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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22
400 Delegates of Pennsylvania Unemployed
Troop After Committee Into Joint Session
of Legislature; Call for Insurance
Governor Who Orders $4,000 Portraits Says SIS
A Week to JObless Would Ruin State
"A FL State Convention Hurriedly Adjourns So
AS Not to Meet Unemployed; Six Arrested
for Selling Daily Worker In Harrisburg

HARRISBURG, Pa, April 21.-The combined delegations
of hunger marcher from both ends of the state and all in
between led the biggest working class demonstration ever seen
here 5000 workers. many of them obess miners assembling
on the capitol grounds and cheering the demands which their
representatives were making the legislature on Gov
ernor Pnchot for unemployment insurance this forenoon
This great demonstration and all the many mass meetings
held the main industrial towns state by the hunger
marchers on their to the state capital niza
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22

already lined by the hard life of the
East Side workers. she was widow
and had one daughter who supported
them both. The daughter worked in
a powder puff factory and now was
on half time.
I'VE can't live on 1o-s15 that my
daughter brings home and pay $40
ment.'
The rent was for two little rooms
in the rear, rathe rdark with the
painful neatness of a working class
mother who tolls hard to keep some
semblance OF ceaplnsSs in her
"home. -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22
5000 Back Hunger Marchers
at Capitol; Prepare May Day
Pay Cuts Soon to be Handed
All Workers in Steel Industry
Youngstown Mills Have Plans Completed for Wage
Cuts; United States Steel to Take 1t Up
AT the End of Next Month

How to proceed with wholesale wage cuts
in every steel mill in the United States is the
leading topic of discussion among the steel
bosses. E'The matter of wages in the steel in
dustry" writes the Journal of Commerce,
mouhpece of the leading expoter of Wall Street. has become
of the chief topics the business world in these days
declining operations and scanty profits"
Steel Workers Slashed.
In Youngstown the sashng campaign has passed the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22

tallsm, munger and pay slashes
are more thorough than ever
before. Many cities where
May Day was never celebrated
before by the workers are now
planning mass meetings and demon
STATIONS.
CHICAGO.--This year there will
be at least 25 May Day demonstra-
tions in the Chicago District as COM
pared to 8 last year
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22
Biggest Planned Since 1919.

ROCKFORD, Ill-First of May
demonstration this year in Rock
lord, ILL.,, will be the biggest May
Day demonstration since 1919, if all
the plans are carried out. The dem
onstration will start with a short
meeting at Seventh st. and First
Ave. at $50 p. m. The parade starts
at p. m. and takes the following
course; Seventh st. and Charles st.
lCoNTINIrEn nv PACE nu.nnr,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22
More May Demonstrations
Planned This Year Than Last

from all parts OF the country repotrs pour in on the mass
preparations Tor May Day demonstrations This year with
wage cuts coming on apace with millions drawing closer to
the starvation point plans for organization for Nav Dav
onstratons to rally the workers struggle against cant
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22
N. Y.BnildersSel
S,448DnringWk.

An unprecedented sale of s.
44S copies was achieved by the
New York Red Builders News
Club last week. As a result
of glore concentrated effort on
house toulouse routes, tack
ling new street corners. new
factories, new localities outside
New York City, the N. Y. Red
News ,,.b siSrd bv mild
weather, as reached tht high
est rns since its organization.
May Day demonstrations
r'lI with increased circulation
he Daily. Reach every
worker, every unemployed
worker with II. Order sddi-
tional copies for sales at May
Day mobilization meetings. Do
this NOW!
100000 circulation reports on
page Thrce.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22

May First Edition of Labor
Unity will be off the press Sat-
urday, April IS.
All workers organizations should
send their orders for this edition
at once to the district office, 16
w. 21st st. The price for this
special issue is Q cents copy.
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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-12-09
MEXICAN CONSUL
REFUSES TO ACT
IN ENCISC0 CASE

