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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06

$4,000 in 1929 and 10000 in 1926-27. In btu
minous mining they estimate that the number
OF workers dropped from $4,000 in 1929 to about
431 900 in 1880
Hazards. meantime, have increased. The to-
tai number OF fatal accidents In coal mining
dropped from 2187 in 1929 to 2,014 in 1880. But
8 per cent fewer men we're killed only because
IA per cent fewer were at work. When exact
employment figures available they will show
clear increase in fatality rate.
To meet this situation in the industry, the
National Miners Union, organized in pit and
mine committees and union locals, includes
among Its immediate demands the 5-day week.
S-hor day and the Workers Social Insurance
Bill, with work or fun wages for Al unsmplpssd
mine Won WI '-~vf n : --- n
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06
BY, ANNA ROCHESTER
(Author of Labor and CoaD

ONE worker out Of seven employed In American
U coal mines in 1929 was thrown out Of the
industry during 1880. Another $4,000 jobless
mine workers were added to the 100000 who
had been displaced from 1928 to 1929.
Faced with a drop in coal consumption that
pulled the total output OF bituminous IA per
cent and the output Of anthracite per cent
below the 1929 figures, the coal operators sharp
ened their competitive weapons and passed the
chief cost Of the struggle on to the workers in
unemployment and increased speed-up and
hazard for those who are still in the mines
World crisis in industry has merely intensi-
fled the chronic crisis of coal. The end is not
yet in sight. Production was declining through
out 1890 and has been lower week by week in
1881 than in the later months Of 1880. Btu
minous producers expect increased competition
from the newly extended pipe lines for natural
gas Anthracite is feverishly cutting costs in its
battle with fuel OIL Just how the burden Of
the struggle is thrown on to the working class
appears in recent summaries OF the coal indus
try for 1880.
New types OF mechanical leaders were
launched and additional machines were installed,
according to Coal Age. But also operators have
learned the lesson that successful mechanical
ton does not stop with the installation Of equip
mcnt for loading coal but it means other neces-
ssry improvements below and above ground
In other words the speed-up Of mechanical
leaders driving the miners at the working face
Is spreading more and more to include haulage
crews repair shop men, dumping operations at
the foot OF the shaft, maintenance men under
ground and an the workers ct the tipple.
lang before the general CRISIS the larger btu
nfnru anmpani4 had begun to install elaborate
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06
All Right, Let's Go!

We regret that revolutionary emulation, rip>
airy, competition. or what you will, has had lite
tie expression in this country
While the Soviet workers by millions are in
spired to accomplish concrete tasks by emulation
in socialist construction, our equally important
tasks Of struggling against capitalism too much
lack the pep of rank and file Initiative, and
revolutionary rivalry is to be found only In the
cracks and corners
Therefore, we are cheered by the following
letter which in its small way is an important
concrete example of worker initiative in setting
things in motion: ss
THAT article you published on the front page
ON the 23rd of February, about the letters be-
tween two newspapers in Arkansas and Idaho
in reference to the Red Cross and its beastly
hypocrisy Of cash and carry, impressed me as
solar plexus blow @s
II do not see how it can fail to move any read
err especially farmers in the area In question:
1t landed with thud in my case. Now, I pro-
pose to be the first contributor to a fund To
publish this article in leaflet form for distri-
button in the drouth district and elsewhere.
"In the name Of my three kiddies, send you
two dollars, which according to the Red Cross,
will feed almost two hundred children for one
week. Now then. all you fathers and mothers
OF chlurer, nelp smash tne SHINY t0ol OF capI-|
talism and show it up for what it really is Fol-
low me up with your contributions Yours
I. a.
This New Yorker wants to start something
He s-3ls an urge to enlghten and aid the starv-
ing toilers Of the farms The millions Of little
farmer kiddies, whose lives are being blighted|
and whose bodies and minds are stunted by CAPT.
talisn1, are here met by the city wake workers
with revolutionary fraternity practically express
ed In showing their parents how to fight CAPT.
talisrn, and why. 6..
We asked the proper Party committee abou
It, and met the response: N
Pine! The two dollars will be used to begir
setting the type for the leaflst which will cos
about $50 per thousand. 1t must be distrio
utcd free to the farmer victoms of capitalism
since they cannot pay for them. And let's sc
how many workers will match the first contrib
utor In the spirit of emulation" ,ssrs.
Just send it to the Daily Worker, with . no
tation what 1t Is for. Let's see II this Ne,
York worker win find the fitting ysspousest
his spirit Of ssnulationl -l.---r-f as4s
-
The Washington times., 1931-09-08
LEGION FLOUTS
PLEA To DROP
BONUS PLAN
Many State Conventions Now
on. Record for Full Value;
Prohibition Also an Issue


