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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-21

Peking- Hankow railway, and has
been forced to order the Whompoa
cadets out into Hupeh to meet
Feng's drive approaching from
Siangyang along the Han River,
while retreating his main force back
to the South to save Hankow. But
by weakening his forces in the
North, Chang Kai-shek may be
driven out of Chengchow, crush
ing loss.
All effort is made to keep up APP
pearances, no wounded being sent
to Hankow, but left to die miserably
in small villages near the battle
fields. Although Marking reported
10000 captured at Tengfeng, only
1900 appeared for exhibiting at
Hankow.
Wireless By Imprecorr)
MOSCOW, Nov. 20. - Comment
ing on the war among the Chinese
generals, the "Pravda" declares that
it is a case of "dog eat dog" and
that only opportunists can term any
of the quarreling groups "progres-
sive." All generals represent groups
of the bourgeois and feudalist
counter-revolution, but their strug-
giles are weakening the basis of the
counter-revolution.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-21
LABOR GOVT FOSTERS
INQUIRY"

LYNDON (E. MaiD.-The COM
mittee appointed by the "labor"
government to hold an inquiry into
the Lancashire cotton trade--wages
in which had been reduced 6A per
cent with the aid of the government
conciliator--began in private session.
Reformist trade union officials
will be allowed to speak after two
boss association representatives re-
port.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-21
SOUTHERN WORKERS MUST have
DAILY, SAYS n. 7. ". PRESIDENT
Reid Tells What Fighting Paper Means to
Leaksville Strikers

Continued from Page Ome)
Gtona Gazette and the Charlotte Observer nothing
NUT ~ which they knew be
se. to. ,,,n., 10 tho p,v work to sc. the truth on
what happening their fellow workers in Gasona
mill workers have get the Daily Worker
every Daily has to each of these workers
Th Workers Union organizers wherever they
90 demands the Daily Worker from the
mill workers.
militant workers in the rest of the country to
rush the they're to need it in their
coming big struggles against slavery and terror
Daily Worker,
26 Union So, New York, N. Y.
This contribution the "Dve to Rush the Daily South is to
show nv solidarity strikers the Leakvle N c. Wooden
Mills mill workers in the other Southern textile towns and
villages.
Address
Citv OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. State
Amount
XII FOR ORGANIZATIONS
of organization
village and that the workers there are supplied with
Daily Worker regularly.
City
Aqount:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-21
WANTS STRONGER EMPIRE.

LONDON (By aiD.-Speaking
at dinner given him by capitalist
press group, j. H. Thomas, Lord
Privy Seal of the "labor" govern
ment, assailed British Dominions for
buying outside the British empire.
Thomas developed the idea of en-
pire trade as advocated by his friend
Tillett at the Belfast trade union
congress.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-21
LABOR GOVT PREPARES
FOR WAR.

LONDON (By MaiD.-A. V. Alex
ander, First Lord of the Admiralty,
in the House of Commons
that, two sloops to be constructed
in the 1929 program ornaments
would be built at Davenport and
Chatham.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-21
FIGHT MONGoLIAN KULAKs.

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia, Nov.
20.-More than 1000 ulak holdings
here, valued at above 100000
were confiscated by the Monaghan
autonomous Soviet Republic and APP
portioned among collective farms
operated by peasants.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-21
news FLASHES
STRIKE IN POLISH PRISON.
(Wireless by Imprecorr)

WARSAW, Nov. 20.--The work
ing class political prisoners in the
Brigitki prison at Lemberg are on
strike for the last ten days against
ill-treatment by Che prison manage
ment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-21
TRUCK DRIVER KILLED.

LONDON by MaiD.-F. J. Ter
ry, of Chipley St., New Cross, was
killed when the truck he was driv-
ing swerved and threw him to the
road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-25
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New Britain herald., 1929-01-29
SMITH IN RACE FOR
 COUNTY COMMISSION
Manchester Senator Can. Gdate for E. w.
 Schultz's Berth
(spectal to the Herald)

