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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-31
20 PERSONS KILLED
AS QUAKE STRIKES
| CITY IN NICARAGUA
Fire Breaks Out Shortly After
Shock and Is Expected to
Raze Managua
HAS 10000 INHABITANTS
U. s. Marines, in City Since
1912, Recently Ordered
to Withdraw
BY s. M. CRAIGE
(Tropicsl Radio Company Operator
ut Managua)
HAS 10000 IN %HABITANTS
BY s. M. CRAIGE
(Tropical Radio Company Operator
1T Managua)

O|
Managua, Nicaragua, March 81
B-At 1000 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing an earthquake OF very short dura-
ton shook down the major part Of
Managua. Fire broke out In the mar
ket center and was travelling rapidly
westward. It probably will finish the
Job.
The loss Of life In the city o aft
er the disaster was estimated at 40.
Managua Is the capital of Nicara-
qua and has a population Of about
$1,000. It Is located on Lake Mana
qua, 81 miles from the port Of CORN
to and SO miles from Granada. It Il
an important commercial center and
the second largest city In the republic
The houses are mostly one-story
rooted with red tiles and having inner
gardens or patios. Among the prin-
cipal buildings are the cathedral, thu
national palace, ancient structures Of
red sandstone, and the presidential,
palace, q recent handsome addition.
United States marines have &C.
cupied the Campo de Marie, at the
southern edge Of the city, almost con.
tinuously since 1912 but were ordered
withdrawn recently.
The city Is located On the Pacific
railway. It's importance dates from
1855 when it was chosen as the CAPT
tai Of the province rs the result o.
continuous rivalry between the Older
| cities Of Leon and Granada.
It Is an important distributing point
for points on or near the east shore
Of Lake Managua and Matagalpa. A
number Of important wholesale firms
have offices there as well as retail
houses, both native and foreign.
Approximately $500 marines were
stationed In Nicaragua, on March Z
Rear Admiral Arthur st. G. Smith
commander of the United States
forces in Central America, was ord
cred by the navy department to be.
gin gradual withdrawal Of his forces.
The plan was to move 500 marines
out by June l and the remainder BY
Jan. l, 1888, after the Inauguration
Of the new Nicaraguan government
Part of the detachment was quartered
In rebel areas in the interior and part
| In Managua and other central points
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-31
Pair Lose Lives
In Mine Cave-in

Coal Glen, N. O.. March 31.-Re
The mine Of the Carolina Coal COM
pany here has claimed the lives Of
L. "A. Huneycutt and his son, Fiber.
II whose deaths. made total Of 81
mensto perhkh. in the mine within stx
years.
The bodies Of the Huneycutts, who
entered the mine Saturday night to
operate tbs pumps, were found Mon
day night Imprisoned under . cave
In OF rock 1900 feet doWnt the shaft.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-31
BORN IN AIRPLANE

The Pas. Man.. March 3l.-The
stork flies high. A cabin airplane
1000 feet in the sky was the birth
place Of = son born to Mrs. Alex
Miller, who was being rushed to a
hospital by Flight Lieutenant A. L.
McPhee, OF the Royal Canadian Air
force.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-31
Wisconsin Now Has
Four Cent Gas Tax

Madison, Wis. March 3l.-R-
Governor Phil EaF,ollette Tuesday
signod the bill assessing . Sour-cent
state gasoline tax instead Of the pres
ent two-cent tax and repeating the
personal property tax on automobiles.
The bill becomes effective Wednes-
day.
The Washington times., 1931-03-05
MOTHER 'STEED
FETED BY VETS.

b Mother" Steeds boys honored
her last night for the way she
stood by them when they we're
IN trouble and had no place to.
go or food to eat in Gre hard
times" before the bonus bill was
made a law.
In the little C Street mouse that
Mother" used as a l0dgins place
for the many veterans who ap-
pealed to her for aid there was
rejoicing and an air Of thanks
giving last night.
Old Songs are Sung
The spirit of fellowship and
csmraderie which Mrs. Steed
found overseas when she went
there to look out for the needs
and welfare of the soldiers was
reborn again as the "bovs gath
cred in a large bare room of the
house and sang the old songs and
told the old stories of the service.
Below in the basement were
"eatS" greatly unlike those that
they got in the trenches. There
was ice cream. cake, sandwiches.
coffee and many other good
things.
Their Cots Reserved
On the floor above the feStivi-
ties were the Army co.'s which
Mother" Steed had had erected
for her boys" to sleep on
The boys had received their
bonus checks and before they
made their way to their respective
homes in all parts of the country
they took one night to say goodby
to the woman who had cared for
them when they were in want.
The Washington times., 1931-03-05
Pack to GiUe Talk
On Horns and CLAUS

