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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02
80 DAYS FOR Is
shoe STRIKERS
Paragraph 600" Boss
Strikebreaking Tool

Thirty days or 500 fine each
was the sentence handed out yester-
day to 26 of the SO members of the
Independent Shoe Workers Union,
charged under Paragraph Co.," the
peculiar New York law which pre-
scribes penalties under the code for
violation of an injunction.
These workers were taken up for
picketing Schwartz & Benjamin
Shoe Co. in Brooklyn, on December
10, 1929. After sentence they were
Immediately taken to Jail. The
other cases were postponed to April
2s. Judges Soloman, Goldenville,
and Herbert of special sessions did
the bosses work in this case.
The injunction these workers were
accused of violating was handed
down by Judge Dunn, without any
hearing, Immediately after or a
little before. the lockout started in
more than a score Of New York
shoe shops. The lockout was adj
vised in a letter to the shoe bosses
from Commissioner Wood, of the u.
S. Department of Labor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02
Free 3 Thugs to Better
Railroad Real Workers

Continued from, Page One)
nesses against Shifrin, and against
Leo Loskowitz, David Newburg, and
Michael Klueger, arrested about the
same time or shortly after Shifrin
was jailed, and charged with felon-
ious assault.
Shifrin Defended Himself.
The thugs will tell the same lies
against them that they will tell
against Shifrin, and the cases are
alike, except that Shifrin, driven
into a corner by the armed gang
sters, in defending himself with a
pocket knife, killed one of the gang,
and is held for manslaughter in
stead of assault.
The three workers, Loskowitz,
Newberg. and Klueger, are held for
trial April Is. The Shifrin trial is
April 7. The hearing yesterday
was in the Sixth Magistrate Court,
Bronx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02

District Ball.
OF District Two. Saturday, April H.
Rockland Palace, ESQ w. 155th st
Organizations are asked to leave this
date open.
"Vida Obrera" Ball.
This Saturday, April 5. $50 p. NJ.
Harlem Casino, 116th st. and Lenox
Ave. Jazz band, international dances
and songs. Tickets at Workers Book
shop. 26 Union So. and Spanish Work
ers Center, 26 w. 115th st.
Plumbers Fraction.
All Party ad League members of
this trade, Saturday, 4.30 p. m. at
Center.
Section 4. Literature Agents.
Thursday, 7 p. m. 336 Lenox Ave.
"WOrking Woman" Agents.
Get new issue at once!
Night Workers AFTERNOON Branch.
Today 3 p. M, 26 Union So, room
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02
Labor and Fraternal
Organizations

Harlem Movie Dance and Concert.
Saturday, April 5. 1900 Seventh Ave.
Auspices W.IR. Culture and Chess
Club. Club room open every evening.
Sncco-Nanzetti LID.
Wednesday, 1872 Boston Rd. Alex
ander DARN on Prosperity and I'm
employment"
a Night in Land of soviets.
Movie, music, entertainment, Satur-
day, $40 p; m, Workers school, rs
ers School Sports Club. Benefit
Workers School Fund Drive.
Painters T.U.U.L.
General membership meeting. We'd
nesday. s, p m, Is w. 18th st. Every
body welcome.
Volunteers Wanted.
National office lid, 100 Broadway.
sacco-vanzetu LID.
Mass meeting, Friday, 4041 Bird Ave.
COmrade Alexander and Sadie Van
Veen on LID. and unemployment.
Womens Councils Educational
Directors.
Tonight $50 p. M, so E, nth ST.,
room 5S5.
Womens Council II.
Tonight $50 p. m, 239 Schenectady
Ave. Brooklyn, Ray Ragozn on the
Paris Commune.
Womens Council If.
Tonight $40 y. M. 2700 Bronx Park
East. DeFazie on Paris Commune.
Womens Council 10.
Thursday $50 p. m, As Bay 2Sth st.
Title Litinsky on Cement
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02

WASHINGTON, April Close
connections between Claudius H.
Huston, the grating head of the
Republican National Committee and
Chester Gray, representative of the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
organization of the rich farmers,
was shown today in letter which
Grey wrote in which he said that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02
Woman Speaker.
Young Needle Workers
Meet at Bazaar, Friday

