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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-07
MAN CAPTURED
AS He TRIES TO
BREAK IN STORE
Druggist Holds Suspect
Until Police Arrive;
Hunt for Taxi.

Returning to a drug store at 1901
North Pennsylvania street few
minutes after he had closed it,
Eugene Dorne, 325 East Forty-Sev-
enth street, owner, Friday night
captured a man in the act of break
ing the front door glass.
The suspect, Ralph Bachelor, %,
OF Edgewood, was said to have ad-
mitted attempting to enter the drug
store for whisky, money or any
thing" He was arrested on charges
of burglary and entering a house to
commit a felony, and was being
questioned today by detectives.
Dorne told police that he noticed
Bachelor lettering near the store
when he closed it shortly after mid
night. Pretending to leave, Dorne
said he drove his car around the
block and, returning, saw Bachelor
hurl a brick through the door glass.
Held Until Cops Arrive
Selling Bachelor, Dorne called
police and with the aid of a passer-
by held Bachelor until the arrival
Of motorpolicemen Harry Canter-
bury and Arthur Low. Bachelor
said he is a taxi driver
Search was underway today for
a taxi which drove to the curb when
Dorne seized Bachelor, but sped
away as the police squad arrived.
A burglar who tossed a brick
through front window at the Rose
Tire Company, 365 South Meridian
street, early today, narrowly es-
capped capture when a police squad,
hearing the crash, reached the
scene a moment later. The thief
failed to gain entrance to the
building
An amateur yegg failed to gain
entrance to a safe in a Standard
filling station at Fall Creek boule-
ward and Northwestern avenue,
after ransacking the building, Harry
Faux, New Augusta, reported to
police.
Revolver, Cash Taken
Theft Of a revolver valued at $40
and SIS in cash from the home of
Herman H. Hammer, 2219 Rowland
avenue, was reported today to po-
lice. Hammer said the prowler
gained entrance to the house by
prying open rear window.
A fur coat and three dresses val
ued at $65 were taken by thieves
who entered the home of Miss Beu-
lah Ragsdale, $40 East ST. Clair
street, Friday afternoon, Miss Rags
dale reported.
Ransacking the entire home Of
Miss Mary Marshall, 2421 East Six
teenth street, a thief Friday night
took $3.50 in pennies from bureau
drawer, police were informed.
Afford Volz, 1905 East Morris
street, football fan attending the
Manual Cathedral game Friday at
Delavan Smith field, reported a
pickpocket lifted his purse, con-
tanning $28.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-07
LION CLAWS VISITOR
Animal Grabs Hand Huntington

Animal Grabs Hand Huntington
Man Waved as He Talked.
By Times Special
PERU, Ind, Nov. &c. L. Couch
is recovering from injuries suffered
when he was attacked by lion at
the winter quarters of a circus here.
Standing near the lions cage,
Couch was in animated conversation
with friend, and waving his hands.
The lion grabbed a hand and jerked
Couch against bars of the cage. The
animal was beaten by an attendant
until it released its hold.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-07
Probe of Fire Asked

bY tWtS NpBCTUI
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Nov. T.
The Office of the state fire marshal
has been requested by Fire Chief
James Garwood to investigate a fire
which destroyed the $4,000 home
of George E. Crane on Duneland
beach. Garwood says there are sew
eral unexplained circumstances, one
being that within twenty minutes
the flames enveloped the house.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-07
GANG OUTBREAK FEARED
Staying of CapOne Henchman, May
Open Territorial War"
lm IInfted Press

ID JNItCU FFCSS
CHICAGO, Nov Police in
vestigated reports today that the
Staying of Salvatore Loverde marked
the opening of a gang war for con-
troll of the Al Capone liquor strong
hold.
Loverde was aSsaSsinated Thurs
day in the Italian-American Repub
lican Club on the southwest side
Police were unable to locate any
witnesses to the shooting.
Detective believed Loverde was a
member of the Capone gang and
that his death marked an attempt
by Capone enemies to recover the
territory they lost to the Capones.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-07
Rink Receivership Is Asked

Appointment of a receiver for
Kinks Cloak House, Inc, is asked
in suit filed today in superior
court one by the c. A. Wheeler
Company, Inc, decorators. A $3.50
bill for decorating is charged I'M
paid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-07
HOWARD BUCK FREED
By United Press

AKRON, O., Nov. Howard
Buck, formerly of indianapolis, up
on whom an operation was per-
formed to cure" him of criminal
impulses, was free today of a forgery
charge, despite the judges disbelief
an injury had been responsible for
misdeeds.
Buck said he suffered a head in
jury while playing with the Uni
versity of Chicago football team in
1922 under an assumed name.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-07
MERCHANT RECOVERING
Irving E. Silvers, Hurt in Auto
Crash. Is Improved.

