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Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
IMMENSE SUM
COLLECTED BY
GASOLINE TAX

Gasoline tax, the duck thai lays
the golden egg in IS states and DIs-
trict Of Columbia represented an
amount slightly ineXcess Of S43lt
100000 that motorists contributed
to the Golfers of improved roads, ac-
cording to c. S. Beesemycr, vice
president of the Gilmore Oil Com
pany.
"Gasoline taxes are as near pain
less as taxes can be made" SAYS
Beesemver. at must be born in
mind however, that the price, mo-
torists pay for gasoline includes the
tax and that this amount Of money
goes 10 the state and not 20 the
oil companies.
"Oregon or; ginated the gasoline
tax in 1919 and TODAY all the states
have instituted it. The tax ranges
from cents :. gallon in eight = ,t2s
and Distr.ct Cf Colombia r. siH
cents gallon in three Of th'ri.
Eight states add five cents, % atce
taxed 4 cca,T gallon, one addod
three and a half cents and in . the
tax is three cents n gallon.
"During 1929, 2l cractcd nj in
crease in the rate Of ;aN per ga!ica.
The reason That there was no rtn-
Gated opposition TO this action IS
:hat % per tcrj of the money; "a
collected are actually expended on
roads and highways
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
ACADIAN VILLAGE IN LOUISIANA
LITTLE CHANGED IN 200 YEARS

cotton and sugar cane thrive.
On festive occasions some of the
girls dress as did their Acadian
mothers, in bright peasant costume
-tight-waisted jackets, crisp little
caps like nurses wear in> hospitals,
and their hair tied with ribbon in
to braids.
The courthouse lawn is an all
wear round forum of political, eco
nomical and social discussion raere
men sit day in and day out, strok-
ing their whiskers and "chewing
the rag" in Cain.
In the midst of the village stands
a big, gray Roman Catholic church.
1t is the only church in the town
and all the population worships
there in the dim blue light of its
simple stained glass windows.
Father Jean Francois, Il Capuchin
priest built the church in 1865. 1t
has been repaired but not changed
since.
In a tiny graveyard behind it lies
the body of Evangeline, villagers
say. although Longfellow has her
buried in the East There is q grave
stone there marked "Emmeline La
biehe-Evangeline." 1t is surround
ed by a few other crumbling st res
shaded by two big trees. That is all
there is left of sad settlement,
cyilcd to die obscure.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
SWING MAKES
HURRIED VISIT
TOCAST' BALLOT

Congressman Phil D. Swing made
q hurried trip over from San Diego
10 vote, arriving here last night.
This morning he east his ballot
1T the Wilson school precinct, ieav-
ing at 10 O'Clock for Los Angeles.
He stated he intends to return to
the valley about October l, and will
spend some time here then. Not
altogether politics them he said,
the ducks will he flying and Pm
going to take q crack at them.
The congressman was retieent
about today S voting. merely stating
that he came over in the capacity of
Il private citizen TO do his voting.
Asked how he thought his chances
are for election TO another term in
Congress. he grinned and said he
houeht he could make il.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
L. A. Reports
Light Voting

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26. UP
An early rush Of working people
% the polls, augmented by a flood
Of telephone requests for informa-
tion. led the office of County Regis
trar William NJ. Kerr to predict that
80 or more per cent Of the county 9
registered vote would be east III
today's primary election.
In several districts where automa-
lie voting machines are in use, poll
ing was rapid and registered as high
as 80 per cent in the first two hours
after the booths opened at g a. N.
As the morning wore Oh, however,
a burning sun apparently slowed up
the balloting, bringing the predic
tion of last-hour rush this evening
Despite the Importance of tn,
ticket and hotly contested guber-
material campaign, il was not be
lieved the voting would be cXcep
tionally heavy.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
Dawn Patrol Is
Real Thriller

"The Dawn Patrol.'' First Ma
tional release starring Richard
Barthelmess. drew packed houses al
the Arcade Airdonle in Holtvillc last
night and the same conditions are
expected to prevail tonight and to-
morrow night.
Telling realistic story. of Am
erican flyers during the World
War, 1.-THE Dawn PATROL is packed
with thrills and romance. Over 4
score of the best stunt flyers in Am
erica worked in filming the picture
and the spectacular shots achieved
make the spectators gasp.
Planes hurl through the air under
actual war conditions and the roar
of their motors makes even the calm
est in the audience feel the excite.
ment.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Neil
Hamilton are featured with Barthel,
mess.
Two shows are given each night
At and 9 o clock.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
German Airrnen
Off TO New York

