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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
RESUME SOVIET
GERMAN TRADE
Relations Broken at
Shackta Trial

BERLIN, Aug. 90 (UP).-The
foreign office delivered a note to
the Soviet embassy today express
ing Germany's readiness to resume
trade relations with Russia.
Relations were broken off because
of the arrest of Germans in the
Donetz Basin mine conspiracy cases
In the trial of the sabctagers
against the Soviet Union operating
in the great industrial and mining
center Of the Don Basin, three Ger
man engineers, connected with Ger
man firms, were accused of taking
part in the conspiracy and espion-
age for their firms and former own
ers,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
RED CAMP AICN
NEARING CLOSE
Increased Activity to
Mark Sept. /, 2, 3

Thirty stations throughout the
city will serve as centers from
which, on September 1, 2 and 3,
thousands of Red Campaigners will
circulate throughout the city with
collection boxes, working for the
Communist Campaign Fund.
"The excellent recruiting device
of Tammany's Commissioner of Pub
lie Welfare, who issued his papal
bull against such Red collections,
has succeeded in increasing the
army of collectors by many workers
Continued on Page TaUo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
Many Lives Imperilled
in Boston Explosion

BOSTON, Aug. 20 (UP).-Scores
of lives were imperiled, four per-
sons were severely injured, and sew
eral others slightly hurt, here to-
day, when two terrific explosions
occurred in a manho!e in a Back
Bay street.
The nanhole cover was hurled 45
feet into the air by the blast, which
shattered windows within a radius
CT a block and which was felt for
many blocks around.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
CITY TAXI STRIKE NEAR
NeW Union Holds Vital Meet TOuieht

city agree to a general increase in
pay and improvement in working
conditions.
Long hours, miserable wages, in
timidation by police authorities, a
blacklist which keeps hundreds of
workers from getting jobs-these
are some of the issues which the
taxi drivers are just about ready to
fight out to finish.
Especially vicious do the taxi md
Continued on Page Four
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
TO DEFY Fascist
IN SACC0 MEET
Demonstration at St.
Louis Friday

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 29.-Defying
the long arm of the Mussolini fas-
cist government, by whose orders
the local police stopped a Sacco-
Vanzetti meeting last week, the
workers of st. Louis will hold huge
Sacco and Vanz.tti meeting Friday
at Bruids Hall, Market and Ninth
SITS.
Police, at the order of the italian
fascist consul here, drove the work
ers from the hall with riot guns
and gas bombs. Italians and Eng
lish speaking workers will address
the meeting.
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who floated away with tho envelope
Of the italian dirigible and for the
six mon Of the Roald Amundsen ex-
pedition.
At Kings Bay the Krassin will
pick up the Soviet aviator Chukh-
novsky, who will make reconnoiter-
flights In an attempt to find a trace
Of the twelve men who still are
missing after that ill-fated expedi-
tion to the pole.S
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30

The immediate prospects of a
general taxi strike thruout Greater
New York will be high up on the
agenda of the newly-formed Taxi
Chauffeurs Union when it meets at
the Labor Temple, Saith st. and
Third Ave., tonight.
Organized after active agitational
work among the taxi drivers for
many years, the union says that a
strike Is the next step unless the
owners Of fleets Of cabs here in the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
BURKE TO co ON
CAMPAIGN tour
Will Arrange Meetings
in II Cities

Continuing it's energetic election
activities, the Workers (Commun-
ist) Party Election Campaign Com
mittee for New York State has de.
cided to send out speaker to tour
in advance of the statewide tour tc
begin Sept. ID when Robert Minor
Communist Candidate for U. S. Sen
ator, will go on the road.
While the first trip will confine
itself to street meetings, arrange
ments are being made for mass
meetings in a dozen cities of the
Continued on Page Fiue
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30

MILFORD, Penn, Aug. 29 (UP).
M. M. Merrill, official of Curtiss
Aviation field, New York, and Ed
win Rome, who were flying on
Monday from Rochester, N. Y, to
Curtiss Field in an airplane belong
ing to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh,
were found burned to death near the
wreckage of their plane today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
USSR RESUMES SEARCH
Kyassin ON Way Back to Arctic Wastes

BERGEN, Norway, Aug. 29 20,
P).-The Russian Ice breaker Kras-
sin has started It's lonely and hu-
manitaran search hack into the
frozen arctic area.
The big steel proved craft, which
rescued seventeen nlen Of the Italia
and rescue groups, is en- route to
Kings Bay, Spitzbergen. today, from
where 1t will put back into the
northland to search for the six men
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
3 CHANNEL swIMs ON.

