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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-08

KILGORE, Sept e-VPJ- The
east Texas oil army Of occupation
was reduced materially today.
Nearly 600 men and officers Of
the Texas National guard. demobil-
lied. were ready TO start back home
back to civil life. Brig. Gen. Jacob
+. Wolters. commandant Of the
area. kept 100 men and 80 officers
70 help enforce the state railroad
commission ~proration order setting
each wells daily allowable at 225
barrels.
There was a hustle and hustle
about the camp last night as men
packed for the trip back home
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-08

TULSA. Okla. Sept. s.-CF-
While reopening Of the big eat
Texas oil field was expected 10
send production figures skyward
the figures for the week ended
Sept. 5 showed a continued de-
cline In production f'orrres for the
United States The Oil and Gas
Journal reported a daily average
f'ow Of 1.736. DOT barrels as COM
pared with 1.740.e53 barrels the
preceding week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-08
Bolt Kills Man

SINNER, Sept. 3. -tP1-Light-
ming yesterday killed one man al
most instantly. probably fatally in
jured another. and shocked a third
A man identified only a "Muel-
ler.- and thought to be of Edna
Tex. waa killed.
Willie Stefka was probably
fatally injured when struck by q
bolt as he worked in a cotton field
nea here.
A third man was stunned, but
will recover.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-08
Blast Hurts Man

LONGvIEW, Sept. 8.-tP-Ro-
bert Simich, Oklahoma Construc-
ticn Corporation employe. was Sc
riously injured near here yesterday
when a dynamite cap exploded.
His left hand was badly mangled
and he was severely cut about the
head. Doctors feared ne would lose
his hand and an eye.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-08

Grand Uifh blood fomisF rsm-fhoss
sopsss Ks6frs affscisdi IL wHH challenge
yosv belief 10 read Of fhs jsnrfs horrors
hssbed spes fAh besssysf nsmss. phs
actually Hred TO tell her ors fyae sfory
~ rords 50 frosE they frrrsfy.
"TF those degenerate Ksfhrs had
i only killed me-" this beautiful
woman writes, ~ would not today be
tortured with telling you OF that hor-
rible jungle night.
"Now that | have the safety Of .
home ia this Greatest Of all lands, il
haunfs me like q hideous nightmare
that my husband and ! we're once
driven from Natal BY the ferocious
ZuIus- From there, we trekked to-
ward the promised peace Of Zouts-
panbere. Through endless miles Of
dense, fouI-smeliin9 jungle swamps.
We waecd our fight for Iife-asainst
icthsl snakes. rsvenous crocodiIes
and beasts, and the tsetse fy's death
fever.
"But death al the hands Of any nafu-
raI jungle peril would have been sweet
wine compared 10 the bitter fate
awaiting me in the land Of the Ksfir
ssvskcs. They sfalked Us for days,
and every mile ! could see fear-fear
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-08
~RIvGEI-SAN BENITO

"Daybreak" a new Metro-G Goodwin
Mayer talkie. which will open to-
morrow at the Rivoli Theatre. In
San Benito, will present the most
be-uniformed star the motion pic
ture business has known.
When he appears as an amorous
lieutenant of His Majesty's Guards
in 'Daybreak' it will be but one o!
nearly forty times that he has ap-
peared in the guise Of a soldier.
Other appearances of this sort
include The Prisoner of Zenda'
(Which launched him as a starr
"Scaramouche," The Student
Prince" Thy Name Is Woman
Devil May Care" The Midship-
man. and The Flying Fleet"
Showing for the last times today
Joan Crawford in This Modern
Age"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-08
New Citizens

HAFLINGEN-Born at the Valley
Baptist hospital TO Mr.. and Mrs. M.
M. Brown, 2 boy, weighing nine ana
one-half pounds and to Mr.. and
Mrs. william +. Davis a girl weigh
Ing seven GA one-fourth pounds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-08