HALIFAX. y. s, Aug. %. UP
Captain Wolfgang Won Gronau and
his three companions departed in
their veteran Dornier Wahl seaplane
today. bound for New York harbor
and the end of their flight from
Germany.
With the same uncOncern that
marked their quiet flight across the
Atlantic ocean to the American
coast, the German aviators startej
the 600 mile flight to New York nj
1915 It. m. today.
The German plane, which arrived
here yesterday after a flight via
Iceland. Greenland, Labrador and
Quecnsport. was fuellcd at Bedford
Basin before departing on the last
stage of the Transatlantic venture.
Rising from the basin. the big
ship flew over the city aud then
turned southwark over the harbor.
The weather was clearing rapidly
after dense fog had hampercd the
flight here from Labrador and con
ditions were fair. There was l
slight breeze.
Captain Won Gronau was expected
to bring his plane down IN New
York harbor, near the Statue of
Liberty, late in the afternoon. He
described the flight from Germany,
which started week ago Yesterday.
as "trial flight such as is Gus
tomary FOR students 1T the aviation
school which he conducts in Ger
many.
The flight was considered remark
able inasmuch as Tie northern route
followed often offers serious wealth
er hazards. such as the thick fog
that forced the Dornier craft down
at Qucensport cnroute from Cart
wright, Labrador. Capt. Non Gro
nau and his companions, however,
made steady and almost unintcrrupt-
ed progress across the ocean.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
Voters OF State
Flock To Polls
Continued from page y

One reason why the bombing cas-,
did not enter the campaign to an,
extent is that none of the three def
initelv declared the manner in whicl
the Billings Mooney case would be
handled.
There arc seven candidates fol
Lieutenant Governor also, five Re
puhlicans, one Democrat and one
Socialist. II. l.. Carnahan. incum
bent, is opposed by Harry 4. Cham
berlin. William /. Kinsley, Frank F
Merriam and Tallant Tubbs, all Re
publicans. Tubbs, n state senator
from San Francisco, has tried to
make an issue of opposition 10 pro-
hihition. while the Others have not
declared themselves on this subject.
Martin ]. Welsh is the lone Demo.
cratic candidate, while Chain She
piro is running as n Socialist.
Sectionalism Watched
A point of interest in the guherna.
torial contest is the issue of ''sec-
tionalism raised by Fits, who con
tends that southern California is
entitled to a governor. Both Rolph
and Fits are from Northern Cali
fornia.
The degree of seriousness accorded
this sectionalism contention may
have an important bearing on the
election as the largest block of Re
publican votes in the state lie in
The 10 Southern California counties
Other statewide offices 10 be
voted on today include:
Secretary of State-Donald j.
Bruce, San Francisco, Republican,;
". Len Hutchins, Los Angeles, Re
publican and prohibitionist; Will
liam Maddux, Fulton, Democrat.
Controller Paul Collins, San
Francisco, Republican; c. j. Rambo,
Los Angeles, Republican; Ray l..
Riley, Cotton. Republican; and Har-
ry f. Harwood, Oakland, Democrat.
erat.
State Treasure: - Augustus j.
johnson, Los Angeles, Republican;
Charles G. johnson, Sacramento, |
Republican; Frank j. Smith, Los
Angeles, Republican,; William +.
Smith, Burbank, Republican,; VIII /
liam b. Shearer, Sacramento, Demo
crat, and S. H. Kellogg, Los Angeles,
prohibitionist. ITO distinguish be
tween the two Johnsons, the nick
name of Charles. G. Johnson being
GUS
Attorney General-J. W. Ehlrieh,
San Francisco, Republican, and
Democrat; Frank NJ. Smith, Los An
seles, Republican; Charles A. Son,
Los Angeles, Republican; L. $.
Webb, San Francisco, Republican
and Democrat.
In addition, members of the state
toard of equalization, representa-
lives in congress, various judicial
positions, Legislative posts and vari-
aus local offices are involved.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
HOOVER ASSUMES
LEAD IN DROUGHT
RELIEF PROGRAM

WASHINGTON. Aug 26 UP
President Hoover. Secretary of Ag-
riculture Hyde and members of the
federal drought committee met today
with bankers representing l6 states
to draft a program of federal finan-
ciai aid for farmers in the drought
area.
Henry NJ. Robinson. Los Angeles
banker and member of the Dawes
separations commission, who win he
in charge of the credit program,
conferred with President Hoover
prior 10 the meeting which began
at the White House at 2:30 p. m.
Hyde is chairman of the federal
committee. The bankers represent
state drought committees.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
Items Of News
About The Town