CAPE Girls NEZ, France, Aug.
20 (UP).--Two attempts to swim
the English Channel were underway
tonight with the prospect that an
other swimmer would leave here at
midnight to join in the endurance
contest.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
TEACHERs WIN PAY RAISE

ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. 29.-Teach-
ers in Fulton County schools have
secured pay raise through their
activity in long fight against the
local &eactionary county boards.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
Daily WOrker-F -Freiheit
Bazaar Executive Will
Meet Today, $3.50 p. m.

The Executive Committee of 25,
elected at the Daily Worker-Frei-
heit bazaar conference, will hold It's
first meeting today at $3.50 p. m. at
1928 Union Square. Business Of
an important nature will be tran
sacted at that time, It Is announced.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
HERRICK SAILS

PARIS, Aug. 90 (UP).-Ambas-
sador Myron Herrick sailed for New
York on the lie de France. Hh will
spend his vacation in Chic.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30

ANCONA, Aug. 20 (UP).-The
steamer Sento was badly damaged
by fire today. Militiamen and fire
men helped the crew fight the
flames.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30

THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS
TO ORGANIZE THE UNORGANIZED
FOR THE 4O-HoUR WEEK
FOR A LABOR PARTY
FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS
GOVERNMENT
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Graspi1lg at Shadows
BY Lucy Lowell

ssIk II easy to set everything
von want, wrote Ebert Hub
bard, rprOyided you first learn
to do without the things you can
not GET
And e that sounds like UNI
logical argument, consider for q
moment the dozen or so persons
Won know who have acconnpl ished
several years Of living without the
things they think they want most,
and etfiI have not. learned to do
without those thingsI
know, Tor example, q little old
lady who has lived q very great
while indeed thinking she would
IKE 70 possess great wealth.
Always she has existed In com.
1orkabIe circumstances rather az.
fluent at times: always she has
owned and enjoyed what would
seem like luxury to many.
IL she had riches she hardly
would know what to do with
fhem. Il seems. for they would
Tnean only more OF what she al
raadv has. Yet riches q what she
wants and she never fOrgets II,
rasslng IN the blessings she has
Tnr The doubtful good Of what she
YnIRllk have. And 20 she Is never
rafisfied nor really happy.
i know 9 man. = rather illustras
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-19

change your own method Of
thinking II You wish to be happy.
Refuse to let your mind dwell on
the "weepy" side OF things.
Look for the good in others-in
your home, your mother and even
the rich young man. This does not
mean that you should marry him
If you do not love him. But give
yourself q chance to like him by
approaching and bringing out al
his good traits.
Try the same plan In thinking
Of your mother. Remember, she
loves you. Do all you can to help
her and make her happier.
The plainest home Is beautiful
If affection dwells there. Try to
bring harmony, which Is beauty,
into your homo by being har-
nonious and sunshiny yourself.
You can do this If you will. And,
as your own thinking grows kinder
and more cheery, you win find
that your home win improve, your
mother will seem sweeter, and
friendship and affection will find
you out. Try my plan and SEQ
how well II worlSsl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-19
Let the Boz Foster His Pet Hobbies

50 solely on his nerve, which Is an
expensive and dangerous proceed
Ing.
Il You are = father, just Inn
agine for minute coming home
from the office to wife who
rings At you: Ibid you get that
order from Chicago. How much
did they order? why didn't they
take two carloads instead Of one7
Did you have 10 give them = bet
ter Discount? You were foolish
to do so. Does your new
stenographer make a. many mis-
takes as the old one? she's very
abrupt over the phone. How do
you figure out your income tax
report? Oh, he does! Wen, how
do you know he does it correctly?
Maybe he cheats your Did you
get new tires for the carp How
much were they? Did that man
ager from Cleveland call todaya
What did he say about the way
you managed the Ohio statesmen"
And 80 on, until you would be
tempted to murder her. Not be-
cause you hate to hear your wife
talk, nor that you object to an
swering her questions, but be-
cause she is making you 60 over
details which you want to forget
for q period Of time.
Don't haggle with your children
over what they learn in school,
particularly at night when they
are ''fed up" on book lore and
want to indulge their whims. If.
you truly want to find out Il the
school is what you think It
should be, 60 and visit 1t for an
afternoon, or watch your child's
progress In choosing his books TO
read, or observe his diction to see
IL 1t shows any Improvement.
TO demand that your child tell
you what he has learned" today
is rank cruelty.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-19
Tub FrOcks for Warm Days
The Washington Times 15c Practical Pattern
Made Of Substantial Craft Paper (Not Tissue)