Hartford. Jan. 29.-A third can- didate for the position of county commissioner held by E. w. Schultz of New Britain appeared today when Senator R. J. Smith of Manchester, announced that he would seek cleo tion to the board.
 Senator Smith explained that he has been convinced the present com missioner. Mr. Schultz, has no chance of reelection, and ke consid- CTS the field to be open to all com- CTS. For four years he has awaited an opportunity to become candi- date for this office and he believes the time is now opportune. he told an interviewer
 Mrs. Nellie M. Dow of 1s John street. New Britain. was the first candidate to appear in the field. She has been active in women's republi- can circles in her home city, and aspired to be the first woman to serve on the commission and collect the stipend to $2.50O a year. Im- mediately after her announcement came a declaration from MT. Schultz that he would fight for reelection for another term. after which he would be content to retire.
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New Britain herald., 1929-01-29
Find Possible Clue to
 Fate of GraysOn Plane

Salem, Mass. Jan. 29t19-A pos sible clue to the fate of Mrs. Frances Wilson Grayson and her three male companions who took off from Long Island. N. Y, on December 23, 1927 in the airplane Dawn and were never seen again. has been found in mes sage contained in a bottle washed ashore here
 The bottle was found by Charlton Hatfield, a Salem Willows boy. in Salem harbor. The message. written in pencil on a piece of yellow note paper. said: 1928. We are freez- ing. Gas leaked and we are drifting of Grand Banks. Grayson."
 Several previous messages pur- porting to have been written by members of the crew of the Dawn have been picked up along the New England coast. After the disap- pearancs of the Grayson plane coast guard vessels conducted . search between Cape Cod and the Grand Banks without discovering any trace of the missing plane.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-29
7R0TzkY QUITS PLACE
 OF EXILE IN SIBERIA
Deposed Soviet Chieftain Plans Ultimately to
 Reach German Capital

London. Jan. 29 (UP) - Leon Trotzky. whose loyalty to his own principles of communism was great. CT than his desire for security with. in the highest circles of the Soviet government, has left his place of exile in the desolate heart of Siberia and is en route to Constantinople, according to authoritative advices received here today.
 The dynamic, tireless leader who stood next to Nikolai Lenin in the early days of the Soviet union only to lose his power to the Stalin group in 1926, plans eventually to reach Berlin, it was understood. He left the little village of Alma-Ata, in the Turkestan foothills. accompanied by his wife and son after just . year in exile, the advices said.
 Trotzky was reported anxious to leave and the Soviet government was said to have granted permission.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-29
(Speclal to the Herald)

Bristol, Jan. 29-Fifty cents re- ward for the return of 5000 in cash found on the street is the story told today by a Bristol boy.
 Joseph Nocera, 13 year old son or Pasquale Nocera of East Main street, Forestville, was on his way home from the Green-Hills school in company with a little girl whose name was not learned, yesterday. The two youngsters were suddenly aware of a pocketbook just in front of them. Joseph picked it up and upon opening it was staggered by a large roll of bills and to see for the first time a bill of one hundred dollar denomination. He counted over the money and when he had finished counting three thousand his amazement knew no bounds. A further search of the pocketbook showed a slip of paper bearing the name of Mrs. Charles Bantle of S8 Kenney street. Without further hesitation, Joe closed the purse and started to deliver the small fortune
New Britain herald., 1929-01-29
OGDEN MILLS DIES
 IN NEW YORK TODAY
Noted Financier and Pa. trOn of Arts Succumbs
 to Pneumonia

New York. Jan. 2s R-Ogden Mills, financier and patron of the arts, died at his home in East 69th street early today of pneumonia. He was 72 years old.
 At his bedside were his son, Ogden l.. Mills. under secretary of the treasury. and his daughter, the Countess of Granard. His other daughter. Mrs. Henry Carnegie Phipps is in Palm Beach attending the illness of her own daughter.
 Born in Sacramento, Cal, Mir. Mills received his elementary edu- cation in that state and later came cast to complete his studies at Phil lips Exeter Academy and Harvard.
 Only recently he began to relax from the responsibilities of an active business life. He was an officer in several corporations and a director in many others. His contributions to art included donation to the Metropolitan Museum of Art of the George Catlin collection of Indian Poih'iiSos anu SoHcStoH VI hronzes.
 He had a keen interest in fine horses and Cri De Guerre of the Mills stable last year won the grand prix at Longchamp. France.
 His wife. the former Ruth Liv- ingston. whom he married in 1882. died in 1920. They had homes in New York. Staatsburg- on the Hud- son. Newport and Paris. They placed their Paris home at the dis posal of General Pershing during the World War. Mir. Mills was a member of a number of New York clubs and the Pacific Union club of San Francisco. Whitelaw Reid was a brother-in-law.
 Ogden Mills was a son of Darius Ogden Mills, a descendant of early Colonial stock who went to Califor- mia during the gold rush of 1S49 and organized the bank of D. o. Mills X Co., in Sacramento, and later the Bank of California, of which he was president for many years. O. O. Mills returned to New York in 1880. Among his philan- thropic enterprises was the erection of the Mills hotels for the accom- notation of the self-respecting poor.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-29
BONDS AND INTEREST TO COST CITY $5s5,5o6
Sum Which Must Be Paid Totals Five Mills
 on Tax

