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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15
A Crippled Laundry Workers Story

few hundred dollars. That is gone
long ago. have been to all the
charity organizations. They refuse
to help me on some pretext or other.
The only relief that can think Of
is suicide, and L hate to think of
that.
Say, mister, / heard that they
take care Of cases such as mine in
Russia. Is that true?"
I assured her that things we're al
together different In the Soviet
Union. told her of the Communist
Party of America--of its program.
Her face frightened. She had some-
thing to live for. A Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15
RAILROAD WAGES LESS WHILE
PRODUCTION INCREASES 4s%

While the hourly wages of the rail-
road worker is the same as in 1920.
the seped up on freight trains has
increased shis productive capacity 4s
per cent. Though hourly wage re-
mains the same, accumulated wage
per week or month is less than 1920,
since the railroad companies with the
approval Of the Railroad Brother
hoods have put the burden Of un-
employment ON the workers and the
men In the train and card service
are losing $50 q month each in car
rying out the stagger system of work.
ing two and three days q week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15
JAPANESE IMPERIALISTS MOVE FOR
TIGHTER HOLD ON COLONIES in CHINA

18th of September and are still be-
ing continued. The Communist Par
ty has issued an appeal to the work
ing masses warning them that the
arrests represent an important step
in the preparations for imperialiSt
war, and exposing the treacherous
attitude Of the socialist parties.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15
CRANBERRY STRIKERS
TO ANSWER TERROR BY
ORGANIZATIONALDR DRIVE
BryantyilIe Strike Ends After Bitter Fight
With State Police and Armed Thugs
Agricultural Workers League Launches Big
Organizational Drive Against Pay Cuts
(By a Worker Correspondent

BRYANTVILLE, Mass.-The strikes that took place
Gently in Urann Boys in Bryantve Monpons and Pympton
IS hour ended after the police
was used against the strikers
On the Bryantvle Bog alone, Is state troopers
heavily armed with Thompson machine kept from
reaching the workers. All roads closely watched
Police Terror.
When the gang committee at Monponstt presented their
demands to the boss Pratt who with the state
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15
OLD MAN DISCARDED BY CAPT.
TALISM DIES ON THE STREET

NEW YORK.-Patrick Byrne, IS
years old, penniless, without home
was found dead on the pavement in
front of 500 Third Avenue. This tells
in brief the story of how capitalism
uses workers in their younger years
then discards them like work out
automobiles when they get older.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15

olOOk(O1S e1Aie POANSt - CIV OANSAS1 O4AO
cops to force them to work or get
off the company property" All night
long the troopers guarded the roads,
In Plympton the same thing took
place.
A worker, John Sassato, an active
member of the Agricultural Workers
League, was arrested and framed up
on a charge Of "trespassing." The
bosses worked the scheme Of telling
all workers who worked all year round
to go to work or they would not be
hired any more. Most Of the work
ers who live here depend on the
cranberry industry for living.
How Strike Spread
The strike was prepared and called
by united front committee of the
Agricultural Workers League. 1t
started with SO Portuguese and Finn
ish workers on the Bryantville -Urann
Boys and was Immediately spread
over to Monponsitt and Plympton by
the ANVIL who brought over a delega-
ton of strikers to these places for a
solidarity strike.
The bosses told the workers that
they could get plenty of pickers for
so cents an hour, but it took them ten
days to get eight scabs. The ANVIL
Immediately called on the pickers in
that section who were waiting for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15

