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New Britain herald., 1930-02-05
KIDNAPPING RANSOM PLOT DISCLOSED IN
 NEW HAVEN PROBE
Eight Arrests in Disappearance Of Max Price S75,00O Pay
 meDt First Demanded
BROTHER FAILS IN RUSE
 TO LURE MEN TO STATION

Held in IIm CiN-Tvo More
 Questioned in New Nork-S25 900
 in SatChCi USch a. Bait to Catch
 rIottcrs, Emt spy Reports Pres
 rncc of Official.
 New Haven. Feb. j H.-THc mys- tcrious disappearance ol Mas Price. e year old real estate dealer. ro- day was definitely linked with sid- napcrs, with the arrest Of eight per sons.
 Last seen near lis home a week ago. no word was received Of inc elderly rcaltor and money lender until several days ago, when letters and telephone calls poured into tha Price home here demanding ransom as high as $75,00D. While police stcadlastly refused 10 discuss thc rapid developments in the case, thc New Haven Register in q copy rightcd story today said that Price Was being hold q prisoner within five miles Of this city.
 Three Men Arrested
 Three New Haven mon were taken into custody last night and today police picked up three Bridge port persons, one of thom q clair voyant. and two others in New York city. The New Haven men being held for questioning are: Jacob Prob"r. meat dealer: Hymcn Or choWszy, groccr. and Solomon Bo- dck. In Bridgeport, Madame Emma D"lm1trr, Isaac L.. Katzman, gen cral contractor. who claims he is also a private detective. and Nor ton Lcssncr, an insuranc" broker. were taken into custody and brought here. Now York police declined to reveal the names of those arrested ! in that city.
 Brother sos Money a. Bait Abraham Price. a brother, carry ing satchcl containing "more than ! $25,"oo." and Assistant City Attor- 1 ncy Nelson E. Durant. according 10 The Register. went 10 New York
 last night To pay tho ransom.
 The Register said that they were
 to have met New York rcprcsont- ativcs of the l<idnapcrs near the i l25th street station. \ "pIant' in l inc railroad station here, however, l the paper said. tipped the Now ! I orkcrs that Durant was accom- panyinE Price and the scheduled meeting fcll through.
 ! Tho llidnapors. 1hc Register said, i had promised that Price would be in his home here 10 minutes after Iiho money had been paid in New York, showing that the man WAS i being held at no great distance 1 from New Haven.
 OrchoWsI>y is said 10 have SUE gcstcd 10 the Price family that if enlist the aid of q fortune teller in l tracing the rcaltQr. Abraham Price, 1 the Register said, first visited a i local woman, who in turn rccom- mcndcd Madame Dclmatcr. The i latter, according 10 the newspaper, ! told Price that his brother was [ lrputiDltpI on I,1ot TWoA
New Britain herald., 1930-02-05
THE WEATHER,

New Britain and vicinity: Cloudy and slightly colder tu. night, possibly snow tlurricN. Thursday partly cloudy.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-05
NEW BRITAIN MAN IN NET
 OF LIQUOR RACKET PROBE,
 ALC0RN ARRESTS ]. J. LANG
CR|T|C|zES SYSTEM
 OF SCHOOL CREDITS
Central Parents and Teachers Association Inquiry Completed
FAVOR CHANGE IN METHOD

