will be comparable to
conditions it will face on the polar
flight.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-29
AID Of PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES
WILL EXPAND WAR AGAINST CANCER

now the American Public Health
association has .decidsd. that the
country's official health aeencies
must b prepared TO take more active
parts in the efforts to reduce cancer
mortality.
The association is basing It's plans
on the report Of Z special committee
which suggested q program Of
action, recommending that official
public health administrators SHOULD
take cognizance Of the cancer prob
lem and engage in various activities
connected Herewith"
1t was also recommended that q
survey be made to determine cancer
death rates in the territories within
the jurisdiction Of the various health
departments, to ascertain available
facilities for diagnosis and treat
ment, to estimate the cost Of avail.
able treatment and to determine the
ability Of patients to meet the ex.
pense Of treatment. Health depart.
ments. the committee found, should
provide free laboratory assistance in
the making Of diagnoses or should
encourage and assist the develop.
ment Of this service through medi-
cal societies, teaching institutions OF
hospitals.
Departments of health should
encourage and assist the establish.
ment Of special cancer clinics in
connection with general hospitals
with the hospital resources in equip.
ment and personnel already avail.
able," the committee reported. "In
every large center Of population
there should be one first class cancer
center where every modern facility
of personnel and apparatus should
be available for the diagnosis and
treatment of cancer"
Will Award Points
With view to stimulating local
health officers to take up this pro.
gram in their respective commune
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-29
Wales Wins Race
After q Cooper

Frensham, Surrey, England, March
2S.-(AP)-Despite being thrown BY
9 favorite hunter, Miss Muffet II,
during the High land Brigade stecple-
chase meeting at Stockington today,
the Prince Of WaleS remounted and
won the race.
The prince, riding in a race for
Officers, competed as colonel-in-chief
OF the Seaforth Highlanders.
Weather conditions for racing
were atrocious with a heavy wind
and . pouring rain. Making the pace
practically throughout, however, the
prince won handily.
When three fences from the fin
ish, Miss Muffet II, stumbled and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-29


ties, the association - adding cancer
work to It's health appraisal form
by which the adequacy and eff
cheney Of the health work n Z given
territory are systematically meas
ured. Points will b awarded on the
basis Of = city's hospital provisions
for cancer, its diaghostic service,
completeness and accuracy Of statis-
teal information, and to campaign
Of public instruction.
The program Of the American So
ciety for the Control Of Cancer for
the next year is broadly along the
same lines, and the two organiza-
tions have signified their intention
Of cooperating in the new movement
to bring cancer work closer to the
people.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-29
Mrs. Lemira GOOdhue
Is Quite Fatigued'

Northampton, Mass, March 29.-
(AP)Mrs. Lcmira Goodhue, mother
of Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, spent an un-
comfortable night and her daughter
deferred today's visit until this aft
ernoon. DR.. ]. E. Hayes, Mrs.
Goodhue's personal physician, said in
his IL o'clock bulletin: MRS. Good
hue did not have as comfortable a
night as the night before. She is
quite fatigued."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-29

trillions Of miles into space. He Il
able to see stars separated from him
by the distance light could travel In
1900 years OF the rate Of $4,000
miles second.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-29

threw hersroyal rider, but the prince
quickly remounted and continued the
race.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-29

With the largest world telescope
on Mt. Wilson, Calf, man can look