WEATHER SUMMARY
Barometric pressure was moder-
ately low this morning from the
Plateau region northeastward to the
upper Mississippi valley, and rela-
lively to moderately high over the
balance Of the country. Except for a
few widely scattered showers the
weather was mostly fair to clear
throughout the country during the
last "a hours. Temperatures also
continued unseasonably high prac-
tically throughout the plains states.
Texas, and In some OF the central
states.
BULLETIN
tFirst figures. lowest tempera-
ture last night: second. highest
yesterday: third. wind velocity at
Q q. m: fourth. precipitation In
last "a hrxp
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-08

mobile In which they we're riS.ng
was struck by another car.
Mrs. Alderman died about an
hour after the crash. Dorothy
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-08

Alderman. 10. her daughter: Mrs.
j. Rodgers and Miss Bertha Rod
gers. were not believed 10 have
been seriously injured
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-08
Wreck Is Fatal

SAN ANTONIO. Sept. 8. Up
Mrs. w. 3. Alderman of San An
tonic was fatally injured and
three other Der1Ons ere hurt near
here yesterday when an auto
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-08
MOVIE SIDELIGHTS

Herbert. Thelma Todd. Margaret
Livingston, Bella Lugosi. GTayce
Hampton and George Grandee, Mer-
vyn lie Roy directed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-08

CAPITOL
"Dirigible." a sensational film on
! the screen OF the Capitol Theatre
today with Jack Holt. Ralph Graves
and Frank CapTa-the trio respon-
sible for Columbia's two previous
smashing hits-"Submarine" and
"Flight"-Scored once again.
The present offering supplies a
series OF thrills that are fairly
electrifying. Strictly modern I'm
theme and treatment, II gives the
most realistic depletion OF life IN one
OF the modern Navy dirgibles that
anything outside Of actual exper-
fence could convey.
The story-which ssrves as an ex-
cellent basis upon which TO build
the spectacular features, concerns
"Frisky' Pierce-ace Navy aviator
and Jack Bradon-commande- of
a u. S. Dirgible.
Acting honors fall about evenly
between Jack Holt and Ralph
Graves.
QUEEN
Thirty years Of thrills . packed
into two hours Of breathless enter
tainmenti
Such is "Cimarron.' Radio Pic
lures dramatiZation of Edna Ferger's
epic story OF Oklahoma, starring
Richard Dix as the colorful Yancey
Cravat. The film opens at the Queen
theatre today and Is the most not
able production in months. In the
opinion OF this reviewer. ii Is the
most significant production since the
advent of talking pictures.
Smashing dramatic punches come
IN rapid order Yancey leads the
great land rush Slays Lon
Yountis . Meets "the Kid" in
mortal combat Champions the
Usage Indians ThwartS his own
love. Sabra. to save Dixie Lee .
and dies that others may live 4.
All in one gripping. awe-inspiring
production.
Dix's portrayal OF Yancey un-
doubtedly Is his greatest role. Irene
Dunno as Sabra is the Dramatic
sensation OF many seasons.
DITTMANN
One of the most famous American
A40ANAot AiN ll1iitAitAA0h IA uo14NAA'
Calf. was used as m OF tie loca-
tions for Joe f. Brown. newest star
ring vehicle Broad Minded" the
First National picture which Is now
PLAYING at tire Dittmann Theatre.
The Huntington hotel Is noted as
being the stopping place Of more
millionaires on vacation than any
other hotel in the country. Scores Of
plutocrats spend the winter months
Putting there.
Beside Joe f. Brown. others in the
cast OF this clever comedy--omance
include William Collier. Jr.. Ona
Munson. Marjorie White. Holmes
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-08

LIQUID OR -EjLETS
Relieves . Hea1a or Neuralgia
In 30 minutes, checks . Cold the
first day. and checks Malaria In
three days
666 Salve for Baby's Cold
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-08