Committee Appointed to Investigate
 Assignment of N orI, to Make Re
 port Tonight Advocating Change
 il, Rating Pupils.
 Condemnation or the assignment system by which pupils arc marked on the basis Of quantity instead Of quality is expected to be made at a meeting Of the Parents and Tcscn- crs' association Of inc Central Junior high school this evening when the committee appointed 10 invcsti- gate the system makes its report.
 Although Francis <. Clark, assis- tant superintendent Of the Vulcan Iron Works and chairman of tn" committee. stated today that il was impossible to al the contents of the report before it is submitted 10 the association tt is understood that a recommendation will be made for a return 10 the old test system by which pupils ~ill be marked on the basis of what they have learned rather than upon tiuIc devoted to the work.
 The report which will he submit- led first to d meeting of the "Nccu- tive committee this evening and later to the general association will ! ca, lgt th,r, ..t,,,f.gt.g tn l,a fll dissatisfaction among parents Of pu- pills as regarding the supplementary work required Of pupils in order to get marks of A or T.. IL will go oil 10 state that few parents are inform ed as 10 just what is meant by many of the marks that appear on the students granh cards
 Little Rcquircd''
 The report is expected 10 desie- nate tine mark 0" C as a grade "ot sliding scale vamo." "A" the com mittoc will say, .indicatcs that the pupil has done I lesser or greater amount of work over and above the minimum required 10 obtain q c. The quality or work. according to th" school, is supposed 10 he consid . cred but 10 tEc casual observer ! little attention is paid 10 the quality Of the submitted supplementary i work. children appearing 10 feel i that as little as is necessary 10 get 1 by is "nough.'
 Continuing inc report will add i that there was expression Of dissat- l iSfaction as to tho merit of much Of the work assigned for supplement ! tary grades, and the methods used. i At previous meetings ot the com mittcc it is said there was criticism of the nature of material and books required for supplementary work.
 If is understood that the commit ice. after meeting with Principal w. i C. French of the Central Junior High school. with the idea Of becoming l more familiar with the plan now in operation, finally decided 10 bring ] in q definite recommendation The school authorities will be asked to give this recommendation careful consideration.
 By Others Than the PubIic'
 Their recommendation. it is be Hcved, either will advise doing away entirely with supplementary work or l that this work be distributed . throughout each period and tests in a class room replace work done out side. often, the committee believes
New Britain herald., 1930-02-05
SUBMARINE SAVED FROM ROCKY REEF
O-3 Runs Aground at Entrance
 to Portsmouth HarbOr
BOAT LITTLE DAMAGED
5" Men Remain Aboard as EcsCu, Fleet IabOrs in Blinding snow storm to Free Nhip--Craft Towcd to Base.
Portsmouth, x. H., Feb. ! U

Portsmouth, x. IT,, Feb. ; CUP) - The L. $. Submarine O-3, apparcn.- ly only slightly damaged, was safely borthcd at the navy yard here car!y today after being pulled from tna rocks on which it grounded at the lower entrance to Portsmouth har- bor last night
 Responding 10 an $ Q s a rescue fleet had convcrgcd on the scene Of the accident and battlcd under the handicap Of binding snow storm to free the stranded submcr- Siblc aboard which were 32 office $ and men.
 Aground for Four Hours For four hours the O-3 remain ] in a perilous position on the rocks between Odiorne Point and Parsons Point and grave fears were felt for the safety Of it's crew.
 The marooncd undcrsca craft, which had gone aground shortly after D. m, finally was floatcd Oy the tug pchacook and a commercial tug Mitchell Davis lj minutes be- fCrc midnight and was lowed 10 the navy yard for repairs.
 The O-3 had left New London, Conn, yesterday afternoon under command of Lieutenant w. l.. Ware. bound for the Portsmouth nay yard for annual repairs. It was du2 |, lot fl q a, afternoon the tug Pcnacook steam ed down 10 the lower harbor 10 2a- cort it 10 the yard.
 Unable 10 locate the O-". the Pcnacook put back to the yard here to await word from the submarine.
 $. 0 $ Sent Out
 The word came at S:%O p. m. 'r the form of an c $. The mcssa se stated that the O-3 was aground three miles south of Whale back light.
 Submarine In Low Water
 Again the pcnacOok put out aH1 headed for the stranded submarin z. The tug succeeded in getting within 200 feet Of the O-%. but il was loT water and inc PcnacooN was uH- able to aid the helpless submcrsibi".
 Captain W. N. phinnoy returned lis tug 10 the navy yard to await high tide.
 Meanwhile. a large fleet Of coast euard boats which had rushed to the scene from Portsmouth an Boston was standing by, prepared to rescue the O-3's crew in the event that the submersiblc's position became too hazardous.
 While q snow> storm which WIS raging ntcrfercd seriously with Vial- biItr, the sea was comparatiFciE calm.
 The Pcuacook. equipped with all necessary floating apparatus, let here at l0:45 D. m, 10 return to the scene. So smooth was the sea that coast guards were aho to use T surf boat in getting lines aboard the stricken submarine. Csii16 three lines. the pcnacook, anl Mitchell Davis succeeded in pulling the O-3 off the rocks. The au2- marines crew remained aboarl while the craft was lowed 10 lh@ local navy yard.
 yelling at Slow Speed
 Naval authorities stated that lh" slow speed at which the D-% WH travelling at the time Of in" mI5h1p accounted for the fact that It c5- Capcd major damage.
 The O-3 has been used as 2 1 "school ship" and carried it's rcgul1r instruction crew Of 32 men. Besides Lieutenant Ware, three subordinate officers were aboard J. T. Shechan, Continued on Page Two)
New Britain herald., 1930-02-05
AGREEMENT HUNDRED
 ON CAPITAL SHIP CUT
America, England and Japan Said to Have
 Reached Basis

