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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-19
Film Epic of Soviet
Rescue to Be Shown
for Needle Strikers

The special benefit performance
of "Krassin,' the motion picture Of
the heroic Soviet rescue Of the No
bile expedition will be given this
Friday and Saturday at midnight
for the needle trades strikers at
the Film Guild Cinema, So w. Eighth
ST.
The showings are being held under
the auspices Of Local New York,
Workers International Relief, 799
Broadway, and owing to the ar
rangement Of midnight perform
ances, it is possible to take over
the entire theatre for the strike.
All workers are urged to buy
tickets Immediately for the two per-
formances so that the house will
be sold out in advance Tickets can
be reserved by telephone-Stuyves-
ant SS81--and are on sale in the
Workers Bookshop, &c Union 3d.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-19
DANUBE RISING;
PEASANTS FLEE,
STARvE:, FREEz|
Cold Kills in German,
and in England

LONDON, Feb. 19-Already figh
ing desperately to escape death b
starvation and frostbites, worker
and peasants of Central Europe no
face a new danger with the threa
ened appearance of floods in whic
many weeks accumulation of ic
and snow, seeking an outlet to til
sea, will spread destruction, accore
ing to reports received here today.
Fierce snow storms rage in Eul
ope, causing intense sufferin
among the peasantry. The flimsiesl
rags are being grabbed in val
effort to minimize the effect of tn
shortage of precious fuel. In Polan
railroads are still disorganized. En-
tire districts are completely cut OF
in Eastern Galicia. One hundre
and ten vessels are icebound of
Danzig. but so far no reports hav
been received Of government expo
di.ions to aid the crews.
Following a burst of undergroun
pipes by frost, five workers wer
injured in Berlin. Coal is reporte
more difficult to obtain than whe
the cold spell first started.
The intense cold in London ha
brought with it a new outbreak o
the virulent influenza to whicl
thousands of British workers fel
victim during the postwar indus
trial depression.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-19
Nine INJURED IN
elevated CRASH
2 Train Workers Get
Bad Scalp Wounds

Nine were injured, some seriously
late Sunday night when a north
bound Third Avenue elevated train
of five cars crashed into an empty
eight-car. lay-up train on the curve
above Webster Ave. at 194th St.,
the Bronx. Faulty signals are be-
lieved to have caused the collision.
About fifty passengers were on
the train at the time of the col
lision. Most of them were hurt
slightly. Those who were injured
seriously were removed Immediately
to the Fordham Hospital. They are:
John Murphy, 26 years old, of
307 Cypress Ave-, the Bronx, motor
man; scalp wound.
Elizabeth Benedict, s, of 2785
Pond Pl., the Bronx; scalp wound.
Maris Mccullough, 25, 1O45 For
est Ave, the Bronx; abrasions of
the right knee.
Michael Toohey. 26, of AGO E.
134th St., conductor; scalp wounds.
Vincent Sabine, 80, 2735 Webster
Ave-, the Bronx; abrasions of the
right leg.
Mrs. Rose Sabine, %, wife of
Vincent, scalp wound.
William Curry, 81, 3055 Webster
Ave-, the Bronx; decorations of the
face.
George Moratt, AZ, of 240 Main
St., Yonkers; scalp wound.
Frank Donovan, 10, Of 1877 Elton
Ave-, the Bronx; Commissions of the
back.
The force of the collision tele-
scoped one of the empty cars injur-
ing the motorman. Windows crash
ed and glass was flung among the
passengers on the five-car train.
Traffic was tied up for about fifteen
minutes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-19
To Give Always on
Sunday Eve for Anti
Imperialist League

"Airways, Inc" by John Dos
Passos, the second play Of the New
Playwrights Theatre this season,
will be given Sunday night as a
benefit performance under the aus
pieces of the New York Branch of
the All-America Anti-Imperialist
League. The performance will take
place at the Grove Street Theatre.
Members and friends Of the
League can obtain tickets for this
performance at the local office, 799
Broadway.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-19
Appeal Made
by Haywood
tothe Negroes