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Port Isa-
bel Wednesday, under normal Me-
neurological conditions:
High SIT a. m.
Low TAT p. m.
The daily worker., 1931-03-26
lynch 9th NEGRO this YEAR AS MAR. 28 PROTESTS NEAR
thousands OF Anthracite Miners On Strike
Final Warning
Statement by the


CENTRAL COMMITTEE, COMMUNIST PARTY OF U.SA.
ToDAY's Daily Worker is late and appears only after
many sacrifices and tremendous efforts We have
peatedy warned that the Daily Worker is in extremely diff
fcult financial position.
The Daily Worker cannot continue in its present stua
On unless outstanding accounts Immediately paid Con-
nual borrowingthe method resored to in order to
the Daily Worker-has reached stage where debt has
been piled upon debt 1t is in this fashion the Daily Worker
has able its appearance but the difficulties
huge.
II is not merely question of paying old bills, but
rent be paid We cannot impress this
fact strongly upon all comrades who responsible for
paying accounts due to the Daily Worker.
Previous warnings have not been taken seriously. Com
radcs left burdens to Others in expectOn that the Daily
Worker would appear "somehow The fact that the Daily
Worker does appear is sufficient proof for them that it will
continue appear This attitude is detrimental to the
tinued appearance of the Daily Worker.
All districts must take action Immediately Funds
be rushed to the Daily Worker by wire! All bills must be
paid up it is upon the funds that will in i'm
Worker depends There should be delay if the Daily
Worker depends There should be delay, if the Oaiy
Worker is not to be crippled or stopped
The daily worker., 1931-03-26
SMASH JERRY DRESS INJUNCTION
TOMORROW! NEEDLE MEET TONIGHT
All Out Friday at P. M. to Fight forthe Right
to Strike! Meet at Each Morning
to Picket Struck Shops

NEW YORK. Tomorrow at 5
D, M, all workers and all unem-
ployed workers, whether in the nee
ole trades or not, are called for a
mass picket demonstration to smash
the injunction at the Jerry Dress
Shop, 800 Seventh Avenue. The call
for this struggle is issued by the
Smash -the-Injunction Committee of
the Trade Union Unity League, and
by the Needle Trades Workers In
dustrial Union.
The vicious injunction system was
hit hard blow In the food trades
last year, when the Smash-the-In-
junction Committee led powerful
mass demonstrations before cafete-
rias. Now the same vicious system
is being used to outlaw strikes In
the needle trades, and as all work
ers, and especially needle workers
rallied to smash the food injunctions,
so all workers should rally now to
help the needle workers.
The fight against the injunction
is the fight for the right to strike.
Meet Tonight
The Needle Trades Workers Indus
trial Union alls all members to a
meeting tonight In Webster Hall, at
Eleventh st. between Third and
Fourth Avenues. at z p. m. Here a
full report on the strike will be
The daily worker., 1931-03-26
Young Mother Tries
Suicide-NO Food

NEW YORK.-One jobless man,
Charles Hober, committed suicide
Thursday and two others and
woman who could not hear to see
her children stalve to death at
tempted to take their own life
Mrs. Lily Schaefer, 21-year-old
mother of two children, out of
work and with no way Of feeding
her babies, turned on the gas and
was barely saved from death
Anthony Dhmucelli, As, an un-
employed plaSterer, and Henry
Miller, 10, both without work, at
tempted to take their lives 70
avoid starvation.
This is the incomplete record Of
one days suicides and attempts
in New York cities. The number
who die of starvation or throw
themselves into the river is not
recorded by the capitalist press.
The daily worker., 1931-03-26

