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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-18

UA4lh. buG leu d WOTh6r GSll JIl6 story
of his own tragedy in there, worker
who lost his few hundred dollars of
eighteen months of Shaving for the
bosses on the dam.
Bank Crash Takes All.
IT went to Nyssa, eighteen months
ago and worked as a blacksmith. Day
and night, worked No Sundays off,
no new clothes or enjoyment. I
shaved and saved because of the fear
of being unemployed and having my
kids and wife starve. I saved, if I
can call it that, after all the sacri-
f1cing over 1900 dollars and then the
bank smashed.
Il and eight hundred others lost
our savings. The bank examiner is
in there but that will not pay us
back in full, if any at all. Nobody
lnoWs who is to blame. The funds
are just not there. I came to Port
land, and it was while I was here
that learned of the failure. I went
to Montgomery Wards and they
knew me and cashed my check for
some thirty odd dollars of purchases.
A few days later a collector called on
me the bank had closed its doors and
that would have to make the check
good. I protested and asked them
who was the crook, me or the banker,
but had to make that check good.
That is boss law. I am out of a job,
my kids are near starvation, that is
ALL"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-18
EX-SERVICEMAN
JOINS MAY LIST
WORKERS PARADE
After Listening to Lies
of Fascists
Philadelphia, Pa,

Philadelphia, Pa
Daily WORKER
I was in New York, May LIST and
demonstration was the greatest thing
! ever saw.
slept on the BoWery, that great
paradise" for American workers, on
May Day eve. left the "flophouse'
about ten o'clock and I arrived at
Union Square about 80 and I de-
cided, to listen to the fascists. So I
listened to these well fed, we'll paid
parasites They tried to incite riot.
They told about the terrible BolShe-
viks.
Join Workers Parade.
These reptiles so sickened me that
went to Madison Square and Joined
the parade with the ex-servicemens
league and marched to Union Square,
in the greatest Red Demonstration the
US. has ever seen. The ruling class
would gladly have slaughtered the
reds on May Day except that there
YVES too many for this yellow bunch.
Many of the people at the side lines
asked to get in, but the bulls tried
every method to keep them out.
think the Daily Worker was very
co serVative when it says that 100000
attended the demonstration. I think
it was double that figure Besides,
if there was enough room to hold
100000 we would get that too.
Comradely,
War Veteran.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-18
Unemployment Grows
On Railroads
San Antonio, Texas.

san Antonio, Texas
Dear Editor:
In talking with switchman OF
TIE Southern Pacific Railroad who
has been on the same job 80 years
There is less hauling now than
at any time in the last 30 years
Passenger service has been cut down.
One passenger train has been cut
out between San Antonio and Corpus
Christie. Two more have been
dropped between San Antonio and
Houston
Many workers who have been with
the company Is years have been laid
off. Many others are on part time.
The brotherhoods can't do any
thing for the workers, employed and
uncnrlcycd
rrj'"ced workers don't suffer 4,
ho'd TT I'M c'm1any's o-ot,ts. ~
sa.l i'l Yard committees. JON
Trade Union Unity League. RIP.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-18
WORKERS DRIVEN
FROM j. s. LAND
IN MINNESOTA
Forced Into Woods By
Hunger; Government
Drives Them Out
(By a Worker Correspondent,

by a Worker Correspondent
MORA, Mimi am a worker and
bummed all over this land of the
free" hoping to find work so l could
buy food for my family. Having
failed in all the industrial sections,
Il headed for the tall timber and
swamps up here to try to work out a
living TO save my babies from hunger.
Driven From Land.
We tapped maple trees for syrup
and sugar, killed wild game for meat
and lived on roots and herbs and we
expected soon to have garden. But
now they call us "squatters" and say
we can't live on the government lands,
tap trees, dig roots, kill game, catch
fish and raise a garden because, so
they say, 1t is against the law.
We are sick Of these laws. We have
a right to live on this earth and we
will fight for it, Send some more
subscription blanks for the Daily
Worker and I will do what I can to
help build the Communist Party here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-18
Boss Tells Father Of
Five That He's Too
Old For Job