Wall Street, at the same time, is hard
put to hide its war maneuvers in
Chinese waters.
"Gravest Anxiety"
Despite the peace" propaganda
that the League of Nations, aided by
the socialists, tries to caat the war
moves with, the New York Times
correspondent in Geneva was forced
TO admit that:
1.-THE Council met today In an
atmosphere of the. gravest anxiety,
not only for the outcome Of the
struggle in the Orient, but for the
future Of world peace and the dis
armament movement"
To help Chang Kai shek In his
war preparations against Japan on
behalf of Wall Street as well as
against the Chinese masses, Nelson
T. johnson, American minister TO
China, made a special trip from Pei
ping TO Marking.
Japanese imperialism, both in
Geneva and through special appeals
to the American people" are offer
ing basis to Wall Street for COM
mon plumber by attacking the Soviet
Union.
Want War On Soviets.
The most crude expression Of this
war alliance against the Soviet Union
as solution" Of the present Man
churian crisis comes from Count
Kozui Otani, former Lord Abbot
equivalent to Pope) Of the largest
Buddhist temple at Kyoto. The ex-
Lord Abbot calls on Wall Street to
unite its military forces in the pres
ent situation to overthrow the Soviet
Union and to prevent Communist
uprising throughout the colonial
lands. Count Otani said:
'Tf Americas moral support is
refused TO Japan In the present
crisis the world may see Asia 90
red. Therefore, American people,
do not add to the confusion of the
situation. Manchuria Is the key
OF stability or disruption Of the
Far East. Give Japan q free hand
to fight against chaos and disor-
der"
failing Communists.
A special report from Pieping II
the Daily Worker tells of wholesale
arrests of Communists in Japan a,
part Of the Japanese imperialist drive
against the Soviet Union.
The latest number Of the illega
newspaper Of the Communist Party
Of Japan, "Musiansin Simbun," re.
ports a wave Of repression against
the working class movement in ia.
pan unequalled since the arrests II
April, 1929. Over 1000 revolutionary
workers were arrested in the towns Of
Osaka, Kobe and Kioto recently
Four hundred were arrested in Osaka
alone, of whom $50 are still impris.
oned. Amongst the arrested are thu
most active leaders of the revolu.
tionary trade unions "Rodo Kumia
Senkoku Kiokikai." A number of the
leaders Of the centerist unions "Sen.
koku Rodo Kumiai Domei" have also
been arrested. Leaders Of the newly
formed peasant party "Senkoku No
min Kumai are also among the ar
rested. Raids were made on The
houses OF members Of legal working
class organizations, such a sthe ia.
panese section Of the international
Red Aid, the League for Proletariar
Enlightenment, etc. Here also many
arrests were made. However, mos
Of the persons arrested in these or.
CARNATIONS we're later on released.
Six hundred persons were arrested
in Kobe, including leaders Of the re.
volutionary trade unions, the Com.
munist Party and the Young Com.
munist League. Arrests are still be-
ing made in Kobe.
Two-humdred and sixty person:
were arrested in Kioto.
Mass arrests began in Toxic on the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15

One way 10 help the Soviet
Union il to spread among the
workers Soviet Forced Labor"
by Max Bedacht 10 cents per COPY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15

Paramount Publix Co. profit for
six months ending June az was S.
743,255. This company recently put
through wage cut.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15
Small Town Banks Fail
Is PhiIa. Banks Fail in IL Days

A worker correspondent Of the
Daily Worker at Philadelphia writes:
The following is a list Of bank
failures in Philadelphia the past IL
days, from September % to october
g.:
Northern Central Trust Co. with
five branches and deposits of $780,
900; the Olney Bank and Trust Co.
with two branches and deposits of
$3,677, 00S; the jefferson Title and
Trust Co. with deposits of $685., 1913;
the Mannheim Trust Co. with de-
posts of $424,001; the Glenside Bank
and Trust Co., the Glenside Trust
Co. and the Richmond Trust Co.; the
United Security Trust Co. with three
branches and deposits Of $6,454,570;
the Willow Grove Trust Co with de-
posts Of $698,O00; the Franklin Trust
Co. with four branches and deposits
of $22,9e0,000; the Central Trust Co.
with deposits of $5,022,594; the Cir
ard Ave. Trust Co., the Hamilton
Trust Co., the Haddington Trust Co.
and the Wharton Title and Trust Co.
with total deposits Of s6,393,216. The
County Trust Co. closed october 9
with seven branches and deposits of
s7,l8o,l53.
This makes Is banks with Is
branches that failed in eleven days
involving over $5e,ooo,o 900 in deposits"
The Communist Party of Philadel-
phia has called mass meeting for
Thursday, october Is at the Kensing-
ton Labor Lyceum to explain the
meaning of the bank crashes.
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the barracks Of the iron police and
one has been turned over to the
immigration offices for deportation.
Company Terror.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. 14.-An
outdoor organization meeting of fifty
steel workers was held in Monessen,
home Of the Giant American Sheet
and Tin Plate Company, and the
Pittsburgh Steel Company last Fri
day night Many hundreds of work
ers would have attended, but the hall
was closely watched by the company
police and stools of the U. S. Steel
Corporation.
The terror in this section has been
rapidly increasing since the big Steel
Conference that was held recently in
Pittsburgh. Several active steel
workers were victimized by the COM
panies for their activities, and sew
eral arrests made,
The workers of Monessen are going
right ahead regardless of the at
tempts of the Steel Trust to pre-
were John Moldon, M. w. T. L. secre-
union. The speakers at the meeting
vent them from building the new
tary, and Pete Chapa, field organizer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15
CONCENTRATING
FOR STRIKE in
KENTUCKY MINES
Undaunted By Threat
to Bring Scabs
to Cary