SAN BERNARDINO, Cal, Dec. 8.
iU.P)-Despite a delegation of local
citizens who secured a police escort
to call upon Fernando Altorre,
Mexican consul here, to plead with
him to use his influence to secure
the release of Juan EnciSco, San
Bernardino merchant, held in Jail
in Mexico City, Altorre today re-
fused to meet the delegation.
Encisco's attorneys advised his
wife here by telegram to seek the
Intervention Of Altorre in bringing
about the release of their client,
held on a charge that he E.. made
speeches against the Mexican gov
eminent.
No further word had been re-
ceived from Mexico as to whether
Encisco would be Immediately
brought to trial, and Mrs. Encisco
had not yet been informed of the
whereabouts of their 8-year-old son,
who was with Encisco when he was
arrested in Nogales.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-12-09
Sheldon Perjury
Charge Dropped

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8. U.P) -
Deputy District Attorney James
Costello today asked for q dismis-
sal of perjury charges pending
against Ralph Sheldon, gangster,
and asked that his $4,000 bond be
exonerated.
Costello said the case against
Sheldon probably would never come
to trial. Superior Judge Wilbur c.
Curtiss agreed to dismiss the case.
Sheldon, who is under indictment
with II others on charges of kid
mapping "Zeke" Caress, wealthy
gambler, was returned to jail.
The perjury charge grew out Of
his testimony a year ago at Long
Beach, where he and three others
stood trial for the shooting of
Long Beach police officer, the eli
max of the rarsomless kidnapping.
Costello said tie perjury charge
would be dropped because of the re-
newed charges of kidnapping.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-12-09
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@ 1850 NsHauzht Eyndisats. La
ASKS
RECEIVER FOR
WARNER BROS.

NEW YORK, Dec. 9. U.pj-A Pc
tition to place Warner Brothers
Pictures, Inc, into the hands of re-
ceivers has been filed in the chan
Gerry court of Delaware, statement
issued by the corporation said today.
The suit was brought by per-
son claiming to be a stakeholder
of the company, the statement said
Former Federal Judge Hugh M.
Morris of Wilmington has been re-
tanned to represent the corporation.
it was said.
The complainant IS not a stock
holder of record OF the COMPANY
the statement said, and from the
information at hand it is appar-
ent that there is no merit to the
claim and the allegations made in
the petition are not true in fact.
THE basis of the petition is that
the corporation cannot meet its ma
turing obligations. This is untrue
as the company is paying all bills
promptly, taking advantage OF cash
discounts. The company has no
bank loans and has large cash bal
anceS."
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-12-09
BAN
ON RADIO GETS
j. s. PROTEST

MUKDEN, Monchuria, Dec g..
UP, The United States legation
entered another protest today with
the japanese military authorities
against continued closing of the
Mukden radio station.
The protest, made officially at
Peiping, pointed out that the sta
ton was constructed by Chang
Hsueh-Liang, Manchurian military
dictator, in cooperation with the
Radio Corporation of America and
provided the only direct communi-
cation with San Francisco.
1t has been assured by the jana
nese foreign office, also the Japa-
nese delegation to the League of
Nations, that the station would be
re-opened but it has been closed
now tor three months with no pros
pect of an early resumption of
traffic.
An official of the Radio Corpora
ton Of America at Mukden said
the stations receipts averaged 5000
gold daily which the Chinese COM
munications board divided with the
radio corporation.
The American protest called Of
fetal attention to the embarrass-
ment caused United States bust
ness interests, the consular service
and department of commerce Of
ficials.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-12-09
Wyoming College
Strike Broken

LARAMIE, Wyo., Dec. 9. up
Wyoming university students, who
struck for the privilege of private
petting yesterday, folded up their
tents and silently stole back to class
today.
Police OF Laramie guarded the
campus TO prevent outbreaks as the
abortive strike ended.
The students were assured a
hearing before the board of truS-
tees a week from tomorrow on their
demand that DR.. A. Crane. presi-
dent of the university, apologize for
the way in which he interfered with
collegiate lovemaking during an in
PERMISSION at a university dance
last Friday night.
The assurance was given the stu
dents by President William Lynn of
the board. Doctor Crane remained
steadfast in his refusal to apologize
for making an inspection tour of
parked automobiles and of making
pointed remarks to the PETERS he
found inside.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-12-09
Actress Files
Cross Action