Clifford Pinchot, the "llber-
al" was elected governor on a
two-fold pledge; to abolish
the coal and iron police" and
to give unemployment relief"
He has done neither, and when dele
cations of the workers tried last week
to even attend open hearings in the
state legislature and to offer motions
for using the money spent on police
for the relief of the starving, they
were simply thrown cut of the build
ing.
Now the unemployed council af1li-
ated to the Trade Union Unity League
start, on April 10, to lead a state
hunger march on Harrisburg, Vol
unteers are called Saturday and Sun
day, April 4 and 5, to report at a
list of stations which will be made
public soon, to collect funds for the
expenses on the way.
ACTIVITY IN SneSteT.
A delegation of so to 100 Negro and
white unemployed workers will leave
Chester on April IL in the hunger
march to Harrisburg, after mon
ster open air demo lstration to be held
at Third and Market Streets. Open
air demonstrations will be held in the
outlying towns on the SO mile stretch
to HarriSbugh.
In preparation a number of open
air meetings will be held weekly
throughout Chester. Two open air
meetings held during the course of
last week by members of the unem-
ployed council brought in additional
members. The council has arranged
for the following open air meetings:
Thursday evening Third and Fulton
Streets; Friday evening Seventh and
Morton Avenue; Saturday afternoon,
3 p. m. at Third and Market Streets.
Another activity of the council will
be starvation banquet" at the
Workers Center, 12O West Third st.
on April 3rd. The council has also
arranged general unemployed con-
ference to be held April 25 at p. m.
at the Lithuanian Hall, Fourth and
tCOETINUED ON FACE THREEp
The daily worker., 1931-03-26
80 Murdered, 100 Injured by Labor
Govt. Troops at Indian Protest

An Associated Press dispatch from
Cawnpore, United Provinces, India
says: Thirty persons have been
killed and more than one hundred
injured in rioting which has devel-
oped here in protest at the execu-
ton of Baghat Singh and two COM
panions at Lahore Monday night
(All three revolutionists were hung
al the instigation of the British La
Dor government on framed-up char
ges). "The rioting began yesterday
(Tuesday), was suppressed by the
military during the night, but
started again today after order ap-
parently had been restored"
The same dispatch goes on to tel
The daily worker., 1931-03-26

made, and proposals for future work
submitted by the Executive Council
Problems of other sections of the in
dustry will be taken up.
All workers are urged to report at
Z a. m. each morning at the office
OF the N. t. w. I. u, 131 West 28th
ST., to picket the shops still on a
strike. These shops are: Jerry Dress,
500 7th Ave; Paterson, 25 w. 31st
ST.; Lawrence, 156 w. 34th ST.; ing
elman, 100 w. 31st ST.; M. g. A., 245
w 9th ST.; Prominent N. g. NJ, 134
w. 26th ST.; Economist, 245 w. 9th
ST.; Shell, 223 w. 38th st.
The daily worker., 1931-03-26
BIG STEEL MILLS
TO SLASH WAGES
OF ALL WORKERS
Already Tell Parasites
Their Profits Will
Go Up

