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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-05-03
shanghai HAS new
EXILE Difficulty
1000 White Russian Refugees
Housed in Chinese City

Shanghai. May R-shanghai.
the city OF exiles, has almost a major
problem In the more than 5000
white Russians within its limits.
Czarist Russia still survives in
the thought and hopes Of many of
them. They fed here from the rev.
olution of Lenin and Trotzky. think
ing it would be only matter of
year or two before they could return
to a land restored to the old order.
Now, after decade of waiting, they
have assigned the home-going to
their children.
There are two sides to the local
Russian picture. About fourth of
them have settled down to become
good Observation-Disclosures In a colony
within the French concession. The
others are largely homeless wretches
eking out bare existence at odd
jobs. The dens of Shanghai iniquity
have taken toll OF the remainder.
The colony In the French conces-
sion embraces, besides dwelling
houses, about IS shops. Few of the
prosperous proprietors came here
with any previous experience in
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-05-03

school with an enrolment OF 1000
and an average attendance of 1900
last term. graduated only 80 pupils
to high school. There are double
classes for the first. second. third,
and fourth grades after that,
single classes.
Girls in Overalls
The girls, like the men and
boys, work in oyeralls. You meet
swarms Of them on the street going
to and from work wearing their
coats or coat-sweaters over their
overalla. Even among those who
wear dresses you don't see silk stock
inss an you do among the the girl
min workers u Hli1ahethton, Tenn.
It's different story here. entirely.
The mill hands in this older in
dustrial district are much differ
cnt from the rugged ex-mountain-
GERS in Elisabethton's rayon plants.
Born into 1t. they have the stamp OF
the cotton mill on them. Few Of
them have ever known anything else.
The women work side by side
with the men and in some villages
4 community house minds their
babies for them at 20 cents a day
At = strikers mass meeting that |
attended in Gastonia mothers sat
In the crowd with barred b. casts
and nursed their babies uncon-
cernedly. Nobody paid any atten-
ton or seemed to think it was
anything out of the ordinary. The
childrcn who played around the
edges Of the crowd were ragged
and dirty.
The streets in the Ioray mill
village are unpaved. the old frame
houses innocent of shrubbery or
flowers. The company rents them
to employees at so cents per room
per week, plus 10 cents per room
for water and lights. If bath
room is desired. that's so cents
extra. II the occupants go on
strike they are evicted.
In the mill village OF pinevil"
where the Communist leaders called
another strike there are 50 company
houses and. l am told, not a single
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-05-03
Children ID Years Of Age Work
In North Carolina Cotton Mills

Gastonia, N. C.. May 3.-For thou
aands Of children In North Carolina,
ths route from the school house
door leads to the cotton mill.
Tbs state has child labor law
with = minimum age Of 16 years,
but under clause therein child
may leave school at ~ and 60 to
work II he-or she-can show a
certificate OF fourth-grade educa-
ttnn. Many of them in the cotton
Mill villages do.
Take, for instance. the public
achool just behind the big Loray
mill, where Communist leaders
called their first strike. This
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-05-03

OF the school boys wear over their
overalls appear to be hand-me-
downs.
Night and Day Shifts
North Carolina law fixes 60
hour working week. but many work.
ers claim to work more. The Loray
mill, for example. operates nigh!
and day in two shifts of ~ hours
each. Sunday alone is a day Of rest,
1t is difficult to determine wages
with any degree Of exactness be-
cause the unorganized workers are
paid according to their individual
ability" The strikers claim wages
are as low as 80 week and the
mill says the average" waGN for.
Loray employees is $3.50 week.
which does not include overseers.
Weavers, they say. receive $50
week. At any rate, visitor doesn't
get the idea that anybody is being
overpaid.
There are numerous cases, &C
cording to strikers, where men
are working IL hours a day for
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-05-03

water faucet. A community well SUI
fices.
According to grocers in the mill
districts. the chief articles Of
food are flour. meal. grits pork.
canned goods and molasses.
School teachers say the children
apparently get enough to eat but
suffer from the lack of a bal
anced diet.
The average male mill hand
wears overalls. shirt. plain coat
and usually no collar or tie. The
woman's clothes are equally as in
expensive The diversified coats
and baggy coats sweaters that many
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-05-03
IS CITY Fireman
Drawer Than COP?
Argument WAKES Hot in Denver
Drawn Battle to Date