on. Record for Full Value;
Prohibition Also an Issue
The American Legion at It's
Detroit convention will reject the
plea Of Administration spokes-
men to suspend It's fight for
further aid involving Treasury
expenditures If the will Of State
conventions is carried out, a
survey disclosed today.
Instead, there will be demands
for pensions for widows and
orphans, an assault upOr the
''pauper claN e" in relief
measures, liberalization of the
World War veterans cOmpensa-
tiOn act, and expansion of hos
pitals.
Delegates Pledged
The fight for cash payment of
the bonus and against prohibi-
ton will have strong backing.
Many delegates will go to Detroit,
pledged to vote for the payment
Of the adjusted compensation
certificates and at least three de-
partment delegations will seek
action on prohibition.
Since Brig. Gen. Frank T.
Hines, director Of veterans
affairs, made an appeal to
veterans not to seek further aid
because of the governments
financial condition, other Admin.
istration speakers have carried
similar pleas to State gatherings.
Hanford MacNider, minister to
Canada, has appealed to legion
conventions to avoid politics and
has advised against action on
prohibition. Senator Bingham
(R) Of Connecticut, and Repre-
sentative Freeman (RO of Con-
necticut made a fight in that
State against a bonus" to able.
bodied men.
Repeal To Be Demanded
New York and the District of
Columbia will demand repeal Of
the Eighteenth Amendment, while
Illinois adopted . resolution for q
national referendum on prOhibi-
tiOn.
A big delegation from Ohio is
expected to carry out the de-
mand of the State convention for
payment of the bonus. This also
was urged by the Washington
and District of Columbia conven-
tions. Representative Patman
Cd of Texas. leader Of the fight
in Congress for cash payment,
was named Texas delegate to
Detroit.
The Washington times., 1931-09-08
Army Housing for Jobless
Veterans Suggested

, Use Of vacant Army barracks to
house unemployed World War
veterans, is urged by McDonogh
Lynch, secretary Of the Soldiers
and Sailors Home. 921 Pennsyl.
vania Ave. S. E., as a means of
alleviating much distress among
ex-service men this coming winter
Mr.. Lynch asserted the Army
has ample beds and surplus cloth.
ing for the purpose. and said that
emergency tents also could be
pressed into service for use Of
homeless veterans. He added:
MANY changes, some bene-
ficial and some. harmful have
been made in the administra-
tiOn Of veterans affairs
recently. +
Zone change which has
worked a hardship Is the en-.
fOrcement Of . ruling by Gen.
eraI Hines, that those who do
not have q certain amount Of
disability would receive NO con-
Sideration from the National
Soldiers Homes throughout the
country.
'OThis was done to make room
for the ones with greater dis
abilities, but what It actually
has done IL to open the doors
Of these homes to veterans, who
are already drawing q liberal
amount Of compensation money,
and closing the doors on men
who haven't as yet asked for
The Washington times., 1931-09-08
ODD F ELL D VS.
MEET SEPT. A

The annual weeks session of
the colored Grand United Order
6f Odd Fellows and the Household
of Ruth. Of the District Of Colutn-
bia will open on Monday. The
Odd Fellows will meet in the
Pythian Temple while the House
hold will convene at. the Metro
politan Baptist Church.
Approximately $50 delegates
from 30 lodges of the Odd Fellows
and about the same number from
the Household will be in attend.
ance daily. The Odd Fellows are
headed by william Edwards,
grand master, while Mrs. Lucretia
Chase is grand most noble gov.
ernor Of the household.
Work on the new $50, 900 Odd
Fellows Hail. to be erected at the
corner of Ninth and T Streets
Northwest, has begun. The build
ing Is to be dedicated at the meet.
ing Of the biennial convention If
the national organization here
next August.
The Washington times., 1931-09-08
EMPLOYEES SEND
THANKS NOTE
To HOOVER
Seattle Session Encouraged
BY Letter From President:
Meeting Today Held on Ship