Wall Street spectators on the in
side are being informed that wage
cut Tor the workers of the United
States Steel Corporation is coming
soon. Shearson Hammill g. Co.,
Wall Streets leading specialists" in
United States Steel stock, are quiet
ly informing certain of their clients
that wage cut can be expected in
the second quarter, that is, possibly
within two to four weeks from now.
The business observer of the Anna
list also writes cautiously in the is
sue of March 20: "This writer is ac-
qrainted with business observers who
think that if the steel companies,
now generally not earning their divi-
dends, do not succeed in substan-
TALLY advancing prices in the next
few months, they will be forced to
compensate by wage reductions. This
is an interesting possibility" In fact
the smaller companies have already
cut wages.
That United States Steel, already
staggering" wages Of its workers
about fifty per cent through part
time operation, is planning a vertical
slash in wages by reduction in piece
and hour rates is conceded by those
who have examined its recently issu-
ed annual report. From the point
of view of the investor, drawing div
idends regularly, the report, accord
ing to the Commercial and Financial
Chronicle, is ga marvellous exhibit of
strength. The company has been
able to pay dividends regularly even
or the piles Of stocks handed out
free to investors, as for example. In
the forty per cent stock dividend
of 1927. In spite of this, however,
the company made a much poorer
showing" than usual last year. For
it was unable to tuck away the
$108,000000 in its surplus account
that it had in 1929. In 1880 it salt
ed down only $1S,SOo,OOo in this ac-
count.
The company now has the huge
The daily worker., 1931-03-26
NEGRO STRIKER
SHOT BY SCAB
Hynes, Harvey Get 10
Days in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS, La, March 28.-
Leonard Wright, Negro striking
longshoreman, was shot through the
chest on Friday night by a strike
breaker named Lena Green. Wright
was walking on st. Peter St, near
Royal, when the scab came up and
opened fire. The scab does not
claim the striker was at that time
interfering with his working but tells
a story about having been in fight
with other strikers, quite separate
from Wright.
Hynes, Harvey Sentenced
Harold Hynes and H. Harvey, ma
tional secretary and national organ
izer of the Marine Workers Indus
trial Union, were sentenced to ten
days in the parish prison by federal
judge Grubb Saturday.
They were arrested for circulating
leaflets calling on the longshoremen
to violate the injunction and put up
light, with mass plcketlng, to win
their strike, which is being slowly
strangled by the International Long
shoremen's Association nlisleaders
here.
Frank Mitchell, arrested with Hyn-
es and Harvey, was found not gull
ty.
About fifty longshoremen are be-
ing put on trial tomorrow for mass
picketing.
The police are Trying to keep all
dissatisfied longshoremen away from
the Marine Workers Industrial Un-
ion hall at 3O8 Chartress st. How
ever. few more are coming up, and
many agree that the only way to win
the strike is by the tactics outlined
by the M. w. I. u.
The daily worker., 1931-03-26

zation for the March % demonstra4
tions against lynching and deportas
ton then spread the lie that the
worker had attempted to attack the
wife of the shop keeper.
In Wynne, Ark, two Negro young
workers are in grave danger Of be-
ing lynched following an act of seif~
defense when viciously attacked by
the manager of the Twist Brothers
plantation upon their refusal To
work without wages, The planta-4
ton slave driver, L. H. Glover, was
killed In the fight. The two young
workers are held in Jail and may be
taken out any moment by boss
mob. The lynch terror took over
forty victims last year, and nine ai~
ready for this year 4
To Deport 100000 Seamen
The terror against the foreign
born continues with increasing se-
verify. The bosses government has
ordered the deportation of 100000
foreign born seanlen. Thousands of
other foreign born workers are be-
ing picked up daily and rushed to
Ellis Island for deportation. In Aka
ron, Ohio, the government is speed
ing through the frame-up of Paul
F Kassay, Hungarian worker, on
a fake charge of sabotage" on the
navy dirigible akron" and are us-
ing this frame-up to justify their att
tackS on the foreign born.
Against this increasing terror,
which is directed not only against
the Negro and foreign born work.
ers, but against the solidarity Of the
working class and its struggles
against starvation, the workers are
mobilizing their forces for militant
demonstrations throughout h
length and breadth of the country
on Saturday. March 28.
With March % only two days
away, lasS minute mobilization
drive is being pushed With the ut-
most energy by the League Of Strug-
gle for Negro Rights, the COMMITTEES
for Protection of Foreign Born and
the International Labor Defense,
with the hearty cooperation OF huns
,rnzTTNrr-n o~ pAcu rrrruura
The daily worker., 1931-03-26