Denver, Colo, May 3 (uP)-Tem-
pest in teapot is blowing here
around the question Of whether a
policeman's work is more dangerous
than a fireman's.
1t started recently when three fire.
men were killed In a collision en-
route to fire and several police
men were killed in line Of duty by
bandits.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-05-03

81: q week. Many Of the girls. 1t
appears. earn an average OF ~ u
week or les.
Recently. certain mills brought in
Industrial 'efficiecy experts" to ap-
ply the stop watch and the time
chart and get more production by
speeding up the workers and giving
them more to do. The mill hands
called this the '.stretch-out system"
and objected vigorously. Since the
strikes, much Of this has been dis
continued.
Communists Find 1t Easy
Amid such conditions AZ these
it was not difficult for the Com
munist agitators who came down
from New England to gain foot
hold and call out several thousand
workers on strike in and around
Gastonia. Regardless of the source.
any promise Of higher wages and
better living conditions sounded good
to them. The average Carolina mill
worker probably doesn't know whete
Russia is on the map and has no
comprehension OF the finer-spun
theories Of Communism that the
Communism intellectuals expound.
But the promise Of more wages and
shorter hours sounds alluring, 50 he
parts with his hard-earnsd SO cents.
signs the membership and forthwith
joins their union.
1t would be unjust to indict all
the mills 81 being unfair to their
workers. Take. for instance, the
Stuart Cramer mills at Cramer-
willie. a model littl mill town near
here. The houses are neat and clean.
the rent 10 only o5 cents per room
per week. the supervised dairy sup
ply is among the best and the work.
ers appear contented. They sent
word to the Communist organizers
that they were not wanted in Cram
erville.
Fight with A. F. OF l.,
Meanwhile. the CommuniS, leaders
are clinsing to their mold in the
Piedmonts-nowt the biggest textile
area in the United States. Occasion
ally they gain new recruits, occa-
sionally they lose members as the
pinch Of hunger drives strikers back
TO their jobs.
Business men IN Gastonia say the
mills would welcome the American
Federation of Labor II they could
only get rid Of the Communists. Just
how long this feeling would last If
the Communists departed, however.
is another question. The A. F. Of L.
has tried to organize southern mills
before and met with strong oppost-
ton.
Meanwhile the bitterness between
the A. F. of.L. and the Communists
The North Carolina Fed
GRAFTON OF Labor has formally de-
ciared theirs an outlaw strike"
and President William Green has
denounced them as "a bunch Of reds
and bolsheviks." Replying, the Com.
attack President Green and
his official family n labor aristo-
Gratis" accuse the A. F. Of i. of be-
traying the working classes to the
employers-on their printed matter
- portray their own union as ~
fighting organization controlled by
the workers."
Green has announced that his
= .anizers will remain out of the
field as long as the Communist lead
ers stay there. intimating that when
the Carolina mill workers dect . 10
get rid Of their present leaders his
organization will be glad to enter
and take MP their battle.
So goes the labor war in the new
industrial south today.
READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-05-03

II was all rundown and out
Of spirits before my third baby
was born SO l decided to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. 1t helped me with
all my troubles and gave me
an appetite where before l
didn't cat at all. | did all of my
housework up to the day my
baby came, as l am a farmers
wife and could not afford help.
| feel just dandy now and l will
answer any letters and | will
tell every one how good this
medicine is, Mrs. Ira Arnold.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-05-03


80 Z. 18th stesse, Dubuque. Isws
Il read an ad. in the news
paper and l started taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. | will recommend
this medicine to any woman
who is in bad shape like l was.
| used to get 50 tired after a few
hours work that l was even
afraid in my own house in the
daytime. | didn't care if | lived
or died. l have given birth to
eight boys and ! always feel
strong right after, since l have
taken the Vegetable Com
pound." Mrs. Maud Meyers.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-05-03

The sting of a nettle In Java
causes death,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-06
Logan Is Opposed
To Employment Of
Corpus Christi Man

Opposition to employment Of Roy
Miller of Corpus Christi to repre-
sent Cameron county III connection
with the proposed extension Of the
intra-coastal canal from Corpus
Christi to the mouth OF the Rio
Grande, was voiced by Commission
er A. V. Logan at the special meet
ing of the commissioners court
Wednesday.
The San Benito commissioner
stated he also would oppose employ
ment Of a countrywide welfare
agent, stating that welfare work
was a function Of the various cities
within the county, and that he did
not believe the county should bear
any part Of the expense.
The term OF Roy Miller expires
March l, it was stated. Members
Of the court urged that no action
be taken until a later date. "A meet
ing of the I~ntracoastal Canal asSo-
citation is expected to be held at
Harrington this month, it was said,
and action relative to further en-
ployment Of the Corpus Christi man
is expected to follow that meeting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-06
REBELS MODELLING
EADER DECLARES