Horn, Thorn, Tooth and Claw"
will be the title of an address,
illustrated by five reels of motion
pictures. to be given by Arthur
Newton Pack, president of the
American Nature Association, to-
morrow at 8 p. M, in Western
High School auditorium, Thirty
fifth and r StS. N. w.
The address will be the third
and last of the elementary science
series of the Congress Of Parents
and Teachers and Community
Institute. The films in their
present form have not been shown
before.
The Washington times., 1931-03-05
MUST FINISH SCHOOL

ANNAPOLIS, March 5.-A bin
providing that all children must
complete the elementary grades
of school before they are allowed
to go to work was introduced in
the House yesterday by, Delegate
Lindsay. of Baltimore county.
The Washington times., 1931-03-05

TOday's Classified Section contains
a NEW 24-HOur Service Directory that
VIII be Of value to you consult
Il now!
The Washington times., 1931-03-05

There is a shape and size in the
Bristle-Tite Tooth Brush line to
exactly suit Your needs.
These brushes are made Of care
fully selected bristles, strongly
mounted in sturdy handles. Differ
ent colored handles so that each
member of the family may have a
tooth brush with a different colored
handle.
The Washington times., 1931-03-05

A galleon in bas-relief with a, glass
background of green or amber
Gives off a soft glowing light, add
ing to the cheerfulness of any
room. Lamp is substantially made
and comes complete with full length
extension cord.
The Washington times., 1931-03-05

No need to keep that worn
out bedroom suite any longer.
This beautiful suite COM
prises the four major pieces,
namely, Bed, Dresser. Chest
of Drawers and Vanity. At
tractively finished in Walnut
Veneer.
Easy Terms
The Washington times., 1931-03-05

A fine laxative that is
mild and efficient. Par
ticularly useful in cases of
occasional constipation.
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-02-15
ALASKA PRODUCES FEWER MINERALS THAN
 WASHINGTON

Seattle has been a Boswell so long, singing the greatness of Alaska, that it is going to be something of 9 surprise to learn that the mineral production of the State of Washington, ac- cording to the last governmental reports, is greater than that of the territorial empire to the north.
 The fact of the Evergreen States mineral supremacy over Alaska was brought out at the opening session of the fourth annual Mining Institute at the Co1lege of Mines, University of Washington, recently when Prof,
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-02-15
JOB INSURANCE

Unemployment insurance was nicked as the first Of a number of remedies to be studied as a means of meeting periods of economic depression at the close of the conference recently in Albany, New York, of govern 0rs or representatives of the sev- en major industrial states of the northeast
 A group of experts was asked to prepare date on unemploy- ment insurance as effective un- Cer the voluntary and compul- scry pl2ns i'll Europe on the basis of a model unemployment insurance program which will be submitted to the executives of the st2tcc represented in the cCDfererce.
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-02-15

will endorse the protest or re- gister one of it's own. And while doing so bearing in mind that the Indians of Alaska want no special privilege of any kind but they do want every right and privilege and obligation of A G1erican citizenship.
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-02-15
THE ALASKA FISHERMAN

Joseph Daniels of the College of Mines noted that the last official report from the national capital showed Washington's annual producticn of minerals was valu- ed at $22,119, ,541 while for the same period Alaska's production amounted to $14, 4,O24409.
 80 Almost as Great.
 This was for the year 1928 the reports for 1929 and 1880 were not available at this time. However, estimated productions of the eartn's yield in this state and throughout the Northwest indicated that while the 1880 tonnage production was almost as great as that of 1928 the value of the product, because of lower prices for minerals, was much less in 1930 However, mining companies kept their plants. in the main, in operation all last year.
 In the Northwest, Montana led in mineral production with years output valued at STA 752.- 3c0. Others followed with Brit ish Co'ur,hia. S65, ,372 .583: Idaho, S28. .589.22l: then Washington
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-02-15

and Alaska and finally Oregon with $6,686,988.
 Professor Daniels observed that good sand and gravel pit in this state was potentially big ger than a gold mine.
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-02-15

