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Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-31
McGinnis Meadows

Miss Macel Wallace came up from
Troy Tuesday to spend the Christmas
vacation with her parents, OF the East
Fisher.
Earl and Jean Fowler spent last
Wednesday night at the W. J. Lloyd
home
A large crowd attended the fine pro-
gram and Christmas tree held at the
Gospel hall Christmas eve. The reclta-
tons and singing by the children were
especially good; also the selections by
Mrs. Sanford and Mr.. Shales
Edward and Willard Orr came home
from Thompson river Friday to spend
a week with their folks.
Miss Macel Wallace visited last
Tuesday evening with her aunt and
uncle. Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Scott, then
went over the trail Wednesday morn
ing to her home on the West Fisher.
Miss Macel has been attending school
in Troy.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl c. Walker and
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lloyd spent
Christmas day with MIR. and Mrs. w
j. Lloyd.
Edward Orr spent Saturday night
with Ernest and Penrod Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garth Kenelty and
little son Richard spent Christmas day
in Libby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Davis and Dor
othy, Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Davis and
Mr. and Mrs. E w. Scott had dinner
with Mr.. and Mrs. M l. Davis Christ
mas day.
Last Wednesday evening Mr. and
Mrs. Garth Kenelty entertained II
honor Of their little son Richards first
birthday, several Of his aunts, uncles'
cousins and grandmother.
Those who attended the Christmas
program at the Gospel hall last Thurs
day evening from here were MIR. and
MRS. Morris Davis and Dorothy, Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Gilbertson, John Lenard,
Bill LOOMS, Roy Stopper, Mrs. M. l.
Davis and Ernest Davis.
Several inches more snow fell here
the first of the week We now have
about 20 inches on the level.
Edward and Willard Orr and Ernest
Davis were in Libby Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Davis and
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Davis called at
the Harvey Shelley home Friday eve
ming.
The friends Of Billie Williams were
thoroughly surprised when he and Miss
Juanita Nixon Of Libby were married
last Wednesday afternoon, by Judge
Haigler. This community joins in wish.
ing Billie and his bride long lite OF
happiness and prosperity Friday eve
nlng a large crowd OF friends and rel
atives gathered at the Rex Fleming
home to charivari the newly weds.
The evening was spent in playing
games and dancing
The Thompson Fisher community
club meeting was held at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Gilbertson Mon
day and was we'll attended considering
the weather and condition OF the roads.
About 40 were present and wonder
full time had by ALL A delicious dinner
consisting of everything good to eat
was served by the hostess, after which
/ Mrs. r. J. Townsend played Santa and
distributed gifts from beautiful
Christmas tree. Then the business
meeting was held and Miss Finucane
gave demonstrations on making chill
dren's clothes, which were very m
teresting.
The next meeting will be held Fri
day, January 27th at the home OF Mr.
and Mrs. Delbert Lang on Thompson
river
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-31

Barber (having sold bottle of hair
oil to customer)-Excuse me- sir. do
you happen to play billiards.
Customer-Yes, why?
Barber-Then must warn you, cir.
after using this lotion to be sure and
wash your hands before so much ~
touching billiard ball.--London
Opinion.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-31
Ura1 Happenings
The world is full Of laughter
And may you get your share.
May the coming New Year bring 80
His smallest load of care

Roy Livengood and Joe Cada drove
to Rexford Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Meule and
little son left Wednesday for Proctor,
Montana.
Mr. and Mrs. August Morey and fam
lily took the train Wednesday for White
fish where they planned to spend
Christmas with relatives.
The Christmas tree and program at
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-31

The Western News costs you less
than &c week on years subscrip-
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Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-31

A "cheroot" y a kind OF cigar.
truncated at both sides, originally
made In South India and Manila
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-31
Extremes in Books

The worlds largest book, and the
smallest, are In the British museum
In London.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-31

EDITORS Note-There was very lit
tie news in the issue of this date The
paper at that early day was a four
page paper and about ID columns were
devoted to timber and stone and home
stead legal publications, which made
rich returns for the publishers There
were Ia items Of local news, the rest
Of the paper being devoted to adver-
Using and state and national news in
boiler plate form.)
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-31

