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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
WANT REASONABLE" TAX
REDUCTION


"The demand for tax reduction
should be reasonable" said Acker.
at must necessarily be gradual"
He wants reasonable" tax reduc-
ton, when the majority of farm
ers thruout the state cannot pay
any taxes. The farmers do not
want gradual" tax reduction. The
United Farmers League demands
decisive tax reductions for all poor
and middle farmers and abolition
of taxes for those who cannot pay.
The 'fact finding body" proposed
by the North Dakota Taxpayers
Association is an attempt to pre-
vent tax reduction for the poor
and middle farmers.
| At the Meeker County (Mlnne-
sota) Taxpayers Association meet
, ing which was held on November
6, a resolution was passed which
! stated "Let the watchword be
How little and not how much car
; we levy" This was the theme Of
! the entire speech made by TIT
main speaker of the meeting, J. +
Reed of Dawson, president OF TIT
Minnesota Tax Payers Association
> The attempt is to cut taxes To-
the bankers and the rich farmer
and to eliminate from the bulge
unnecessary expenses" and lex
travagances" - those miseraDI
benefits that the poor and middl
farmers get out of the state an
county budgets. According to tn
8 Meeker News, "When QUESTION:
about an income tax Mr.. Rec
= stated the league at this time wa
y not in favor of such tax" M
J Reed, like the remainder of tn
. bankers agents who are leadln
3 the fight against reduction of tai
: es for the poor farmer, rejecte
the idea of even an income ia,
because the capitalist class migl
1T have TO pay over a few addition
re dollars in taxes.
he Senator Magnus Johnson, WI
n filled in while Reed was on n
lg way to the meeting, hypocritlcal
Continued on last Page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
CAPITALIST PRESS ADMITS
WAR AIMS

Open admission that the Japan
csc occupation of Manchuria is di-
sctly aimed at the Soviet Union
and has the support of the United
States and the League of Nations
Is made in a dispatch to the New
York Evening Post from its Par
is correspondent, Raymond G. Car
toIl The Posts correspondent
frankly gives the position of the
imperialists as follows:
why not state the truth, that
Japan energies victorious not only
in Far Eastern battles but here as
we'll because the great western
nations, behind their League
masks and under their diplomatic
.amOuflage secretly want Japan
installed upon the Asiatic main
land, dependable sector of pro-
Rctiye ring around Soviet Russia.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
DEMANDS OUTLINING OF
WORKERS ORGANIZATIONS

The National Civic Federation,
one of whose leading lights is the
chief labor lieutenant of the cap
italist class, Mathew Vol, de-
mands that the militant working
class organizations be suppressed.
Not unemployment relief for the
millions of starving but cossaek
oppression is the answer the Ma
tional Civic Federation wants to
throw in the face of the jobless.
The National Hunger March
says the Civic Federation:
'May serve to secure legis-
latiOn 10 protect our govern
ment and our institutions a.
gainst the underground move
ment which today is operating
in this country without let or
hindrance."
The fifteen hundred elected de-.
Continued on page twol
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
CALL TO The TELLING FARMERS
EVERYWHERE
By ELLA REEVE BLOOR

State Organizer United Farmers League North Dakota
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
SOLIDARITY OF TOILING
MASSES

The march is being made posi-
BILE by the sacrifices of the mill
ions of the masses turnout the
country and the sacrifices of the
delegates themselves. These sac
rifices are the willing contribution
of the masses thruout the country
for this demonstration of unity
against the capitalist class and for
immediate relief for the hungry
millions. This National Hunger
March is the solidarity Of the toiE
ing masses, white and negro, em-
ployed and jobless. adult and
youth. 1t is the solidarity of the
toiling masses in the cities with
those on the land-the solidarity
of the city workers with the toll
ing farmers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
TO ATTACK CHINESE
SOVIETS