London. Feb. P}-A high au- thority said today that the United States, Great Britain and Japan eX- pcctcd 10 reach a tentative agree mcnt within q few days for rcduc-
 tlon of capital ships, or battlcShipS, in the nayics Of the respective couu- tries.
 It was said that the Americans had submitted definite proposals to
 Great Britain and Japan While the details were withheld 1t was under stood the proposed reduction would follow the 5-5-& capital ship ratio
 established at the Washington con- ference.
 It was stated however, that th" proposed agreement between the | three nations would be only tcn,a- tIYc,- the Americans contcuding that It was contingent upon the settling of the cruiser question.
 The general probcm of battle- ships is being negotiated now be , tween the delegations of tine three, countries. The general attitude oi i the three delegation chiefs is said 1 to be that there are prospects O. 1 rcadiest acceptance although thus | far there is no agreement between any two.
 The British capital ship total now stands at 20. The Americans have
 IS Of the big ships and the Japan csc 10. These limits were set by
 the Washington conference.
 The delegations this morning da- voted thclr time 10 discussions i among their own members. Colonel l Stlmson had an carly round of golf 1 with his military aide at Stanrnoor
 ahd later had t conference with
 members Of his delegation at the | Ritz.
 l As a prelude 10 the s'big five" meeting called for this evening, a
 conference was arranged at Sr.
 James's palace between Secretary
 Stimson, Premier Tardicu and
 Prime Minister Macdonald. The
 meeting will be held an hour before
 the other session gets under way. London, Feb. j OP'- Stanley Bald Wln, former conservative premier, iI outlining policies or the conscrya-
 t'Nc party before A big gathering Of
 ms supporters at the London coli scum this morning, declared that If
 the labor party wanted tho supper;
 winch the conservatives wish to give
 IL In international affairs there will | nave to be more frankncSs on the governments part than there has l been in the past.
 Referring to the naval conference Alr. Baldwin said that no one real
 lHcd more than he the difficult posi- tion cntailcd by that parlcy but that
 he considered that the commons l tontinucd on Page TWo)
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thcrS Than the Public"

Thcir reC0mmond1lIOn. ll IS b"- licved, either will advise doing away entirely with supplementary work or that this work be distributed throughout each period and tests in class room replace work done out side. often, the committee believes
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Troops Line Streets

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04
TRY TO LYNCH
LONGSH0REMAN

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Welsh, ''You came to Charleston to
open the eyes of these ignorant
Negroes, and I'd rather see your
body swinging from a tree than
have you put that over on me-"
Welsh was the last to leave the
hall, and knowing that a gang of
the lynchers were ambushed at the
door, went out another way, and
through another workers home.
White Worker Helps
A white worker took him seven
miles into the country for safety.
He returned to his home in Charles
ton at 1870 am, and found the
car of the chief of police and two
cars Of lynchers parked at his door.
Welsh waited until they left, stayed
in his room the rest of the night,
and took the train to Savannah the
next day. Sympathizers found de-
tectives waiting for him at the
station, but they fortunately failed
to recognize Welsh. The organizer
was due at the unemployment con-
ference, and wanted to get job on
ship to manage the trip. He
succeeded in doing so at Savannah.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04
More Light on That Phila. JObless Census"
(By q Worker Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA, Pa-The Philadelphia unemployment
fake Mayor Mackey of Philadelphia
51774 unemployed Philadelphia. ts
been found by the Mayor through
fake unemployed taken by the police This reached
onehd of the unemployed.
only inquired number of streets and learned that the
The which live
which
police visit But police back
bess live who probably look
ing for something
the that really interviewed
would be found that about 80 of the unemployed only
Philadelphia workers. those your home whether the
and clearly that the
nothing but lies And the future when
figures unemployment the capitalist will have
multiply by three get the correct figure Unemployed workers.
ganize. Join the unemployed councils.
Philadelphia Unemployed Worker
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04
A Chicago Slave-Chain of Restaurants