Kansas City, Mo.
Daily Worker:
My father came TO America in
1910 At the age of % the bosses
allowed him TO work on any hard
job, for very long hours and for
low, measly wage, since he was
young and could be exploited. At
that time he wasn't married.
Now he is married and has five OF
us to feed, clothe and send to school,
He has no job and many bills to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-18
N. ]. Ford Plant
Hires Squealers


There are two more mills right
next to the Bogota Mills by the
names Of Continental and Federal
Paper Mills whose conditions are
just as bad. Then there is the
George M. Brewster e. Sons in
Bogota, on the Fort Lee Rd., whose
iaborers are worked to death. All
the industries that are on the
Hudson waterfront near Edge
water have very bad conditions.
In the Henry Ford Auto Plant
workers are paid To squeal on
other workers in case they do not
speed up enough.
"A WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-18

pay. When he applies for Job the
bosses tell him he is too old to work.
Go home and starve." are their
statements. But when it comes to
paying taxes nothing is said about
your age, but you are forced to dig
down into your pockets and keep
your children from the essentials of
life in order to pay the lousy bosses
and keep them living in luxury,
while we starve.
Son Of Exploited Father,
Young Worker"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-18
Reds in 3 French Cities Gain
1886 Votes, Socialists Lose

votes and the socialists lost 1000.
At Alfarville, in the Seine, the So
cialists lost 700 votes and the Com
muniSts gained $50
At Saint Ouen, in the Seine, the
candidate, renegade of the Com
munists, lost 500 votes, and the So
cialists had only 500, while the Com
munists came out first with 1856
votes.
In spite of the present mass per-
secution against the Communist
Party, the workers Of these three cit
les gave much support to the Com
munist Party. French Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-18
SLASH PAINTERS
PAY IN MISSISSIPPI
Painters. Carpenters
Earn Is Cents Per Hr.

Oxford, Miss
Daily Worker:
L really don't know how we will
live down here if conditions con-
tinue as they are. Carpenters, pain
tiers and other skilled workers work
Tor rs cents an hour. Farm laborers
work for as little as $40 month.
We are promised prosperity in the
fall. The merchants and capitalist
press are doping the workers this
way. but I happen to have overheard
confidential between high finan-
cier from Chicago and a wealthy
woman I work for, in which he said
that the crisis would not reach the
bottom before next year-and per-
haps not then.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-18
Paris, France.

Paris, France,
lilly Worker:
During the first week of April sup
elementary elections took place at
Fss De Calais, Sain Ouen and Alafar-
vile.
Everywhere the Communist Party
had to face the united front of the
reactionary, and. in spite of this,
came out Of these elections stronger
than before.
Gain 1000 Votes.
In the Pas De Calais, where a
week ago the miners were on strike,
the Communist Party gained 1000
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-18
MIDLAND STEEL
SLASHES PAY
More Speedup; Cuts
Pay 20 Cents A Hour
BY Il. C.

CLEVELAND, Ohio.-At the Mid
land Steel plant we work around 1870
hours in two weeks. Last year we
got about 70 cents an hour. This
year, for the same amount of hours
and more speed-up, we receive only
so cents an hour! OF course, the
bosses always have some tricky way
OF cheating us and cutting down our
pay.
For instance; They put an extra
man on the gang. Well, instead of
making more money with more men
working, we got from 60cents to rs
cents an hours cents although
we produced more with the extra
man on
When little work comes in we
have to rush day and night to get
it out. AS soon as it is finished many
OF us are laid off. sometimes getting
only one or two hours after that a
day, and at times just one or two
days week.
Workers Pay.
We are told by the bosses that this
rs done to save overhead expenses
OF course, it's for that, but the work
VS. pay the price with their health.
Fight against this wage cutting and
wing off of the bosses. Midland
eel workers, organize grievance
omnlittees in your factory! Join
e Metal Workers Industrial League.
'rite to the district office at 1926
", Third ST., Room 2i0, and find
out more information about this
fighting union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-18
Akron, Ohio.