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Burnham
left this morning on their annual
vacation, planning to spend muen
of their time in San Francisco and
northern points of the state.
Mrs. Nave Sniveley has resigned
her position with the Mariposa Shop
here and has taken charge as man
ager and buyer of the ladies' wear
department al Staill Bros, Brawley.
The management and associates OF
the Mariposa SbOr express regret
at her departure and wish her every
success in Brawley.
Roy Breedlove, Heber rancher,
came over from the coast to vote.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
Chinese Capture
Northern City

SHANGHI, Aug. &c. U.H-Chi-
nese Nationalist troops dynamited
the western wall of the city of Tai.
an today and captured the strong
hold from the northern forces
Three thousand prisoners were
taken by the government army, az
well as many rifles, cannon ard ma
chine guns.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
GOLF CHAMP LEADS

HILLCREST COUNTRY CLUE.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Aug. 26. W.H
Mrs. O. 5. Hill ot Kansas City,
mcdalist and defending champion,
continued to ma-eH toward the fin
ais of the women's western golf
tournament here today by defeating
Mrs. L. Adams, of indianapolis, >
and /.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
Report Fishing
Vessel Aground

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 26. W.R)-The
tuna clipper san Joaquin is aground
off the south Of Coronado Island
with a crew of IA men aboard, ac-
oording to reports reaching here.
Another fishing craft is standing b.
and tugs have been sent from San
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26

The Orland project, Glenn County,
has done two-thirds of its necessary
irrigation and has two-thirds Of its
water supply still in reservoir.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26

After more than two years labor,
atate tonvicts have fAisher the
highway from Weaverville, Trinity
County, TO Redding, Shasta County,
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26

Laux Brothers, ranchers of Colusa
County, are having a Younger dehy-
drater installed in time to care for
much of this seasons fruit.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26

A large federal building. TO in
elude the postoffice, win be erected
at Marysville, Yuba County.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26

Dixon, Solano County, win vote
in September on a bond issue Of
10000 10 provide a paving fund.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26

A forest ranger and two fisher
men report seeing snow-whIte bear
near Angeles Camp, Calaveras Coun-
tv.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
BASEBALL RESULTS
American
At Phila adelphia

At Philadelphia
Washington. so 030 600 Q l6 .
Philadelphia. 800 102 04N-l0 10 d
Hadlev. Liska, Brown and Spcn-
Ger; Earnshaw. Rommen, Quinn,
Shores. Grove and Cochrane.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
National

At Chicago
Pittsburgh....... O06 02l l0l-5 II u
Chicago ..-.--... 001 100 10X-1 . .
French and Hcmsley, Bool; Blake
and Hartnett.
At Cincinnati
ST. Louis .....-.... 0Cn 0lo 02o-r' II u
Cincinnati........ 100 600 00o--l D
liallahan and Mancuso; Benton
and GOoch.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
FIRE AT COAST PORT

SAN PEDRO, Calf, Aug. 20. U.n)
Yachts valued at 100000 were
threatened late today by fire at the
plant of the Harbor Boat Building
company here. The blaze followed
IN explosion in the paint shop. \
general alarm for harbor fire fight.
ing apparatus was called.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26

Sacramento County oranges had
a very light June drop this year and
the crop promises well.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26

Diego to assist in pulling the craft
off the rocks.
The reports failed to state
whether the crew was in danger
The clipper, an 81 foot Diesel en-
gined craft. was fishing for the Van
Camp Co., and was loaded with tuna
caught off Mexico. She ran aground
during heavy fog last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26

Rice growers of Butte County will
be advanced $l.75 per hundred lbs,
on their coming crop.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-20
Vol. VII, No. 227
THE ELECTION STRUGGLE