others have the 10-hour day,
while the night shift is always IL
hours. The wages are from S14
per week up to $40.
The speed-up system is very
hard.
At the company free employ
ment office, the workers are COM
PEELED to stand outside in all kinds
of weather looking for job.
When the employment manager
needs man he comes out and
looks the workers over, and then
sends the ones out that he thinks
are the most efficient.
The Food Workers Industrial
Union is the one for us!
CHICAGO FOOD WORKER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04
PHlLA. CITY, BOSSES,
A. Z. L. TRY TO HIDE
EXTENT OF JOBLESS
Fact Is, Says Worker, Number of Unemployed
Is Nearer to 100000 in That City
Cops Took Peculiar Kind of Census; Never
Came to Most Workers Homes

are over $4,000 out of work here
and the Central Labor Union CA. F..
of L.) gave out a statement Monday
that there were 175,000 out of work
here. That is nearer to the truth.
There are between 100000 and 200,-
900 unemployed here.
The politicians have always tried
to provide their flunkeys with jobs,
but now they are unable to do it.
Workers, join the Communist
Party and T.U.U.L. and clean out
all the buzzards that prey on the
workers.
"A WORKER WAGE SLAVE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04
Losing a Strike a la A. F. of L.
(By a Worker Corresponds

(By Worker CorrespondenJ
Observation-Disclosures craft unionsm hideous FORM is
restaurant, Boylston ST., Boston.
In true A. F. L. style than two mattresses pcketng
repeating phrase this
to the Mattresses Union" (AFL)
time a standing in full view the window
sandwiches
signs stating "We the undersigned mattresses satisfied
with conditions here ske
And Ths shop therefore strike
One the pkets asked the A. F. Cooks Union doing
anything to get the cooks out and she replied Il don't know
She asked why her union Mare
the Boston Cooks Union A F. L. and she replied 81 think Mae
knows about this strike"
What difference between this and the Cafeteria strike in
York;
Only Workers Industrial Union embracing all
food workers. beat the food industry BOSSES
slavery conditions that ensav the millions workers this
largest industry in the United States. M w.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04
Senate Committee
Gets Wagner Fake
Unemployment Bill

WASHINGTON, April 2.-The
Wagner unemployment" bill, which
provides fat profits for building con-
tractors and graft for a lot of politi-
clans, but no relief for the 7,000,-
900 jobless workers, was referred to
the Senate Commerce Committee
which is going through the motions
of discussing unemployment. This
same committee refused to hear the
unemployment delegation elected by
the workers.
The Wagner bill provides $780,
100000 for Sterilization board"
This board would get most of the
dough.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04

divided among these starving vic
Tins of capitalism.
The demonstrations on February
26 and March against unemploy-
ment forced the mayor to make some
kind Of move in order to fool the
workers into believing that the city
administration, controlled by the re-
dictionary Los Angeles Times, really
intends to do something for the un-
employed. Workers, don't be fooled
R.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04

perialism, and the enemies of the
great masses Of Irish peasants and
workers, are in power.
COsgrave supports the war man
euvers of his London masters
against the Soviet Union. The Cos
grave government supports the large
landed estates, and demands that the
poor farmers continue the payment
of land annuities which is outright
robbery. The Cosgraye government
has taken the lead in the attack on
wages, hours and working conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04
COMMUNIST Led
REVOLT IN China
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ing the Chinese government because
he cannot successfully suppress the
bandits" The fake cleft" Kuo-
mintang leader, Wang Chin-wei, also
condemned Chang Kai-shek for the
same crime. The irony of history
is that Chang Kai-shek had I'M
doubtedly done his best in suppress
ing the revolutionary movement,
executing more than half million
workers and peasants for the pur-
pose. His failure only testifies to
the great strength and vitality of
the movement,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04
Los Angeles Workers, Don't Be Fooled!