Irving E. Silvers, shoe merchant,
1903 West Thirty-third street, is re-
covering from injuries incurred
Tuesday night when his automobile
collided with another at Fortieth
and Meridian streets. His brother,
David Silvers, who was with him at
the time of the accident, also was
injured.
Irving Silvers is manager of the
Schiff Shoe Company store at 259
East Washington street and also
Supervises the other two Schiff
stores in indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-07
PROPOSES Bus Line to Cary

Petition to operate bus line be-
tween Indianapolis and Gary was
filed before the public service COM
mission today by Shields D. Cort-
ner. Chicago bus line operator.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
ECONOMIC SPY
CHARGE ENDS
In COLLAPSE
T ri e d to F'rame-Up
Against Soviets

BERLIN,-The organizers of the
economic espionage" campaig n
against the Community Party, the
revolutionary trade unon opposition
and the Soviet Trade Mission, have
been compelled to drop their charges
against the Soviet Trade Mission.
Instead they declared that the SUI
! preme Economic Council was the or
ganizer of the economic espionage.
The Communist daily, Mannheim
er Arbeiter-Zeitung' publishes sensa-
tional details Of a press conference
organized by representatives of the
l. G. Farben chemical concern, the
organizer Of the campaign, and the
police at which only representatives
of the bourgeois and social democratic
press were present, the Communist
press Representatives being excluded.
The examining magistrate Ritter, who
addressed the conference, complained
that the whole affair had been made
public too soon by the press, and in
particular by the "Frankfurter zeit-
ung" (Which by the way is now the
property Of the I. G. Farben concern
and trims its sails accordingly. Rit-
ter declared that the categoric denial
issued by the Soviet Trade Mission
was justified and went on to say that
the organizers Of the espionage were
higher up and were attached to the
Supreme Economic Council.
The social democratic press joyfully
takes up the campaign and demands
diplomatic action Another aim of
this campaign is revealed by the
"Bergwarks zeitung" (heavy indus
try, which asks naively whether in
view of the revelations" Gas yet there
have been no positive facts forth
coming Communists should be per-
mitted to be members of the workers
councils, the membership of such
bodies being after all legally recog-
nized positions in the German fac
tories.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
Negro Paper Praises Fight of
Communists for Negro Rights
Baltimore Afro-American Under Caption of
The Ready Reds" Cites Struggle Against

BALTIMORE, Md, May 10.-In
an editorial in its current issue the
Afro-American eof this city highly
praises the activities of Communists
in the struggle for Negro Rights and
against lynching, Jim Crowism and
other forms of terrorism and oppres-
sion directed by the white ruling
class against the Negro masses. The
editorial is herewith published in full.
The Ready Reds.
When the Maryland legislature
failed to make satisfactory prog
ress in passing the Jim Crow repeal
bill and the measure equalizing COL
Ored and white teachers asIaries,
they found themselves one after
noon facing a delegation of colOred
and white radicals, who took pos
session of the state capitol build
ing and stated their demands In
vigorous language.
CofOred and white cops in Har-
lem cracked heads of cOlored and
white Communists who made a
public demonstration and parade in
protest against the proposed legal
lynching Of nine cOlored youths,
eight condemned to die and one,
fourteen years old, TO a life term,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
FORCE 20 PC. WAGECUT
ON COTTON WORKERS
IN AMSKEOG MILLS
CigarMakers Confronted With 2790 Wage Cut;
Most of Them Are Layed Off
Manchester, New Hampshire