is pleasant capitalist fiction election peace
m True also that workers share this illusion The aarcho
syndas add that elections their
lent revolutionary" souls that they useless besides
changes voting fighting anachosyndcasts
be found perfectly pessimm,
the
That election struggles from peaceful be in
bourgeose itself the election the
violence being reported day by day against the Communist campaign
the capitalist class regards the advance of the proea the para
mentary field with Indifference.
is precisely bourgeois
revolutionary that violence the ruling class striking
savagely This
violence will less the capitalists
alarmed the mobilization the workers outside para
mnt to gh the shops mills and mines for what the capitalists and
their parliament refuse cncede the starving and discontinued
auarchos yndcast any revolutionary
that the the fight outside parliament
all sufficient that excludes the need the possibility fight
within parliament itself.
And this error is related to the idea still rooted in our Party as
oppounist
Congress.
Such anedluvan notion the Party members
among Masses present great really
candidates. gives justification for passiyiy
holding approaching
that they Communist This sabotage the election
paign be unconscious but it is the less sabotage
All of these tendencies working against the election
find shelter the tendency consider
get the idea tnat is not necessary at is waste OF time for
them individually to approach individual workers talk them as
until he is not only convneed-but ORGANIZED.
much of tendency treat the workers abstract
MASSES rather
edces and ideas which not be removed by rdcle
Communist snobber enn called it, but by aernal argument
proletarian sympathy.
adng call
meeting which seoyped photographic speech is sprayed
the assembag mechanical petition made and then
abstraction again, be stopped
through its individual member approaching worker
his
demands trusted intimately understood
leadership of his class.
Unemployment Bill the of
election worker either unemployed
should made
electipg battle
De unemployment
get lopsided millions
jobless still working that
insurance itself bound
working by
toward the goal Workers and Farmers
whole of the Communist Party with the entering
insurance made each
the revolutionary campaign
Srik Cuts TUUL
organic of the to Communist in November
today before. 1t
effectively
its election violence
place Communist fraction the bour
geois
ultimate end but
the revolutionary struggle the Amer
proearat, Workers and Farmers Government!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-20
need SIGNATURES
IN WILLIAMSBURG
Shock Brigades to Go
After More Signers

The Communist Campaign Com
mittee is calling the attention of all
members of the Party and all men,
bers of revolutionary fraternal or
CARNATIONS to a very serious situa-
ton existing in few of the dis
tricts in Greater New York, namely,
Williamsburg, Brownsville and Long
sland.
The drive for signatures on the
petitions to place the Communist
candidates on the ballot was sched-
uled to terminate last week. After
summing up the total amount Of
signatures obtained it was dis
covered that in the above sections
there is a shortage Of signatures
which puts the local Communist
candidates in those sections in a
most serious danger. With the aid
of more volunteers that will go
out in the next few days an hour
or two each day and obtain the
necessary amount of signatures
this danger may be overcome.
Volunteers must report TO the
following places:
Willamsburg-G8 Whipple st.
Brownsyiile-105 Thatford Ave.
Long Island-26-2S Jackson Ave
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-20
niece TO SHIELD
FOREIGN BORN
Conference Sunday at
Manhattan Lyceum

NEW YORK.-Tomorow morning
at 10 a. m. the First District Con-
ference of the Provisional Commit
tee for the Protection of the For
eign Born opens at the Manhattan
Lyteum, 66 L. Fourth ST., New
York City.
The immc date tasks of the con-
ference will be:
Ito organize on a district
scale, at the same time laying the
foundation for national organiza-
ton.
2.-To organize mass protest
meetings.
3,-To adopt resolutions against
the proposed anti-foreign-born mea-
sures now in preparation.
The conference marks the begin
ming of an immense campaign to
unite all workers against the CAPT
talist aim to divide the ranks of
the workers by pitting them against
each other-foreign-born against
native workers; Negro workers
against white workers. The con-
ference fights all attempts to legis-
late against the foreign-born with
laws that place them in the cate
CORY of criminals, demanding regis
tration, finger-printing, deportation
and other restrictive measures.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-20

look that would steal into his
wife's eyes.
"lou cannot fire me, NJ. :"
he almost pleaded with tho boss,
but knew il was. hopeless. But he
pleaded.
The boss a1gered and called
the building policeman. Together
with another policeman the tw
thugs proceeded to beat up the
worker.
Hes crazy" the boss shrugged
his shoulders as he watched the
policemen ug the w>rke.. Be-
wildered, groaning, tn worker
sank TO the floor with a sob.
Five minutes later an ambu-
lance changed up to the building
and the beaten clerk was carted
away. The boss chuckled.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-20
T0DRAW WORKING
WOMEN into RED
ELECTION DRIVE
w ON ems Conference
at Noon Today