GARY, n.y., OCJ- l4.-lnreatS tflaL
the Gary mine in Straight Greek,
Kentucky, will be opened with scabs
unless the strikers return to work,
hasn't made dent in the ranks.
Cary, an independent operator, says
he will bring in scabs tomorrow. The
strikers say they will meet any such
attempt with the first. mass picket
line this section has known. 1t will
include women and children.
"A conference Of miners from
Straight Creek mines, where all 5
mines are struck, from the 2 mines
on Old Straight Creek where there
is strong possibility Of spreading the
mine, Wallins Creek, Mingo Hollow,
Pansy, Black Star, Harlan Gas, Har-
Ian, and several other independent
mines, was held last week.
Three Concentrations
The meeting laid plans to spread
the strike and 3 key centers were
decided upon for concentration of
forces.
The Harlan Miners report that in
spite of the new raids, the relief kit
chen at the Harlan swimming pool
is in operation. The kitchen was
raided Wednesday and it reopened
Thursday morning, on time, and
beans were served. There is nothing
but beans In all the kitchens, and
more of that is needed.
A strong plea for more food was
sent to the Penn-Ohio-W. Va.-Ky.
Striking Miners Relief Committee.
Funds sent to their headquarters at
Room 205, Gil Penn Ave, Pittsburgh,
Pa, is Immediately converted into
food and rushed into struck camps
where starving strikers families need
it desperately.
A new pay cut of 1915 was jam
med down the Threats of the miners
at the Verda and Lynch mines.
well, they will have to give us
something soon, because there's moth
ing left for them to take away from
U.S."
Myerscough Trial, Goth
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. I4.-Tom
Myerscough, who just returned from
the Jellico-Lafollette-Caryv Sec
ton of Tennessee, said that the min
ers there earn from Acc to 50 a day,
and put in one, two or three days a
week. The 81 men are the few fav-
ored daymen. The miners see very
little scrip, even, to say nothing
about U. S. cash. The company
takes off back rent first, before they
allow scrip to purchase food in the
company store.
Myerscough returned to Pittsburgh
to face trial in connection with the
wildwood shooting. Although it is
definitely established that deputy
sheriffs and mine guards shot into
group of miners and their wives
who gathered to picket the Wildwood
mine, Myerscough is charged with
granddaughter, on the basis that he
advocated breaking the injunction
through mass picketing.
The trial has been postponed I'M
til October 20. Myerscough spoke at
demonstration in West Park today,
for the release of miners jailed in the
strike. The other speakers include
Rebecca Greoht and Fred Bell.
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35 STEEL MEETS PREPARE FOR ys}ss.v.
FIGHT AGAINST WAGE SLASHES
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the Ohio Valley section is rapidly
turning toward strike, and the Ma
tional Committee is laying the basis
for strike action in this section.
Series of Meetings.
This week, the whole section will
be the scene of a series of mass
meetings, both employed and jobless
steel workers in preparation for a big
indoor meeting, Sunday night, Oc-
tober 18th, in Steubenville. Ohio, to
take a strike vote, if possible, against
the wage cut.
The District Conference which will
be held in Pittsburgh, starting 10 a.
m, at the Workers Center, 2157 Gen.
ter Avenue, will be big step for
ward in the steel campaign for or
ganization of a powerful union and
for strike against the wage cut.
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PREP ARE LEGAL LYNCHING
AS PRESS HOWLS FOR BLOOD

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100 Meet in Rain.

STEUBENvILLE, Ohio, Oct. IA
One hundred steel workers stood in
a driving rain at an outdoor meet
ing, Sunday night in Steubenville to
hear the reports for building the new
union in the Steel Industry. AL
though the field where the meeting
was held was in complete darkness
with the wind driving the rain in the
faces of the workers, they stood pa
tiently for an hour to hear the Or
ganizers of the Steel Workers In
dustrial Union who are active in the
Ohio Valley section among the steel
workers.
A whole series of meetings have
been arranged this week for the
workers of the Wheeling Steel, Weir
ton Steel, and LaBelle mills. The
wages Of the workers have been cut
as low as 80 cents an hour for skilled
workers.
The company town police of Weir
ton, w. Va, arrested six workers last
Friday night, on charges of dis
tributing leaflets in the Cossack con-
trolled town of the National Steel
Corporation. Several were beaten in
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S56,OOO,OOO LOST
PHILA. DEPOSITS
More Banks Turnout
Country Fail