The dispatch leaves no doubt
mat Manchuria is to be used as a
military base against the Soviet
Union, as part of the ring OF
steel which the imperialists, led by
NE United States and France have
Teen forging around the Soviet
Union. 1t states:
What Finland, EsthOnia, Lat
Via, Litfuania, Poland and ROu-
mania do for conservative Eu-
rope IN their functions as buff
'er nations against Soviet Rus
"a, it is argued-and settled
!sf that matter - Japan, in
uenched in the Asiatic mainland
would perform at the gateway
Oh the Reds backyard"
=, In addition to establishing
Isnehurian base against the So
vet Union, the imperialist power
nave the aim of partitioning Chi
"a and crushing the Chinese Sc
M TetS and the Chinese Red arm!
tniS task was formerly assigne
me imperialist hangman Chan
a ~ who has repeatedly fai
" N his attacks on the Chimes
"a army. The imperialists now il
' 'SaS to tackle this job themselvt
si'9 the Japanese armed force
Cnina playing a leading roll
Carroll reports:
Japan, if permanently ex-
@aded into Manchuria, it W,
S%nted out by an eminent au,
aIOrlty prior TO the meeting Of
Se council, establishes a new
ne frontier against BOlshe
ism upon the continent %
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27

mand for immediate relief
These 1900 delegates represent
the thirteen million unemployed
and the millions Of destitute farm
ers. They come from practically
every city and town Of any size
turnout the country and from the
most important agrarian sections.
These delegates are converging ON
Washington in four militant coli
umns, bringing workers from the
Gulf to Seattle, and from Maine
to SanFrancisco, on to Washing
ton.
La gaceta., 1931-05-25

ton, papel interp
Paul Gregory.
Tambien Sc destacan en- Ell
reparto Hobardt BoswortE
Frank Hagney, Lott Loder ,
Smitz Edwards.
"Del Inferno al Cieio' en-
ia toda hablada en- espanoa'
con Juan Torena y Maria Al
ba, Sc estrenara manana mar
ties.
Uno de los crfticos que vic
pasar esta cinta en- los estudio'
de la Fox, en- Hollywood, ha es-
critic:
Juntos descendieron y jun
tos Sc redimieron..... desde e
Averno a la GIoria.....
La gaceta., 1931-05-25

que ell "negocio ilfcito de be-
bidas ha llegado a ser la ma
yor industrial de America, So
brepasando a la venta total de
AUTOMOBILES de pasajeros de
1929, que assemble a $2,793,-
1852, y acercandose al con-
sumo de gasolina de csc mis-
mo ano.
"Nosotros nunca hemos pro-
clamado que nuestros calculos
son infalibles, pero ST creemos
que son bien Conservatives.
"Nuestros estimados= con-
tin1a diciendo ell informe -
senala precios minimos a las
bebidas y a los licores vendi-
dos por los boottleggers. La
mayoria de la bebida que aho
ra Sc consume es hecha en- ell
hogan o comprada a contraban
distas vecinos a bajos precios."
"Se ha podido comprobar
que una cantidad considerable
de la cerveza que Sc compra
en- tabernas disfrazadas a
$500 a $500 Ell gallon, puede
ser producida en- ell hogan por
30 centavos."
Ese estimado de $685.
000, 900 Sc hasa sobre ell costo
publicc de so centavos ell ga
lon de cerveza, 1920 ell gallon
de vino y $11.00 por bebidas
espirituosas. Sc tienen mott
cias de que en- muchas taber-
mas, no obstante la situaci6n,
Sc vende a $1,000 ell litro v a
ell gallon de whiskey.
La gaceta., 1931-05-25

fueron internados en- la carcel
del Condado. De estos tres ca
yeron heridos.
Los prisioneros incendiaron
cuatro dormitorios y rompie-
ron con hachas las ventanas del
ccmedor y de las oficinas de la
administration. FL Superinten-
dente C. A. Metzger calcula ell
total de los danos en- $4,000.
I'm gran n1mero de los 600
prisioneros cumple condena de
menos de un ano.
Ell propio Superintendent
declare que hace cerca de una
semana tuvo noticias de que Sc
estaba planeando una fuga de
presses. por 10 que estableci6
fuerte vigilancia en- un campo
de maiz cercano para la defensa
exterior.
Esta vigilancia fue la que dis
par6 contra los cuatro fugitivos
cuando lograron escalar la alam
brada que rodea al penal, rim
diendose al caer tres de ellos he
rides.
Mientras la guardia interioN
del penal resistia a los amoti-
nados, los bomberos dominaban
ell fuego de los dormitorios.
Dos horas despues de esta-
liar ell motfn, este fue sofocado
con el concurso de la guardia
nacional.
La gaceta., 1931-05-25
SERAN JUZGADO LOS DE
LA PARTIDA DE LA PO-
IRA