There will be a meeting at 7.30 on
Saturday evening for the purpose Of
organizing chamber OF. commerce
All those interested should attend. The
meeting will be held in Judge Hoff-
mans office.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-31

off in Libby last week and took up
timber claim.
John Mattyshock. one of the sub
stential farmers on Fisher river. was
in the city during the week
E. j. Wallace of Butte, brother of
Mrs. G. w. Hutton, spent Christmas
with Mr. and Mrs Hutton
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-31

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-31

resort to any legal methods. like
injunctions."
Rank and file workers say that
there we're no need for the company
to restore to such things since the
hosiery union officials while leading
the strike were carrying on vicious
strikebreaking activities that finally
landed the workers in the mills,
demoralized, and forced to accept a
large wage cut.
Speaking for the local betrayers
of the workers John Banachowicz,
who along with other Musteites led
the strike to betray it, said:
Considering the conditions in the
industry and the general business
depression at this time, 1 think we
reached very favorable settle
reached very favorable settle
ment"
The Phoenix Hosiery strikers were
the last to be forced back to work
under tn ewage-cut agreement. Upon
outbreak Of the strike of some 1900
hosiery workers in New England,
New York and New Jersey, the same
leaders who voted for and worked for
the wage-cuts put themselves at the
head of the movement to head off
the Communist leader and to betray
it as in the case of the Phoenix
hosiery strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-31
Langston Hughes
Writes Poem on
ScOttsbOrO Case

NEW YORK.-Langston Hughes,
one of Americas leading poet and
novelist, has written a poem, called
1.-THE New Black Blues" inspired by
the Scottsboro case and released
through the International Labor De-
Tense which is defending the boys
while working toward -" brand new
world where there's no color line"
The poem follows.
Yes, I've had the hungry blues
And nothin' in the world to lose.
Preachers tellin' me to choose
Tween dyin'. ....
And lynn, and keepin on cryin-
But Use tired O. them hungry blues.
Listenl Amt you heard the news?
There's another thing to choose:
A brand new world,
Clean and fine,
Where nobody's hungry and
There's no color line.
A thing like that's
Worth a black mans dyin.
And 1 amt got a thing to lose
But them doggone hungry blues.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-31
FRAMING AGED
JOBLESS LEADER
B Id win Locomotive
Has Council Raided

CHESTER, Pa. Oct. Scatter po-
lice raided the Unemployed Council
at Crum Lynne, near here, where the
Baldwin Locomotive Works are To-
Gated, Secretary Richardson of the
Council was arrested on a frame-up
charge.
Richardson is 10 years old, and an
auto mechanic. A stool pigeon brought
him a car, which he fixed, and then
took on the road to test out. While
he was in the car, the stool pigeon
came with the police, arrested him
and had a charge of stealing a car
against him. The International La
Dor Defense will defend him, and ex-
poets to have plenty Of witnesses to
prove this is frame-up minded to
help crush the Unemployed Council.
The working class of Crum Lynn
is mostly Negro and foreign born, e5
per cent of them now jobless. A big
Unemployed Council has ben carry
ing on a campaign to force the city
to give relief.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-31
JAIL EVARTS, KY.
MINE UNION HEAD
Frameup Fake Charge:
Thugs Shoot Miner