Manchester, New Hampshire
Daily Worker:
I am writing you few lines about
the conditions in the Amoskega mills.
Take the Worsted Department in the
weave room. They work night and
day, for only SIS a week and they
can't tell If they're getting the right
pay since the company took down all
the price lists so that weavers will
not be able to figure up their pay.
They're supposed to be paid by a
1000 picks, but the bosses pay them
what they wish to, and if you wish
to see the list, the boss picks on you.
In the cotton department condi-
tons are still worse. They shut down
a department for a few weeks, then
when they open up they get workers
to accept 20 per cent wage cut, and
you are forced to sign an agreement,
II not, no work. In this way they
have cut the wages to such a low
degree that cotton weavers now get
for running draper looms for five full
nights from IA to 10 dollars a week
and in some places as low as nine
dollars week.
Ii worker wishes to get permis-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11

for rape in SCottsbOro, Alabama.
Boston Girls High School annual
dance at snObbishly exclusive Long
wood Towers, excluded three col
Ored members of the senior class
with their escorts until "the reds"
appeared Che League of Struggle
for Negro Rights.
Their signs bore such striking
notices as: Down With Jim Grow
Towers" Down With Race Dis
elimination" mo More Lynching
In America"
Just ten reds made so much
noise that the hotel management
was embarrassed" and the colored
members of the class were admit
ted ito avoid an unpleasant situa-
ton"
Reds as courageous as the Min
ute Men or the volunteer firemen
seem everywhere ready for dem
Onstration against race prejudice,
whether it be at hand or a thou
sand miles away. Nobody paid
much attention TO the aboIitiOnists,
the woman's suffragists or the tenn
perance crowd at first but we have
the 18th, the 18th and the 18th
amendments to the u. S. COnstitu-
ton now.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
Dayton Teachers Get Wage Cut; 1870 Fired
Dayton, Ohio.

Dayton, Ohio.
Daily Worker:
The workers will now have to add
I new union to its ranks: one for
he teachers. These reluctant wise
mes have always held themselves
lloof from the worker, but the day
las come when they too are forced
nto the soup lines.
Schools are partly closed down over
he entire state. All the school
uperintendents of the state of Ohio
re called for a special meeting in
Iolumbus-no doubt to receive their
alton of lies to feed the children
When the schools open on full or part
irne.
Children Must Buy Supplies
The children will have to buy their
wn supplies which we're formerly
furnished to them, or they will have
o remain away from school. Many
# the workers, children will have to
tay out of school, therefore, because
he workers have no work and no
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11

sion to leave because of illness, and
they refuse him, he is forced to stay
and die on the job or else get fired.
In the card room, one woman was
told to run five speeders' frames,
while she was trying to run her head
off running these frames she took
sick her feet got all swollen and she
had to be taken home.
The cigar makers in the 1904
cigar shop are confronted with a
Wage-cut of 81 per cent and there
is also installation Of cigar machines.
The members of the International
Cigar Makers Union affiliated with
the A. F. of L. have rejected this cut
and the company is tagging on the
cut a little bit, but they are laying
off the cigar makers by the scores,
over a hundred workers have been
laid off, the members of this union
not only have to fight the company
but also the union officials, since the
officials of the union cater to the
mill bosses. These cigar makers are
being threatened with a general lay
off since the machine is taking their
place.
Joseph Ribson
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11

money with which to buy school ne
cessities.
This state is where they burn up
prisoners 300 at time, where huge
SURPRISES of wealth are in the treas
ury from gasoline taxes. This is the
home of Harding and Doherty of
Sinclair Oil fame and the syndicalist
laws. 100000 was donated by the
rich Ohio capitalists for Harding's
tomb. but not one cent for school
books for workers children.
All Teachers Get Wage Cut
All the city teachers in Dayton
have had their wages cut and 1870
have been fired, The teachers are
now getting the dose that the work
ers have always got for teaching our
children the glory of the capitalist
system.
Come on, teachers, wake up, learn
something. Organize with the work
ers and fight against these condi-
tons. Force the bosses to open up
the schools and take back the wage
cut -CWD.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
Bellingham Relief Assists in Wage Cuttina

BELLINGHAM, Wash.-Whatcom
County and the city of Bellingham,
which are doing relief work under
the direction of the county commits
sioners and the city government, city
water works, etc, are setting a new
low wage scale, which is being seized
upon by corporations who are copy
ing their example,
The county road relief work pays
81 day for hours work, and this
may be withdrawn any time now,
due to lack of funds, The city water
pays SO and the Federal City mis-
sion, which is operating an indus
trial farm, where they clear the land
Of stun1ps and raise vegetables, pays
$3.50 a day in groceries or produce.
Only married men with large fam
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
MORE FACTS ON
POLISH ANTI
USSR WAR PLANS
Cant Overlook Facts
of 5-Year Plan