All young needle trades workers
are urged to attend the special
youth night at the Needle Trades
Bazaar, Friday, at new Star Casino.
Bill Sroka, national youth organizer
of the Trade Union Unity League,
and H. Nussbaum, youth organizer
of the Needle Trades Workers Indus
trial Union, will speak, and there
will be a good program.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02
U. S. Tariff Sharpens Boss AntagOnisms

April issue of the Moniteur Franco
American says:
Foreign manufacturing inter-
ests are bound to come together to
put stop to what they call the
American invasion and thus save
their own existence"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02
CRATER Huston Gets Rich Farmers OK

Huston was 80. K. and is doing all
he dares to do in his position
Gray was referring to Huston's
activities on behalf of the Union
Carbide Co., in the Muscle Shoals
matter, which gave Huston little
present of $4,000 for doing all he
dares to do"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02
COMMUNISTS MOVEVOTE
OF mo CONFIDENCE AT
NEW GERMAN CABINET
Bruning, Catholic Party Man, Relies on Fas-
cist Nationalist for Majority
Hindenburg Threatens Open Dictatorship If
Latest Ministers Get Rush Act

1t is expected that sufficient Of
the fascist "nationalists" will vote
for the government to secure it a
small majority. Should a defeat for
the government result, the dissolu-
ton of the Reichstag is possible, and
the maintenance of the government
with a dictatorship under Article As
OF the constitution.
The Communist Party is calling
mass meetings for tomorrow. The
prohibition Of demonstration has
beer officially withdrawn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02

PHILADELPHIA, April 1.--Jo-
seph r. Grundy, who is Hoover
Mellon man, and James J. Davis,
who also ticks the Hoover Mellon
boots, are staging a sham political
fight in order to draw the masses Of
workers into a political circus to
overshadow the growing radicaliza-
ton, due to mass unemployment and
wage cuts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02
Coolidge Spends 100000 for A New House

While the 100000 jobless starve
End are evicted, Cal Coolidge cashes
in on some of his good law fees
which seem to come easy to those
who have been in a political position
10 benefit big corporations. He has
bought a fine estate, called "The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02
tlEirsiees 81 Inprseorr)

BERLIN, April Yesterday
evening President Hiudenburg swore
in the new government, headed by
the catholic Bruening. The cabinet
makes its statement Of policy in the
Reichstae today, and the Commu-
nists are moving a non-confidence
vote without adducing their reason,
in order to deprive the Socialists
from using such reason as an excuse
COR abstsinins.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02
Even Tammany Court Has to Stop Whalen

Even the VIGOROUSLY pro-capital
Supreme Court Justice Ford has had
70 call a halt to some of Police Com
missioner Whalen's most fragrant
extortion schemes. He gave injunc-
lions against Whalen's edict that no
taxi cab dare charge less than Is
rerts for the first quarter-mile and
five cents for additional quarters.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02

PARIS, April despite strong
protests from the Soviet anbassa-
dor, Dovgaleski, a public anti-Soviet
meeting called by the bourgeois
newspaper, La Liberte, was held to-
night under heavy police protection.
The British oil magnate, Sir Hen
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02
French Deputies Active in Anti-Soviet
Campaign

ry Deterding, active leader of re-
cent anti-Soviet war maneuvers,
flew from London to Paris this
morning and talked for nearly one
hour with Premier Tardieu about
the feverish anti-Soviet war prep
arations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02

Beeches," located in a swanky part
of Northampton, and at present oc-
cupied by the widow of the former
superintendent of the West Boylston
Cotton Manufacturing Co. Coolidge
is said to have tossed off a cool
100000 for his new quarters.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02
Fire Imperils Lives of 100 JObless

A hundred homeless and jobless
men sleeping packed like sardines in
the Doyers st. Mission were routed
out Of bed, and their lives endan-
gered by a fire next door in a Chi
nese rooming house. This old ram
shackle district is like finder, and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02

Pointing out the sharpening of
antagonisms between the capitalists
in Europe and the United St@tes,
which is heightened by the tariff
question, J. Boivin, assistant secre-
tary of the French-American Cham
Der Of Commerce, writing in the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02