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. 28-
The Vige County court room was
damned with workers and the cor
ridors filled with workers who came
to show their solidarity at the trial
Of Leo Roberts and Burr Leach who
were going to be railroaded to the
Penal Farm by Judge Jeffries and
LacEy Whitlocl, the prosecutor.
These two workers we're arrested
for protests against two vicious con-
stables who were abuNng an old
crippled newspaper seller. The con-
stables attempted to put the mans
furniture in truck and when he
protested the constables attacked
him and hurt his crippled leg.
Leach and Roberts were passing by
and told the eonstables where to get
off at. They called the police and
arrested the two workers. They
were released and then re-arrested
and bond of $1,000 each held over
them.
After the constables left, the IN
employed Council aroused the neigh
bors who set the furniture back. The
workers are organizing here by leaps
end bounds as proven by the solid
arity shown in the court room this
morning. These workers only found
this cut through the grape vine route,
and if we had time to announce this
in our Unemployed Councils there
would have been more.
Leach and Roberts demanded a
jury trial and it was granted because
the judge didn't like the looks Of the
workers who were there en- masse.
The trial comes up November 5,
and we will have thousands out for
it. We are notifying the Interna-
tional Labor Defense in Indianapolis
and Chicago. This will be a great
help to build the movement in Terre
Haute.
A Workers Center is being prepared
and we are planning big meeting
for November Z.
Although the charge against the
workers is resisting an officer and
is fake charge, the attitude of the
prosecutor seems that the workers
are being tried because they are UNI
employed leaders who are leading the
unemployed in their struggle.
AS soon as the Workers Center is
opened we will try to establish a
healthy circulation of the Daily
Worker to react against the con-
spiracy of silence in these cases by
the local capitalist sheets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-31

Veal Calves Bring
3l2 Cents A Pound
to Poor Farmers
indianapolis, Ind.

Indianapolis, IND.
Daily Worker.
A few days ago ! sold two veal
calves at the Union Stock Yards for
S1a cents pound. After finding out
the price l was to receive l wanted
10 take the calves away, but found
that I could not due to certain re-
strictions.
l then visited a butcher shop op-
Grated by chain store organization
and found the following in effect.
Steak, IS cents per pound, chops, 80
cents; breast l21s cents.
Is there any way to overcome the
vast difference between the selling
price and the buying price?
Editorial Note--The poor farmers
viii have to organize against the
rich mOnop0IistS, against capitalism,
against the landlords. Build COM
mittees of farmers under the lead
ership of the United Farmers Lea
que Box "a Superior, Wis.,. De-
mand immediate relief from the
government at the expense of the
capitalists. Refuse to pay taxes,
rent and debts. Fight capitalism,
for only by abolishing capitalism
and establishing a Soviet system
will this hish-banded robbery of
poor farmers end.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-31
Phoenix Hosiery Strike Sod
After -Four Weeks OF Struggle
Socialist Hosiery Leaders Force Workers
Back With 81 Percent Wage Cut

MILWAUKEE, Wis. After four
weeks OF strike struggle against the
wage-cut agreement concluded by
officials of the American Federation
OF Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers,
1900 hosiery workers of the Phoenix
Hosiery mills here we're forced back
30 work by local AFFHW officials
under a compromise wage cut of 81
percent.
Both the officials Of the company
and OF the union f-congratulatory
eulogies to each other.
A company official said:
'"rhe Phoenix Hosiery Co. Off
Gals are naturally pleased over the
amicabIe settlement of the strike.
While the wage reduction has been
rathe rdrastic, it must be consi-
dered that the wage paid our mill
workers after the cut will be as
high as is paid in the unionized
full fashioned hosiery industry"
Emil Rieve, former Socialist of this
city- and no wnational president of
the ahosiery union expressed his APP
probation of the company:
:I want to save for the union,
never has firm conducted itself
20 has the Phoenix Co. No at
tempts were made to bring in
osriSebreaAers, nor did the firm
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-31
MANVILLE, R. l., AND ENDICOTT, NY,
PLANNING new DAILYWORKER CT UBBSS;;
SPEED WORK ON NOVEMBER EDITION

