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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09

was three centuries ago.
A seething bowl of lava gathered
in a ravine above the village Of
Nunziata. The village was in i'm
minent danger and it was feared the
lava would pour over the edge of
the ravine at any moment, falling
like fiery cascade into the deeper
valley below.
5000 in Danger.
The hamlet Of Carrabba was be-
lieved doomed. If it is engulfed
Giarre, larger town of 5000 popu-
lation would be in grave danger.
The Messina- Catania railroad was
buried under lava for stretch of
100 feet near the Carrabba station.
Carrabba has been evacuated
Catania authorities decided to put
500 army engineers to work with
numerous gangs of laborers in an
attempt to open an artificial course
towards the sea, through which the
lava stream might be diverted. 1t
was hoped thus to save several
larger towns, such as Riposto,
Giarre and Fiume FREDDIE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09
VOLCANO KILLS TWO
Mt. Ehua Still Active, Mbey1ls Villages

CATANIA, Sicily, Nov. 8 (UP).-
The first casualties of the Mt. Etna
eruption were reported today.
An aged peasant and his wife liv-
ing near Mascali failed to heed the
warning in time and flee with their
reighbcrs. They were old and feeble
and dreaded to abandon their tiny
farm.
Peasants Melted.
Too late they discovered the mol
ten stream advancing on them. They
climbed to the roof and waved fran
Lically for help, but those who saw
them were unable to approach, as
the house already was surrounded
hy lava.
In few minutes the house .crum-
hled. The old couple fell down into
the molten stream and were en-
quilted.
Lava Threatens Villages.
Molten lava continued pouring
from Mt. Etna today, increasing the
peril of villages between the noun
ain and the sea.
Mascali has been destroyed, as it
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09
CONFESSES TO
LAID TO REDS

fire department and the police arson
squad.
To devert suspicion, Pierce claims,
a series of letters signed "Mr. X,'
were received by members of the
board of education and the school
principal.
Howard Mutt, police handwriting
expert, was given the letters and
directed the investigators to look
for man about so years of age.
This confirmed the suspicion of Bat
talon Chief Enos who ordered
Pierce's arrest.
Mania Act of God.
Pierce said the mania for inceni-
diarism was brought on by the shock
of bolt of lightning some eight
years ago. The bolt struck build
ing in which he was working, burn
ing him over the spine, the nut"
declared. And a fall from STEP
ladder at the Massachusetts, Asylum
restored his mentality, somewhat.
and he was discharged, the "bug
house" continued.
All this, and great deal more.
being known to the police long ago
Including the fact that they were
told to look for man of "about So"
why then, did Hynes and his labor
batting squad try to blame school
children for these crimes?
The tyrannical and generally dis
credited Chief of Police Davis has
many damage suits on his dirty
hands now. This affair ought to be
important enough to start another
for Criminal SANDER.
I p PTMDAT
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09
LETT QUARTET TO OPEN
COURSE TONIGHT.

For the opening concert tonight
the Lett Quartet will present q
special program at the Washington
Irving High School under the au-
spices of the Peoples Symphony
Concerts.
Other artists to appear in this
course during the season are, Mr..
and Mrs. Names, Dec. 81; New
York Chamber Music Society, Jan.
Is; Sittig Trio, Feb. 1; The Hart
House String Quartet, March Is;
and the Stringwood Ensemble, April
b. Students and workers can secure
tickets to the above concerts at the
Washington Irving School. Admis-
sion to the six concerts $1.0O.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09
UNIONS WITHOUT
UNIONISM IN N, ].
Associated Lays Down
and u. T. w. Scabs
lBg O. Worker Correspondent)