WARSAW. - Referring to an ar
ticle published in the "Przelon," the
organ Of the "left-wing" supporters
of Pilsudski, the "Gazieta Varshav-
ska" the organ of the Peoples De-
mocrats, writes:
Gas we published the article series
Of DmoVski a year ago revealing the
fact that certain circles in Western
Europe were planning an interven-
ton against the Soviet Union with
the assistance Of the Polish and Rou-
manian armies, we were told that our
revelations were inventions and SER
we'd no one but the Soviets. Today
we have Pilsudski organ which con-
firms the facts published by us"
The "Gazieta Varshavska" also
publishes an article entitled, THE
People must be told the Truth" and
dealing with the Five Year Plan in
the Soviet Union. The article de-
clares; "All those who have seen the
truth with their own eyes, are una
nimously of the opinion that pres
ent-day Russia is on the path OF
broad economic development. It is
more important for Poland than for
any other country to know the truth
about what is happening in the us.
S.R., but as a matter of fact tha
which the Polish press publishes as
a general rule about what is hap
pening in Russia has not even a mod
crate relation to~the real truth"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
Knoll Co. slashes Wages: ALL Takers Wink

This is discrimination of the rankest
kind, but which is not unusual in a
family affair ALL. union shop
Boss Foingold whines to the work
ers Tphen work is slack but forgets
to GiSa them anything but "speed-up"
when the shop is busy.
Sick Benefit Racket
The members of the union are
compelled to pay Csc week for a
sick benefit but you have to be in
it before six months before you even
get any so-called benefits" This is
just another racket forced on the
workers by these ALL, takers to
squeeze money out of the workers.
These abuses will only be stopped
when all workers Join the TU.QL.
the only militant union that serves
in the interest of the workers.
"A Worker
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
NEED NEW FORCES
TO STEM CUTS IN
BUNDLE ORDERS

to wipe out all traces Of our revo-
ritory is mistake. We warn the
comrades in Greeley and elsewhere
to guard against this situation Oc-
curing, by drawing in cIass-con-
scious elements to carry on this
vital activity of extending the Daily
to the workers. As LIN. of Port
land, Ore, says: when unemploy-
ment grows worse, the Daily Work.
err is needed to point to the work.
ers the way out of this economic
crisis. We must use all our ener-
gies to strengthen the D. W., see
that circulation is increased in or
der that workers will be able to
resist wage cuts and eviCtions."
Daily VS.. Mothers Day" Trash
Mrs. E. johnson, Oakland, Calf,
sends for a 6-month subscription to
Arthur A. j., San Francisco. This
is a birthday present to some friends
of mine says she We hail this as
d pOWElAu VI cilbiUObc W lllotulOuS Cdp7
italist poison of Mothers Day" pro-
paganda used to hide starvation and
death.
Haverhill Unit Starts Action
Fifteen Daily Workers a day for
four weeks added to present bundle
Of ten, is the decision of the HaYer-
hill, Mass, unit. The idea is to
start them in the homes so they get
reading it and then to approach
them for subscription, writes Alfred
B. Elmont, Long Island IN. " to re-
ceiye 10 every Saturday, according to
M 2. of Unit 8, Hampstead.
COmrade John Porter who start
ed Daily Worker circulation In New
Bedford, Mass, with cOmmendabIe
initiative, is down with blood pofs-
oning. We're stopping bundle, and
hope Comrade Porter RECEIVERS
speedily.
Here's one Of my last few Dor.
rowed dollars for another months
sub" writes August w. w, New York
City. The Daily is excellent food for
the mind" Mind and action, COM
rade!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
Cal. Fruit Growers Force 1879 Wage Cut

Cmainly so, of course materials and
supplies. The districts affected by
the application, which is directed
against the Pacific Gas and Electric
Co., include San Jose, Santa Clara,
Los Gatos, Saratoga and Cupertino.
Well, the fruit companies no doubt
will get a reduction With cheaper
labor. materials and power, millions
will be profited, while the workers
receiving 25-30c. per hour will be on
slow starvation list.
Build Agricultural Workers Indus
trial Union and fight wage cuts
Agricultural Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11