LOS ANGELES, Dec. Q. U.P)-
Sensational charges Of cruelty were
made by Mrs. Helene Costello Sher-
man, motion picture actress, in q
cross. complaint divorce suit on file
today against Lowell Sherman, di-
rector and actor.
Mrs. Sherman charged that her
husband on one occasion broke her
finger and tore off the nail, beat
her, and once whipped her, and
called her vile names.
She denied categorically charges
of cruelty set forth in Shermans
recent flied divorce complaint, and
in answer to his allegation she
used liquor to excess, said he spen.
large sums for liquor and kept q
LARGE quantity in their house.
Mrs. Sherman's complaint alleged
that her husbands valuation OF
community property at $4,000 was
incorrect, asserting the true value
to be $l50,000 She asked S. 900 a
month alimony and $4,000 attorney
fees.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-12-09
State Official
Warns Expenses
Must Be Slashed

TULARE, Cal, Dec. 8. tU.p;-Both
state and local governments in Cal
ifornia must trim expense sails
sharply or the ship of state will
find the going rough in the stormy
financial weather ahead.
No less an authority than State
Controller Ray Riley was RESPONSE
BILE for that warning, issued when he
spoke before a gathering of San
Joaquin Valley municipalities Off
Gals here last night.
Riley said that for 10 years from
1920 TO 1890 we led the big parade
Of initiation. We said that what the
people wanted they should have.
Now we must have the retreat"
Riley predicted the states in
come would drop again in 1882. He
pointed out that the states in
come is obtained from a percentage
on current business, and said the
total of 1881 business in the state
was showing a loss compared with
1880 business, and that next year
the decrease would be certain to be
even heavier He predicted the
legislature would refuse to increase
taxes greatly in a division except
the levy on public utilities incomes.
II know how difficult it is he
said, for you to cut down your to-
tai expenditures, and yet cut you
must"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-12-09
EDITORS LONG
ILLNESS ENDED
BY GRIM REAPER

PASADENA. Cal. Dec. 0. W.p--
Following a long illness, Lon t.
Chaplin, 60, associate editor of the
Pasadena Star News and one of the
most widely known men in South
ern California was dead today.
Chaplin came to California from
Iowa, and after some years in San
Francisco, where he was editor OF
a newspaper and publisher of the
Pacific Magazine, came to Santa
Ana in 1899, where he purchased
the Santa Ana Bulletin.
Selling this paper year later. he
bought n half interest IN the Pasa-
dena News. Upon consolidation
OF the News and the Star In Pas
adena he became part owner and
associate editor OF the Star-News.
He was the author of several
books, among them Thirty Years
in Pasadena" and Garden OF the
Heart" a book of poems
Before coming to this state he
published newspapers in Iowa. He
was a native of Verona. ILL.,, but
with his family went TO Iowa while
a child.
Chaplin leaves a widow, Mrs. Mary
B. Chaplin. two daughters and four
sous. all of Pasadena.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-12-09
YOUTH ADMITS
HAVING KILLED
MISSOURI WOMAN
Also Held AS Suspect
In Mysterious Coast
Staying.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. g. <U.Pi -
Police announced today that
Amos Monroe Lewis, 19-year- old
dishwasher, had been arrested and
had confessed to the murder of an
elderly woman in Missouri several
months ago.
The details of the crime, as DO
lice said Lewis confessed to them.
SO closely paralleled those under
which Miss Eugene Vance. elderly
woman, was killed here several DAYS
ago, that a police investigation de-
signed to establish Lewis where
abouts during the several days after
Miss Vance disappeared last Friday
and prior to the discovery of her
mutilated body on Monday was
ordered.
Lewis, known by long string Of
aliases, was arrested at work in the
kitchen of the eastside hotel where
he was employed. He confessed
after short questioning. police
said, to the murder of Mrs. Emma
Cole, elderly woman of FrederickS-
town, Madison county, Mo.
According to police. there were
common earmarks of degeneracy
about both slayings.
The elderly Los Angeles woman
was at first believed to have been
killed as an object lesson" to
cleaners and dyers who would not
join protective league whose
solicitors were said to have made
threats against Miss Vance after
her refusal to join. But a closer
examination of her body led police
to conclude that she probably was
killed by a degenerate.
She disappeared from her little
shop after closing time Friday night
and was not heard from again until
her mutilated body was found in a
vacant lot Monday.
Police further doubted the theory
of business-like assassination
when neighbors reported that a
strange man was hanging around"
the place, making furtive inquiries
about Miss Vance's whereabouts.
According to police, the Missouri
murder occurred in February Of
this year.
A man they said was Lewis was
named in circulars sent out from
Madison county, Missouri, as Frank
Dunn, Theodore Brown, Jack
Brown and jeff Brown.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-12-09
Government To
Destroy Wine