Interest charges and payments on bond and note obligations accruing this year, will require the board Of finance and taxation to set aside $5S5,506.25 in the budget, this amount representing approximately five mills on the grand list for next year. More than one-half of this will go toward school costs.
 Under the heading of interest and discount, the following amounts are to be paid: Sewer bonds, Sso.S75: refunding bonds. t31s.75: park bonds, s7,2S5: school bonds, t15l.- sO2.50; city notes for the town home annex, S225; city notes for municipal slaughter house addition, $500: new issues and temporary loans. s10,Oo0. Total. &244,006.25.
 Payments on principal include: Sewer bonds, due 1929. s30.O0o: sewer bonds, new issue. $5.oOo: re. funding bonds, S5,0O0: park bonds, 5000: school bonds. $162.000: sew CT bond sinking fund, S55,000; school bond sinking fund, 5000; municipal building bond sinking fund. $3,500: city notes on town home annex. $10.O0O: city notes on municipal slaughter house addition, s5,O00; park improvements, $5,000; No. fire station, $10,000: payment on World War memorial, $33,00O. Total. $341,500.
 The public welfare department will present budget of $93.77l.4O, which is $2,3S9.20 more than al- lowed for the current year. New items include $S50 for a washing machine for use at the town home, and sao0 for a tractor for general farm uses. For outside poor, $1.600 more than was allowed this year is believed to be necessary.
 Items in the budget are: Town home. S13,000; repairs, $500; insur. ance. s417.4o; hospitals and asylums sz7,0o0; tuberculosis sanitoria, $4,- 500: office expenses. $500: miscel- laneous, $1,500; office salaries. s. 40; town home salaries. $6.064.
 An overhaul of $14,000 in the in. cidental account will be necessary this year. a report on that fund dis closes. This account is admins tered by the printing and supplies committee of the common council and is used for general expenses of the government. Last spring. tho board of finance and taxation Sci aside $40.000. but the common coun. oil made . cut of S4.000. Expendi- lures have already totaled $43. 3.O0S.67 and it is estimated that $7.0O0 more will be required before April l. One of the chief reasons for the overdraf. is the fact that election costs were S12,G95.40. when but S6.000 was se. aside for this purpose. For mex, year, $40.000 is asked. as follows:
 Supplies and telephones, S7.500; advertising and printing, $7,O00; elections, $2,0o0; judiciary. s2.000; miscellaneous payments, $17.000; personal tax enrolment. $2.00O: per. sonal services, $7,5O0.
 The general government salary ltsi will be $2,16e more than last year reaching . new total of $S0,16s. Tho increased amount resulted from tn. salary committees action in raisina wages. effective April l.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-29
M'NU7T TO PU7 TOKEN
 ON WORLD WAR SHAFT
National Commander of Legion to Honor
 City's Heroes