SEATTLE, Sept. g. With
message from President Hoover as
encouragement, the second day
Of the convention of the National
Federation of Federal Employees
opened here today on steamer
which took the 200 delegates tc
Victoria for an all-day business
and sightseeing trip.
Word From Hoover
The letter from President
Hoover to President Steward
read:
"Will you be good enough
to express my interest in the
Biennial convention of the Ma
tional Federation Of Federal
Employees meeting at Seattle,
and my congratulations and
good wishes to the delegates so
widely representative Of our
country.
1--WE have a common pride in
the traditions of the public
service, and l trust that your
deliberations will tend even
further to enhance efficiency
and morale"
Letters from all members Of
the cabinet and various depart.
ment heads, as well as from Re
preventative Richard j. WEIGH,
sponsor of the WEIGH Act, were
also read.
Several members of the District
Of Columbia delegation have been
named committee chairmen. They
include: Belle A. Trouland, conSti.
tuition committee; DR.. j. Franklin
Meyer, general legislative commit,
tee and chairman subcommittee
on classification; Ulrey j. Biller,
retirement committee; Louis A.
RoSafy, leave and hours; John L.
Bateman, assistant sergeant-at,
arms.
Wage Cuts Hit
The Colorado State Federation
Of Labor telegraphed congratula.
tionS and assurance Of support to
the convention.
In the closing session yesterday,
President Steward deplored the
distinct trend toward wage re-
ductionS among State and city
employees" and declared "a fight
is looming on that issue this
winter with regard to Federal
workers He added:
"The voices Of the prOfessed
Treasury watchdOgs-the one
Observation-Disclosures - who
feel that to cut the pay Of Fed
eraI employees is the simplest
way out, will be heard in in
creaSing volume during the
forthcoming session of Con.
gresS."
The Washington times., 1931-09-08
&. E.. Parker to Head
Terrell LGW School

George E. Parker, president of
the Feoeration Of Parent Teacher
Associations, has been elected pres
ident of the newly organized
Robert H. Terrell Law School.
The school will have only night
sessions and was organized to
r. set vhe needs Of colored stud
ents who could not attend How
ard University which has abol-
ished its night classes.
The other members of the Of
ficial staff include Prof La
Fayette M. Hershaw, Louis Meh-
linger; Augustus w. Gray and
Chester A. Jarvis.
The Washington times., 1931-09-08
ThieUes Strip Model
In WindOU of Store

Imagine your embarrassment, If
you we're stripped of all of your
clothing while standing in a win
dow at Eleventh and G Streets.
But Matilda didn't mind when
she lost hers last night-for she
is only wax model.
Matilda was in the window Of
M. Brooks & Co. store when
thieves picked the lock of a door
and took all her finery except
her stockings.
The Washington times., 1931-09-08

Pattern 2044 is obtainable
only in sizes 4, 8. 8, 10 and 12.
Size 4 requires az yards Of 36-
inch material. Yardage for
every size, and simple, exact in
Structions are given. No dress
making experience is necessary
to make this model with our
patterns.
Send Is cents. coin or stamps,
for each pattern, giving name,
address, style, number and size
wanted. Send for fall fashion
book. Price, Is cents. Book
with pattern, Is cents. Address
Washington Times Pattern Bu-
reau, 24S w. Seventeenth St.,
New York CITY.
The Washington times., 1931-09-08

You won't recall time when genuine Oriental Rugs with the
pgrees that belong this been offered at
oable prices Trade conditions make these truly radical
possible and it extreme privilege be able place
them before selection.
In addition the attractive piceshe
which select likewise exceptional
and sizes.
Every has the Sloane genuineness
The Washington times., 1931-09-08
d. C.. Rifle Team
Third in Ohio Match

CAMP PERRY, Ohio, Sept. s.
The District of Columbia National
Guards rifle team took third place
in the A. E. F. Rumanian trophy
match at the national meet here
by scoring $50 out of a possible
900. The American Legion team
placed first, and the U. S. Cavalry
team second.
The One Hundred and Twenty
first Engineers of the District of
Columbia placed second in the
regimental championship shoot,
scoring $50 out of a possible 500,
losing to the Washington State
National Guard.
The Washington times., 1931-09-08

one cent. These have worked at
honorable labor since the war,
only to find themselves ut the
present time the victims Of
circumstances, without work or
any means Of support.
These men are now and will
De this winter, without food and
shelter, unless some action Is
taken Immediately in their
behalf" -
The Washington times., 1931-09-08
Marine Reserves
Return From Camp