Readers of the Daily Worker
whoever they may be, but particu-
larry plain, ordinary workers, are
especially invited to write letters
to The Daily Worker telling of their
experiences with big Bill' Hay
wood, whose life story is being pub
iished scrially each day in the Daily
Worker.
Those who have read the early
chapters of Haywood's book, remem-
Der that he told how race prejudice
had aroused in him a deep resent
ment against any fnm of oppres
sion visited by whites 1pon the Ne
groes. Haywood never forgot class
lines, and always made special
appeal to Negro workers. This is
shown by letter we have received
from B. H. Lauderdale of Brecken-
ridge, Texas, which reads as follows:
A Negro Workers District.
''In 1908, Bill Haywood toured
Texas under the, auspices of the So
cialist party, his route carried him
t. the little town of Mart, in Will
hanson County. This county grows
cotton almost exclusively, and a
very large portion of the population
are Negroes.
MANY Negroes came out to hear
Haywood, but neld back to the bor-
ders of the crowd. Haywood invited
them to come up to the front, and
refused to speak until the Negroes
gathered to the front and close
around the speakers stand.
when he reached Lenders, Texas,
the scene of socialist encampment,
a delegation met the train. When
a com. ade was taking one of Bills
big suit-cases, someone hollered:
what you got in that, Haywood ?"
Dynamite" was Haywood's an
swer."
No More Such Explosives in S. P.
While Comrade Lauderdale did not
mention it, no suitcase ever carried
into the heart of the South, which
is to say the heart of race prejudice
against the Negro, could be one
tenth Of one per cent as filled with
dynamite as Haywood's action at the
meetings where he spoke of de-
manding not only an equal but a
specially favored place in his audi
ences for Negro workers.
Not every socialist speaker in
those pre-war days had Haywood's
sound class-consciousness and cour-
age IN defying race prejudice. Such
an attitude was not mandatory by
party policy, in common with nearly
every genuinely revolutionary prac-
tice. The socialist party expelled
Haywood four years later, and now
there are no Haywood's in that
party, which can scarcely hide its
really capitalist character with the
fig-leaf of few reformist phrases.
Readers who wish to obtain Hay
woods memoirs in bound volume,
may obtain them free with yearly
subscription to the Daily Worker,
renewals or extensions also draw the
book, a fine addition to your book
shelf.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-19
Brownsville Youth to
Hold Liebknecht Meet

George Pershing will speak at
the Liebknecht Memorial meeting
and dance arranged by the Young
Workers (Communist) League of
Brownsville for this Friday evening
at $3.50 at 154 Watkins st.
In addition to Pershing, a young
dress striker will speak. Proceeds
of the affair will be divided equally
and contributed to the needle trades
strikers and the young Worker"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-19
ed Central European Working Class Added Winter Floods
REPORT BRITISH
AIDING MEXICAN
FASCIST MOVES
Reactionaries on Verge
of New Outbreak

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 18.-That
fascist reaction is on the point of
opening civil war for seizure of
power is evident from many swift
developments. That it is probably
backed by British Imperialism seek
ing to overthrow the Gil government
which has "made friends" with the
United States, also appears in the
fact that Gilberto Valenzuela, who is
verging near calling for armed re-
bellion, was Mexico's minister to
London for some years.
The Catholic clergy are helping
along materially. In semi-defiance
to the government order that all
priests register their address with
the government, Bishop Miguel de
la Mora, head of the episcopate, who
has been in hiding for months, an
nounces that if priests register,
they do so son their own respon-
sibility. We do not prohibit the
priests from registering, if they be-
lieve it is convenient to subject them
selves to such humiliation"
Not Responsible Either Way.
The, statement praises the priests
who have not registered, and then
has the effrontery to say that the
Catholic church cannot be blamed
for the religious rebellion led by
priests who "acted On their own re-
sponsibility." Thus, if they register
and keep the peace, or don't register
and start rebellion, the church con-
tends that they act "on their own
responsibility"
The armed revolt threatens from
Sonora, where reports say that Cen
eral Francisco Manzo, commanding
5000 troops, planned to seize control
of that area. Manzo was close to
Obregon and is a friend of Valen-
zuela, who is backed for the presi-
dency by big agrarians as well as
the church.
Valenzuela, speaking at Caicme,
Sonora, welcomed being called a
rebel. He said:
"If they call me a rebel because
I attacked the governments. sub
terranean presidents such as poison
ings and assassinations, / declare
then that, | am in open rebellion. If
they consider me rebel because /
opposed the selling of public posts
by grating officials, then Valen-
zuela is a rebel"
AS is usual with fascists, he APP
peals to the masses against the
existing regime, but only to substi-
tute it with terror against the
masses, once power is won. The
Workers and Peasants Bloc will
fight both fascism and the Gil gov
eminent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-19
Workers Lab Theatre
to Give Mine Play at
Labor Defense Bazaar