The gay prints, and unique
designs in materials, make sum-
mer tub frocks more popular
than ever and now is the time
to complete the wardrobe with
many changes Of m orning
dresses. Pattern 1916 is q de-
lightfully dainty frock with un-
usual details. "A smartly but
toned vestee is pointed to CORE
spond with the pointed patch
pocket on the skirt. Short
sleeves are SO cool and comfort
able in warm weather.
Printed rayon or cotton wash
fabric, such as pefcale, gingham
or linene form the frock with
vestee, pockets, cuffs and belt
Of white or q contrasting plain
color linen or pique. The in
yerted pleats in the skirt find
their way in clever fashion from
the patch pockets.
Size SO requires 3 yards Of 36
to 40 inch printed material, IN
yards Of 36 inch trimming ma
terial.
For each additional size add
one-quarter yard.
May be obtained in sizes 16
to A..
This model is easy to make
IL you use this pattern, which is
individually hand-cut of sub
stantial paper, not tissue. A
perfect Fit in every size is guar
anteed.
Patterns will be delivered to
any address upon receipt of 15c
In coins or stamps, preferably
coins. Always mention size
wanted.
Fashion book showing spring
and summer styles will be sent
upon receipt Of SC for mailing
costs.
Address all mail and orders to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-19
BLACKBOARD
OF GLASS

A new type Of school black.
board, made OF translucent glass
and uniformly lighted from the
rear, has been developed to re-
place the dusty and ill-lighted
blackboard OF previous genera
tons. With customary room illum.
nation, part daylight and part
electric, everything on this new
blackboard is visible from ali
parts Of the room, even from
points making an angle Of only
10 degrees with the plane Of the
writing surface.
France is rapidly becoming
populated with Russians. There
are now 100000 in Paris. Most
of the members of the Romanoff
dynasty. former rulers Of Russia,
now NT9 In French.
In Copenhagen, Denmark, there
has just been consecrated q re.
markable specimen of ecclesiasti.
cal architecture. It is a mann
moth church whose entire facade
Is in exact resemblance to an
enormous pipe organ.
House dogs in England are
now given artificial sun baths
to improve their helath.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-19
ON WASHING
SILK

Silk manufacturers have given
considerable attention to the mat
ter Of dyeing their products in
such way that they can be
washed. While 1t has been found
possible to use certain dyes that
will Withstand high temperatures,
the silk itself suffers Il put into
too hot water. Both cOIors and
fabric come out best when luke.
warm water is used for washing.
The Bureau OF Home Economics
Of the United States Department
of Agriculture gives these direc.
of any kind: Use lukewarTn and
neutral soapsuds. Do not rub hard.
Squeeze and work the garments
in the suds. Do not twist the fab
ric. Rinse thoroughly in water
of the same temperature, and re-
move the water finally by squeez.
ing and patting between dry
towels. Dry as quickly as pos
sibie, but never In the sun. Silk
hose should not be ironed, ana
many other knit silk garments
do not need pressing. For crepe
de chine and other woven silks,
use a warm, but not hot, iron,
and protect the fabric with cheese.
cloth. The fabric should be evenly
damp, but not wet. TO keep
pongee silk from spotting, iron it
dry.
A scientist In France f. trying
to make artificial diamonds in an
electric kiln. He believes he win
be able to create diamonds from
carbon by using q pressure of
$4,000 pounds. His electric crucihIe
is capable OF developing tempera-
ture Of $500 degrees.
A. paper-making machine has
been built by which it is possible
TO make a mile OF neWsprint paper
every three qQinutes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-19