Plans for forming a Daily Worker
Club in Manyille, r. l., are taking
shape, Conrade N. W. writes us.
Il put up the proposition at the unit
meeting he says, for a Daily
Worker Club, and we appointed some
members to work out the plans for
organizing club un er my leader
ship" This shows real active work
for the Daily The same letter asks
for an increase Of 5 copies day for
his bundle, which is q 100 per cent
increase. 1t also contains an order
for 200 copies for the November 7
special edition Of the DAILY Worker
greeting the 14th anniversary Of the
5olshevik Revolution.
We welcome such an excellent re-
port from Manville, and we expect
good news of the progress Of q Daily
Worker Club there. Again we stress
the point that such a club should
be as informal as possible, no dues,
a congenial atmosphere, and no limit
on the scope of the activities. The
activities can include political dis
cussions, reading aloud from the
Daily, theatricals music, dancing,
and any other events. To make tine
club a social center for workers SO as
to build up NUCLEUS for Daily
Worker sales and subscriptions.
Rhode Island textile workers have
shown in Central Falls, Weybosset,
and others towns that they can put
up a militant united front to the
bosses Wage-cut campaign. Lets
hear from more textile workers.
From Endicott, N. Y, also comes
news of the beginnings Of q Daily
Worker Club. A letter from Com
rade A. K, asks us to help him get
in touch with the subscribers in the
surrounding area so he can form
Daily Worker Readers Clubs there,
That region is the center for shoe
factories, and Daily Worker clubs
would also do good work there. The
comrade in Endicott also has sent in
his order for 100 copies Of the special
November Z edition of the Daily.
From Columbus, O., also comes
the promise that work is going on
to get Honor Roll Greetings for the
special November 7 edition and to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-31

to pay up to one weeks pay, and
they are supposed to return the
money If they don't get you any,
thing. They sent me to few places
where I couldn't get no work. and
now I happened to find job my
self, so I asked for my IS back. But
they refused to give my money back
to me. I went there few times and
they always made some kind of ex-
cuse and I never got it back. That's
how these takers do to all the girls.
who are desperate and can't help
themselves.
Last week I attended one Of your
meetings and I certainly liked it. I
hope to go some more, and 1t is cer-
tainly time that the working people
got together and did something for
themselves. I hope I viii be able
to take part, too.
Domestic Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-31
FIRE
UNION MEMBERS
But N. M. u. Grows in
Central Pennsylvania

YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, Oct. 30.-Or-
ganization of the National Miners
Union is being pushed ahead in spite
Of every form of intimidation by the
coal companies of central Pennsyl-
vania. The county authorities act
for the coal companies, in selling out
the poor possessions of miners who
can not pay their rent. In one case,
Of miner who went on strike at
Central City, owing $75 rent for a
small farm, the deputies seized and
sold his only goods, including a COW,
which was the sole supply of milk
for his children. He is still or
ganizing.
Wherever the companies find
members Of the N. M. U. they are
fired. Seven were fired this way in
Dunlo. 4 in Seanor, in Acosta. In
Seanor, a stool pigeon named John
Viusky got into the local and turned
over all the names he could find out;
these men were fired, but the local
is firmly rooted there, and is grow
ing. The miners know OF another
stool pigeon named George Lasaiko
in Carpenters Park Mine, living in
Camp SO of the Berwind White Coal
Co.
Unemployment is severe In central
Pennsylvania. Thousands of miners
are laid off, and only few hundred
hired back, and those at reduced
wages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-31
MASS ANGER FORCES RELEASE
OF FIVE CLEVELAND WORKERS

CbEV ELAND, O., Oct. 80. The
anger OF the Cleveland workers over
the police murder of the two unen-
rleyed negro workers in the eviction
tight on October 8, and the mass
pressure brought to bear on the boss
courts, forced the release today Of
five OF The six workers arrested at
the time OK the eviction fight.
IN order to cover up the crime of
tbs police and city administration
against the working class, the court
determined to find one Of the six
workers guilty" and Comrade Will
ian Hammer was fined $40 and
costs.
Prior TO pronouncing sentence, the
Liberal Judge Bradley Hull, a
member OF the Negro Welfare Fed
e.aGicnj made a long harangue in
al s,55enrp5 to fool the Negro and
white workers who packed the court
IN protest sgainst the frame-up. of
TIE siI workers, Hull said:
" realize that there is poverty
cnd suffering In the Negro section
md l.. as o member of the Negro
.TT'eigpee Federation went down to
see. th3 City Manager, and they
/; reed that not sen many unem-
eyed Negroes should be evicted."
This. WIS all the solution this
"Ioerait" Judge mad to offer for the
starvation and misery Of the I'm
employed Negro masses, that NOT
so MANY. Negro workers should be
evioted.
Rejecting the terror of his cap
tails bosses in face of the grow
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-31