The premiere showing of "March-
ing Guns" by Louis A. De Santes,
the first production of the Workers
Laboratory Theatre, will take place
Wednesday, March 6, at the New
Star Casino on the opening night of
the four-day bazaar of the New
York Section Of the International
Labor Defense.
Marching Guns" is a one-act play
of the coal miners struggle, and
depicts the bitter fight the mine
workers are conducting against the
operators, the coal and iron police
and thugs, and the labor betrayers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-19
UssR PAINTER SPEAKS LABOR SPORTS

The Eastern District of the Labor
Sports Union will hold it's first in
door mems swimming meet Of the
winter on Saturday, March 2, in
the Metropolitan Ave. Baths, Bed
ford and Metropolitan Aves.,
Brooklyn.
The program for the meet is as
follows:
Senior Events.
/. 100 yard dash--free style.
2. so yard dash-free style.
3. Fancy diving.
4. 100 yard breast stroke.
5. so yard breast stroke.
6. 3 man relay--free style.
Z. Cup races.
8. Plate race.
9. Life saving demonstration.
Carry, break, grip, approach,
respiration.
10. Comic life-saving.
Junior Events--Age IL to 10.
l. SO yard free style.
2. 25 yard free style
3. 3 boy relay--free style.
q. Balloon race
5. Candle race
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-19
Z Soldiers i'm Mexico
Die in Wall Collapse

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 1S.-Seven
soldiers were killed and thirteen in
jured by the collapse of barrack
wall while a class in military law
was meeting, dispatches to the news
paper Universal from Monterey,
state of Nuevo Leon, reported.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-19
WOMEN WORKERS
AID HUGE STRIKE:
OF DRESSMAKERS
Battalion" Militant in
Picket Rallies
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separated, men going to one set of
cells and women to another. Seven
of us were showed into cell half
the size of small hall-bedroom
with an uncovered toilet which, if
it had flushing apparatus it was
so well hidden we could not locate
it. The stencil was terrific. Look
ing around us we saw many slogans
evidently imprinted on the walls by
the preceding arrested pickets and
which expressed the character of
the strike: Long Live the Indus
trial Union" with Industrial under
lined three times: Solidarity For
ever" "The Union Makes Us
Strong" Down With the Sweat
Shop System" etc.
To these we added ours, which in
Guided workers of the World
Unite" Join the Communist Par
ty," Support the Daily Worker"
etc.
Aid Daily"
In the midst of writing these we
suddenly heard the voice of Rose
Pastor Stokes coming from an ad-
joining cell reminding us of the
great role the Daily Worker was
playing in the strike and that it de-
pended upon the pennies of the revo-
lutionary workers to cover expenses.
Pockets were emptied of small
change and some S18 was collected
in the women's cells of the Jeffer-
son Market Police Station.
Three hundred arrested pickets
were brought to this police station
alone, according to the register
which lay open in the hall where
some of US were stationed for a
while were able to see. The station
rang out with continuous song,
cheers and slogans, from nine in
the morning when arrested pickets
began coming in to late in the af
ternoon when the writer was re-
leased along with group of about
so. Many pickets were still left in
the cells. Every little while a cop
would come around and urge us not
to sing, "that you are making it
worse for yourselves" but no one
took heed of him.
Every time a new batch Of pickets
were brought in the roof was in real
danger of being raised by the
cheers from both the new and older
arrivals. Two or three times it hap
pened that a young daughter or the
mother of young picket came in
with a new group of arrested
pickets.
Show Solidarity.
Everybody was in great spirits
There were various nationalities
represented, as well as Negroes,
men and women workers of other
than needle trades who had come to
picket to show their solidarity and
support of the strike.
And so the strike is bringing to-
gether all class conscious revolu-
tionary elements in concerted bat
tie against capitalist exploitation.
Very characteristic of the spirit
of the strikers was little incident
following the arrest of two women
pickets who were showed into the
lobby in which I was standing. Ad-
dressing herself to her picketing
mate, one of them said, "Say, the
dumb cops put us into the lobby of
tie very building in which our shop
is located; let's watch who is go
ing up, then maybe we can talk to
them tomorrow and get them to
come out"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-19

ing in the world. A study Of the
theatre in all the important capitals
in Europe has strengthened, he says,
this conviction. In his lectures,
Dana will focus attention on the
spot where the current of interest in
the Soviet Union crosses the cur
rent of interest in the theatre, and
thus mite the study of revolution
airy subject matter with study Of
revolutionary art form.
The Washington times., 1929-06-03
SOCIETY GETS CHARTER