the work ii spread out over >
period VI weeks and no signs oE
wrecling are detected Tor more
than 3 few hours. walls and
woodwork except Tnopboards),
{ windows and curtains are cleaned
one week, the furniture the next
then the rugs ana floors, ana q
final week IS used for odd tasks.
Furniture IS washed In the same
way as walls and woodwork. Most
Of the luster win be restored To-
the finish In the drying and all
of it will come bark II the wood
n rubbed with y clean cloth on
which have been sprinkled few
drops OF liquid wax or furniture
polish. IL too much polish or
wax is applied, q surface that
catches dust and shows finger
prints is made. Both polish ana
water must be sparfngly used Tor
success.
Al small bottle Of 4 non-inflam-
n1able cleaner IS most helpful In
removing grease spots on uphOl-
stored furniture. III applied with
lintless cloth tn criss-cross
strokes. rings are not formed.
An occasional washing OF wicker
furniture with the soap. water
and borax solution makes for
cleanliness and the application OF
q stain restores the finish. Leather
upholstery Is best cleaned with 9
cloth wrung very tightly from the
soapy water. The surface may be
rinsed with another cloth wrung
from clear tepid water and then
rubbed dry with . third cloth.
For washing and drying window
panes and mirrors, nothing SUR
passes q chamots, wrung first
from the soapy boFax water for
the washing, and then from clean
water for rinsing and drying.
Channels polishes glass more
quickly than q cloth does.
To get all the dust out Of the
rugs the vacuum needs to be
moved slowly. Thorough cleaning
cannot be accomplished hurriedly.
After the vacuum cleaning, rugs
are improved in appearance by, q
sponging with dry soad suds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-19
RY Hallaaa Wine

Instead of sivine lip day Or
two each Weel and i month Of two
each year to Whist her mother
called variousIy weekly cleaning =
spring cleaning and TALL clean.
me. the modern housewife makes
snail daily and weekly payments
On the cleaning bill and comes out
even Ne the end 81 the year. AT
any day 81 any week Or month her
house IS undoubte dlv cleaner than
her mother and this despite the
compIez ifias Iii the present
care Of children and the average
wcnansg active particfpat icn IA life
outside the home.
An important part OF this sys-
TEN Of housecle Gaming o. the install
nent plan - the daily busting.
Experience and iavestiga tons
have proved It marvellous econ
Oiny. Dust permitted 10 stand On
furnishings IS likely to become ems
bedded. and sometimes Il most of.
flcuIk, even impossible I'd remove.
Moreover, II contains fine particles
oe grit that scratch polished woods
and film u grease that pene-
tFnkeg wall paper and fabrics.
The logical place % begin dust.
ing II at the top, or ceiling. If
there are any signs of cobwehs ana
DUST on the walls they may be
brushed of with the soft.bristled
wall brush. This same tool Il ex-
celIent for busting mOpboards.
Windows, then. are IN line Tor
attention. a quick busting with
q clean cloth aids III keeping the
glass shining, while 3 brush or
soft cloth Tor wlping off the win
dow silis Is necessity. Much dirt
- deposited on these lodges, and
Il n II not removed Il makes its
way "a al corners of the house.
Another advantage of this daily
treatment Ii that Il helps to keep
the finish Of the sIlis In condition.
Next, the wood floor IS to be
busted, either with Il vacuum
sweeper or q push broom or brush.
Use the vacuum sweeper when It
Is to be- employed on rugs, and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-19
LISTEN TO
THOUGHTS

A radio apparatus has been de-
signed TO make thought audible.
Tiny sounds Of the brain ct work,
sending nerve currents coursing
over their pathways In the human
body. are transmitted through the
air and very delicate machine,
far more sensitive than any be-
fore perfected. pick up the In
finitesimal sounds, magnifies them
100000 times and projects them
into the radio microphone, where
they are transmitted as light
rnmbling sound.
~. GiacobinI, French observer,
famous In the annals OF comet
study, has discovered a new comet
after patient observations lasting
over b month. He already has
more than 20 comet discoveries to
his credit.
In order to Demonstrate how
strong egg shells may be made by
proper feeding OF hens, q device
has been shown ct Ohio State Uni.
Yersity which delivered q 25.pound
tap three times q minute on the
end Of IN egg for hours &c : time
without cracking the shell.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-19
amOus Beauty
On Care Of
the Skin
] BY Maria Jeritza
TRINA Donna Is tie etropolltan
4 Opera C0mpa1y, One d The
Most BeautIf,d Women
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some women appiy SD t9l,lc
% night after they cieansea k.ae
skin with cold cream. IA Greer ~
close thu relaxed pores 01neI4
find It wiser to allow the SKIN
pores 10 remain open Ana 1essAsn
during the nieshts 50 inst sAen p1Ls
can preatle in IT, sle..n eas.
Inen ~ the morn1ns tneA co.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-19
DO YOU KNOW THAT