Los ANGELES, Cal-Relief for
the 100000 unemployed workers of
this city is in sight (D Mayor
Porter has asked the city council to
appropriate 100000 for building
firebreaks. If the city fathers are
generous enough to grant the sky
pilot mayors request, the idle work.
ers of this city will get the huge
sum of 40 cents each-the price of
one cheap meal in soup joint, pro-
vided that such a sum is equally
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04
COSGRAVE REELECTION
is VICTORY FOR BRITISH
BOSS RULE IN IRELAND
GlOats Over Short Vacation to HOodwink, the
Irish Masses
Open Spokesman for British Imperialism
Again Rules

DUBLIN, Ire, April 3.-British
imperialism's servile puppet. Will
i'm T. Cosgrave, was reelected
president of the Executive Council
Of the Irish Free State. Through
out his short vacation from office,
Cosgrave was confident of early re-
turn, and gloated over his ousting
as a means of hoodwinking the
masses into belief that the Irish
Free State was democratic parlia-
ment." Cosgrave's return shows the
open spokesman for British i'm
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04
Vienna Socialists Betrayals Aid Fascists

VIENNA (By Inprecorr Service).
The workers council election in
the Donavitz works of the Alpine
Montan Co. have ended with a bad
defeat for the social-democrats.
Formerly the workers council had
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04
New Rest Home for Soviet Workers

roundings in Detskoya SeIo (Chil-
dren's Village) formerly Zarskoya
SeIO Gears village), where the
car spent much of his time near
Leningrad. A building which was
formerly a rest home for rich
Bourgeois has been taken for the
purpose. In the spring six further
such homes will be opened near
Leuingrad for the use of the Len
ingrad workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04
Fascists Force Children i'm Ranks

ROME, April 3.-On April 27,
school children will be forced into
the fascist organizations. Mussolini
himself will preside over the cere-
monies which will be conducted to
install thousands of children into the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04

MOSCOW (By Inprecorr Serv-
ice)-The workers of the "Elek-
trOsila" works in Leningrad have
suggested that special recreation
and rest homes should be opened
in which the workers can spend
the fifth day of rest after the
four working days. The first of
these new Fifth Day Houses" has
just been opened in idyllic sur
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04
(By a Worker Correspondent

(By q Worker Correspondent
CHICAGO.-The workers in
Messengers Merchant Lunch
Rooms in Chicago are subjected
to the most horrible conditions,
perhaps of any workers in the
city. This is due to the fact that
they have no union and they are
all unorganized.
The managers of the houses are
authorized to use their discretion
in slave driving, hiring and firing
of the workers. The workers are
fired on the slightest pretext,
sometimes without cause.
Some of the houses have the r.
hour day on the day shift, while
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04
(By a Worker CORRESPONDENT

by a Worker Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Mayor
Mackey is the worst lying hypocrite
that has ever been mayor of Phila-
Gclphia.
He claimed the cops took a census
of the unemployed. He is liar.
They may have gone to few homes.
| have spoken to hundreds of house
holders and they said not single
cop came to their homes. This punk
mayor claims that there are only
$4,000 natives out of work. say:
lar again. The Sunday Transcript"
a capitalist rag admits that there
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04
Ten Million Rouble Rest Colony for Workers

ton took place in order to examine
the plans submitted for the colony.
The jury consists of representatives
Of various working-class organiza-
tions, and a number of architects
and artists. In the spring building
will commence for the obstruction of
four great hotels and IL rest homes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04
CORRECTION

In our editorial of March 81 which
reproduced the report of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the RI.L.U.
entitled preliminary Results of In
ternational Day for Struggling
Against Unemployment" the follow
Ing error was made: In point (b)
of Par. 3 Holland was included
This should have been Denmark.
Editor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04

10 social-democrats and II fascist
members. Now the social-democrats
have only six seats whilst the fas-
cists have 10 seats. This result is
due to the treacherous and concilia-
tory attitude of the social-democrats
towards the fascists.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04

MOSCOW (By Inprecorr Press
Service)-A workers association has
been formed in Moscow with a CAPT
tai of 100000 roubles and the in
tention of laying out a rest colony
for workers in the magnificent
woods around Moscow. On March
Is a public meeting of the associa-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04
Rubio Jails Omaha Journalist

hearing today, and if found guilty,
will be deported. 1t is evident that
Barry is not worker correspondent,
as he would not be handled so gent
ly, but would be tortured in Rubio's
fiendish jails.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04

ranks of the black guardists. Many
of the parents of these children are
out of work and suffering the worst
kind of tortures under the fascist
dictatorship, and do not go into the
fascist ranks willingly, but are
forced in by threats.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-04
German School Children Fight Z6rgiebel Cops

BERLIN, April 3.-Clashes oc-
Cured between Zoergiebel's police
and a group of Young Communists
and Young Pioneers today, during
a demonstration of school children
protesting against the dismissal of
two teachers who would not do the