THE ALASKA FISHERMAN
 Louis F. Paul, Editor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02
LEGION OFFICER
STEALS $500
Robs Orphans of Food;
Was Anti-Red

PONTIAC, Mich, June 1.-SteaI-
ing money from orphans, as we'll as
supporting the Fish anti ommun-
list campaign, is now among the
functions of high officials of the
American Legion. Willis M. Brewer,
a former national vice-commander
of the American Legion was convic-
ted here few days ago of stealing
$4,000 from the Legion's orphan fund
at Otter Lake, Michigan. This L.
gion commander, who many times
stormed against the Red menace"
to "our civilization and our children"
drops to the lowest kind Of grating
--robbing the orphaned children of
men he called "buddies" Of a few
thousand dollars. Brewer learned
his grating stunts as chairman of
the county board OF auditors, a pol
itical job.
At the time OF his Indictment,
Brewer was business manager of the
Michigan State tuberculosis hospital
at Howell where he undoubtedly
robbed tubercular workers of food II,
order to fill his own pockets. Such
deeds can be expected from Ameri-
can Legion commanders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02
WASHINGTON LUMBER
BARONS PREPARE TO
FORCE NEW WAGE-CUT
Bosses Hold Meeting to Discuss New Slashes
In Lumber Workers Pay; Mill Towns Become
Armed Camps; Prepare for Lockout
National Lumber Workers Union Organizing
Employed and Unemployed to Resist Cut

in case Of strike. All three Weyer-
houser Mills, A, B, and G, are putting
on their own police force. They are
putting in cook houses and making
provision for bunk houses to house
scabs. Searchlights have also been
installed in the mills. In other
words, they are making ready for the
struggle. The other mills in town
are doing the same thing.
This means that the bosses are
getting ready for the big slash in
the meager wages of the lumber
workers. A wage cut of from 10 to
20 per cent is expected.
N. L. w. u. On Job.
The National Lumber Workers
Union has been on the job and is
busy organizing employed and I'M
employed workers together TO resist
this wage-cut The N. l.. w. U, is
issuing leaflets calling upon the
workers to organize and to fight
against this attack of the bossesl
The bosses fear the organization
of the workers in the revolutionary
union and are trying to organize
company union in the A. F. of L.,
but the workers no longer are fooled
by the tools of the bosses, the A. r.
of L. misleaders, and are Joining the
N. L. W. U.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02
Ohio Workers Force Hearing On
Murder of Unemployed Negro

AKRON, O.--The militant defense
by white and Negro workers of a
meeting called in Barbeton, O., last
Wednesday evening to protest the
police murder of Louis Alexander,
unemployed colored worker, has
forced the authorities to make pre-
tense of investigating the circum-
stances surrounding police raid on
Alexander's home and his subsequent
disappearance.
Prosecutor Don Isharn declares he
will have members of the Unem-
ployed Council, which is leading the
protest against the murder of Com
rade Alexander, and members of the
Barberton police department sub
poenaed before the grand jury which
convenes this week. In the mean
time, he is utilizing the services of
the local NJ A. A. G. p. leaders in a
fake investigation 10 cover up the
brutal police terror against the Me-
gro workers,
The hundreds Of militant white
and Negro workers who had gath
ered last wednesday in Barberton to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02
by a Worker Correspondent

EVERETT Wash.-The bosses in
Everett have organized to fight the
workers. There are twelve mills here
and only ten are running.
In the sawmills the wages are all
the way from $3.50 to 1920, but not
many get $500. They work from s
TO IA hours a day and are speeded UP
to the limit. Still the bosses are not
satisfied and are preparing to fuHher
cut the already starvation wages of
the lumber workers, and this is how
they do 1t. All the head men of the
Weyerhouser mills got together and
held meeting in which, among other
things, the wages of the workers
we're discussed. One fat mill boss
by the name Of Peabody said that
the workers must be starved so that
they will work for and take what
the bosses are willing to give them.
Prepare TO Cut.
No sooner was the meeting over
than the workers of Everett saw the
results of it. The Weyerhouser Mill
3, the largest mill in Everett, put
some unemployed and part time
workers to work, They built a tall
fence around the mill The excuse
Is that the workers steal things but
of course the fence is to protect scabs
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02