Clearwater, mayo 25.-En la
corte del circuito de esta Gu
dad Sc celebrara manana ell jul
clio relacionado con las activida-
des de una supuesta partida de
la porra.
Siete personals Sc encuentran
bajo la acusacion de apalear con
exigencias de dinero. Ellos son
Sam Ciccarello, W. C. Mills
Benny Pardo y Mrs. Alice Hen
derson Woods, de Tampa, Paul
Nolan, B. B. Batchelder y Ro-
bert Letsinger de San Peters,
burgo.
Sc han senalado dos dfas en- ell
calendario de la corte para este
case, pero Sc rumora que los de-
fensores de los de la partida de
la porra pediran que sc de mas
tempo al juicio.
La gaceta., 1931-05-25

a discussion, y sobre estas dis
cusiones los banqueros difieren
al igual que 10 hacen otras en-
tidades."
La situacion de los nego-
cios-agrega ell Survey-pre-
senta un aspecto irregular Y
anormal con favorable desen-
volvimiento en- algunas direc-
clones, y con notables ehtorpe-
cimientos en- otras."
"Por 10 que Sc refiere al III
vel actual de las actividades
en- los ~negocios, recientes in
formes indican fuerte resisten-
cia a las influencias que ten
den a producer contracciones.
Ell movimiento de precios, por
otro lado, esta muy lejos de in
clinarse a una subida. Los va
lores de las acciones y de los
artculos de lujo, han declina-
do hacia nuevos mas bajos nj
veles, debido a la depression,
creandose la duda de 81 podra
una mejoria en- las
industries mientras exista Ia
inestabilidad en- la estructura
de los precios."
La gaceta., 1931-05-25
LA GUAiRDIA NACIONAL
AYUDO A DOMINAR LA
REBELLION DE UNOS Pc
NADOS

Vandalia, ILL.,, mayo 25.-
Fuerzas de la guardia nacional
y miembros del cuerpo de Poll
cfa rodean y custodian ell penal
alambrado de VandaIia, en- Gu
70 lugar 600 prisioneros ofre-
cieron anoche por espacio de
dos horas, fiera batalla a un
grupo pequeno de custodios.
Cuatro presses que tratarbn
de escaparse durante ell motin,
La gaceta., 1931-05-25
Los ~BANQUEROS NO QUE
rem IMPONER UNA RE-
DUCCION EN- LOS SALARIOS

New York, mayo 25.-La Ill
tina. edici6n del Guaranty
Survey" editada por ell Qua
ranty Trust Company de New
York, declara que son inco--
rrectas las informaciones que
Sc han venido pub'icando, en-
ell sentido de que "poderosos
~intereses bancarios tratan de
forzar una reduction general
en- los salaries"
81 Guaranty Survey dice:
No son ciertas las imputacio-
res hechas por eIementos ob~e
ros y de la polftica contra los
banqueros, a quienes acusan
de haberse combinado o cons
pirado para intentar tai reduc-
'ci6n."
"Es inevitable que en- la a :
tual situaci6n existan ~ciertos
banqueros que piensan, a.
igual que muchos ciudadanos
patriotas, que en- I'm periodic
de economic general ell reajus
te debe envolver al trabajo 10
mismo que al capital. Tales
cuestiones son controladas por
principles economics imperso-
males y sus causas no son ell re-
La gaceta., 1931-05-25
10 QUE GASTA Ell PUEBLO
EN- BEBIDAS