The Manufacturers Club backs
Grundy in the senate race, and the
Pennsylvania Railroad, through
General Atterbury, backs James J.
Davis. Both Grundy and After
bury are a part of the Mellon ma
chine. MELONS word is law among
the Pennsylvania republicans. The
sham, shadow-boxing fight has been
staged at his orders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02

only chance, and the good sense of
a Chinese woman, Lillian Low, who
went from door to door and reused
the tenants, saved the lives of the
jobless, and of 80 roomers in the
roonling house.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02

The big fleet owners did not want
any cut-rate competition, and Wha-
len had rushed to their defense. Ford
was also forced to order the issuing
Of hack licenses to drivers who did
not have the Whalen convict uni
form, in the case of suit for a
writ of mandamus by Michael Con-
yeY
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02
Barge Collision Cripples Man, Risks IL

by one of three barges towed by a
tug belonging to O'Brien Bros. One
of those who escaped drowning,
George Sherman, "a, had a broken
right hand resulting from the COL
Esion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02
Pass Old-Age Bill Which Suits N. Y. Bosses

ALBANY April Without dissenting vote. the ga
odage pension bill that
provides S24 for
20 and have resided the state
Most of the
factories old between forty and fifty of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02

Twelve men were barely rescued
before drowning when the barge
North River sank at anchorage off
East 102nd st. yesterday. The
barge had been rammed and wrecked
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02
CASTOR STRIKE
IS Celebrated
Hailed AS Opening of
Southern Campaign

Some 300 workers, singing revo-
lutionary and strike songs from
time to time, gathered in Manhat-
tan Lyceum at the Anniversary
Banquet celebrating the outbreak of
the Gastonia strike and heard
Dewey Martin, southern district or
ganizer of the National Textile
Workers Union tell of the signifi-
canoe of the strike, as the opening
gun in the campaign of the mill
tant unions in the South, and the
rising of the southern workers from
their age-old slavery. The move
ment that started April /, 1929, in
Gastonia has gone on and broad
ened in spite of the most fearful
obstacles.
Woman Speaker.
r. Hoffman spoke for the Council
Of Working Women, and l.. Gibarti,
secretary of the Workers 1nterna-
tional Relief, which played such an
important role in the Gastonia
strike, spoke on the function of the
w. I. r.
Other speakers who had not yet
spoken when the Daily Worker went
to hrnrs but who we're exnected in
clude William 2. Foster, Fred Beal,
and Clarence Miller.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02
Scotch Jobless Start Hunger March

GLASGOW, April Eighty obless workers today hunger
London banners inscribed with the slogan Under
Under the Labor The workers
% &c to London in a MONTH
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02
Big Deficit iii British Treasury

LONDON April 1.-The tremendous dscne Of British imperial
and the crisis Britain again sh0cn
the big he Government budget which
ounonced tonight decline is particularly significant in ucw of
Churchill estimated last that there woud
Be surplus Of ss06O0,00O.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02
Hoover Bldg. Plan So Old 1t Has Whiskers

WASHINGTON April toover yesterday signed s2s000o000
building BILL Wh trying palm off to the works specific
program unemployment Thsss in line ih his hole pack Of hes
program started before the Coolidge admiisra
probably another fire starttime
jobess 0orers completely
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02

ALL. Ffcsi3cat oppsorS before
The Senate Commerce Committee
leith a pro-Hoover tale Of onlY
S,700,000 ont of aOork, and COR
tradicts himself by admitting "one
'eorSei' in four" is jableSs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-02

Harlem Movie Dance and Concert.
Saturday. April 5, 1900 Seventh Ave,
Auspices WIR Culture and Chess
Club. Club room open every evening.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-07
Bids Wanted
lIOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SCHOOL AT NEW BRITAIN,
 CONNECTICUT