SACRAMENTO, Dec. Q. U.P) -
After having preserved 100000
worth of rare wine in the Silva
winery for more than a year, the
federal government today was I'M
der orders to destroy the wine I'M
der writ of confiscation.
The order was handed down b.
Federal Judge Frank Kerrigan in
United States district court. The
wine, totaling $4,000 gallons, has
been under seizure since early in
1880 with a federal keeper in charge
at the winery.
Three months ago r. F. Love,
chemist of the bureau of industrial
alcohol, tested the wine and found
it in good condition. The govern
ment is now awaiting the appeal OF
the defendant, Manuel I. Silva, who
has taken the case to the United
States circuit court of appeals to
protect the wine and machinery in
the winery.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-12-09
Athlete Drives
Auto Into Bay

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8. up
Hundreds of ferry passengers stood
electrified at a ferry slip here to-
day as Walter Cofer, &c, prominent
California athlete and son OF the
late banker, Lorenzo r. Cofer, drove
his speeding car into San Francis
co bay.
His body was recovered three
hours later.
Mystery wells the death dash OF
Young Cofer, who was noted ath-
lete at the College Of the Pacific
and was a member of the Olympic
club.
At the time his wife, the former
Parmel Gruss, was at the home OF
his mother, recovering from major
operation. The young Golfers lived
at Burlingame, whence she had
come for the operation.
The widow said his death must
have been accidental.
Deputy Coroner Tony Trabucco
said bottle of liquor was found
in the side pocket of the car.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-12-09
POLICE CAPTURE
CANISTER AFTER
LENGTHY BATTLE

LOS ANGELES, Dec. g. up 49,
After a battle of more than an
hour with Is detectives, armed with
sub-machine guns and tear gas
bombs, an alleged drink-craZeu
gunman was arrested in a down
town hotel room today.
He was believed to have shot enc
man, Fred Kunkle, in the leg and
fired at several others during a
brief, mad career Of gunplay IL
downtown Los Angeles.
The prisoner gave the name o!
Frank White. He was charged with
robbery, assault with a deadly
weapon. and drunkenness. Police
said they found jeweiry and cloth
ing and a large sum of money on
Whites person and in his room.
White fled to his room, police
said, after firing at two persons on
the street Two detectives nearby
in a police car heard the shots and
pursued White, who fired twice at
them on the stairway The detec-
tives telephoned for help and two
squads were sent, White firing at
them from q window as they sur
rounded the hotel.
The man was captured wien q
tear gas bomb thrown through a
transom forced him to leap from a
window into the arms OF an officer
who disarmed him after struggle.
Kunkle said a man appeared at
his plumbing establishment and
without warning opened fire with
an automatic pistol. His asSailant
was believed to be White.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-12-09
GASOLINE TANK
0VERTURNS ON
BRAWLEY ROAD

All overturned gasoline tank truck
ana trailer on the Brawley highway
at the Tamarack road two miles
north of Imperial last night resulted
in loss of approximately one-half
OF the gasoline cargo, but the drive,
Of the truck escaped injury.
j. G. Ellington, 312 North Fourth
street, Montebello, was driving the
gasoline tanker south on the high
way when he attempted to pass n
gravel truck driven by C. Zirka of
Imperial for the Hazard Construc-
ton company.
Seeing that he was unable to pass
because of north-bound traffic, ELL
ington sWeryed his truck back
sharply, ran the wheels from the
pavement where a crew is work
ing on the road, and overturned
The truck was considerably dam
aged. California highway patrol
officers worked from o'clock last
night until early this morning in
attempting to right the truck and
clearing the road
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-12-09
Hickman Reward
Appeal Is Filed