protest against the police murder of
Comrade Alexander gave a good ac-
count of themselves when police, in
an attempt to stifle the protests of
the workers and to break the grow
ing unity of white and Negro work.
ers, attacked the meeting with gas
bombms and clubs.
The local boss press admits that
policeman Dean Shannon who lost
his barge, club and gun and some of
his cockiness in the fight, had red
pepper in his pocket when he in
vaded the stage where Jennie Coo
per, district organizer of the Inter-
national Labor Defense, was speak,
ing. Quick action on the part of the
workers defense corps prevented
Shannon from throwing the pepper
In the eyes of the ]. l.. d. organizer.
Mayor S. A. Decker, of Barberton,
whom the Unemployed Council holds
Jointly responsible with the police
for the murder of Comrade Alex
ander, threatens to place charges
against the workers Injured By the
police in their attack on the meet
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02
Prepare Program! Sbread
LeQfleatS! Get Sneakers.
For "DalIv" Club Meetings

Results for the first week of the
Campaign for $4,000 to save the
D. w, from suspension are far from
encouraging. Where $1,000 was ex-
pected for the week, only about $4,000
was received. Where all districts
were expected to concentrate their
forces to the breaking point on be-
half of the Daily" only about go
per cent of them even took the
trouble to answer our letters. Dis
tricts /, 6, IL, IL, Is, 16,and II have
yet to acknowledge receipt of coupon
books
Why have we not heard from
District 6, Pittsburgh or District IL,
Seattle outlining definite plans for
the Drive? What is happening in
District l, Boston? Why are the
Red Builders News Clubs and Sec
ton Daily Worker Agents so
strangely silent in the Campaign?
Why have no dates been set for
meetings of Friends of the Daily
Worker? We have yet TO hear of
functiOning Daily Worker Clubs
anywhere.
All districts have now received
cards with names of subscribers. 1t
is Of the utmost importance to see
that every subscriber on these cards
is visited and revisited if necessary
for donations, and for support as
members of the Daily Worker Clubs.
Hold Meetings! Send Report!
Programs for meetings of these
groups of readers and sympathizers
should drawn up without delay.
Arrangements should be made for
able speakers and every effort made
TO hold meetings in the early days
of the Campaign while the need is
great.
Picnics and socials also, widely adj
vertised, will result in drawing large
masses of workers and sympathizers
to the affairs. Notices of such affairs
should be sent to all subscribers urg-
ing them to come and bring their
friends
Functioning Daily Worker Clubs,
voluntarily supported, will give pre-
stige and greater organizational
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02
Council Bluffs Unemployed Branch Wins Fight

done about getting his money or the
truck back The attorney. seeing
that there was no chance to make
any money out of this worker who
was so hard up, said No. Then
Middleton came to the Unemployed
Council and asked if something could
be done
Tho Unemployed Council imne-
diately organized committee which
went with the worker to the car deal
err and demanded the return of either
the car Of the money to the worker.
Yudelson got scared that he ran out
of his place of business and up the
alley to the City Hall with the COM
mittee after him
Unemployed Council Wins.
They got to the City Hall and the
car dealer rushed into the Mayors
office and demanded protection. OF
course a constable was sent down to
protect the dealers property, but the
committee was so firm in presenting
their demands that the truck was
returned to the worker and the deal
er had 10 wait for his money.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02
PREACHERS ADMIT
NEW WAR COMING
Don't Tell Why Bosses
Prepare Slaughter

On Sunday, number OF preachers
spoke about war preparations. A
good many of them admitted that
war Is approaching rapidly and
spouteds the usual peace" bunk.
Or. James Mac Leod, speaking at the
Collegiate Church of St Nicholas
said that "the whole world is in pro-
cess Of preparation for another war
that will make the last look like a
polo match"
The Reverend went on to say:
More than So per cent of our ma
tional income is spent on prepare
lions for or preparations against war.
Great Britain and the United States.
in this time Of depression, are spend
ing upwards Of billion and a half
yearly for their armies and navies.''
Why the bosses are preparing for
war, DR.. Mac Leod did not mention.
He did not say word about the
war preparations against the Soviet
Union, by the iinperialist powers.
On the same day, Frederick B.
Rentschler, president of the United
Aircraft and Transport Corporation,
announced that the four leading
Eastern and Western air transport
lines would be consolidated-with
the approval of the war department.
The consolidation of the air lines is
an end the War Department has
been working to in order TO prepare
all the commercial airplanes in the
country for the coming war.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02
ScOttsbOrO Defense
Conferences