Sealed proposals for the construction lof an addition to the Benjamin Frank lin School, located on Clinton Street. New Britain, Connecticut. approximately ss 1t. GA it., will be received at the office of the School Committee, Walnut Hill School, New Britain, Conn., on or : hr'"re $50 p. h., January l5, 1930, on plans and specifications prepared by the Warren S. Holmes Company. Architects, At the above tme
 Bids will be taken separately on the General Contract, Heating, Plumbing, and Electric Wiring, and must be made on plank forms accompanying specified ations | Plans may be seen at the office of the School Committee, New Britain, Conn. Plans may be secured of the Superin- ttendent of Schools, New Britain, Connec- ! ticut. on deposit of $l5.00 which will be {refunded to contractors submitting bona-fde bid, upon return of the plans and specifications in good condition. { Each bid must be accompanied by certified check for 2 per cent of the amount of the bid submitted made pay able to the School Committee of New Britain, Conn., which sum shall be for feited to the School Department if con- tractor refuses to enter into a contract and file an approved Surety Company bond.
 The right is reserved to reject any or al bids.
 Signed,
 JOSEPH M. HALLORAN. Chairman,
 Committee on School Accommodations
New Britain herald., 1930-01-07
Herald Classified Headings
Announcements


 l-BURIAL LOTS. MONUMENTS 2-DEATH NOTICES 3-FLORISTS
 3-A-LANDsCAPE GARDENING 4-FUN NERAL DIRECTORS z 5-LOST AND FOUND 6-PERSONALS 7-sToRE ANNOUNCEMENTS
 Automotive S-AUTO AND TRUCK AGENCIES 9-AUTOs AND TRUCKS FOR SALE lO-AUTOMOBILES FOR EXCHANGE ll-AUTO PARTS AND ACCESSORIES l2-AUTOMOBlLEs WANTED l3-AUTOS-TAXI SERVICE l4-GARAGES TO LET 15-MOTORCYCLES AND BICYCLES 16-MOTORCYCLES- BICYCLES WANTED
 Business Service lS-BARBERs, HAIRD's MASSEUsE lg-BUILDlNG AND CONTRACT 2O-BUSINESS SERVICE RENDERED 2l-DENrISTS 22-DRESSMAKING & MILLINERY 25-DYEING & CLEANING 24-INSURANCE-AL KINDS 25-LAWYERs-PATENT ATTORNEYS REMOVING. STORING & GRATING 27-PATNTING, PAPER HANGING 2S-PLUMBlNG, HEATG, METAL WORK EXPRESSING AND TAILORING 3O-PR1NTG. JOBB'G. STATIONERY 51-PROFEssIONAL SERVICES 33-REPAIRING 32-A-PIANO TUNING 33-WANTED TO RENDER SERVICES
 Educational CORRESPONDENCE COURSES 35-DANC1NG TEACHERS 36-INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL 37-LOCAL & PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONS ED-INSTRUCTORS
 Employment 4O-HELP-AGENTS WANTED 4o-A-HELP-sALEsM WANTED H-HELP-MEN WANTED 42--HELP-WOMEN WANTED 43-HELP-MEN OR WOMEN RESERVATIONS WANTED-MEN RESERVATIONS WANTED-WOMEN 46-BUSINESS OPPORTUNIT1E 47-INvEsTMENTs. STOCKS. BONDS 4S-MONEY LOANED 4SB-M0RTGAGES 49-WANTED-TO BORROW
 Live Stock 5O-CATTLE AND LIVE STOCK 51-DOGS. CATS PETS 52-EGGS POULTRY SUPPLIES 53-HORSES, VEHICLES 54-WANTED-LlVE STOCK
 Merchandise 55-ARTICLEs FOR SALE 55-B-FOR THE VACATIONIST 5G-BUlLDING MATERIALS 57-BUSINESS & OFFICE EQUIPMENT 5S-FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCTS 59-FEED AND FUEL 6O-FERTIL1ZERS, SEEDS, PLANTS 6l-FOOTWEAR AND CLOTHING 62-GOOD THINGS TO EAT 63-HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES 64-MACHINERY. ELEC. & TOOLS 65-MERCHANDISE AT THE STORES G6-MUS1CAL INSTRUMENTS 66-B-RADIO 67-WATCHEs. DIAMONDS, JEwELRr 6S-WANTED. ARTICLES TO BUY
New Britain herald., 1930-01-07
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Burial Lots, Monuments