CHICAGO.-The Southwest Trust
and Savings Bank with deposits OF
$2,500,0o0 and the West Side Atlas
National Bank with deposits Of ST.
100000 were the latest two banks to
fail here. The affairs Of both banks
are now in the hands Of the state
and federal banking departments.
New Jersey Bank Falls
BELVIDERE, N. 1.-THE Warren
County Trust Co. closed its doors Fri
day when its affairs we're taken over
by the State Commissioner of Bank
ing. Deposits are reported at s841 1922
Small Town Banks Fail
The National Bank of Fayette
County at Uniontown, Pa. and the
Roane County Bank of Spencer al
Spencer, w. Va, closed Saturday
october 10 because of the condition
Of their affairs.
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the barracks Of the iron police and
one has been turned over to the
immigration offices for deportation.
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Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-16
TEAMS CHANGE
BATTLE-GROUND
In OLD LEAGUE
BY LEO II. PETERSEN
United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, May l6. (U.R-Na-
tional League baseball teams
changed backgrounds today as
they continued intersectional COM
petition with honors even.
Thus far the western clubs have
won six out of the u intersectional
contests. with the lowly Cincinnati
Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates turning
in all of the victories. Each club
has won three games.
Three victories yesterday boil
stored the standings of the western
teams. The Cincinnati Reds, des-
pite Chuck Klein's seventh and
eighth home runs OF the season,
took two from Philadelphia, 10 to
5 and 7 to 5, while the Pittsburgh
Pirates nosed out New York in 10
innings, to 2.
The 14-game winning streak OF
Clarence Mitchell, veteran spitball-
er. was snapped when Traynor's
single scored Grantham, who had
doubled, to give the Pirates the de-
cision over the Giants.
The Chicago Cubs were the only
western representatives to lose yes
terday, dropping q to decision
to Brooklyn. Strong relief pitching
by Clyde Day was largely response
bic for the Robins victory.
Although idle because of rain, the
st. Louis Cardinals increased their
leadership a half game when the
Giants lost.
Philadelphia athletics made its
margin over the second-place New
York Yankees a trifle more than a
full game by shutting out Cleveland,
4 to 0. while the Yankees were los
ing to Detroit. Old Eddie Rommell
held the Indians to nine scattered
hits.
George Uhle BANKED New York
2 to 0 in making his first start OF
the season for Detroit. He allowed
the heavy hitting Yankees but five
hits.
In the other American League
games, the Boston Red SoX defeat
ed Chicago, u to 9, and Washington
won from the st. Louis Browns,
to 5. Eight errors by the White
Sox aided Boston in its run making
The Senators came from behind to
defeat the Browns, knocking Wal
ter Stewart, the old jinx, from the
box and scoring five runs in the
eighth inning.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-16
LOUCHRAN HAS
EASY time IN
WINNING BOUT
BY DIXON STEWART

United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, May l6.-U.P)-
Tommy Loughran, Philadelphia
boxing master, stood today in the
path of Jack Sharkey. Max Schmel-
Ing, Young Stribling and other as
pirants TO public recognition as
worlds heavyweight champion.
Loughran may not be the worlds
best heavyweight. but the l0,5S4
spectators who paid s37.l839l TO
see him hand Victoro Campolo OF
the Argentine a decisive drubbing
at Madison Square Garden last
night are convinced that he is not
far removed from that ranking.
Schmeling, Striblng, Sharkey
and Camera may go through with
their scheduled bouts for the
worlds championship" but until
Loughran is eliminated there are
many followers Of boxing-includ-
ing the writer-who viii regard the
titular issues as unsettled.
Loughrans victory over Campolo
was boxing masterpiece. The re-
tired undefeated world s light
heavyweight champion turned in
the most impressive fight of his
long and sensational career and
won by a wide margin. He not only
made the giant Argentine look like
a novice so far as boxing skill was
concerned, but he actually out
punched his opponent. who had
been touted as one of the heaviest
punchers in the division.
The Philadelphian. working un-
der the handicap of a seven-inch
disadvantage in height and a l94
to 1921 pound difference in weight,
won eight of the 10 rounds.
Rated as a cream puff puncher
who couldn't break an egg, Tommy
staggered the Argentine on half a
dozen occasions and had him. bleed
ing from nose, mouth and ear.
The Argentinans only effective
punch was hard right TO the kid
neys, while Tommy scored with ev-
cry blow in the book.
The defeat effectively eliminated
Campolo, regarded generally as the
best heavyweight invader of recen.
years, from tituiar consideration.
Loughran, who has been attempting
to secure a return match with Jack
Sharkey. who knocked him out in
his first start as heavy two years
ago, now is in direct line for
title chance.
Sharkey has shown no anxiety to
meet Loughran but can no longer
evade the issue if he hopes to earn
general recognition as champion.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-16
Pacific Coast
League Scores
BY United Press