Ing unity of the Negro and white
workers In the necessary struggle
against starvation, this great Iii
berap peddled the bunk that the
Negro masses, in fighting side by
side with the white workers, were
being used as %shock troops" by
the Communist Party, which he
admitted to be the leader in the
struggle against unemployment,
eyictions and for unemployment
relief, social insurance and uncon-
ditional equal rights for the Negro
masses.
When Comrade Hammer was asked
if he had anything to say before
sentence was imposed, he at once
exposed the tactics of this liberal"
Judge, pointing out that he was
found guilty because he is a Com
munist and the Communist Party is
the only Party leading the fight
against evictions and starvation, for
relief and Negro rights. He called
upon the workers in the court room
to continue the fight for relief and
social insurance and carry to even
higher heights the magnificent unity
achieved between the Negro and
white workers of Cleveland. He then
began putting forward the program
Of the Unemployed Councils, but
was stopped by the liberal judge.
The workers had heard enough. how
ever, and they left the court deter
mined to fight, Negro and white
together, against the boss starvation
and eviction program.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-31
ELECTION RALLY
in STEUBEVVILLE
T0BE HELD NOV. 2
Joe BALLET, Organizer
of Metal League Is
a Red Candidate

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, Oct. 3d.
The Communist Party will hold an
election campaign rally on the steps
OF the County Courthouse Monday
night, Nov. 2. Joe ballet, Commu-
mist candidate for Mayor and Ray
mond Pranko. candidate on the
Communist ticket for president of
the City Council will be among the
speakers.
The Communist Party in steuben-
vile was very late in opening its
campaign. In fact, it had been de-
cided by the Communists in Steu-
oenville not to participate in the
elections because of the fact that,
lacking an unemployed movement at
the time the petitions for tickets
were circulated, they had practically
no eligible candidates that We're not
working in the mills.
The flood of demagogy concerning
the one-half mill levy for unemploy-
ment relief caused the Steubenville
comrades TO realize that they must
take a stand on the election cam
paign. Exposing the capitalist candi-
date was insufficient and the Com
munists cannot tell the workers to
stay away for the polls. So a last
minute change of decision led to the
launching Of the Communist cam
paign at the joint demonstration of
employed and unemployed Tuesday
night, Oct. 81. In spite OF the lateness
OF the hour, and the fact that the
names of the candidates will not ap-
pear on the ballot, the response
Tuesday night and in house to house
canvasses since then show that there
will be good vote.
BALLET, organizer of the Metal
Workers Industrial League is very
well known throughout Steubenville
and will undoubtedly poll well.
Pranko is a hot mill worker, re-
Gently discharged from Weirton Steel
after being caught by the police
while distributing leaflets in the
company town of Weirton. Pranko
spoke for the delegation to the City
Council Tuesday night and made his
first public speech in his life when
he reported back to the mass meet
ing. Speaking simply, although in
broken English, he impressed the
crowd with the fact that he knew,
understood well the needs Of the
workers, and if elected, will fight for
the demands OF the working class,
and received big ovation. Mary
Drazich, candidate for treasurer, is
the wife Of bricklayer and has been
active in the working-class move
ment, particularly among the South
Slavs for a long time.
Voters will have to write in the
names Of the Communist Party can
didates on the ballot in the blank
spaces on the heading 'Indepen-
dents" The Communist Party cleo
ton program calls upon the workers
to organize and strike against the
wage cuts in the mills and mines,
building the new unions of the Trade
Union Unity League, to vote against
the one-half mill levy and demand
in its stead special taxes upon the
rich, which, together with funds
raised by slashes in the wages OF
public officials, police department
appropriations, will form an Unem-
ployment Relief Fund which will
provide free milk for workers babies,
free lunches, shoes, clothes, ETC., for
school children and from which
every single unemployed worker will