Washington, Mayo 25.-La
Association contraria a la en-
mienda prohibicionista COM
plet6 hoy sus informes, asegu-
rando que ell pueblo de los Es-
tados Unidos gasta anualmen-
tie So, 848, 000,O 900 en- bebidas
venenosas.
Ell DEPARTMENT. Investiga-
dor de la Association declara
La gaceta., 1931-05-25
Sc AHOGO EN- UNA BANA-
DERA

Filadelfia, mayo 25.-David
Crown, de So amos y de proce-
dencia desconocida, apareci6
ahogado en- la manana de hoy
en- la banadera del departamen-
to que habitaba en- un hotel de
esta Ciudad.
Los medicos aseguran que Ell
Sr. Crown Sc ahog6 por causa
de un ataque al coraz6n.
La gaceta., 1931-05-25

cipe Miguel sera exclufda como
miembro de la familia real.
Sc es.a preparando una ley
especial, que Sc llevara al nue.
vo parlamento, por la cual Sc
excluye a la Reina Helena de la
dinastia Rumana de los Hohen-
zollern, despojandola de TODD t.
tulo honorifico correspondent
tie a la familia real.
Sc espera que Helena Sc reti-
Re del pals con caracter perma-
nente.
La gaceta., 1931-05-25
BATIDOS LOS REBELDES
HONDUREnOS

Tegucigalpa, Honduras, ma
70 25.--El Gobierno inform6 a.
noche haber batido las fuerzas
rebeldes bajo ell mando del Ge-
neral Ferrara, en- IN encuentro
sostenido cerca de Tela. I'm
La gaceta., 1931-05-25
que REANU-
DAN SU PUBLICATION

Mexico, mayo 25.-Los peri6
dicos La Prensa, 81 Universal Y
Ell Universal Grafico, cerrados
recientemente por los huelguis-
tas, reanudaron hoy sus publ
caci6n. 0
Termin6 la huelA al celebrar
Sc un nuevo contrato obrero ELI
minando las dificultades que mo
tivaron Ell cierre. 4
La gaceta., 1931-05-25
A LA REINA HELENA NO
Sc LA TRATARA COMO
MIEMBRO DE LA FAMT-
LA REAL

Bucarest ,Rumania, mayo 20.
Los embrollados asuntos del
Rey Carol Y de la Reina Helena
hoy un nuevo aspecto,
al anunciar Ell peri6dico Patria,
6rgano Official del Partido Ia
ranista, que la madre del prin-
La gaceta., 1931-05-25
FL TEMPO

Claro para hoy y manana.
Vientos variables. Temperature
maxima aver, SO grades; mini
ma, Sc.
La gaceta., 1931-05-25
les BOMBAS MAS EXPLO-
TARON EN&pBOA

-cinco lsnss rssaltaron
sacramento neridas al explotar
aver tres bombas en- las GALES.
Los criminales desaparecie-
ron.
Dos de las eNplosiones ocu-
rrieron en- la Rua Do Carmo,
lugar donde estan situados los
establecimientos elegantes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-11
Statement Ownership Management Circulation. Etc.. Required by the of Congress ot August "A. 1912 Of
 WATERBURY DEMOCRAT

at Waterbury, Conn, April l. 1931
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 pubic in and the ana county aforesaid personally John Hayden having been according dsposes and that he is the and that the knowledge and belief state S es by the Act of August M and regulations printed the reverse
 That of the publisher. editor. bury Democrat Waterbury Editor F. Vincent Ma loney Waterbury Editor F. Vincent MaloneY Waterbury Conn Business Manager John A. Hayden Water Conn. A. Aialoney (majoriy sockholderl Vincent Maoney John Hayden M. Martin Scully F. F. Gufole all stockholders and residing in Waterbury Conn. holding per of total bonds mortgages other securities are West Side Savings Bank mortgaRee of real estate
 paragraphs next above giving the names not only the of in where the holder the books or the trustee in other dducay relation the name s given: contain Statements knowledge and belief to the crcum conditions which stockholders and security the books or the mpany a of to believe cooperation has interest said stock bonds other securities stated bv him. distributed through the malls or otnerws nrecedtne the date shown 1O840. JOHN A. HAYDEN Business Manager
 sworn this 10th day of April 1881. E. J. zITzMANN. Notary Public
 My commission expires March 1888.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-11
Wet and Dry
 Hearing Near
(continued from Page D