Akron, Ohio.
Daily Worker:
The "brainy" mouthpieces Of this
robbing system have new scheme
to relieve the unemployed by giving
them rakes and hoes, After the
tractor and farming machines have
driven the tired" farmers off the
land into the factories, our modern
Canutes propose to reinstate 1.-THE
Man With the Hoe by handing out
cards reading: Get your garden and
raise your own vegetable supply this
summer"
But that is not all. 1.-THE Man
With the Hoe is to do all the work
and get just half the product so
that our idle class can play golf
while the "Hoemanp swcats in the
YIN u reiso more cabbage heads.
a "'is is 19s cr1"ga for tao
~ .naia,ansH Iaey propose
pay for work done on acreage lots
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-18
OREGON BANK CRASH
RUINS 500 WORKERS
AND POOR FARMERS
All Credit In The Stores Has Been Cut Off;
Workers Can Buy No Clothes For. Children
Blacksmith Tells How Family Who Lost All
Faces Ruin And Starvation
By p. M,

PORTLAND, Ore.-Tragedy stalks through the dusty
streets of Nyssa Ore The little town with normal popu-
ation of $685. swed around thousand by the dam project
underway there has been hit by bank closing.
The Malheur County Bank has coc3l its doors
800 workers and farmers have lost their savings varying
fifty to several thousand dollars Credit in the has
been cut off, children will get clothes the workers
and farmers salvage something from the assets of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-18
ARMOUR co. SPEEDUP
KILLS FATHER OF FIVE
IN FARGO, N. DAKOTA
Bosses Greed For More Profits Have Them
Use Defective Tools and Equipment
Armour Workers Forced To Stand In Water
While Shaving At Machines
Fargo, N. Dakota.
Daily Worker /:

Daily Worker:
While working with electric drill a pipe at
the Armour Co. plant here Fred Oshund 3d. teamftter and
plumber received shock when short circuit developed in
the drill and he instantly killed He the father of
five children who with his widow survive him.
Due to having to stand in water while they drilling
and using old and defective equipment this fine worker had
his life snufd out and who but Armour and Co. responsible
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-18
WORCORR-
BRIEFS
ATTENTION HACKENSACK-

The comrade who wrote in from
Hackensack telling about conditions
In New jersey and requesting that
organizers be sent failed to give US
his address. thus making it impos-
sible to get in touch with him. We
request that this comrade send us
his address at once to the Work
ers' Correspondence Dept. of the
Daily Worker. All names and adj
dresses of workers writing letters
for the DaiIy Worker are kept
strictly confidential unless THE
worker gives US permission to use
same.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-18

they are members of the Unemployed
Council they must pay bond for
damages which they claim was in
flicted on property on May LIST. This
Mayor sure carries out the policies of
the owners of the Johnstown Steel
Mills. We workers are organizing
ourselves into real militant organize
tons like the N. M, U. affiliated with
the r. U. U. L.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-18
PENNA. MINES CUT PAY
JohnstoaVn Aids Mdrchers
Daily Worker:
Johnstown, Pa.

Daily Worker:
In the JohnstoWn Steel Mills many laid off, work
only day week for the large of 40 cents an
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-18
RELIGION VS.. LABOR


A worker in Bolton, Mont, writes
that the ultimate need of labor is
Ito adopt biblical teachings as
method of overcoming capitalism in
favor Of Communism" He states
further: IF you derry me that, or il
the labor movement has no use for
1T or ignores this moral or biblical
basis, then you or the Party cuts me
of from the labor movement entirely
and forever"
The Communist Party does not bar
workers from its ranlS on account Of
their religious views We admit
workers into our ranks having relig-
louS views, but carry on a vigorous
campaign against the religious ideal
and the church, which is a tool in
the hands Of the bosses TO dupe the
workers away from the struggle BY
offering pie in the sky.
What is required is that the worker
in the Party works with understand
ing doing his Party work against the
capitalist state and the bosses and
does not come into opposition with
the Party program,
CALIFORNIA LEADS
The comrades in California have
done fine work In building active
workers correspondent groups. In
fact the California comrades lead
all the other districts in this work.
The news sent in is mostly concrete
and, OF the whole. reflects very well
the struggles of the workers in
California. The California news
also is sent in by groups Of workers
instead of by individual workers,
which is very significant. We would
like to hear from more groups OF
workers like the California group.
Keep up the good work, California.
Follow CALIFORNIA; example. Build
little Worcorr Groups In your fac
tor. shop or neighborhood. Write
about workingclass conditions and
struggles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-15