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9. UP
An echo of the notorious Hickman
case was heard here today when an
appeal was filed against the decis-
ion of Federal Judge William P
James awarding $4,000 to T. B.
Gurdane and G. L. Lieullen. O'e-
gon peace officers. for the capture
Of William Edward Hickman.
The appeal was filed i'll federal
court by the city of Los Angeles.
Admitting that Los Angeles coun-
ty adopted an ordinance authoriZ-
ing reward for the capture of the
slayer OF II year old Marion Parker,
daughter of Los Angeles banker,
the appeal said George E. Cryer. the
mayor Of Los Angeles, never actual
ly posted the reward.
The Oregon officers were merely
doing their duty, the appeal added,
asserting that rewards for such acts
would lead to corruption"
Hickman was captured December
90, 1927, in Oregon. He paid for
the murder on the gallows.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-12-09
L. A. Express
Reported Sold

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9. U.P>-The
Los Angeles Record said today that
it had learned that THE Evening
Express, oldest daily newspaper in
Los Angeles, issued its last edition
today"
The Record said that The FIX
press, after today's issue will be
formally merged with The Evening
Herald The Herald is owned by
William Randolph Hearst.
Statements were not available
this noon from the Hearst organi-
cation as to the merger plan" The
Record story said in part: 1T was
understood, however, that The
Herald will absorb the physical
assets of The Express, assume liza
bilities and probably hyphenate the
names OF the two papers"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-12-09
Girl Syndicate
Case Proceeds

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9. up -
In the absences of Claricc Tauher-
Fladebo, complaining" but missing
witness in me girl syndicate cases.
a transcript of her testimony at
preliminary hearing was read today
at the trial of Olive Clark Day. ac-
cused procuress. Miss Dav is
charged with getting Mrs. Fladebo
then Clarice Tauber, as company
for John p Mills, wealthy broker.
against whom a similar charge was
lodged and later dropped. The girl
has been mysteriously missing for
a week.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-12-09
INCREASE
IN TAXES
OUTLINED
Mellon And Hoover Join
In Appeal To Citizens
For Cooperation.
ALL MUST SHARE
Return To 1924 Scale Is
Urged In Budget Mes
sage To Congress.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. 0. U.Pf -
The administrator laid before con-
gress today the most rigorous peace
time tax increase program in
history-a program to raise by new
taxes nearly a billion dollars year.
Practically no one, rich or poor,
would escape.
President Hoover and Secretary
Mellon joined fervently in an ap-
peal to the country to face this adj
ditional burden courageously. as a
necessary sacrifice, imposed by the
depression.
The administration plan calls for
doubling the number Of income tax
payers.
1t would levy special taxes on
checks, telephone calls, telegraph
messages, automobiles, radios.
amusements down to the humblest
motion picture show, and higher
rates on postage, cigarettes and COR
porations.
The administration hopes 10
raise s920,o00,000 a year by new
taxes.
1t proposed to begin them Janu-
airy if possible and end them july
l, 1894.
Secretary Mellon forecast busi-
ness improvement for 1882, but en-
phasized that depression meantime
is causing the government to run
behind billions of dollars making
emergency measures necessary.
I'VE cannot maintain public con-
fidence nor stability in the federal
government without undertaking
some temporary tax increases" said
President Hoover in his budget
message.
Mellon, at the same time, laid
down the detailed program in his
annual report to congress.
The administration plan, based
roughly on the 1924 tax law, recon-
mendS these taxes:
Miscellaneous Taxes
Checks and Drafts - One cent
stamp tax on each.
Telephone, Telegraph and Radio
Mesa es-Fiye cents on charges
between IA cents and so cents: 10
cents on charges in excess of so
cents.
Admissions-EXtension of present
10 per cent tax by reducing present
exemption from SO to 10 cents
Radio and Photograph EQUIP
ment and Accessories-Five per cent
en- manufacturers sales.
Automobiles = Passenger cars. S
per cent; trucks, per cent; access
series, 2i4 per cent on manufac-
turers' sales.
Increase Of one-siXth on cigar
cites and tobacco products, except
cigars.
Increase Of enc cent in existing
stamp tax on sales of transfers of
capital stock
Conveyances of Realty = Fifty
cents on each $500 of value in ex-
cess OF $780,
Individual Income Tax
Normal Rates-FirSt $4,000. 2 Der
cent, now IL per cent; next $4,000,
i per cent, now 3 per cent: re-
mainder, per cent, now per cent.
Exemptions = Single, $1,000. NOW
$500; married, $500. now $500:
dependents, $500 each, no change.
No change recommended in IS per
cent reduction on earned incomes
up TO $4,000.
SurtaXes-Beginning with per
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