by Worker Correspondent
The Sun Silk COMPANY, Gray
Street, Paterson, N. J., has 1870
looms, and employs three fixers. 1t
was affected by the silk workers
strike. A settlement was reached
which was supposed to be union
settlement. One of the fixers, how
ever, found that Sc that had been
taken from their pay sometime
previous had not been restored ac-
cording to the agreement. Taking
the matter up with the owner he
received no satisfaction. This fixer
carries card in the Associated Silk
Workers Union. He naturally left
the place to take the matter up with
the union officials.
The other two fixers who carry
cards in the U. T. W. evidently made
an agreement of some kind with
the owner and divided the work Of
the three fixers amongst themselves
Thus these two U. T. w. fixers are
now fixing 65 looms apiece, where
formerly the three fixers took care
of 43 apiece, the fellow who lost his
job having one extra, or A. 1t is
settlements of this kind that are
making the workers of Paterson look
with suspicion on the actions of the
officers of their unions, as they
seem in this case to be afraid to
carry the fight to replace these two
U. T. w. fixers with three of their
own at the scale called for by their
union. Solidarity demands such ac-
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09
by a Worker Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Calf, (By Mail)
During the raids on homes and
meeting places of Communists last
month by the RED Squad" under
the leadership of Acting Captain
William Hyner, the police tried to
connect young comrades with eight
fires in Manual Arts High School,
one of which caused damage exceed
ing $4,000 last July 10. But the at
tempted frame-up plot, however, was
too absurd to cause any more serious
harm than the creation of additional
prejudice against Communism in the
minds of ignorant readers of the
capitalist press.
The origin of the fires was ex-
planned a couple of days ago with
the confession of Frederick A.
Pierce, So year old janitor of the
place, who admitted himself to be a
"pyromaniac."
Pierce has been sent to the state
hospital for the insane at Norwalk
because of his hopeless mania. He
previously was an inmate at the
Westborough Asylum near Worces-
ter, Mass, but was released in 1924
when it was thought he had recov-
cred.
Pierce's actions have been under
surveillance since the series of fires
last year because of pyromaniacal
symptoms he showed. Although his
duties often required that he be in
another building, Pierce turned in all
alarms for the high school fires.
according to investigators for the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09

is offered a post in the consular
service.
The second act is in the New York
studio, the morning after Fay had
went there. David arrives early in
the morning and makes a fuss,
showing that he is becoming dissat-
isfied with the entire arrangement.
He asks Fay if she has gone through
with her part of the scheme. he
answers yes, which upsets the young
diplomat even more. Fay then asks
David if he spent the night with
Mrs. Bird. He answers in the afflr-
NATIVE.
Fay then appears on the scene and
seems surprised over the entire mat
ter. 1t then comes out that David
had lied, his nerve did not allow
him to go through with his end Of
the promise. The married couple
finally prove successful in the role
of peacemakers.
While the plot is rather thin, and
many times becomes silly, the mas
terly way the play has been written
helps to place it in a class of its
own, that of smart satire on the
love affairs of the idle rich of New
York.
In addition to those already
named, the other two members of
the cast are James Rennie and Cath-F
crime Willard, who are remarkably
effective in their portrayal of theIl
bored young married couple. In
short, it is play that can be cas-
lily enjoyed and produce many laughs
from the audiences. P.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09
AN AMUSING SATIRE
Dorothy Gish Deserts Silver Screen to Play
Leading Role in Young Love"

nOROTHY GISH has deserted the
y silver screen to play the leading
role in Samson Raphaelson's new
comedy, "YoungsLove" at the The
atre Masque. 1t is a brilliantly
amusing play, superably performed
and directed.
The love of Fay Hilary, dorothy
Gish) for David Hallowell, tom
Douglas) is what all the fun is built
around. And anyone who wants to
be guaranteed laugh will not be
disappointed when viewing this play.
There may be other plays just as
amusing now playing on Broadway
but this little comedy can easily hold
it's own with the best of them. And
it is all done with q cast of four
again proving that mob is not nee
essary to produce an entertaining
play.
Fay and David, who are visiting
for several days at the Long Island
home of their married friends, Peter
and Nancy Bird, spend the night to-
gether before they decide to marry.
Even then, doubt as to whether if
they marry, their love will be last
ing, enters their mind. At the sug-
gestion of Fay, the young lovers de-
eide to conduct affairs, hoping in
that way to measure the degree of
their love for one another. They
choose their married friends, Peter
and Nancy, as the other two mem
bers of their experimenting group.
Fay goes to the New York studio
Of Peter, and spends the night with
him. At the same time, David is
supposed to be staying overnight at
the Long Island home with Nancy
According to the agreement between
the youngsters, if they feel that they
still love one another, Fay will ac-
company David to Africa where he
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09
RABBITS AGAINST u SSR