i,lt N members of the house and prom inent member of the judiciary com mittee. It is an act calling for the sending of petition to congress that the question of repeating the 18th amendment be submitted to the states to be voted upon. It is a significant fact that Attorney Bald- win is behind such a measure.
 Another of the bills to be heard is one introduced by Representative William M. Citron of Middletown, democratic leader of the minority in the house. This measure is in the form of a resolution memorializing congress for the repeal of the 18th amendment.
 Representative Citron has also in- troduced another resolution, to be heard Wednesday. It is resolution applying to congress for the calling of a convention for the purpose of considering proposing an amend ment to the United States concern ing prohibition.
 Representative Joseph Lawrence of Stamford has bill before the legislature which will be heard on Wednesday, also. It is entitled a bill concerning the alleged 18th to the Constitution of the United States as it affects the state of Connecticut"
 Another act to be heard before the federal relations committee on "Wednesday is one introduced by Minority Leader Citron. It provides for state referendum on the pro- hibition question. At the hearing on Wednesday resolutions adopted by the aldermen of various cities favor ing the repeal of the 18th amend ment will be presented to the com mittee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-11
Accused's Mental
 Condition Will Be
 Given Court Tuesday
Judge Baldwin Expected to Pass Sentence Following Completion of Arguments on Part of Opposing Counsel - Girl Victim Not Expected at Final Cur- tain of Dramatic Trial

favorable to his client. Attorney Frederick c. Bauby as counsel for Baron J. Torkomian will undoubt- edly follow Attorney Weisman and Attorney w. w. Gager, public de- fender. will close the defense argu- ments in behalf of Amerigo Diste- fano. Attorney Mitchell Meyers, as- sistant prosecutor of the city court who has been assisting States Att torney Lawrence l.. Lewis is expect ed to give the opening arguments for the state. Mir Lewis will sum up the evidence in presenting his claims for conviction as the clos ing argument.
 Judge Baldwin is expected to rem der his decision on the guilt or inno- cence of the accused immediately af- ter the arguments are closed. Con- lectures on the innocence or guilt of the accused have been offered all week long by spectators congregat- ing on streets corners. offices, pub lie places and in the homes. It has been the most widely discussed case in the annals of the local court, owing to it's unsual features.
 Although the prisoners will be brought to the court room to hear the courts decision. the principal states witness, Isabelle, is not ex- pected to be present. She re- turned to Ozone Park, l.. l., last Wednesday to start life anew in the home of Mrs Josephine Sharsky.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-11
HOPELESS DOPE
 TO CURE ADDICTS
Creation of Non : H Habit Forming Narcotics to
 Cure Drug Evil
SEEK SAFE SUBSTITUTE