mines are on part time, and the
company issues notices that certain
of them are mot working" certain
days.
The strike is against speed-up, an
indirect wage-cut and an increase
i'll the amount of work to be done
without pay.
N. M. u. Leaflets.
The National Miners Union has
issued leaflets, calling for spreading
the strike to all the mines of the
Glen Alden, for rank and file con-
troll of the strike, for formation of a
joint strike committee for all the
companyS mines, no arbitration,
for mass picketing, for reinstatement
of the men fired and a continued
struggle to victory against wage
cuts and the longer hours.
Police are swarming In. Two
miners, members of the N. M. u,
Stanley Kawastwich and George
Pewkitis, were arrested at South
Wilkes-B Colliery for handing
out the leaflets. Both were fined $25
ard held "for investigation"
Locals Vote Strike.
At latest accounts, the following
locals of the u NJ w. had voted to
strike: Buttonwood Colliery, Lance
No. IL, Maxwell No. 2o Bliss, Not
tingham and AvonGale, all by vote
Of the miners assembled in local
meetings.
In addition, and most important
the grievance committees of all the
Glen Alden mines, forming a Joint
Grievance Committee, with three
representatives from each local,
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE
The daily worker., 1931-03-26
Bosses hciting to Lynchng and MurderOus Attacks ou
Negro and Foreign Born Workers eyzs Il
Entire Working Class Must Answer These
Attacks by Militant Demonstrations Saturday
Huge Meets Planned Throughout Country to Mobilize
Workers for Defense Of Negro and Foreign :
Born and Against Starvation y

Another Negro worker was brutally lynched
last Monday in tie growing boss terror against
the Negro and foreign born workers. The
worker Steve Wiley, was hanged from rail-
road trestle in Inverness, Mississippi His
crime challenging the dishonest bookkeeping of of the
shop keepers whO in league with the plantation owners
ularly rob the Negro agricultural workers.
The bosses in desperate attempt to defeat the growing unftu
OF the Negro and white detract from the ob-
The daily worker., 1931-03-26
Is EvictiOns in One
Day in Akron, Ohio
(By a Worker Correspondent.)

(By Worker CorrespOndent.)
AKRON, Ohio.-AlI records are
being broken in the number of
evictions of unemployed workers
from their homes. William Haynes,
clerk of the municipal court, an
nounced that Is families were
turned out into the street i'm one
day last week. The average num-
Der of evictions is about eight a
day, he sa-T. ~-7 '---~ 80 SEQ
families have c4.ner been thrown
out or have had eviction notices
filed against them since Jan. /
this year. The Unemployed Coun-
ellis are seeking to organize more
determined resistance to check
the increasing evictions of the
penniless unemployed.
The daily worker., 1931-03-26

how the Indian masses stormed mo-
tor cars containing imperialist mur-
derers. Two companies of British
troops were called out and 200 ad-
ditional police we're brought in from
Allahabad and Lucknow. The Brit
ish labor government is also rushing
additional forces to kill more of the
Indian revolutionists who are ex-
pressing their determination to fight
against imperialist domination and
the wholesale slaughter Of their fel-
low workers.
Another A. ?. cable from Karachi
tells Of the growing discomfort
among the Indian masses with Gan
ihi's sell-out. Tens Of thousands are
The daily worker., 1931-03-26
LOCALS DEFY LEWIS And
VOTE WALK-0UT AGAINST
WAGE CUTS, LONG HOURS

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, March 25-A strike,
starting in flat violation of the orders of the
United MiHc Workers higher officials, has
been spreading since Saturday through the
mines of the Glen Alden Coal Company and is
still spreading
There contradictory reports to just how many
out and the numbers grow but it that least 1000
have quit work. and the number may be high 1000 The
difficulty in counting the number on strike that all the
The daily worker., 1931-03-26

calling Gandhi the murderer of Bag
hat Singh and his companions. The
A, P. dispatch says:
"Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Nation
alist leader arrived here today to
attend the annual All India Nation
al Congress meeting to the acclaim
of thousands. but with an under
tone of Kisses and imprecations TO
the ovation.
We want the murderer of Baghat
Singh shouted members of an In
dian youths revolutionary organiza-
ton, referring to Gandhi, as he at
tempted to ride through the crowd,
CONTINUED ON PAGE "GREE,