A meeting held recently under the
auspices of the Rabbinical board anc
cooperating Jewish congregations of
New York adopted resolutions
against alleged manifestations of
religious intolerance in the Soviet
Union. Amidst tumultuous scenes,
during which Communists in the
audience vigorously protested against
the anti-Soviet ISLANDERS, the Rabbis
called on the American government
to move for "the salvation of the
Jewish inhabitants of Soviet Russia
in their greatest crisis" The meet
ing was held in the heart of the
East Side, inhabited chiefly by Jew
ish workers.
More than 1900 persons attended
the meeting. On the platform sat
$50 rabbis and score of republican
and democratic politicians, gentle
as well as Jewish. The rabbis and
politicians who delivered the
speeches preceding the resolutions,
attacked the Soviet government for
converting synagogues into cafe
chantants," and for the "fiendish
work of turning cemeteries into
places of amusement" Groups Of
Communists in the audience sprang
to their feet shouting, "Liarsl
Liars" The entire meeting was in
an uproar; fist fights broke out
in several places. The police elected
the Communists who had protested,
and the meeting adopted resolu-
ton declaring that "the persecution
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09
INTERPRETATIONS IN JUNE"
AT THE CIVIC REPERTORY

Eva LIE Gallienne announces that
"Improvisations in June" will be re-
stored to the active list at the Civic
Repertory Theatre, tomorrow night.
This play by Max Mohr, translated
into English by Susan Behn and
Cecil Lewis, is the fifth production
of previous seasons, continued in
this seasons schedule.
The cast for "Improvisations in
June" will be: Paul Leyssac. Robert
Ross, j. Edward Bromberg, Sayre
Crawley, Donald Cameron, Eva LIE
Caffeine, Egon Brecher and Jo-
sephine Hutchinson.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09
WIN NEW WAGE SCALE.

BOSTON, Mass, (By Mail) .-The
employees of the building trades of
this city have signed three year
contract with the Building Trades
Employers Association which grants
an increase to all trades, and is to
continue until April 1, 1881. The
roofers were the latest group to
conclude an agreement, their new
schedule being put into effect this
week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09
WORKER CORRESPONDENCE
CORRECTION.

Thru an oversight the signature
was omitted from the correspond
ence, Graft Is Juicy for Inspec-
tor of Pushcarts." The story was
written for the WORKED Corre-
spondence Class at the New York
Workers School by Belle Becker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09
Wolves Attack Cattle
in the Soviet Union

MOSCOW, U. s. S. R., (By MaiD.
--Flfty-seven head of cattle have
been slaughtered by packs of wolves,
which have raided a number of vii
lagos in the Sergeivsky district, near
Moscow.
An. organized attempt will be
made to exterminate the wolves as
soon as the cold weather sets in.
The Soviet government is offering
heavy premiums to encourage the
hunt.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09
TELLS OF EARLY
Efforts TO FORM
Millinery union
Militant ORGANIZATION
Now 1000 Strong
(Bn q Yorker Correanondea,t,