Seeking the unknown, mysterious elements in narcotics that make them habit-forming, chemists in a special laboratory at the University of Virginia are trying to create "dopeless dope" safe narcotics, to rescue an army of unfortunates from the body-and-soul destroying habit which has enslaved them.
 Under the auspices of the National Research council, at Washington, these workers are producing sym thetic drugs which, it is hoped, will replace the dangerous narcotics of the present. Already thirty experi- mental compounds have been sent to a second laboratory at the University of Michigan for exhaustive tests upon animals, writes George Lee Dowd, Jr, in Popular Science Month ly.
 According to competent authority, the number of drug addicts in the United States is nearly 100000. Since the advent of prohibition, the use of drugs has increased steadily. In the past ten years, the number of dope fiends'' is believed to have quadrupled. In the state of Califor- mia alone, the cost of drug addiction is placed at $7,000,000 a year. De- spite strict laws, an avalanche of smuggled drugs continues to enSulf the country. Thirteen million dol lars worth was caught by federal agents during the past year, and this probably represents but a fraction Of the amount reaching our shores.
 Opium, morphine, heroin and CO., caine are the quartet of narcotics used by addicts. If safe substitutes can be found. there will be no iegiti- mate excuse for manufacturing them.
 Theoretically, it is entirely possible. scientists say, to keep the bee and remove the sting"--to produce a wide variety of narcotics with the dangerous clements removed. This is the problem of the Virginia chem ists. They are attacking it from two angles. By purifying opium through different stages, they hope that, somewhere along the line, the dan gerous ingredients will be left be- hind. The second approach is through study of the chemistry of molecules.
 This is believed to hold the real clue to the mystery of the habit forming properties of narcotics. About a quarter of century ago, nOVOCdiues d TcidtlVSiy Hdi hliCSS htii cotic, was produced from cocaine. The chemists who discovered it be- gan by study of the molecules of cocaine. which is a vegetable deriv- ative.
 They carried on their researches until they learned the arrangement of the atoms in the cocaine molecule. One part of the moleclue. they dis covered. produces the beneficient ef- feet of cocaine. Another part is re- lated to nicotine, the poison found in tobacco, and a third to the deadly alkaloid contained in hemlock, the poison Socrates was condemned to drink.
 By eliminating the more danger ous parts of the molecule, they pro- duced novocaine, called during the World war one of the three most valuable and indispensable drugs. And the fact that 1t does not produce a habit is recognized. While novo- caine cannot be substituted for CO., caine in all cases, the result proves that harmless and yet effective drugs can be produced from habit-form- ing ones.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-11
Additional Society :.

Miss Emily Merriman presided at the cabinet meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Club last evening. Future plans for club ac- tivities were discussed.
 Committees for the year have been completed as follows: Entertainment. Mrs Mary Doyle Camp, chairman. Sarah Guilfoile. Charlotte Henry. Jeanette Bronneke, Lois Thatcher, Beas Hoadley, Anna Knapp, Anna Kaufman, Sarah Ball, Mollie Kelley. Lena Pike and Lillian Stronach. Membership, Isabelle Bradley, chair man, Ruth Parker, Helen Thompson and Alice Brown. Program, Jose phine Somers, chairman, Hazel Flet- cher and Nellie Neill. Social, Cora Crompton, chairman, Thalia F. Car yer, Bernice M. Harper, Emelie Teller. Helen Webb, Catherine Will Hams. Edith Sellew, Ruth Gimmell. Ruth M. Tanning, Hazel Shafer and Margaret Boden. Finance, Mabel M. Burn, chairman, Florence Sellew and Isabelle Hinckley. Publicity, Mrs Helden M. Slator, chairman, Mrs Os- car Noble and Ruth Olson. Legisla- tive, Elizabeth M. Whitehili, chair man, Ruth Stoughton and Mrs Mabel Bachmann. House, Anna R. Abeling chairman, Alice Futile, Victoria Lieb- reich, Maude Arnold and Phoebe Smith. Rental, Florence Greenleaf.
 Nearly score of members of Connecticut Chapter Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America. have made reservations for the banquet at Hotel Washington, Washington, D. C., April IS, as preliminary to the general court which will convene the next morn ing. There will be three sessions at all of which the National President. Mrs John l.. BueI will preside. Az the banquet, the chief address will be by Colonel Bullock and greetings will be offered by heads of various other patriotic organizations. Mrs Lowell F. Hobart will speak for the D. A. R.; Mrs Livingston Hunter for the Daughters of the American Colonists; Mrs George M. Minor for the National Officers Club. Mrs Minor is candidate for the office of national chaplain on the ticket headed by Mrs Henry Bourne Joy of Michigan. The entire ticket was unanimously endorsed by the Con- necticut chapter at it's annual meet ing in Bridgeport last February. Mrs Buel retires by time limitation. Her personal page at the court will be Miss Bertha Perry of Lebanon while Miss Street, state vice regent D. A. R. will be an usher. The state is represented by four delegates be- sides the president. Miss Florence s. M. Crofut and vice. president. Mrs George Gilman both of Hartford.