STAUNTON, Va, June S.--An-
nouncement was made today that
the Merchants and Business Men >
Association of Staunton, Inc, has
Just been chartered as a nonstock
corporation to procure commercial
and credit ratings as to persons,
firms and corporations.
The Washington times., 1929-06-03
COURSE CAPITALIZED

EMPORIA Va, June 3.-An.
nOuncement was made today that
the Emporia Golf Club. Inc, Of EN-.
poria, has just been chartered with
authorized maximum capital of
$4,000 to operate a golf course.
w. T. Harding, of Emporia, is
president of the club.
The Washington times., 1929-06-03
Man Who Confessed
Seven Murders Dies

RICHMOND. Va, June S.--Ed
Wills, an itinerant painter, who vol
unfairly confessed to seven murders
while in a delirium last February,
later denying rne murders. died at
the wise county. Va. county poor
farm of tuberculosis.
During his short stay at the farm
he insisted in talking to Mrs. Rnhe'I
son, wife of the superintendent,
that the ordinary escapades of boys
and Young men were all that were
against him. implying further de-
nial of the murders he previously
confessed He was buried on the
farm. Wills wife and four children,
who have been living at Bristol. va.
went to Norfolk, Va, for the burial.
The Washington times., 1929-06-03

tween many plans that seem satisfactory to them,
will note that the arrangement Of living rOonn din
ing rOom kitchen and stairs In this plan 6K-2S. u
by no means commonplace. -
The living room has views to both front and rear
as well the side. The dining room is certainly In
the best position to make the most Of the garden
Both these rooms have access to open porch thus
extending the usefulness Of the house.
The wall from front door to kitchen that generally
encloses the stair Is to be covered with wide pine
boards with door to the coat closet that being part
Of the paneng, will be somewhat concealed 40 .
door,
In the second story we have three bedrooms each
with adequate closet space.
The construction Of this house is Of concrete ma
sonry, blocks of concrete set In mortar. The walls
covered with cement stucco and the roof with
cement tile, which makes 1t practically q complete
cement unit In addition, with cement basement
floors and cross walls and the first floor Of re-
inforced concrete we have q modern material given
q very modern use.
Designed for west north facing.
Lot size: Approximately 10 feet.
Complete working plans may be obtained for this
and other designs shown in this series For further
information. see editors note.
EDITORS NOTE: WSrkIAS drawings and Specifications Ter
be secured at moderate thrOush the Home BuldIHS
This service presented readers trSUsh sOSPerati0A
SmaI hOuSe Service Bureau The Bureau controlled By the
Architects sMd has tht Endorsement the URtsd States Dep
Questions fsM readers rsadnS home bulldiNS viii be
the technical department the Architects Small HSuss Ser
the Home BuiIdIAS EditO eReOsIns amped addressed
The Washington times., 1929-06-03
What You May
Want TO Know
About Building

Questions addressed % fhis pa
per OtH be 0slssOered by the Arch;-
tects' Small House Service BWre0&
Of the United States, TNc. Enclose
a stamped addressed envelope.
Q-My basement floor sweats
every time the weather changes
from cool to hot days. Would
painting do any good?
A-Your basement floor sweats
because 1t Is cold. There is moth
ing much you can do about it.
Painting will not help. All you can
do Is to keep damp warm air away.
If basement windows are kept
closed in the summer time, thatswiu
help.
Q-I would like your advice
as to the omission Of q dining
room. Some say leave 1t out,
others say the dining room 10
necessary. Do you think the
modern home 10 years from
now will have dining rooms?
A properly designed house
without q dining room il q very
satisfactory affair. Unfortunately
some financing organizations do
not look favorably on such q plan
az security for q loan. The argu-
ment In that such houses are gem
orally not desired. We will prob
ably do without dining rooms when
people find out how unnecessary
they are. No one can tell when
that will come.
Q-Our house has q chimney
built from the middle Of the
story up, not from the ground.
Would 1t be q great trouble and
expense to get it in shape for o
furnace to be put in the base
ment?
A-Remove the old chimney. Il
is a fire hazard Of the first degree.
Build q new chimney from the
ground. The additional expense
viii not be great
Q-My tenant downstairs has
installed an electric refrigerator
which is noisy. Win the vibra-
ton do any damage such @
loosening plaster, ETC.?
A-Tae vibration viii probably do
no serious damage. However, it 10
not necessary. The machine was
not properly installed. Get your
tenant to have Il inspected by the
factory representative. There win
be no vibration when proper eorree-
tiOns are made.
The Washington times., 1929-06-03
HagerstOwn Farmers
Fight Mexican Beetle