NOGALES, Ariz., March 6.-lP1-
General Franci~~o Boruuez. revolu-
tlonary commander Of the northern
section OF Sonora, declared in a
statement today from his head
quarters in NogaleS, Sonora, that
rebel forces steadily were converg-
ing toward tn interior of Mexico
from Ortiz, chihuahua, Durango,
Torreon, Chihuahua City, and other
strategic points.
Controlling as we do Sonora, ST.
rdloa, Coahuila. Durango, Zacate-
cas-, Nuevo Leon. Vera Cruz, Maya
rit and Jalisco, we can sweep down
on the national capital from the
north, east and west" the statement
, i.
The greatest battle Of the revolu-
tion probably will be fought in ia
lisco or Guanajuato," it continued.
1T is reported that General Gales
plan to go to Irapuato to organize
his forces fer an intended invasion
OF Sonora. If this is true. 1 look for
the issue TO be settled near Guada-
lajara.
Gales VIII find he cannot make
much progress in Jalisco, which is
in u control and is full Of Cath
olics who have been prosecuted by
him in the past. Gales, in fact.
will never be able to organize the
JaliSc0 Catholics"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-06
STATE LAUDS
SCHOOLS HERE
Letter of Commentator Is
Sent Local System Aft
er Inspection

A letter Of commentator from
the state department of education
has been received by the Browns
vile public school system following
an inspection BY Miss Opal Gil
strap.
The points with which Miss Gill
strap was specially impressed were
listed as follows: Effective organ:za-
ton, congenial and loyal faculty,
some highly capable and desirable
teachers. worthy primary work,
splendid school plant and attractive
grounds.
She strongly recommended that
the local system be commended for
the constructive study now being
made Of possible eros in clasSifi-
cation and apparent needs of the
Mexican enrolment"
The report continued: The re-
surns from this thorough study will
no doubt reveal the true conditions
and serve as an effective means to-
ward improving the educational OPP
portunities of these pupils. 1t is en-
5irely probable that the findings and
the conclusions will be Of interest
and service to other schools having
a high percentage Of Mexican scho-
lastics."
She also was pleased with plans
to enlarge primary classroom space.
In closing the communication, Miss
GilStrap thanked the local system
for the courtesies extended her
while here.
The teachers here feel that the
letter pays high compliment to the
local system: In commenting on
the letter, @. w. Gotke, superin-
tendent, said, II want to thank the
board of education, secretary of the
board, patrons, faculty and students
for making possible this splendid re-
port from the state department"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-06
z BATTLES LOOM
IN TEXAS BORDER

NOGALES. Ariz.. March 6.-(P,
Opposing forces in the Mexican
revolution were drawing battle lines
in two places almost within gun
range Of the United States border
today.
Unofficial reports current here
said the rebels planned an attack
on Juarez, across the border from
FL Paso. Texas. and that loyal fed
erals were moving on Nogales,
Sonora.
Abelardo Rodriguez, civil COVER
nor OF Baja California and military
commander Of the northern district
OF his state, has invaded the rebel
state Of Sonora. and occupied San
Luis. on the Baja California-Son-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-06