Arrangements for the reception of National Commander Paul V. Mo Mutt of the American Legion were made last night at meeting of the general committee of Eddy-Glover post of this city which is in charge of the affair. The national com mander will arrive here at 10 o'clock on Sunday morning. February 3.
 Although the program in its en- tirety has not been definitely decided upon. progress has been made. The national commander will proceed to the auditorium of the Central Junior High school to address a meeting of Everyman's Bible Class which will be staged under the auspices of Eddy Glover post. The meeting will be open to the public. men and women being invited. It is being held in the school auditorium because of the more spacious accommodations there.
 Commander McNutt will deliver an address which will consume about half an hour. The meeting will open at 9:30 o'clock. He will pro- ceed to the summit of Walnut Hill park where he will place a wreath on the World War memorial.
 After the ceremony, the party will. return to Eddy Glover post head quarters where a public reception will be held for the commander. The public of the city is invited to take part.
 At 11:30 o'clock, a luncheon will, be served at the Burritt Hotel which will be limited to 30 or 70 Legion naires and members of the auxiliary.
 Mrs. Boyce Ficklen of Georgia National President of the American Legion Auxiliary. will accompany Commander McNutt on his visit here.
 Commander McNutt and President ticklen will enter Connecticut from Bridgeport and will be the guests of honor at monday luncheon on Saturday, February 2. In the eve- ming at 7:30 o'clock. Legionnairea from all over the state will gather at Foot Guard hall in Hartford where state department banquet will be served.
 The entertainment for the occasion will be furnished by the drum and bugle corps of Eddy-Glover post. The corps will first serenade the ma . tional commander and the nationa: auxiliary president anl will ther, render a program at the banquet.
 Reservations for the dinner of To- cal Legionnaires should be made with Past Department Commander Harry C. Jackson. These will be closed by Thursday night.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-29
Peoria Taxi Driver
 Wins Honesty Crown

Peoria. III. Jan. 20 R-Ralph Campbell. a taxicab driver, founi $500 in bis cab. He remembered a passenger who might have lost it. so he looked him up. He was right. so he returned the money.
 Campbell positively refused a re- ward. Would't even listen to it. And then he drove right down to the cao company headquarters and offered to reimburse the company for the extra mileage run up on the IT eter by reason of the return of the money to its owner.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-29
BOX 46 SOUNDED AGAIN
 FOR FALSE FIRE ALARM
Third Fake Signal from Lasalle and Beaver Streets in Past Few
 Weeks

For the third time within a few weeks. a false alarm was rung last evening from Box 46, corner of La- salle and Beaver streets, and the in- vestigation which was started after the first instance was being pushed today by the police and fire depart ment officials.
 At 5:55 o'clock the alarm sound ed, which is considerably earlier than on the other occasions when the marauder selected midnight for his deviltry. The authorities are of the opinion that he changed the hour in order that the chances of detection might be lessened, there being no policeman in the vicinity at 6 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-29
Lady Heath Takes
 Out First PaDers

New York, Jan. 29 R-LaJy Heath. British flier. former holder of attitudes and time records for women, procured her first papers at the naturalization bureau today.
 She said she intended to devote herself to the upbuilding of aviation as a science and a profession among American women. She told the clerk she was born in Limerick, Ire land. and that her name. before she married Sir James Heath. was Cath erine Sophia Pierce Evans.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-29
HAWLEY MEMORIAL
 LIBRARY WILL RE
 UNDERTAKEN SOON
Board Of xiDaesls YotS to Accept Requests h VIII Of
 Late Manufacturer
stM,ooo AVAILABLE
 10 EXECUTE PROJECT

Additsoaal sso, 900 Oaa Be Obtained,
 Board of Managers Of New Bsttaia
 Institute is Acknowledgements
 Building or Addition to Present
 Structure Considercd-Must be
 Started in Two Yeark
 \ children's library to be known as the Mary Richardson Hawley Memorial building" will be con- structed as an addition to or q . separate unit of the New Britain in- stitute within the next two years by the terms of a decision reached by the members and board of managers of the institute last night in ac- cepting bequests of $10o.o00 made in the will of the late Benjamin A. Hawley. The conditions surrounding this gift were accepted by the library authorities while . further unconditional bequest of e50,o00 was reported as also available for the institute. It is considered likely that the two sums will be used Joint ly ip the erection of the new build ing, work on which will not be start ed immediately.
 The members meeting lasted only three minutes. in which time 1t was voted unanimously to accept the s1o0. 900 gift. This was done by the adoption of the following resolution:
 Resolved: That the New Britain institute hereby accepts and agrees to use the funds given by the New Britain institute in the last will and testament Of Benjamin A. Hawley. late of New Britain. deceased, for the construction and equipment of . building designed especially for such purposes of said institute as will tend to effect, promote. and increase the happiness and welfare of children and to be named the Mary Richard son Hawley Memorial building in honor of his mother. the construction of said building to be begun within two years from the date hereof The intent of this resolution is to ac- oept the general and public spirited gift of said Benjamin A. Hawley to the New Britain institute in his last will and testament and to agree to use the gift as provided therein and to comply with the provisions of his said will"
 F. s. Chamberlain. sponsor of the resolution, informed the members of
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