Today's mail abounded with cuts,
cuts, and more cuts. District 3, Phi
ladelphia just as we got thru COM
pIimenting them on their increase of
200, comes back with an announce
ment: our increase of 200 Dailies
because of additional boosters has to
be cut out. Beginning Tuesday only
$50 is to be our daily bundle" M.
Silver, DIV. representative evidently
doesn't know how to keep these
boosters recruited from the recent
State Hunger March c. F. B. in
Johnstown, Pa, wants his five day
stopped after I'VE tried hard to sell
but can't. viii send payment in full
on or about May Is" From Salt Lake
City, Tom O., declares: 80 will be
enough, owing to reduction on sales"
Figure This One Out
Ray P. of Omaha, Neb., springs
funny one. Sorry, but in order
to avoid large bill difficult to pay,
cut the bundle from 20 TO daily.
Forces here very small. We're at
last making attempts to organize
Party unit, and l haven't been
able yet to get worker to sell the
Daily" How, we would like to know.
do you expect to organize a unit
without first making contacts with
workers taking the first fundamen-
tai step: making contacts with
workers thru the Daily Worker?
Ionic Council, Negro comrade In
Crum Lynne, Pa, once star seller of
50-75 day, now cuts to 20. Cut
Immediately from so to 25," writes
Martin H. in Allentown, Pa. we
don't like to do this, but the situa-
ton warrants such action We don't
like it either, comrades, but would
appreciate little less Vagueness as
to the situation which warrants
such action" Greeley, Colo, cuts out
entirely the bundle of 10. "All of
the comrades are out of town work
ing for time" explains A.CL.
AS stated before, we're for COM
rades getting jobs, those who are
lucky enough to locate them. But
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
New York City

New York City
Daily Worker
Boss Feingold of S. Knoll g. Co.
is an A. F. of L. Union Shop and
is supposed to uphold union condi-
tons but doesn't He compels girls
to work below the union scale.
When these girls complain to the
urion they are told that the union
will look into the matter, but, of
course, nothing is done
Discrimination
When the work in the shop is slack
those workers are laid off who are
not related to the boss in any way.
The draper in this shop is a relation
II the boss and a member of the
A. F. of l.. union, when work is slack
he examiner who is also a member
of the same union No. % is laid off
while the draper takes his place.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11

lilies and registered voters are en-
ployed on the city water job.
The Bloedell Donovan Lumber miIl5
announce another wage-cut of 10 PEI
cent, bringing the wages as low as
$2.7O a day for men and $198 for
the youth in their box factories. This
is the third cut in the same company
since August, 1880, some of the others
amounting to as high as 25 per cent.
All employees receiving So or more
in wages received a cut early in Feb
urary, 1881, of 10 to 20 per cent,
Workers of Bellingham, farmers
and workers of Whatcom County,
you are called upon to gather in the
city of Bellingham to demonstrate
against hunger, wage-cuts, high taxes
AND, rents, evictions, mortgages, fore
closures, etc. Il. A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
PRODUCTION UP IN
80 Y let u MON

MOSCOW.--The reports for the
rst half of April show that the pro-
uction Of the most important
ranches Of Soviet industry is stead
increasing, Coal production in
ie first half Of April was 1884, 900
ms, or an increase OF 6 per cent.
he increase of production in the
on Basin was 10 per cent.
The production of pig iron was
$4,000 tons. The daily average
reduction in comparison with the
rst half of March increased by 1873
N cent.
The production of steel was 1,775.-
10 tons, or an increase Of lf.7 per
Mt. Rolled iron production was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11

lence," LII was placed under $4,000
bail, unusually high in deportation
cases.
Commenting upon the Ii case, the
international Labor Defense stated
that unless quick action is taken
by all workers organizations and
their sympathizers in the form of
militant mass protests Tao Hsuan Ii
will be deported for the firing squad
In their campaign to deport Ii
Bebritz Serio, Kenmotsu and other
militant workers. the Department Of
Labor is carrying out the policy laid
down by the Fish Committee in its
report
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
Santa Clara Valley, Cal

Santa Clara Valley, Cal.
Daily Worker.
All through this valley, Prune and
Their fruit growers have cut wages
workers 10 to Is per cent. This
sason promises large growth. which
ieans more speed-up as well as wage
ut for the workers in the orchards.
Santa Clara Prune Growers Asso-
lation filed an application with
tate railroad commission to reduce
stes for electrical agricultural power.
Present rates are said to be out
I line with lowered costs of labor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
delayed Reports Of Many May Day
Demonstrations Throughout Country

CHARLOTTE, N. C., May ION
spite of rain, which prevented the
scheduled outdoor meeting, some so
Negro and white workers marched to
the hall and held an indoor meet
ing here on May l. Five joined the
Communist Party