The Portland Beavers retained q
fair margin of leadership in the
Coast league today, although they
lost a 10 to 9 verdict TO the Los
Angeles Angels in a 16-inning con-
test. longest of the season to date
The game lasted until the early
hours this morning. Fans who stay
ed throughout the long vigil were
rewarded with spirited final inn
ing in the 18th, when the Beavers
appeared TO have won in the first
half with two runs only TO have
the Angels put across three runs in
the last half.
The Hollywood Stars shunted the
San Francisco Seals out Of second
place by defeating Oakland 10 TO
4. Turner hurled for the Stars and
gave the Oaks only eight scattered
hits.
The Sacramento Senators called
on their lucky star to trim the Seals
10 0. although they made only
half as many hits and were up
against Sam Gibson. leading San
Francisco pitcher. Gibson allowed
five hits. and although his team
mates bagged 10 hits they could not
convert them into runs.
1t took the Mission Reds II in
nings TO nose out the Seattle r.
dianS to 4.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-16
YOUNG DAVID AND RICHARDS
BATTLE TO DRAW DECISION

Reyes got the decision. We said he
deserved Il because Monroy Jagged
back too long before starting in.
Art didn't lag last night. He flop
ped Luis TO the floor for a two
count in the first round, again in
the second, let him stay on his
feet in the third and dropped him
twice more in the fourth. And that
Brawles bozo took them and came
back for more. He's tough and plen-
ty tough. We gave him an even
break in the last round. He was
fighting strong and we'd risk a
nickel that he might lick Art in
10 round go.
There wasn't q thing wrong with
this fight Almost anything was
likely to happen despite the fire.
quent trips Reyes made to the
floor.
Vincent Solano helped himself TO
a knockout over Madison Glover IN
the opener, stopping the San Diego
colored boy in the third round with
only five seconds to go.
There was enough action in this
bout to satisfy any fan and 1t was
good battle until the heavier ar
tillery carried by Solano began TO
tell ON the colored boy. When that
happened he covered up and tried
to weather the storm but Solano
wouldn't let him. He dug him out
of his shell and slipped him the
works
Richards gave the crowd pre-
battle shock just before his bout
with David began. The coast boy
started to take off his bath robe
when it was discovered that the
robe and a pair of boxing shoes
composed his entire apparel. Veter-
an fans recalled the night Alex
Trambitas went even further than
that. Twas quite an embarrassing
moment.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-16
CalexicO Loses
TO San Diego

Calexico high school lost its
chance for the Southern California
baseball championship yesterday
afternoon by a defeat at the hands
of the three-times champion, San
Diego high school nine, playing at
CaleXico.
In spite of a good performance
turned in by j. Thomas. Calezico
pitcher, lack of support marked a
TO 0 defeat against him.
Chet Smith, San Diego hurler,
appeared in a brilliant light by
striking out 18 batters during the
game. and allowing only four wide
ly scattered hits. This is the third
victory Of San Diego over Calexico
in three years. For three years
the San Diego high school nine has
held the championship Of Southern
California.
Thomas held the San Diego hit
ters to one of their smallest totals
Of the season when he allowed them
only eight hits, and only one batter
to hit twice. Calexico was marked
with one error, and San Diego with
none.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-16
COAST LEAGUE
DON CREDITED
WITH SETTING
SPEED RECORD

CARDONE. Italy, May l6. -(U.D
"A new unofficial speedboat record
was believed made today by Kaye
Don. British racing driver, in his
Miss England II.
In trial run last night, he made
ITO kilometers an hour, it was said.
That is l05.57 miles an hour. better
ing his record made in Argentina
recently.
Don. in Miss England II, estab-
lished the official record for speed
boats of 1884 miles an hour over a
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-16

measured course In the River Par
ana, near its confluence with the
River Plate, Argentina. on April 2.
He broke the former record held
by Gar Wood. America, OF lO2.256
miles an hour.
The trial run was made on Lake
Di Garda prior to official tests to-
day. Don had said he believed his
boat capable of greater speed than
he had made in Argentina, and de-
clared he intended to establish a
record which would stand for a
long while"