Burial Lots, Monuments NEW BRITAIN MONUMENTAL WORKS. l23 Oak St. Monuments of all sizes and descriptions. Reasonable. Phone 2632-W.
 Florists $ BOSTON FERNS. Very reasonable prices. SANDELLrs GREENHOUSE. 2e5 Oak St, Telephone 2lSl-W.
 Lost and Found 6 LARGE studded St, Bernard dog collar lost. Reward if returned to Roswell Moore, 56o Lincoln road. Tel. 5397-W, LOST, KEYS ON CHAIN. Finder please telephone 1io or 5265. Reward
 Personals 6 HAVE your suit French cleaned at a cost no higher than ordinary cleaning. A. Brown. 4S Dwight St. Tel. 1731 HAVE THAT PICTURE FRAMED NOW. Come to Halrs Paint Store where prices are right" 179 Arch Street. RENT A BOOK-Wide selection of all the newest books The Beacon Book and Gift Shop, S5 West Main St. SPENCER CORsETS. surgical and dress Fittings in your home. Mrs. A. Car penter. 3i Rockwell Ave. Tel. 5742. WE REBUILD ladies' and gentlemen's hats like new. The Modern Hat Shop, 3S Church St. near Main.
 Announcements ! SEI YOU, Where will frame my pie ture Sez me! Arcade Studio, of course.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-07

NEW BRITAIN MONUMENTAL WORKS,
 l25 Oak St. Monuments of all sizes and
 descriptions. Reasonable. Phone 2632-W.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-07
NOTICE

The Board of Adjustment will hear the following petitions for zone changes on Wednesday evening, January s, 193O, at 7:3O o'clock in City Hall:
 Petition of S. Stachowiak for change of zone on Pennington Av- enue from Miller to Allen Streets. from Residence "C" to Business "B".
 Petition of Mae F. Callahan for change of zone at corner of Willow and Putnam Streets. from Reside ence to Business.
 Petition of Katherine H. s. Zwick for change of zone on South High Street, from Residence "C" to Busi- ness "B."
 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT,
 Thomas Linder, Clerk.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-07
ROOMS, BOARD, HOTELS
Rooms For Rent

CAMP ST. S2-Heated furnished room adjoining bath in private bome TeIe- phone l457-W
New Britain herald., 1930-01-07

MONEY TO LOAN. second mortgages Schultz & Costello, Inc. PAP Main Street. Telephone c4
New Britain herald., 1930-01-07
Good Tenants With Good Money Write Get
Real Estate for Rent

ACHIEVEMENTS X TREATMENTS ROBUSTNESS PLACES FOR RENT 7l-DESK ROOM AND OFFICES 72-FARMS FOR RENT 73-H OUSES FOR RENT f4-SUBURBAN FOR RENT 75-VACATION PLACES FOR RENT 76-WAREHOUSES & STORAGE G7-WANTED-TO RENT
 Real Estate for Sale 7S-AGENTS-REA ESTATE 79-AUCTI ONEERS S0-BLDG. & BUSINESS PROPERTY REBUILDING LOTS FOR SALE s2-FARMS FOR SALE 63-HOUSES FOR SALE S4-SUMMER PLACES FOR SALE S5-SUBURBAN FOR SALE S6-REAL ESTATE FOR EXCHANGE SERIAL ESTATE WANTED
 Rooms, Board and Hotels SSH OTEl.S S9-ROOMS FOR RENT 90-ROOMS AND BOARD 9l-ROOMS FOR HOUSEKEEPING 92-WHERE TO DINE 93-BOARD AND ROOM WANTED
New Britain herald., 1930-01-07
BUSINESS SERVICES
Building and Contract

CHIMNEY repairing, general mason and plasterns work. Work guaranteed. j.
 j. Mckinney. 24 Newfeld Ave. Tel sgl
New Britain herald., 1930-01-07
AUTOMOTIVE
Auto and Truck Agencies

)ESOTO SIX, "A Marvellous Car" Come in an see it. J. E. Moran Motor Sales, 3l3l2 Church St. Telenhone 2S42-M.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-07

UURANT motor car and Rugby truck. R. c. Rudolph. l27 Cherry Street. Tee. phone 2O5l-2
New Britain herald., 1930-01-07