HAGERsToWN. Md. Jung B.
Truck gardeners and small farmers
have started war on the Mexican
bean beetle, the most destructive
pest in this section in recent years.
The beetle made its appearance here
two years ago. 1t spread rapidly
and damaged the bean crop that
season.
Last year it reappeared In greater
numbers and the infestation became
so bad that the loss to growers was
quite heavy.
Experts are giving assistance to
growers in their fight against the
beetle In the hope that its ravages
may be checked.
The Washington times., 1929-06-03
U. S. to Set Traps for
.Iananese Beetle in Md,

HAGERSTOWN, Nd. June a.
Traps will be set in different parts
of this county, including Hagers-
town, by representatives of the
United States Department of Agrl.
culture. to ascertain IL there are
any specimens of the japanese
beetle here.
The pest was found In several
sections Of the county last year,
but 1t is believed 10 have been
brought here In traffic.
The Washington times., 1929-06-03
Farmers Automobile
Leaps Retaining Wall

MARTINsBURG, w. va. June
3.-Charles EversoIe, farmer. of near
Hedgesville. had a narrow escape
from serious injury when his car
got beyond control on the Martins
burg. Berkeley Springs road.
The machine ploughed down over
a steep embankment. leaping a re-
taining wall. jumped small ttream
that parallels the highway and
came to rest in gully Is feet from
the road. Eversole suffered slight
injuries and the car was BADLY
damaged.
The Washington times., 1929-06-03
Dranesville League
Plans Flag RAISING

DRANEsvILLE. Va, June s.
The Dranesville School and Com.
munity League will hold q flag
raising" on the school house
grounds tomorrow. There win be
an all-day program, with games and
athletic contests in the morning.
cash prizes to be awarded the win,
ners. and public speaking in the
afternoon.
Representative r. Walton Moore
and DIR. Charles Russell, adjutant
of Marr Camp, will be present.
The Washington times., 1929-06-03
Man Riding in Auto
Hits Head on Tree

MARTINsBuRG. w. Va, June 8.
Clarence Gould, Of this city. Is in
a local hospital suffering from a
slight fracture Of the skull, fol-
lowing N unusual accident.
Cloud was riaing the running
board OF a. truck and his head
struck a shade tree. Hospital at
tendants do not regard his injury
as serious.
The Washington times., 1929-06-03
Oldest Educator Of Va.
To Seek Delegate Office

FAIRFAX. Va, June 3.--M. d.
Hall, Of Burke, one OF the Oldest
educators in Virginia, who has been
superintendent OF schools in Fairfax
county for almost As years, has
announced himself as a candidate
for the house Of delegates, subject
to the Democratic primary. His
opponent will be Capt. Thurlow
White, of Baileys Cross Roads.
Ira Hutchlson, OF Chantilly, has
announced himself an independent
candidate, and others are expected
to enter the field for the November
general election.
The Washington times., 1929-06-03
Plan With Unusually
WeH-Proporttoned
Rooms

There L. something about the
combination Of front door and fire
place that home builders cannot re-
sist, and 1t does not make much diff
ference why. Perhaps it is because
they also combine the ideas of
shelter and comfort Perhaps 1t Is
because the combination seems TO
lend q certain romance to q house.
Whatever the reason, It is q favor
ite one with modern builders a. It
has been for ages past. Here is
an excellent example, an unusual
one because the fireplace does not
interfere with passage to the front
door, as 1t usually. does.
Home builders faced with the
nAcesaity Of making a choica be-
The Washington times., 1929-06-03
June Drop to Reduce
Size of Md. Apple Crop

HAGERsTowN. Nd. June d.
Early estimates Of the size Of the
apple crop in this part Of western
Maryland will have to be revised,
according to growers, owing to an
unusually heavy June drop Of
fruit. This is particularly true in
the Hancock fruit belt, where the
largest orchards are located.
Cold weather during the period
OF blossoming Is believed to have
caused the heavy fall of fruit.
The Washington times., 1929-06-03
Odd Fellows and Vets
Hold POhick Services

WOODLAWN, Va. June 3.-The
annual services at Pohick Church
were held yesterday under the
auspices of Accotink Lodge of
Il. o. o. F.. and the Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Lieutenant Commander Wood,
cha ulain at Fort Humphreys.
preached. Music was furnished by
the choir from the post.