After a two-weeks' camping trip
to Virginia Beach, Company H,
Of the 23d Marine Reserves, re-
turned to Rockville yesterday tired
but happy.
Despite the rain and mosquitoes
encountered during their stay,
Capt. Harold c. Smith said there
was no sickness, injuries or ac-
cidentS.
The Washington times., 1931-09-08
Fire Rescue Squad
SnpeS Gas Victim

Quick action by the fire de-
partment rescue squad late yester.
day saved the life Of Mrs. Lima
Annette Anderson, 80, who was
overcome by gas in the kitchen
of her apartment at 1880 Massa-
chusetts Ave-, N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-09-08
Missing Cincinnati
Girl SOught Here

Search for Dorothy Jones, Is,
who has been missing since Au.
gust % from the Longview Hos
pital at Cincinnati, was extended
here today when police Of the
Ohio city enlisted the aid, of
Washington authorities.
The Washington times., 1931-09-08
ELECTRIC SHOW SET

Eight hundred and fifty mer-
chants of Greater Washington
have been invited to attend the
annual electrical merchandising
show, to be held at the Shoreham
Hotel, tomorrow and Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-16

known until they moved into a
$4,000 home here.
Mrs. ChaIette is the daughter of
the late Mrs. Florence McAllister,
who died last year leaving an estate
Of 100000 to three children. Her
income is reported as $40 900 a
year.
Challette formerly was chauffeur
for Warner Baxter, film star, but
at the time ne met the heiress was
driving a cab.
Miss McAlliSter, while living with
her brother and sister here, lived
without oStentation, but derived
great pleasure from riding in taxi
cabs.
She met Challette the first night
he was assigned to the film colony
district. Soon after, she hired him
as her chauffeur, and they were
married within two weeks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-16

loans made on the so per cent basis,
and that the money thus loaned
totaled $S46, 1856 ,421. The total
loaned since the beginning, however,
is estimated at s1,210,OOO,OOO.
A monograph record capable OF
playing continuously for half an
hour now is on the market.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-16
$4,000 BONUS
BORROWERS HAD
NO JOB, SHOWN
Two Thirds of Two Million
Loans Were Used for
Personal Needs.

By Scripps-HoWdrd Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-Sixty-
five per cent of the 100000 World
war veterans who have made loans
on their soldier bonus certificates
used the money for personal and
family needs.
Thirty-two per cent Of the veter-
ans obtaining loans we're unemploy-
ed when they applied for the cash.
These official figures have just
been furnished by Frank T. Hines,
veterans administrator, in reply to
questions by Representative Wright
Patman Dem., Tex.
Patman. who was one of the lead
ers in the fight for the so per cent
bonus loan bill in the last session of
congress( learned recently that the
veterans administration had under
taken study to determine how the
money loaned was spent by the ex-
soldiers.
Besides giving the percentages for
family needs. and to jobleSS Hines
wrote to Patman, that:
1.-The per cent of veterans who
used funds secured for investment
purposes was 20 per cent.
"The per cent Of veterans who
used funds secured for the purchase
of automobiles, purpose undeter-
mined, was per cent.
"The per cent of veterans who
utilized funds in such way as to
receive no practicable benefits there
from was 7 per cent"
On the basis of General Hines
figures, $4,000 unemployed veterans
borrowed; 100000 borrowed for
personal and family needs; 100000
to make investments; 10000 to pur-
chase autos and other undetermined
purposes, and 100000 received mo
practicable benefits"
The latest figures at the veterans
administration Offices Sept. IL. show
that there have been up to 2,195, 267
If you want to buy, sell or lease
property, use a Times Want Ad.
Phone Ri. 5551.-Adv.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-16
'SCREEN-RIPPER'
LOOTS 3 HOMES
Burglar Makes 900 Haul
on North Side.

4 screen-ripping burglar oper-
ated again on the north side Thurs
day night, obtaining loot valued at
about $1,000 from residences.
His largest haul was at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee CARRIER, 4849
North Capitol avenue, where early
in the night, he escaped with
clothes, jewelry and a typewriter
valued at $500.
Tearing the screen in a bedroom
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-16