months. Mrs Edward 1Lepopald. chairman of the committees on ef- ficiency in government, was in charge of the meeting.
 Mrs Harry s. Coe opened the session with remarks on the recent city election and was followed by Mrs Joseph J. Davis. who discuss- ed the mayor and his duties. Mrs methods of amending the charter, Miss Anna deLancey described the functioning of the board of finance, Mrs John c. Foster dealt with the duties of the works board, Miss Helen Sperry described the duties of the city treasurer, Miss Mar garet Preusser explained the func- tioning of the controllers office and Mrs Fred A. Webster discuss ed the board of aldermen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-15
@ tosi MEA sERWcE Mc

concealed telephone connecting with the radio tower and during the singing Mrs McPherson usual ly calls up her radio operator to learn how her voice is being re- ceived. She often talks several minutes thus.
 She and Ormiston met. personal ly for the first time on the steps of the Temple. Aimee offered to drive the radio operator home in her car. She had always been interested in the subject of radio and she discovered the engineer was a man of both charm and in- telligence.
 Their work thre wthe two to- gether. Gossip was bound to fol- low. In January, 1926, Aimee left Los Angeles for tour of the Holy Land. It was said she went to try to cure the heartache caused by her love for the radio operator.
 Her loyal followers at Angelus Temple denounced such sugges- tions as monstrous-in the same way they have denounced every other derogatory statement about Sister Aimee"
 Mrs McPherson returned and was welcomed with a gala celebra- tion. Thousands met her at the railroad station. Her services in the Temple were more often.
 A few weeks after her return, the afternoon of May IS, Aimee and her secretary, Emma Schaef- ire, went to one of the Los An geles beaches. Mrs McPherson, wearing a bright green bathing suit and cap, went in swimming while the secretary read book in their tent.
 Presently Miss Schaeffer raced across the sand, screaming for help. At one moment she had seen her employer floating far out in the water; at the next she had disappeared. Newspapers rushed extras that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-15
W ladse M Ysw nditbk md Aes Tks 1ahle Tsas Whsf
 Ym shsgA weieh . ln1eeg clsths aad $hees

the contents of this bottle weiSh yourself again.
 Now you can laugh at the people who pay hundreds of dollars 10 lose few bounds of fat-now you will know the safe and pleasant way to lose unsightly fat and you'll also know that the salts of Kruschen helping nature to function properly have presented you with glorious health.
 sell Kruschen Salts. Buy one bottle with the distinct understandings that you will be joyfully satisfied or money back.
 Mrs c. L. of Shepardsville. Ken lucky, writes: "I have reduced "A pounds in 31 days with Kruschen and I ate three meals day."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-15

the woman preacher had drowned. Skiffs, coast guard cutters, divers, airplanes and dynamite were used to find the body. The faithful from the Temple took up the hunt en masse. Many brought cots and blankets and camped overnight on the beach. The most devout expected to see ''Sister," :" triumphant over death. marching to them across the waves. Memorial services were held and collections taken.
 Then, on June 22, not only Los Angeles but the entire country was electrified by the news that Mrs McPherson had turned up at Agua Prieta, Mexico. across the border from Douglas, Ariz.
 God has resurrected me from the dead" she affirmed and re- lated spectacular tale of being kidnapped. She said a man and woman. known as Rose" and Steve" had transported her in a closed automobile from the Cali fornia beach to a shack in the Mexican desert where she was held captive until her escape. Officials searched for the kid napers; found no one. They combed the desert but could find no shack to answer Aimee's de- scription. They looked at the clothing and shoes Aimee wore and declared them new.
 Back to Los Angeles came Mrs McPherson to appear before the county grand jury and swear under oath that her Kidnapping story was true.
 Then 1t became known that Dr. miston, the radio operator, was missing and had been since the evangelist's disappearance. There were whisperings of scandal. Aimee answered them in court when at the conclusion of her testi-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-15
The League of
 Women Voters Will Discuss City Charter at Mattatuck HistOri-
 cal Society