A thre e'quarters-of.a.mile-long
tunnel, made of precast concrete
sections, 81 feet in diameter, is be.
ing laid under San Antonio Creek,
between Oakland and Alameda,
Calf. When completed the tube
will be capable of accommodating
more than $4,000 motor vehicles
daily, and will also contain double
lines of street car tracks.
The streets of the principal
cities Of Spain are being cleared
of professional beggars. More
than 400 Of these "neverworks"
have been expelled from Madrid.
John l.. Baird, whose invention
of teievision enables us to see
across the Atlantic, is the son Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-19
DEALING IN
WHISPERS

In New York's Wall Street dis
trict, is q woman who makes
her living extracting cinders and
other foreign bodies from the eyes
of pedestrians and motorists on
windy days, says Popular Me-
chanics. She is known as "Cin.
derella," patrols her beats" reg
ularly and leaves the amount Of
her fee to the patients.
One Of the queerest occupations
shown by census reports Is that
of a man In the State OF Wash
ington who buys walrus whiskers
and sells them to the proprietors
of Chinese restaurants for tooth
picks. Another man is employed
in packing houses to smell hams.
He can quickly determine by the
odor If they have soured around
the bone in the process Of curing.
A family of three, mother,
father and child, makes COM
Portable living as models. They
pose in the shop windows to dis
play the latest styles, while the
daughters role is to openly ad-
mire her parents costumes.
Teaching parrots to talk is the
occupation of one man who con-
ducts his GLASSES" in a series
of soundproof rooms. Making
upholstered dolls furniture, col
lecting sea shells for jewelry md
other ornaments and fashioning
caricature dolls. frem dried apples.
are other queer cE1Ings discovered
by the census takers.
: Light and wireless signals that
take one.seVenth OF a second to
travel around the earth need, 1t
has just been estimated, 100000
OOO,0O years to circle the uni
verse.
There are no fewer than 5000
beggars in Paris, France.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-19
N Cons allce Cameron

Young Roy had received = new
batch Of foreign stamps, an odd,
mysterious looking collection ana
he was excited ana enthusiastic
as he pasted them "A his book,
which held beloved colIection.
Dad Rad enjoyed ! good dinner,
relished the daily news from his
favorIte paper, which he now put
down. ana adjusted his glasses as
he regarded his lean son. waoss
nose was Ia the stamp book and
his thoughts away off ii Africa
with elephants ana tigers and long
stretches Of sand.
'.WelI, what did you learn in
school today?'' Roy continued to
paste stamps, his tongue held
firmly between his square white
teeth, In deep concentration. Il
asked you what you learned In
school today. Don't you speak
when you're spoken tor
Royss eyes were raised IN round
establishment. "Wfo-me? He
was finally back from Africa and
conscious Of his father. law, I
don't know"
well. why don't you know?
What do you think I'm paying
taxes for-to keep up the schools
for other mems children? Don't
you learn anything2 Are you
studying I1istoryI"
''Um-hLn."
What are you studying about?"
"The Declaration Of Indepen.
dence." Il
That's fine. Who signed it?'
Roy thumped q stamp with ven.
geance. Jaw, gee, Dad, / can't
think right now. I'm pasting
stamps"
Then follows a heated abuse Of
stamp collecting in general, a raw
ing about the present school sys.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-19

Scotch Presbyterian minister and
made a failure in business before
he devoted himself to science.
"A process Of printing without
the use Of metal type has been do.
Veloped in Hungary. The new
process photographs the type on
zinc plate. It is operated by q
standard typewriter keyboard.
An automatic coin changer has
been developed which always gives
the correct change for a denomina'
ton OF coin.
A color printing process has
been discovered in Europe which
will greatly reduce the time and
cost In advertisements foRs re-
productions in color.