MISUNDERSTANDING section
of the American Institute of Elec-
trical Engineers will hold its first
meeting of the 1881 80 season to-
night at the administration build
ing of the Indianapolis Power and
Light Company, 1884 West Nor
ris street.
]. Lloyd Wayne, general toll SUI
pervisor of the Indiana Bell Tele-
phone Company, will speak fol-
lowing dinner at $50. E. R.
Moore, transmission and protec-
ton engineer of the telephone
company, also will give an adj
dress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-16
It's MOTORISTS TAGGED
State Police Stop 45O Cars in Drive
at Richmond.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
RICHMOND, Ind, Oct. 16. -
Tickets we're given lis motorists
here Thursday night by state police
engaged in drive against operat-
ing vehicles without drivers licenses.
Four hundred and fifty cars were
stopped.
Faulty lights caused most of the
trouble for the motorists, 81 being
given tickets for that cause. They
we're instructed to have lights re-
paired before presenting tickets at
police headquarters.
Seven of the eighteen persons
arrested for not having licenses re-
ported to police later with the re-
CURED bit of paper. -Four others,
unable to produce licenses, were
ordered to appear in city court here.
Seven others have not yet appeared
at headquarters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-16
BRAINS BEHIND
CAPONE PICKED
To RULE GANG
Racket Sees Hymie Levin as
Man Who May Step
Into Throne.
BY ROBERT T. LOUGHRAN
United Press STAFF Correspondent

CHICAGO, Oct 6.-Underworld
politics already is electing a success
sor to AL Capone.
Perhaps the prediction" hub
bub will prove unnecessary. A jury
in United States district court,
which has heard Capone's income
tax fraud trial, will decide.
If Capone is forced to abdicate
the post Of gang despot he has held
for six years, an astute, cocky Jew
ish man with a fair for spats and
a cane is considered the likely can
didate for the Office.
He's a Poor Shot
Hymie Levin, good natured but
shrewd, a redoubtable foe across the
contract bridge table, but poor
shot with a pistol or machine gun,
since he probably never was shot
either, is the logical successor to
AL Capone.
The choice lies between Hymie
and a taller, heavier man with the
same sort of sleeked black hair,
Murray HUMPHREYS, also a hereto
fore silent partner in the Capone
syndicate.
Few have heard Of Levin and
HUMPHREYS. Their names have not
appeared in the stories of Chicago's
gang wars. Neither is the killer
type.
Both Are Brains"
But both long have been the
brains" of the Capone gang, with
Inflated Jack Cuzik, who faces five
years in the penitentiary for income
tax evasion, and a few others count
ed out.
Hymie Levin is the man to head
the gang" came the opinion of the
Capone underlings today. IF Al
has to do a stretch, Hymie can
carry on.
Murray HUMPHREYS ought to be
second in command. He's smart
but he's not as smart as Hymie.
Hymie is the guy who made the
rackets pay dividends when Al was
in jail in Philadelphia"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-16
LA TOILETTE IS COMING
young Bob" to Open Forum Sea-
son at Kirschbaum Sunday.

Senator Robert M. La Toilette Jr.
Of Wisconsin will be the speaker at
the first lecture of the Indianapolis
Open Forum season Sunday night
at Kirshbaum Center, Twenty third
and Meridian streets.
La Follette's lecture will open the
sixth season of the forum, which is
sponsored by the Jewish Commu-
nifty Center Association.
Son of the late Fighting Bob
La Toilette, young Bob is expected
to define the aims and policies of
the Progressive bloc in congress this
winter. He will talk on What Do
the Progressives Want?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-16

If you want to buy, sell or lease
property, use a Times Want Ad
Phone Ri. 5551.-Adv.
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16, 1881

window at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Cant. 1852 Kenwood ave-
nue., the burglar obtained clothing
and jewelry value at SOS, police
we're informed.
Three suits of clothing, valued at
sl20, were stolen from the home Of
y. M. Estes, 3645 North Capitol ave-
nue.. he told police.
The burglar had preyed on resi-
denceS where occupants are not az
home for several hours.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-16
Catastrophe

By United Press
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 49,
An alley cat strolled in front
of Anthony Scafario's automo-
bile.
The car was wrecked.
A gas lamp on the street was
knocked over, splitting fumes
into the air.
Joseph opposite, a passenger,
was injured.
Scafario was arreste
charged with assault with an
automobile.
The cat, uninjured, never
looked back, and stroIed ma
jestically on.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-16
Bare WEDDING
/. OF CAB DRIVER,
YOUNG HEIRESS
Taxi Pilot and 18-Year-0ld
Bride Move Into 100000
Home.
United Press

By United Press
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal, Oct. 10
The romance of a taxi-driver and
an 1s-year-old heireSs to Oklahoma
oil land riches, was revealed today
in the marriage of Florence A. Nc
Allister and Edward Challette.
Although the couple was married
several weeks ago, eliminating a
rapid fire romance of less than a
fortnight, the affair did not become