The U. S. Army plane Faclon
number So piloted by 1t. Thompson
and passenger Capt. Ira Eaker ar
rived here from San Antonio at
8:f5 q. m. and locked over the field
and left for San Antonio at Gas.
The Stinson plane piloted by r.
Stone arrived from Soto Ia Marino
at $50 a.. m. with a load Of fish
for the TeX-MeX Fisheries.
Plane NC 9618, a Stinson owned
by the /. A. T. Co. and piloted by j.
Mattern left at ii a. m. for Soto Ia
Marine and returned at 5 p. N. with
a load Of fish.
The private plane owned by S.
Buckley and piloted by 4. x. Roff-
mar arrived from San Antonio at
l1:25 a. m. with the following pas
sengerS: Mrs. e. Buckley and Mrs.
j. H. House. They are on their way
to Mexico.
The Ford tri-motor plane Of the
Mattux Air lines Of California with
Pilot D. w. TOnlinSon and Co-pilot
r. G. Miller arrived here at 2 D. m.
With the following passengers: MI.
and Mrs. J L. Maddux. Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. E. Bacon, Miss Vivian Sui
Ivan. General M. Ramos. Ignacio
Flores Far1as, and Louis Ologuidael.
The Ford tri-motor plane owned
by the Universal Air lines and pi-
lotcd by r. T. Rentz took up 40 pas
sengerS IN 5 trips yesterday on Joy
rides. Among the officers and 9TH
ers TO make a trip in the plane yes
terday afatrnoon was Colonel John
ston in charge at Fort Brown.
The Stinson plane NC 7472 with
Pilot r. Stone left yesterday after
noon with the vice president. Capt.
J. W. Mum for q trip to Soto la
Marino and will return sometime
today.
The Air King s187 owned by CLYDE
Owens and piloted by Eric Leche
took off at 5:35 D. m. and remained
IN the air until els doing some solo
work.
The plane NC121 T owned bv
c. A. Neitert and pilotcd by A. D.
burst arrived from McAllen, Texas,
at IT'S p. m, after a stay Of two
days there taking UP passengers.
Slight damage YVES done to the
plane caused by a forced landing
with a dead motor, but the plane is
repaired and ready for use.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-06

interior yesterday indicated that
General GOnzalo EScobar had cap
tured Monterrey for the rebels aft
er most Of the regular garrison had
been dispatched to Vera Cruz under
General Andrew Alamazan.
Brownsville, the most southern
and eastern of all border railroads,
seemed well insulated against the
revolution by the apparently loyal
state OF Tamaulipas and by a strong
concentration Of loyal soldiers at
Reynosa, presumably for a sortie
against Monterrey.
Troops at Reynosa
The capture of Monterrey by the
re~volutioniStS not only put another
stopper in the channel of rail COM
munlcationS between the southern
part Of Mexico and the United
States border, but also tied up the
lines which loyal troops in Tamau-
lipas must use in reaching Nuevo
Laredo and the scene Of revolution
airy activities in Coahuila. where the
rebels are reported to be almost
completely in control.
More than 1900 regular soldiers
had been concentrated at Reynosa
under Brigadier General Jesus Gar
cia. The force was said to be well
equipped and to have sufficient
rolling stock to move it toward Mon
terrey. Telegraph reports said that
the rails had been torn up. how
ever, about Is miles from that city.
At Laredo another concentration
OF regular troops was reported. ap-
parently for the purpose Of striking
at Monterrey from another side.
Although Col. Genoa Avila was re-
ported EN- route to Nuevo Laredo at
the head of 1000 rebelling soldiers
General Benigno Serratos, in COM
mand at Nuevo Laredo exhibited a
telegram Col. Avila in which the lat
ter promised to participate in a
counter attack on Monterrey.
Reports Conflict
Further west on the Mexican bor-
der, where the garrisonS are small
conflicting reports were received.
Del Rio, which is not a raiIhead.
and Eagle Pass, both across the river
from the state of Coahuila report
ed that the garriSonS at Villa Acu-
AN IAN ACOA do NSSId DIS IdQ Dco0
ordered to Sabinas. 10 miles from
the border. Whether this was a
move to concentrate loyal troops
on the Mexican National railway
south of the Eagle Pass railhead.
or an attempt to persuade the SOL
oilers to join the revolution was I'M
certain. The commanders of both
garrlSons had previously announced
they were loyal to the government.
AT Ell Paso, the only other border
point of Importance in Texas con-
fllcting reports were received as to
tn esltuation in the interior of the
state OF Chihuahua. General Man
uel Limon, commandante at Juarez
left early today with a large force
TO destroy railroad track in the
face Of a large rebel force reported
TO be approaching the city. This
lent color to rumors from the in
terror that Chihuahua City had
fallen. or gone over. to the rebels.
Reports from cities further west in
dlcated that the military leaders in
Chihuahua had joined the revolt.
In the meantime it was reported
that 1000 additional loyal soldiers
were en- route to Juarez to REIN
force that important port of entry
10 the United States.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-06