Telephone 900-instant Service Tires-Iubes-B Batteries-Chains Vulcauiz!ng-Auto Electric Repair DWELL TIRE & BATTERY co,
 8 WASHINGTON ST,
New Britain herald., 1930-01-07

THE Frocter and Gamble Co. wants young man about 23 years old for their field advertising dept No selling. Re duire one who can talk convinctngly rather than any special experience When Writing to Mr. l.. j. Kelley, l'"rIS hoteL give age, qualifications and nhnMn nunlhnr
New Britain herald., 1930-01-07
\ Announcements
AUTOMOTIVE
Auto and Truck Agencies

BERLIN AUTO SALES CO
 Authorized Ford Dealers BERLIN CONN. TELEPHONE 5135 BUICK MOTOR CARS-Sales and service Capitol Buick Co.,. 1l39 Stanley St Telephone 26O7.
 CHEVROLET SALES x SERVICE. Pat terson Chevrolet, Incorporated 1l41 Stanley St. and IS Main St. Tel 2ll. CHRISLER AND PLYMOUTH MOTOR CARS. FARGO TRUCKS Sales and Service. Bond Motor Car Co.,. 139 Arch Street, Telephone S10.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-07
EDUCATIONAL
Dancing Teacher
EMPLOY MENT
Help Wantctl-Mcn

A''ptNTlNG-A complete. practical course in business accounting and auditing, Phone 30SS-R.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-07

TIRES. BATTERIES, AUTO ELECTRIC SERVICE-P. & V. Tire & Battery Co.,, 261 Myrtle St. Telephone 3693
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-19
TAX ON CHAIN STORES
is UPHELD AS VALID
North Carolina Supreme Court De-
clares $50 License Fee for Each
Unit Except One Is Not Illegal.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
RALEIGH. N. c., September 1s.-The
North Carolina Supreme Court Wednes-
day upheld the State chain store tax
imposing a license fee of $50 on each
unit except one Of all chains operating
in the State
neither the State nor Federal Constitu-
tions, as the chain store firms had
commended
The case was that Of the Great At
iantic 81 Pacific Tea Co. VS.. Allen j.
Maxwell, commissioner of revenue of
North Carolina. Eighteen chains of
branch stores joined with the A. g. P.
Ia the appeal. In their action they
sought to regain licenses they paid I'M
der protest for the year beginning June
(, 1929.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-19
SCENE OF S|LLS'
FUNERAL SECRET
"Home of Some Friend" Only
Indication and Brother viii
Decide Burial Place.

BY the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, September 1e.-Un-
nsuas secrecy Shrouded arrangements
for the funeral OF Milton Sills, film star,
here today To insure strictly private
service the scene Of the final rites was
not disclosed.
Close friends, who arranged the fu-
neral, would say only that the services
would be held at the home of some
friend. Final decision as to Sills'
burial place, they said, rested with
Clarence Stills, Chicago banker, and
brother of the actor He was ex-
pected to arrive from Chicago this
morning.
In accordance with wishes expressed
by Stills, there will be no honorary
pallbearers. A public memorial serv-
ice viii be conducted next Wednesday
under auspices Of the Academy of Mo-
ton Picture Arts and sciences, Of which
Sills long was an active member.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-19
JOHNSTON DROPS FIGHT
OVER PRIMARY VOTING
Sends Blackwood. South Carolina
Democratic Gubernatoria1 Nomi-
nee, His Best Wishes.
d. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SPARTANBURG, S. c. September
19.-Olen D. Jolnson's best wishes for
a successful administration yesterday
we're conveyed to libra C. Blackwood
Democratic nominee for Governor
thereby setting at rest rumors Johnston
would contest the nomination in the
courts
In a statement, Johnston pledged a
continued effort in the cause of bring
ing about greater prosperity and more
stabilized form Of government in our
great State"
After the September primary, John
ston, who was defeated by Blackwood,
charged he had been defrauded of votes
in Charleston County and asked the
State Democratic Executive Committee
to order Statewide recount. This
was denied
His campaign adviser then said
Johnston's contest may be taken to the
courts"