Cable reports from Berlin state
that 68 percent Of the Communist
vote was recruited from men.
whereas the voters of the other par
ties consisted of majority of
women, the Catholic party recruit
ing almost two-thirds of its vote
from women voters.
While the hlgn percentage OF the
votes from men in the to,ai ballots
cas- for the Communist ticket is an
indication of the solidarity OF the
Communist vote and of the fact
that the majority of the workers in
the factories and mines voted for
Communism, it might serve as a
lesson that the Communist move
ment must pay more attention to
the women voters and see that all
working class women of the shops
and factories, offices and stores, as
well as working-class housewives,
should vote Communist.
Today at noon, the working wo-
men of Greater New York will hold
conference at Irving Plaza Hall,
18th st. and Irving Pl., in order to
mobilize the women workers for
our Communist campaign. The
delegates will map out plans Of
how to combat among the women
workers the influence of the capt.
talist parties and of religion which
is holding them back from voting
Communism, just as it Happened in
Germany. There is an enormous
amount of propaganda work TO be
done and not much time left. All
class-conscious working women
must mobilize to make today's con-
ference success that will prove its
results on election day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-20
A TOO LONG NEGLECTED TASK

U. the Communists
growing
in he United
development,
the channel for the revolutionary aspirations
which they class battle.
special demands of
WORKING special
making subscriptions and
Communist devoted this special
The Working support whole Party
improving the quality OF the politically making
female proletarat
llghuly coming
girl
Communist
in u
aud the
Is NJ.
election
should rally
Worker" Worker
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-20
J0BLESS TO
START TUUL
ACTIVE WEEK
Sept. % Conferences
Be gin solidarity
Week" Everywhere
Mass Meetings Follow
Mass Collections to
Build Strike Fund

NEW YORk.-As al important
item in Solidarity Week (Sept. %
to Oct. s. The Councils Of tn Tn
employed and the Trade Union
Unity League announce great city
conferences on unemployment for
many industrial ccn.ers.
Solidarity Week" will lie a high
point in the I. U. U. L. campaign
for organization into the militant
unions and leagues and into the
Councils of the Unemployed. It
will be featured by mass meetings
and mass collections for the 800
900 organize and strike fund of the
T. U. U. L.
Immediate Tasks.
The National Office of the T. U.
U. L. outlines the tasks and meet
ings during this week as follows:
"All shop, mine and mill gate
meetings, all shop papers, all leaf
let's, etc., issued previous to Soil
darity Week, must announce a gen.
eral mass meeting inviting unor-
ganized workers from all industries
to attend. Besides the principal
speaker short speeches by morgan
lied workers from the shops should
be had. Meetings of workers in
each industry should be held as
mobilization meetings for the gen.
eral mass meeting. All necessary
steps to strengthen our organiza.
ton, our shop contacts should b.
taken at those meetings. The need
for the 100000 fund should be
stressed.
"All affiliations and all workers
sympathetic organizations and thei1
members in all cities, must be mob.
lllzed for mass collections (tag
days, house to house collections.
factory gate collections, collections
at points where workers 90 to and
come from work. On Saturday and
Sunday, September % and on Sat.
urday and unday, October 4 and :
Mass collections need minute organ
lzatlon preparations If they are tu
result IN mass participation
The City Unemployed Confe,
ences with which the olidarity Week
begins will issue demands for i'm.
mediate relief from the city treas
uries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-20
Boss Treasury Gets a
Billion, But JobleSs
Get Nothing

Cold figures do not tell the whole
story of the ravaging, deepening
crisis. When the Wall Street Jour
nal, the organ of tEa parasite cou-
pom clippers and big exploiters tells
its readers: Employment off IA
per cent for August. Bureau of
Labor Survey of Is Industrial
Groups Shows &c per cent DlCp in
Earnings" what does it matter to
them? Their profits still pile up.
Hasn't the boss government re-
turned them $30O,OO0,000 in income
tax? Isn't their government doing
its utmost, with the aid of the A.
F. of L. officialdom to transfer the
burdens of the crisis onto the backs
Of the workers?
Look what it means for the work
ers! More suicides, thousands more
of evictions, millions more on the
breadlines disease, desperation,
misery. Day after day we have re-
ported suicides and evictions. But
they grow worse all the time. Here
are a few flashes CLEANED from the
news of the day which do not begin
to piece out the whole picture of
what the 100000 unemployed are
faced with:
PONTIAC, Mich. - Garrett W.
Hardenburgh, 40 years old, out of
work for more than a year, walks
out into his back yard and shoots
himself dead.
DETROIT.-Out of work, des-
pondent because he faced starva-
ton, Sam Sadoway, 80 years old,
threw himself in front of Grand
Trunk freight train.
-
LORAIN, Ohio. - Unemployed,
with no chance for work, because
he had been told by boss after boss
that he was too old, John Rocher,
62, ended a life devoted to making
profits for the bosses by leaping
into the Black River.
CLEVELAND. - Driven stark