ora border. General Gastalum, a
commander under Rodriguez, with
$50 troops, crossed into Sonora, and
it was announced he would march
across 200 miles of desert to at
tack the capital city.
Juarez Excited
There vas great excitement in
Juarez. Federal troops there moved
% miles southwark to cut the rail-
road line at Salamayuca, to stop
the reported movement of a large
number Of revolutionarieS believed
to be advancing upon the city.
Thus far Juarez has remained
loyal to the Mexico City govern
ment.
Reports at Juarez said the ad-
yanclng rebels, under General Mar
cello CaraYer, governor Chihuahua,
left Chihuahua City yesterday with
the intention Of attacking the bOr-
der city. Observers said they be-
lieved the two forts III the noun
tainS south OF Juarez would be the
scene Of the fighting, if any.
Funds Of the Juarez branch Of
the Bank CT Mexico were transfer
red to FL PaSo during the night,
and many Mexican officials moved
their families to the American
side.
An ulverificd report that 1000
rebel troops we're marching upon
Nuevo Laredo, across the line from
Laredo, Tex, was denied by Gen
eral Benigno Serratos, head OF the
federals there. Loyal troops were
maSSedat Nuevo Laredo, however.
Gales Brother Held
Revolutionary leaders in NogaleS,
Sonora, received a report That
Gonzalo A. Gonzales, brother-in-
law of former President 2. Elias
Gales, and former collector Of us
toms in the Sonora border town,
had been arrested by rebels at
Piedras Negras, Coahuila.
General Francisco BOrqueZ, revO-
lutionary commander in NOgales,
Sonora, announced receipt Of word
from FauSto Topete, governor or
the state and one Of the leaders
of the revolt, that military leaders
IN Chihuahua City had joined the
rebels.
Advices from the interior said
1000 rebels under General Iturbe
were repairing bridges and railroad
tracks in southern Sonora which
had been damaged by r~etreating
federals. 1t was reported Iturbe
was planning TO advance into the
state Of Sinaloa.
Senora Obregon Wires u. S.
In Navajoa, Sonora, residence Of
the late President-elect AlvarO
Obragon. already in the hands OF
the reyolutionaries. Maria Tapia de
Obregon, widow Of the aSsassinatcd
president-elect, evinced interest in
the revolution from an intsrnat-
tional standpoint. She sent q mes
sage to President Hoover in Wash
ington, urging that he, as presl-
dent Of the United States. view
the revolution il an impartial and
just manner"
Bishop Juan Navarette Of the
Roman Catholic diocese Of Sonora
was in the interior arranging for
the first general observance Of
mass since 1926, when the clergy
refused to continue services under
what they regarded as unreason-
able religious laws. Governor
Topete, since the start Of the re-
volt, has proclaimed suspension Of
the religious laws.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-06
PUTS
UP SIGN FOR FLIERS
Special TO The Eerald.l

RAYMONDVILLE, March g.
Raymondville will appear on all avi-
alton maps issued in future, as a re-
suit Of action taken here by the
American Legion, assisted by other
civic organizations in the city. The
name Raymondville has been paint
ed in large letters on the roof Of the
Arkansas Compress here, as a guide
to aviators. The name includes a
space fifty feet long by four and
one-half feet wide.
Notification has been made to the
War Department through regular
channels, and the Brownsville and
all other landing fields will be fur
niShed the information.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-06
.HICHER-UP'
GIVEN YEARS
Juan Cisnercs Is Convicted
In Criminal District
Court Tuesday

TWO years in the penitentiary was
the sentence metec out to Juan Cis-
neroS, who resides near San Benito
and who is alleged to be one of the
higher ups in the bootleg racket"
in that section.
ClsIleros, Jose Sanchez and AM
broslo Cruz, were tried Tuesday on
a Joint indictment charging trans
portatlon and possession Of LIQUOR
Tor sale. The a against Sanchez
was dismissed and Cruz wa acquit-
ted.
Sanchez, who was put on the
stand by the state. testified he and
cruz a been hired by Cisneros to
go to the Rio Grande to receive the
cargo OF meScal, and that CiSneros
gave them $45 to pay the snug
gler. Sanchez and Cruz we're to re-
ceivc So each for making the deliv-
cry.
The two men fell into the tolls Of
the law at San Benito, and inye5ti-
cation brought Cisneros into the
case.
Following completion Of the Cis-
neros case, the criminal district
court recessed until Friday morning.
II. B. Galbraith. special Judge, hav-
ing been called to San Antonio
where he has n case before the
Fourth court OF civil appeals.
Cases on the docket Friday in
clude YSidro Morales, charged with
rape: and Will Snipes, Harrington
negro. charged with assault with
intent to murder. Snipes is alleged
TO have been the principal actor in
a shooting ARRAY which grew out
OF a crap game in which Barney
Google" and 'Stovepipe' prominent
III darktown social circles. are al
legged to have been involved. Bar
ney Google" received a couple of
ouckshot in the body during the al
tercation.