fBu q Worker CORRESPONDENT
l am milliner, and four year
ago. wh"' I first heard that there /,
such thing as millinery union il
existence. went to Join it. NV frs
impression was a very depressing
one, when I found handful of girls
in small dark room trying to or
ganize 10000 workers. For a mo-
ment I thought that the task was
tremendous, and what are few ac-
tive girls in comparison with 10000
th2t1 know nothing about it?
- However, my low spirits did not
last, for the Russian blood in me was
full of rebellion, and the question,
what l can contribute to this or
ganization," came to my mind.
made out an application for
membership, and with it signed my
name on the organization committee.
Ny organizer was not used to such
spirit. She looked at me with sur
prise. and assigned me to some shops
which were in the process of being
organized. I started my work on the
very next day. It was a biting-cold
winter evening; I was standing near
a shop, with some cards about the
union in my hands, waiting for the
girls to come down. When l saw
some girls coming out of the ele-
vator, ! asked them whether they
were from the shop the name of
which I mentioned to them. They
said yes, thinking that probably I
was q friend of some of them. But
the minute I uttered the word
union" they ran away.
The fact that they ran away dis
Outraged me, for I was determined
TO organize them. When they no.
ticed me the following day, before I
had chance to come near them,
some pointed their diamond rings to
T1v face, as if saying: "Why the hell
do I need union, for I will soon
get married"
But ! got neither tired or dis
oouraged and day after day I visited
those shops, until the girls got used
70 my face and did not think was
such a strange creature. In fact, as
time went on, some of them. for
cuIiosity's sake at first, stopped for
moment to find out what I really
wanted. No sooner than a chance
appeared / tried in the most simple
svav to explain to them that indi-
nidually we will never gain good con-
aitions. Not unless we organize in
70 : group strong enough to demand
higher wages and shorter hours from
the bosses will we ever have them.
! tried in a very humorous way to
let them know that although some
of US have diamond rings, and do
get married, there is only one Prince
of Wales. and the rest of us have to
marry workingmen, as we ourselves
are.
Gradually they became interested
in the talks about the union and de-
cided to join it.
- That is how l continued to do nv
share together with those few ac-
tive girls. Now we are 1000 organ /
lied workers, militant, full of spirit,
ready to fight for better conditions
and to organize the unorganized.
am proud to have been one of
the few active ones and to be one
of the 1000 now organized, and hope
that nv experience will awaken the
spirit in others to do their share
in whatever trade they find them
selves.
ESTHER MALAMUD.
written for the Worker Cor
,.nrrn,,Lnrnn C1nnn H.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09
FOR COMMERCE.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UP).-
Modification of the Port Chester,
N. Y, harbor project to provide bet
ter facilities for commerce in that
port was recommended by the army
hoard of engineers, the war depart
nent announced today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09

We demand the immediate recogni-
tion of Soviet Union by the United
states government
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09

WARNING.
You say you are mighty
We also are great.
We are the Workers.
You are the State.
JULIA PELLMAN.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09
ESTHER MALAMUD.

written for the Worker Cor
respondence Class in the N. Y.
Workers School.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-09
EVERY WORKER
HAS CHANCE TO
STUDY! 0, YES!
Sweater Factory Work
er Says. mo"
BY BEATRICE GITLER.