June .
Hartford, Conn, at n Albany
Ave.
Stamford, Conn, at % Pacific
st.
June S.
Springfield, Conn.
Indianapolis, Ind.-At ODD Eel
lows Hall, 5301a Indiana Ave, at
7:30 p. m.
Baltimore, Md.--At Galilean
Fishermen's Hall, AL w. Biddle
ST., at 8 p. m.
June &
Chester, Pa, at Lithuanian
Hall, 4th and Upland Streets.
New Brunswick, N. J.-At the
Workers Home, IL Plum ST., at
2:30 p. m.
June !
Danbury, Conn, at IA Ives st.
Gary, Ind, at Croatian Hall,
23rd and Washington st., at 2 pm,
Kansas City, p. m. Hall later.
June 3
Yonkers, N. Y.-At the Workers
Cooperative Center, 252 Warbur-
ton Ave, at p, m.
June IL
New Haven, Conn, at SO Howe
st,
June 13
New Britain, Conn.
June ID
Detroit, M1ch.-At 1343 E. Ferry
ST.
June IS
Bridgeport, Conn, at 81 Cannon
St,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02
i. s. PAY CUT
EXCEEDS OTHERS
Greater Than in Other
Lands

A report on wage cuts issued by
tho League of Nations, Economic
Section, states that wages have been
cut more in the United States up 10
January, 1881, than in Germany.
Great Britain, or any other leading
capitalist country, The same report
admits drastic wage cuts In all
countries but shows that you IN the
richest capitalist country in the
world" have been cut most.
That the wage cutting drive inter
nationally is gaining momentum is
also stressed by this same report. It
says lin the spring of 1881, the ten
dency towards wage cuts seems to
have gained strength in several
countries E
This process can particularly be
seen in the United States with a
huge increase in pay cuts in the
steel, textile, lumber and rubber in
dustries being admitted,
As wage cuts increase the fake
propaganda of some of the leading
bosses TO make it appear they are
against such action grows daily. Al
Smith few days ago issued
statement about being against wage
cuts, and now another Democratic
faker, Senator Wagner, laying the
basis for winning over the votes of
disconnected workers, makes a state
nlent purporting to be against wage
cuts" Wagner, early in the present
economic crisis, started off with all
sorts of schemes for curing unem-
ployment. Now he declares in AL
bany that recourse to wage-cutting
is all too obviously an admission of
incompetence. He tells the bosses
not to cut wages directly but to get
the same effect by firing workers
and speeding up those left on the
job.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02

power to the Daily" The hope
of the workers paper now rest
with the masses. Daily Worker
Clubs will create, intensity and
hold this support. Comrades are
urged to exert more energy and
time in this direction and help
build a powerful mass weapon for
the defense of the Daily" in time
of need.
HAVE YOU RENEWED YOUR
SUBSCRIPTION! HAVE YOU ASK
ED YOUR FRIENDS TO SUB
SCRIBE! SUBSCRIPTIONS AND
RENEWALS WILL HELP BUILD
DAILY" SEND YOURS IN NOW:
To Arms! Red Builders!
Workers organizations are begin
ing to see the flight of the Daily"
Realizing the necessity of immediate
financial help of the Daily Worker,
reads letter from Proletcult of Brook
lyn, we the members of the Pro-
letcult ontribute ten dollars and
urge all friends and synpathizers to
do likwise and show all its enimies
that THE Daily Worker will be saved,
and lead the working class of the
u. S. A."
A group of comrades from the
Hinsdale Youth Club, arranged a
farewell gathering for comfade L. K,
leaving for the Soviet Union. I'VE
did not forget on this occasion our
own Daily Worker for whom we COL
lected $500" writes G, B. Coney
Island, N. Y.
The Red Builders News Club OF
NJ Y, conducted meeting at 14th
St, 81 University Place, N, Y. Mon
day Evening. Eight hundred people
were present-225 Dailies we're sold
and S755 collected all of which will
go to the Daily Worker Fund. The
N. Y. Club, passed a resolution last
Sunday, that they would hold several
meetings this week for the benefit of
the Daily"
LET'S HEAR FROM THE RED
BUILDERS AND WORKERS CLUBS
WITH ACCOUNTS OF MEETINGS
FOR DAILY" BENEFIT!