Members of the local branch of the League of Women Voters gath cred this afternoon at the Matta- tuck Historical Society's hall on West Main street for a round table discussion of the new city charter. To-day's session is tho first of a series of round table discussions that are planned for the winter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-15

How would you like to lose a load of unhealthy fat that you don't need and don't want and at the same time feel better than you have for years?
 How would you like to lose your double chin and your too promi- nent abdomen and at the same time make yourself so attractive that you'll compel admiration?
 Get on the scales to-day and see how much you weigh-then get an S5 cent bottle of Kruschen Salts which will last you for weeks. Take one half teaspoonful in a glass of hot water every morning-cut out pastry and fatty meats-go light on potatoes. butter, cream and sugar-and when you have finished
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-15

, To learn if pupils are interested in their personal appearance, off, cials of a London school have in- stalled mirrors inl the class rooms and halls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-15
How One Woman Lost
 24 Lbs. of Fat in 31 Days
Table Tells HOv Much Women
 and Girls
 Should Weigh

How would you like to lose 24 pounds of fat in a month and at the same time in crease your energy and improve your haa 1fho
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-15

TOMORROW: Aimee denies Carmel story in court. Evidence includes a trunk of feminine finery, strand of red hair in a boudoir cap, and the "Wuf" love letters. Her congregation remains faithful and after a sensational trial the case is dropped.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-15
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EDITORS NOTE: This is the fourth of six stories on the amaz- ing events in the love story of Aimee Semple McPherson Hut. ton, the Los Angeles evangelist, who recently embarked on her third honeymoon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-15

Orn1iston was the radio engineer at Angelus Temple, Mrs McPher- sons tabernacle, containing the largest auditorium in the world for religious gatherings.
 The Temple radio broadcasts each morning and concludes with A recital of sacred music at mid night. On the stage there is 8
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-15
By LAURA LOU BROOKMAN
 MIA Covx,s,<, VU,,afnx,


 Copyright 1891 NEA Service, Incl As though written in letters of flame across the sky, Aimee Semple McPherson's name blazed before the nation in May, 1926.
 With it was coupled the name, Kenneth Ormiston.'
 Whethere these two were in love, whether they did occupy a bunga- low at Carmel-by-the-Sea for 10 days during the time the evangelist was believed to be kidnaped, whether Aimee and Ormiston de- serve a place among the worlds most daring lovers or were the persecuted and innocent victims of circumstantial evidence, has never been proven.
 The facts were presented in a most sensational court trial.
 From such curiously harmless objects as the following was the net woven which enmeshed the evangelist in scandal, legal prose- cution, and blackest ridicule: A penciled grocery list.
 An unfinished sermon.
 A strand of red hair caught in a boudoir cap.
 A white silk tassel.
 A green bathing cap.
 A pair of woman's shoes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-15

i mission to address the jurors. She said:
 "I would not work with one hand for IT years and, just as saw my dearest dream coming true, sweep lit over. And as for falling in love. IT am in love with the work do and if I ever do fall in love it will be after MT McPherson is dead, be- cause I do not believe in marriage after divorce, and if l did, it would be with an evangelist or someone who could help me in the Lords work.
 "There might be a baser mo- tive. I almost blush to mention it in the jury room but some might think of it. They say the waters of the mind are like the waters of the sea, that cast up strange things; and that might be in trou ble of some sort. and had to go away and come back. would like to say, although I apologize for having to mention such a thing. that had a thorough examination upon coming home, although that was not necessary, as the history of my case for 12 years back would l SHOW that SuCh tHinS WOulu pe absolutely out of the question.
 Only July 20. District Attorney Reyes announced the case was closed. Aimee's cohorts at the Temple were more jubilant than ever. They declared their leader had won against the hosts of the Devil.
 It was two days later that a woman of mystery - woman whose name to this day remains shrouded in secrecy-entered the office of the chief of police at Monterey, Calf, with the infor- 1 nation that Aimee Semple Mc- Pherson and Kenneth Ormiston had together occupied a bungalow at Carmel-by-the-Sea for 10 days. In a few hours the deluge had descended!
 TOMORROW: Aimee denies Carmel story in court. Evidence