| HAVE been occasionally reproach-
ed for my lack of enthusiasm 70,
the study of English. Yes, quite
often | hear those words: "You are
an intelligent person, and you have
done so little for your education
since you have been in this coun-
try. You have not even tried to
learn the language, the language of
The country you intend to make your
permanent home, the language that
would give you the possibility of
coming in contact with other people,
that most important possibility Of
exchanging views and ideas, that
possibility of gaining friendship"
l shall answer everyone at once:
why see this fact only; why not
consider the causes of it,"
Picture to yourself sweater fac
tory. You have no right to get UP
from your place until the bell rings.
You work and work without any in
terest and would be glad to throw it
away any lllhIOIS- HG IIeeQlI goes
up and down. Somebody passing
by, you raise your head instinctively:
Yes, it is Mr.. B. with his large
cigar, big corporation and bald
head" His walk is so. heavy that
you could hear his pacing, though
the knitting machines are in full
swing. He walks through the entire
length of the room and stops at his
favorite spot from where he could
see every one of the workers, sitting
down at his work-either table or
machine. He stands and stands
there and looks at you, at every
you make. You get ner-
vous; it is so strenuous to work and
be conscious of someone standing up
there and watching you continually
all day long
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19
DR.. LANG OPPOSED
AS BRITISH PR|MATE
Two Groups See Danger of
Romanism if He Is Named
to Canterbury.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. August ia protest
against royal assent to the appoint
ment of Most Rev. Cosmo Gordon
Lang. Archbishop of York. to the Arch
bishopric of Canterbury. was sent to
King George today on behalf of two
evangelical bodies.
Opposition to the elevation of the
Archbishop to the prinlacy of all Eng
land in succession to Dr. Randall
Davidson, who recently resigned. is
based on DR.. Lang's leadership of the
Anglo Catholics In the Church of
England The authors OF the protest
are the League of Loyal Churchmen
and the Protestant Alliance. which
have considerable numerical strength.
The petition says that DR.. Lang
generally is regarded as the real head
of that party who have so recently
attempted without success to subvert
the Protestant reform religion under
the cloak OF a revision of the prayer
book.
lit is impossible. therefore. to believe
that he will faithfully administer the
laws or that he will even refrain from
abusing his authority so as TO promote
the revival of RomaniSn In the Church
of England
The Sunday Times tomorrow will say
that the Official minutes of the famous
Malines conversations, looking to re-
union of the Church of England and
the Roman Catholic Church. will be
published shortly probably before the
resignation of Or. Davidson becomes
effective.
The newspaper quotes an anonymous
ecclesiastical authority" as asserting
that in these deliberations the Church
of Rome was prepared to grant great
things" TO the Archbishop of Canter~
bury should he accept the Roman
Catholic faith,
Cardinals Status Hinttd.
Among these great things" was a
special precedence equal TO and per-
hapS above that of Cardinals, the
anonymous authority said
The Malines conversations between
leading members of the Church of
England and the Roman Catholic
Church toxic place at Malines, Belgium.
at intervals between 1921 and 1925, A
report of % pages was issued by mem
bers of the English delegation In Janu-
ary OF this wear II covered the con-
verSationS eXhaustively from the British
point Of view.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19
CURTIS TOUR ARRANGED.

The New England speaking campaign
of Senator Curtis, the Republican vice
presidential nominee. Wilt begin with
an address at Rocky Point, r.. T.
August 23 1t was announced al Re-
publican national committee headquar-
ters here yesterday.
Five days later August 20. he will
speak again at Syracuse, n. Y. His
next address will be delivered In Boston
Mass, some time between August "a
and September z. the exact date TO be
announced later He will then make one
or more speeches in Maine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19
Sham Air Attacks
Show That London
Is Goal for Bombs
Maneuvers Indicate Brit.
ish Capital Has No AIDE.
quate Defense.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, August 18.--The capital of
the British Empire is absolutely at the
mercy of an air attack launched from
the Continent, army experts now be-
lieve.
That much, 1t is claimed. has been
learned definitely from the annual
maneuvers OF the Royal Air Force
which ended this morning. In those
maneuvers enemy" bombers made 81
daylight raids on London, in 8 OF
which they completely evaded the de-
fence and dropped theoretical messen-
gers of supposed death and destruction.
Brig Gen. Groves, former director Of
flying operations and now secretary Of
the Air League, said:
Too Big for Defense.
London is too big to be adequately
defended from an air attack. In a
short time It's vital points would be III
ruins and all other sections OF the city
would be rendered uninhabitable be-
cause OF gas"
One of the facts Of the maneuvers
which the experts consider significant
is that theoretically 800 tons of bombs
loaded with gas and high explosives
were dropped on London within one
week. This equals the bombs dropped
on all England by the Germans in the
entire period of the World War
Gen. Groves is certain that If war
breaks out between England and a
continental power, the civilian popula-
ton will suffer most.
High explosives and gas bombs will
be used freely in the next conflict" he
said 1T will be the aim of each side
to terrorize the civilian population of
the other London is peculiarly vulner-
able TO an air attack"
Defense Futile.
It was brought out that fleet of
enemy bombers could be over London
coast line. They could reach their OBJ
lective so quickly that unless they we're
intercepted at the coast, they could
drop their entire cargo of explosives
on the city before defending airplane
souadrons could leave their airdromeS
and gain attacking attitudes. 1t is cal
culated that the battle area of such an
engagement would be 200 miles square
and 4 miles deep.
A further point was that If the at
tacking planes were caught and de-
stroyed while they were over London.
the enemy cargoes still would fall on
the city and terrible damage would re-
suit
Some of the London newspapers are
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